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[Town plan for Mesurado, Liberia]

American Colonization Society Papers. Published in: The African-American mosaic, a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture / Debra Newman Ham, ed. Washington, D.C. : Librar... More

Slavery abolished by the laws of nature!!! Negroes not of the same spe...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 155, Folder 24.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Japanese Tommy, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

African American minstrel performer, aka Thomas Dilward. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln- "I'm sorry to have to drop you, Sambo, but this concern won't...

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, in a life preserver labeled "Union", on a storm tossed sea, pushing away an African American man who had been clinging to him; next to them floats a hat with papers labeled "Fremont... More

[Sergeant A.M. Chandler of the 44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Co....

Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier, A.M. Chandler, and identified slave, Silas Chandler, who accompanied two Chandler brothers during their military service in the Civil War. For more information, ... More

St. Helena Village, St. Helena Island, So.Ca. i.e. South Carolina

Photograph shows a group of African American men, women, and a young child, former slaves, who were now considered Freedmen, on St. Helena Island. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:034). Vendor : Ru... More

Arrival of Negro family in the lines

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. Foraging / Homer.

Print shows three Army of the Potomac soldiers taking a cow or bull as an African American man protests. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.03).

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Print shows two African American drovers, one with a pipe and the other with a whip, sitting on the back of a covered wagon, which is part of a baggage train for the Army of the Potomac. Purchase; William Rees... More

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his m...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.

Richmond, Virginia. Group of Negroes ("Freedmen") by canal

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Finding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the grou...

Union soldier, followed by African American in broken chains, hurls Jefferson Davis (dressed as a woman) who drops a bag of "stolen gold" over the edge of a cliff; Satan waits below the cliff with a pitchfork. ... More

"Uncle Tom" and his grandchild / W. Jewett.

Illustration showing an African American man seated outside a log cabin, being taught to read by his racially mixed granddaughter. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 514 (1866 Nov. 3), cover (p. 689). Text... More

[African American man, full-length portrait, standing]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The "War of Races"--The conflict in Tennessee - the "Regulators" shoot...

Three African American men on ground after being shot; armed men on horseback in moonlight in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 39, 1874 Sept. 19, p. 17.

The Good (pure white) Shepherd / Th. Nast.

Caricature of Rev. Samms of the Meade Memorial Episcopal Church, of Manchester, Va., who, dressed as a shepherd, is dismissing his flock of white sheep from the church because of the black sheep (an African Ame... More

General Sheridan stands by his dispatches

General Philip Sheridan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, next to copies of his letters describing actions of "armed White League" in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, against African American ... More

Rye and rock Thomas Worth - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows an African American man, bundled in clothing for winter, sitting atop a column of rock on the coastline of the ocean, holding a fishing pole; he is buffeted by strong winds as he drinks from a bottl... More

[African American men preparing to serve a meal in an outdoor setting ...

Forms part of: Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street-types of Chicago: African American boy smiling

Photo by Krausz, Chicago. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky: Standing rocks

African American man alongside. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Caves; Ky. M- C-; Shelf.

In old Kentucky, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 19...

Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." No. 5870B. Written by C.T. Dazey; Original Pickaninny Band, organized by J.H. Brister; directed by Walter Brister. Forms part of:... More

[African American workers doing laundry at the Bureau of Engraving & P...

Title devised by Library and BEP staff. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Caricature, Me and Jim, public domain cartoon image

Little nude black girl with mandolin, sitting on limb with crow. Photo copyrighted by E.C. Dana. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mus. instru. Mandolins; African Am... More

Mistakes will happen written by Grant Stewart.

49717 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & New York." Jacob Litt, proprietor. N.Y. no. 8204. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[African American girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 215. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American man, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 52. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 24. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 82. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American girl, full-length portrait, seated on stool, facing ...

