3.2002.2804: Social Settlements: United States. District of Columbia. Washington. "Social Settlement": The Social Settlement, Washington, D.C.: On the right, old barracks occupied until a few years ago by colored tenants. Demolished through the agency of the Sanitary Housing Committee of the Associated Charities. On the left, sanitary tenements put up by a company formed in this committee, and rent at low rates to negroes.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

3.2002.2804

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Social Settlements: United States. District of Columbia. Washington. "Social Settlement": The Social Settlement, Washington, D.C.: On the right, old barracks occupied until a few years ago by colored tenants. Demolished through the agency of the Sanitary Housing Committee of the Associated Charities. On the left, sanitary tenements put up by a company formed in this committee, and rent at low rates to negroes.

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

display board

Date

c. 1903

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, District of Columbia, Washington

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/152690

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 11.8 x 14.7 cm (4 5/8 x 5 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

3.2002.2804

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Social Museum Collection

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