[Photographs Depicting a School Fashion Show as well as a Banquet]

Cincinnati, Ohio, 1974. Good +. 40 loose black and white photos, all but 2 measuring 5" x 7". Good plus or better due to varying degrees of wear and/or creasing.

This is a group of photos documenting two school events in the Cincinnati area taken by a Black photographer, Nat Sharp, all but two of which have his backstamp. Per Mae Naijiyya Duncan's "A Survey of Cincinnati's Black Press & Its Editors" (Xlibris Corporation, 2011), Sharp was a staff photographer at the Cincinnati Herald as well as Pride Magazine which was published from 1968 to 1978.

The event from November 1974 is seen in a 13 shot series with many having a banner in the background reading "1st Annual Falcon and Falconettes Banquet of 1974." It's clear from the ages of the students that it's an elementary school, but we cannot identify either school. Images include award presentations, speakers, and a few show students eating at tables. The other group is a 23 shot series of a student fashion show. While a couple of photos show teens or tweens, its clear this event was also at an elementary school as part of a holiday pageant. All photos in this series show students posing on the 'runway.'

Worthy of further research and documenting the work of a Black photographer in Cincinnati.