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Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato; He personally supervised the work of preparing for sweet potato planting.

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Title
Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato; He personally supervised the work of preparing for sweet potato planting.
Names
Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957 (Author)
Collection

Booker T. Washington, builder of a civilization

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1916
Place: Garden City, N.Y.
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc B-Washington, B. T. (Scott, E. Booker T. Washington. Garden City ed.)
Topics
Farming
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
African American college students
Tuskegee Institute
African American college presidents
Sweet potatoes
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR423557-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11793289
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3f24faa0-c6b4-012f-2cc4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1873: Creator Born
  • 1916: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato; He personally supervised the work of preparing for sweet potato planting." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-9e20-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato; He personally supervised the work of preparing for sweet potato planting." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-9e20-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1916). Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato; He personally supervised the work of preparing for sweet potato planting. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-9e20-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato; He personally supervised the work of preparing for sweet potato planting.