View African American fashion, culture, and clothing at home, church, casual days, work and portrait studios through the lens of the 1930s. Real life photos of 1930s black women and men, with some famous faces too.
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- 1930 Oscar and Jessie De Pries. Oscar served as 1st black Congress member from the North in 1929
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- 1931 Couple
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- Fine Dressed Couple
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- 1930s House Dress
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- Blues Musicians, Geeshie Wiley and L.V. ‘Slack’ Thomas wearing Beach Pajamas 1930-31
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- 1934 Lace Jumpsuit. Photo by James Van Der Zee
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- Aviator Janet Harmon Bragg
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- 1935 Homemade Dresses
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- 1935, Cleveland, Ohio – Minnie Ruth Solomon waiting at the train station for her fiance, Olympic champion Jesse Owens on the eve of their wedding
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- 1935 Strolling Coats
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- 1935 Sara West in White, Gwendolyn Bennett in Floral Dress
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- 1935 Church Outfit, Nashville TN
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- Fats Domino
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- 1936 White Stroller Coat
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- 1936 Lois Jones, Artist and Teacher
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- 1936 Fisk University, Sorority Bridge Party
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- 1936 Virginia Union College Students
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- 1937 Actor Maurice Ellis wears a Pullover Sweater
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- 1937 Dorothy Paul, Cabaret Entertainer, wears a Lamé Gown
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- 1937 Theatrical Show
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- 1937 Polka Dot Top Outfits, Pittsburg PA
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- 1938 Women at the Five and Dime shop
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- Late 1930s White Shirtwaist Dress with Belt
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- Sleeveless Summer Long Party Dress
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- An Elegant Pinstripe Double Breasted Suit and Ladies’ Coat
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- Scene from “Is Zat So” 1930s
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- 1938 Rolling a Hogshead of Tobacco Richmond Virginia from the Project “The Negro in Virginia”
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- 1938 Coal Miner Family in Bertha Hill West Virginia
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- 1938 Shooting Craps in Osage West Virginia
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- Late 1930s Dresses
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- 1930s Dresses, Stockings, and Shoes
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- 1930s Couples
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- 1930s Family
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- Teens in the 1930s
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- 1938 Casual Men
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- Sunday’s Best Fashion. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt
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- 1938 Bessie Smith
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- 1939 Sharecropper, Lousiana
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- 1939 Jitterbugging, Clarksdale Mississippi
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- 1939 Saturday Afternoon in Clarksdale, Mississippi
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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.
