Harry Shepherd, 1900. Photo from The Appeal, February 3, 1900.

Harry Shepherd

Harry Shepherd, 1900. Photo from The Appeal, February 3, 1900.

“Exhibit of the American Negroes at the Paris Exposition.” From the American Monthly Review of Reviews XXII, no. 130 (November 1900): 576.

Exhibit of photography by African American photographers at the 1900 Paris Exposition

“Exhibit of the American Negroes at the Paris Exposition.” From the American Monthly Review of Reviews XXII, no. 130 (November 1900): 576.

Mary E. Schwandt Schmidt (Mrs. William) and Snana Good Thunder (Maggie Brass), 1899. Photo by Shepherd Photo Studio.

Snana Good Thunder (Maggie Brass) and Mary E. Schwandt Schmidt

Snana Good Thunder (Maggie Brass, left) and Mary E. Schwandt Schmidt (Mrs. William, right), 1899. Photo by Shepherd Photo Studio.

Advertisement for Harry Shepherd’s Elite Studio, located at 15 East Seventh Street in St. Paul, 1891. From the Appeal, December 19, 1891.

Advertisement for Harry Shepherd’s Elite Studio

Advertisement for Harry Shepherd’s Elite Studio, located at 15 East Seventh Street in St. Paul, 1891. From the Appeal, December 19, 1891.

Harry Shepherd, 1906. Photo from the Appeal, August 18, 1906.

Harry Shepherd

Harry Shepherd, 1906. Photo from the Appeal, August 18, 1906.

Shepherd, Harry (ca. 1854–?)

Harry Shepherd, an African American photographer who lived and worked in St. Paul between 1880 and 1905, became one of the most successful photographers in the city. Shepherd’s work earned awards and an opportunity to provide photographs for the American Negro Exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Politically active, he took part in the National Afro-American Council (NAAC), and ran for Fourth Ward alderman in 1902.

Participants in the 1916 St. Paul Winter carnival pose in their "Africa costumes."

St. Paul Winter Carnival 1916

Participants in the 1916 St. Paul Winter carnival pose in their "Africa costumes."

Participants in an agricultural pageant in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Agricultural Pageant

Participants in an agricultural pageant in Anoka County, Minnesota in 1916.

Participants in a Kiddies Parade, an annual event held during the summer in New Ulm, Minnesota. The children and parents make all of their own costumes and floats.

Participants in a Kiddies Parade ca. 1975

Participants in a Kiddies Parade, an annual event held during the summer in New Ulm, Minnesota. The children and parents make all of their own costumes and floats.

University of Minnesota students, and members of the campus Aquatic League, practice a dance number in blackface for the comic water ballet to be performed in the Cooke Hall exhibition pool on Friday night. L to R: Susan Fredrickson of Santa Cruz, California; Trudy Schlek of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kit Thiele of Madison, Minnesota; and Gerrie Ghent of St. Paul, rehearse a "Licorice Lindy" dance number with canes in Cooke Hall. Originally published in the Minneapolis Tribune, April 14, 1950.

Water ballet at University of Minnesota Aquatic Show (1950)

University of Minnesota students, and members of the campus Aquatic League, practice a dance number in blackface for the comic water ballet to be performed in the Cooke Hall exhibition pool on Friday night. L to R: Susan Fredrickson of Santa Cruz, California; Trudy Schlek of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Kit Thiele of Madison, Minnesota; and Gerrie Ghent of St. Paul, rehearse a "Licorice Lindy" dance number with canes in Cooke Hall. Originally published in the Minneapolis Tribune, April 14, 1950.

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