Bob and His Fiddle

Object Details

Description: A stereograph titled "Bob and His Fiddle" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict a boy holding a homemade fiddle while seated outside a small log dwelling. He wears a white shirt, dark vest, dark pants, and no shoes. His hat is lying on the ground by his left foot. He looks down at the fiddle held in his left hand and propped on his left shoulder, while holding a bow made from string and a bent stick in his right hand over the strings of the fiddle. The title is blurred and printed in the bottom left corner on the right facing print. The prints are mounted on card stock that is orange on the recto and light pink on the verso. On the verso black text in various decorative fonts reads: [Havens / (Successor to Wilson & Havens) / PHOTOGRAPHER / 141 & 143 Broughton Street / SAVANNAH, GA. / PUBLISHER OF THE / LARGEST COLLECTION / OF / SOUTHERN VIEWS / IN / THE UNITED STATES.].

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection

1876-1888

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Medium: albumen and silver on paper on card mount
Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 3 15/16 × 7 in. (10 × 17.8 cm); H x W (image (each)): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (9.5 × 16.5 cm)

Place printed: Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: Liljenquist Family Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; American South; Child musicians; Children; Music; Photography; Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877; U.S. History, 1865-1921

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fceda0bd-4251-41fb-9c38-0beda991e721