Cotton Picking, Mississippi, U. S.

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Description

This stereoview card is a sepia toned image of a group of Black men, women, and children picking cotton in a cotton field. A man near the back is carrying a large basket of cotton on his back and a child near the front is standing at a large basket of cotton. The title and copyright information is printed along the bottom right of the card. The publisher's name is printed on the left edge of the card and the location of the publisher is printed along the right edge.

Publication Date

1896

Publisher

Universal Stereoscopic View, Co., Chicago

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Cotton; Cotton farming

Keywords

Cotton; Cotton farms; Cotton picking

Geographic Location

Mississippi

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1896_photo-Cotton-Picking-Mississippi_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, Mississippi Delta Region

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Cotton Picking, Mississippi, U. S., Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University