Created by

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901

Published by

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s

Subject of

Washington, Booker T., American, 1856 - 1915

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

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

American South

Education

Photography

United States--History--1865-1921

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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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Manufactured by

Boeing Corporation

Used by

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Subject of

Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946

Medium

steel, aluminum, copper alloy, wood, polyester, rubber, plastic

Dimensions

H x W x D (2011.82.1): 114 × 386 × 300 in. (289.6 × 980.4 × 762 cm)

H x W x D (2011.82.2 baggage claim door): 21 1/2 × 30 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (54.6 × 78.1 × 7 cm)

Type

training aircraft

Date

ca. 1944

Caption

A vintage, open-cockpit biplane—one used at Alabama’s renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II.

Description

The body of the PT-13D Stearman Kaydet aircraft is painted blue and the wings are painted yellow. The tail is yellow with red and white stripes. The numbers "18303" are white and located on the left and right sides of fuselage. "Spirit of Tuskegee" is printed in red and located on the left and right sides of engine cowl. There are two stars located on either side of the top wing. The stars are white within a black circle. Within the white stars are red circles. Personal signatures of former Tuskegee Airmen are located on the cargo cover.

Topic

African American

Military

Tuskegee Airmen

World War II

Credit Line

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

Object number

2011.82.1-.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Transportation Vehicles

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Southern Tennis Association, American, founded 1881

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

American Tennis Association

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm)

Type

programs

Place used

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

August 1933

Description

A souvenir program for an annual tennis tournament sanctioned by the Southern Tennis Association held at the Tuskegee Institute August 2nd through August 5th, 1933.

Topic

African American

Associations and institutions

Tennis

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.46.68.28

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Type

souvenir programs

Place depicted

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

Date

October 20, 1944

Description

1944 college football program for the all-Black teams from Wilberforce and Tuskegee at the University of Detroit Stadium. The program is red and green with a graphic of a football player mid-run with a football in his left hand plowing his way through an oversized football with a stadium full of spectators in the background. There is a two inch tear through the "I" of Wilberforce at the top right side of the program.

Transcription Center Status

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Topic

African American

Athletes

Education

Football

Credit Line

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

Object number

2012.31.5

Restrictions & Rights

Public Domain

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Exhibition

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Johnston, Frances B., American, 1864 - 1952

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Unidentified Woman or Women

Abbott, Lyman, American, 1835 - 1922

Carnegie, Andrew, Scottish-American, 1835 - 1919

Eliot, Charles W., American, 1834 - 1926

Dr. Frissell, Hollis Burke, American, 1852 - 1917

Macy, V. Everit, American, 1871 - 1930

Schieffelin, William Jay, American, 1866 - 1955

Seligman, Isaac N., American, 1855 - 1917

Spence, Clara B., American, 1862 - 1923

Wilcox, William G., American, 1851 - 1917

Unidentified Man or Men

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)

H x W (mount): 8 × 13 in. (20.3 × 33 cm)

H x W (mat): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

1906

Description

A black-and-white photograph taken at the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee University. At center of the photograph is a reviewing stand on which supporters of the University, including Trustees, dignitaries, educators, and philanthropists, are gathered to watch the proceedings. The reviewing stand is decorated with American flags and bunting. In the foreground, female Tuskegee students march past the reviewing stand, from proper right to proper left. The women are wearing full-length, long-sleeved dresses and hats. In the background are campus buildings, rolling hills and fences.

Topic

African American

American South

Education

Photography

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

United States--History--1865-1921

Women

Credit Line

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

Object number

2016.49.5

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Subject of

National Endowment for the Arts, American, founded 1965

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009

Dr. Dozier, Richard K., American

Anthony, Carl, American, born 1939

Foy, Isaac

Taylor, Robert Robinson, American, 1868 - 1942

Lankford, John A., American, 1874 - 1946

Box, John Harold, American, 1929 - 2011

Fly, Everett L., American

Dr. Warfield, John, American, died 2007

Dr. Vlach, John Michael

Britt, Stanford

Owned by

Williams, Harold Louis, American, 1924 - 2015

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (28.6 × 21.6 cm)

Type

documents

Place used

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date

January 17-18, 1980

Description

Folder with documents from an architecture workshop at Tuskegee University. The cover of the folder has a central image of unidentified students working at drafting tables. There are architectural drawings and building images in the background. Printed black text above the image reads [CENTER FOR AFRO-AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE / Tuskegee, Alabama / Planning Workshop #4 / January 17-18, 1980 / Tuskegee Institute, Alabama]. At the bottom there is text for [Sponsored By: / Department of Architecture, Tuskegee Institute and the National Endowment of the Arts – A Federal Agency.] The back of the folder has an image of uniformed men outside of a columned building identified as [NEGRO BUILDING].

Inside the folder are three (3) packets of paper, each stapled together. The first packet, titled “Final Workshop,” discusses the proposed creation of a National Resource Center on Afro-American Architecture. There is a workshop schedule on the last page. The other two (2) packets discuss workshop abstracts and speakers, the first on “History, Tradition and Directions of African American Architecture” and the second on “Afro-American Environmental Arts: Relationships and Research.” The packets have black printed text on white paper and the reverse of each page is blank.

Topic

African American

Architecture

Education

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Betty Smith Williams in memory of Harold Louis Williams

Object number

TA2017.53.5.1.14.1

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification

Documents and Published Materials

Archival Collections

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture