Edwardian era black fashion. See what African American (and some British) men and women from 1900s to 1910s, WWI and after. Featuring everyday clothing worn by middle and upper economic classes.
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- 1900s Couple
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- 1900s Couple
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- 1902 – A Group of Mrs. Ida E. Gladden’s advanced students in dressmaking, Greenville, S. C. noir
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- Students at Atlanta University, c 1900
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- Colored Women Suffragists, Georgia, c 1910-1920
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- National Negro Business League 1900s
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- 1900s Suit and Hat
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- 1900s Nannie Helen Burroughs
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- Photographer John Johnson, from Lincoln, Nebraska, took hundreds of photographs in the early 1900s of African Americans and immigrants in his community.
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- 1910s Couple
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- Edwardian Era Men
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- 1900s Man in Suit, Kansas
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- 1910s Maggie Lena Walker
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- 1910 Maggie Lena Walker
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- Nebraska, early 1900s, Two Fine Men
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- 1910 Kai Leakes
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- 1910s Skirt and Blouse
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- 1910s Family
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- 1916 Portrait of Mrs. Ike Perkins and Mrs. Sgt. Dorsey
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- 1918 Portrait of Soldier, William Jackson, M.s.s. and Wife
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- 1912 Bishop George Lincoln Blackwell
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- 1910 Maggie Lena Walker
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- 1918 W. H. Harrington Family
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- Late 1910s Traveling Suit
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- 1919 Portrait of Mrs. Winfield and Friend
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- 1919 Regina Andrews
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- Late Edwardian Era Men’s Fashion
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- 1919 Woman with Coat and Man in Suit and Hat
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Holsinger photos archive Mostly 1910s studio portraits. Excellent collection.
Debbie Sessions has been teaching fashion history and helping people dress for vintage themed events since 2009. She has turned a hobby into VintageDancer.com with hundreds of well researched articles and hand picked links to vintage inspired clothing online. She aims to make dressing accurately (or not) an affordable option for all. Oh, and she dances too.
