Bell rack on model, museum in Mobile, Ala.

Bell rack on model, museum in Mobile, Ala.

- Gailliard, Richbourg
- Fugitive slaves--Alabama--Mobile--1840-1870
- United States--Alabama--Mobile

Caption: The bell rack. Contraption used by an Alabama slave owner to guard a runaway slave. This rack was originally topped by a bell which rang when the runaway attempted to leave the road and go through foliage or trees. It was attached around the neck as shown in the picture. A belt passed through the loop at the bottom to hold the iron rod firmly fastened to the waist of the wearer. In the accompanying photograph Richbourg Gailliard, assistant to the director of the Federal Museum and also a well-known young Mobile artist, poses to show the use made of the bell rack.

Russell, Mobile

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Between 1937 and ca. 1938

No known restrictions on reproduction.

Still Image
JPEG

English

1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7 x 5 in.

Call Number: LOT 13262-1, no. 6 [P&P]

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/99615417/

1 photographic print : gelatin silver

7 x 5 in.