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Booker T. Washington and Andrew Carnegie—both seated at center—encapsulate much of nineteenth-century America. Both were self-made men: Carnegie was an immigrant who built a manufacturing empire and amassed enormous wealth; Washington was a former slave who became an African American leader during one of the harshest periods of American race relations. Carnegie determined that the ultimate purpose of wealth was to improve society; Washington founded Tuskegee Institute to enable his people to make economic progress. Carnegie was one of Tuskegee's benefactors. Speaking at the school's twenty-fifth anniversary when this picture was taken, Carnegie praised Washington as the best "climber" the world has ever seen.

Details

  • Title: Andrew Carnegie and Booker T. Washington
  • Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
  • Date Created: 1906
  • Physical Dimensions: w23.3 x h18.3 cm (Image/Sheet)
  • Type: Gelatin silver print
  • Rights: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
  • External Link: https://npg.si.edu/portraits
  • Classification: Photograph

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