WASHINGTON BOOKER T Rhode Island Clam Bake and Outing Party

Sale 2239 - Lot 503

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RARE AND IMPORTANT IMAGE WASHINGTON, BOOKER T. Rhode Island Clam Bake and Outing Party of Boston. J. B. A. Driving Club August 21, 1915. Panoramic photograph, 8x38 inches; some creases and cracks, and occasional stains. Booker T. Washington sits in the front center. Boston [Readville]: photograph by James, 1915

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An extraordinary gathering, connected with the National Negro Business League. A visibly exhausted Washington sits, somewhat slumped in his chair. Booker T. Washington, arguably the leading voice of America's more conservative black community died of nephritis on November 14, 1915, less than four months after this photograph was taken. His physicians said that he had literally "worked himself to death." The location of this meeting, Readville, was the recruiting locale for the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.