Native Woman Washing a Negro Baby in Nassau, B.I.
About Native Woman Washing a Negro Baby in Nassau, B.I.
In a yard in Nassau, a woman puts a toddler into an outdoor washtub and scrubs him. The Edison catalogue says the child enjoys it until soap gets in his eyes. The Library of Congress print then pans left to other women and children, who scatter.
More about Native Woman Washing a Negro Baby in Nassau, B.I.
Edison released it in April 1903 at 70 feet. Thomas A. Edison copyrighted it on 8 April 1903 as H30397. The catalogue says the shot was taken on the midwinter cruise of the Hamburg-American liner Prinzessin Victoria Luise.
Themes
Background
The view was one of a series Edison cameramen made while passengers on a luxury winter cruise that called at Nassau.
Look
The camera starts on the tub and pans left across the yard, a move recorded in the Library of Congress summary.
Preservation
A paper print survives in the Library of Congress, from the George Kleine Collection.
Notes
- The New York Clipper listed the film on 4 April 1903.
- The George Kleine Collection catalogue describes the same Nassau yard scene.
- The Library of Congress holds a paper print from the Kleine collection.
- The title uses the wording of the 1903 Edison release.
Scenes
- The woman scrubs the boy in the outdoor tub.
- The pan finds other women and children, and they move off.