Change Story Quilt: (All photos used in collage are taken by H. D'Laigle, Sr.)--still working on these images from the Change Quilt itself at Flickr Change Set
Image Three--“Change: Faith Ringgold’s Over 100 Pounds Weight Loss Story Quilt” January 1, 1986. All rights reserved. Faith Ringgold Archive.
Image Four--Change Detail, Introductory Text Box (1986)
Image -- Change Detail, 1940s Photo Collage (1986). All rights restricted. Faith Image Six--Change Detail, 1940s Text Box (1986). All rights restricted. Faith Ringgold Archive.
Image Seven--Change Detail, 1940s Photo Guide Map: 1940-1949 (1986). Faith Ringgold Archive. All rights restricted.
Image Eight--Faith’s older sister: this is Barbara’s official portrait as she was graduating from Morris High School in 1943 at the age of 16. She had begun kindergarten at three because on the first day of school (1930), the principal felt sorry for my grandmother (later Mme. Willi Posey) who seemed to have four small children (although one of them was her sister’s daughter). Faith was then a new born. Copyright Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Nine--. Faith and Earl as teenagers on Edgecombe Avenue.It was 1946. Faith was 16 and Earl was 19. He was a musician and attended college at the New School and Julliard from time to time. They say he was very smart. Copyright Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Ten-- Faith and her friends in the 40s on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Strolling in what was largely a segregated town then. Faith says they looked forward to staying all summer and enjoying the race movies at the local cinema. Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Eleven--Faith’s high school graduation photo. Faith graduated from Morris High School in 1948 and begun studies in Art Education at the City College of New York at a time when girls were still not admitted to the school of liberal arts, and when black students were practically non-existent. Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Twelve-- Barbara remained ahead of her cohort educationally until she graduated she completed college at NYU in Home Economics. This is the day of her graduation with her mother. Photo taken by Cardoza Posey, her mother’s older brother who had helped with the expense. Copyright Faith Ringgold Archive.
(Still working on these images from the Change Quilt itself, very large, See Flickr Change Set)
Image Thirteen. Change Text Detail, 1950s. 50s Collage—Change by Faith Ringgold (detail) 1986. Faith Ringgold Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Fourteen. 50s Handwritten Text—Change by Faith Ringgold (detail) 1986. Faith Ringgold Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Fifteen-- 50s Illustration Grid—Change by Faith Ringgold (detail) 1986. Faith Ringgold Archive. All rights reserved.
Aunt Barbara's Wedding Series:Photographs by H. DeLaigle Sr.
Image Sixteen--Arriving at Aunt Barbara’s wedding: Mme. Willi Posey, Mrs. Brown, Barbara, Faith and Grandpa Andrew. Posey and he are no longer married. Divorced since 1946 (also featured on the cover of Dark Designs and Visual Culture, Duke University Press 2004). Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved.
Images Seventeen and Eighteen--Aunt Barbara and Groom after the wedding. Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved
Image Nineteen-- Aunt Barbara's ladies in waiting including her younger sister Faith on her right in the large flowers. Faith is 19. Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved
Image Twenty-- Wedding Party including Earl (my father) and Faith (my mother) months before they were married and two years before I was born. 1950 at 363 Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem. Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All rights reserved
Image Twenty-one-- Uncle Andrew, Faith and Barbara's older brother, dressed for Aunt Barbara’s wedding. Faith Ringgold Archive. All rights reserved
Image Twenty-Two-- Mme. Posey (Faith’s mother) and her friends Lottie Belle and tba at 363 Edgecombe Avenue for Aunt Barbara’s wedding. Faith Ringgold Photo Arhive. All rights reserved
Image Twenty-Three-- Mme. Willi Posey business card. Faith Ringgold Photo Archive. All Rights Reserved.
Image Twenty-Four and Twenty-Five--Mme. Willi Posey fashion pose in dress of her own design. Photos by Thomas Morrison at 363 Edgecombe Avenue in 1950. Faith Ringgold Archive. All rights reserved.
Image Twenty-Six--Aunt Barbara modeling coat made by Mme. Willi Posey in apartment at 363 Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem. All rights reserved. Faith Ringgold Archive.
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