Portrait of The champions of liberty, Print
Print shows bust portraits of George Washington, facing slightly right, and Abraham Lincoln, facing left, in ovals, with the figure of Liberty seated between them and an eagle perched above her on the Emancipat... More
Roll along, roll along, shout the campaign battle song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a song composed in honor of Republican presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. Uncle Sam sits atop a hay wain labeled "Hayes." A large American flag with a liberty cap a... More
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon
A black and white drawing of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More
[African American men shovelling snow in street, Washington, D.C.(?)]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patricia Koo - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Probably child of Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese Minister in Washington, D.C.; with a possibly African Americ... More
Truck of the Littlefield, Alvord & Co. Express parked at the Christian...
African American man behind steering wheel. Photo by National Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracing... More
[First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of fede...
Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a house with clothes hanging out to dry, po...
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
Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of fede...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro woman in slum area. Washington, D.C
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
Negro church. Washington, D.C. - safety film negatives, Library of Con...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alabama's Supreme Court Justice and wife at negro singer's concert wit...
A black and white photo of two men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of an old house, Washington DC. Farm Security ...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
A black and white photo of an old outhouse, Washington DC. Farm Securi...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Negro slums. Alexander Court between K and L Streets N.W. A woman and ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro family and their home in one of the alley dwelling sections. Wa...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a group of women. Office of War Information...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More
A black and white photo of a group of people standing in front of a tr...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More
Washington, D.C. (vicinity). Negro fishing on the Virginia side of the...
Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington (southwest section), D.C. Portrait of a young Negro girl
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington (southest section), D.C. Wooden privies in the Negro area
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Negro youth reading a funny paper on a door step in t...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington (southest section), D.C. Wooden privies in the Negro area
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
Latest addition to D.C. War Housing Program. Bulldozer grading the gro...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Manning Office of War Information's "nerve center." A new field of emp...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Luncheon for Liberian president's party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay...
Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More
[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group attending a briefing in Ramitelli,...
Photograph shows members of the 332nd, from left to right: Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, IA, Class 44-E; (leather cap) William H. Holloman, III, St. Louis, Mo., Class 44-?; (cloth cap) Ronald W. Reeves, Washingt... More
[Aerial view of marchers, from the Lincoln Monument to the Washington ...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10352, frame 10.
[Marchers, signs, and tent at the March on Washington, 1963]
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10344, frame 12.
[Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval ...
Photograph shows (left to right): Willard Wirtz (Secretary of Labor); Floyd McKissick (CORE); Mathew Ahmann (National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice); Whitney Young (National Urban Leage); Martin L... More
[Young men in NAACP caps in front of Union Station, during the March o...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10346, frame 29.
[African American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "W...
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 13478, frame 17. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demonstrators outside the White Ho... More
Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U Street, next to Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The theater, located on "Washington's Black Broadway," ... More
Intricate Art Deco bas relief in Anacostia neighborhood, Washington, D...
Photo shows Public Works Administration frieze: "The Progress of the Negro Race," by Daniel Olney, located in the courtyard of the Langston Terrace Dwellings near Benning Road, N.E., Kingman Park neighborhood, ... More
Washington, D.C. Colonel Benjamin F. Fisher and staff on steps of Sign...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0729 Title fr... More
Emancipation Monument, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. - Thomas Ball, s...
No. 15. Date written on back: "Nov. 13, 1870" is incorrect. The statue was cast in Munich, Germany in 1875 and shipped to the United States and dedicated in 1876.
The race problem: great speech of Frederick Douglass, delivered before...
In this speech, the elder Douglass reacts to southern "Resurrectionists" and their attempts to deprive southern blacks of their recently won civil rights. He examines the so-called "Negro problem" in this light... More
Carter G. Woodson House, 1538 Ninth Street Northwest, Washington, Dist...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: The True Reformer Building was probably the first building in the United States to have gone through all of the design, financing,and construction processes using only the talents and resources of... More
Washington, D.C. Two Negro boys reading the funnies on a doorstep
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro laborers carrying and laying railroad ties for a spur line into ...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...
Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More
Twelfth Street YMCA Building, 1816 Twelfth Street Northwest, Washingto...
Significance: Designed for the black community by a black architect, W. Sidney Pittman, the costly and well-equipped YMCA became a vital community center. Organizations such as the NAACP, Negro Medical Aid Soci... More
Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery, Bounded by 27th Stree...
See also HABS DC-242 for documentation of Mount Zion United Methodist Church. Significance: The Mount Zion Cemetery/ Female Union Band Cemetery is one of the oldest remaining African American cemeteries in Geor... More
Mary Church Terrell House, 326 T Street Northwest, Washington, Distric...
