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POLK, Prentice Herman (1898?1984). Photographs. Atlanta: Ne...

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POLK, Prentice Herman (1898?1984). Photographs. Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1980. Square 4to. 62 black and white illustrations after photographs of early 20th century African Americans by Polk. Original publisher?s beige and brown cloth (spine sunned).; original cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 441 of 1200 copies SIGNED by the photographer. P.H. Polk opened his first photography studio in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1927. Over the course of a career spanning six decades Polk photographed the illustrious and anonymous alike, from George Washington Carver to the everyday citizens of Tuskegee.