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African Americans -- Clothing -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

African American visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS68
Scope and Content This collection contains various types of visual images, including photographs, lithoghraphs, posters, and prints from periodicals, pertaining to African Americans. Included in the collection are stereotypical racist pictures and postcards; photographs of African Americans working as domestics, agricultural laborers, musicians, streetcar conductors, etc.; portraits of African American women, men, and children; prints depicting significant events, such as the Fort Pillow Massacre and the...
Dates: 1860-1957, undated

Kuhns family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS319
Scope and Content

This collection contains images from the Kuhn's Photography Studio, including photographs of both the Kuhns family and clients. Many of the images are identified, however most of the tintypes remain unidentified.

Dates: approximately 1860-1929

Long, Rucker, and Aiken family photographs and lithographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS32
Scope and Content

The collection documents the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social life of members of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 through the 1970s. The images document three generations of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families and visually chronicles their rise from slavery to social and political influence. It also provides visual documentation of African American life from Reconstruction to the late 20th century.

Dates: 1859-1979, undated

Luckie family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS20
Scope and Content

This collection documents four generations of the Luckie family, very early members of Atlanta's free African American community.

Dates: 1860-1940, undated

Pride magazine, June 1972 issue

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS966f
Scope and Contents This collection contains the June 1972 issue of Pride magazine. The magazine includes articles about the Black community in Atlanta, including venues in which to socialize, noteworthy events, popular fashion, theater productions, and music performances. It features community spotlights on prominent African Americans such as professional basketball player Lou Hudson (1944-2014); pastor William Borders (1905-1993); and singer Liz Spraggins (1946- ). There are...
Dates: 1972 June