Digital Snapshots

Dublin Core

Title

"The Rides, State Fair / Jackson."

Series

26

Item

994

Identifier

147507-photonegative-0994

Archival Description

"The Rides, State Fair / Jackson." View of men, women and Ferris wheels.

Detailed Description

From the Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs Collection - MDAH. Black-and-white photograph of three Black women and two Black men with their backs to the camera. The women are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with one another, the middle woman has her arms around the other women's shoulders, the woman on right has her left arm around the middle woman's waist and right hand resting on her hip, and they are all looking forward. The woman on the left is wearing a mid-tone colored skirt and blouse, the middle woman is wearing a floral patterned dress and hoop earrings, the woman on the right is wearing a dark, polka-dot patterned dress and earrings, and they all have short hair. The men are wearing dark-colored sweaters/shirts with dark trousers, and caps. There are several people and fair booths in front of them, and two Ferris wheels in the background with a sign that reads "ROYAL AMERICAN".

Creator

Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

Date

ca. 1930s

Location

Jackson, Mississippi

Rights

Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection – Mississippi Department of Archives and History
(Permission to publish required).