americana

21 photos tagged americana, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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Negro boy near Cincinnati, Ohio (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 404 older comments, and then…
  • Kevin Meredith said:
    is it necessary to label the photo "Negro boy" surly "boy" will do or if needed to make reference to his race for historical context surly African American. just like to point out that i am not PC mad just thought this title was a little odd. after all this guy is probably alive wonder what he would think to being called "Negro boy"
  • [kren] said:
    I guess it must be the original title, or the agency caption as mentioned above. I don't see anything wrong in keeping that title, it reminds us of the mindset of some people in that time and it could even be an anti-racist statement.
  • third twig said:
    I Like the photo but not the tittle.
  • styler* said:
    yes but the title is part of the times the image was taken in
    therefore the title itself has a historical context.

    it might not be nice or acceptable context, but to change the title as given by the original photographer, changes history. Essentially whitewashing the past.
  • Emily said:
    The titles are all drawn from the original descriptions of the photos - if you browse around on the Library of Congress's American Memory project you'll see a lot of outdated terms sometimes, but that's the way people talked back then. This is part of why they need help from people tagging pictures - we look for pictures using different words than the photographers or librarians back then would have used.

Orchestra during intermission at square dance; notice sweated shirt of host, McIntosh County, Oklahoma (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • 14 older comments, and then…
  • scott said:
    the host must have been a dancing fool......
  • roderickbodine said:
    An orchestra of two. How minimalist.
  • perfgeek said:
    Looks like it is quite literally "wall paper."
  • jdavis417 said:
    Title: The accused Is this a joyful occasion? Seems pretty tense to me!
  • artpease said:
    The 'host' might also be the 'caller' the one who cued the dancers to the next steps [swing your partner, do-si-do, allamende left, grand right and left, etc.]

Washington, DC, Mail Streetcar

from Smithsonian Institution

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  • wclaytong said:
    I believe this was taken on 35th Street NW at M Street in Georgetown (looking North). The buildings at the very top of the hill are gone now but those shown in the middle section line up with what is currently there. goo.gl/maps/8APwwCTZ4RcwbhGh6