Afro-Americans of Natchez PI/1996.0003
The Afro-Americans of Natchez photograph collection is made up of twelve black-and-white cabinet cards featuring images of prominent citizens of Natchez, Mississippi, created during the nineteenth century. The collection includes five photographs taken by Henry C. Norman and two by L. D. Simmons, each of whom owned a portrait studio in Natchez. Another cabinet card in the collection was created by Yazoo City photographer H. W. Bushman in 1888.
read more...The Afro-Americans of Natchez photograph collection is made up of twelve black-and-white cabinet cards featuring images of prominent citizens of Natchez, Mississippi, created during the nineteenth century. The collection includes five photographs taken by Henry C. Norman and two by L. D. Simmons, each of whom owned a portrait studio in Natchez. Another cabinet card in the collection was created by Yazoo City photographer H. W. Bushman in 1888.
General & Tech Data Catalog Record
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The Afro-Americans of Natchez photograph collection of 12 photographs that were numbered in the order they were received.
Technical Details
Original Scans: The original scans of the Afro-Americans of Natchez photograph collection were made in 2009, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The images were scanned as uncompressed, 8-bit RGB Color TIFF files at 600 pixels per inch.
Conversion: For Web display, the original scans of the Afro-Americans of Natchez photograph collection were saved as JPEG tile sets.
Rights Management
The postcards in the Afro-Americans of Natchez photograph collection are in the public domain and therefore free of copyright or other use restrictions. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:
Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Copy Availability
High-resolution TIFFs of the images may be purchased from MDAH. The MDAH Public Order procedure and fee schedule apply. Consult the Photoreproduction and Digital Imaging policy or contact MDAH Reference Staff for order options as well as information on how to obtain and complete the necessary Public Order forms: 601-576-6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov.