Archive of 35 artistically shot, candid, street photographs of African Americans and other Chicagoans by an unknown photographer. Circa 1970s. 35 black and white silver gelatin photographic portraits. Measuring 8" x 9.75" each. Photographs printed on semi-glossy paper. This collection of photographs capture the daily life of African Americans and.....
Archive of 8 black and white press photographs of African American prisoners at New Orleans' Parish Prison in the 1960s-70s. Photos are 10" x 8". This archive consists of photographs of black prisoners, male and female, that were held at New Orleans' Parish Prison. Parish Prison is the city jail.....
Two Historic San Francisco Drag Club Finocchio's Drink Menu Flyers. San Francisco, CA. Circa 1960s. Measure Founded in 1936, Finocchio's is often credited as the birthplace of American drag--even predating the term 'drag' itself. While Finocchio's was originally a speakeasy, the nightclub flourished post-Prohibition into a cultural hotspot and tourist.....
NAACP Executive Director, Roy Wilkins broadside. 1969. Afro-Am Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Ill. Excerpts taken from Bardolph, Richard. The Negro Vanguard. New York, Vintage Edition, 1961, pp. 306, 332-333. Ebony May, 1965, pp. 134-138. Measures 14" x 11". Large portrait illustration and brief biography of civil rights activist and NAACP.....