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Date

before 1880

Handwritten Notes (transcribed from original)

Uncle Abe's Cabin-South Carolina

Description

Partial glass plate negative showing Uncle Abe and his family standing in front of their cabin at 281 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina; older man (Uncle Abe?) stands next to ox cart; [woman and another man pose in front of house]; dog in foreground; palmetto trees in distance.

Note

Dementi Print Jan-1959

Topical Subject

Domestic life; Dwellings; South Carolina; Architecture; Rural life; Labor

City/Location

South Carolina--Charleston

Negative Number

1447

Negative Type

film

Negative Information

1 glass negative, photomechanical reproduction, photoprint, broken (21x14 cm); 7 vintage photoprints, mounted (14x22 cm or smaller); 1 film negative (4x5 in)

Image Size

5 5/8 x 81/2

Genre

black-and-white photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

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_1447.jpg

Keywords

Domestic life; Dwellings; South Carolina; Architecture; Rural life; Labor

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