Vintage Black Beauties

Vintage Black Beauties

Celebrating the beauty of women of the black diaspora in vintage style because I love discovering old pictures that are new to me (and I wanted a place to save them). People don't have to be glamorous or famous to be beautiful.

Photos found on the net. Links provided. Not owned by me.
Arminta Wilson with grandson Paul Davis, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 22, 1919

Arminta Wilson with grandson Paul Davis, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 22, 1919

Au Congo Belge, type Sangho : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse 1911

Au Congo Belge, type Sangho : [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse

1911

[translation] “Haussa woman wearing charms.” [original caption] “Haussafrau mit Amuletten.” c. 1885/1911

[translation] “Haussa woman wearing charms.”

[original caption] “Haussafrau mit Amuletten.”

c. 1885/1911

Portrait of J. Leubrie Hill and his famous Dark Town Follies of 1914 and 1915.

Portrait of J. Leubrie Hill and his famous Dark Town Follies of 1914 and 1915.

waheedpix: Bee, Manilla & Mabel Jublilee Hall, 1910’s [Fisk University Album] ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2012

waheedpix:

Bee, Manilla & Mabel

Jublilee Hall, 1910’s

[Fisk University Album]

©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2012

Betsimisaraka women, in Madagascar circa 1890/1910

Betsimisaraka women, in Madagascar

circa 1890/1910

dynamicafrica: Three Zulu girls wearing large straw hats and holding tennis rackets. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1910

dynamicafrica:

Three Zulu girls wearing large straw hats and holding tennis rackets.

(Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images).

Circa 1910

(Source: )

dieheide: “Black Women in Jail” 1919 Harris & Ewing

dieheide:

“Black Women in Jail”

1919

Harris & Ewing

(via blackonblackandwhite)

Washington, D.C., circa 1916. “Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free.” Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W.

Washington, D.C., circa 1916. “Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free.” Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W.

Nkpundia, a wife of the Bamum King, spinning in Foumban, Cameroon. Postcard of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society). circa 1911

Nkpundia, a wife of the Bamum King, spinning in Foumban, Cameroon.
Postcard of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society).

circa 1911