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5011 Grinding Cane, a Branch Establishment.

1901

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 two boys chewing on sugar cane. Wearing light shirts and sitting against a wood slat fence, each boy holds a section of cane in his hand. 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 "H.C. White Co., Chicago, New York, London/ Gen'l Office Works, North Bennington, Vt., U.S.A." On the right side margin is text that reads "The "Perfect" Stereograph. (Trade Mark)/ EDITION & LUXE Patented April 14, 1903." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "5011 Grinding Cane, a Branch Establishment. / Copyright 1901 by H.C. White Co." There is text on the reverse of the card that reads " Grinding Cane - a Branch Establishment./ Annexe d'une fabrique de sucre de canne./ Moliendo cana.

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Catalog reference: 2015.248.4.27

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