Quarters, Belair Plantation

Artist/Author: 
Mugnier, George Francois, 1855-1936
Subject: 
African American children, Plantations, African American men, photography
Geographic Area: 
New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: 
ca. 1890
Archives: 
Elizabeth James Papers, Special Collections, Texas Southern University
Archives email contact: 
chaffeegj@tsu.edu
Description: 

6 young African American boys sit on a fenceboard surrounded by several adult male African American sugar harvesters, Belair Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Workers’ quarters are in the background. Most likely carte de visite; albumen process on cardstock, sepia. Image measures 7.25” x 9.25” on 10”x 12” cardstock.