American fashions (fall annd winter 1860-61) by Genio C. Scott
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Scott, Genio C., copyright claimant. Category desi... More
The power of fashion - Defiance Cigar Manufactory - D.H.
Tobacco package label showing an African American woman sitting on a step at the entrance to a building, smoking a cigar; she is wearing torn clothing and a dog is sitting beside her. Entered according to Act ... More
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left, reading book]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1yZWFkaW5nLWJvb2stZGY3MzQ4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left, reading book]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left, reading bo...
Helen Nanny Burroughs Collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Young African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with left hand on back of chair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcveW91bmctYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctYzNmNzExLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Young African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with left hand on back of chair]")
[Young African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, standing...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 63. 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, wearing hat, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtd2VhcmluZy1oYXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWQyY2FmZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing slightly right]")
[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, fac...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 97. 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]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtMWU5OWM1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[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. 140. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
![[Girls measuring piece of ground in arithmetic class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvZ2lybHMtbWVhc3VyaW5nLXBpZWNlLW9mLWdyb3VuZC1pbi1hcml0aG1ldGljLWNsYXNzLWF0LWhhbXB0b24taW5zdGl0dXRlLWhhbXB0b24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Girls measuring piece of ground in arithmetic class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
[Girls measuring piece of ground in arithmetic class at Hampton Instit...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1mOTUwMDUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 35. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
![[Two African American women, half-length portrait, facing each other]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvdHdvLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW4td29tZW4taGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWVhY2gtb3RoZXItYjBhN2VkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Two African American women, half-length portrait, facing each other]")
[Two African American women, half-length portrait, facing each other]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 100. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
![[African American men, women and children outside of church]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tZW4td29tZW4tYW5kLWNoaWxkcmVuLW91dHNpZGUtb2YtY2h1cmNoLTY5YzY1My0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[African American men, women and children outside of church]")
[African American men, women and children outside of church]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 274. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
![[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjUvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LTJlOTE5ZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]")
[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. 75. 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, wearing hat, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtd2VhcmluZy1oYXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTk3NzYwOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, facing right]")
[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing hat, fac...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 81. 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]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtNGQwZDAwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[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. 142. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
Negro woman and children on steps of day nursery of Women's League, Ne...
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 tracings: Daycare; African American History; W... More
![[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LXJpZ2h0LWM2MTQ5Yy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]")
[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. 73. 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 slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC02ODY1NTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 124. 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, left profile]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1sZWZ0LXByb2ZpbGUtNzFlYmQ0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 149. 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 right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Age has not dimmed Mammy Prater's love for sweets
Photograph shows elderly woman, an ex-slave, wearing heavy shawl and cap sitting outside in rocking chair holding small paper bag and candy in her hands.
Mammy Prater, a 115-year-old ex-slave who is still hale and hearty
Photograph shows elderly woman wearing heavy shawl and cap sitting outside in rocking chair with hands clasped in lap.
Madam C.J. Walker--Preparations
Advertisement showing images of cold cream, and hair and complexion products. Illus. in: The New York age. New York [N.Y.] : Fortune & Peterson, 1920 Jan. 17. (Bound newspaper 10330). Title continues: If you w... More
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
Group of Negro women at revival meeting, La Forge, Missouri
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro tenants, men and women, and white owner's children working in th...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![[Alice ("Judge") Richardson, Natchez, Mississippi, at her daughter's home]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvYWxpY2UtanVkZ2UtcmljaGFyZHNvbi1uYXRjaGV6LW1pc3Npc3NpcHBpLWF0LWhlci1kYXVnaHRlcnMtaG9tZS1mNDFiZDEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Alice (\"Judge\") Richardson, Natchez, Mississippi, at her daughter's home]")
[Alice ("Judge") Richardson, Natchez, Mississippi, at her daughter's h...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. No print found. Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.
Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. Plant foremen point to 20-ye...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
![[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjQvMDEvMDEvbXJzLWNvbnN0YW5jZS1iLW1vdGxleS1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing front]")
[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing front]
Photograph shows Mrs. Constance Baker Motley seated at a desk. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait of Harriet Tubman - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913) looking directly at the camera with folded hands resting on back of an upholstered chair. Print appears to be a copy of a photo taken by H... More
Angela Davis, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Poster showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Angela Davis, facing left. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
Angela Davis, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Poster showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Angela Davis, facing left. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Gen...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Printed matter; Gre...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo
420066. District no. 27. Picture no. 12. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal ... More
![[Rear view of woman washing clothes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvcmVhci12aWV3LW9mLXdvbWFuLXdhc2hpbmctY2xvdGhlcy0xYWZkZTctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Rear view of woman washing clothes]")
[Rear view of woman washing clothes]
230015. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston
Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More
Lula Wilson, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print
420247. District no. 27. Picture no. 617. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More
Portrait photo of Louise Evans, gelatin silver print
320180. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
Women! Free our sisters - images Black History Month
Poster showing four women demonstrating for release of six members of the Black Panther Party from the Niantic State Women's Farm in Connecticut.
Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo
420066. District no. 27. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project... More
Aunt Charlotte - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvaG9tZS1vZi1hbi1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLWxhd3llci1hdGxhbnRhLWdlb3JnaWEtd2l0aC1tZW4td29tZW4tYW5kLWNoaWxkcmVuLWY4MzMyZS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house]")
[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women...
Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 352. B&w copy... More
Laura Redman, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain print
420263. District no. 27. Picture no. 656. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
![[African American woman ironing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzMvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1pcm9uaW5nLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman ironing]")
[African American woman ironing]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated, and full-length portrait of a child standing on her right, both subjects are facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYW4tdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLXNlYXRlZC1hbmQtZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtMi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated, and full-length portrait of a child standing on her right, both subjects are facing front]")
[Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated, and full-lengt...
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[African American girls and women, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1naXJscy1hbmQtd29tZW4tYWxtYS1wbGFudGF0aW9uLWZhbHNlLXJpdmVyLWxvdWlzaWFuYS00ZGYxZGItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "[African American girls and women, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana]")
[African American girls and women, Alma Plantation, False River, Louis...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Alma Plantation, False River, La. July, 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting fol... More
![[Unidentified woman, Salem, Massachusettsachusetts] / G. K. Proctor's New Photographic Gallery, No. 208 Essex Street, (Opp. Market House), Salem, Massachusetts.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLXdvbWFuLXNhbGVtLW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtZy1rLXByb2N0b3JzLW5ldy1waG90b2dyYXBoaWMtZ2FsbGVyeS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Unidentified woman, Salem, Massachusettsachusetts] / G. K. Proctor's New Photographic Gallery, No. 208 Essex Street, (Opp. Market House), Salem, Massachusetts.")
[Unidentified woman, Salem, Massachusettsachusetts] / G. K. Proctor's ...
Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American woman standing next to a chair.
![[African American girls and women, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1naXJscy1hbmQtd29tZW4tYWxtYS1wbGFudGF0aW9uLWZhbHNlLXJpdmVyLWxvdWlzaWFuYS0wZjMzNDYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[African American girls and women, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana]")
[African American girls and women, Alma Plantation, False River, Louis...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.
Annie Little, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print
420222. District no. 27. Picture no. 438. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Portrait photo of Callie Shepard, ex-slave, Dallas
420049. Written on back: age 84. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections. Exhibited: Capitol Vis... More
Winslow Homer - War songs. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Series of images relating to war songs. Mainly soldiers marching, but also African Americans hauling sacks on their backs. Julia Ward Howe, author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," is in center. Title inscribe... More
Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print
420230. District no. 27. Picture no. 500. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
420115. District no. 27. Picture no. 229. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
![[Hettie Godfrey at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Alabama]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvaGV0dGllLWdvZGZyZXktYXQtdGhlLWhvbWUtb2YtbXJzLXJ1YnktcGlja2Vucy10YXJ0dC1saXZpbmdzdG9uLWFsYWJhbWEtZTgyYjlkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/47/webp "[Hettie Godfrey at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Alabama]")
[Hettie Godfrey at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Al...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on front of print: "71"; Handwritten on back: "Hettie Godfrey"; "Home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt; Livingsto... More
![[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter] / Gordon Parks.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvbXJzLWVsbGEtd2F0c29uLWEtZ292ZXJubWVudC1jaGFyd29tYW4td2l0aC10aHJlZS1ncmFuZGNoaWxkcmVuLWFuZC1oZXItYWRvcHRlZC0xNzJkYzAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter] / Gordon Parks.")
[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren an...
Photo shows, on the left, through a doorway, Ella Watson sitting with three children, and on the right, reflected in a mirror, her adopted daughter. Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of C... More
![[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter] / Gordon Parks.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvbXJzLWVsbGEtd2F0c29uLWEtZ292ZXJubWVudC1jaGFyd29tYW4td2l0aC10aHJlZS1ncmFuZGNoaWxkcmVuLWFuZC1oZXItYWRvcHRlZC05NGIyNmEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter] / Gordon Parks.")
