“Solid Senders,” a 1940s comic strip by cartoonist George Mercer that was featured in Negro newspapers. Cartoonist Tim Jackson has a great site featuring galleries of historic comic strips by pioneering black cartoonists.
The caption reads, “When my boyfriend first tried to kiss me, I put him in his place, but darn it… he stays in it!”
Models Carol La Brie (right) and Ro Anne Nesbitt in the February 1969 issue of Vogue (US). Their (natural) hair was done by hair legend Harold Melvin. From the article:
Short stretch, left, soaring skyward. Long stretch, right, pouring right down to earth. Both: stretches of Afro hair imagination. Black hair, as free as the southeast wind, does what comes natural. What might that be? You name it. Just as “black” skins range through a jewelled spectrum of color, pale topaz through jet onyx, “black” hair has its own variations.
Another multi-culti Raveen hair ad. This one is from 1972.
“just” a soul singer…
Aretha Franklin in a Fashion Fair Cosmetics ad from the 1970s.
Lena Horne in a 1959 ad for Lena Horne Cosmetics. Legendary actress Gloria Swanson was an investor in the brand.
A 1965 Ultra Sheen ad.
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Designed by 31-year old Brian Chan, these amazing origami insects have a remarkable amount of detail in them. Each one of these incredible pieces is made from a single sheet of paper that hasn’t been cut. It takes careful planning to get the right form from the folds, which Chan says adds that “extra challenge.”
Visit My Modern Metropolis and Brian Chan’s Origami Page to see more of Brian’s awesome paper creations!
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Kathryn. Trying.
