[Four African American women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University, Georgia] (LOC)

    Askew, Thomas E., 1850?-1914, photographer

    [Four African American women seated on steps of building at Atlanta University, Georgia]

    [1899 or 1900]

    1 photographic print : gelatin silver.

    Notes:
    Untitled photo in album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 362.
    Title and photographer attribution based on research by D. Willis in Small nation of people.
    Served by appointment only. Material requires special handling. For more information, see www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html
    Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress).
    Published in: Small nation of people ... / Library of Congress ... New York: Amistad, 2003, p. 62-63.
    Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

    Subjects:
    African Americans--Women--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900.
    Clothing & dress--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900.
    Students--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900.

    Format: Portrait photographs--1890-1900.
    Group portraits--1890-1900.
    Gelatin silver prints--1890-1900.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Du Bois albums of photographs of African Americans in Georgia exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 (DLC) 99471631

    For more information about this collection, see www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/anedub

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.08778

    Call Number: LOT 11930, no. 362

    Comments and faves

    1. Branddobbe (33 months ago | reply)

      Wow, amazing look at another time

    2. Yusrar art (33 months ago | reply)

      good and nice picture ......

    3. mimihen (33 months ago | reply)

      Goodness, they look so regal...

    4. COA Catawba County (32 months ago | reply)

      powerful picture of four beautiful fierce women

    5. fidy84 (31 months ago | reply)

      love this image

    6. cepatri (30 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Group Pictures, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    7. This photo was invited and added to the Group Pictures group.

    8. This photo was invited and added to the Circa group.

    9. dclpn1957 (12 months ago | reply)


      I love seeing this time period of our people.
      We are rarely seen so positive back then. Most of the time when we are seen is black people picking cotton or on the chain gang. I am loving this site.

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