[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 boy, 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. 18. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels
Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. 35118 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2700. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Libra... More
[Exterior view of Graves(?) Hall, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 297. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
Roger Williams University--Nashville, Tenn.--Ministers' class
Group portrait of African American men, facing front. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Georgia Negro A social study / / By W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.
Diagram shows routes of the African slave trade with state of Georgia starred. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 to show the ec... More
[The Georgia Negro] Negro children enrolled in the public schools.
Graph shows the number of African American children in public schools from 1860 to 1897. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Sectio... More
[Sgt. Thomas Shaw, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]
Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.
[The Georgia Negro] Darien, McIntosh Co., Ga. Distribution of 1000 Neg...
Plat shows the location of residences of different classes of African Americans. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the... More
[Students in geography class at Thaddeus Stevens School, fresh air cla...
Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
A Southern chain gang - Public domain portrait photograph
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., ca. 1900 - class in bacteriology labor...
Title from caption card. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900). Reportedly di... More
A Southern baptism - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.
Locale and date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Don't be mad with me - Public domain scan / print
Photograph shows two small children, an African American boy and a Caucasian girl, holding a doll, sitting together on a crate.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows number of African American prisoners in jails and the types of crimes they committed. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Ne... More
[African American man in front of small house]
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reverend J.A. Johnson, son - Public domain portrait photograph
Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More
Portrait photograph of G. Gibbs, C.M.Bell Studio
Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: 3 st. 8. Gift; American... More
Down on the farm - A man plowing a field with two oxen
Black man plowing with ox, and dog standing in field. Copyright by Samuel E. Rusk, Newport News, Va.
The Auction Scene - A black and white photo of a crowd of people
Scene from stage production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1901. Sepia photo copyrighted by Joseph Byron, N.Y. No. 1. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: African America... More
Little Eb. Snow - Public domain scan / photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Caricature, Gassman Pickaninnies, public domain cartoon image
Nude African American girl seated and holding a mandolin. Copyright by J.E. Purdy, Boston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Musical Instruments Mandolin; Negro... More
Newport News chain gang - images Black History Month
Photograph shows eight African American men on a chain gang holding long handle brooms to clean the streets. Copyright 1901 by Samuel E. Rusk, Newport News, Va.
The 24th U.S. Infantry at drill, Camp Walker, Philippine Islands
African American unit. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Photo Art Co.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.
[Young students in a classroom at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial I...
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
[African American man with horse cultivating cotton with plow, N.C.]
Photo copyrighted by D.A. Tompkins. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: N.C. Misc. 1902; Photog. I.; Plantation crops; Geogr.; African Americans Working; Farms...... More
Uncle Vince, three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of an old African American man wearing hat. Copyrighted 1902 by Lewis Francis Hanes.
A humble but happy negro home, down south in Dixie Land, North Carolin...
Stone and wood house, African American family outside with two of four children sitting on a horse with plow. H29785 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
Just kids - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "267" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09224. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Caricature, "Nigger in the wood pile", public domain cartoon image
Public domain photograph of 190ss woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Old man, face with one eye closed, 3/4 view, facing camera]
Published title: Uncle Remus. On recto "FHD 1905" red, lower left. Monogram: red, lower left. Image content features: PEOPLE men; PLACE SHOWN Hampton, Va.; NATIONALITY African American. Title and other data com... More
The political uncle tommers / Kep., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows Benjamin R. Tillman as "Simon Legree", whipping a black man labeled "Negro Voter". Caption: Simon Legree Tillman Don't I own you, body and soul, you black dog? / Uncle Tom Yuh may own mah... More
"Warren Hall," Clark University, S. Atlanta, Ga. / A. P. Bedou, N.O.
H98924 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright date on verso: August 29, 1907.
He jes bus' right into a lady's house an' stole all her jew'lry
(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Book for Mothers" by Lucy Pratt, McClure's magazine, 30:505 (Feb. 1908).
Rockefeller Square - images Black History Month
Photograph showing Huntingdon Hall at Rockefeller Square, Tuskegee Institute. H98927 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: Copyright by A. P. Bedou, N.O., La., 1907. Copyright date on verso: Aug. 29, 1907.
Farrand Packing Co. A young berry picker on Curran's farm, Rock Creek....
Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Shad fishing - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows African American fishermen standing in water. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A black and white photo of a man playing a banjo, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingt... More
In the Alexandria glass factories, negroes work side by side with the ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"Cud ah have jes' one peek, boss? Ah've always un'erstood dere wuz mac...
Cartoon of an African American gentleman with a jug, stopping to talk with a white man dressed in a coat, hat, and goggles, opening the hood to his car. Editorial marks below image. No copyright information fou... More
[African American man with goat]
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American children] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...
