The amazing site – BLACK ARCHIVES – has recently published an amazing series of photographs from the ‘Harlem Debutantes’ series by Cornell Capa (1950) via the LIFE Photo Collection:
The images of Black joy emerging from the stiff formality of the event, are fantastic.
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Patch on Ebay
An FDNY/EMS patch for sale on Ebay
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