Description: Exceptional. Identified #5 (Fifth Ward) & twice signed Schluetler (Frank J.), a prominent photographer of oil boom Houston. Unenia B. Scott, teacher, is identified in pen bottom right. Children’s dress ranges from barefoot to Edwardian propriety. Each child is attentive and expressive, remarkably only the teacher turns from the camera. Bruce School appears to be named or Blanche Kelso Bruce, a freed Virginia slave who became the first African American to serve a full term in the Senate (Missouri) aside many other high ranking political positions including Register of the Treasury and Recorder of Deeds in D.C. Striking image w/ strong contrast. 4.75 x 6.75” w/ emulsion crack that does affect the seated row of children and significant top corner loss.
Price: 450 USD
Location: Irwin, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-25T14:20:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Antique: Yes
Type: Photograph
Image Orientation: Portrait
Number of Photographs: 1
Theme: Cities & Towns, Community Life, Cultures & Ethnicities, History, Portrait, Social History, Western, Black History, Children, African American, Education
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1924
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: African American, Black History, children, history, portrait, social history
Vintage: Yes
