Hockanum (Mass.) Farms Farmers Barbers Boys Sheds
The barber is cutting a man's hair while a young boy peers up inquisitively at the process. Caption on back "The Hair-cut" and "The little boy watched the woodshed barber so closely that the craftsman said, "I guess you're goin' to learn the trade ain't you sonny?" and "All the old-time farm children were familiar with home hair-cutting"
Black man and woman with horse in a Tennessee yard
Tennessee African Americans Farms Houses Families Horses
A black man grazes a horse in his yard and talks to a woman. In the background, children are sitting on the steps of the house.
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Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Chickens Agriculture Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington stands next to a chicken coop. At his feet is a group of chickens. He holds a pail of feed in one hand and sprinkles it for the chickens with the other.
Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South. Published on page 295 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
June 26, 1902 letter from George Washington Carver
Tuskegee (Ala.) Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University Correspondence African Americans
One page, typed, signed letter from George Washington Carver to Clifton Johnson, on Tuskegee Institute stationery. Carver thanks Johnson for his last letter and discusses Johnson's books.
First building used by Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee (Ala.) Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University African Americans School buildings
A dilapidated wood cabin, identified as the building Booker T. Washington started his school. A wooden fence and some trees are on the right. Caption on back: "The cabin in which Booker Washington started his school."
Black woman and child read together in Louisiana
Louisiana African Americans Reading Learning Women
An older black woman seated in a chair, and a child, possibly her daughter or granddaughter, read together in Louisiana.
Published opposite page 54 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.
Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
Two black women hanging laundry on a fence in Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee (Ala.) African Americans Laundry Houses
Two apron-wearing women hang laundry to dry on a fence outside their house in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Old black couple in their yard in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg (Miss.) African Americans Families
An older black couple with smiling faces, in their yard in Vicksburg, Mississippi, look at each other. The woman is stirring a kettle and the man is sitting in a chair.
Published opposite page 59 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.
Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Rabbits Agriculture Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington sits on a bench with his son David standing next to him. At their feet are two rabbits.
Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South. Published on page 297 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Agriculture Horses Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington stands in a pasture, holding a mare's bridle and reaching out to make friends with her colt.
Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South. Published on page 292 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University Forests and fields Rivers
Booker T. Washington standing on a log above a brook holding a walking stick on his right hand and his hat in his left hand. Bushes and trees are visible behind him.
A black man splitting boards for a roof in Virginia.
Published on page 222 in Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson.
West Virginia Ohio River African Americans Brothers Children Toys
On the bank of the Ohio River in West Virginia, a black boy pulls his little brother in a tiny toy wagon.
Black boy reads to his father in South Carolina
South Carolina African Americans Families Reading Literacy
A black boy is sitting on a porch, reading to his father, who, according to the back of the photograph, does not know how.
Published on page 349 of Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson.
Booker T. Washington examines a tree branch
Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Forests and fields Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University African Americans
Booker T. Washington standing in the woods pulling at a branch and looking at the flowers of a tree.
Image from 'Chickens, Pigs and People' by Booker T. Washington in The Outlook Magazine, 1 June 1901, page 299