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The image is a sepia-toned photograph of a group of men standing together outdoors. They are arranged in a semi-grouped formation on the steps of a building. The man at the center, likely Booker T. Washington, has short hair and is clean-shaven. He wears a three-piece suit and holds a small book or notebook. Other men of varying ages surround him, wearing dark suits with waistcoats and ties. Some individuals are holding hats. The background shows a brick building partially covered by climbing ivy.
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The image is a sepia-toned photograph of a group of men standing together outdoors. They are arranged in a semi-grouped formation on the steps of a building. The man at the center, likely Booker T. Washington, has short hair and is clean-shaven. He wears a three-piece suit and holds a small book or notebook. Other men of varying ages surround him, wearing dark suits with waistcoats and ties. Some individuals are holding hats. The background shows a brick building partially covered by climbing ivy.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Booker T. Washington and Distinguished Guests, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama"

Keystone View Company

Date
April 1906
Medium
stereoscopic gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image (each): 8 × 7.6 cm (3 1/8 × 3 in.) sheet: 8 × 15.2 cm (3 1/8 × 6 in.) mount: 8.8 × 17.8 cm (3 7/16 × 7 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.124
Credit line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • gelatin silver print
  • African American
  • Men
  • Alabama
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers MADE IN U. S. A. Publishers; top center: H214; along right edge: Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., / Chicago, Ill., London, England.; bottom right: V11960-Booker T. Washington and Distinguished Guests, / Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 22.3.RHH JK / AF070; bottom right: pp39

NGA object ID 227142. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.