African American Portraits

These portraits of black Americans were done by Joseph Pennell.

 Double Portrait of Ellen Marks, 1899

  

 Double portrait of Phoebe Ottery, 1901

  

 Higdon Family, 1898

  

 Alex Johnson family, 1913

  

 America Hurley, 1912

  

 Ellen Marks, 1897

  

 Eva Williams, 1901

  

 Ike Perkins and wife, 1903

  

 Jim Richardson's girl, 1902

  

 Lt. Barnes' children, 1917

  

 Maggie Davis children, 1905

  

Malissa Hardin, 1910

Joseph Pennell

 Double portrait of Rizer sisters and friend, 1898

  

 Five Soldiers Sitting on F, 2nd Artillery Hay Wagon, Fort Riley, 1896

  

 Group portrait of Chapman High School graduates, 1896

  

 Lieutenant Treat and two children with group of dogs, 1898

  

 Miss Lehane with bicycle, 1897

  

 People at Eastern Star Picnic, 1899

  

 Portrait of Andra Schach and group of women, 1895

  

 Portrait of Georgia Gunn, 1896

  

 Portrait of Net Mullis, 1898

["A Prairie Girl"]

  

 Soldier, Cooke, and woman in buggy drawn by two horses, 1897

  

 Soldiers playing cards with a skeleton, Fort Riley, 1902

[typical of soldiers to have a ghoulish sense of humor]

  

Two women, Herr and Bergreen, in front of tent, Fort Riley, 1897

Joseph Pennell

 Bakers in front of Frey's Bakery, Junction City, Kansas, 1900

  

 Children at Zollinger party, 1903

  

 Erwin Family, 1897

  

 Group of men, including Tom Bishop, holding stringed instruments, 1898

  

 Group of people at M. E. picnic, 1896

  

 Interior of Miller and Shoemaker Soda Fountain, 1899

  

 Jim Daley seated in front of building holding cat, two women standing nearby, 1896

  

 McCormly Family, Chapman, Kansas, 1897

  

 Portrait of Corda Pennell and Miss Griffen, 1895

  

 Portrait of Mrs. Marse and baby, 1898

  

 Soldiers playing cards in front of tent, Fort Riley, 1897

  

Three Munnert girls in horse cart, 1896

Joseph Pennell

Joseph J. Pennell was another great midwestern photographer who documented life in turn-of-the-century Fort Riley, Kansas and neighboring communities, especially Junction City.

 Crowd of men watching Zeke Guddy on horse wearing a large sign saying 'Baseball Today', 1896

[Do you notice what's unusual here? The guy on the horse is black, and his name is given. 

That's a rare acknowledgement of basic humanity that was often withheld, back then.]

  

 Double Portrait of Alice Hardin, 1898

  

 Double portrait of two women, one wearing man's suit, 1898

[wish I knew the backstory here]

  

 Enfield girls playing cards, 1897

  

 Gormley Family, 1898

  

 Group of women at M. E. Picnic, 1896

  

 Group of women exercising, Junction City, Kansas, 1901

  

 Jim Miller's house with people in front, 1899

  

 Portrait of Burnside girl, 1898

  

 Portrait of Florence Swenson and Lillie Nelson, 1901

[a ravishing portrait of two supremely elegant ladies - and those hats...!]

  

 Retreat soldiers holding rifles, Fort Riley, 1897

  

 Senior Tea Party, Junction City, Kansas, 1902

  

 Soldier and woman standing under mistletoe at party, 1903

[is this staged or candid? I would hope the latter but there's no knowing]

  

Vera and Alma Jolley beside river - one photographing the other, ca. 1900