Some 1930s babes, drawn by Jenna Brager (via Historical imaging | Sassyfrass Circus)
basketball babes from edmonton! nice article on autostraddle about some of the first female sports teams.
DAMN
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The fabulous fashion & style of the Harlem Renaissance, c.1920s-1930s
i’ve seen a handful of these before, and as gorgeous as it is to see this collection, i wish they were circulating with credit/context. the final one is most likely by Robert Scurlock in the 1960s-1970s from a 1920s negative. more details here.
if you’re interested in history blogs that properly attribute their content, visit these:
look up some books on the harlem renaissance, learn the names of the gorgeous folks pictured, and what importance style and fashion played in their lives.
When Harlem Was In Vogue by David Lewis
(Source: retrowunderland, via tinyspiritz)
We loved neonV Mag editors’ Icons Re-Imagined Series. Each editor chose their favorite cultural icons- Alex Box, Iris Apfel, and an influential woman who inspired the ImREDy campaign, June Ambrose, and re-imagined them. Check out neonV Mag for the full spread!
omg even without the awesome concept behind it, so into these portraits.
(via ladyfresh)
Neil Kenlock is a British- Jamaican photographer and entrepreneur based in London. For the past 20 years his work has documented the culture of Jamaicans living and visiting the UK. In 1979 he co-founded Root Magazine, the UK’s first black glossy lifestyle magazine. After the sale of the magazine in 1987, Kenlock later went on to become co-founder of Choice FM Radio, the UK’s first radio station broadcasting to the Black Community. Kenlock’s work is showing at the Tate Britain as part of the exhibit Another London through September 16, 2012. This exhibit brings together 180 classic twentieth-century photographs taken of London between 1930-1980, by International photographers, highlighting the diverse culture & views of the city.
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