Interior Workshop

Item

Type
Photograph
Title
Interior Workshop
Rationale
This photograph promotes conversations about educational values, facilities, and training for African Americans in Delaware.
Description
Four African American men of varying ages pose in a metalworking shop located at the State College for Colored Students in Dover, Delaware, an institution founded in 1891 and known today as Delaware State University. Three of the men wear coveralls and one younger man wears a suit and tie.
Jackson Davis, an educational reformer and amateur photographer, took nearly 6,000 photographs of African American schools, teachers, and students throughout the Southeastern United States.
Date
1919
1910s
Place
Dover, Delaware
Subject
African American industry
Education -- African Americans
Delaware schools
Creator
Jackson Davis
Extent
Physical Dimensions: 4"Hx6"W
Digital Dimensions: 885x518px
Publisher
University of Virginia
Rights
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