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Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.

Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.

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Indian troops in East Africa. The 4/16 Punjabis in action with trench morters, south of Benghsi

Indian troops in East Africa. The 4/16 Punjabis in action with trench ...

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Somewhere in Central Africa. White man ju-ju be strong ju-ju, quoth the witch doctors as they glanced at the Uncle-Sammy-airplane-drivers-they-go-for-sky. And as quick as the wood carvers could whittle, and the dance masters dance, the ju-ju men appeared at tribal dances with the outfit pictured here. Somewhere under that black hood is the witch doctor himself. The model purports to be of a fighting French airplane

Somewhere in Central Africa. White man ju-ju be strong ju-ju, quoth th...

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Free French artillerymen with their trench mortar somewhere in the Western desert

Free French artillerymen with their trench mortar somewhere in the Wes...

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Tobruk, Libya. Signposts printed in German and Italian point to former Axis offices at a street corner

Tobruk, Libya. Signposts printed in German and Italian point to former...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Ambassador Grew (left), Edsel Ford stand beside a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber after an inspection trip through Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Ambassador Grew (...

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Washington, D.C. Mrs. Close, wife of the minister from South Africa; the wife of a Canadian official; Mrs. Casey, wife of the minister from Australia; and Mrs. Nash, wife of the minister from New Zealand, looking at an exhibit of Australian photographs of the Australia-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) exhibit at the Bundles for Britain headquarters

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Close, wife of the minister from South Africa; t...

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American troops in North Africa sample the wares of a fruit vendor. Left to right: Sergeant Hardy Patillo of Austin, Texas; Captain Louis Dubcak of Lexington, Texas; Sergeant Adan Garza of Laredo, Texas; and Private First Class Herbert Lipsey of Dade City, Florida

American troops in North Africa sample the wares of a fruit vendor. Le...

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Trechot Trading Company palm oil factory at Etoumbi, Moyen Congo bush, French Equatorial Africa. Seperated kernels are stored in these vats until ready for shipment. They go to England and America to make oleomargarine and other foodstuff

Trechot Trading Company palm oil factory at Etoumbi, Moyen Congo bush,...

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With the aid of a little canvas, and an obsolete French bomber, an American task force has set up a very practical mess kitchen in North Africa. Left to right are Lieutenant E. T. McBoon of Canton, Illinois, and Ssergeant C. W. Moore of Houston, Texas, inspecting the kitchen. Corporal William G. Warrington, a cook from Jefferson, Texas, is preparing the meal

With the aid of a little canvas, and an obsolete French bomber, an Ame...

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On the dais at luncheon in honor of second anniversary of lend-lease, held March 11, 1943, at the Hotel Statler, Washington, D. C. Left to right: minister of the Union of South Africa, Ralph William Close; ambassador of Greece, Cimon Diamantopoulos; ambassador of Panama, Senor Don Ernesto Jean Guardia; ambassador of Mexico, Senor Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera; Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones; Norwegian foreign minister, Trygze Lie; ambassador of Russia, Maxim Litvinov; Vice-President Henry A. Wallace; Lend-lease administrator Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; Chinese foreign minister T.V. Soong; British ambassador Lord Halifax; ambassador of Belgium, Count Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz; Secretary of Agriculture Claude A. Wickard; ambassador of Poland, Jan Ciechanowski; ambassador of Norway, Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstiderne; Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas; minister of Guatemala, Senor Dr. Adrian Recinos; minister of Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Hurban; Representative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; minister of Honduras, Senor Dr. Don Julian R. Caceres; minister of Costa Rica, Senor Dr. Don Luis Fernandez; minister of Luxembourg, Hugues Le Gallais; the Philippine Resident Commissioner Joaquin M. Elizalde

On the dais at luncheon in honor of second anniversary of lend-lease, ...

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Major-General James Doolittle, United States Army Aair Forces, Major-General Bergeret of the Fighting French high command, who accepted 13 P-40 Warhawks form the Americans on behalf of the Fighting French, and Major General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force commmander in North Africa, who made the presentation. General Spaatz is in command of Allied air forces in the North African theater of operations

Major-General James Doolittle, United States Army Aair Forces, Major-G...

