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Gene Waddell stereograph collection of rice and cotton cultivation

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-186

Collection Overview

Collection consists of twelve stereographs of rice and cotton cultivation in South Carolina (including Georgetown, South Carolina); Savannah, Georgia; Louisiana; and Mississippi, compiled by Gene Waddell. A majority of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company but the collection also includes stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood, the Kilburn Brothers, and American Views. Stereograph images depict African Americans plowing, hoeing and flooding rice fields, harvesting cotton, and pressing oil from cooked cottonseeds. Also included are images of a large stone for hulling rice, "Street venders," and a shipping wharf in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates

  • Creation: 1879, 1904-1905

Language of Material

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Copyright Notice

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The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.

Historical Note

Produced from the early 1850s through the 1930s, stereographs (also known as a stereogram, stereopticon, or stereo view) served as a popular form of entertainment, education, and virtual travel. Stereograph images consist of two identical photographs positioned side by side on cardboard and when used with a stereoscope, the device used to view stereographs, these flat two-dimensional images combine into a single image with an illusion of depth. Underwood & Underwood, founded in 1881 in Ottawa, Kansas, was the largest producer of stereographs but sold their stereographic stock and rights in 1920 to the Keystone View Company, founded in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1892, which then became the largest producer of stereographs in the United States.

Extent

1 folder (12 items)

Abstract

Collection consists of twelve stereographs of rice and cotton cultivation in South Carolina (including Georgetown, South Carolina); Savannah, Georgia; Louisiana; and Mississippi, compiled by Gene Waddell. A majority of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company but the collection also includes stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood, the Kilburn Brothers, and American Views. Stereograph images depict African Americans plowing, hoeing and flooding rice fields, harvesting cotton, and pressing oil from cooked cottonseeds. Also included are images of a large stone for hulling rice, "Street venders," and a shipping wharf in Charleston, South Carolina.

Collection Arrangement

Materials are described at the item level.

Acquisitions Information

Materials were donated in 2005 and 2006 by Gene Waddell.

Alternate Form of Materials

Digital reproductions available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.

Processing Information

Processed by Joshua Minor, March 2016.

Source

Subject

Title
Inventory of the Gene Waddell Stereograph Collection of Rice and Cotton Cultivation, 1879, 1904-1905
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Joshua Minor; machine-readable finding aid created by: Joshua Minor
Date
2016
Description rules
Dacs
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections
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Charleston South Carolina 29424
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