Here Comes The Bride II | 1920s
African American bride and groom posing for their formal wedding portrait, circa 1920s. Note the ghostly image of a child next to the newlyweds possibly suggesting the couple’s future. James Van Der Zee, photographer. African American Vernacular Photography courtesy of Black History Album.
Howard University men’s cheerleaders standing on a sports field each with a megaphone placed in front of them. Addison Scurlock, photographer.Source: Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. African American Vernacular Photography courtesy of Black History Album.
GQ | 1931
Image from the book, A True Likeness: The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts, 1920-1936. Richard Samuel Roberts, photographer. African American Vernacular Photography via Black History Album.
Rip The Runway | 1963
Harlem Fashion Show, Harlem, New York, 1963 by Leonard Freed. African American Vernacular Photography via Black History Album
(harlem) renaissance men.
the children.
muhammad ali and sam cooke.
we’ll have another.
(Source: theotherblack)
1914
Vintage Goody From Atlantic City, NJ
tuskegee airmen colonel benjamin o. davis, commanding officer, and edward c. gleed, group operations officer. ramitelli, italy, march 1945.
photography credit: toni frissell
(harlem) renaissance men.
Easter Fresh
