Young Girls at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

Dublin Core

Title

Young Girls at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

Subject

Virginia Indians

Description

Six female American Indians pose for an unknown photographer at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute sometime around 1880.

Hampton was chartered in 1870 as a land grant school and exclusively served African Americans until 1878, when it accepted its first American Indian students, most of whom were from the western United States.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Valentine Richmond History Center

Date

ca. 1880

Coverage

central Virginia
nineteenth century

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

5.25" x 8.5"

Files

P_73_10_03_01_Hampton_School_Girls.jpg

Citation

Unknown, “Young Girls at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed June 7, 2023, https://www.virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/45.

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