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Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B026 bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and Baltimore bombers of the South African air forces flying together in formation on their way to attack Rommel's position in North Africa

Operations in North Africa by Allied air forces. Mitchell B026 bombers...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, from Royal Air Force, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washingto... More

Africa, terrain. Historic map, Library of Congress

Africa, terrain. Historic map, Library of Congress

"27913 9-59." Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of Africa and Africans, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Times map of the tribes, peoples, & nations of modern Africa.

The Times map of the tribes, peoples, & nations of modern Africa.

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Looked like everybody in Africa was in there waitin' for us!

Looked like everybody in Africa was in there waitin' for us!

Reproduction of cartoon originally appearing in the Daily World. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

Racists, colonists, imperialists, out of Africa

Racists, colonists, imperialists, out of Africa

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. F3. 1976

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

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Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

"801299 (545531) 2-89." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

"802604 (R02640) 9-98." Countries area-tinted. Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Africa / Historic map, Library of Congress

Africa / Historic map, Library of Congress

"802655AI (R02109) 6-99." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Daniel Chester French "Africa" statue in front of the Alexander Hamiton U.S. Customs House, New York, New York

Daniel Chester French "Africa" statue in front of the Alexander Hamito...

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Northern Africa and the Middle East.

Northern Africa and the Middle East.

"803397AI (G02378) 6-09." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "803503AI (G00392) 8-11." Includes note.

The second annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour in the United States : with an appendix

The second annual report of the American Society for Colonizing the Fr...

Report of the Society's progress toward exploring the coast of West Africa in search of a site for a future colony. The appendix contains journal extracts from the Society's West Africa expedition, with much at... More

[Theodore Roosevelt walking forward, wearing a pith helmet]

[Theodore Roosevelt walking forward, wearing a pith helmet]

J144849 U.S. Copyright Office Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

[Portrait of Afrika Hayes] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Afrika Hayes] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVIII SS 21. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebriti... More

[David Livingstone, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, holding map of Africa]

[David Livingstone, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left...

"Painted by Alonzo Chappel." "Likeness from a photograph from life taken in 1867." One image is a duplicate of the other. Duplicate image has margins and some text trimmed.

Col. Roosevelt with his big bull rhino

Col. Roosevelt with his big bull rhino

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt standing behind the carcass of a rhinocerous. J234329 U.S. Copyright Office

Carta della colonia Eritrea / - Public domain map

Carta della colonia Eritrea / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures, form lines, and spot heights. Geographic features in Italian. Reprinted from various editions originally published by the Istituto geografico militare, Italy. Index to adjoining sheets... More

[Dwellings of tribal peoples of Africa, North America and the Arctic regions in the History of Habitation exhibit, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Dwellings of tribal peoples of Africa, North America and the Arctic r...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634 Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A map of eastern equatorial Africa /

A map of eastern equatorial Africa /

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A map of eastern equatorial Africa /
[Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

J144851 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

East Africa 1:250,000 / - Public domain map

East Africa 1:250,000 / - Public domain map

Relief shown by contours, hachures, form lines, and spot heights. Some sheets by Great Britain, War Office, General Staff, Geographical Section. Includes various editions and printings. Available also through t... More

Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Southern Rhodesia, Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by spot heights. Cadastral map. Shows administrative division boundaries, farms, and native reserves. Includes index to adjoining sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

South Africa : a country study /

South Africa : a country study /

"Research completed May 1996." Supercedes the 1981 ed. of South Africa : a country study, edited by Harold D. Nelson. Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-483) and index. Also available in digital form.

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells /

Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history ...

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[Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Europe and northwest Africa] /
[2 barefooted policemen posed full lgth., Capetown, South Africa] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[2 barefooted policemen posed full lgth., Capetown, South Africa] - Fr...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: South Africa. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Police.

Premier Diamond Mine (in South Africa) - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Premier Diamond Mine (in South Africa) - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: South Africa. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Tipo Tib's fresh captives being sent into bondage - witnessed by Stanley Bayard(?)

Tipo Tib's fresh captives being sent into bondage - witnessed by Stanl...

