1,155 African Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

[African American class at Tuskegee Institute?]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[African American men shovelling snow in street, Washington, D.C.(?)]

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

[African American man posed in a barnyard near Lewinsville, Virginia]

Photograph from French Collection. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Portrait photo of [African American farmer, Texas]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "67-9890"; "poss. Brazos River Bottoms farmer, Summer, 1933 [Texas]." Forms part of: Lomax collection of pho... More

[Portraits of African Americans, including Moses Platt, taken during r...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Baptist Congregation, Alma Plantation, False River, July, 1934, N47"; "(black woman) Alma Plantati... More

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

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

Gold Coast Battery in action. Bofors gun firing at target during train...

Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American mother and her four children in their tenement appar...

Image from Look photograph assignment: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 34 of a contact sheet. LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[African American and white supporters of the Mississippi Freedom Demo...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-DD, frame 8. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City, ... More

[African American demonstrators outside the White House, with signs "W...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 13478, frame 17. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demonstrators outside the White Ho... More

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Architect: Rodney Leon. Began in 1991, when, during excavation for a new federal office building, workers discovered the skeletal remains of more than 400 free and enslaved Africans. The site is a national Monu... More

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Architect: Rodney Leon. Began in 1991, when, during excavation for a new federal office building, workers discovered the skeletal remains of more than 400 free and enslaved Africans. The site is a national Monu... More

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Architect: Rodney Leon. Began in 1991, when, during excavation for a new federal office building, workers discovered the skeletal remains of more than 400 free and enslaved Africans. The site is a national Monu... More

[African Americans standing outside brick building "Frien[dship] Phar[...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 345. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[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, 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

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 204. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers ...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Rock Island Line"; "If this photograph depicts those who sang Rock Island Line for John Lomax then it was t... More

[Full-length portrait of an African American woman seated holding an A...

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

[African American man (doctor?), carrying small leather bag, standing ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 340. 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 man seated facin...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV84; Occupationals. "CDV431" and "WD1056" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.101)

[African American, standing at desk, with one hand resting on papers a...

X1252 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1892 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 19. Title devised. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Full-length portrait of an African American man with a basket and a c...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV84; Occupationals. Two cent tax stamp on back of the mount. "LE685" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.96)

[African American man, full-length portrait, facing right] / photograp...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV100; contraband. Two one-cent tax stamps on back of the mount. "EE1083" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.172)

[Zora Neale Hurston and other African Americans, probably at a recordi...

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

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, 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.

[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 boy, full-length portrait, standing, facing front w...

Attribution to Askew from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 42. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surr... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and ...

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and ...

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau... More

[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

[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, 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 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 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).

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Cabins of African Americans near Thomasville, Georgia, showing struct...

In album. Formerly identified as vol. 4. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[African Americans in church in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 238. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Portrait of African American man, seated]

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

[African woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / C. Vin...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of young African American man, seated]

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

[African Americans resting and shooting dice at edge of cotton field]

D18909 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Alfred S. Campbell Art Co., Elizabeth, N.J.

[White man holding arm of African American woman]

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

[African American man with goat]

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

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

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

[African American man with flower cart]

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

WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane and Miro, world premiere of "Afr...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "African Vineyard" at the Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane and Miro, Los Angeles, California, showing an African American woman with a basket of fruit and flo... More

Lilly Dache, residence at 78 E. 56th St., New York City. African headd...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American children on way to PS204, 82nd Street and 15th Avenu...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Caption handwritten on verso. Date stamped on verso: Sep 13 1965. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[First grade class of African American and white school children seate...

Contact sheet folder caption: "School busing story - Charlotte, N.C., 5-9: 1st grade class, Albemarle Road Elementary School, WKL, 2/21/73." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact she... More

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Architect: Rodney Leon. Began in 1991, when, during excavation for a new federal office building, workers discovered the skeletal remains of more than 400 free and enslaved Africans. The site is a national Monu... More

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American men posed at entrance to building, some with derbys ...

In album: Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 343. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Reading... More

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers ...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Rock Island Line"; "If this photograph depicts those who sang Rock Island Line for John Lomax then it was t... More

[Buffalo soldier, African American officer, Lt. 1st Infantry, four but...

Photograph shows head and shoulder portrait of an African American young man in uniform and hat. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M62. "Fine crayon a specialty" ... More

[African American man (doctor?), carrying small leather bag, standing ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 340. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Full-length portrait of an African American man standing among some p...

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

[Five Civil War soldiers gathered on dirt porch outside home. African ...

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

[Unidentified African American sailor in Union uniform sitting with ar...

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

[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

[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

[Bust portrait of an unidentified African American man, facing left] /...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "WE108" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.87)

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with for...

Case: Berg, no. 1-145. 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 Family Co... More

[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

[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

Accounts for maintenance of Milley, James, and Lucy, emancipated Afric...

Picryl description: Public domain document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Full-length portrait of an African American boy in nautical clothing]...

Photograph shows an African American boy leaning against a column. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV44 ; Navy. "WDE788" written in pencil on back of the mount. "The negative being kept copies can alw... More

[African American children outdoors, Eatonville, Florida; Zora Neale H...

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

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform and gloves wit...

Case: Leather oval interior with scroll. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Last Full M... More

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

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

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

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