[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
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georgia n california, iagoarchangel, Dendroica cerulea, kluehirschSnowpine, and 69 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Branddobbe (33 months ago | reply)
Wow, amazing look at another time
Yusrar art (33 months ago | reply)
good and nice picture ......
lizzybrown@studio184 (33 months ago | reply)
wOW, wOW. WOW!
mimihen (33 months ago | reply)
Goodness, they look so regal...
COA Catawba County (32 months ago | reply)
powerful picture of four beautiful fierce women
fidy84 (31 months ago | reply)
love this image
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!
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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.