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[Hampton Institute, Va., 1899 - Classroom scenes - painting carriages] – Vintage Print

[Hampton Institute, Va., 1899 - Classroom scenes - painting carriages], [1899 or 1900] — historic photograph
[Hampton Institute, Va., 1899 - Classroom scenes - painting carriages], [1899 or 1900]. 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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At Hampton Institute in Virginia, students in this classroom scene are learning to paint carriages, a practical trade set apart from the school's academic work. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, founded in 1868 to educate freedmen and, from 1878, Native American students, paired schooling with hands-on training in trades such as carpentry and carriage work, on the view that graduates should be able to earn a living. Frances Benjamin Johnston, who photographed the school's classrooms and workshops around 1899 and 1900, captured this vocational side of the curriculum at the turn of the century.

Created / published[1899 or 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Vocational Training. Caption card tracings: Universities & Colleges; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118670

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