| Photograph Collection | Save | 2 | Title: | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design Photographs
| | | Creator: | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design | | | Dates: | 1946-1986 | | | Abstract: | The Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design was a Cleveland, Ohio, dressmaking, tailoring and fashion design school founded in 1925 by Amanda Wicker, primarily for young African-American women. Wicker retired and sold the school in 1979, which was still in operation in 1990. The collection consists of individual portraits of founder Amanda Wicker, her friends and associates; Clarke School board members, school graduates, and models; and views of events, activities and instructional classes. Included in the collection are portraits of Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich, Representative Troy Lee James, Cynthia Holloway, Judge Perry B. Jackson, Wyatt Brownlee, and Elizabeth Lambright. Events depicted include The Book of Gold and other fashion shows, award ceremonies of the Amanda Wicker Scholarship and the Cleveland Scholarship Program, board meetings, and social functions. | | | Call #: | PG 472 | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | Subjects: | Wicker, Amanda, 1900-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design -- Photograph collections. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American fashion designers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Costume design -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Dressmaking -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 3 | Title: | Allen E. Cole Photographs
| | | Creator: | Cole, Allen E. | | | Dates: | 1870-1970 | | | Abstract: | Allen E. Cole (1883-1970) was a Cleveland, Ohio, photographer who produced over 50,000 photographs of people and places in the African American community of Cleveland, Ohio. Cole opened his first studio in 1922 at 9909 Cedar Avenue, supplementing his income with commercial work and commission work for eight white-owned studios, and earned prizes and commendations at state and local exhibitions. His photographs were frequently published in The Call and Post. The collection consists of approximately 30,000 black and white and color negatives; 6,000 black and white and color photographs; and 1 oil painting. | | | Call #: | PG 268 | | | Extent: | 36.72 linear feet (21 containers, 6 filing cabinets, and 2 oversize folders) | | | Subjects: | African American athletes -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American business enterprises -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American businesspeople -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American children -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American clergy -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American entertainers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American families -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American men -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American neighborhoods -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African American photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social life and customs -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Cole, Allen E., 1883-1970 -- Photograph collections. | Commercial photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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