The photo postcard shows a White man and woman sitting on the front deck of a circus train car adorned with realistic images. Along the top edge of the long side of the car is a large pig and the...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
These are two photos ripped from the same album, obviously a pair. One shows three cars, one with a sign in the window saying “Fourth of July Celebration Garwin Iowa”. The other photo shows a group of men posing together....
Photo shows a theatrical troupe on stage posing in Blackface, as with nose rings and spears. Seven gentlemen in suites and ties pose for the picture, seated in the orchestra pit. 1915 The back has a message saying the name...
“Modeling with Millie” vol.1, #48, August 1966. Published by MALE Publishing Corp, 625 Madison Avenue, New York, NY. Marvel Comics. 12 cents per copy. Edited by Stan Lee. Art by Stan G. Story by Denny-O. Art by Artie Simek. Cover...
Yearbook, 1958, Quax, Drake University. p. 33 “Drake Dances to Duke.” Duke Ellington and his 16-piece jazz orchestra provided the music for the 1957 Homecoming Dance. Drake turned out in record numbers to hear the Duke. Some of the 1,750...
colored postcard of Empress Theater in Des Moines, Iowa with group of people standing at outside entrance. Top of picture says “Empress Theater, Des Moines, Iowa.” back: left margin says “Published by Enos B. Hunt, Des Moines, Iowa. Made in...
Photo shows a group of Black men involved in a crap game, some standing, some kneeling, one standing at a distance. They are next to the railroad tracks. Back: handwritten: “Crap game Pomroy Ia. Sunday morning”
photo shows a group of Black people in elegant clothing seated and standing, posing outside the “Negro Building” at the Atlanta Exposition. The caption says “10798, Group at the Negro Building, Atlanta Exposition.” On the right of the photo: “Copyright...
Fascism Philosphy Communism Leftist Patti-Jo ‘n Ginger cartoon in “The New Masses.” Patti-Jo was a cartoon by Jackie Ormes, the first Black woman cartoonist in a syndicated newspaper. The cartoon here was reproduced from the Pittsburgh Courier, July 12, 1947...
Three small format snapshots of three young Black women posing outside with a Japanese parasol.
Image of the “sewer Banquet” in Waterloo, Iowa held in October 1903. Postcard is postmarked December 8, 1910, and was sent to “Miss Thresia Hoffman Lamotte” in Jackson County, Iowa. “So unique was this banquet in a sewer (no rats...
Circassion women were part of the P.T. Barnum circus. Of course, they were not really from Circassia in the North Caucasus. Barnum hyped them as such because of the renown of the beauty of women from that region and the...
The front of this advertising postcard shows a man in a bowler hat posing in front of a store front which has been turned into a large display publicizing a circus. The large banner reads “Wonderland” and below that “To-night...
Photo postcard, front image shows five boys, three White, two Black on a railroad track, all laughing as the two Black youths take boxing stances. Written on fron in white is “Sporting Life Colfax, Iowa -25-” Back, in handwritting: “Have...
Words by Sam.M. Lewis and Joe Young; Music by Geo. W. Meyer. Waterson Berlin & Snyder Col publishers at the Strand Theater Bldg Broadway at 47th Street New York To hear song, press link above 13.625″h x 10.5″w
This studio photo shows four solemn young White boys in a prop of a row boat, with an strange elaborate back drop of a river scene. The right edge has the studio name “E.J. Ford, Opposite Post Office, Grundy Center,...
Photo shows two horse kicking up a lot of dust while racing on a dirt road in Millersburg, Iowa. A jalopy is parked by the roadside. Back: An extensive message sent form Millersburg, Iowa to “Harry E. Calvert, Metmore, Kans.”
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