John Biggers in Laurel, Mississippi

Media: TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0019/DSC_2472-2.jpg; TexasSouthern/HCAC.TSU.0019/DSC_2472.jpg

Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: John Biggers in Laurel, Mississippi
Date: 1980
Creator: Earlie Hudnall, Jr. See all items with this value
Description: This photograph by Earlie Hudnall, Jr. shows John Biggers seated with boys on a porch. The setting is Laurel, MS, where the men stopped during a road trip on their way to Gastonia, North Carolina, Biggers' hometown. Lacking proper materials, Hudnall stored the negative in water in a McDonald's cup until he could develop it.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; HBCU leadership See all items with this value; Urban life See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Additional Subject: American South; Black art; Educators; Faculty; Photography
Location: Laurel; Mississippi; United States
Type: Photograph
Medium: Gelatin silver print of black-and-white photograph
Additional Techniques: Polaroid negative
Measurements: 20 1/2 in x 16 1/4 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc21
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0019
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; HBCU Academics: A Mind is a Marvelous Thing; Texas Southern University Collections