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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) BATTEY, CORNELIUS MARION.
Graduation day at
Tuskegee (supplied title.)
8 x 10 silver print photograph with Battey’s stamp in the
lower right corner of the negative with a couple of numbers; faint crease to the upper left
corner and lower right.
Tuskegee, circa 1916-1918
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A wonderful image of graduation at Tuskegee, quite probably during or just after the First
World War. In the foreground we see the women with their “boater” straw hats on. Farther in
the background are the men almost all of whom are in uniform.
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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) BATTEY, CORNELIUS MARION.
Inmates of Mt.
Meigs Reformatory * Mt Meigs Reformatory.
two 8 x 10 matte finish silver print
photographs, with typed descriptions attached to the reverse, presumably for the use of the
press; faint paperclip impression to upper left blank margins; archival paper repair to a short
tear in the bottom right margin of the first piece, not affecting the image.
Tuskegee, Alabama, circa 1913
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The Mount Meigs Reformatory was founded by Mrs.Booker T. Washington and was for many
years backed by her and the Colored Women’s Federation Club of Tuskegee. Mt. Meigs was
what people used to refer to as a “reform school,” essentially a jail for underage offenders.
According to the caption attached to the photo, it had just been taken over by the state. “Mr.
J.R. Wingfield, a former Hampton graduate is now Principal. Under his watchful care and
training, these wayward Negro youth are developing into a more appreciable citizenry.”
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