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Description
Real photo postcard featuring a commanding portrait of Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) seated in a chair. Portrait was taken by Frank G. Schmacher in his Los Angeles studio. Schumacher opened his Los Angeles studio in 1882 and captured this image prior to its publication as the frontispiece in The New Negro (1903). "Schumacher/ Los Angeles" is written in the negative, along with "B701." "Rotograph"' series / Booker T. Washington is printed in lower margin below image, indicating publication by the Rotograph Company, New York, New York Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Still image Caption title N.Y. City :, The Rotograph Co.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : black and white print ; 87 x 137 mm (postcard format)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb48208596
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Portraits Photographs African Americans African American politicians Los Angeles (California) Washington, Booker T, 1856-1915
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