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Mexican Revolution - 1916. Villista prisoners gathered in by American ...
Guarded by African American troops of 24 Infantry. 213128 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyrighted by Underwood and Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More
Convention of former slaves, Wash., D.C.
Two elderly African American women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo shows, left to right, Elizabeth Berkeley and Sadie Thompson (based on identification provided in ima... More
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. Ensley steel plant and fur...
Photo shows African American children doing exercises outdoors. No. 2080-L.D. Goldsberry Collection of open-air school photographs.
Whiskey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Man may possibly be African American. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Ge... More
De sun is sot, announced Gideon
Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Georgia. Augusta. Golfing on the Forest Hill Hotel course, No. 12
Photograph shows groups of golfers, men in the background, and women in the foreground, on the green; woman on far right is putting as friends watch; African American men and boys act as caddies.
Southern U.S. cotton picking - images Black History Month
Photograph shows an African Americans cotton pickers at work in a field. No. 2694.
King Cotton and his slaves, Greenwood, Miss.
Photograph shows three African American men and one boy posed with horse-drawn wagon loaded with bales of cotton in front of the Leflore County courthouse. C. E. Gillespie & Co.
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.
American Red Cross relief work in the Mississippi Valley flood
African American refugees at Greenville, Miss., lined up for vaccination. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by the American Red Cross.
A study in black & white - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Alice Curtis and her poultry. (See Photo No. 103.) Location: Charlest...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
George Cox, 13 year old colored boy, has just joined the 4 H Club and ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A study in black and white snaped [sic] at the White House today
Three children standing on the lawn at the White House. In album: 2 April 1923 to 30 April 1923, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 2, no. 23340. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collectio... More
"The Awakening" - A James H. Hull production for Beaumont Klan No. 7 -...
Scene from a theatrical production showing three couples on stage, some actors in blackface. J270025 U.S. Copyright Office.
[Calvin Coolidge and African American man at White House, Washington, ...
A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Old tavern, Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia]
Photo shows twelve African American children standing in a row by a three-story wooden building. Sign on front: Groceries ... R.L. Hilliard ... On slide (handwritten): "Tavern, Richmond." Slide for lecturing on... More
Hampton Wedge Historic District, 922 East McDaniel Street (House), 922...
Significance: Originally a double-cell saddlebag house, this small frame building has undergone a series of subsequent alterations and additions which have changed its appearance significantly. One the western ... More
Hampton Wedge Historic District, 931 East McDaniel Street (House), 931...
Significance: This single-story frame cottage is one of the most recently built in the East End (Hampton Wedge) neighborhood, an area occupied primarily by blacks serving the households of the nearby town house... More
Employment signs in Spanish and English. These ranches (1938) increasi...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Toll House, Cardwell Street, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-261 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly at Darringto...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "[Darrington State Farm, Ap. 1934]?; Texas." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk m... More
A group of men standing around a man laying on the ground - FSA / Offi...
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a group of children, Negro schoolchildren, ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Negro rehabilitation client, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro field worker. Holtville, Imperial Valley, California. He has jus...
Original negative missing. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Typical house entrance near Union Station, Washington, D.C. These old ...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a broken toilet. 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
[Portrait of an African American child, Eatonville, Fla.; A Methodist ...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ruins of old brick structures, Washington, D.C. Sections of these buil...
Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of an old house. Great Depression and World Wa...
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
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
Negro quarter, Natchez, Mississippi. The home of a Negro family with a...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro child in front of badly rundown house, Natchez, Mississippi
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Alley inhabited by Negroes, Washington, D.C. Section near the House of...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a little girl in a coat, New Jersey. Farm S...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ex Slaves - Emma Watson, Age about 85
Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938
Ben Horry, Age 85 - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal writers...
Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938
Ex Slaves - Jordon Smith, Age 86
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Griffin children" of west Alabama land use demonstration project near...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro in Greenville, Mississippi
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old time Negro living on cotton patch near Vicksburg, Mississippi
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
Attractive Negro homes in a better Negro district, Newport News, Virgi...
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 man sitting on a window sill, Negro in Gr...
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
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
Ex Slaves - Mazique Sanco, Age 88
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro rehabilitation client started as poultry raiser through United S...
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 man working in a factory, possibly relate...
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
A black and white photo of a house under construction, Virginia. Farm ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro church on the banks of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mis...
Public domain photograph of bank building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of men sitting around a picnic table, Virginia. Farm Security ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Negro church. Mississippi Delta near Greenville, Mississippi
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Detail of Negro house. Tupelo, Mississippi
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A black and white photo of two children, Negro children. Tupelo, Missi...
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
Child of impoverished Negro tenant family working on farm. Alabama
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
An old black and white photo of two men loading a wagon, Great Depress...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description