In addition to the many group photos that can be assumed to be family photos, the Bessie Miller Collection includes some examples of photos of groups of school children, shown below.
Group Photo 1: A group of students dressed in costumes is posed in front of a school building. Costumes include native american dress and sailors. There is [...]
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The most substantial single item in the Bessie Miller Photographic Collection is a scrapbook pasted full of miscellaneous snapshots that has unfortunately been dismantled. Many of the pages have been cut apart to separate the images, and some of the images have been damaged from attempts to remove them from the black scrapbook pages. The [...] In the study of African American history, the topic of hair may seem at first insignificant. However, the politics of hair has been written about and discussed by various African American scholars and authors, as it is linked with social and personal acceptance for African Americans. While the Selective Service Act of 1940—which established the first peace-time draft of men into the armed forces—banned racial discrimination in the recruitment and training of soldiers, segregation of the various units in the military was still a reality. As we have seen in some of the images in previous posts, Walter Lawrence Smith appears [...] What was he thinking? In archival terms, what of the original order in which Walter Lawrence Smith bound the photographs he had taken? Upon opening the military photo album, these are the first faces to greet you. |
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