Avery Studio Military Portraits

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Title

Avery Studio Military Portraits

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)

Description

Photographs from the Avery Studio in Frenchtown, Tallahassee, located on Virginia Street and operated by Joseph H. Avery Jr. Avery captured the African-American community in Tallahassee, more specifically "classy women, zoot suited men, and persons of distinction" during the Jim Crow era when rarely other studios provided this service. He 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.)

Physical Description

3 items

Identifier

JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F001-I013

Topics

African American families
African American photographers
African American portrait photographers
Frenchtown (Tallahassee (Fla.))
African American soldiers

Time Period

Jim Crow (1877-1964)

Physical Location

Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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