These photos capture everyday life and special event fashion in the 1950s for black African American men and women, followed by famous portraits and magazine covers.
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- Early 1950s Debutant Ball
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- 1950s Debutant Ball
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- Early 1950s Prom or Ball
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- 1953 Mae Reeves with Unknown Woman, Dressed at a Party
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- 1954 Women at Martha’s Vineyard
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- Keith Edwards and 1954s Queenie Marques in Britain after Arriving from Jamaica
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- 1955 Sewing in House Dresses at Texas A.M University
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- Casual Student Fashions
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- 1956 Studio Portrait of Hugh Bryant in the Stage Production ‘Cranks’
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- 1958 Group in Tulsa, OK
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- 1950s Weightlifting Women
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- Late 50s, Day Trip to the Beach
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- Sunday’s Best Dress
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- A Wonderful Hat!
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- Poodle Skirts and Teen Fashion
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- College Student, Late 1950s
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- 1956 Violinist
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- Swimsuit Models
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- North Carolina Mutual Cocktail Hour
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- Fats Domino, musician, always had good style
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- 1955 George Lamming
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- 1955 Dizzy Gillespie
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- 1953 Martha Flowers
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- Diahann Carroll 1955
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- Diahann Carroll
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- 1953 Ertha Kitt
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- Sallie Blair 1957
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- 1950 Tan Magazine
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- 1957 Drum magazine
1950s portraits and magazine covers of notable entertainers, musicians, actors, and athletes.
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- Jackie Robinson with Wife and Son
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- 1950 Tan Confessions
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- 1953 Ertha Kitt on Ebony
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- 1953 Martha Flowers
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- 1955 Diahann Carroll
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- 1955 Mattiwilda Dobbs
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- 1955 Dizzy Gillespie
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- 1955 George Lamming
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- 1955 Robert McFerrin
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- 1957 Drum
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- Diahann Carol
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- Nat King Cole, Late 1950s Sportcoat
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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.
