Hoeing rice, South Carolina, U.S.A. – Antique Print
(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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Hoeing rice, South Carolina, U.S.A.
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Hoeing rice by hand was a steady task on South Carolina plantations, and this stereograph from the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, around 1904, presents it as a scene for home viewers. Rice grew along the Carolina coast and tidal rivers for generations, and the crop depended on Black workers whose skill with flooded fields and dikes drew on West African farming knowledge. Stereocards like this one were sold widely and viewed through parlor stereoscopes, so the picture reached audiences who rarely saw such labor firsthand.
| Created / published | Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H54533 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13751. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Employment--South Carolina--1900-1910. Farming--South Carolina--1900-1910. Rice plantations--South Carolina--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,662 × 3,747 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221442 |
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