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Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Little Negro Tea Pickers singing Pickaninny songs for President Roosevelt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06449.32 Author/Creator: Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930 Place Written: Summerville, South Carolina Type: Photograph Date: 1902 Pagination: Stereoview. Order a Copy

A group of children with their backs to the camera, among whom a young girl in a white dress stands out, occupies the foreground. The children face President Roosevelt, who has several other men around him. The President and his associates stand before a tree-filled background. Written at the Pinehurst Tea Farm.

Underwood & Underwood
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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