Carte-de-visite of women and children in a cotton field

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.

In this photograph, very young children stand alongside adults in the cotton field. The women wear dresses, and one young boy can be seen holding a hat.

Catalog date

1860s

Recorded places

United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Agriculture; Cotton; Photography; Slavery

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