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Negro building, Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897 – Historic Photograph Print

Negro building, Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897, Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, 1897. — historic photograph
Negro building, Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897, Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, 1897.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic photograph captures Negro building, Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Negro building, Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897

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The building in this view is the Negro Building at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, which opened in Nashville in 1897 to mark the state's 100th year of statehood. Exhibitions of this era often set aside separate buildings for African American exhibitors, and the Nashville exposition's displays of African American arts and crafts drew attention to Black work and achievement at a time of deep segregation. The image is a stereograph, a paired photograph viewed through a stereoscope to create a sense of depth, which was a popular way for Americans in the 1890s to tour distant fairs and landmarks at home.

Created / publishedMeadville, Pa. : Keystone View Company, 1897.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
Notes57643C U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7032.
SubjectsTennessee Centennial and International Exposition--(1897 :--Nashville, Tenn.)--Exhibitions & displays. Exhibitions--Tennessee--Nashville--1890-1900. African Americans--Arts & crafts--Tennessee--Nashville--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,359 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116690

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