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A family portrait of the Killings Family 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.
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A picture of a woman named Charlie Mae and her friend 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.
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An image of Sam Sampson Jr. when he was a child 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.
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Graduation portrait of Alfreddie Ganious 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.
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A picture of Addie Masons Moore 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.
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A picture of Grace Willis and Erris "Strawberry" Brown 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.
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A portrait of Annie Louise Roberts, sister of Althea Mae Roberts. Additionally, she was reared by Dorothy Combs' parents. The image was taken at the Avery Studio, operated by Joseph H. Avery Jr. in Frenchtown, Tallahassee. Avery captured the African-American community 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.
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John Gilmore Riley pictured with teachers in front of the Old Lincoln High School in 1898.
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An image of Rev. Dan Speed, Daisy Young, and Roy Wilkins, all leaders in the Tallahassee Branch of the NAACP during the Civil Rights' Movement. Dan Speed was the president of the branch, and Roy Wilkins was executive secretary.
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A picture of the former Spencer-Hill Laundry on the corner of Disston and Gamble (the Bond Community) in the 1950s. This laundry was operated by the Spencer-Hill family, whose matriarch at the time was Cherrye Spenser.