Captives in African village being sent into slavery. Reproduction of a wood engraving from Heroes of the Dark Continent: and How Stanley found Emin Pasha by James W. Buel, 1890, c1899, p. 489 (possibly from a reprint).

N. Africa (?) three women carrying pots on their heads

N. Africa (?) three women carrying pots on their heads

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

South Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

South Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of Africa and Africans, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carrying palm mats 50 m. to church at Lam, W. Africa

Carrying palm mats 50 m. to church at Lam, W. Africa

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A halt outside Pretoria, South Africa

A halt outside Pretoria, South Africa

D18989 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 11858. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residence of the premier of South Africa at Groote Schuur, Cape Town, South Africa

Residence of the premier of South Africa at Groote Schuur, Cape Town, ...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Copyright by T.D. Ravenscroft, Rondebosch. Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winston Spencer Churchill, the famous war correspondent, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Winston Spencer Churchill, the famous war correspondent, Bloemfontein,...

Standing, full lgth., in doorway of tent. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 11819. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: South African War... More

Mule team used by the Boers as an army transport in South Africa, Boer War, World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

Mule team used by the Boers as an army transport in South Africa, Boer...

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Theodore Roosevelt in Africa, Stellenbosch South Africa

Theodore Roosevelt in Africa, Stellenbosch South Africa

J126744 U.S. Copyright Office. (back of mount). Copyright 1909 by Geo. E. Newcombe.

TR's return from Africa, 1910 [2] /

TR's return from Africa, 1910 [2] /

TR returns from his African hunting trip through the countries of Sudan, France, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Great Britain, and finally his reception in New York City. There are views of: 1) his riverboat on the ... More

Diamond miners at the bottom of a great shaft at the Wesselton Mines, Kimberley, South Africa

Diamond miners at the bottom of a great shaft at the Wesselton Mines, ...

No. U-124693. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Throne room of Sultan's palace, Zanzibar, East Africa

Throne room of Sultan's palace, Zanzibar, East Africa

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 11073. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Thompson's falls - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Thompson's falls - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Africa negatives. Mrs. Brancher [?]

Africa negatives. Mrs. Brancher [?]

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Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.

Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.

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Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.

Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.

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[Building of the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Nairobi]

[Building of the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Nairobi]

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8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tank crew of the British 8th Army. Cleaning their revolvers for action

8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tan...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Yank Magazine photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture ... More

8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tank crew of the British 8th Army. Officers use the rest period to consult their maps and routes

8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Advanced dressing station in West Africa. An operation is performed in a camouflaged operating station while native Africans in the medical unit assist the medical officers. Africans in this group include nursing orderlies, stretcher bearers, ambulance drivers, enlisted personnel and mess servants. The majority come from the coastal and central (Ashanti) districts

Advanced dressing station in West Africa. An operation is performed in...

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African natives prepare for air attack. Guarding against possible enemy attacks in Africa, crack veterans of the Battle of Britain are instructing African natives in anti-aircraft units. With an Allied plane as the target, the natives receive actual combat practice by firing directly at the plane rather than ahead of it. The pattern of shell bursts behind the plane is easily scored in this manner without the use of a sleeve target

African natives prepare for air attack. Guarding against possible enem...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Indian troops in East Africa. The largest crowd Bombay city has seen for a long time turned out to see the spectacular finale of the city's "war week," a great route march by British and Indian naval and military units followed by armored vehicles and ambulances. Sir Roger Lumley, Governor of Bombay, took the salute from a saluting base by the fine Marine Drive. With him was General Sir Claude Auchinlock, Commander-in-Chief in India. How a tank goes over the top was graphically illustrated during the "war week" when the Rodney negotiated this wall with the greatest of ease

Indian troops in East Africa. The largest crowd Bombay city has seen f...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Indian troops in East Africa. Indian soldiers learning the use of armored equipment

Indian troops in East Africa. Indian soldiers learning the use of armo...

