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651. Cotton is King - A Louisiana Plantation Scene, (Prize Cotton).

1900

Louisiana, United States, North and Central America

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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.

This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There is a large container of cotton in the foreground. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical text. On the left side margin is script that reads "International View Co." On the right side margin is script that reads "Decatur Ill. U.S.A." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "641. Cotton is King - A Louisiana Plantation Scene, (Prize Cotton). / Copyright, 1900, by C. L. Wasson."

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Catalog reference: 2015.248.4.19

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