10,092 Black history month Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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David Sinton House, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: To become a black artist under the conditions of the nineteenth century posed great obstacles, largely complicated by racism. No matter how potentially great or... More

David Sinton House, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Westside School, Corner of Washington Avenue and D Street, Las Vegas, ...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built in 1922 with a northern addition built in 1927-1928 and a separate annex building addition in 1948, the Westside School receives its significance as the oldest remaining... More

Westside School, Corner of Washington Avenue and D Street, Las Vegas, ...

Viginia E. Randolph Cottage, 2200 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, Henrico C...

Significance: The structure derives its primary significant for its association with Virginia E. Randolph's 57-year career of promoting vocational education for blacks in Henrico County, Virginia. Survey numbe... More

The day of Jubelo / E. B. Bensell, pinxt ; photo. and pub. by Phil. Ph...

Photograph shows African Americans (freed slaves?) celebrating in a plantation house, includes couples dancing and children playing. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. The photograph reproduces a ... More

129 Academy Street (House), Sumter, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Example of cottage-style house typical of residential houses of the area ca. 1920. Survey number: HABS GA-2286 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Contrabands at headquarters of General Lafayette

Photograph shows a group of African American refugees with Union soldiers in front of General Lafayette's headquarters at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 372. Entered accor... More

Henry Wright, private servant / Gayford & Speidel, photographers, Rock...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of a young African American man or teen, identified as a servant, standing next to a chair. "TD 784" in pencil on back of mount. Gladstone's inventory number and notes:... More

Baltimore, Maryland. Bus bound for the Negro section at four p.m.

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Robt. R. Corson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, ... More

Negro clients, Southeast Missouri Farms. Meeting at project

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reverend Robinson, gelatin silver print

Alabama 124. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

[World War I soldier, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, with...

Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M100; WWI. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.303).

Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Caroli...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

9 year old newsboy selling near Southern Pacific Depot. A negro bystan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hampton University, Clarke Hall, Intersection of Huntington Road and M...

Significance: Clark Hall is located on the historically black campus of Hampton University. From its inception in 1868, the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, founded by Brigadier General Samuel Chapman... More

Hampton University, Clarke Hall, Intersection of Huntington Road and M...

Musee Rosette Rochon, 1515 Pauger Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Rosette Rochon was a wealthy free woman of color born in Mobile, Alabama in 1760. She was the daughter of Pierre Rochon, an early ship builder an... More

Classic ruins of the Bank of Chambersburgh

Stereograph shows African American men standing in front of destroyed bank building with only Ionic columns and a portion of the walls standing after the burning of Chambersburg on July 30, 1864. Purchase; Rus... More

Baltimore, Maryland. Building the SS Frederick Douglas. More than 6,00...

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Hermitage, Alfred's Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson...

Significance: Alfred's Cabin is an important part of General Andrew Jackson's plantation, The Hermitage, because it is the only remaining dwelling on the property that can be directly linked to its slaves. Rece... More

Make way for liberty!, Confederate States of America.

Card showing Afro-American Union soldier bayonetting Confederate soldier. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Hope Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by Larkin, Dora, Spelman Str...

Significance: John Hope Homes was originally planned as an extension of University Homes the first federally subsidized housing project for Black residents in the United States. In its own right, it is signific... More

Jeffries-Gardner Farm, Columbus, Lowndes County, MS

Significance: The Jeffries-Gardner Farm, consisting of several scattered specialized-use outbuildings and a dwelling, enlarged by three additions, is an example of a family farmstead of the Mississippi Black Be... More

514 Lindsey Lane (House), Sumter, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Example of Cottage-style house typical of the area ca. 1920. Survey number: HABS GA-2288 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction

South Albany Historic District, Bounded by South Jefferson Street, Hig...

Significance: The South Albany Historic District is significant as the oldest intact area in Albany which reflects the history of the Black population in that city. It contains commercial, institutional, and re... More

Tolson's Chapel, 111 East High Street, Sharpsburg, Washington County, ...

Significance: Tolson's Chapel served as a church and a Freedman's Bureau school for black residents of Sharpsburg in the years following the American Civil War. Establishing religious and educational instituti... 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.

[Full-length portrait of an African American veteran and GAR member, s...

Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M130, GAR soldier. "Faithful friend, Daniel" inscribed on back of mount in ink. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (... More

Glebe Street Presbyterian Church, 7 Glebe Street, Charleston, Charlest...

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century church building of interesting architectural character. Survey number: HABS SC-266 Building/structure dates: ca. 1848 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca.... More

[Spanish American War, Infantry, holding Krag rifle with fixed bayonet...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American soldier in uniform, standing with weapon. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M12. "American Regular A... More

[African American man standing on porch of house in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 347. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Secrets of the prison-house--the black hole of Washington, D.C. / from...

Composite of views of the Washington, D.C. jail and people inside the jail. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Dec. 28, pp. 88-89.

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home, 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aquatic Park Bathhouse, Beach Street, West of Polk Street, San Francis...

Name changed from Maritime Museum to Aquatic Park Bathhouse on 7-29-02. See also HALS CA-113 (Aquatic Park) for documentation of the surrounding landscape. Significance: San Francisco's Aquatic Park was one of ... More

Badin-Roque House, State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

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

John W. Isham's Oriental America

B252630 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Fantaisies d'Orient Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." Isham & Graff, sole proprietors. No. 7294. Portrait of Isham in upper left corner.... More

Colored pickets on duty near Dutch Gap

Stereograph shows African American soldiers aiming rifles. Date of printing based on when the publisher's move to 591 Broadway on February 10, 1869 (Source: Dietrich, Henry. Reminiscences of the house of E. & ... More

William C. Nell House, 3 Smith Court, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exterior view of brick church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 355. 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 woman holding a basket]

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV77; Ladies with baskets. Two cent tax stamp on back of the mount. "WD108" and "Charlotte Scott" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone;... More

Caring for the little ones, model play grounds, La. Purchase Expositio...

