Bishop School, Detroit, May, 1921by Harvey C Jackson
African Americans
afro-textured-art: African-American Women of 1920s America Source: Scurlock Studio Records, ca. 1905-1994, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
ladies are getting manicures and having their hair styled at the Walker Beauty Shop in Dallas, Texas
seated and smiling
over here!
The K.D. Stroud family in 1929 Seated from left – James, Bobby, Rev. K.D., Rosa May, mother Lulu. Standing from left – Jack, Nina, Dolphus and Effie. Not photographed: Kimbal, […]
Negro cabaret with The Boyd Atkins Band, South Side Chicago, by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration, April 1941
top – Howard University Players by Robert Scurlock, early 1920s [via] bottom – Rita, Sig.Anna, Edie, Rene, Wanda, Pat after our play – 3 scenes from Twelfth Night on December 12, 1928 [via] […]
blackhistoryalbum: The Original “Pussycat Dolls” | 1920s on Flickr. African-American vaudeville performers (showgirls/chorus line) dressed in very risque (for the time) feline (cat) costumes.
bride Yolande ‘daughter of W.E.B.’ Du Bois and her maids, at her wedding to Countee Cullen, New York, 1928 speaking of, we’re off to attend two weddings in one weekend!