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- IDNO:
- 027124
- Title:
- Two African-American Men
- Date:
- ca. 1905-1915
- IDNO:
- 031546
- Title:
- Portrait of Booker T. Washington
- Description:
- Washington spent his boyhood in Malden, West Virginia, where his began his education through self teaching and attending school during the winter. Washington subsequently established the Tuskegee Institute for "Colored Students" in Alabama (now Tuskegee University) and was an adviser to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft regarding racial matters.
- IDNO:
- 031554
- Title:
- Portrait of an Unidentified African-American
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- IDNO:
- 047529
- Title:
- Everette Crawford, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1965
- Description:
- Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.
- IDNO:
- 047530
- Title:
- Major Theodore Crawford from Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1966/02/19
- Description:
- Crawford retired as a Colonel and the highest ranking African-American military officer from Summers County.
- IDNO:
- 048346
- Title:
- Black Mason Group in Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1979
- Description:
- Black Mason members pose on the stairs outside a church. Some of the men are wearing medallions that hold the Free Mason symbol.
- IDNO:
- 048577
- Title:
- Section Crew at Backbone, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1916
- Description:
- In the front row, from left to right, is Clarence E. Long, his brother-in-law H. W. Dodrill, unkown, and Elery C. Long, Clarence's brother.Second from left of the men on the tracks is Walker Jim Adams. The rest of the men are unidentified African-American men.
- IDNO:
- 049497
- Title:
- Section Crew at Moore's Tunnel Construction Site, Summers County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The foreman stratling the rail is C. E. Long. Track workers Jim Adams is at the far left. "M. J." is inscribed on the photograph above the cluster of workers. The rest of the men pictured are unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 050259
- Title:
- A Folk Musician Performs at the Second John Henry Festival near Talcott, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1968-1972
- Description:
- John Jackson plays a guitar and sings while seated behind a microphone. This photograph comes from a series of photos from Appalachian Folk Music Festivals, including the Ivydale and John Henry festivals.
- IDNO:
- 052143
- Title:
- Charley Ash's Saloon, Glen Jean, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- A group of men are pictured outside the building on a snowy day. Several of the men hold rifles and other firearms.
- IDNO:
- 052361
- Title:
- Man in Garden, Valley Point, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900-1920
- Description:
- An African-American man sits with his legs crossed on a chair in a home garden. Subject unidentified.
- IDNO:
- 052507
- Title:
- African American Man With Shotgun
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A man, potentially a broom maker, sits in a log cabin with a shotgun.