Cabins where slaves were raised for market--The famous Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia – Historic Reproduction
(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 Cabins where slaves were raised for market--The famous Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Cabins where slaves were raised for market--The famous Hermitage, Savannah, Georgia
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The Hermitage was a rice plantation on the Savannah River outside Savannah, and this stereograph focuses on the rows of slave cabins that stood on its grounds. The caption, "Cabins where slaves were raised for market," reflects how white tourist culture of the early 1900s packaged slavery as a picturesque chapter of the Old South, and the wording deserves a critical reading today. New York publisher Underwood & Underwood issued such stereo cards in large numbers around 1903 for home viewers with stereoscopes, so the image was made for entertainment as much as documentation.
| Created / published | New York : Underwood & Underwood, publishers, c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H29775 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Structures--Georgia--Savannah--1900-1910. Slave quarters--Georgia--Savannah--1900-1910. Slavery--Georgia--Savannah--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-187219 |
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