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ARTHUR P. BEDOU (1882 - 1966) Booker T. Washington on Horseback.
Silver print, 1915. 197x244 mm; 7 3/4x9 5/8 inches, full margins. With the artist's stamp, "Copyright by A. P. Bedou 1915, N.O., LA" in the negative, lower right.
Illustrated: Deborah Willis, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present, p. 55.
Arthur P. Bedou, a New Orleans photographer, documented life in the city for over 50 years. He is known for photographs of Booker T. Washington's public and private life--including this view of Washington in front of his personal residence, as well as Louisiana jazz musicians and life on the Tuskegee University campus.
