[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photograph of African American workers baling hay. Credited to African American photographer Arthur P. BEDOU (1880-1966). Lot 283

Lot 283

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photograph of African American workers baling hay. Credited to African American photographer Arthur P. BEDOU (1880-1966).

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Photograph of African American workers baling hay. Credited to African American photographer Arthur P. BEDOU (1880-1966).

9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. unmounted silver gelatin photograph (silver mirroring, some spotting, and few abrasions/wear to edges). Inscribed in pencil, lower right "Bedou No. 14."

Arthur Bedou was a well-regarded African American photographer who specialized in documenting campus life at historically Black colleges and universities including Xavier University of Louisiana and Tuskegee Institute, serving for a time as Booker T. Washington's personal photographer.