Historical Portrait
[Portrait of an African American child, Eatonville, Fla.; A Methodist church, Eatonville, Fla.; Portrait of a man holding a hat; Portrait of Rev. Haynes, Eatonville, Fla.]
![[Portrait of an African American child, Eatonville, Fla.; A Methodist church, Eatonville, Fla.; Portrait of a man holding a hat; Portrait of Rev. Haynes, Eatonville, Fla.], 1935 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/portrait-of-an-african-american-child-eatonville-fla-a-methodist-church-eatonvil-GtDN9j5PhAjRHbg2z0UR.jpg)
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4 photographic prints on one contact sheet.
About this photograph
This contact sheet contains four portraits made in Eatonville, Florida, including images of an African American child, a man holding a hat, and Reverend Haynes. One print shows a Methodist church in the same town.
Eatonville was incorporated in 1887 as one of the first self-governing all-Black municipalities in the United States.
Studio portraiture held particular significance in Black communities during this period. Sitting for a formal portrait was a deliberate assertion of dignity at a time when published images of African Americans were dominated by caricature. The catalogue identifies Reverend Haynes by name and notes his association with Eatonville, but leaves the child and the man with the hat unnamed, a common practice in record-keeping of the era that frequently identified white sitters while leaving Black sitters anonymous.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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