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![[African-American women weaving rug in home economics class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21lbi13ZWF2aW5nLXJ1Zy1pbi1ob21lLWVjb25vbWljcy1jbGFzcy1hdC1oYW1wdG9uLWluc3RpdHV0ZS02NDAuanBn/320/254/jpg "[African-American women weaving rug in home economics class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
![Blacksmith shop, Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. [Company]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYmxhY2tzbWl0aC1zaG9wLW1lcmNoYW50cy1kZXNwYXRjaC10cmFuc3BvcnRhdGlvbi1jby1jb21wYW55LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Blacksmith shop, Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. [Company]")
![[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvdGVuLWFmcm8tYW1lcmljYW4td29tZW4taW4tY29va2luZy1jbGFzcy1hdC1oYW1wdG9uLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1oYW1wdG9uLXZhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
![[Students in a bricklaying class, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvc3R1ZGVudHMtaW4tYS1icmlja2xheWluZy1jbGFzcy1oYW1wdG9uLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1oYW1wdG9uLXZpcmdpbmlhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Students in a bricklaying class, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
![[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - men in carpentry workshop]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4taW5kaWFuLWFuZC1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXN0dWRlbnRzLWF0LWhhbXB0b24taW5zdGl0dXRlLWhhbXB0b24tNS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - men in carpentry workshop]")
![[Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvZWxkZXJseS1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWNvdXBsZS1wb3NlZC1vdXRzaWRlLW9mLWJ1aWxkaW5nLW5lYXItaGFtcHRvbi1pbnN0aXR1dGUtYmU3NTIzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Elderly African American couple posed outside of building, near Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
![[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1900(?) - men and women in chemistry lab]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYW1lcmljYW4taW5kaWFuLWFuZC1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXN0dWRlbnRzLWF0LWhhbXB0b24taW5zdGl0dXRlLWhhbXB0b24tMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1900(?) - men and women in chemistry lab]")
