Today we celebrate the birthday of Edwin Rosskam #EdwinRosskam

New Beach, near Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 1940. Photo: Edwin Rosskam (American; 1903–1985). Digital file from original negative. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

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Young man and bicycle: A young Black man wearing a newsie cap sits with his bicycle outside a boarded-up building in Chicago’s “Black Belt.” The bike includes swept-back handlebars, a basket on the front and what looks like a canvas pannier on the back. Edwin Rosskam made the photograph in July 1941 while on assignment in Chicago.

Edwin Rosskam
Uncaptioned street scene from a series of photographs of the “Black Belt” in Chicago, Illinois. July 1941.
Source: FSA/OWI Collection, Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/item/fsa1997...

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Parade dress: A Black youth donned a stylish coat and tie — with a contrasting newsboy cap — for an Easter parade in Chicago in April 1941. He posed at the back of a car for the photographer, Edwin Rosskam.

Edwin Rosskam
“Adolescent boy dressed up for the Easter parade, Chicago, Illinois.” April 1941.
Source: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/item/2017729...

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