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Shop run by African American women

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Photographic montage of a retail shop and professional work scenarios of African American women at a department store with an office behind the counters. The bottom left corner photo show three women at a counter wearing hats. The photograph along the top shows two African American men shopping on one side of the counter as the African American personnel help them look at the goods. A sign partially out of the photograph and blurred on the back wall partially states, "Shop. Dickies. Blouses. Lingerie. Alterations." The photograph on the bottom right corner shows a couple shopping for jewelry on one side of the counter and two shop personnel helping them. The center photograph shows the two personnel women sitting on either side of a desk behind the retail counters. One woman is on the phone and taking notes. The other woman is typing.
Date Published
1929
1931
Publisher
Robert L. Anderson
Subjects
African American women
African American men
Consumer goods
Department stores
Businesswomen
Time Periods
1921-1930
Notes

No date; likely circa 1930

Embossed in the lower left hand corner, "Robert L. Anderson."

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-023.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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