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Home of Bishop Gaines, Atlanta, Ga. – Vintage Print

Home of Bishop Gaines, Atlanta, Ga., [1899?] — historic photograph
Home of Bishop Gaines, Atlanta, Ga., [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Atlanta 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 Home of Bishop Gaines, Atlanta, Ga. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The house of Bishop Gaines stands out in this view of Atlanta, where the caption names a specific family home rather than a street or public building. The record indicates that the photograph was shown as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, a display assembled under the direction of W. E. B. Du Bois and his students at Atlanta University to present evidence of Black life, education, and property ownership in the United States. Photographs of homes like this one were meant to challenge prevailing stereotypes, so the image is as much an argument about middle-class achievement as a portrait of a building. The date is bracketed as uncertain, and the record does not give further details about the bishop himself.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 187-; Georgia -- Atlanta -- 187-; BI; Dwellings; Geogr; African American History-- 189-; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141838

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