The W.E.B. DuBois photo collection: Atlanta and Georgia scenes

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The W.E.B. DuBois photo collection: Atlanta and Georgia scenes

The W.E.B. DuBois photo collection: Atlanta and Georgia scenes

These photos, taken in either 1899 or 1900, depict life in Atlanta's African-American community and that from around Georgia. Atlanta photographer Thomas Askew shot the pictures, which were compiled for the 1900 Paris Exposition. The pictures, collected by African-American historian and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois, are now part of the Prints & Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. In this photo, nine young women pose in front of an Atlanta University building.

Three men and a horse-drawn carriage frame Dr. McDougald's Drug Store. The exact location of the store is not listed.

An unidentified man and boy pose with baseball players from Morris Brown College.

Homes along Atlanta's Greensferry Avenue abut an unpaved street.

Members of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta pose outside the building for photographer Thomas Askew.

This photo, listed in the Library of Congress collection as "Graves [?] Hall, Morehouse College," is actually a shot of Fountain Hall (formerly called Stone Hall) at Morris Brown College.

Thomas Askew took this portrait of Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor (1868-1933), pastor of the First Congregational Church in Atlanta.

Pictured: City tenements housing African-Americans in Atlanta.

Photographer Thomas Askew (1850-1914) caught these young women on the steps of an Atlanta University building.

The Atlanta home of Bishop Gaines, who helped found Morris Brown College.

This photo, possibly taken in 1899, is listed as the "home of Mr. Nash, Atlanta, Ga."

Thomas Askew shot this photo of the Summit Avenue Ensemble in his home photography studio on Summit Avenue. From left: Askew's twin sons, Clarence and Norman, son Arthur, neighbor Jake Sansome and Askew's sons Robert and Walter pose with their instruments.

Atlanta undertaker David Tobias Howard, his mother and wife enjoy a ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

The home of Bishop Lucius Holsey (1842-1920) is shown circa 1899. Holsey grew the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church denomination in Atlanta and around Georgia.

This photo, possibly taken in 1899, shows the Atlanta home of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (1834-1915), who was instrumental in building the African Methodist Episcopal Church after the Civil War.

Atlanta University student Bazoline Estelle Usher, photographed in either 1899 or 1900.

Henry A. Rucker, internal revenue collector, is shown at his desk in his Atlanta office.

Rural life was photographed for those attending the 1900 Paris Exposition, too. Here, three women and a man work in a Georgia field.

A business district street scene, possibly in Atlanta, is depicted.

Thomas Askew shot this portrait of a lawyer's home in Atlanta. The people shown are not identified.

Thomas E. Askew (1850-1914), an Atlanta photographer, took many of the portraits and scenes for an album titled "Types of American Negroes," which was compiled by W.E.B. DuBois for display at the 1900 Paris Exposition.

This photo shows a typical street scene in an unidentified Georgia city.

Children listen to their teacher during kindergarten at the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in Augusta, Ga. The photo was taken circa 1900.

Prisoners use mules as part of their work on a Georgia roadbed. Note the electrical and telephone poles.

This young boy poses with a horse attached to a plow. DuBois wanted to showcase a variety of Georgia's African-Americans at work and play for the 1900 Paris Exposition.

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These photos, taken in either 1899 or 1900, depict life in Atlanta's African-American community and that from around Georgia. Atlanta photographer Thomas Askew shot the pictures, which were compiled for the 1900 Paris Exposition. The pictures, collected by African-American historian and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois, are now part of the Prints & Photographs collection at the Library of Congress. In this photo, nine young women pose in front of an Atlanta University building.

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