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[Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right], [between 1890 and 1910]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Booker T. Washington, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Booker T. Washington sits at a desk in this half-length portrait, turned to the right, with his attention set to one side rather than on the camera. The picture comes from the Booker T. Washington Collection at the Library of Congress and dates to somewhere between 1890 and 1910, the years when Washington led the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and became one of the most prominent Black public figures in the country. Portraits like this one were often made for wide circulation, so the seated pose and the desk suggest a working man of letters and affairs rather than a casual sitter.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1910.Photographic prints 1890-1910.
NotesBooker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWashington, Booker T.,--1856-1915.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan910 × 724 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-196020

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