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A black and white photo of a group of women [Nine African American women, full-length portrait, seated on steps of a building at Atlanta University, Georgia]
Summary
Title and photographer attribution based on research by D. Willis in Small nation of people.
Untitled photo in album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 341.
B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Reading Room. A microfilm surrogate is also available.
Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: Small nation of people ... / Library of Congress ... New York: Amistad, 2003, p. 63.
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.
Original albums filed in PR 12 under LOT 11930
Tags
Date
01/01/1899
Contributors
Askew, Thomas E., 1850?-1914, photographer
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector
Location
Atlanta (Ga.), 33.74889, -84.38806
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
