Southern photographs collection, 1870-1950

Summary

Creator:

Hargrett Library

Date:

1870-1950

Extent:

3 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Southern photographs, ms 3814, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of seven photographs focusing on the Southern United States, mostly depicting rural African-American life in the 1870s. Four of the images are stereopticon cards, two are cabinet cards, and one is a 1935 print of African-American labor organizer Angelo Herndon in prison. Also included are portraits of men, women and children from the Southeastern United States and Germany.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Postcards -- Germany.
Postcards -- Europe.

Names:

Herndon, Angelo, 1913-1997

Places:

Southern States -- Photographs.

Preferred citation:

Southern photographs, ms 3814, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.