Created by

Hine, Lewis Wickes, American, 1874 - 1940

Subject of

Bordentown School, American, 1886 - 1955

Unidentified Man or Men

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted

Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1935

Description

A gelatin silver print of band class at the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey. The director, right, has his hands raised in direction.

Topic

African American

Band (Music)

Conductors (Musicians)

Education

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Photography

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg

Object number

2011.165.5

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture