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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.4.1
People
Frances Benjamin Johnston, American (Grafton, WV 1864 - 1952 New Orleans, LA)
Title
Races, Negroes: United States. Virginia. Hampton. Hampton Normal and Industrial School: Environments Impeding the Assimilation of the Negro. Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va.: Double Cabin near Hampton.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1899
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Virginia, Hampton
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160717

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Platinum print
Dimensions
image: 16.4 x 23.5 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, on mount below image, black ink: Double Cabin near Hampton.
  • label: recto, on mount centered above two images: Environments Impeding the Assimilation of the Negro
    Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va.

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
3.2002.4.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Michelle Lamuniere, A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2005)

Exhibition History

  • A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from The Carpenter Center Collection, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/06/2005 - 10/30/2005

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Social Museum Collection

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