Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Halftone print portrait of Bishop James W. Hood
1895-1902; printed after 1906
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A relief halftone photoengraving print portrait of Bishop James W. Hood wearing his clerical robe and looking slightly to his right. Printed below the photograph is text reading "BISHOP J. W. HOOD, D. D., LL. D. / For whom the Seminary is named." The text of four (4) poems, "The Bower," "Children's Day," "It Was So Little," "God's Lilies," is printed on the reverse.
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Catalog reference: 2009.31.26
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