Brown (Amanda) Photograph Collection

Historic image of Oval portrait of two men in suits
Oval portrait of two men in suits, Gentry Studio, Dallas, Texas, circa 1920s, Amanda Brown photograph collection, MS 90, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library.

The Amanda Brown Photograph Collection includes 37 family photographs and portraits of African Americans mostly in the San Francisco Bay area during the 1910-1920s.

Dates: circa 1910s-1940
 
Collection number: MS 90
 
Creator: Brown, Amanda.
 
Collection Size: .25 linear feet (1 box)
 

Guide to the Amanda Brown Photograph Collection

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