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Robert E. Williams photographic collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. vicinity (Richmond Co.), circa 1872-1898
Late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta-area African American people, places, agriculture, family life, and more.
More About This Collection
Creator
Williams, Robert E., d. 1937
Date of Original
1872/1898
Subject
African American photographers--Georgia
African Americans--Social life and customs--19th century--Photographs
African Americans--Housing--Georgia--19th century--Photographs
African American children--Georgia--19th century--Photographs
African Americans--Georgia--Religion--19th century--Photographs
Baptism--Photographs
Cotton picking--Georgia--Photographs
Carriages and carts--Georgia--Photographs
Location
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
Medium
black-and-white photographs
portraits
Type
Still Image
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. The digitized collection consists of images of 84 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.
Title from title screen.
Document digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2000, as part of GALILEO.
Original Collection
Robert E. Williams photographs, 1872-1898, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Holding Institution
Hargrett Library
Rights
