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Shaping a mast
Two men are planing the surface of a long mast in a shipyard on the edge of the harbor. Caption on back: "Shaping a mast."
Baptist church and one-room school house
A black woman stands at the steps of the one-room school house used by the black community of Oakley, South Carolina. In the background is the Baptist church. Caption on back: "A negro schoolhouse and Baptist church"
Black family on their porch in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Caption on back: "A piazza scene on the picturesque outskirts of Vicksburg. The weather is warm, and that is why the baby's head is protected from the sunshine by a towel. A broken window, and the condition of the steps show plainly that the family…
Black cemetery in Tuskegee, Alabama
The cemetery used by the black residents of Tuskegee, Alabama. The headstones are small and there isn't much vegetation.
George Washington Carver with student
Professor Carver stands on a forest path surrounded by bare trees with one of his pupils facing him holding wildflowers in Tuskegee, Alabama
Black woman watering plants
Caption on back: "This house is on Bull Run Battlefield, and at the time of the fighting was the home of a free negro. The little boy is watching his mammy water the plants."
Booker T. Washington feeding pigs
Booker T. Washington holds a bucket and feeds a group of pigs.
Booker T. Washington with student driving plow
Booker T. Washington stands in a field with a student who is driving a horse-drawn plow.
Young black sisters on a porch in Tennessee
A pair of young black sisters sit on a porch in Tennessee. One is in a chair and sewing. The other is on the porch itself, and is holding a doll and looking up at the other.
Black boys and their dogs in Tennessee
Caption on back: "A boy hunter and his four-legged companions. The dogs have to wait while he shows two of his boy friends just how the gun works. Did you count the dogs?"
Booker T. Washington picking flowers in the woods
Booker T. Washington kneels in the woods, searching for flowers. His son David stands next to him.
Black man in a cart stops to talk with two black women in Tennessee
A black man driving a cart has stopped in the road to speak with two black women.
Cover of Highways and Byways of the South
Cover of Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson, published 1905.
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.