[Student shipbuilders at Newport News, Virginia] – Vintage Print
![[Student shipbuilders at Newport News, Virginia], [1899 or 1900] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1c/1c295131cdf7-L.webp)
(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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[Student shipbuilders at Newport News, Virginia] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Student shipbuilders at Newport News, Virginia]
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Few photographs from this period show Black students training for skilled shipyard trades, which is what sets this image apart from the other views on the board. The print records young men learning shipbuilding work at Newport News, Virginia, where the shipyard was then one of the largest employers in the region. Vocational training of this kind was closely tied to Hampton Institute, the school that trained many African American students in trades as well as academics after the Civil War. Frances Benjamin Johnston made a series of photographs of Hampton and its students around 1899 and 1900, and this image belongs to that body of work.
| Created / published | [1899 or 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | African Americans--Education--Virginia--Newport News--1890-1900. Vocational education--Virginia--Newport News--1890-1900. Boat & ship industry--Virginia--Newport News--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,087 × 4,121 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207968 |
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