The haircut
Hockanum (Mass.)
Farms
Farmers
Barbers
Boys
Sheds
The barber is cutting a man's hair while a young boy peers up inquisitively at the process. Caption on back "The Hair-cut" and "The little boy watched the woodshed barber so closely that the craftsman said, "I guess you're goin' to learn the trade ain't you sonny?" and "All the old-time farm children were familiar with home hair-cutting"
1895
Photographs
CJ-7-22-06-IN100
Black man and woman with horse in a Tennessee yard
Tennessee
African Americans
Farms
Houses
Families
Horses
A black man grazes a horse in his yard and talks to a woman. In the background, children are sitting on the steps of the house.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-28-10-GPN6
Booker T. Washington feeding chickens
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Chickens
Agriculture
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington stands next to a chicken coop. At his feet is a group of chickens. He holds a pail of feed in one hand and sprinkles it for the chickens with the other.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South.
Published on page 295 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
Circa 1901
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Photographs
June 26, 1902 letter from George Washington Carver
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
Correspondence
African Americans
One page, typed, signed letter from George Washington Carver to Clifton Johnson, on Tuskegee Institute stationery. Carver thanks Johnson for his last letter and discusses Johnson's books.
Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
Jones Library Special Collections
1902-06-26
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English
Correspondence
First building used by Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
African Americans
School buildings
A dilapidated wood cabin, identified as the building Booker T. Washington started his school. A wooden fence and some trees are on the right. Caption on back: "The cabin in which Booker Washington started his school."
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Jones Library Special Collections
circa 1901
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From the Clifton Johnson Collection
Photographs
CJ0217
Black woman and child read together in Louisiana
Louisiana
African Americans
Reading
Learning
Women
An older black woman seated in a chair, and a child, possibly her daughter or granddaughter, read together in Louisiana.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published opposite page 54 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-19-08-GPN2
Two black women hanging laundry on a fence in Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee (Ala.)
African Americans
Laundry
Houses
Two apron-wearing women hang laundry to dry on a fence outside their house in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-18-01-GPN5
Old black couple in their yard in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg (Miss.)
African Americans
Families
An older black couple with smiling faces, in their yard in Vicksburg, Mississippi, look at each other. The woman is stirring a kettle and the man is sitting in a chair.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published opposite page 59 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-26-03-GPN6
Booker T. Washington with rabbits
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Rabbits
Agriculture
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington sits on a bench with his son David standing next to him. At their feet are two rabbits.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South.
Published on page 297 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1901
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Photographs
Booker T. Washington with horses
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Agriculture
Horses
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington stands in a pasture, holding a mare's bridle and reaching out to make friends with her colt.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South.
Published on page 292 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1901
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Photographs
Booker T. Washington on log bridge
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
Forests and fields
Rivers
Booker T. Washington standing on a log above a brook holding a walking stick on his right hand and his hat in his left hand. Bushes and trees are visible behind him.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Jones Library Special Collections
circa 1901
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From the Clifton Johnson Collection
Photographs
CJ0221
Black man splitting wood in Virginia
Virginia
African Americans
Lumber
A black man splitting boards for a roof in Virginia.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published on page 222 in Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-29-02-GPN15
Brothers on the bank of the Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio River
African Americans
Brothers
Children
Toys
On the bank of the Ohio River in West Virginia, a black boy pulls his little brother in a tiny toy wagon.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-29-05-GPN3
Black boy reads to his father in South Carolina
South Carolina
African Americans
Families
Reading
Literacy
A black boy is sitting on a porch, reading to his father, who, according to the back of the photograph, does not know how.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Published on page 349 of Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson.
Jones Library Special Collections
Circa 1902
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Photographs
CJ-7-28-08-GPN13
Booker T. Washington examines a tree branch
Tuskegee (Ala.)
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Forests and fields
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University
African Americans
Booker T. Washington standing in the woods pulling at a branch and looking at the flowers of a tree.
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Image from 'Chickens, Pigs and People' by Booker T. Washington in The Outlook Magazine, 1 June 1901, page 299
Jones Library Special Collections
circa 1901
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From the Clifton Johnson Collection
Photographs
CJ0218