Emmett J. Scott, Negro member of Liberian Commission, at boat dock, New York – Historic Print
(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 Emmett J. Scott, Negro member of Liberian Commission, at boat dock, New York in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Emmett J. Scott, Negro member of Liberian Commission, at boat dock, New York
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A Black educator and longtime aide to Booker T. Washington, Emmett J. Scott is shown here at a boat dock in New York in 1909, the year he served on a commission sent to examine conditions in Liberia. The setting suggests a departure point for the sea voyage that such a mission required. Scott had worked as Washington's secretary at Tuskegee, and his appointment reflected the Taft administration's interest in Liberia at a time of international scrutiny over its government and finances. The picture survives as a glass negative in the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose news photographs document the city's waterfront and public life in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,766 × 4,198 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4542 |
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