Photograph: Group Portrait, Woman With Children

Creator

R. Lee Thomas

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Circa Date

1946-49

Description

Image of a woman sitting in a chair holding a young child on her lap. Children standing on either side of the chair. No date given. One of 156 black and white photographs by R. Lee Thomas, an African American photographer active in the early twentieth century in the southern United States. Thomas’ work provides photographic documentation of southern black social life, primarily religious and labor groups, circa 1946-1949. The majority of the photographs depict groups from Birmingham, Alabama, and adjacent areas. His imprint contains the caption: Made by R. Lee Thomas, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest Negro Town in America.

Recommended Citation

Thomas, R. Lee, "Photograph: Group Portrait, Woman With Children" (2019). Photographs by R. Lee Thomas. 111.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/111

Rights Statement

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/