Rare photograph portraits from Rural America in 1909-1912
Hundreds of female portraits made by an itinerant photographer named Hugh Mangum, who rode the trains to the small towns of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia in 1909.
They’re notably unusual for the period by their informal and lighthearted style.
Source – Duke University Library via Glamour Daze
What a collection! It’s so wonderful to see women of this time having fun and seeing smiles! I think all too often we think of this as such a straight laced period that lacked humor.