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Date
1888
Handwritten Notes (transcribed from original)
Colored boys in front of a log cabin.
Description
Glass plate negative of three African-American men and an African-American woman posing in the front yard of a log cabin near Bon Air, Chesterfield County, Virginia; the men wear dark jackets and caps; the seated woman wears dark dress and white apron; split rail fence in front of house.
Note
Photographer likely Huestis P. (Huestis Pratt) Cook
Topical Subject
Domestic life; Dwellings--Virginia--Bon Air; Lantern slides; Bon Air, Virginia; Architecture; Portraits, Group; Rural life
City/Location
Bon Air, Virginia
Negative Number
1437
Negative Type
film
Negative Information
1 glass negative (5x8 in); 3 vintage photoprints (12x20 cm. or smaller); 1 Lantern Slide, broken (8x11 cm); 1 film negative (4x? in.)
Image Size
7.5x9.5
Accession Number
x52.1.28
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
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_1437.jpg
Keywords
Domestic life; Dwellings--Virginia--Bon Air; Lantern slides; Bon Air, Virginia; Architecture; Portraits, Group; Rural life