Desk from the Hope School

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

One from a set of ten desks from the Hope School in Pomaria, South Carolina, a historic Rosenwald school. The desks are of the "Triumph" model made by A. H. Andrews & Co. in Chicago, Illinois and are made of iron and hardwood. The back of each desk provides the writing surface for the desk behind.

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