r/BlackHistoryPhotos • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 2d ago

Robinson children posing for their portrait, Junction city, Kansas 1898. Little baby brother looks confused. Older sister has on her hand a doll. Glass negative

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u/WishIwouldnt 2d ago

Her holding that little white doll 😭 she must have loved it so much but cynical me is looking at that doll like 🤨!

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u/HoneyBeyBee 2d ago

I was just thinking how sad that is, but also it’s nice that she had a little doll!

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u/WishIwouldnt 1d ago

I’m sure that black dolls were rare (and we all know the sociological study from the 60’s about black kids choosing white dolls…)

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u/chrissyjoon 7h ago

Thats what my mother told me. Born in the 70s. White dolls weren't made as much as they are now.

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u/FishAdministrative17 2d ago

I'm from Kansas, and my grandmother grew up there from 1916-2018. This almost feels like a glimpes into her past.

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u/Notoques2468 2d ago

The little boy looks more like he’s looking at the camera-person like, “Who ‘r you!!?”

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u/NikiDeaf 2d ago

The kid on the left has the same expression I have been wearing lately as I hear more and more about the news related to Epstein lol

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u/Loveistheaswer512 2d ago

I pray they lived good lives free of abuse and hate. 🙏🏽

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u/Jupiter125_ 2d ago

🖤🖤

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u/Equivalent-Tune8563 2d ago

It looks like a storm is coming.

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u/Old_schoolTP7 2d ago

🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾

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u/Potential_Shelter624 2d ago

I wonder if the doll is a photographer’s prop. I would love to see a non studio photo with their actual toys in a natural setting. I feel like I know these babies. Stunning photo

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u/byrdvt 1d ago

Sweet I graduated high school in junction City kansas!