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

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

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

[Portrait of African American girl, seated]

[Portrait of African American girl, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American dandy strikes another dandy with an umbrella]

[African American dandy strikes another dandy with an umbrella]

V35189 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.

[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

[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

[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

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - man behind horse-drawn plow]

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, H...

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

[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]

[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 man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[African American man, 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. 178. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American school children and teacher, studying leaves out of doors]

[African American school children and teacher, studying leaves out of ...

No. 351. In album: "7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[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 man, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

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

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 278. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Man seated holding horn with arm raised and African American playing trombone]

[Man seated holding horn with arm raised and African American playing ...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American guiding log from water onto saw mill ramp,  Newport News, Virginia, 1900]

[African American guiding log from water onto saw mill ramp, Newport ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Vocational Training.

[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

[African American girl, full-length portrait, seated in chair, head resting on right hand, facing front]

[African American girl, full-length portrait, seated in chair, head re...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 60. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Houses in African American community in Georgia]

[Houses in African American community in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 332. 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 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]

[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

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia 1900(?) - men in carpentry workshop]

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, H...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[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]

[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]

[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]

[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

[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

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Crime among American Negroes.

[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]

[African American man in front of small house]

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

[African American man with horse cultivating cotton with plow, N.C.]

[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

[African American man with goat]

[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.

[African American children] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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

[Calvin Coolidge and African American man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[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

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly at Darrington State Farm, Texas, 1934, or Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1934]

[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

[Portrait of an African American child, Eatonville, Fla.; A Methodist church, Eatonville, Fla.; Portrait of a man holding a hat; Portrait of Reverend Haynes, Eatonville, Fla.]

[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

[African American children seated around a table in an apartment, eating]

[African American children seated around a table in an apartment, eati...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Two contact sheets showing young adults and children reading and listening to music in a library, and African American children playing around street sign at the corner of Cowell and Pride streets, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[Two contact sheets showing young adults and children reading and list...

Illus. in album: A city experienced: Pittsburgh, Pa., a photographic interpretation / W. Eugene Smith, v. 2, E5-R151 & E5-R152.

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party supporters demonstrating outside the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey; some hold signs with portraits of slain civil rights workers James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner] / WKL.

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party suppo...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-I, frame 35. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City, ... More

[African American man at his car, waving goodbye to family member who is in the doorway of a house in the suburbs] / Freeman.

[African American man at his car, waving goodbye to family member who ...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Blacks in suburbia, Freeman 12/16/69." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Shot for article published in December 29, 1969, issue: "From Inner City to Suburb... More

[African American men walking on a sidewalk, probably on Capitol Hill, during the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.]

[African American men walking on a sidewalk, probably on Capitol Hill,...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1995-834 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1995-834, frame 21. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a degrading light, found in a box of antiques linked to Booker T. Washington and Frances Benjamin Johnston, in Cordova, Alabama

A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a d...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

[African American children playing singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

[African American children playing singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Negro... More

[African Americans posed in front of house]

[African Americans posed in front of house]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 354. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[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

[African American woman ironing]

[African American woman ironing]

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

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man, wearing suit, seated] / J. N. Ramsdill, Photographer, Bath Street, Ballston Spa, N.Y.

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "WE108" written in pencil on back of the mount. "Duplicates can be had at any time" printed on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of the African race in America and its final accomplishment, and celebration on May 19th, A.D., 1870

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More

[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

[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.

[City Point, Virginia African Americans unloading vessels at landing]

[City Point, Virginia African Americans unloading vessels at landing]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[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

[Unidentified African American soldier] / Taken only at Alden, 503 Washington St., corner of West, Boston.

[Unidentified African American soldier] / Taken only at Alden, 503 Was...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj02

[African American children playing outdoors, Eatonville, Florida]

[African American children playing outdoors, Eatonville, Florida]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Eaton... More

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, facing left] / Branch's Photograph Gallery, Port Jervis, N.Y.

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, fac...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "Duplicates can be had at any time" on back of mount. "D786" and "M. C. West" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 199... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle and revolver in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle a...

Frame: Berg 7-18. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Digital photo with mat removed by Mi... More

[Full-length portrait of a young African American man, standing next to a stool]

[Full-length portrait of a young African American man, standing next t...

Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.109) Gladstone's inventory code and notes: CDV85; Civilians II. Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...

Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More

Ethiopia : An African intermezzo  sheet music

Ethiopia : An African intermezzo sheet music

Parts: solo & 1st B-flat cornet (2), 1st B-flat clarinet (2), tuba or E-flat basses (2), drums (2), 1st & 2nd trombones (2), 1st & 2nd tenors (2), 2nd & 3rd B-flat cornets (2), 2nd & 3rd E-flat altos (2), picco... More

Receipt for African American slave

Receipt for African American slave

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American workers on Cape Fear River rice plantation, N.C. Threshing]

[African American workers on Cape Fear River rice plantation, N.C. Thr...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1866 Oct. 20), p. 72, no. 6. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption... More

[African American workers on Cape Fear River rice plantation, N.C. Weeding]

[African American workers on Cape Fear River rice plantation, N.C. Wee...

