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Original Title
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title unknown
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Devised Title
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John Biggers, Alvia J. Wardlaw, and Roy DeCarava
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Date
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1998-09-06
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Contributor
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Alvia J. Wardlaw
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Description
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This photograph shows, from left to right, Dr. John T. Biggers, Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw, and Roy DeCarava. Wardlaw, the founder of the University Museum at Texas Southern, previously served as a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where in 1975 she organized the first retrospective of DeCarava’s photographs. Biggers and DeCarava were mutual admirers; DeCarava appreciated Biggers’ sense of African history, and Biggers praised DeCarava’s attention to the common man.
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Additional Subject
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Black art
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Educators
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Faculty
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Photography
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Location
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Type
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Photograph
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Medium
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Color Photograph
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Measurements
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4 in x 6 in
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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e.22
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.0196
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Rights
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All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.
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Contributing Institution
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Texas Southern University
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