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Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Virginia

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Summary

Two African American men standing and an African American man and woman seated.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Caption card tracings: African Americans In business; African American women; Tobacco - Misc.; Labor & Labor organ.; African American history; Va. Petersburg; Shelf.

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Date

01/01/1899
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[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

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[African American girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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photographic prints officers tobacco trade union tobacco trade union petersburg virginia 19th century lot 11308 african american photographs assembled for 1900 paris exposition photo ultra high resolution high resolution race relations african americans woman man saint petersburg russia library of congress