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Postcard depicting a group portrait of African American cotton pickers, predominantly women and children, in a cotton field. Show the workers stopped from their work and posed toward the viewer. One of the women holds a baby. A wooded area is seen in the background.; Date inferred from postmark: New Orleans, May 13, 1911, 9AM.; Addressed in manuscript to: Miss Ester Wilson, 318 N. Jardin St., Shenandoah, Penna. Signed H.F.M.; Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in green ink and depicting Benjamin Franklin in profile.; Printed on verso: Made in U.S.A.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African American Agricultural Laborers
  2. African American Children
  3. African Americans
  4. Color
  5. Cotton Pickers
  6. Group Portraits
  7. Halftone Photomechanical Prints
  8. Louisiana
  9. New Orleans

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