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Image Title: Only Negro Store Of Its Kind In The U.S., At 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill., circa 1899

Date: 1899?

Summary: Photo shows three men standing at the entrance to the business establishment of "Chas. F. Gardner Electrician and Locksmith" at 2933 State Street, Chicago, Illinois.

Notes: Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900).

Related Names: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Subjects: African Americans--Commerce--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900
African Americans--Employment--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900
African Americans--Men--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900
Stores & shops--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900

Original Media: Photograph

Collections: African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition » more info...

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