Attribution to Askew is from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 59. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as s... More

[African American boy, three-quarter-length portrait, half-sitting on ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 209. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Improved method of plowing

African American man plowing with a pair of horses. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[African American man, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 112. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 170. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 70. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 187. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 130. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American girl, half-length portrait, standing at table with i...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 152. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Young African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right, wit...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 74. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

W. L. Smith, grocer in Knoxville, Tenn.

Two African American men in front of store. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tr... More

[Two African American children feeding chickens in a fenced-in yard]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 290. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 28. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, wearing hat, facing fro...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 89. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Young African American man, half-length portrait, seated with arms cr...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 184. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

Practice school at Howard Univ., Wash., D.C

African American and Asian children, ages 6-10, doing calisthenics outside school building. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit ... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly le...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 29. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 86. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

"Good Times come a Knockin' at de Doah"

African American woman posed with vegetables and fowl, while a little boy sits behind her witha a guitar.

[Portrait of African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of young African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African-American woman doing laundry with a scrub board and tub, Afri...

D18911 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: African-American women; African-Americans Domestic scenes; Laundry; African-Americans Working; 3; Shelf.

Children of the soil African-American experience

2 African American children in hollow of log(?).

The summer version of "Pay! Pay!! Pay!!!" / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows a larger-than-life-sized African American man labeled "Head Waiter," standing at the entrance to the "Dining Room," receiving a tip from a well-to-do man standing at the head of a long line o... More

[White man holding arm of African American woman]

Photo by Fitz W. Guerin. #11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Miscegenation 1902; Courtship.

Emergency medical directory showing leading physicians, dental surgeon...

Promotional leaflet issued by Fountain Pharmacy (Washington, D.C.) with listings of local African American physicians and nurses. The front page shows a group portrait of the proprietors: Amanda V. Gray, Doctor... More

[Judson Lyons, half length portrait, seated, facing front. Middle-aged...

H112026 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

Sam McVey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows African American heavyweight boxer Sam McVey or Sam McVea (1884-1921). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Early automobiles - Police coffee

Beside auto on snowy street, policeman drinks from cup, while auto driver and African American passenger look on.

NEGROES. NEGRO LIFE IN WASHINGTON

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

Sam McVey & Reich - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows African American heavyweight boxer Sam McVey (1890-1963) and boxer Al Reich (1890-1963). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

[African American man with goat]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subway porter - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows an African American woman with a broom working as a subway porter in a subway station in New York City, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

["Surprise Valley Farm," Arthur Curtiss James property, Beacon Hill Ro...

No. R.I. 1094. No. 349. Title and date information provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Unidentified African American sailors playing betting game Leo Weintro...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017.

Negro. Portrait of man wearing hat

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American man with flower cart]

A man standing next to a cart of flowers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

African American man with flower cart

A man standing next to a cart of flowers, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & ... More

A black and white photo of a messy yard. Great Depression and World Wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

A black and white photo of three children, Three Negro children, Natch...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of Negro sharecropper, Tupelo, Mississippi

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

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

The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...

Image source: Douglas Aircraft photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More infor... More

First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of feder...

Title and date from LC-USW3-028293-C. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More... More

A black and white photo of a woman standing in a doorway, Mississippi....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro tenant farmer, Lee County, Mississippi

Negroes hanging around the plantation store. Mississippi Delta

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Negro tenant farmer and several members of his family hoeing cotton ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro houses. Atlanta, Georgia. Great Depression public domain photogr...

Public domain photograph of a village, town, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a construction worker, Virginia. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Lewis Hunter, Negro client, with his wife and family on Lady's Island ...

View of Negro life in the Negro section, Newport News, Virginia

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mississippi Delta Negro. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ex Slaves - Mary Reynolds, Age 105

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other, Virginia. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other, Virginia. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of two men standing outside of a shack, New Je...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a house, Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ex Slaves - Harriet Jones, Age 93

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ex Slaves - Julia Francis Daniels, Age 89

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro woman who has never been out of Mississippi

A group of men sitting around a picnic table, possibly related to: Neg...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More