In the domain of King Cotton, near Dallas, Texas – 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 In the domain of King Cotton, near Dallas, Texas, 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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In the domain of King Cotton, near Dallas, Texas
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Near Dallas, Texas, the title places this stereograph in the cotton country that the phrase "King Cotton" describes, and its record credits the Philadelphia firm Berry, Kelley & Chadwick, with a copyright by E.W. Kelley, around 1907. Stereo cards like this were sold in large numbers and viewed through a stereoscope, so scenes such as this reached home parlors as a form of armchair travel. The cotton pickers the subject headings name were largely African American laborers working under tenant and wage arrangements that followed Reconstruction, and the card is worth reading with that history in mind, including how commercial images of the period often framed such work.
| Created / published | Philadelphia, U.S.A. : Berry, Kelley & Chadwick, publishers, c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H80451 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8398. Copyright by E.W. Kelley. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Employment--Texas--Dallas--1900-1910. Cotton pickers--Texas--Dallas--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,667 × 3,747 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221443 |
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