African-American portraits and snapshots, 1900-1975


Photographer and blogger Raul Gutierrez says, "Square America has posted an online show titled African-American Portraits & Snapshots, a collection of 160 photographs taken between 1900 to 1975 (several home movies are also included)."

Link (be patient, the site is designed simply and not optimized well, and takes a while to load).

Below, one of the "beautifully abstract" home movies included in Square America's online gallery -- which may end up being a book someday. I sure hope so.

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