Ira Current photographs, 2002.

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Ira Current photographs, 2002.

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Seven photographs by Ira Current. Photographs are modern prints from 2002 made with original negatives dated 1929-1992. Ira Current photographs consists of seven modern prints made in 2002 from original negatives, 1929-1992. These prints were likely made for an exhibit: "Summers," 1928, print #17; "After a Day's Work," 1929, print #27; "Prairie Gothic," 1932, print #19; "Midland Terminal Round House," 1932, print #25; "Red Rock Canyon," 1949, print #1; Wireless Communications,"" 1962, print #13; and "Rockport Windows," 1992, print #9.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

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