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Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1900 - Theological Hall – Antique Wall Art

Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1900 - Theological Hall, [1900?] — historic photograph
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1900 - Theological Hall, [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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Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1900 - Theological Hall

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Among the many images of Fisk University in Nashville, this view is distinguished by its focus on Theological Hall, the building that housed the school's training for ministers. The photograph was reportedly shown in the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900, where W. E. B. Du Bois and his collaborators presented a broad survey of Black life and achievement in the United States. Fisk, founded in 1866 to educate formerly enslaved people and their children, used such displays to show the institution's academic and religious work. The building's architecture is worth noticing as evidence of the school's aims at the turn of the century.

Created / published[1900?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 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: Architecture; African Americans -- Religion ; Univ. & Coll. -- Fisk; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,206 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118672

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