<I>Working with the Hands</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 1904
name: label: Written by
content: Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915
label: Illustrated by
content: Frances B. Johnston, American, 1864 - 1952
label: Published by
content: Doubleday & Company Inc., American, founded 1897
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover first edition of Working with the Hands, written by Booker T. Washington and illustrated by Frances Benjamin Johnston. The front cover is burgundy with gold silt lettering on the cover and spine. The title on the cover is centered at the top, reading [WORKING WITH HANDS / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON]. On the spine, the title is at the top, [WORKING / WITH THE HANDS / BOOKER T. / WASHINGTON] and the publisher is at the bottom, [DOUBLEDAY / PAGE & CO.]
label: Description
content: The title page is printed in black text. From the top, the original printing reads [WORKING / WITH THE HANDS / BEING A SEQUAL TO “UP FROM SLAVERY” / COVERING THE AUTHOR’S / EXPEREINCES IN INDUSTRIAL / TRAINING AT TUSKEGEE / By / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON]. In similar copies, this is typically followed by [illustrated from photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston]. However, this copy appears to have been scratched out (?). In its place is a black ink stamp with a top and bottom border reading [learning resources]. Underneath is a printed crest with a wreath at the top, a book at the center, and ribbons at the bottom reading, the publisher’s logo at the time. At the bottom printed in black ink is the publisher information [NEW YORK / DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY / 1904]. In the bottom right corner is text stamped in black ink reading [MOUNT ST. AGNES LIBRARY / MOUNT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND].
label: Description
content: There are a total of 246 pages with 19 chapters and 29 black and white illustrations.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Literature
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
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: 2021.74
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 × 5 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (20.3 × 14 × 3.2 cm)