Description

Small negative and photograph of black man in hat and white coat in front of equipment in two-story laboratory space. Written on back of print: "1926 // Janitor of Bldg 10 // a person who came to Boston as a boy from Virginia with Pres Rogers // He worked until he retired // Cooter? name? // Rogers' slave? // Photo by Harold Edgerton". With original envelope labeled "Edgerton // Massachusetts Institute of Technology // Cambridge, A, Mass // Slave of President Rogers? Family Black // [crossed out: Goodyear Tire Quincy July 1938 1/200 sec p 45 SS [unintelligible]] // Janitor Bldg 10 1930 +-"