Hesquiat Maiden

Hesquiat Maiden taken in 1910 by Edward S. Curtis.

old-picture

A Woman Wearing A Headdress

flickr | Powerhouse Museum Collection

LaWanda Page

LaWanda Page, born Alberta Peal (October 19, 1920 – September 14, 2002) was an actress best known for her portrayal of Aunt Esther in the 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son.

Source: rachelstewartjewelry

Ivor Novello

David Ivor Davies (15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

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Mildred Parsons Mason Larkins

My Fair Lady, 1922, Portrait of Mildred Parsons Mason Larkins by Richard A. Twine Lincolnville (Saint Augustine), FLA, 1922  

Source: Black History Album | St. Augustine Historical Society

Millie Owens

Meet Miss Millie Owens of New York City....in 1871,  by Okinawa Soba

Source: flickr

Tap Dance Trio

Publicity portrait of unidentified tap dance trio.    

Source:   digitalgallery.nypl  |   Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/ Photographs and Prints Division  |   The New York Public Library

Florence and Mary Martin

The Long Haired albino babes, sisters Florence and Mary Martin were "employees" of  P T Barnum  of New York during the 1800s. 

Source: flickr

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kern

The Dog facial expression, genuine and he is holding a cigarette in his mouth. This is Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kern and their trained dog Bobbie. 1900 and 1910

Source: flickr | Detroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress

Florence Mills

The effervescent Florence Mills, (January 25, 1896 – November 1, 1927), was one of the most charismatic African American performers of the 1920s. Mills was an African-American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian known for her effervescent stage presence, delicate voice, and winsome, wide-eyed beauty. Artist Edward Jean Steichen,  c. 1924

Source: Smithsonian Institution | National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo, 1931,  Imogen Cunningham 

Source: artblart | National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

African American Portrait

Daughter of Thomas E. Askew, head-and-shoulders portrait, with open book , 1899 - 1900,  Askew Thomas E. photographer

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |   African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition

Eddie Albert

(L to R) Sue Lyon, Mildred Dunnock, Anne Bancroft, Margaret Leighton, Eddie Albert

A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Eddie Albert was a circus trapeze flier before becoming a stage and radio actor. Edward Albert Heimberger (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid. In 1965, Albert was approached by producer Paul Henning to star in a new sitcom for CBS called Green Acres. His character, Oliver Wendell Douglas, was a lawyer who left the city to enjoy a simple life as a farmer.Co-starring on the show was Eva Gabor as his urban, spoiled wife.

Source: doctormacro | zap2it | wikipedia

Vintage Photo

Two Cuties on a Paper Moon

Source: maudelynn

African American Students

Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tenn., Normal class, Group portrait of African American students c. 1899

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA | African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition

Vintage Photo

Twins, James Van Der Zee, (June 29, 1886 – May 15, 1983) 

Source: dosublime

Eddie Cano

Childhood portrait of Eddie Cano (he became famous Latin jazz musician), circa 1940.

Childhood portrait of Eddie Cano (he became famous Latin jazz musician), circa 1940.

Source: Los Angeles Public Library

Betty Allen

Betty Allen performed with the Salem United Methodist Singers in the early 1970s.

 Betty Allen, (17 March 1927 – 22 June 2009) was a renowned American operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active international singing career during the 1950s through the 1970s. In the latter part of her career her voice acquired a contralto-like darkening, which can be heard on her recording of Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with conductor Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was known for her collaborations with American composers, such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, David Diamond, Ned Rorem, and Virgil Thomson among others. (above photo 1958 by Carl Van Vechten)

Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge, (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz",  Spotlite (Club), NewYork, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946 - Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. 

Source: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). | Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA

Elizabeth Stanton

Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton with her sons Daniel and Henry, 1848.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early woman's movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements in the United States.

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