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Easter Sunday

Edwin Rosskam, “Boy dressed up for Easter parade, Chicago”, April 1941, (108.2003) Russell Lee, “In front of the Pilgrim Baptist church on Easter Sunday, Chicago”, April 1941, (103.2003) Baptists were by far the South Side’s largest denomination. The photographers visited … Continue reading

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Awesome Rare Palestinian Vernacular Discovery!

Chalil Raad, [Unidentified Woman], ca. 1900 (2012.34.27) Recently we received as a donation a fabulous album of early twentieth-century vernacular photography: it is a randomly assembled collection of Jewish-related portraits, mostly from Lower East Side Jewish portrait studios, by photographers … Continue reading

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