Photographs
Magic Lantern Slides
Magic Lantern Slideshow - Tuskegee Institute
Black History ➔ Lantern Slide, Tuskegee Institute
Identifier:
2021.6.23.57Description:
This black and white photographic lantern slide of male students in the Tuskegee Institute's original chapel. The Chapel was built between 1896 and 1898 and was designed by Robert R. Taylor, director of Tuskegee Institute's Department of Mechanical Industries and the first African-American graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Chapel was constructed almost entirely of student labor, using 1,200,000 bricks made in the Institute brickyard of Alabama clay. Upon completion, it was the first building in Macon County, Alabama to contain interior electrical lights, which were installed by the instructor and students of the Institute's electrical division. January 23, 1957, the historic chapel was destroyed by fire and has since been replaced.This slide is part of slideshow 2021.6.23 about the Tuskegee Institute utilized for educational purposes by the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
(Source: Tuskegee.edu)
Date:
circa 1902Materials:
GlassDimensions:
4" h 3.25" wCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Links:
https://www.tuskegee.edu/about-us/chapel/chapel-historyRelated 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)