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The Creator is the individual responsible for creating the work in the image. Where the image is a work of art such as an engraving, watercolour, photograph etc. the creator will be the artist responsible for creating the medium. Where the image is a photograph of an object in a studio the creator is the individual responsible for creating the object.
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![Cotton field. [Picking cotton], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiY290dG9uLWZpZWxkLXBpY2tpbmctY290dG9uLTE4NjgtMTkwMC1jcmVhdG9yLXVua25vd24tMjk0OTY5OS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=1b417517cacb5b602027a0ea452479b03776834aa004cf0f83681de2c73a1186 "Cotton field. [Picking cotton], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown.")
![Cutting rice. [Harvesting rice], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiY3V0dGluZy1yaWNlLWhhcnZlc3RpbmctcmljZS0xODY4LTE5MDAtY3JlYXRvci11bmtub3duLTI5NDk2OTguanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=2fdb42bb0dcda880ae9f77b6735237e03a2d69c6676a7ce2d30d4e0eb3c1884c "Cutting rice. [Harvesting rice], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown.")
![Boo-Peep. [Group of men and women seated outside, child peeking out of a barrel...], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiYm9vLXBlZXAtZ3JvdXAtb2YtbWVuLWFuZC13b21lbi1zZWF0ZWQtb3V0c2lkZS1jaGlsZC1wZWVraW5nLW91dC1vZi1hLTI5NDk2OTUuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=f36cb9789cf3d8594f565563d17510787136c9fa1a8ab683bc0fba5d004c5698 "Boo-Peep. [Group of men and women seated outside, child peeking out of a barrel...], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens.")
![The cotton fields of the south, [Men picking cotton], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoidGhlLWNvdHRvbi1maWVsZHMtb2YtdGhlLXNvdXRoLW1lbi1waWNraW5nLWNvdHRvbi0xODY4LTE5MDAtMjk0OTY5My5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=c72f888029ae2868afcaec5672c1f4474bcff45755af2cf2b3ef054875b2265a "The cotton fields of the south, [Men picking cotton], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown.")
![Distinguished southerners, grinding cane. [Children chewing sugar cane on the porch], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiZGlzdGluZ3Vpc2hlZC1zb3V0aGVybmVycy1ncmluZGluZy1jYW5lLWNoaWxkcmVuLWNoZXdpbmctc3VnYXItY2FuZS1vbi0yOTQ5Njc4LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=0ec3cda6b03e078d318dbbd078556ea8f0ea0adc6d7e3cd2bb98460b5a4c0da1 "Distinguished southerners, grinding cane. [Children chewing sugar cane on the porch], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown.")
![We'se done all dis's Mornin " [Girls with basket of cotton in the field], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5Ijoid2Utc2UtZG9uZS1hbGwtZGlzLXMtbW9ybmluLWdpcmxzLXdpdGgtYmFza2V0LW9mLWNvdHRvbi1pbi10aGUtZmllbGQtMjk0OTY3Ny5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=5595088aa5a3a20d589186627b1a10ae7ad6d156b60f8da2c979e383294abccf "We'se done all dis's Mornin'.\" [Girls with basket of cotton in the field], (1868-1900?). Creator: Unknown.")
