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Interior of Negro Building Atlanta Exposition – Historic Photograph Print

Interior of Negro Building Atlanta Exposition, 1896 — historic photograph
Interior of Negro Building Atlanta Exposition, 1896. 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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Step back in time with Interior of Negro Building Atlanta Exposition, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few views of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta show the inside of its Negro Building, a separate exhibit hall devoted to the achievements of African Americans in education, the arts, and industry. The exposition opened in September 1895, when Booker T. Washington gave the speech now known as the Atlanta Compromise address. This stereograph, issued in 1896, lets viewers see the displays up close and gives a sense of how the fair presented Black progress to its visitors, a presentation shaped by the segregation of the period.

Created / published1896
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesNo. 10687.
SubjectsCotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta Ga.)--Buildings. African Americans--Exhibitions--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900. Exhibitions--Georgia--Atlanta--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan4,608 × 2,205 px · prints to 15 × 7 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-STV-268033

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