Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), ca. 1872-1898

Photographer: Williams, Robert E. (d. 1937)

Collection Description: Robert E. Williams (d. 1937), an African-American Photographer, operated a photography studio, R. Williams and Son, in Augusta, Georgia, from 1888 until around 1908. This collection consists of 86 Glass plate negatives and positive prints of African-Americans in the Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia area. The photographs depict dwellings and domestic chores, rituals of baptism, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles and transportation, and children and family life. 84 of the images are presented online, as two of the negatives are copies. (About the archival collection.)

Repository: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
Collection Number: Ms 1284

Technical information: About MrSID

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Large Image | MrSID Image Man and woman with basket of cotton   Large Image | MrSID Image Baptism   Large Image | MrSID Image Group of children playing marbles   Large Image | MrSID Image Two children   Large Image | MrSID Image Bringing cotton to market   Large Image | MrSID Image Bringing cotton to market   Large Image | MrSID Image Two children   Large Image | MrSID Image Two children eating watermelons   Large Image | MrSID Image Chain gang

Large Image | MrSID Image Child   Large Image | MrSID Image Group holding umbrellas   Large Image | MrSID Image Baptism   Large Image | MrSID Image Baptism   Large Image | MrSID Image Baptism   Large Image | MrSID Image Baptism   Large Image | MrSID Image Group of children playing marbles   Large Image | MrSID Image Group of children playing marbles   Large Image | MrSID Image Group in field of cotton and sugar cane   Large Image | MrSID Image Two elderly men in cotton field

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A project of the Digital Library of Georgia and GALILEO in association with the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries. Publishing Information For further information about this collection, please contact: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Phone: (706) 542-7123 / FAX: (706) 542-4144 / Email: hargrett@arches.uga.edu