H50237 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16160. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Rose Fay, ex-slave, Bracketville

Seminole Negro. 60. District no. 27. Picture no. 246. 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... More

Melrose Plantation, Ghana House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoc...

2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Yucca Plantation, known since 1885 as Melrose Plantation, was established in the last quarter of the 18th century by a remarkable family of freed slave... More

Melrose Plantation, Ghana House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoc...

Group of old folks at home, "Old Fort" plantation, Port Royal Island, ...

Notation on back: Smith's plantation. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Cornelius Chase family papers (Library of Congress).

A literary debate in the Darktown Club--Settling the question / Tho. W...

Caricature of two African American men in a political debate. One is in front of pictures of G. Washington and "A. Linkum," and the other is in front of picture of U.S. Grant.

[Arlington, Virginia Band of 107th U.S. Colored Infantry at Fort Corco...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows group of twenty African American soldiers with musical instruments.

Afro-American Monument - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a composite of thirteen scenes pertaining to Afro-American history. Copyright by B.F. Hammond. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

121 Academy Street (House), Sumter, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Example of cottage-style house typical of residential houses of the area ca. 1920. Survey number: HABS GA-2284 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, ...

Significance: The Monroe School is one of two elementary schools in Topeka that is associated with the Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision in Oliver Brown et al v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. T... More

Dancing for eels A scene from the new play of New-York as it is, as pl...

Print shows Frank S. Chanfrau as the character "Mose", sitting on a barrel watching an African American man dance on a dock along the waterfront, with a crowd of spectators gathered aound. A poor boy, actor Joh... More

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Ebenezer Baptist Churc...

Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger.

The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...

Significance: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first home on The Hermitage property was a two-story structure made of horizontal log construction, later lowered to the one-story building seen today. This one-story ... More

The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...

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

Dye-White Farm, County Road 244, Heardmont, Elbert County, GA

Significance: Jim White, owner of the largest amount of land held be a black in the Heardmont neighborhood, was the only black person in that community to accumulate a sizable acreage without inheriting all or ... More

Pontoon boat ready for the march. Hundreds of these boats and timbers ...

Stereograph showing an African American boy sitting on the ground between two pontoon boats resting on wheeled carts. The boats will be moved to a location and used in the construction of a pontoon bridge.

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Stre...

Significance: North Beach Place was a public housing project that occupied two city blocks in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco for 50 years. Designed in 1941-42, delayed by WWII, and constructed 19... More

North Beach Place, 445 Bay Street, 445 Bay Street, San Francisco, San ...

Survey number: HABS CA-2727-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[City Point, Virginia African American army cook at work]

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

[African Americans dancing around a pile of watermelons]

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taveau Church, State Road S-8-44, Cordesville, Berkeley County, SC

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: While listed in the National Register of Historic Places and acclaimed for the sophistication of its exterior design and construction, Taveau Chur... More

Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Camp William Penn, Pennsylvania] / photographed by B.F. Reimer, 615 &...

Photograph shows the Union training camp for African American troops in the distance. Title devised by Library staff from Gladstone's notes. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV34;Camp William Penn. "No.... More

Kingsway Center Commercial Area, Bounded by Kings Highway, Doctor Mart...

Significance: The targeted buildings in the Kingsway Center Area are locally significant for their architectural significance as an important representative illustration of neighborhood development and urban ve... More

Street and Negro quarters, Perry Clear Point, Point Royal Island, S.C....

Photograph shows a group of freedmen in front of living quarters constructed for them on the Perryclear Point Plantation on Point Royal Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).... More

Mollie Williams, age 84 - Public domain portrait print

230013. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Star Theater, 1615-1617 East Eighteenth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: The Star Theater (Gem Theater) is significant as one of the first and most enduring movie theaters constructed in Kansas City, Missouri, for an African-American clientele. The Star was built in 1... 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

Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont

420108. District no. 27. Picture no. 233. 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

Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19, FN-20 Survey number: HABS AL-47 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000104

Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More

Holiday Bowl, 3730 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: Constructed in 1958, and operated by Japanese businessmen, the Holiday Bowl became an ethically diverse community center to area residents. It was originally open 24 hours a day to accommodate the... More

William Scarborough House, 41 West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham Cou...

Significance: An unusual Regency-Greek Revival house designed by Savannah architect William Jay. The house was built for a prominent merchant, planter, and inventor, William Scarbrough. Unprocessed Field note ... More

William Scarborough House, 41 West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham Cou...

Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, Distri...

See also HALS DC-2 and HALS DC-3 for related documentation. Significance: The house was the residence of the Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, Minister to Haiti and runaway slave, Fred... More

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Ful...

Significance: It constituted the first large-scale, black-owned, black-operated, multiple use complex in Atlanta. Built in 1911-13 for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the complex was the brainchild of Be... More

Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pa...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2023 Survey number: HABS LA-1216 Buil... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Rosemount, County Road 19, Forkland, Greene County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-212 Building/structure dates: 1832 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000099

Lockefield Garden Apartments, 900 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...

Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More