Series: Population Schedules for the 1850 Census, 1850 - 1850 Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007

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1850_uscensus_winslowhomer_entry

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Series: Population Schedules for the 1850 Census, 1850 - 1850 Record Group 29: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007

Timestamp

10/8/2021 8:13:49

URL for full object

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/44171887

Citation for full object

US Census 1850 Winslow Homer Entry

Filename in shared drive folder

1850_USCensus_WinslowHomer_entry

General description of the complete original artifact

This is an single page of an entry from the 1850 US Census, specifically for Cambridge Massachusetts. This page was from September 23rd, 1850. This census document includes names of persons in families, age, sex, race (whether white, black, or mixed race), profession, value of real estate owned, place of birth, marriage status if married within the year, whether an individual had attended school within the year, whether an individual was over the age of 20 and could not read and write, and whether an individual has a number of disabilities.

Estimated number of records in data set

42

Estimated number of fields if this were a database

504

Estimated time to digitize all records in set (hours)

5

Time period when data was created

1850

Organization creating data

United States Department of the Interior. 7th Decennial Census Office

Individual who created data (if known or guessable).

Saul C. Bigelow (not sure if this is deciphered correctly)

Shortcomings of this taxonomy for data set (if any)

It is just one page. Some words and names are especially difficult to read. Race was not added to the data set. This could mean that there were no black individuals in Cambridge or for some other reason, the census taker left it out.

Notes about the image you chose

This photo shows the entry field for accomplished painter Winslow Homer, who was 14 at the time this census was taken and was attending school.