Horse-drawn ice wagon and several persons, two with blocks of ice, standing in street in front of residence (LOC)

We'll be delivering another batch of photos next week. In the meantime, two of our recent Picture This blog posts invite you to dive deep and range widely to research pictures:

 

Exploring Black-Owned Businesses from the Turn of the 20th Century

 

and

 

Finding Clues in Civil War Photographs

 

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[Horse-drawn ice wagon and several persons, two with blocks of ice, standing in street in front of residence]

[1899 or 1900]

 

1 photographic print : gelatin silver.

 

Related Names:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector

 

Notes:

• In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 360.

• B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Reading Room. A microfilm surrogate is also available.

• Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress).

• Exhibited: American Treasures at the Library of Congress, 2005.

• Original albums filed in PR 12 under LOT 11930

• Information about the collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anedub

 

Subjects:

• African Americans--Georgia--1890-1900.

• Ice industry--Georgia--1890-1900.

• Carts & wagons--Georgia--1890-1900.

 

Format:

• Gelatin silver prints--1890-1900.

• Group portraits--1890-1900.

• Portrait photographs--1890-1900.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08776

 

Call Number: LOT 11930, no. 360

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