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Image Title: Wood Work Shop Of Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, circa 1899

Date: 1899?

Summary: Photo shows African American using machinery in a woodworking shop at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Notes: Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900).

Related Names: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Subjects: African Americans--Education--South Carolina--Orangeburg--1890-1900
African Americans--Men--South Carolina--Orangeburg--1890-1900
Claflin University--Facilities--1890-1900
Machinery--1890-1900
Vocational education--South Carolina--Orangeburg--1890-1900
Woodworking--South Carolina--Orangeburg--1890-1900

Original Media: Photograph

Collections: African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition » more info...

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