Sold by Max Rambod Inc, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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Remarkable late 19th-century Albumen photograph depicting a large, racially integrated music ensemble and social gathering posed outside a clapboard-sided rural building, likely a church or schoolhouse in the American South or border states. Cabinet card photograph. Albumen print mounted on heavy cardstock. Circa 1880s-1890s. Measures 8.5" x 6.5". The group includes an African American man with a guitar, two men possibly of mixed or Latino descent with an accordion, and another with a trumpet. The multi-racial group is underscored by the presence of two African American women in white cotton dresses standing near the rear door wearing common attire for rural working-class women of the time. This integrated gathering situates this photograph in the broader history of multi-ethnic labor communities in the post-Reconstruction South. This photograph captures a rarely documented moment of interracial leisure and cultural expression in the 19th century, challenging dominant visual narratives of rigid racial separation. The array of stringed and folk instruments, including guitar, violin, and accordion, suggests a vernacular musical tradition drawing from Black, white, and possibly Latino idioms-potentially embodying the creolized roots of American folk and blues. The informality of the setting and the positioning of the figures-seated on the ground and porch steps-convey a shared sense of camaraderie and musical celebration. Photograph is in very good condition with strong contrast and fine detail. Mount shows light age toning and minor corner wear. An extraordinary and unusually inclusive document of 19th-century American musical culture, visualizing interracial social life and artistic collaboration before the codification of Jim Crow segregation.
Seller Inventory # 22164
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