About

2 inches; photographic.
65 gelatin silver prints

Collection Description

Carl N. Sidle, Jr., a professional photographer, was born November 14, 1943, in Dallas, Texas. He was raised in Dallas and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School there. He attended Howard University in 1962 and later returned to Dallas. Since September, 1979, Sidle has worked for the University of Texas Medical Health Science Center in Dallas as a medical photographer.

An oral history with Sidle and examples of his photographic work appear in Portraits of Community: African American Photography in Texas (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996).

The collection consists of Sidle's non-commercial photography of the African American community in the Oak Cliff and South Dallas areas of Dallas, Texas. Subjects include portraiture and people, cityscapes, and montages.

Arrangement: prints arranged by year and then by subject.

Copyright and permissions: Copyright retained by photographer. Prints for research and study only. Written permission to reproduce required from photographer.

Source: Carl N. Sidle, Jr.