Oct 07, 2010 - Sale 2224

Sale 2224 - Lot 4

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ARTHUR P. BEDOU (1882 - 1966)
Booker T. Washington, Speaking in his Last Pilgrimage in Louisiana.

Silver print, 1915. 191x241 mm; 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches, full margins. With the artist's stamp, "Copyright By A. P. Bedou, N.O., LA., 1915" in ink, upper right.

Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute in 1881, was a celebrated leader in the African-American education movement. His last pilgrimage to Louisiana took place in April, 1915, where he spoke at various black parishes in Louisiana about the importance of education. Despite his failing health, Washington spoke to the crowds with the same passion and spirit that made him a renowned orator. He died in November of that year.