African Americans; African American churches; African American single mothers ; African American teenage mothers; Nursing homes; Nursing home administrators; People's Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.); Single mothers; Teenage marriage; Teenage...
Oral history interview conducted on May 9, 1979 with Frances Smith by Mary Bobo. Mrs. Smith, a former nursing home owner and administrator discusses her childhood in Russellville, Kentucky, moving to Louisville at age twelve to tend to an aunt,...
Children; Boys; Girls; Play (Recreation); Costumes--United States; Women
Six children (three boys and three girls), wearing pioneer costumes, join hands in a circle. They are directed by two old women wearing long dresses and shawls--probably Aunt Alice Williams and Aunt Martha Williams.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) stands in front of a corn pile with two grandsons, wearing tattered clothing. Her daughter, seated, holds an infant wrapped in a blanket.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a shawl) sits, holding a broom and a basket, in front of a pile of corn, accompanied by her grandsons, two little boys in frayed clothing.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a light-colored dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt West (an old woman wearing a dark dress and shawl) sits in front of a pile of corn, holding a broom, with a basket at her feet. Title supplied by cataloger.
Portrait of actress Louisa Eldridge, affectionately known as "Aunt Louisa." She is middle-aged, and wears a dark velvet dress. Louisa Eldridge was born circa 1829 and died in 1905. Inscription on mount verso: To Mr. Macauley with...
"A moving tribute to her mother, this work combines the personal and the political. The quilt includes a narrative - the witty story of the family of Aunt Jemima, most familiar as the stereotypical black 'mammy' but here a successful African...
Mixed media; Sculpture; Political issues; Discrimination; Race discrimination; Racism; Prejudice; Ethnic stereotypes; Stereotyping; Caricatures; Cultural relations; Civil rights; Social classes; Social aspects; Advertisements; Advertising;...
“The social, political, and spiritual terrain of Saar’s work incorporates found objects, personal family memorabilia, and other materials. In this work, using the familiar and derogatory image of Aunt Jemimah, Saar transforms the stereotype...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Kate," presumably Edmonds J. Howard's sister Kate Isabella Howard Baird. The notes for another photograph (ULPA 1986.90.2204) identify the older child as "Lucy," who is...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Marg" sitting in a chair in front of the fountain on the lawn of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Uncle Tom West, wearing overalls and a hat, sits in the yard of a frame house, playing mountain dulcimer. His wife, referred to by Jean Thomas as Aunt West, stands behind him.
Uncle Tom West, wearing overalls and a hat, sits in the yard of a frame house, playing mountain dulcimer. His wife, referred to by Jean Thomas as Aunt West, stands behind him. Title supplied by cataloger.
Uncle Tom West, wearing overalls, sits outdoors, playing mountain dulcimer. His wife, referred to by Jean Thomas as Aunt West, stands behind him. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two young man and an old man and woman pose outdoors, with a log cabin visible behind them. Bunyon Day (left, wearing sweater), plays guitar; Gobel Day sits on the ground; Grandma (also known as Aunt West) stands behind them; and Uncle Tom West...
A group of men and boys, including Bunyon Day (far left, standing, with guitar), poses with instruments in a cornfield. A man in a suit, second from left, plays fiddle, beside an old man (Uncle Tom West) wearing a hat and playing mountain dulcimer....
A group of men and boys, including Bunyon Day (far left, standing, with guitar), poses with instruments in a cornfield. A man in a suit, second from left, plays fiddle, beside an old man (Uncle Tom West) wearing a hat and playing mountain dulcimer....
A group of men and boys, including Bunyon Day (far left, standing, with guitar), poses with instruments in a cornfield. A man in a suit, second from left, plays fiddle, beside an old man (Uncle Tom West) wearing a hat and playing mountain dulcimer....
Jean Thomas poses outside a raised frame house, where Aunt Betty Thomas (an elderly African-American woman) sits on the steps with two young boys. A young girl wearing a white dress stands beside them. Title supplied by cataloger.
Aunt Betty Thomas (an elderly African-American woman) sits on the steps of a frame house holding on her lap a girl wearing a white dress. A young boy sits beside them. Title supplied by cataloger.
