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This image shows a blacksmithing shop complete with forges. The man who is leaning over has a hammer in his hand and so is likely nailing a horseshoe onto the front left hoof of the carriage horse. The wooden box on the floor is a farrier's tool box. The two sections at the top of the box contain nails, and the lower section holds farrier tools: rasps, nippers, nail pullers, hammers, and a hoof knife. I had horses for many years and farrier services are needed often (average of every 8 weeks) for trimming the hooves and shoeing. I don't know much about historic forges, so I cannot offer any additional identifications. Amazing collection of images! Joan Beaudoin, 2/9/2023
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Magic Lantern Slides
Magic Lantern Slideshow - Tuskegee Institute
Black History ➔ Lantern Slide, Tuskegee Institute
Identifier:
2021.6.23.44Description:
This black and white photographic lantern slide depicts a group of men working in a barn with a horse. This was part of a class on stock-raising where they would learn to breed or raise livestock on the school farm.This slide is part of slideshow 2021.6.23 about the Tuskegee Institute utilized for educational purposes by the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Date:
circa 1902Materials:
GlassDimensions:
4" h 3.25" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Related Entities:
Tuskegee Institute (depicts) Frances Benjamin Johnston (creator)Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was one of the first American women to achieve prominence as a photographer. Trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, she studied photography upon her return to Washington, D.C., in the mid-1880s and opened a professional studio circa 1890. Her family's social position gave Johnston access to the First Family and leading Washington political figures and launched her career as a photojournalist and portrait photographer. Some examples of her work include: photographs covering American world's fairs; coal mining; the White House; openings of Congress; Admiral Dewey; and Progressive era educational efforts, including a survey of Washington, D.C., schools and such minority educational institutions as the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Institute.
(Source: Library of Congress)