Mr. Longworth's Vineyard

Mr. Longworth's Vineyard

This image is depicted in Mr. Longworth’s Vineyard, near Cincinnati, where men and woman are working. The audience for this specific image is the working class and people consume/are interested in wine. This could be for a wide age range, approximately age 20-60. The image goes along with an article titled, “NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, ESQ., OF CINCINATTI, AND THE VINEYARDS OF OHIO.” I can ascertain about the creator that he had an interest in Mr. Longworth’s life and his wine vineyard. The image and the article do not contain a photographer or author’s name. What makes this item interesting is the scenery that is surrounding the image and the workers depicted in it. You can see within in the image that men and women are both working in the field. The women are wearing long dresses and the men long pants and long sleeved shirts. Even though it may have been very hot during this time, it was proper etiquette to be fully dressed. It is interesting to me that women are working in the vineyard during this time period right alongside men. The first woman’s suffrage movement was in 1848, but woman struggled for the next 50 years in order to be allowed in the workforce. In the background of the image you can see a steamboat coming in. This is right down the hill from the vineyard, which allows for easy exports of Mr. Longworth’s wine. Most exports/imports during this time period travelled by boat. The workers are all using hand tools and carrying everything themselves or in baskets, there is no trucks, tractors or wheel-barrows that they can put things into. The woman at the bottom of the image is walking down stairs with a barrel attached to her back. This shows how there was no other way of getting around the vineyard except by walking. This all shows how people and workers were much more self sufficient in the 1850’s because they didn’t have any other choice of alternate transportation or technology. This idea is true for New York and all around America.

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Harper's Weekly [COMPLETE CITATION NEEDED]

July 24th, 1858

Erin Donlon