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"High Hat," dance and party, African-American party, on Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, January 21, 1943. Photo shoot commissioned by fashion and home-goods mail-order merchandizer, Chicago Mail Order Company, owned by Alden's

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Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)

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One in a series of five photographs; all five are digitized. Envelope description: Chicago Mail Order Company; Party. Description in 1943 Lane Brothers Assignment Book (p. 8): "Chicago Mail Order Co., 511 South Paulina Street, [commissioned] by Miss Helen Faith Keane, 54 Photos; Jan. 20 -- Photos Athens; Jan 21 -- Photos Jonesboro, Ga.; Jan 21 -- 'High Hat,' Auburn Ave -- night; Jan. 23 -- Men Service Center -- W. Hunter St., by Dan. Mail pix and bill to Miss Helen Faith Keone, Chicago Mail Order Company, 53 West 23rd St., New York City, N.Y." All but the last group (January 23) were photographed by J. H. Lane.
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Georgia State University

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Atlanta
  3. Chicago Mail Order Co
  4. Dance Parties
  5. Georgia
  6. Nightlife

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