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Collection of stereoscopic cards of African Americans,

Collection of stereoview photographs of African American subjects mostly with printed captions, by a variety of photographers and publishers. The images span the spectrum between authentic views of African American life and stereotypical racist scenes. The captions and descriptions on back of some o...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Strohmeyer & Wyman (Photographer)
Other Authors: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909 (Photographer), Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931 (Photographer), Palmer, J. A. (James A.), 1825-1896 (Photographer), Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd) (Photographer), Heywood, John B., -1870 (Photographer)
Format: Photo
Language:English
French
German
Spanish
Swedish
Russian
Language Notes:Several captions in French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Russian as well as in English.
Published: [United States] : [various publishers], [1879]-[1918?]
Subjects:
African Americans > Social conditions > 19th century > Photographs.
African American agricultural laborers > Southern States > Photographs.
Cotton picking > Southern States > Photographs.
Cotton plantation workers > Southern States > Photographs.
African American children > Social life and customs > 19th century > Photographs.
African American household employees > Photographs.
World War, 1914-1918 > African Americans > Photographs.
Stereoscopic views > United States > Specimens.
Photographs.
Table of Contents:
  • Kilburn: 457. Cotton pickers, Florida [©1879]-- 6946. Morning start to the cotton fields [©1892].
  • Underwood: Away down among the cotton and the coons, U.S.A. [©1892]
  • Cotton is king, plantation scene, Georgia, U.S.A. [3 copies] [©1895]
  • 1775. Swinging in the lane [©1896]
  • 8086. Shipping cotton from levee near growing district by cars to manufacturing centre, Texas, U.S.A.
  • Keystone: 9521. "If dat dog wasn't watchin I'd kiss you" [©1899]
  • 10936. "It seems we're so nigh heaben we ken hyeah de angels sing" When de songs of old Kentucky sets my cabin all er-ring [©1904]
  • 12323. "I'm sure Massa brown will prefer my apple pies, and I'll not git fired fo' making goo-goo eyes" [©1903]
  • 6050. "I isn't bin borned very long".
  • Palmer: Characteristic Southern States. no. 176. Cotton Field.
  • Rowell: Chocura Lake and Mountain (White mountain scenery).
  • Trotman: 5096. American troops, who helped break the Hindenburg line.
  • White: 813. A typical negro cabin, Louisiana [©1902].
  • [Publisher unidentified] : Picking cotton, Georgia (Stereoscopic gems of landscape, beauty & art)
  • The white slave (Popular series)
  • Playing for high stakes
  • Mrs. Newlywed's new wench cook [Griffith & Griffith?]
  • [2 African American boys playing. no caption]
  • [4 African American young men eating watermelon. no caption].