Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 171

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(EDUCATION.) Photographs of Booker T. Washington's funeral. 12 photographs, each 8 x 10 inches, most with photographer credit, three with later inked identifications on verso; the Bedous with minimal wear on heavier stock, the others with minor to moderate wear. Tuskegee, AL, 1915

Additional Details

5 of the photographs are signed in ink by Arthur Bedou (1882-1966), who served as the official photographer for Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute for several years. 6 have the embossed stamps of Tuskegee's Photographic Division led by C.M. Battey, and the last one is uncredited.