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This is a photograph of a large gathering at an outdoor event. The photograph is in sepia tone, capturing a bustling crowd surrounding a central pathway amidst buildings and trees. Distinct flags are visible, including the American flag. The attendees are dressed in period clothing, indicative of the late 19th or early 20th century, with many wearing hats, and some standing while others sit in carriages or look on from various vantage points. The scene appears festive or ceremonial.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
"Girls of Booker T. Washington School, Tuskegee, Alabama, Mrs. McKinley in near carriage"
Underwood & Underwood, Strohmeyer & Wyman
- Date
- 1899
- Medium
- stereoscopic albumen silver prints
- Dimensions
- image/sheet (each): 8 × 7.8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.) mount: 8.9 × 17.8 cm (3 1/2 × 7 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2023.39.126
- Credit line
- Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- portrait
- American
- gelatin silver print
- African American
- Alabama
- Girls
- Students
- Stereograph
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Inscription
along left edge of mount printed in black ink: Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers. / New York, N.Y.; along right edge: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood / New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas.; bottom right: Girls of Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala.-Mrs. McKinley in near carriage. / Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: AF070A-2 / 7.2021 EH
NGA object ID 227144. 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.