Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]About a week ago, I was rummaging through the Farm Security Administration online archive (at the Library of Congress) and came across an eerie Marion Post Wolcott photo of a group of white schoolkids in blackface makeup, preparing for a school festival. Not surprisingly, that got me rummaging some more. Turns out that there is quite a bit of blackface in the archive. And that got me to thinking. Here's the result: http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/john_edwin_mason_photogra/2010/02/fsa-blackface-minstrels.html http://bit.ly/9aD0DO --John ****************************** John Edwin Mason, Photography: http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com Charlottesville and Cape Town