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"(18)-5677-A Rice-raft with plantation hands, near Georgetown, South Carolina", 1904

 Item — Box: Special Collections Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection Box 9, Folder: 1, Item: 12

Collection Overview

From the Collection:

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: 1904

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 folder (12 items)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston South Carolina 29424
(843) 953-8016
(843) 953-6319 (Fax)