Creator

R. Lee Thomas

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Circa Date

1946-49

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Image of a woman sitting at a dressing table looking into the oval mirror with her hands clasped in her lap. Her back is to the camera and her face is visible in the mirror. 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.

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