Title

Albumen print of a woman and two children in front of a log house in Georgia, 1880s. Creator: H. S. Clark.

Caption

A reddish-brown photograph of an African-American family group in Georgia. The image shows a small log house with a picket fence in front. The fence has a gate which is open. A tree is on the right side of the photograph. Behind the gate is the front door of the cabin with three steps leading up to the door. The two children are sitting on the top step. A girl wearing a dark colored dress is sitting on the left and a boy wearing lighter colored clothing sits on the right. Both children are barefoot. A woman wearing a light colored dress with a dark colored top and a headscarf is standing behind the children in the doorway to the house. All three people are looking at the camera. There is a window to either side of the door; the one on the right side of the image is missing several panes and a light colored material is hanging in the corner. Printed vertically in black ink on the left side of the photograph is “FROM Clark’s.” Printed in black ink on the back of the photograph is “H.S. CLARK / Photographer / THOMASVILLE, GA.”

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A74_047

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

84,1Mb (3,7Mb) / 22,4in x 14,6in / 6725 x 4371 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings female wood women woman people black child children timber house houses home country museum photography cabin wooden rustic poor poverty location century concept African American African-American B&W log cabin afro-american United States of America destitute 19th century black & white black and white B W albumen print nineteenth century rural heritage American America USA rural life photograph united states Regionalism cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art albumen prints H. S. Clark Clark H. S.