Stereoview depicting an African American woman identified in period pencil inscription as “Aunt Chloe,” seated in an ox-drawn wooden cart on a cobblestone street in Savannah, Georgia. The driver, wearing a brimmed hat and work shirt, holds the reins from his perch at the front of the cart, while the yoked team of oxen stands in profile, their sturdy wooden wheels dominating the composition. The image, mounted on an orange card, captures the rustic, utilitarian nature of Southern transport during the Reconstruction era, a time when animal-powered vehicles remained central to both agricultural and urban labor.

The verso bears the imprint of photographer Havens, successor to Wilson & Havens, operating from 141 & 143 Broughton Street, Savannah. Promoted as the “Publisher of the Largest Collection of Southern Views in the United States,” the studio was renowned for documenting both the urban landscape and daily life in post–Civil War Savannah. Such occupational and vernacular views of African American subjects from this period are scarce, offering an unvarnished glimpse into the lived realities of the era. This image stands as both a document of regional material culture and an artifact of the visual record of African American life in the South during the late 19th century.