[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house] – Antique Print
![[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house], [1899 or 1900] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b6/b6f7e982c462-L.webp)
(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 an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house]
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A lawyer's home in Atlanta provides the setting here, with men, women, and children gathered on the porch as if for a family portrait. The photograph is attributed to Askew, an Atlanta photographer, and appears in *Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A.*, an album W.E.B. Du Bois compiled for the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Du Bois and his Atlanta University colleagues used images like this to challenge racist stereotypes by showing Black households marked by education, property, and professional achievement. The picture dates from 1899 or 1900, when Georgia was tightening its segregation laws.
| Created / published | [1899 or 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 352. A microfilm surrogate is also available. Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Photography on the color line / Shawn M. Smith. Durham: Duke University Press, 2004, plate 22. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005. |
| Subjects | African Americans--Georgia--1890-1900. Families--Georgia--1890-1900. Houses--Georgia--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,234 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143683 |
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