<I>Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia</I>

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901

A black-and-white stereoscopic photograph depicting a group of men, women, and children picking cotton in a field. A white man on a horse can be seen in the background watching the group. Green type below the photograph reads, [(21)-5078 Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia./COPYRIGHT 1895 by Strohmeyer & Wyman]. Publisher and manufacturers information appear on left and right side of photograph. Description of the scene and the cotton industry appears on the back of the stereoscopic card.

Date: 1895
Type: albumen prints
Medium: albumen and silver on paper with cardboard
Department: NMAAHC
Institution: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number: nmaahc_2014.312.171
Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey

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<I>Cotton is King - Plantation Scene, Georgia</I>

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