Washington, Augustus, 1820-1875 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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Washington, Augustus, 1820-1875 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199091190

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6977977

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Washington, Augustus, 1820 or 1821-1875

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Augustus Washington (c. 1820 – June 7, 1875) was an American photographer and daguerreotypist. He was born in New Jersey as a free person of color and immigrated to Liberia in 1852. He is one of the few African-American daguerreotypists whose career has been documented. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, as the son of a former slave and a woman of South Asian descent. He studied at Oneida Institute in Whitesboro, New York, and the Kimball Union Academy, before entering Dartmouth College in 184...