Grace Willis, Avery Collection
Item
Title
Grace Willis, Avery Collection
Rights Information
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Copyright of this work is held by Joseph H. Avery Jr. It is provided here for scholarship, research, and private study. Further use or copying of the work beyond Fair Use may require permission from the rightsholder.
Type
Image
Creator
Avery, Joseph Henry Jr. (Photographer)
Date
1944
Description
Graduation portrait of Grace Willis taken at the Avery Studio. Operated by Joseph H. Avery Jr. in Frenchtown, Tallahassee, the studio captured the African-American community during the Jim Crow era when rarely other studios provided this service. Avery moved to Jacksonville in 1950, and later on to Washington, D.C. in the early 1960s, where he became the first Black photographer for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Genre
Photographs
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Identifier
JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F001-I041
Topics
African American families
African American photographers
African American portrait photographers
Frenchtown (Tallahassee (Fla.))
African American students
African American women
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
Physical Location
Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.