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Portraits of African
Americans from the Alvan S. Harper Collection (1884-1910)
In the last decades of the 19th Century, white
Southern society began to pass laws to reverse the gains African Americans
made during Reconstruction. By 1900, the Age of Jim Crow (legal segregation)
was in full swing. Yet as these images taken by Tallahassee photographer
Alvan S. Harper reveal, many African Americans were able to prosper despite
the social and legal restrictions they faced.
Although unidentified today, these
images represent the teachers, business owners, and local leaders of
Tallahassee’s vibrant African American community.
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Young
African American woman wearing a white dress
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Young
woman wearing fancy hat
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Man
in a satin-faced coat, holding a cane
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Woman in dress with embroidered front and cuffs
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Woman
in dark dress with roses on bodice
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Man
in white coat, with tilted hat and cane
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Woman in embossed dress
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Woman in striped dress holding handkerchief
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Young man
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Girl
holding a fan standing behind a gate
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Woman
holding parasol
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See the Alvan
S. Harper collection for more images of Tallahasseans and the Tallahassee
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Conjunto Aventura
Norteño, sometimes also called Norteña or Conjunto, literally translates to the word “northern,” referring to the region of northern Mexico and present day southern Texas where the musical style originated. |
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Resources for the 2010 Florida History Fair
This is a list of resources available online from the State Library and Archives of Florida relating to the suggested Florida History Fair topics. |
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See the "Common Ground" slideshow!
This presentation is part of “Common Ground,” a global event consisting of museums, galleries, and archives worldwide showing the same slideshow of photographs in public spaces on the same weekend (October 2-3, 2009). |
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