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6946. Morning start in Cotton Field.

1892

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There are several large round wicker baskets in the foreground. In the background are two men on horseback. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is text that reads "James M. Davis, / New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Sydney." On the right side margin is text that reads "Copyright 1892, by B.W. Kilburn." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "6946. Morning start in Cotton Field. On the back is text that reads "Photographed and Published by/ B.W. Kilburn, - Littleton, N. H."

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Catalog reference: 2015.248.4.18

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