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Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Booker T. Washington and distinguished guests, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09726.02 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Stereocard Date: April 1906 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.8 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

One stereocard entitled, "Booker T. Washington and distinguished guests, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama," dated April 1906. Reverse side of stereocard identifies the people photographed (from first row right to left, then second row left to right), Charles W. Eliot, Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington, Robert C. Ogden, George McAneny, J.G. Phelps Stokes, Reverend Lyman Abbott, and H.B. Trissell. The text states that the photograph took place on the 25th anniversary of the Tuskegee Institute. Also includes the biography of Booker T. Washington.

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922
Ogden, Robert C., 1836-1913
McAneny, George, 1869-1953
Stokes, J.G. Phelps, 1872-1960
Trissell, H.B., fl. 1902-1906

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