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African American

70sEraVet

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1. Loved the photos!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 07:47 AM

Sunday

And the fact that the folks were identified and their back-stories given is amazing!
Our county in Tennessee, Stewart County, also had a photographer (Samuel A. Feltner) working in the same time period. He also photographed many of the local African Americans. But sadly, I don't think any of the folks have ever been identified.
Here is a collection of his African American photos:
https://www.tngennet.org/stewart/fpa/fpaafricanamericans.htm

I work on a few of the old African American cemeteries in the area, and do research on the folks buried there. I would love to be able to match some of those photos with the people I am researching -- to give them a face as well as a name!

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Loved the photos! 70sEraVet Sunday #1

Those photos are amazing irisblue Sunday #2

That one photo sticks with me, too. 70sEraVet Sunday #3