C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
African American visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS68
Scope and Content
This collection contains various types of visual images, including photographs, lithoghraphs, posters, and prints from periodicals, pertaining to African Americans. Included in the collection are stereotypical racist pictures and postcards; photographs of African Americans working as domestics, agricultural laborers, musicians, streetcar conductors, etc.; portraits of African American women, men, and children; prints depicting significant events, such as the Fort Pillow Massacre and the...
Dates:
1860-1957, undated
C. W. Motes photographs and drawing
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS436
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several photographs taken by Columbus Washington "C. W." Motes, as well as portraits of Motes. Additional photographs include his wife, Emma F. White, and their two daughters: Mary Motes Delbridge and Eva Motes. The collection also includes photographs, presumably of his clients, images of titled sculptures, a drawing by C. W. Motes, and a color cased image of his daughter, Mary. Of special note is an ambrotype of Motes during his time as a Confederate soldier in the...
Dates:
approximately 1862-1900, undated
Constance Spalding Anderson photographs of the Brown, Connally, and Spalding families
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS429
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images of the Brown, Connally, and Spalding families and their friends. It primarily features identified portraits of women. Of special note is an image of Rand Peacock (possibly 1835-?), a man who was enslaved by the Connally family. Also included in the collection are signed photographs of actress Emma Abbott (1850-1891).
Dates:
1870-1918, undated
Goldberg and Rich family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS456
Scope and Contents
This collection contains daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and cased tintypes of Goldberg and Rich family members. Featured individuals include Marcus and Rachel Goldberg, as well as their children and families. Of special note is a photograph of Rosalind and Valerie Rich as children with an unidentified African American woman, who was likely employed as a family nanny or domestic employee.
Dates:
approximately 1847-1895
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- African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Portrait photography 2
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Actresses 1
- African American agricultural laborers 1
- African American businesspeople -- Georgia 1
- African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American construction workers 1
- African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American farmers 1
- African American household employees -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American nurses 1
- African American photographers 1
- African American prisoners -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American sculpture 1
- African American women artists 1
- African Americans -- Caricatures and cartoons 1
- African Americans -- Clothing -- Georgia 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 1
- Confederate States of America -- History, Military 1
- Cotton pickers 1
- Emancipation Proclamation 1
- Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Jewish businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Jewish families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Jewish women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Monuments & memorials -- Georgia 1
- Nannies 1
- Photographers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Sculpture -- United States 1
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