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Item Type
Image
File
A4
Number
2498
Creation Date
8-12-1948
Description
Image of a woman sitting on a porch holding a dog on her lap. Sign at the bottom of the steps. Sign: MRS LUCILLE WALLS AUG 12. 48. 1651 ROCKETT. Date: 8/12/1948. 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. Portrait, Mrs. Lucille Walls. 1948. Photographs by R. Lee Thomas, Eartha M.M. White Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and University Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/12/
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