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Christmas morning 1897
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The Library of Congress Christmas morning I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know. Title Christmas morning in the sunny South Summary African American woman holding stocking; looking at book with white girl. Created / Published c1897. Notes - Copyright by J.H. (John H.) Tarbell - This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. - Caption card tracings: Children Reading; Children Sentimental; Negroes Domestic Life; Photog. I.; Holidays Christmas; Shelf. Medium 1 photographic print. Call Number/Physical Location LOT 11826 [item] [P&P] Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Digital Id cph 3b11609 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b11609 Library of Congress Control Number 2003665234 Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-64013 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication. Online Format image Description

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.rvdb
12/14/17 8:13 PM GMT
I waited while to decide if I was going to post this one or save it in my private folder. On the first glance a very innocent picture but if we look at the history behind this picture well....That said I can't change history it is what it is ....good or bad.

Rob
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::Pistos
12/14/17 10:25 PM GMT
I think it is sweet and tender! Yes, I know it was from the days of slavery, but it is clear that these two loved each other.
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::tigger3
12/14/17 10:54 PM GMT
I find it a very compelling image, and it shows a tender moment between the two of them, I see nothing wrong with sharing this one, and your editing is wonderful. tigs=^..^=
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::Nikoneer
12/15/17 1:07 AM GMT
Colored nannies were often great favorites of the "master's" young children who, in many cases, loved their nannies almost as much as their parents. It wasn't until they were older that they that they would follow the mold of their white elders, believing themselves better in all ways.

-Nik
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::questjester
12/15/17 2:38 AM GMT
I'm glad that you chose to share the photograph, Rob. It is a striking image and you did an incredible job of colorizing it ... including the teeny-tiny page of the book (remarkable)!

If we don't honestly and unflinchingly look at, acknowledge, and address our past, we are doing a disservice to future generations and leaving the door open for atrocities to occur again. Ignorance is not bliss.
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::0930_23
12/15/17 4:24 AM GMT
There was a true bond between the nanny and the children in their care Rob. Everything is not always black and white. Sometimes a little color and objectivity are needed.
Another super colorization.


TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::LynEve
12/15/17 11:03 AM GMT
Regardless of the circumstances the love between them is very clear.
I wonder if the nanny had children of her own and who was holding them close on this Christmas. It is a very very thought provoking photo and I believe of great historical importance. It needs to be looked at and it needs to be understood. As Tick said not everything is black and white even when it appears to be so.
Your editing is lovely as always and I also find the photo intriguing because of it being a posed studio picture - we can only imagine (or not) what the reason behind this image was. I really don't know.
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.WTFlack
12/15/17 2:46 PM GMT
Again, your workmanship on these long forgotten paintings are brought to life, with wonderful details.
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::ryzst
12/17/17 6:18 AM GMT
Since the Civil War ended in 1865, and the Reconstruction Era about 1877, she wasn't a slave at the time this was taken, but probably had been. To be used as a prop years later in this white glorification of her servitude must have been galling, but pride doesn't put food on the table. The theme of white children being somehow more appealing than the offspring of the servent's own race was a popular one among the apologists and enablers of that terrible era. That it's still a mindset we haven't cleansed ourselves of is a tragedy.
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