Near the Natural Bridge

Image

cj3237.jpg

Title

Near the Natural Bridge

Subject

Natural Bridge (Va.)
Girls -- Virginia
Boys -- Virginia

Description

A black girl stands in the open gate next to two younger children while a boy rests his hand on the gate facing them. A wooden fence extends on both sides and the roof of a wooden building is on the right. Caption: "Four neighbros, three of whom are girls, and the other a barefooted boy with a big toe tied up. They live near the great Natural Bridge that has arch two hundred and fifteen feet high."

Creator

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940

Source

Image from page 223 of Highways and Byways of the South by Clifton Johnson, 1904

Publisher

Jones Library Special Collections

Date

undated

Rights

This digital file may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.

Relation

From the Clifton Johnson Collection

Type

Photographs

Identifier

CJ3237

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

7 x 5

Citation

Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940, “Near the Natural Bridge,” Digital Amherst, accessed October 30, 2024, https://digitalamherst.org/items/show/5129.