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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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![Plantation Scene. Picking cotton. [Woman resting in the field], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoicGxhbnRhdGlvbi1zY2VuZS1waWNraW5nLWNvdHRvbi13b21hbi1yZXN0aW5nLWluLXRoZS1maWVsZC0yOTQ5NjMzLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=0ec41234220d4c7e844dc526ee9ab70770441edd3750178765a5a8c2857665f4 "Plantation Scene. Picking cotton. [Woman resting in the field], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens.")
![Simplicity, Alabama, U.S.A. [Group gathered on a porch, in town], (1868-1900?). Creator: Benjamin West Kilburn](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5Ijoic2ltcGxpY2l0eS1hbGFiYW1hLXUtcy1hLWdyb3VwLWdhdGhlcmVkLW9uLWEtcG9yY2gtaW4tdG93bi0yOTQ5NjIxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=b466cf33c7aa998f1004c4c23ce591371e6f20215ec15967d31d50c805ed7829 "Simplicity, Alabama, U.S.A. [Group gathered on a porch, in town], (1868-1900?). Creator: Benjamin West Kilburn.")
![Cotton picking no. 3. [Group posing in the field with bale of cotton in foreground], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiY290dG9uLXBpY2tpbmctbm8tMy1ncm91cC1wb3NpbmctaW4tdGhlLWZpZWxkLXdpdGgtYmFsZS1vZi1jb3R0b24taW4tMjk0OTYwOC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=c9cc61115709f23d903ba3eedb0f76732b4f8347a3eda1b4f33379663f495074 "Cotton picking no. 3. [Group posing in the field with bale of cotton in foreground], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens.")
![Picking cotton. [Woman resting in the field], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoicGlja2luZy1jb3R0b24td29tYW4tcmVzdGluZy1pbi10aGUtZmllbGQtMTg2OC0xOTAwLWNyZWF0b3Itby0yOTQ5NjA1LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6MjI0LCJmaXQiOiJpbnNpZGUifX19?signature=f3b62abdf9aee0f01dc57241f9348a8dccb8aa7fc4aa58689cb7e33e14094323 "Picking cotton. [Woman resting in the field], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens.")
![Picking cotton. [Women picking cotton], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoicGlja2luZy1jb3R0b24td29tZW4tcGlja2luZy1jb3R0b24tMTg2OC0xOTAwLWNyZWF0b3Itby1waWVycmUtMjk0OTYwNC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=b8a77825331edc19477ef381b547c8f41162bf511d3ea04f3f9bce0729ff1711 "Picking cotton. [Women picking cotton], (1868-1900?). Creator: O. Pierre Havens.")
![[An unidentified friend of Emily Smith Mallard that she met at Talladega College], c1900. Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoiYW4tdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWZyaWVuZC1vZi1lbWlseS1zbWl0aC1tYWxsYXJkLXRoYXQtc2hlLW1ldC1hdC10YWxsYWRlZ2EtMjk0OTU4MS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjIyNCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIn19fQ==?signature=f2db5c799199d18fa92e3a1fe3b381f35c88bd4bda9f470eb7647ad1260f7716 "[An unidentified friend of Emily Smith Mallard that she met at Talladega College], c1900. Creator: Unknown.")
![The Woman's Voice; [Cover page of national illustrated weekly]; Kansas City, Mo.; Feb 26, 1898, 1916 Creator: Unknown](https://d2jrby88yvgyu2.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJoaXAtc2VvLXByZXZpZXdzIiwia2V5IjoidGhlLXdvbWFuLXMtdm9pY2UtY292ZXItcGFnZS1vZi1uYXRpb25hbC1pbGx1c3RyYXRlZC13ZWVrbHkta2Fuc2FzLTI5NDk1NjQuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoyMjQsImZpdCI6Imluc2lkZSJ9fX0=?signature=38209fb6f3c413bf7b4d401e5f52781ee72726412132d2fb426fd774c5ff6553 "The Woman's Voice; [Cover page of national illustrated weekly]; Kansas City, Mo.; Feb 26, 1898, 1916 Creator: Unknown.")
