Album Black Family Images from Kicha

Vintage Sisters

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:21:32 +0000

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Formal portrait of two African American women (names unknown) who appear to be related holding a photo album. [Charles H. Bruce, Photographer, Courtesy of Linda Crichlow White of Washington DC]

Cousins

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:11:19 +0000

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Lovely portrait of cousins Mabel Wyche (Russell) and Ethel Wyche (Martin). Courtesy of Jean Braybon. The Black Experience in Charlotte & Mecklenburg County

Live N Love Long

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 05:28:08 +0000

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Two lovebirds --- may we all live and love long. Names unknown. donated photo

Vintage Siblings

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 05:26:45 +0000

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Cabinet card of two beautiful young ladies (almost certain they're sisters) photographed by African American photographer, James E. Reed at Headley & Reed Studios in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Sources: African American Vernacular Photography; Selections from the Daniel Cowin Collection

The Reed Family

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 05:25:24 +0000

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Famed yet sadly unknown African American photographer, James E. Reed, poses for a formal portrait with his wife and children.

By 1895 James E. Reed was bringing in enough revenue to open his own studio, which he did with his partner white Phineas C. Headley. Headley & Reed were the premier studio at 5 Purchase Street in New Bedford and ran a successful business from 1890-1896. For unknown reasons Headley left the business in 1896, however, Reed continued on until 1914.

James married Anna Jourdain. His wife studied at the Swain School of Design and used the skills she learned there to embellish her husband’s photos by coloring and tinting them. This breathed life into the otherwise black and white photos and surely contributed to the popularity of Headley & Reed and especially Reed when he struck out on his own. His wife also worked on Tiffany style lampshades for the famous Pairpoint Company of New Bedford.

It seemed at this point in Reed’s life perhaps his passion for photography – as a business anyhow – had waned as he moved on and became the first Photostat Operator for the Massachusetts State Archives, a position he held until he retired.

James E Reed left an abundance of photos behind capturing the city and region for three decades giving us a window to the past. So many photos that the Newbedford Whaling Museum had an exhibition in 1991 titled, 'James E. Reed: Pioneer Black Photographer.' [Info and Photo: Newbedfordguide.com, by Joe Silvia]

Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Lois Turner Williams

Vintage Ladies

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:27:39 +0000

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Two African American women who appear to be related .... possibly siblings. Names unknown. Hugh Mangum Photographs, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

An Engaging Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:39:40 +0000

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An unknown couple poses for what is possibly an engagement portrait. MacCormac, Photography (Clarksville, Tennessee), Tennessee Historical Society

Vintage Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:38:01 +0000

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Beautiful portrait of an unknown African American couple. This portrait comes from The Loewentheil Collection of African American Photographs a collection of photographs that date from the 1860s to the 1960s, an era when African Americans were emerging from the horrors of slavery and beginning to claim some of the freedoms white Americans have.

Stephan and Beth Loewentheil, who donated the archive, are collectors of rare books and photography. They own two branches of the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop – one in Baltimore and one in New York. [Cornell University, Digital Archives]

Vintage Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:36:13 +0000

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Beautiful portrait of an unknown black couple. This portrait comes from The Loewentheil Collection of African American Photographs a collection of photographs that date from the 1860s to the 1960s, an era when African Americans were emerging from the horrors of slavery and beginning to claim some of the freedoms white Americans have.

Stephan and Beth Loewentheil, who donated the archive, are collectors of rare books and photography. They own two branches of the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop – one in Baltimore and one in New York. [Cornell University, Digital Archives]

Vintage Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:34:46 +0000

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An unknown African American couple poses for their formal portrait. A Saga of the Black Family; by Rosetta Lucas Quisenberry

Cap n Kid

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:32:58 +0000

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An outdoor photograph of man holding an adorable little one. Names, locale and photographer unknown. [Courtesy of Rosamond Brown Vaule (Class of 1959), Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College]

Sallie Venning Holden and Louise Venning

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:27:27 +0000

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The ladies above belonged to a middle-class African American family that was active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century. The family was involved in several prominent local African American institutions, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.

The collection includes primarily studio portraits and snapshots of members of the Venning line of the middle-class Philadelphia African American family descended from the 19th-century white South Carolinian Richard Walpole Cogdell (1787-1866), and Sarah Martha Sanders (1815-1850), a black enslaved woman. Includes professionally photographed group portraits depicting the family's participation in the Philadelphia African American music community of the early 20th century, including: the Mendelssohn Singing Society; Sid Stratton's Orchestra; the Treble Clef Mandolin and Guitar Club; and the Soap Box Social, a minstrel club associated with the African American political club, Citizen's Republican Club. Other formal portraiture includes the graduation portrait for the South Philadelphia High School for Girls class of 1921 including renowned African American contralto, Marian Anderson, and a group portrait of the Citizens Republican Club (ca. 1910). Collection also contains studio portraits and snaphots photographed during family summer excursions to Pleasantville and Atlantic City, New Jersey; portraits of family friends and family members through marriage.

