The haircut
subject: Hockanum (Mass.) Farms Farmers Barbers Boys Sheds
description: 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"
date: 1895
type: Photographs

Black man and woman with horse in a Tennessee yard
subject: Tennessee African Americans Farms Houses Families Horses
description: 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.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
type: Photographs

Booker T. Washington feeding chickens
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Chickens Agriculture Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University
description: 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.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South. Published on page 295 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
date: Circa 1901
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

June 26, 1902 letter from George Washington Carver
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University Correspondence African Americans
description: 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.
creator: Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: 1902-06-26
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
format: image/jpg
language: English
type: Correspondence

First building used by Tuskegee Institute
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University African Americans School buildings
description: 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."
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: circa 1901
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: From the Clifton Johnson Collection
type: Photographs

Black woman and child read together in Louisiana
subject: Louisiana African Americans Reading Learning Women
description: An older black woman seated in a chair, and a child, possibly her daughter or granddaughter, read together in Louisiana.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published opposite page 54 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Two black women hanging laundry on a fence in Tuskegee, Alabama
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) African Americans Laundry Houses
description: Two apron-wearing women hang laundry to dry on a fence outside their house in Tuskegee, Alabama.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Old black couple in their yard in Vicksburg, Mississippi
subject: Vicksburg (Miss.) African Americans Families
description: 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.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published opposite page 59 in Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, by Clifton Johnson.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Booker T. Washington with rabbits
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Rabbits Agriculture Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University
description: Booker T. Washington sits on a bench with his son David standing next to him. At their feet are two rabbits.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South. Published on page 297 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1901
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Booker T. Washington with horses
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Agriculture Horses Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University
description: Booker T. Washington stands in a pasture, holding a mare's bridle and reaching out to make friends with her colt.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published opposite page 92 in Johnson's Highways and Byways of the South. Published on page 292 in a 1901 issue of The Outlook.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1901
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
type: Photographs

Booker T. Washington on log bridge
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University Forests and fields Rivers
description: 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.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: circa 1901
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: From the Clifton Johnson Collection
type: Photographs

Black man splitting wood in Virginia
subject: Virginia African Americans Lumber
description: A black man splitting boards for a roof in Virginia.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published on page 222 in Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Brothers on the bank of the Ohio River
subject: West Virginia Ohio River African Americans Brothers Children Toys
description: On the bank of the Ohio River in West Virginia, a black boy pulls his little brother in a tiny toy wagon.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Black boy reads to his father in South Carolina
subject: South Carolina African Americans Families Reading Literacy
description: A black boy is sitting on a porch, reading to his father, who, according to the back of the photograph, does not know how.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Published on page 349 of Highways and Byways of the South, by Clifton Johnson.
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: Circa 1902
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: Is part of the Clifton Johnson Photograph Collection
format: image/jpg
type: Photographs

Booker T. Washington examines a tree branch
subject: Tuskegee (Ala.) Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 Forests and fields Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University African Americans
description: Booker T. Washington standing in the woods pulling at a branch and looking at the flowers of a tree.
creator: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
source: Image from 'Chickens, Pigs and People' by Booker T. Washington in The Outlook Magazine, 1 June 1901, page 299
publisher: Jones Library Special Collections
date: circa 1901
rights: This digital file may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the digital files from the Jones Library.
relation: From the Clifton Johnson Collection
type: Photographs