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Walker, Joseph Marshall - Painting - by William H. Baker
Joseph M. Walker was the thirteenth governor of Louisiana and the first governor inaugurated in the new state capitol in Baton Rouge in 1850. ZoomifyLearn more »
Walker, Madame C.J. - Photograph - Portrait
Sarah Breedlove, known as Madame C.J.Walker is regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. She made her fortune by developing and marketing a successful line of beauty and hair products for black women under the company she founded, Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Learn more »
Walker, William Aiken - Painting - "African-American Family in Ox-drawn Wagon"
William Aiken Walker painted this image entitled "African-American Family in Ox-drawn Wagon" between 1890 and 1920. ZoomifyLearn more »
Walker, William Aiken - painting - "Cabin Scene in Georgia with Cotton Pickers in the Field"
Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, William Aiken Walker made many small scale "cabin scene" paintings for tourists. This painting, made in 1917, is titled "Cabin Scene in Georgia with Cotton Pickers in the Field." Learn more »
Walker, William Aiken - Painting - "Cabin Scene"
Post-Civil War Reconstruction genre paintings of African Americans became William Aiken Walker's life's work, and he was one of the most prolific chroniclers of that era. He exhibited frequently at the Southern Art Union and the Artists’ Association in New Orleans. This painting is called "Cabin Scene." ZoomifyLearn more »
Walker, William Aiken - Painting - "Cotton Wagon"
William Aiken Walker painted this oil on Masonite painting entitled "Cotton Wagon" between 1880 and 1905. ZoomifyLearn more »
Walker, William Aiken - Painting - "Loading Cotton, New Orleans"
William Aiken Walker painted this dock scene entitled "Loading Cotton, New Orleans" between 1876 and 1890. ZoomifyLearn more »
Walker, William Aiken - Painting - "Lottie Mitchell"
William Aiken Walker painted this bust length portrait of "Lottie Mitchell" in 1880. The piece was created with oils on canvas. ZoomifyLearn more »
