No. 44, Weighing Cotton
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- A. W. Möller, British American, 1867 - 1922
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- An albumen print on cabinet card depicting a group of men and women weighing cotton. The photograph shows a tall bearded man wearing a straw hat, light colored shirt, and dark pants weighing a large basket of cotton. The scale is a T-shaped wooden stand with a weighted bag on one end of the top pole and the cotton basket attached to the other. A group of nine (9) observers sit on baskets of cotton to the right. Each is wearing a hat. A short man stands next to an open shed on the left. In the background is a small wooden building, trees, and a field. The photograph is faded with a yellowish tint and mounted on a piece of board with rounded corners that is green on the front and gray on the back. A small hole is located at the top center of the backing board. The back is printed with text identifying the series and photographer.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman and Sandra Lindley
- ca. 1895
- Object number
- 2013.117.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Medium
- albumen and silver on paper mounted on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. (10.5 x 15.9 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (13 x 18.4 cm)
- Place depicted
- Thomas County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Views of Thomasville and Vicinity
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Agriculture
- Cotton
- Labor
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.117.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f00f37e5-971d-4960-8fcf-2473cd04ef76
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