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Folks At Home

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    O. Pierre Havens, American, 1838 - 1912

    Subject of

    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Child or Children

    Description

    A cabinet card with an albumen print of three (3) unidentified women and seven (7) unidentified children posed on the porch of a wooden house. The women all sit in chairs, with one woman seated at the right background alone. The other two women are surrounded by the children who are seated and standing, with one young child in the lap of one of the women. The building is surrounded by a swept yard and a rough-hewn fence. The title "Folks Al [sic] Home" is imprinted in the lower left facing side of the image. The photographer's name and address are printed in black ink on the reverse of the gray card mount, with an additional handwritten inscription on the back with the name Herman Barthmaier.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

    Date

    1888-1912

    Object number

    2016.166.13

    Restrictions & Rights

    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    cabinet photographs
    albumen prints

    Medium

    albumen and silver on paper on card mount

    Dimensions

    H x W (Image): 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (12.1 × 20 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 5 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.2 × 21.3 cm)

    Place printed

    Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    Liljenquist Family Collection

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    American South
    Children
    Domestic life
    Families
    Photography
    Rural life
    U.S. History, 1865-1921

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b287afff-6c68-4bd6-82e7-03704fd7087e

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2016.166.13

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