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The Hermitage, slave quarters, Savannah, Ga. – Historic Print

The Hermitage, slave quarters, Savannah, Ga., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
The Hermitage, slave quarters, Savannah, Ga., [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Savannah collection.

(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 The Hermitage, slave quarters, Savannah, Ga., 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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The Hermitage, slave quarters, Savannah, Ga.

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Few places near Savannah carry the history of the Hermitage, a rice plantation on the Savannah River. This glass-plate negative, made between 1900 and 1910, shows its slave quarters, a reminder of the enslaved labor that worked the fields until emancipation in 1865. The negative is one of many made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that documented American towns, landscapes and rural life in the early twentieth century. Its 8 by 10 inch format captures more detail than a smaller plate would, which helps show the construction of the cabins and their setting.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 4167" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070119. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsSlave quarters. Plantations.United States--Georgia--Savannah.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71712

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