The Hollywood Studio Exclusively for Coloreds collection documents mainly Black families, churches, events, and life in Macon, Ga. both during and after segregation in the United States. This collection of photographs, photonegatives, photo albums, and corresponding ephemera is mostly from Macon, but also includes images of individuals from surrounding cities, townships, and states. The collection also houses photonegatives from a portrait studio in Warner Robins, Ga.

Over the years that Hollywood Studio was in operation, there were three main locations:

c. 1953-1954 – 849 Forsyth St. This location sits between two historic Macon institutions: the Steward Chapel AME Church and H & H soul food restaurant, both of which are integral to the Black community in Macon.

c. 1955-1969 – 642 Cherry St.

c. 1970-1996 – 316 Cherry St. This location has been since torn down, and now the Tubman African American Museum sits on that land.

All addresses and locations can be assumed as in Macon, Ga. unless otherwise stated in the note of the specific item. Any information with brackets [] around it in either the item name or description was not on the orignal enclosures and has been entered by staff.

This collection does include some funeral portraits, which contain images of deceased individuals. It also includes some images with nudity and sexual content. Any image that may contain potentially harmful content has been noted on the image’s envelope.