Image of a woman sitting in a chair holding a young child on her lap. Children standing on either side of the chair. 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/1105/thumbnail.jp
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Image of a woman sitting in front of a door. No date given. One of 156 black and white photographs b...
Image of unidentified and women with books seated in two rows. Poster with example of hairstyles an...
Image of unidentified woman sitting in a chair in front of a door. No date given. One of 156 black ...
Image of a woman with a baby on her lap sitting on a sofa with four children and a young woman. The ...
Image of men and women sitting and standing in four rows. Man in the first row on the right has a ch...
Image of a small, unidentified group of people standing in front of porch steps. A man stands on the...
Image of two rows of men and women sitting and standing. No date given. One of 156 black and white ...
Image of two women and two children standing in front of a house. The woman on the right is wearing ...
Image of four rows of men and women sitting and standing in a room. No date given. One of 156 black ...
Image of an unidentified woman sitting in a rocking chair with a baby on her lap. No date given. One...
Image of four rows of men, women and children sitting and standing in a church. No date given. One o...
Image of four rows of men, women and children sitting and standing in a church. No date given. One o...
Image of three rows of men and women sitting and standing in a church. Some flowers in the arrangeme...
Image of a man sitting in a chair with a woman standing to the right. No date given. One of 156 blac...
Image of two woman standing with two children. No date given. On back: Mr. Emmett Squalls C/O Ms. Sa...
Image of a woman sitting in front of a door. No date given. One of 156 black and white photographs b...
Image of unidentified and women with books seated in two rows. Poster with example of hairstyles an...
Image of unidentified woman sitting in a chair in front of a door. No date given. One of 156 black ...
Image of a woman with a baby on her lap sitting on a sofa with four children and a young woman. The ...