Significance: Home of Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954), a black educator, suffragist, civil rights activist, lecturer and writer. Among her many achievements, she was the first black woman to be appointed to an... More
Metropolitian A. M. E. Church, 1518 M Street Northwest, Washington, Di...
Significance: One of the largest Afro-American churches in the country when built. Survey number: HABS DC-352
Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from...
Composite of views of the Washington, D.C. jail and people inside the jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Dec. 28, pp. 88-89.
David Mercer Ackerman and Satoko Ito Ackerman oral history interview c...
David and Satoko Ackerman recall meeting at the Chicago Theological Seminary and remember their classmate Jesse Jackson urging students to attend the Selma to Montgomery March. They recall traveling to Selma, p... More
Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC
Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & Wor... More
Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: L'Enfant designated a large park one mile east of the U.S. Capitol at the convergence of four avenues. Set aside as a large rectangle on the Ellicott Plan, it has been landscaped as a park since t... More
Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: L'Enfant designated a large park one mile east of the U.S. Capitol at the convergence of four avenues. Set aside as a large rectangle on the Ellicott Plan, it has been landscaped as a park since t... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...
See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More
Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope c...
Stereograph shows tent camp occupied by escaped slaves. No. 379. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).
431-433 East Pennsylvania Avenue (Duplex), 431-433 East Pennsylvania A...
Significance: 431-433 E. Pennsylvania Avenue is an example of a ca. 1930s two-story duplex. Although it postdates most of the houses within the East Towson Historic District, its siting, shingled exterior, fro... More
Working the monoliths, Washington, D.C.
Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including "S. Wing" and "Centre Building." The workmen include African Americans. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs", p. 41. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v.... More
The "Lincoln column," first monolith raised, Nov. 1860, Presidential e...
Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including African American workmen with a column named in the photograph to recognize Abraham Lincoln's election as president on Nov. 6, 1860. In album: Benjamin Brown... More
Secrets of the prison-house--a cell in the female department of the Wa...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The late Senator Sumner. Ceremonies in the Capitol -- colored people o...
Illustration shows the body of Senator Charles Sumner lying in state in the U.S. Capitol. Other illustrations on the same page show Mate Brady, a hero of the "Atlantic" disaster...; Bertie Winkler, the Virginia... More
Negro cabin near U.S. Capitol - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows a cabin with many room extensions on a slight hill. An African American woman stands on a porch outside the front door. There is a study of a cabin lower left and a sketch of a man below the image... More
[Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - sewing class]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Men working on road in the Washington, D.C. area(?)]
National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nation's Business. Negro housing II
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard I
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American man at desk. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Backyard of Negro dwelling in slum area near the House office building...
Public domain photograph of building construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a broken phone. Great Depression and World ...
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
Hovel home of two Negro families, Washington, D.C. Near ice chest is t...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. A view of backyards of apartment houses where both wh...
Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a dirt road, Washington DC. Farm Security A...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from general caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More
A black and white photo of a city street, Washington DC. Farm Security...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
A black and white photo of a building and a tree, Washington DC. Farm ...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
A black and white photo of a group of people, possibly related to: A o...
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.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More
A couple of men sitting on a bench in front of a building. Office of W...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More
Negroes looking out of their home, Washington, D.C.
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a man standing next to a truck. Office of W...
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 a person sitting on a bench in front of a b...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Negroes and their home in the alley dwelling area. Note: building next...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro tenement house. Fenton Place, N.E. near the Capitol building. Wa...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington, D.C. Negro maid in the home of a government worker
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Photographers from the Negro press at Howard Universi...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Manpower storage is so acute in Washington, D.C. that for the first ti...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington, D.C. Weighing collected scrap paper at a Negro grammar sch...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Government hotel for Negro women war workers. Administrative staff mem...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Washington, D.C. Negro boys admiring the Lincoln Memorial
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Washington, D.C. Discussion in a Negro grammar school
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington, D.C. Negro boys admiring the Lincoln Memorial
Picryl description: Public domain image of a Statue of Lincoln Monument, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington public schools go to war. The public schools of Washington,...
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
Washington, D.C. Eleanor Roosevelt visiting George Washington Carver H...
Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New recruits of WAACS sworn in. Part of a class of sixteen young women...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C. / [WKL].
Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans and whites on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial; two men in foreground read a newspaper with the headline: "They're Pouring In From All Over."
Civil rights march on Wash[ington], D.C.
Photograph shows a military color guard on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, with audience, speakers, and photographres on all sides. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine ... More
[Man in wheelchair at the March on Washington, 1963]
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10361, frame 17.