June 16, 2015

A beautiful black couple from Ohio

Circa 1915-1925 African American couple. RPPC. Private Collection.

This photo was taken in Cincinnati, Ohio around 1915-1925. The couple is nicely dressed, and the man is displaying a couple of pens in his breast pocket -ie- he was educated and wished to show it. He also has a nice cap on his knee -wish he’d put it on!
His wife is dressed in a white lace dress, resting her hand on his shoulder. A beautiful, airy photograph.

Pictures of African Americans of the days are rare, and even rarer are couples -from what I’ve seen (or rather NOT seen). I was happy to find this one at a reasonable price. This couple may have been of mixed origins too.

Photographer: Shea. 511 Walnut St. Cin. O.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 at 9:35 pm and tagged with 1910s-1920s, African American, black americana, Cincinnati, edwardian, Ohio, USA and posted in Couples, RPPCs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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