Photographs
Magic Lantern Slides
Magic Lantern Slideshow - Tuskegee Institute
Black History ➔ Lantern Slide, Tuskegee Institute
Identifier:
2021.6.23.60Description:
This black and white photographic lantern slide depicts the The Slater-Armstrong Memorial Trades' Building at Tuskegee Institute that was designed in 1900 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.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 2Links:
https://www.blackhistory.mit.edu/story/robert-r-taylorRelated 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)