<I>Mansion and Ballard Bldg., Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Miss.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1907-1914
name: label: Photograph by
content: Arthur P. Bedou, American, 1882 - 1966
label: Subject of
content: Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
notes: label: Caption
content: The photograph on this postcard was taken by Arthur P. Bedou. Bedou was an American documentary and portrait photographer based in New Orleans. For nearly seven decades (1899-1966) Bedou photographed both everyday life and national events. He is most well-known for his images of New Orleans, Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Xavier University of Louisiana, jazz bands, and photographs for The Louisiana Weekly and The Times-Picayune.
label: Description
content: A hand-tinted photographic postcard of the Mansion and Ballard buildings on the Tougaloo College campus. The postcard depicts the two buildings on a grassy lawn. The Mansion, on the left, has a porch supported by square pillars with an arch over the entrance. Trees are scattered across the lawn. Red text in the top left corner reads [Mansion ad Ballard Bldg., Tougaloo University, Tougaloo, Mass.]. The [Mass.] is corrected to Miss. with red ink. There are numbers in white ink printed in the bottom corner. The back of the postcard is divided into two sections, one for a handwritten message and on for an address; both are blank. At center, printed in blue ink is text that reads [Post Card / Message / Address]. In the upper right corner, there is a stamp box with dots and text in the center that reads [Place / Stamp here / Domestic / 1 c / Foreign / 2 c]. Black text running vertically along the left edge of the card that reads [Publ. by A.P. Bedou, New Orleans, La. No. 101 Made in Germany.].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tugaloo, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Germany, Europe
title: label: Title
content: Photographic postcard of Tougaloo College
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.13.2
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: colorant on silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (8.7 × 13.7 cm)