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Wood work shop of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.
Summary
Photo shows African American using machinery in a woodworking shop at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Title from caption card.
Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Caption card tracings: South Carolina O-; Wood work; Vocational education; African Americans - Education; Universities & Colleges; Geogr.; Shelf.
Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900).
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Date
01/01/1899
Contributors
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector
Location
Orangeburg (S.C.), 33.49194, -80.85556
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