Sitters include members from the Cogdell family, the Venning family, and the Capps family. Cogdell family members include: Cecilia Cogdell, wife of Richard Walpole Cogdell, and three of their sons - James Gordon Cogdell, George Burgess Cogdell, and John Walpole Cogdell. Venning family members include: Richard Cogdell and Sarah Sanders' daughter, Julia Sanders Venning, her husband Edward Y. Venning (a contractor), and his brother, Richard DeReef Venning (a government clerk). Julia Sanders Venning and Edward Y. Venning's children - Louise Sanders Venning, Miranda Cogdell Venning (a school principal), Oliver Casey Venning (family historian), Martha Sanders Venning, George Edward Venning (a postal worker), Sarah (Sallie) Venning Holden, and her husband William B. Holden. George Edward Venning and Julia Capps Venning's children - Mary Vandewort Venning, Martha Baron Nixon Venning Bowie, and her husband Charles Bowie. Capps family members include: Julia Capps Venning's father Augustus Capps, and her siblings, Lillie Capps Adams (a musician), Oscar Capps, Adolphus Capps (an undertaker), Berkley Capps, and Meta Capps. Other sitters include family members George Sanders; Georgia Rex Sanders; Richard Sanders Chew; Georgine S. Chew; Agnes Sanders; and Charles Sanders Chew; and acquaintances African American bibliophile and Tribune columnist William Bolivar, African American undertaker Joseph Seth, Mrs. and Dr. Perry, Mary S. Patterson, and Susan S. Williams.

The Library Company of Philadelphia; Stevens-Cogdell and Sanders-Venning Family Portrait Collection

Jacob and Sophia Redder

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:24:19 +0000

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The couple's children listed in order: Mareda (born Nov. 6, 1830), Catharine (born Aug. 27, 1833), Robert (born Sept. 6, 1835), Charlotte M. (born Jan. 9, 1838), David (born March 3, 1842), Christina (born March 23, 1844), Sarah (born Nov. 22, 1847), Sophia E (born May 23, 1849), and Ariana (born Sept. 21, 1851).

Jacob Redder, a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a farmer who enlisted in Company I, 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) later the 11th Regiment of Artillery (Heavy) U. S. Colored Troops. Private Redder contracted small pox in New Orleans, and died at the Corps d'Afrique General Hospital on April 30, 1864. At the time of his death, he is listed on military paperwork as "free" and having no personal effects. His wife Sophia Elizabeth (Mills) Redder who he married February 19, 1830, was a native of Bath, New York, was able, with the help of a widow's pension, to support and take care of their nine children. She passed away in 1886.

Source: Skinner Auctions

Sheppard Family

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:22:25 +0000

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Formal portrait of Isaac Sheppard, formerly enslaved, posing with his daughters from left to right: Ella, Eliza, and Emily. Wisconsin Historical Society; courtesy of Dr. Louis C. Smith

Alexander Four

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:18:21 +0000

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This is a 1928 portrait of four of the Alexander brothers (at the time of this portrait their brother Isaac had passed) from left to right, Frederick Douglas, Louis Franklin, Zechariah Jr., and the youngest Kelly Miller. The Alexander brothers were the sons of Louise and Zechariah, Sr., Few families in Charlotte achieved the prominence of the Alexander family. They were successful businessmen, but they are perhaps best known for promoting civil rights and other issues crucial to the survival of the black community.

(Courtesy of Mrs. Kelly M. Alexander Sr.,/Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, North Carolina, by Vermelle Diamond Ely, Grace Hoey Drain, Amy T. Roger).

Vintage Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:17:00 +0000

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Formal portrait of an unknown African American couple at E.E. Henry Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. Missouri Historical Society

Sepia Couple

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:15:37 +0000

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This tintype was in the possession of Iris Sloman Bell, of St. Catharines, Ontario. Relatives of the Sloman Bell families are descended from formerly enslaved African Americans who escaped and settled in Canada. (circa 1880s)

Sources: Rick Bell Family Foundation, Special Collections and Archives, James A. Gibson Library, Brock University

Family Portrait

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:13:53 +0000

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Portrait of an unknown African American family taken at Morton Studio in Providence, Rhode Island. [Daniel Cowin Collection]

Sisters in Sepia

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:11:24 +0000

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Civil War era portrait of two unknown black women. Photographed by H. Terry on Main Street, Sag Harbor, Long Island. Cornell University Digital Archives

This portrait comes from The Loewentheil Collection of African American Photographs a collection of photographs that date from the 1860s to the 1960s, an era when African Americans were emerging from the horrors of slavery and beginning to claim some of the freedoms white Americans have.

Stephan and Beth Loewentheil, who donated the archive, are collectors of rare books and photography. They own two branches of the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop – one in Baltimore and one in New York.

Kim and Jennie

nobody@ipernity.com (Kicha) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:08:40 +0000

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An 1869 cartes-de-visite of siblings Kim and Jennie (last names unknown) photographed by B.F. Reimer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.