[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren an...
Photo shows, on the left, through a doorway, Ella Watson sitting with three children, and on the right, reflected in a mirror, her adopted daughter. Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of C... More
![[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW4td29tYW4tMDZiZjg0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/44/webp "[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Case: Leather oval geometric. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fa... More
Tillie Powers, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print
420077. District no. 27. Picture no. 224. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Daphne Williams, ex-slave, Hillister (Beaumont)
420084. District no. 27. Picture no. 86. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso
420059. District no. 27. Picture no. 25. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
Portrait photo of Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont
420108. District no. 27. Picture no. 234. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
Storer College, Cook Hall, 252 McDowell Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...
Significance: Constructed in 1939-40 and named after its principal benefactor, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall holds significance as the last new building constructed on the campus of Storer College, a historically ... More
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.
Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253). Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of... More
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 11 C
Print shows an African American woman, wearing a very large hat, in a shop trying to purchase a pair of stockings. Plate XI. Caption: "Have you any flesh coloured silk stockings, young man?" "Oui Madame! her... More
Young African American woman, standing with one arm resting on a table
Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ole Mammy in Beauty Land - Public domain portrait engraving
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
![Portrait photo of [African American woman, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1zZWF0ZWQtZTcxOWYwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "Portrait photo of [African American woman, seated]")
Portrait photo of [African American woman, 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, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtNmYwMjg5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]")
[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. 87. 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, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTIvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktcmlnaHQtNDMwYWQ5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing hat]")
[African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightl...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 39. 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, left profile]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1sZWZ0LXByb2ZpbGUtY2UxOGUzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 153. 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, seated, right profile]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zZWF0ZWQtcmlnaHQtcHJvZmlsZS1kODhjZDktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, seated, right profile]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, seated, right profile]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 196. 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 left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtNzMxMDE5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]")
[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. 50. 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]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]")
[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]")
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvdGVuLWFmcm8tYW1lcmljYW4td29tZW4taW4tY29va2luZy1jbGFzcy1hdC1oYW1wdG9uLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1oYW1wdG9uLXZhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]")
[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampto...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Serving the dinner, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Young African American woman serving dinner, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Hampton album / Frances Benjamin Johnston. New York : M... More
![[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjgvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtMTlkZTc0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]")
[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. 114. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
Sorting cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Look out honey yo' gets yo' feets wet!
Stereograph showing two women, one possibly African American, wading in water close to shore. H97449 U.S. Copyright Office. Title is from the original handwritten caption on front of the stereograph mount. Seri... More
Women and children, Aiken, S.C.
Photograph shows African American women, children, and men cotton pickers at work. Copyright 1907 by O. Newton Cripps, Aiken, S.C.
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
The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been term...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Yanceyville (vicinity), N.C. An outdoor picnic being held during the n...
Photograph shows African American women talking across picnic table covered with food. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-31136-M5. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1513.
![[Vera Hall at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Alabama]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEvdmVyYS1oYWxsLWF0LXRoZS1ob21lLW9mLW1ycy1ydWJ5LXBpY2tlbnMtdGFydHQtbGl2aW5nc3Rvbi1hbGFiYW1hLTEwMjQuanBn/40/48/webp "[Vera Hall at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Alabama]")
[Vera Hall at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Alabama...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
Dessie Woods is strong, strong, strong and black people will be free!
"European tour, August-September, 1979: Kobenhavn, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Paris, Amsterdam, London." Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.
Mary Church Terrell Papers: Miscellany, 1851-1954; Clippings; Unarrang...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Rear view of woman washing clothes]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvcmVhci12aWV3LW9mLXdvbWFuLXdhc2hpbmctY2xvdGhlcy04OWVlNzEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Rear view of woman washing clothes]")
[Rear view of woman washing clothes]
230015. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
![[African American men and women standing outside church in Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tZW4tYW5kLXdvbWVuLXN0YW5kaW5nLW91dHNpZGUtY2h1cmNoLWluLWdlb3JnaWEtZjZhYTAzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/54/webp "[African American men and women standing outside church in Georgia]")
[African American men and women standing outside church in Georgia]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 338. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
![[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American woman seated, facing front] / L. D. Shaw, 456 Main Street, Fond Du Lac, Wis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYW4tYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi13b21hbi1zZWF0ZWQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American woman seated, facing front] / L. D. Shaw, 456 Main Street, Fond Du Lac, Wis.")
[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American woman seated, fa...
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More