Scenes in historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. Two women enter a building. View of a church. Pedestrian and automobile traffic on street. Iron gate reads 'R.G. Rhett No 147', identifying the home of R. Goodwin Rhett, who held important commercial and political positions, including: President of the People's National Bank; Mayor of Charleston; and President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Two women exit through the iron gate at Rhett's home. A man is seen sitting and walking in the gardens around a house. He enters the house. Old-fashioned, leafy narrow street with two story houses. Cars in front of the houses.
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States. The legs of a human sculpture. James Richmond Barthe, an American African sculptor, works on the sculpture. He works on another sculpture on a stand. The completed sculpture of a man and a woman in a dancing pose.
The Augusta Savage Studio of Arts and Crafts on West 143rd Street in Harlem, New York City. Several African American artists painting as a model poses, on the floor. Augusta Savage enters the room and moves about looking at students' work and making suggestions. A sculpture session in the studio. The artists make sculptures of a man posing, as Augusta Savage visits them and gives advice. Sculptures of various poses. Artists work on sculptures. They make masks and take measurements. Group of Savage studio artists sketching an elephant in the zoo.
A memorial plaque "Walter Reed who gave man control over Yellow Fever died in a hospital on this site November 23, 1902". Located in Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC. A view of building number 54, situated behind the plaque can be seen. The location is on B Street, between the Inter-American Defense College and the Fort's health clinic
A study about African American artists, artists working at various jobs to finance artistic pursuits during the Great Depression. A railway track can be seen. A train emerges and an artist working as technician. Man cleaning and sweeping with a broom and a dirt collector. A woman is sewing a white cloth. Closeup views of hands of people working on a telephone switchboard.
African American, "Harlem Renaissance" artist Palmer Hayden is seen at an easel, working on a painting that includes the Brooklyn Bridge. Another man is with him (possibly Beauford Delaney) and they are seen viewing and discussing the painting.
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