Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Dr. Jefferson, Sylvester, American, 1880 - 1932
Dr. Burt, Robert T., American, 1871 - 1955
Date
1911-1930
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions
H x W: 7 x 5 7/8 in. (17.8 x 14.9 cm)
H x W (image): 5 1/16 × 4 in. (12.8 × 10.1 cm)
Description
A black-and-white photograph of three buildings with the addresses 122, 124, and 126 N. 3rd Street in Clarksville, Tennessee. The building on the left is called the “Burt Building,” the first concrete building in Clarksville. Outside of the Burt Building are two signs. The most top one with white text reads [DR. JEFFERSON / DENTIST] and the sign below in reads [DOCTOR / ROBT. T. BURT]. At the top middle window of the Burt Building is a man looking down the street. Next to the Burt Building is a building with seven windows and a door. The building at the end of the block has no doors or windows facing the street. Along the right edge of the photograph is a sliver of Clarksville’s First Presbyterian Church. The photograph has a typed caption below the image [“BURT BUILDING” / 122, 124 & 126 / N. 3RD St.”]. To the right, handwritten in graphite, is [Clarksville Tenn]. The photograph is backed with cardboard.
Place depicted
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Medicine
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.36.136
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d039a92c-5fd4-4dc5-a4ee-85a74a27c9c8

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