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Inventory of the Gene Waddell Stereograph Collection of Rice and Cotton Cultivation, 1879, 1904-1905
Inventory of the Gene Waddell Stereograph Collection of Rice and Cotton Cultivation, 1879, 1904-1905
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | Collection consists of twelve stereographs of rice and cotton cultivation in South Carolina (including Georgetown, South Carolina); Savannah, Georgia; Louisiana; and Mississippi, compiled by Gene Waddell. A majority of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company but the collection also includes stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood, the Kilburn Brothers, and American Views. Stereograph images depict African Americans plowing, hoeing and flooding rice fields, harvesting cotton, and pressing oil from cooked cottonseeds. Also included are images of a large stone for hulling rice, "Street venders," and a shipping wharf in Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Title: | Gene Waddell stereograph collection of rice and cotton cultivation |
| Creator: | Waddell, Gene |
| Date(s): | 1879, 1904-1905 |
| Extent: | 1 folder (12 items) |
| Repository: | Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu |
| Call Number: | Mss 0034-186 |
| Language of Material: | Materials in English |
Historical Note
Produced from the early 1850s through the 1930s, stereographs (also known as a stereogram, stereopticon, or stereo view) served as a popular form of entertainment, education, and virtual travel. Stereograph images consist of two identical photographs positioned side by side on cardboard and when used with a stereoscope, the device used to view stereographs, these flat two-dimensional images combine into a single image with an illusion of depth. Underwood & Underwood, founded in 1881 in Ottawa, Kansas, was the largest producer of stereographs but sold their stereographic stock and rights in 1920 to the Keystone View Company, founded in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1892, which then became the largest producer of stereographs in the United States.
Collection Overview
Collection consists of twelve stereographs of rice and cotton cultivation in South Carolina (including Georgetown, South Carolina); Savannah, Georgia; Louisiana; and Mississippi, compiled by Gene Waddell. A majority of the stereographs were produced by the Keystone View Company but the collection also includes stereographs produced by Underwood & Underwood, the Kilburn Brothers, and American Views. Stereograph images depict African Americans plowing, hoeing and flooding rice fields, harvesting cotton, and pressing oil from cooked cottonseeds. Also included are images of a large stone for hulling rice, "Street venders," and a shipping wharf in Charleston, South Carolina.
Collection Arrangement
Items are described at the item level.
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.Names
- Keystone View Company
- Underwood & Underwood
- Kilburn Brothers
- American Views
Subjects
- Photography, Stereoscopic
- Stereoscopic views--Southern States
- African Americans--South Carolina--Georgetown--Photographs
- African Amercians--Louisiana--Photographs
- African Americans--Mississippi--Photographs
- Rice farming--South Carolina--Photographs
- Rice farming--South Carolina--Georgetown--Photographs
- Rice workers--South Carolina--Photographs
- Rice--Hulling--Photographs
- Cotton picking--Louisiana--Photographs
- Cotton picking--Mississippi--Photographs
- Cottonseed oil mills--South Carolina--Photographs
Places
- South Carolina--Photographs
- Charleston (S.C.)--Photographs
- Georgetown (S.C.)--Photographs
- Louisiana--Photographs
- Mississippi--Photographs
Types of Material
- Stereoscopic photographs
Inventory
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], stereograph collection of rice and cotton cultivation, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2005 and 2006 by Gene Waddell.
Alternate Form of Materials
Digital reproduction available online in the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Processing Information
Processed by Joshua Minor, March 2016.
Encoded by Joshua Minor, April 2016.
Reviewed and uploaded by Joshua Minor, July 2016.
