Cotton fields, Richland – Vintage Print
![Cotton fields, Richland, [between 1885 and 1898] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/79/79351cda1ddc-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Cotton fields, Richland in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cotton fields, Richland
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Unlike the many views of Southern landscapes on this board, this one shows a road running through open cotton fields on a plantation near Richland, Mississippi. Cotton was the dominant crop across the Mississippi Delta and surrounding counties in the late 1800s, and roads like this one carried wagons, workers, and cotton bales between fields and markets. The print was made by the Detroit Photographic Company, which later became the Detroit Publishing Company, using a large-format "mammoth plate" camera that recorded fine detail in the fields and sky. Its mounting on linen and its pairing with a second Richland view suggest it was made for an album or a set of presentation prints.
| Created / published | [between 1885 and 1898] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print mounted on linen ; image 42.3 x 52.6 cm. |
| Genre | Mammoth plates.Photographic prints. |
| Notes | Detroit Photographic Co." Mounted back to back with "01569. Richland. Cotton Plantation. Miss." May have been part of album. Detroit Publishing Co. no. [0]1570. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Cotton plantations. Roads.United States--Mississippi. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 770 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-79368 |
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