Bibframe Work
TitleStereographs of Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia from the Marian S. Carson CollectionTypeStill ImageCollectionSubjectAfrican Americans--Structures--South Carolina--1860-1910African Americans--Employment--South Carolina--1860-1910Streets--1860-1910 (LCTGM)Buildings--1860-1910 (LCTGM)Southern States--1860-1910Stereographs--1860-1910 (GMGPC)Albumen prints--1860-1910 (GMGPC)NoteForms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of CongressSummaryPhotographs from various publishers show Valley Street in Hot Springs, Ark.; a general store in Vinita, Okla.; main Street in Louisville, Ken. after the 1890 tornado; the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgensville, Ken.; a magnesium light view of the interior of Mammoth Cave; a cityscape view of Asheville, N.C.; a hospital and house in Beaufort, S.C., possibly taken during the Civil War; scenes along Battery Street in Charleston, S.C.; also war ruins in Charleston. Two stereographs dating from the Civil War era show African Americans working in cotton fields, as well as their houses on Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S. C. Stereographs of Tenn. show the railroad on Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga; Linus cottage(?) near Lookout Mountain; and a view of Chattanooga looking southwest from the station house. One stereograph shows a rock, probably in Harper's Ferry, W.V., inscribed "John Brown 1859."Authorized Access PointStereographs of Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia from the Marian S. Carson Collection