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[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony] – Vintage Wall Art

[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony], [1899 or 1900] — historic photograph
[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony], [1899 or 1900]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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A horse-drawn wagon waits in front of a country store, and two women look down from a balcony above the entrance. The photograph is one of the images W.E.B. Du Bois and his students at Atlanta University assembled around 1899 and 1900 to document Black life in Georgia, much of which was shown at the Paris Exposition in 1900. Their work aimed to counter racist assumptions about Black Southerners by showing farms, churches, schools and businesses in everyday detail. Scenes of African Americans engaged in commerce, like this one, were part of that effort, and the wagon and storefront offer a useful view of rural trade at the turn of the century.

Created / published[1899 or 1900]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1890-1900.
NotesIn album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 353. A microfilm surrogate is also available. Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures at the Library of Congress, 2005.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Commerce--Georgia--1890-1900. General stores--Georgia--1890-1900. Carriages & coaches--Georgia--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,285 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182230

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