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[Press room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia] – Historic Reproduction

[Press room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Press room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Richmond collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Press room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Press room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia]

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Few pictures from the 1890s show African American men running the machinery of their own newspaper, and this view of the Planet's press room in Richmond, Virginia, makes that visible. The Planet was a Black-owned weekly that covered local and national news for Richmond's African American readers at a time when Jim Crow laws were tightening across the South. Black newspapers like it gave their communities a platform for political argument, church and social news, and criticism of segregation and lynching. The photograph was included in the Library of Congress's *American Treasures* exhibition in 2005 and 2006.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesExhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Employment--Virginia--Richmond--1890-1900. African Americans--Communication--Virginia--Richmond--1890-1900. Newspaper industry--Virginia--Richmond--1890-1900. Printing presses--Virginia--Richmond--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,124 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169953

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