BLACK STYLE | LATE 1940s Three women, one holding a tennis racket, before a statue at Schenley High School, Pitssburgh, PA. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art via Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

BLACK STYLE | LATE 1940s

Three women, one holding a tennis racket, before a statue at Schenley High School, Pitssburgh, PA. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art

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YOUNG LADIES & GENTS | 1940S-50s Two girls and two boys wearing matching clothing, posed in park. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art via Black History Album, The Way We WereFollow us on TUMBLR  PINTEREST  FACEBOOK  TWITTER

YOUNG LADIES & GENTS | 1940S-50s Two girls and two boys wearing matching clothing, posed in park. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art

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PROM NIGHT From the collection of Barbra Kauffman, circa 1950s

PROM NIGHT
From the collection of Barbra Kauffman, circa 1950s

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Dapper Dans II, Kansas City, KS 1955.

Dapper Dans II, Kansas City, KS 1955.

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COMIC GIRL | 1950s Young African American girl reading comic book in newsstand. Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1988), photographer. Teenie Harris Archive, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST

COMIC GIRL | 1950s

Young African American girl reading comic book in newsstand. Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1988), photographer. Teenie Harris Archive, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

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The Crossing Guard | 1950s A school crossing guard wearing hat and light colored safety eyeglasses, standing on the edge of a street sidewalk, holding a back a group of school kids.  Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1988), photographer. Teenie Harris Archive, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST

The Crossing Guard | 1950s

A school crossing guard wearing hat and light colored safety eyeglasses, standing on the edge of a street sidewalk, holding a back a group of school kids.  Charles “Teenie” Harris (1908-1988), photographer. Teenie Harris Archive, 2006 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

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Girl on the Playground | 1950sTeenie Harris, Photographer. Pittsburgh Courier Archives

Girl on the Playground | 1950s
Teenie Harris, Photographer. Pittsburgh Courier Archives

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Teenage Dreams | 1950s Charles “Teenie” Harris Collection, Courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST

Teenage Dreams | 1950s

Charles “Teenie” Harris Collection, Courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art.

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Group of young Howard University women in bathing suits seated at the edge of a swimming pool, circa 1950s. Addison Scurlock, photographer. Scurlock Studio Records, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. African American Vernacular Photography courtesy of Black History Album. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST

Group of young Howard University women in bathing suits seated at the edge of a swimming pool, circa 1950s. Addison Scurlock, photographer. Scurlock Studio Records, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. African American Vernacular Photography courtesy of Black History Album.

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BLACK AMERICANA, VOL. 1, ISLAND IN THE SUN Absolutely love this first of a series of retro photographs that reflects the spirit of Black History Album’s byline, “The Way We Were,” placed in contemporary setting. Help support the Black Americana series on Indiegogo. Be sure to also check out their tumblr page here. DESCRIPTION “Island in the Sun”, a first installment in the ground-breaking series “Black Americana” re-introduces, and reclaims the image – the representation of free Black women and men living their lives openly and beautifully. The series seeks to offer a broader lens of Black American life not often seen – a restoration of Black bodies on a summer day in 1950’s America. “The beach setting is significant.” says Brandon Littlejohn, Creative Producer of “Black Americana”. “Beaches are visually associated with affluence in urban areas because of Black people’s limited access.” Littlejohn continues, “I wanted to capture Black young women and men in these spaces, because after all, this was a reality for Black people during this time.” This is the other side of the southern Black domestic worker; the other side of the Black male porter. This too was Black American life, in all of its splendor. - Geneva S. Thomas Model: Ngozi Assata Photo courtesy of Rod Gailes OBC

BLACK AMERICANA, VOL. 1, ISLAND IN THE SUN

Absolutely love this first of a series of retro photographs that reflects the spirit of Black History Album’s byline, “The Way We Were,” placed in contemporary setting. Help support the Black Americana series on Indiegogo. Be sure to also check out their tumblr page here.

DESCRIPTION

“Island in the Sun”, a first installment in the ground-breaking series “Black Americana” re-introduces, and reclaims the image – the representation of free Black women and men living their lives openly and beautifully. The series seeks to offer a broader lens of Black American life not often seen – a restoration of Black bodies on a summer day in 1950’s America. “The beach setting is significant.” says Brandon Littlejohn, Creative Producer of “Black Americana”. “Beaches are visually associated with affluence in urban areas because of Black people’s limited access.” Littlejohn continues, “I wanted to capture Black young women and men in these spaces, because after all, this was a reality for Black people during this time.” This is the other side of the southern Black domestic worker; the other side of the Black male porter. This too was Black American life, in all of its splendor.

- Geneva S. Thomas

Model: Ngozi Assata

Photo courtesy of Rod Gailes OBC

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Beauty and the Beach II | 1957 A bevy of African American fashion models strut there stuff on the beaches of Atlantic City, NJ, 1957. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR  SUBCRIBE VIA  RSS | EMAIL

Beauty and the Beach II | 1957

A bevy of African American fashion models strut there stuff on the beaches of Atlantic City, NJ, 1957.

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