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Black boy splitting wood at a schoolhouse in Tennessee
A black boy chops wood in front of a schoolhouse in Tennessee, while two other boys and a girl look on. In the background, a woman, perhaps the teacher, is speaking with a girl.
Black woman selling cabbages from a cart in Charleston, South Carolina
A black woman sells cabbages from a cart in Charleston, South Carolina. A man has come to buy and is weighing one in his hand.
Booker T. Washington and a friend
Booker T. Washington stands over a pig patting its back in a fenced field holding a bucket in his left hand. A calf is partly in shot on the right and farm buildings are visible behind the fence.
Black woman working in an Alabama kitchen
A black woman performs domestic work in an early 20th century kitchen in Alabama. Around her are bottles, boxes, utensils, and dishes.
May 9, 1901 letter from Booker T. Washington
One page, typed, signed letter from Booker T. Washington to Clifton Johnson, on Tuskegee Institute stationery. Washington thanks Johnson for sending a book for the library and inquires about the photographs Johnson had recently taken.
Black children meeting at a gate in Virginia
Caption on back: "Four neighbors, three of whom are girls, the other a barefooted boy with a big toe tied up. They live near the Great Natural Bridge that has an arch two hundred and fifteen feet high." Bridge is located south-west of…
Black woman rowing home in Vicksburg, Mississippi
A lone black woman begins to row across the Mississippi River to her home near Vicksburg, while a second looks on from the bank.
Improvised hothouse at Tuskegee
A Tuskegee student kneels by a small greenhouse he has built from spare bits and pieces.
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…
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.
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 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.
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 man splitting wood in Virginia
A black man splitting boards for a roof in Virginia.
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.