Apr 18, 2019 - Sale 2506

Sale 2506 - Lot 258

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 450
(TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE) GEORGE BAIN
Theodore Roosevelt addressing the National Negro Business League, with Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee, and others, in attendance.
Silver print, the image measuring 4 3/4x6 1/2 inches (12x16.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with the credit, caption, and date, in the negative, and notations, multiple labels, and hand stamps on verso. 1910
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Roosevelt had formed an alliance with Washington during his presidency in 1901, when the president and his family hosted Washington at a White House dinner. This social event was picked up by the media and subsequently shifted the debate about racial politics.