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Summary
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 261.
B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Reading Room. A microfilm surrogate is also available.
Forms part of: Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress).
Original albums filed in PR 12 under LOT 11930
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lot 11930
african american photographs assembled for 1900 paris exposition
w e william edward burghardt du bois
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two african american women
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race relations
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Date
01/01/1899
Contributors
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector
Source
Library of Congress
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