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Booker T. Washington feeding chickens
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.
June 26, 1902 letter from George Washington Carver
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.
First building used by Tuskegee Institute
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."
Black woman and child read together in Louisiana
An older black woman seated in a chair, and a child, possibly her daughter or granddaughter, read together in Louisiana.
Two black women hanging laundry on a fence in Tuskegee, Alabama
Two apron-wearing women hang laundry to dry on a fence outside their house in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Old black couple in their yard in Vicksburg, Mississippi
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.
Booker T. Washington with rabbits
Booker T. Washington sits on a bench with his son David standing next to him. At their feet are two rabbits.
Booker T. Washington with horses
Booker T. Washington stands in a pasture, holding a mare's bridle and reaching out to make friends with her colt.
Booker T. Washington on log bridge
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.
Black man splitting wood in Virginia
A black man splitting boards for a roof in Virginia.
Brothers on the bank of the Ohio River
On the bank of the Ohio River in West Virginia, a black boy pulls his little brother in a tiny toy wagon.
Black boy reads to his father in South Carolina
A black boy is sitting on a porch, reading to his father, who, according to the back of the photograph, does not know how.
Booker T. Washington examines a tree branch
Booker T. Washington standing in the woods pulling at a branch and looking at the flowers of a tree.
Black woman milling rice, Oakley, South Carolina
A black woman in Oakley, South Carolina mlls rice by pounding it with a pestle in a large wooden mortar. A man looks on from the doorway.
A young black woman in Louisiana looks out her window to two children and their grandmother
Caption on back: "These two children are with their granny who is smoking her pipe. The girl looking out from the window is the belle of Shacktown. Wooden blocks have been put under the house for it to stand on. Such foundations are common in the far…