Image of men and women sitting and standing in three rows. Man sitting in front is holding a sign. Sign: BODDEN & CO. TAILORS. No date given. One of 156 black and white photographs by R. Lee Thomas, an African American photographer active in the early twentieth century in the southern United States. Thomas’ work provides photographic documentation of southern black social life, primarily religious and labor groups, circa 1946-1949. The majority of the photographs depict groups from Birmingham, Alabama, and adjacent areas. His imprint contains the caption: Made by R. Lee Thomas, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest Negro Town in America.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/1013/thumbnail.jp
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Image of three rows of men and women sitting and standing in a church. Some flowers in the arrangeme...
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Image of seven men sitting in with three men standing behind them. Two of the men standing are holdi...
Image of three rows of men, standing and squatting. Two men in the front holding sign. Sign: MR. E....
Image of a group of men sitting and standing around two small tables. One of 156 black and white pho...
Image of two rows of people sitting and standing in a church. No date given. . One of 156 black and ...
Image of two rows of men standing with one man bent down in front. On back: Quallie. Whitakers 906-1...
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