Florida-- ruins of the slave cabins--Ft. George Id. / Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Florida-- ruins of the slave cabins--Ft. George Id. / Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Florida-- ruins of the slave cabins--Ft. George Id. / Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
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Ruined slave cabins on Fort George Island, off Florida's northeast coast, are the subject of this stereo card, which sets it apart from the scenic views around it. Enslaved laborers lived in such cabins while the island's cotton plantations depended on their work, until emancipation in 1865. George Barker, a photographer based in Niagara Falls, New York, issued the card in 1886 as part of his Gems of American Scenery series, and its copyright notice dates it to that year. Its place in a series of scenic views gives it an unexpected role, as it records a site of slavery's daily life at a time when such places were seldom pictured.
| Created / published | Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Geo. Barker, c1886. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 15450 U.S. Copyright Office. Series: Gems of American Scenery. Title from item. Copyright 1886 by George Barker. |
| Subjects | Slave quarters--Florida--Fort George Island--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,175 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115136 |
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