Photograph of graduation at Tuskegee Institute
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1916-1918
name: label: Photograph by
content: C. M. Battey, American, 1873 - 1927
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
notes: label: Description
content: Gelatin silver print of an outdoor scene showing a crowd of men and women who appear to be in uniform. The crowd is separated by gender, with the women in the foreground. The women are all wearing long-sleeved white shirts, black skirts, black bow ties, and hats (the majority of which are straw). The men are in the background. The front rows of men appear to be wearing lighter clothing and hats with high, dented crowns. The men at the back are wearing darker suits and a variety of hat styles. In front of the crowd is a small slope, at the top of which people are gathered. At the right is a set of steps leading up to a patio, on which a table is set up. White text at the bottom right reads [F / 1135 / C. M. BATTEY / TUSKEGEE INST., ALA.]
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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: 2013.46.30
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)