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Harlem Debutante Ball, Renaissance Ballroom 1950′s (photos)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by | 19 Comments

The above photo was taken during the 1950′s for Life magazine of a cotillion in Harlem. Continue reading →

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Marva Trotter Louis, Harlem Fashion Model, 1936

Posted on October 23, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Harlem’s Marva Trotter Louis, the Chicago stenographer turned model, singer and the first wife of boxing legend Joe Louis and had two children (daughter Jacqueline in 1943 and son Joseph Louis Barrow, Jr. in 1947). Continue reading →

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