Created by:

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901  Search this

Published by:

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s  Search this

Subject of:

Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915  Search this

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881  Search this

Medium:

albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard

Dimensions:

H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)

Type:

stereographs

portraits

Date:

1899

Description:

A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1899, of an outdoor scene titled: "Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama"/ Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman", below the image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. Both images feature Booker T. Washington standing in a dirt paved street with his right hand in his vest breast pocket. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: " Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers/ New York, N.Y." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers/ New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas".

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Education  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Photography  Search this

U.S. History, 1865-1921  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.155.205

Restrictions & Rights:

Public Domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e4647f81-9691-4a84-9806-7e83b86d6d35

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.155.205