[African American family posed for portrait seated on lawn]

Archive record

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 346. 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

About this photograph

This photograph appeared in an album compiled by W.E.B. Du Bois titled "Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A." The album later became part of the Daniel Murray Collection at the Library of Congress.

Studio portraiture held particular significance in Black communities at the end of the nineteenth century, when most published images of African Americans took the form of caricature. Sitting for a formal portrait was a deliberate assertion of dignity and standing.

The photograph is now preserved as part of the Library of Congress collections and was exhibited in "American Treasures at the Library of Congress" in 2005. The original album is held with other materials under the same collection number, with copy prints and microfilm available for reference use.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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