Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1916 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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 image captures Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1916 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
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Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1916
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Tuskegee Institute, founded in 1881 in Macon County, Alabama, by Booker T. Washington, was by 1916 one of the best-known schools for Black Americans in the country. Under Washington, who had died in 1915, the campus had grown into a self-sustaining community of brick buildings, farms, shops, and teaching facilities, with students learning trades such as carpentry, printing, and agriculture alongside academic subjects. The surrounding Black Belt was a cotton-growing region where most families still worked as tenants or sharecroppers under Jim Crow segregation, so the school's vocational training was closely tied to the economic life of the area. Visitors and students alike knew Tuskegee as a center of Black education and self-help, and the panoramic view captures that campus at the height of its reputation.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Alabama |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,297 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute |
| Reference | AL Tuskegee Institute 1916 |
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