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Related: About this forumDoes anyone know anything about this image? AA couple 1890s
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/p5qos0/americ%D0%B0n_%D1%81%D0%BEuple_1890s/Found on reddit with no more info, I tried a google image search, got only pintrest board info. You can see the photo by clicking on the link, you do not have to be a reddit member to see it, you do have to be a reddit member to comment
The image is of a young prosperous looking African America couple, a handsome well dressed man, woman rocking a church hat and a Gibson girl style dress.
Given how things were for black people in that era, the image took money and time to achieve.
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Does anyone know anything about this image? AA couple 1890s (Original Post)
irisblue
Aug 2021
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eppur_se_muova
(37,643 posts)1. William and Lucy Sheppard ??
https://waynesboroheritagefoundation.com/2018/02/william-henry-sheppard-missionary-adventurer-activist/
Can't find any other photos of her that young, unless this is her.
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora%3Awhsheppard?display=grid&f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_name_phs_ms%3A%22Sheppard%2C%5C%20Lucy%5C%20J.%5C%20Gantt%2C%5C%201867%5C-1955.%22
viva la
(3,841 posts)2. Very stylish!
MLAA
(18,663 posts)3. Now that is a handsome and beautiful couple.
70sEraVet
(4,224 posts)4. It always bothers me to see old photos of people in antique stores
I feel they should be reunited with their families!
brush
(58,015 posts)5. No idea, but thanks for posting. As far the money to afford...
the stylish clothes and a photographer, remember there were many prosperous Black towns during that time period. The nation was just reminded of that a few months back with the one hundred year anniversary of massacre and destruction "Black Wall St. in Tulsa, OK.
And there were many other similar massacres and burnings of Black towns in the south and mid west. My point being, some Black folks prospered by staying together and trading and doing business among themselves and away from racist whites. That is until the whites got jealous and went on one of their many attacks against Blacks doing too well for their tastes.
irisblue
(34,405 posts)6. Knew it was a church hat! Thanks for helping me learn this.