ADDED FUR. One of the women modeling her winter coat on page 82 adds a fur muff and collar to her outfit for this photograph. Horace Colley, son of Walter and Lulu Colley (see image LB115), worked as a furrier in Lincoln before and after serving in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant during World War I. Perhaps some of these portraits display his handiwork.

Photographs taken on black and white glass negatives by African American photographer(s) John Johnson and Earl McWilliams from...
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ADDED FUR. One of the women modeling her winter coat on page 82 adds a fur muff and collar to her outfit for this photograph. Horace Colley, son of Walter and Lulu Colley (see image LB115), worked as a furrier in Lincoln before and after serving in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant during World War I. Perhaps some of these portraits display his handiwork.

Photographs taken on black and white glass negatives by African American photographer(s) John Johnson and Earl McWilliams from 1910 to 1925 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Douglas Keister has 280 5x7 glass negatives taken by these photographers. Larger scans available on request.
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