1917 “The Tuskegee Student” Newspaper, Original, African American, Black Press.

Description: “The Tuskegee Student.” September 29, 1917.  Volume 20 No. 2.  10 pages including front and back inside pages.  Excluding the front and back covers.

Printed at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.  Emmett Scott was editor.  Member of National Negro Press Association.

On the front cover is an image of children working in a garden with a stake fence.  They are students in the Bethel Grove School Garden Club.  A Rosenwald Center.

Articles include “The Principal’s Sunday Evening Talk”; given at the chapel.  “A Word to Club Women”; “Improvisation Called Mark of Negro’s Singing.”  And more…

Wonderful ads by other Black publishers, magazines, periodicals.  A great ad features a Booker T Washington memorial clock. Please, see photos.

The paper is sufficiently thick that turning the pages does not risk tearing, if it is done carefully.  I recommend a rounded dinner knife for separating the pages.

Dimensions: 13.5” X 10.10”

Date: September 29, 1917

Origin: The Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, ALA.

Provenance: My collection 25+ years.

Maker: Tuskegee Institute

Condition:  Condition is well above average. The paper is intact with clean staples, no rust.  There is a center fold with a tear that measures a tidbit more than an inch from the right edge.  There are some edge chips, two corners are bent over, but are there.  

Please see photos as they are an integral part of the condition report and ask any questions that you have about the item so that we can satisfy you.

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