Image of the Week
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As part of the Black History Month Blog, VCU Libraries’ Special Collections and Archives will post weekly images of African American life and history in Virginia from its collections. This week’s image is a postcard image of Richmond native Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878-1949) taken from the Hunter Stagg Papers housed in Special Collections and Archives.
This image of Robinson was taken February 6, 1932 in Harlem. The print was made by writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964). The image was made into a postcard and sent to Hunter Stagg (1895-1960), a Richmond writer, book reviewer and a friend of both James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) and Carl Van Vechten.
To view additional images of African Americans taken by Van Vechten, visit an online exhibit of his work at this site sponsored by Brandeis University.
--Ray Bonis, Archival Assistant - Special Collections and Archives
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To view an original tuxedo show-outfit worn by "Bojangles" Robinson visit the Black History Museum in Jackson Ward.
Posted by: Alex Lorch | February 23, 2006 9:07 PM