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Florence, 1953. Models or, perhaps just two well-dressed women, photographed by Fedele Toscani. I'd LOVE to know what they were pointing at... Source: Toscani Archive. Dorothy Dandridge, African American Fashion, Glamour Vintage, Vintage Black Glamour, Well Dressed Women, Look Retro, Black Hollywood, Retro Mode, Vintage Glam

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Florence, 1953. Photograph by Fedele Toscani. I'd LOVE to know what they were pointing at... Source: Toscani Archive.

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Colored Entrance, Alabama, 1956 Gordon Parks Photography, The Blacker The Berry, Gordon Parks, Mobile Alabama, Robes Vintage, By Any Means Necessary, Jim Crow, Park Photography, We Are The World

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We Are The World

Colored Entrance, Alabama, 1956

The 1950’s are often viewed as a golden era in U.S. history, a time of happiness and prosperity, despite the threat of nuclear annihilation, racial segregation and the looming Cold War.

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Ladies...handbags, gloves and hats, 1950s

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Chicken Bone Beach — Atlantic City, New Jersey (1950s). Photographs by John W. Mosley via Temple University Libraries Black Pinup, Atlantic City New Jersey, 60s Women, African American Fashion, Cup Of Jo, Vintage Black Glamour, Black Femininity, Black N White Images, Atlantic City

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Chicken Bone Beach — Atlantic City, New Jersey (1950s). Photographs by John W. Mosley via Temple University Libraries

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Alabama (1956) by Gordon Parks

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These 31 Vintage Snapshots of '50s African-American Women in Dresses Are So Beautiful ~ Vintage Everyday 1960s Black Women Fashion, Women In Dresses, Then And Now Pictures, Black Like Me, African American Fashion, Vintage Everyday, Standing Poses, Blonde Bombshell, Black Women Fashion

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Blonde Bombshell

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These 31 Vintage Snapshots of '50s African-American Women in Dresses Are So Beautiful

Here is a collection of 31 gorgeous snapshots that shows African American women in dresses in the 1950s.

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Asheville NC, late 1950s Sarah Rector, Vintage Black Glamour, Black Photography, Black Hollywood, Black Femininity, African Diaspora, Photo Vintage, Asheville Nc, Moda Vintage

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Asheville NC, late 1950s

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1940, three ladies going to take their cosmetology exams in dark to light stockings. Fashion 1940s, State Board, Three Women, Vintage Black Glamour, Look Retro, Style Inspiration Spring, Retro Mode, Texas State, Photo Vintage

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1940s Stockings: Hosiery, Nylons, and Socks History

Before the 1940s, women would not leave the house without wearing a pair of silk stockings. In fact, it wasn't considered appropriate to be bare-legged in public whatsoever unless you were at the beach. WWII shortages combined with the invention of new materials changed the way women purchased 1940s stockings. Stockings, also called Hose, came

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