Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Men shucking oysters] |
Object Name |
Negative, Glass-plate |
Photographer |
Austen, E. Alice |
Date |
September 25, 1894 |
Collection |
Alice Austen Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original glass plate negative. Interior view of a building in Annapolis, Maryland. Twelve men are shucking oysters; they stand in a row along the right side of the room. Each man has a large pile of oyster shells at his feet, and most of the men directly face the camera. Several more men stand at left. (Keywords: Occupational Clothing, Black History) |
Film Size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Museum Purchase |
Ownership and History |
Alice Austen's handwritten inscription on the original negative sleeve uses the word "darkies," a derogatory term for black people, to describe the men in this photograph: ""772 / Stanley / 50 / skylight, dark / Darkies opening oysters / Fine day / W.L. / 10 A.M 10 secs / 50 ft / Tuesday Sept 25th 1894 / Annapolis." |
Earliest Date |
1894 |
Latest Date |
1894 |
Subjects |
African Americans Interiors Oysters |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
50.015.6098 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, May 2019. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available |