THE POSING PORCH. This modest porch was the setting of many John Johnson photographs of women and children, but none of the images yield a clue to the location or identities. The same youngster in the white winter coat is seen with two sisters on page in another image, and the trio appears with another woman on a different image. The various images of the trio suggest this child is younger brother to the two sisters. Is he standing here with one of his grandmothers?

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.