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Young White girl holding fan with drawing of Black minstrels

March 6, 2024
Written by Landslide Creative

This 1/6 Plate tintype shows a little White girl sitting cross legged and holding a paper fan with minstrels drawn on it. The fan has two Black Minstrels African Americans drawn on it. The girl’s face and body has been...

Black Woman studio portrait standing behind Stile

Written by Landslide Creative

Photo shows a studio shot of a Black woman wearing a jaunty white hat and white dress. She stands behind a wooden stile of tree branches and in front of a backdrop of a water scene with sailboats.

Black man in front of “NY State Fair 1903” sign

Written by Landslide Creative

Tintype shows a dapper Black man on a bench posing for his photograph. The background is a dropcloth with a picture of a scene with a ticket booth and the words “NY State Fair 1903”. Whether the grass below his...

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