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Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage.

Creator Name

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901;
Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s;
Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881;
Ida McKinley, American, 1847 - 1907;
Unidentified Woman or Women;
Unidentified Man or Men

Cultural Context

African Americans

Date

1890s

About the work

National Museum of African American History and Culture Object Description
A stereograph produced by Underwood & Underwood, dated 1899, of an outdoor scene titled: [Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage / Copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman]. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of cardboard. The images feature a large procession of students in the middle of a street flanked by crowds of people. In the bottom left of each image, First Lady Ida McKinley is seated in a carriage that lines the street. The background of the photograph contains a large arch made of streamers and American flags. The left edge of the stereograph ...

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Title

Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage.

Creator

Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901, Photograph by;
Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s, Published by;
Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881, Subject of;
Ida McKinley, American, 1847 - 1907, Subject of;
Unidentified Woman or Women, Subject of;
Unidentified Man or Men, Subject of

Worktype

stereographs; Stereographs; Photographs

Cultural Context

African Americans

Material

albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard

Dimensions

H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)

Technique

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Language

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Date

1890s

Provenance

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Style Period

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Rights

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CC0

Inscription

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Location

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

Subjects

African American; Education; HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities); Photography; Women; Photography; Women; Education; HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Topic

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Strohmeyer & Wyman, American, unknown-1901, Girls of the Booker Washington School, Tuskegee, Ala. -- Mrs. McKinley in near carriage., 1890s, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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