Emaline and ‘nem‍ ‍>> IG-based archival photography project created and curated by Kimberly Annece Henderson♡

*Because seeing is believing, and we’ve always been us.

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“In 2020 (with all that time in quarantine), I created @EmalineAndThem as a research outlet.

The project is named after one of my great, great, great, great, grandmothers, and I just wanted to shine a much needed light on the everyday ancestor.

*To learn more about any individual photo or video, please be in touch or check out the archive listed in the post caption.”

—Kimberly Annece Henderson

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View fullsize 🏀 c. 1920, young men’s basketball team group portrait, Philadelphia, PA {*I’m not really into sports but feel like I need to pick a team to root for whenever a tournament gets down to the wire. 🏆 p.s. it’s gonna be a wild summe
View fullsize c 1893, outdoor photo of the Atlanta University Quartette posing playfully, which includes a young James Weldon Johnson seated 2nd from left 🎩 {*TGIF fr because I had no clue which day was which all week🌀anywho, congrats to all the recent grads!
View fullsize {*at least 3 different ppl are randomly wearing stripes like these at work today, so yeah🦓 lol anywho, cased photographs are always a fave of mine and this one’s no different 📌} 🗂️ —c 1850, 3/4 length daguerreotype portrait of a woma
View fullsize c 1937, photograph of girl resting on ledge, looking out through a cabin window. Gee’s Bend, Alabama. {*looking onward 🌸 p.s. if you’re unfamiliar, look up the Gee’s Bend quilt making legacy!} 🗂️ —Smithsonian National
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View fullsize {*saying Happy Earth Day feels weird as we set her ablaze, but nevertheless, my ancestors once knew her very well 🌍} 🗂️ c 1899, outdoor photograph of a man holding his plentiful fishing catch, and a woman wearing a housekeeping apron stands with
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View fullsize c 1877, staged stereograph portrait of two young boys, posing as ‘Raphael’s Cherubs’ resting against a log🏺 {*sigh of gratitude* you ever experience something that feels like angels had to be watching over🪽I had that feeling thi
View fullsize {*if you swipe and look long enough, you begin to hear this photograph 🪵} c early 1898, man and woman sitting by a lot fireplace, a cat rests at the woman’s feet. 🗂️ —Valentine Richmond History Center, Richmond, VA (1439)
View fullsize c early 1900s, A woman is photographed standing in a yard smoking a pipe, surrounded by poultry. A flower is pinned to her dress like a brooch.🌸 {*the sun is shining, the weather is finally breaking (NYC), and I’m channeling this “tend
View fullsize c 1910 - 1922, Olivia Edith Garrett Wilson and Gustavius Sinkler Wilson holding cigars as they pose for the photo, Charleston, SC {*this looks like a time being had. I’m also gonna assume they’re married and say those pants on her duri
View fullsize 🩺 date unknown, studio portrait of a doctor holding a spinal bone. {*it’s Friday 13th. Second one in a row this year. I bet there’s some significance with that… 🔭🪐 anywho, I was gonna make a skeleton joke but nah, just swipe a
View fullsize c 1855-1865, portrait of Opera singer Elizabeth T. Greenfield 🌹 {*unlike Timothee, I very much love me some “opera and ballet” …speaking of, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was born enslaved in Natchez, Mississippi, became emancipat
View fullsize c 1875, decorated studio portrait of two young women, Greenville, Mississippi 🌸 {*the light material of their dresses and outdoorsy backdrop is channeling spring and that’s the energy I’m seeking rn 🌞} 🗂️ —Yale University L
View fullsize c 1902, a man stands holding the reins of a horse, photo taken by Joseph Pennell {*the record didn’t list this man’s name, but there’s a bit of poetry about this photo. Idk, it spoke to me 🤲🏾🔥} 🗂️ —University of Kans
View fullsize c early 1900s, photograph of a young couple, Addie and Will Payne at their home in Texas. They’re seated at the base of a tree interlocking arms as she holds a p!stol 🌞 {*it’s giving us-against-the-wooorld 🤎 Happy Valentine’s D
View fullsize c 1900, cropped stereographs of San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 {*in case you missed last night’s superbowl halftime🌴🪩 …had to foreground these hardworking souls who were so beautifully honored throughout the performance ✨} 🗂️ —
View fullsize March 1891, A Corporal of the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers Regiment poses on his horse in the snow. Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. {*he popped up in my research a few months ago, and I’m almost done curating a project with him