Defy Dragons Photographed by the Detroit Publishing

Photographed by the Detroit Publishing Company in 1905 on 2 8x10 glass plate negatives

Beer advertisement showing African-American children of light and dark complexions wearing confederate hats and holdings swords and rifles like soldiers

in 1908 on 8x10 glass plate negative

Safety Match of India

Defy Dragons Photographed by the Detroit Publishing"Defy" is part of the Black Kriby Series created by John Jennings. Jennings is an illustrator, designer, curator, and scholar who researches identity in popular culture through the comics medium. His works include "Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics", "The Hole: Consumer Culture", and "Black Comix: African American Independent Comics Art + Culture" (all co authored with collaborator Damian Duffy). Jennings teaches in the