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Blanche Williams and Sherman Sharpe, Jr. of the Harlequin Café

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Blanche Williams stands among the restaurant's tables with the chef of the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). A wall...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bridget, Louise, and Darnella visit Sportree Reed's Music Bar

Image

Three African American women, Bridget, Louise and Darnella, smile at the photographer as they are seated at a counter at Sportree Reed's Music Bar...

Date Published
September-01-1948
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduating class

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A graduating class of 21 African American women and two African American men standing the steps of, likely, the school. Most wear graduation mortar...

Date Published
1929
1935
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Marcus Belgrave plays the piano while a woman looks on

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Marcus Belgrave looks down at the keys of a baby grand piano without a lid that he is playing in a barista bar, Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • African American women
  • Detroit (Mich.)

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (4)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Group portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) African American women (4)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Detroit (Mich.) (4)

Subjects, People

  • Belgrave, Marcus (1)
  • Sharpe, Sherman, Jr., 1955- (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)

Date Published

  • 2001-04-13 (2)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1948-09-01 (1)

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