Cotton is King, Plantation Scene with Pickers at Work, Georgia
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This stereograph depicts people picking cotton while a man on horseback oversees the work. This juxtaposition reinforced associations between African Americans and enslavement. The message reached consumers during the Jim Crow era, a period marked by violence against African Americans and entrenchment of racial discrimination through state laws and the Plessy v Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court decision.
This stereograph depicts people picking cotton while a man on horseback oversees the work. This juxtaposition reinforced associations between African Americans and enslavement. The message reached consumers during the Jim Crow era, a period marked by violence against African Americans and entrenchment of racial discrimination through state laws and the Plessy v Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Artifact
Stereograph
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.173.16
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
front, right side: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers / MADE IN U.S.A. / Publishers front, top: 26 front, left side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England front, bottom: V23234--Cotton is King--Plantation Scene with Pickers at / Work, Georgia
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