BLACK STYLE | 1940s Young woman posing on bench in Harris studio. 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 | 1940s

Young woman posing on bench in Harris studio. Credit: Charles Teenie Harris, photographer. Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970, Carnegie Museum of Art

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QUEEN BESS | 1960s Homecoming queen, 1960s. ©Alonzo Jordan/Courtesy of Steidl A barber by trade, Alonzo Jordan (1903–1984) took up photography to fill a need he recognized in his community of Jasper, Texas, and over the course of his career actively documented the world in which he lived and worked, focusing on those civic events, social organizations, schools, churches, and activities that were integral to the daily life of the people he served.

QUEEN BESS | 1960s

Homecoming queen, 1960s. ©Alonzo Jordan/Courtesy of Steidl

A barber by trade, Alonzo Jordan (1903–1984) took up photography to fill a need he recognized in his community of Jasper, Texas, and over the course of his career actively documented the world in which he lived and worked, focusing on those civic events, social organizations, schools, churches, and activities that were integral to the daily life of the people he served.

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Don’t Hate Me Cus I’m Beautiful | 1950s Young bathing beauty hailing from Greenwood, Mississippi, circa 1950s. Photo source: The Nite Tripper via Flickr. African American Vernacular Photography courtesy of Black History Album. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST

Don’t Hate Me Cus I’m Beautiful | 1950s

Young bathing beauty hailing from Greenwood, Mississippi, circa 1950s. Photo source: The Nite Tripper via Flickr. African American Vernacular Photography courtesy of Black History Album.

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SISTERS | 1930s African American vernacular photography…….scenes of everyday people from everyday life. Via Blackhistoryalbum.com FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST Original Article

SISTERS | 1930s

African American vernacular photography…….scenes of everyday people from everyday life. Via Blackhistoryalbum.com

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Le Jazz Hot Beauty | 1931 African American woman dressed tip to toe in the latest, flapper inspired fashion of the day. Harlem, New York, 1931. James Van Der Zee, Photographer. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR SUBCRIBE VIA RSS | EMAIL

Le Jazz Hot Beauty | 1931

African American woman dressed tip to toe in the latest, flapper inspired fashion of the day. Harlem, New York, 1931. James Van Der Zee, Photographer.

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An African American woman waiting on her ride to church, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1941 FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR  SUBCRIBE VIA  RSS | EMAIL

An African American woman waiting on her ride to church, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1941

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Pretty Kitty Katt | 1953 on Flickr. Singer Eartha Kitt, seated in empty nightclub in Los Angeles, CA, 1953. Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR  SUBCRIBE VIA  RSS | EMAIL

Pretty Kitty Katt | 1953 on Flickr.

Singer Eartha Kitt, seated in empty nightclub in Los Angeles, CA, 1953. Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.


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