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Magic Lantern Slideshow - Tuskegee Institute
Black History ➔ Lantern Slide, Tuskegee Institute
Identifier:
2021.6.23.63Description:
This black and white photographic lantern slide depicts Booker T. Washington sitting in an office at a desk.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) Booker T. Washington (depicts)
Booker T. Washington (born April 5, 1856, Franklin county, Virginia, U.S.—died November 14, 1915, Tuskegee, Alabama) was an educator and reformer, first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), and the most influential spokesman for Black Americans between 1895 and 1915.
(Source: Encyclopedia Britannica)