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Woman standing in front of a dressing table

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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...

Date Published
1911
1920

Woman standing in front of a rock wall

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An unidentified African American woman stands in front of a stone wall. The photograph is partially obscured by the finger of the photographer.

Date Published
1931
1940

Woman standing in her living room

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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...

Date Published
1948

Woman standing outside the passenger side of a car

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An unidentified African American man sitting in the front passenger seat of a car and looking out the window and resting his right elbow on the window sill smiles at the photographer as an...

Date Published
1921
1930

woman stands by the drivers door of a car

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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...

Date Published
1931
1940

Woman wearing a Edwardian pompadour hairstyle

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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...

Date Published
1901
1910

Woman wearing a fancy hair pin

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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...

Date Published
1891
1900

Woman wearing a full-length apron

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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...

Date Published
1891
1900

Woman wearing a string of pearls

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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.

Date Published
1931
1950

Woman wearing a suit without lapels

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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...

Date Published
1941
1950

Woman wearing an evening gown

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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.

Date Published
1941
1950

Woman wearing egg nest jewelry

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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.

Date Published
1921
1930

Woman with a clutch purse stands in a park

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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...

Date Published
1921
1930

Woman with a ruffled collar

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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...

Date Published
1901
1910

Woman with glasses

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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...

Date Published
1901
1910

Woman working at a desk

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Slide photo of an unidentified white woman sitting at a desk filled with papers. A typewriter is behind her to the left.

Date Published
1971
1980

Working at a desk

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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.

Date Published
1931
1940

Working in the field

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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.

Date Published
1961
1970

WWI soldier

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A head shot portrait of an unidentified African American World War I soldier without the hat.

Date Published
1914
1918

Yard swing

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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...

Date Published
1941
1950