Illiterate Collection

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani. '...especially on Sundays after mass

A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud a Letter to an Old Couple from Their Son Abroad, 1835. Creator: Moritz Unna
A Schoolmaster Reading Aloud a Letter to an Old Couple from Their Son Abroad, 1835

Public Writer at the Bazaar; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Public Writer at the Bazaar; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. - before entering school - seven Indian children... 1899 or 1900
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. - before entering school - seven Indian children of uneducated parents, 1899 or 1900

Mrs. Cates signs chattel mortgage with "X", Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Cates signs chattel mortgage with " X." Malheur County, Oregon

Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer... near Ontario, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoman, worked three years as farm laborer, starts next year on his own place. Quit school after third day. Can neither read nor write. Is " best farm laborer" this farmer ever had

Cow Hollow farmer, came from Oklahoma, has received FSA loan... Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cow Hollow farmer, came from Oklahoma, has received FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan to help them establish their new place. Wife is co-signer with her husband on chattel mortgage

Perils of the Illiterate; After Sketches by Miss Emily Lees, 1888. Creator: Unknown
Perils of the Illiterate; After Sketches by Miss Emily Lees, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Hyder Ali, c1750, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Hyder Ali, c1750, (1890). Hyder Ali (c1720-1782) Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore who offered strong resistance against military advances of the British East India Company during the First

Public Letter-writers in a Constantinople Street, 1913. From The Near East, by Robert Hitchens. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1913]

Public letter writer, Mexico. Artist: CB Waite
Public letter writer, Mexico. Public letter writers earned a living writing letters on behalf of people who were illiterate

Scribe, (1885). Artist: Boissieu
Scribe, (1885). Stall of a man who wrote documents and letters for illiterate members of the public. Taken from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix

Blackville, 1878. Artist: Solomon Eytinge
Blackville, 1878. Part of a series: a post-emancipation debate on Darwinism. African Americans are here caricatured in a racist fashion as illiterate and ape-like

Slaves Celebrating Liberation, c1860s. A racist depiction of slaves at the mansion of Robert W Barnwell, Confederate leader. The music on the piano is upside-down, ridiculling their illiteracy

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