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Description

A black and white photograph of Mary McLeod Bethune standing next to an oversized birthday cake made for her 79th birthday. Mrs. Bethune can be seen standing behind a group of male and female young African American children, who are all wearing a variety of clothes. Mrs. Bethune is wearing a light-colored dress. The cake has decorations and candles on it. On the back of the photograph is written, "July 10, 1954; Mrs. B's 79th birthday assembly, White Hall." The photographer of the image is unknown. The image is printed on Kodak Velox paper.

Date

10 Jul 1954

Subjects

Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; African Americans; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Boys -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Girls -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Cakes -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Bethune, Mary McLeod -- Commemorations -- Birthdays -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; College presidents -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs

Subject-Personal Names

Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875-1955)

Number of Images

2 images

Side of Image

Front of Postcard

Repository

Bethune-Cookman University

Repository Collection

Bethune-Cookman University Photograph Collection

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Education

Identifier

DP0001332

Size of Original Image

9 cm. x 13 cm.

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact University Archives, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (386) 481-2186. http://www.cookman.edu/academics/library/index.html

Digital Publisher

Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2009.

Funding source

LSTA Grant 2008-2009

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Kodak i200 series flatbed scanner.

Date Digitized

2009-07

Image Location

 
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