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Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn. – Antique Wall Art

Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn., [1899?] — historic photograph
Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn., [1899?]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn.

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The photograph's caption names Mr. Dodson, a jeweler in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the subject headings point to clocks and watches, the core stock of a jeweler's trade at the turn of the century. The print is reportedly from the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, a display assembled by W. E. B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway to show Black Americans' progress since emergence from slavery. Pictures of Black-owned businesses like this one were meant to challenge prevailing stereotypes, and the image's value today lies in documenting a small-town professional at a time when such portraits were rare.

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: Occupations; Clocks & Watches; Exhibitions; Tenn; PI; African Americans -- In business; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,158 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129831

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