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”.