Negative, Glass Plate

Photograph

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.005.233

Description

A glass plate negative of a rural scene of a plowman working in the fields being served a drink by a small child. The scene shows a plowed field from behind a large wooden rake drawn by two horses in harness with hames. The brake is set on the rake, and the farmer is holding the horses' reins and drinking from a large tin canister. He wears a plowman's cap, shirt with high buttoned vest with a loose back belt, and loose fitting pants with pannier pockets. He is served by a small girl below his waist height. She is looking up to him, and wearing a peaked hat that may be of fur. Her coat or dress has a bertha collar and full long sleeves, and is dotted. She wears pantelettes, long stockings and high laced shoes.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Negative, Glass Plate

Collection

Beulah Marshall Bailey Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1880 - 1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Communication Artifacts, Documentary Artifact, Photography, Photographers, Photographs, Rural America, Children's clothing & dress, Plowing, Farm life, Farming

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Size of glass plate. 6.5' x 8.5'

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Rural scene.

Related Publications

Notes

Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans & Fashion, 1840-1900. Severa, Joan. The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio. 1995. Storage Enclosures for Photographic Materials. Albright, Gary. Northeast Document Conservation Center Preservation Leaflets. http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/4Storage_and_Handling/11StorageEnclousres.php. Care Handling, and Storage of Photographs: Information Leaflet. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Stanford University. Aug 1992. http://palimpsest.standford.edu/byauth/roosa/roosa1.html Personal communication. Joe Strubel. Gannett Center for Photography. George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. 585/271-3361.