Sujet

Photograph of Lucille Brown and Elder Brown among others, 1915-1953. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Poro College, a cosmetology school and centre, was established in 1918 by Annie Turnbo Malone, an African-American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist. Depicting twelve women, three men, and one boy. The women all stand in a row wearing light-colored shirts and dark skirts, except one woman fifth from the right, who wears a light-colored skirt. The women all face the left and stand at an angle. Seated in wooden chairs in front of the women are three men. The man on the left wears a light-colored suit, while the man in the middle sits facing the camera wearing a dark suit and light-colored or white shirt. The man on the right also wears a dark suit and a light-colored or white shirt and is seated at an angle facing the left. On the ground next to each man is a hat. Behind the man on the right is a small boy standing, leaning on the back of the chair. He wears a light-colored shirt, dark pants, and is barefoot. The group is photographed outside on a lawn next to a brick building. There is a barred window in the wall behind the women.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A74_056

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

104,9Mo (4,9Mo) / 58,9cm x 44,6cm / 6958 x 5267 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait female women woman people black male college man men beauty education country guy museum photography makeup location century cosmetics make-up African American twenties African-American B&W full length afro-american full-length cosmetology United States of America Group Portrait Smithsonian Institution black & white black and white B W 1920s Educational Institution 1910s 20th century heritage American America USA scientific institution photograph portrait united states young women young woman Unknown Brown Lucille cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art gelatin silver print National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits Poro College silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper gelatin silver prints Lucille Brown