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Item Type
Image
File
A4
Number
2509
Description
Image of a woman standing, a sign at the right of her feet. Sign: MRS. LUE-NET SPAIN 5904 AVED AUG. 5. No year 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. Portrait, Mrs. Lue-Net Spain. Undated. 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/27/
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