Children with fish and alligator
Artist/Author:
Shaw & Sons, Jacksonville, Florida
Subject:
African American children, wildlife photography, Carte de visite photographs, alligators
Geographic Area:
Jacksonville, Florida
Date:
ca. 1890
Archives:
Elizabeth James Papers, Special Collections, Texas Southern University
Archives email contact:
chaffeegj@tsu.edu
Description:
Two African American boys with large stuffed fish, stuffed alligator and other wildlife. One boy holds a bamboo fishing pole while the other poses with his head near the alligator’s jaws. Most likely carte de visite; albumen process on cardstock, sepia, 5.25” x 8.5”.