Folks At Home

Object Details

Description: A cabinet card with an albumen print of three (3) unidentified women and seven (7) unidentified children posed on the porch of a wooden house. The women all sit in chairs, with one woman seated at the right background alone. The other two women are surrounded by the children who are seated and standing, with one young child in the lap of one of the women. The building is surrounded by a swept yard and a rough-hewn fence. The title "Folks Al [sic] Home" is imprinted in the lower left facing side of the image. The photographer's name and address are printed in black ink on the reverse of the gray card mount, with an additional handwritten inscription on the back with the name Herman Barthmaier.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

1888-1912

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (12.1 × 20 cm); H x W (Sheet): 5 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (13.2 × 21.3 cm)

Place printed: Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Liljenquist Family Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; American South; Children; Domestic life; Families; Photography; Rural life; U.S. History, 1865-1921

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b287afff-6c68-4bd6-82e7-03704fd7087e