Booker T. Washington, President of the Negro Industrial School, Tuskegee, Alabama
- 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
- Date
- 1899
- 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)
- 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".
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- stereographs
- portraits
- Topic
- American South
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Photography
- U.S. 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.