Johnson C. Smith University photos from the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s Part 1

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Miss JCSU and court in homecoming parade

I've recently made a b.vikki vintage Flickr account and through it have found so many great online vintage retailers and vintage photo and ad archivists, collectors, and lovers. Among my discoveries was the JSCU Archives flickr account.


About JSCU - from wikipedia:

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is a private, co-ed, four-year liberal arts institution of higher learning located in the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. JCSU is also a historically black college. JCSU offers an assortment of academic programs, aimed at ensuring that its graduates are prepared for success in the workforce. JCSU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), and Council on Social Work Accreditation (CSWE). The school awards Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Social Work degrees to its graduates.

The photos uploaded by the university to Flickr are great!

Homecoming Queen and attendants

Clementine Riggsbee, 1953-1954

1959-1960 Homecoming Queen, Ann Wallace Collier

Homecoming Queen and court

JCSU student in the rain

Two JCSU students studying at a table

I love Love LOVE the furniture in this shot!

JCSU students studying in the library

Aqua Bulls at a swim meet

Iris Peebles, Homecoming Queen, 1949-1950

Ladies relaxing in one of the dorms

Golden Bulls cheerleaders

Golden Bulls cheerleaders

Golden Bulls cheerleaders

Miss JCSU and court at halftime

At a Homecoming game in the 1940s.

1961-1962 Homecoming Queen, Shirley Vaughn

1951-1952 Homecoming Queen, Yvonne Marshall

1959-1960 Homecoming Queen, Annie Neal Wallace

1957-1958 Homecoming Queen, Doris Henderson

Homecoming Queen Saundra Medford

Homecoming Queen, Vivian Freeman

There are A LOT of these photos, so I'll be splitting them into two posts.

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Getty Images of African Americans from the 1960s

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Young female friends in photo booth, portrait - Photographer: Siri Stafford

It didn't occur to me until a few days ago to search Getty Image archives for vintage Black / African-American photos... and I'm glad it finally came to me.

These photos are great. I'm only posting the Creative photos (as opposed to the Editorial photos). Most of them are posed, and I imagine intended for commercial use in advertisements or pictorials, but the styling is perfect.

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: African-American woman in cap and gown, portrait. - Photographer: H. Armstrong Roberts

Smiling woman posing in studio, (B&W) - Photographer: George Marks

Woman in dress posing in studio, (B&W), portrait - Photographer: George Marks

High angle view of a businesswoman working on a data processing system, 1968

It Works For Us! - Happy couple promoting a patent medicine. - Chaloner Woods

Couple going over house plans and color charts, smiling, portrait. - UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Couple going over house plans and color charts, smiling, portrait. - H. Armstrong Roberts

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Family looking at oven and roast turkey. - H. Armstrong Roberts

African-American student Virginius B. Thornton during a sit-down strike at a lunch counter. - HOWARD SOCHUREK

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Family saving money in piggy bank. - H. Armstrong Roberts

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Couple sitting on chair, man reading newspaper, woman on perching arm of chair, looking over man's shoulder. - H. Armstrong Roberts

I'll post more from the 1960s and some from the 50s soon!

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Vintage undies from 1963 - 1965

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My favorite thing about these ads and pictorials is that they're coquettish... not raunchy.

I may just start wearing a heart under my eye!

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Random Aside

One of my favorite things about hunting for old photographs and ads is that I CONTINUE to run into photos of people from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s that look like people I know now.

A thing like that!

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