Young African American Nanny with Caucasian Boy
Young African American Nanny with Caucasian Boy
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- Description
- A mounted black and white photograph; young African American girl wearing a vertically striped dress, gathered at waist with white bonnet on her head; young white boy wearing light colored top and pants with black hose and black leather boots seated on the arm of a wicker chair holding a rod across his lap, wearing a hat on his head.
- From slavery to Jim Crow segregation, African American girls worked in fields and as maids. Girls found themselves serving families and becoming lifelong nursemaids and domestic workers.
- Girls as young as three carried heavy babies, scrubbed dirty diapers, and stayed up late to mend clothing.
- What would it be like to care for an infant that was also your boss?
- Clearly they were workers. The photographs make their work invisible.
- Object Name
- mounted photograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- silver gel (overall material)
- gelatin silver print (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.6 cm x 13.3 cm; 10 15/32 in x 5 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 2018.3115.0001
- catalog number
- 2018.3115.0001
- nonaccession number
- 2018.3115
- subject
- Children
- Girls
- African American
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- Exhibition
- Girlhood
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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