LADY ON A FOOTBRIDGE. How does a lady protect her beautiful pleated skirt on a summer visit to the park? With a houndstooth duster--a lightweight summer overcoat. If the scene is Epworth Park, she probably reached it after a long trolley ride. Clothing and settings often identify multiple photographs that John Johnson took on one day

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.