Title

Workers harvesting celery on J. N. Whitner's land

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Photographer

Ensminger, Jefferson C. (1843-1912)

Description

Black and white photograph of a white man and three African Americans standing in a celery field in Sanford, Florida. The celery field is known as 'Shellbank.' In the background of the images are two houses set among the trees. The house at the right of the image is Joseph N. Whitner's. 'Shellbank' celery fields were his property. On the back of the image is written, 'Celery field, Sanford, Fla. 'Shellbank'. Resident of J. N. Whitner. Ensminger photo, ca. 1900.'

Date

ca. 1900

Subjects

African Americans; Black-and-white photography -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs.; Celery -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs; Dwellings -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs; Men -- Florida -- Sanford -- Photographs

Subject-Personal Names

Whitner, Joseph N. (1857-1917)

Coverage-Spatial

Sanford (Fla.)

Number of Images

2 images

Side of Image

Back of Postcard

Repository

Sanford Museum

Identifier

DP0010692

Size of Original Image

13 cm. x 21 cm.

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. To purchase copies of images and/or for copyright information contact the respective holding institution.

Digital Publisher

Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2011.

Funding source

RICHES 2011

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on an Avision FB 6080E Book-edge Scanner.

Date Digitized

2011-04

Recommended Citation

"Workers harvesting celery on J. N. Whitner's land" (1900). Images of Central Florida. 2496.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-images/2496