Savannah Georgia African American Henry W. Perry Jr. Johnston's Studio Real Photo Postcard

This portrait features Henry W. Perry Jr., a young African American man from Savannah, Georgia, captured by Johnston's Studio, likely with Z. P. Caro, sometime between the 1890s and 1920s. During this period, studio photography was a vital tool for documenting identity and social standing, especially within African American communities navigating post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow realities in the American South. Savannah, as a significant port and urban center, hosted a thriving Black population that created and supported such establishments.