Desk from the Hope School
- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Manufactured by
- A. H. Andrews & Co., founded 1865
- Used by
- Hope School, 1925 - 1954
- Date
- 1925-1954
- Medium
- iron and hardwood
- Dimensions
- 28 x 31 x 26 1/2 in. (71.1 x 78.7 x 67.3 cm)
- Description
- One from a set of ten desks from the Hope School in Pomaria, South Carolina, a historic Rosenwald school. The desks are of the "Triumph" model made by A. H. Andrews & Co. in Chicago, Illinois and are made of iron and hardwood. The back of each desk provides the writing surface for the desk behind.
- Place used
- Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- desks
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Hope School Community Center, Pomaria, SC
- Object number
- 2010.22.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.