Created by
Hine, Lewis Wickes, American, 1874 - 1940
Subject of
Bordentown School, American, 1886 - 1955
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
ca. 1935
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Description
A black-and-white print of vocational students learning how to cook and bake at the Manual Training and Industrial School for Colored Youth in Bordentown, New Jersey. A prayer is partially visible on the dining room chalkboard to the right of the frame.
Place depicted
Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
African Methodist Episcopal
Cooking and dining
Education
Methodist
Photography
Prayer
Religion
The Black Church
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg
Object number
2011.165.25
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e85ce800-4d22-4197-9d19-7af00321dd68

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