<I>Tantum Hall - Tuskegee Institute, Ala.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1907; printed 1907-1914
name: label: Photograph by
content: Arthur P. Bedou, American, 1882 - 1966
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
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 Tantum Hall at the Tuskegee Institute. The postcard depcits Tantum Hall, a large rectangular brick building with a portico on one side and a porch on the left side, sitting on a hill and framed by green lawns and trees. The portico has six tall white columns topped by a triangular pediment. The porch is also white and has stairs that leads down to the lawn. Along the bottom is a narrow white margin with the words [TANTUM HALL -TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALA. Hand-colored] printed in black ink. In the bottom left corner are the words [Copyright 19007 by / Arthur P. Bedou / N.O.] printed in white ink. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and blank spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS ONLY]. In the upper right corner, there is a stamp box with dashes. The back also has printed information about the photographer Arthur P. Bedou.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photographic postcard of Tantum Hall, Tuskegee Institute
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2014.37.13.1
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 1/2 in. (8.8 × 13.9 cm)