Black History Album: The Way We Were

A vintage photo blog chronicling the life and times of Blacks in America. How we lived, loved, struggled & triumphed from the end of slavery in 1865 to the Black Power movement of the 1960s.

Posted 3 months ago
African American Woman on Flickr.

African American woman seated wearing a white cotton blouse and skirt with a dark fur stole around her shoulders. c.1915

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  She looks kinda like you, Shana!
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  Beautiful girl, and I’m loving her capelet…I can’t tell if it’s marabou or fur like sable. Interesting to see it worn...
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