Portrait of Booker T. Washington, 1906

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic postcard

Date Made

1906

Subject Date

1906

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

94.17.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Brown

Dimensions

Height: 5.438 in (WITH CONSERVATION-MADE MAT: 8.25")
Width: 3.25 in (WITH CONSERVATION-MADE MAT: 6")

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