Men Working in Quarry

Creator

Preview

Date

1875-1900

Handwritten Notes (transcribed from original)

Black Quarrymen' last quarter of the 19th c

Description

Glass plate negative showing a group of African-American men posed for a group portrait while working in a quarry (likely in Chesterfield County, Virginia); the men, wearing work clothes and hats, stand and sit amongst large slabs of stone.

Note

Photographer unknown

Topical Subject

Quarries; Men; Laborers; Portraits, Group; Labor

City/Location

Location unknown

Negative Number

1391

Negative Type

film

Image Size

7.5x9.5

Genre

black-and-white photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights Statement URL

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgment of The Valentine as a source is requested. For information about ordering copies and commercial use of these images, contact The Valentine.

Collection

Selected Images from the Cook Photograph Collection

Source

Cook Photograph Collection, The Valentine, Richmond, Virginia.

File Name

cook_1391.jpg