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Photograph of a bas-relief image of Booker T. Washington

1930-1950

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

A black-and-white gelatin silver print of a Booker T. Washington bas-relief from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The figure of Washington is wearing a suit and bow tie and looking to his left with his left arm outstretched. His right arm rests at his side next to an open book. The right side of the photograph is cut along the statues arm and the open book. The back of the photograph is discolored with adhesive residue. A stamp for photographer Carl Ullrich with a Chicago address is partially visible at bottom center.

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Catalog reference: 2013.79.1

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