Photograph of the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee Institute

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Object Details

Photograph by

Frances B. Johnston, American, 1864 - 1952

Subject of

Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881

Unidentified Woman or Women

Lyman Abbott, American, 1835 - 1922

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish American, 1835 - 1919

Charles W. Eliot, American, 1834 - 1926

Dr. Hollis Burke Frissell, American, 1852 - 1917

V. Everit Macy, American, 1871 - 1930

William Jay Schieffelin, American, 1866 - 1955

Isaac N. Seligman, American, 1855 - 1917

Clara B. Spence, American, 1862 - 1923

William G. Wilcox, American, 1851 - 1917

Unidentified Man or Men

Description

A black-and-white photograph taken at the 25th anniversary of the founding of Tuskegee University. At center of the photograph is a reviewing stand on which supporters of the University, including Trustees, dignitaries, educators, and philanthropists, are gathered to watch the proceedings. The reviewing stand is decorated with American flags and bunting. In the foreground, female Tuskegee students march past the reviewing stand, from proper right to proper left. The women are wearing full-length, long-sleeved dresses and hats. In the background are campus buildings, rolling hills and fences.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1906

Object number

2016.49.5

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (19.7 × 24.8 cm)

H x W (mount): 8 × 13 in. (20.3 × 33 cm)

H x W (mat): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Place captured

Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

American South

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Photography

Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877

U.S. History, 1865-1921

Women

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5be09ffc5-ad20-494b-9e5a-db52aca55b89

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.49.5