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Decorated for gallantry in action. Private Bukaro Frafra, Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force, who has been awarded the Imperial Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in the East African campaign. In April, 1941, as a member of a patrol sent out to find its way over a ravine and across a tank trap, he work his Bren gun forward to within fifty yards of the tank trap, inflicting seven casualties on an enemy party working beyond it. On April 1941, under very heavy fire, he was wounded but refused to give in. He stuck to his gun until it was knocked out of action and he was wounded a second time. He is one of the first three African soldiers to receive the Imperial Distinguished Conduct Medal

Decorated for gallantry in action. Private Bukaro Frafra, Gold Coast R...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Liberator) bombers just completed at Ford's big Willow Run plant, have been rolled from the hangars for test flights. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Libera...

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American wings over Africa. A B-25 medium bomber (foreground) is escorted by a group of A-20 light bombers serving as fighter ships over the North African desert. Their objective was an advance Axis headquarters

American wings over Africa. A B-25 medium bomber (foreground) is escor...

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A watchful U.S. destroyer cuts through the wake of a U.S. aircraft carrrier on patrol as a setting sun brings to a close the first day of fighting off North Africa

A watchful U.S. destroyer cuts through the wake of a U.S. aircraft car...

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Somewhere in Central Africa. Modern science takes its place beside old time African fetishes, as the witch doctors rest between dances. The fish are typical examples of customary ju-ju that has come down through ages of the Dark Continent's history, and the American-built RAF (Royal Air Force) Consolidated Liberator is a sample of the head masks used by the dancers who have streamlined imagination and appreciate the white man's stronger ju-ju

Somewhere in Central Africa. Modern science takes its place beside old...

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Setting the empennage of a new B-24E (Liberator) bomber in place on one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Setting the empen...

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Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Pauline Biurski, a delegate from the Union of South Africa and Charles Campbell of Howard University, secretary of the affiliations committee

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Pauline Biurski, a de...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Liberator) bombers just completed at Ford's big Willow Run plant, have been rolled from the hangars for test flights. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New B-24E (Libera...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New Liberator (B-24E) bombers, nearly completed and ready to roll off one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. New Liberator (B-...

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American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Arriving at an African airport, a crate containing a P-40 fighter plane is backed up into place alongside other crates lined up on the field. American tractor crane equipment is employed to hoist the load from the truck

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Arriving at an African air...

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Sousse, Tunisia. A building which received a direct hit in a raid over the town by bombers of the Northwest African Strategic Air forces before the Germans and Italians retreated. The enemy had placed tank obstructions in the street

Sousse, Tunisia. A building which received a direct hit in a raid over...

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New York, New York. Raymond Fazio and his family receive a belated Christmas package from one of their four sons in the service. This one is in Africa. Fazio is a journalist and lives on East Tenth Street

New York, New York. Raymond Fazio and his family receive a belated Chr...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Algiers, Algeria. French children receiving hot milk provided by the Allies and distributed by the Red Cross at a day nursery, on the estate of the former Dey of Algeria

Algiers, Algeria. French children receiving hot milk provided by the A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Moyen Congo bush, French Equatorial Africa. The trading activities of Africa. Rubber

Moyen Congo bush, French Equatorial Africa. The trading activities of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wounded German prisoners being loaded aboard a United States Army transport plane at an advance air base in North Africa

Wounded German prisoners being loaded aboard a United States Army tran...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wounded German prisoners being loaded aboard a United States Army transport plane at an advance air base in North Africa

Wounded German prisoners being loaded aboard a United States Army tran...

Image source: U.S. Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More... More

Inspection and sale of a negro - Public domain scan / engraving

Inspection and sale of a negro - Public domain scan / engraving

An African man being inspected for sale into slavery while a white man talks with African slave traders. Reproduction of a wood engraving by Whitney, Jocelyn & Annin from: Captain Canot; or, Twenty years of an ... More

Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C.

Embassy of South Africa, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

[Great Hall. Detail of cherubs representing America and Africa with putti (fisherman and farmer) on Grand staircase by Philip Martiny. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. Detail of cherubs representing America and Africa with pu...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Africa for Africans : being the annual discourse delivered at the sixty-seventh anniversary of the American Colonization Society, held in Foundry Methodist E. Church, Washington, D. C., Sunday, January 13, 1884
Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

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