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Vintage Dancer | 1930s Fashion History | 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos

1930s Fashion History

26 Feb 2021

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.

930 Oscar and Jessie De Pries. Oscar served as 1st black Congress member from the North in 1929 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1930 Oscar and Jessie De Pries. Oscar served as 1st black Congress member from the North in 1929
1931s 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1931 Couple

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
Fine Dressed Couple
1930s house dress 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1930s House Dress

Blues musicians, Geeshie Wiley and L.V. ‘Slack’ Thomas wearing Beach Pajamas 1930-31
Blues Musicians, Geeshie Wiley and L.V. ‘Slack’ Thomas wearing Beach Pajamas 1930-31
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1934 Lace Jumpsuit. Photo by James Van Der Zee

Aviator Janet Harmon Bragg 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
Aviator Janet Harmon Bragg
1935 homemade dresses 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1935 Homemade Dresses

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1935, Cleveland, Ohio – Minnie Ruth Solomon waiting at the train station for her fiance, Olympic champion Jesse Owens on the eve of their wedding
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1935 Strolling Coats

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1935 Sara West in White, Gwendolyn Bennett in Floral Dress
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1935 Church Outfit, Nashville TN

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
Fats Domino
1936 white stroller coat black womaen fashion 1930s at VintageDancer
1936 White Stroller Coat

1936 Lois Jones, artist and teacher 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1936 Lois Jones, Artist and Teacher
1936 Fisk University, Sorority Bridge Party 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1936 Fisk University, Sorority Bridge Party

1936 Virginia Union College Students black students fashion clothing
1936 Virginia Union College Students
1937 actor Maurice Ellis wears a pullover sweater 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1937 Actor Maurice Ellis wears a Pullover Sweater

1937 Dorothy Paul, cabaret entertainer, wears a lame gown
1937 Dorothy Paul, Cabaret Entertainer, wears a Lamé Gown
1937 1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1937 Theatrical Show

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1937 Polka Dot Top Outfits, Pittsburg PA
1938 women at the five and dime shop
1938 Women at the Five and Dime shop

1930s white shirtwaist dress with belt Black woman African American fashion
Late 1930s White Shirtwaist Dress with Belt
1930s Sleeveless summer long party dress
Sleeveless Summer Long Party Dress

930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
An Elegant Pinstripe Double Breasted Suit and Ladies’ Coat
930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
Scene from “Is Zat So” 1930s

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1938 Rolling a Hogshead of Tobacco Richmond Virginia from the Project “The Negro in Virginia”
1938 coal miner family in Bertha Hill West Virginia
1938 Coal Miner Family in Bertha Hill West Virginia

1938 Shooting Craps in Osage West Virginia
1938 Shooting Craps in Osage West Virginia
930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
Late 1930s Dresses

930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1930s Dresses, Stockings, and Shoes
930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos
1930s Couples

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1930s Family
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
Teens in the 1930s

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1938 Casual Men
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
Sunday’s Best Fashion. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1938 Bessie Smith
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1939 Sharecropper, Lousiana

1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1939 Jitterbugging, Clarksdale Mississippi
1930s Black Fashion, African American Clothing Photos, Vintage Dancer
1939 Saturday Afternoon in Clarksdale, Mississippi

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