A couple from the early 1900’s
Hello! This is probably the best blog ever. I am now in love with it and hold it dearly to my heart. Thank you so much for creating this site and I hope some more Old Time Fatties who were photographed can be posted here. It's very important to have this representation :D x
I’ve been MIA and I’m not sure how active it will be from here on out, but I will try.
Peace,
Shannon
Love these girls! Found them here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/91731387/odd-antique-civil-war-era-cdv-of-big
Found this here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/84282200/real-photo-postcard-of-fat-policeman
What I like even better is the back of the postcard:
Gladys Bentley on “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx in May, 1958.
Princess Kouka of Sudan with Paul Robeson in London on the way to North Africa to film “Jericho” in 1937.
cc: @lascasartoris
My gorgeous great-grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Parson Swilley. She was so lovely and sharp that a lady tried to buy the hat off of her head after church one day. She also taught me how to cook - and called me Sugarlump…
#APhiA105 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. receiving a $1,000 check from Alpha Phi Alpha Gen. Secretary James E. Huger on March 20, 1956. Today is Founder’s Day for the 105-year-old fraternity which was founded in 1906 at Cornell University.
Photo via Bettman/Corbis. Original caption: 3/20/1956. Montgomery, AL: James E. Huger (center), Gen. Secretary of Alphi Phi Alpha fraternity, presents a check for $1,000 to Rev. Martin Luther King as they arrived for the second day in court. King is charged with leading a 15-week racial boycott against the city’s segregated buses. Huger and Louis C. Swingler (l), Southern Regional Vice-President of the fraternity, said the organization hopes to raise $5,000 “to help the situation here.” King was found guilty and fined $500.