Picryl description: Public domain image of famine, hunger, powerty, refugees, people suffering, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of two young African American women, one standing, one seated]

[Portrait of two young African American women, one standing, one seate...

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

[Unidentified African American man] / Broadbent & Phillips, 1206 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

[Unidentified African American man] / Broadbent & Phillips, 1206 Chest...

No. 28229. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African Americans working, Charleston, S.C.: Cotton warehouse, carrying cotton]

[African Americans working, Charleston, S.C.: Cotton warehouse, carryi...

Stereo copyrighted by Kilburn Brothers. No. 465. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: African Americans Working; Pumps; Street vendors; Cotton Industry; Rice; Docks; Geogr.

[African Americans working, Charleston, S.C.: Cotton warehouse, carrying cotton]

[African Americans working, Charleston, S.C.: Cotton warehouse, carryi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[African American girl, 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. 8. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Re... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, seated, right profile, wearing coat]

[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. 197. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

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

[African American man, head-and-shoulders length portrait, facing left...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 205. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, 1900(?) - men plastering wall]

[American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, H...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). LOT subdivision subject: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute - Vocational Training.

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

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

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

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

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 49. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American men seated on porch steps]

[African American men seated on porch steps]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 254. 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 slightly right]

[African American woman, 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. 151. 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 slightly right]

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

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

[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. 96. 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, standing next to table, facing front]

[African American girl, full-length portrait, standing next to table, ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 216. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Comparative rate of increase of the white and Negro elements of the population of the United States / / Done by Atlanta University.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Line graph shows comparison of African American to white populations between 1790 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibi... More

[African American children and teacher in classroom studying corn and cotton, Annie Davis School, near Tuskegee, Alabama]

[African American children and teacher in classroom studying corn and ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. LOT subdivision subject: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute - Branch & Vicinity Schools. Caption card traci... More

[Exhibits Building testifying to the progress of the African American race -- Jamestown Exposition]

[Exhibits Building testifying to the progress of the African American ...

H99193 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. No. 14171. Caption card tracings: African American history Post-Reconstruction; Exhibit... More

[African American man with steer and mule pulling wagon]

[African American man with steer and mule pulling wagon]

Copyright by L.W. Stewart, Rocky Mount, Va.

[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Leadbelly in foreground); Prisoner with guitar, at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana]

[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Lea...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Angola, Louisiana"; "N66-1"; "N67-1." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting fol... More

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party supporters holding signs reading "Freedom now" and "MFDP supports LBJ" while marching on the boardwalk at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey] / WKL.

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party suppo...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-I, frame 29. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City, ... More

A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a degrading light, found in a box of antiques linked to Booker T. Washington and Frances Benjamin Johnston, in Cordova, Alabama

A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a d...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

[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

[Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18 year-old African American, lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916]

[Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18 year-o...

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

[African American section hand seated, three-quarter-length portrait, facing slightly left, at Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana]

[African American section hand seated, three-quarter-length portrait, ...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Negro Section Hand, Alma Plantation, False River, La. July 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photog... More

[African American banjo player]

[African American banjo player]

Print shows an African American man playing a banjo and singing. V35185 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison hospital at Darrington State Farm, Texas]

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, in the prison h...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "4. Lightning, prison hospital, Darrington State Farm, April, 1934. See A-8, 182 H." Forms part of: Lomax photogr... More

[African Americans (including Zora Neale Hurston) in Belle Glade, Fla., 1935]

[African Americans (including Zora Neale Hurston) in Belle Glade, Fla....

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "poss.... More

[African American soldier, half-length portrait, with pistol and jacket]

[African American soldier, half-length portrait, with pistol and jacke...

Gladstone's inventory code and notes: A5. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.220) Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congre... More

[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, two women stand on balcony]

[African Americans and horse-drawn wagon in front of country store, tw...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 353. 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 unidentified elderly African American man seated] / photographed by D. W. Bowdoin, Downing Block, Salem.

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified elderly African Amer...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "WE89" and "79 years old" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.81)

[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Negro... More

[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Negro... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with cavalry saber in front of painted backdrop showing landscape]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with c...

Photograph shows sergeant's chevrons painted on the sleeves. Case: Berg, no. 7-51. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DL... More

[Unidentified African American soldier, 9th cavalry, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform with marksman badge and sharpshooters medal, and kepi with crossed sabers]

[Unidentified African American soldier, 9th cavalry, full-length portr...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption from Gladstone collection checklist. Date from checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M103. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.305).... More

The African Church, Richmond, Virginia during American Civil War

The African Church, Richmond, Virginia during American Civil War

Photograph shows group of African American men and women in front of the church on Broad Street in Richmond. No. B1211. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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

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

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, 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. 107. 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]

[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. 103. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

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