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Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Virginia, 1907

James Van Der Zee and Graphics International, Ltd., in cooperation with the Van DerZee Institute, New York

Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Virginia, 1907

1906-1973

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Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Virginia, 1907

1906-1973

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Mount: 382 x 321 mm. (15 1/16 x 12 5/8 in.) Image/Sheet: 148 x 184 mm. (5 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Saidie A. May Bequest Fund
Object Number 1975.22.2
From the colophon: "A preparatory school for the Hampton Institute at Hampton, Virginia."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1975; Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
BMA, "Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Photograph Collection," 14 June - 6 August, 1978; Traveling 1 September - 3 October, 1978.

BMA, "Harlem Views: Photographs by Aaron Siskind and James van der Zee," 2 December, 1986 - 1 March, 1987.

Jo Anna Isaak, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 'Looking Forward Looking Black,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, February 6, 2002 - May 5, 2002.

Inscribed: RECTO:On mount, at lower left, in graphite: "II 28/75"; on mount, at lower right, in graphite: "J. Van Der Zee," VERSO: On mount, at lower right, in graphite:"Whittier Preparatory School, Phoebus, Virginia, 1907"

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