Hip Cats | 1947 Portrait of jazz legends Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill in front of Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, N.Y, 1947. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TUMBLR | FLICKR | PINTEREST

Hip Cats | 1947

Portrait of jazz legends Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill in front of Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, N.Y, 1947.

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The Apollo Dancers at the Cotton Club Revue in 1938. FOLLOW US VIA TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR | RSS | PINTEREST

The Apollo Dancers at the Cotton Club Revue in 1938.

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The bathing beauties of the Cotton Club Revue, 1930s. FOLLOW US VIA TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR | RSS | PINTEREST

The bathing beauties of the Cotton Club Revue, 1930s.

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Man In Blue | 1943 Famed African American photographer Gordon Park’s icon image of a black police officer on the beat in Harlem, New York, circa 1943. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR SUBCRIBE VIA RSS | EMAIL

Man In Blue | 1943

Famed African American photographer Gordon Park’s icon image of a black police officer on the beat in Harlem, New York, circa 1943.

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Photo study featuring a young Diahann Carroll (Age 19) by photographer Carl Van Vechten, New York, 1954. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Carl Van Vechten (1880 – 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance, promoting many of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes, Ethel Waters, Richard Wright, and Wallace Thurman.In the 1930s, Van Vechten began taking portrait photographs. Among the many African Americans he photographed were Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Ruby Dee, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Mahalia Jackson,Leontyne Price, Paul Robeson, Ada “Bricktop” Smith, and Bessie Smith. FIND US ON TWITTER | FACEBOOK | FLICKR SUBCRIBE VIA RSS | EMAIL

Photo study featuring a young Diahann Carroll (Age 19) by photographer Carl Van Vechten, New York, 1954. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Carl Van Vechten (1880 – 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance, promoting many of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes, Ethel Waters, Richard Wright, and Wallace Thurman.

In the 1930s, Van Vechten began taking portrait photographs. Among the many African Americans he photographed were Marian Anderson, Pearl Bailey, Josephine Baker, James Baldwin, Ruby Dee, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Mahalia Jackson,Leontyne Price, Paul Robeson, Ada “Bricktop” Smith, and Bessie Smith.

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Dancer Katherine Dunham doing the Florida East-Coast shimmy with dancer Ohardieno during performance of show “Tropical Revue,” New York, 1943. Photo by Gjon Mili. Life Photo Archives, © Time Inc., Courtesy of LIFE.com

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Mr and Miss | 1946 on Flickr.Two African American children pose in their Sunday’s best on Easter morning in New York City, 1946. Photographer unidentified. Credit: Anacostia Community Museum. Find Us On Twitter | Facebook |  Tumblr

Mr and Miss | 1946 on Flickr.

Two African American children pose in their Sunday’s best on Easter morning in New York City, 1946. Photographer unidentified. Credit: Anacostia Community Museum.

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Babysitters | 1934 on Flickr. Beret-clad African American girls minding babies in carriages in Harlem. New York, 1934. Dorien Leigh, photographer. Life Photo Archives, © Time Inc. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER | BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK |  FIND US ON TUMBLR Original Article

Babysitters | 1934 on Flickr.

Beret-clad African American girls minding babies in carriages in Harlem. New York, 1934. Dorien Leigh, photographer. Life Photo Archives, © Time Inc.

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