African American photographers--History--20th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ellie Lee Weems photograph and photographic negatives collection
Collection
Identifier: aarl89-014
Overview
The photographs series contains photographs taken in Jacksonville, Fla. by Ellie Lee Weems, an African American photographer, from the years 1928 through 1975 with subjects including awards and honors; business and commercial personalities and establishments; church and civic groups; entertainers and celebrities; families; funerals; graduation exercises and cap and gown cameos; landscapes; Masonic orders and related auxiliaries; performing arts; portraits of children, women, and men;...
Dates:
1925-1979
James Van Der Zee photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: aarl85-002
Overview
The collection consists of eighteen framed, signed, Van Der Zee photographs from a 1974 portfolio distributed by Graphics International Ltd. The original photographs, taken between 1905-1938, document African American life in Harlem, Van Der Zee's own family (in Lenox, Mass.), and Marcus Garvey and his Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Dates:
1974