Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Va. – Vintage Print
![Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Va., [1899?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a655a8af6a1-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Va. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Va.
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This print records the officers of a tobacco trade union in Petersburg, Virginia, a formal portrait of Black workers organizing in a Southern industrial town. Petersburg was a major center of tobacco manufacturing in the late 1800s, and Black labor, including women's, was central to its factories. The card notes that the photograph was reportedly shown in the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, which presented African American life to an international audience. The date is given only as an estimate, around 1899.
| Created / published | [1899?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: African Americans -- In business; African American women; Tobacco - Misc.; Labor & Labor organ.; African American history; Va. -- Petersburg; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,192 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-127871 |
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