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One of a sequence of at least 11 Bain photos, probably circulated around the time of Booker T. Washington's death in November, 1915, depicting people and activities connected with the institution he founded in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1881, and to which he devoted his life. An African-American educator, Washington created the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers, later known as the Tuskegee Institute and now as Tuskegee University, Tuskegee is a private, historically Black university. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_University en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington

Thanks, ArtoIog, for explaining the timing of the pictures and connecting the sequence. You've got me wondering if the photos might be by Frances Benjamin Johnston. She worked for Bain early in her career, and took more than 500 photos of Tuskegee in 1902-1906, www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/86706935/ I'll try to check on Monday, Helena (LOC)

They don't seem to be any of the Johnston photos of Tuskegee that LOC has online.

This image is looking north. The barn was L-shaped. It ran south to north and to then branched to the right heading east. The hay mow area was at the far right of the west to east section of the barn. The actual ramp to the horse stall was part way up the south to north section leading from the left side into the stalls. They had two horses when I was young: Tom and Jennie. Wallace had two German Shepherds as well: Ted and Flossie. The lower south end had a doorway and there were chickens in there. Up above the horse stalls in the north end, next to the actual open mow area was a sort of overflow for bales of hay, whatever. The hay was pitched by us and raised via a pulley into the mow area with the U-shaped clamp unit and then slid across to where he wanted to dump it on the heap. The structure to the side of the house was the milkhouse. Wallace milked his cows by hand. Out by the road to the side of the sheds was a dug cold storage down in the ground. Inside the house was a trap door in the kitchen area; for storage of potatoes etc. The water pump was across the yard towards the barn. Lots of memories from there. The picture of Mom and her siblings harnessing the calves was not how Wayne and I approached it. At age 10 and 12 we just roped them and tried to drag them down. Our own rodeo. Not too successful - me anyway. We picked a lot of blueberries in the hills also with our mother. I stayed there with my older brother Wayne in 1961 for much of the summer, with uncle Wallace. Wallace would lend his two horses to two families up above the old hill just west of the farm; Wayne and I rode bareback up and dropped them off (for haying) and went back to the farm in Wallace's old car with him. We returned sometime later for the horses. Grandpa Charles died 15 Nov 1960; Grandma had died 24 Oct 1939.

Beautiful shot. It really captures the era.

What a phenomenal photograph.

Yay, keep 'em coming =)

where is T.R. in this pic?

This is likely in or around Perth Amboy, New Jersey. If you go to the LOC website, you can get a hi-res version of the pic that allows a closer look at some of the details otherwise invisible on Flickr. There's a poster on the left advertising "PERTH AMBOY'S BIG INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION". On the right, an umbrella with an advertisement for "J. SLOBODIEN & BRO." under a picture of a shoe; this 1966 New York Times obit for a Leo Slobodien describes "Slobodien Shoes" as "a retail chain in the Perth Amboy-New Brunswick area."