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Portrait of Nannie Helen Burroughs

Object Details

Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Featured in the "Torch," April 1978
Summary
Portrait of Nannie Helen Burroughs (1878-1961), on display at the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History. Burroughs was a nationally prominent Black educator, church leader, and suffrage supporter, who founded the National Training School for Women.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Author
Hofmeister, Richard K
Subject
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
Date
1978 photograph of portrait photograph dated c. 1910
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
Type
Photographic print

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