Woman standing by the front left of a car
An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a car's front left fender. A bit of double exposure with the door looking like it is both open and closed. A line of trees are behind her and...
Woman standing in a garden
An unidentified African American woman smiles as she stands on a path and looks directly at the photographer between rows of tulips with a blooming bush behind her outdoors. A garden gate is at the...
Woman standing in front of a dressing table
An unidentified African American woman standing in front of a dressing table wearing a beaded necklace and a light colored, mid-calf length dress with a wide sash. An oval photograph is on the wall...
Woman standing in front of a rock wall
An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a stone wall. The photograph is partially obscured by the finger of the photographer.
Woman standing in her living room
An unidentified African American woman smiles directly at the photographer as she stands with her right hand resting on the back of an upholstered living room chair and her left hand on her hip. She...
woman stands by the drivers door of a car
An unidentified African American woman stands by a car's driver's side door with her right hand on the handle and her left side to the photographer as she looks over her left shoulder to smile at the...
Woman wearing a Edwardian pompadour hairstyle
A studio portrait profile of unidentified African American woman wearing a Edwardian pompadour hairstyle, eyeglasses, a dark blouse with a dark lace jabot, and a monogram necklace. Printed on the...
Woman wearing a fancy hair pin
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking up and toward her right shoulder with a decorative hair pin in the back of her hair. She wears an elaborate jacket with wide lapels...
Woman wearing a full-length apron
A full-length portrait of an unidentified African American woman standing on grass, wearing a light-colored, half-sleeved blouse tucked into a darker full-length skirt with a white full-length apron...
Woman wearing a string of pearls
A studio head shot portrait of an unidentified African American woman looking down and slightly to her right shoulder without smiling. She wears a string of pearls.
Woman wearing a suit without lapels
An unidentified African American woman smiles down and to her right at the photographer as she stands outdoors wearing a suit jacket without lapels and with an embroidered handkerchief spilling out of...
Woman wearing an evening gown
An unidentified African American woman smiles as she sits on the arm of a chair in a sitting room wearing a dotted Swiss evening gown.
Woman wearing egg nest jewelry
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman with bobbed hair wearing matching earrings and necklace of a single large pearl "egg" in a "nest" of woven metal.
Woman with a clutch purse stands in a park
An unidentified African American woman, possibly Dowdal Davis' mother, leans against a pillar of a brick wall with concrete caps in an park. The parking lot behind her is full of cars. She wears a...
Woman with a ruffled collar
A studio portrait profile of unidentified African American woman wearing a blouse with a high, ruffled collar, a lace blouse, and a watch pin. Printed on the paperboard in the lower right-hand corner...
Woman with glasses
A studio portrait of an unidentified African American woman wearing eyeglasses and a high-collared lace blouse. Embossed in the lower left hand corner of the paperboard frame, "Anderson Studio, 1205...
Working at a desk
An unidentified African American man, from his left side, dressed in a suit, is seated while writing at a desk. Behind him is a fireplace with many framed photographs on the mantle.
Working in the field
An unidentified person hoeing a field while wearing a straw sun hat (Nón lá). Barracks and a tall fence are behind the worker. Likely taken in Vietnam.
WWI soldier
A head shot portrait of an unidentified African American World War I soldier without the hat.
Yard swing
An unidentified African American woman in a maid uniform stands next to an outdoor stationary sofa swing with her left elbow resting on the swing frame. A sharp bank with a terraced garden rises...