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[Bill Tatnall, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, playing guitar, Frederica, Georgia]

[Bill Tatnall, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, playing guit...

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: "Bill ... More

[Exterior view of church and house on cobblestone street]

[Exterior view of church and house on cobblestone street]

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

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters]

[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 two daughters]

[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

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

D13824 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Waterbury Bros. & Tenny : America's most brilliant musical trio. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 9018. Forms part o... More

[Exterior view of "Dr. McDougald's Drug Store" with three African Americans standing in the doorway and a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground]

[Exterior view of "Dr. McDougald's Drug Store" with three African Amer...

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

Holy Family Church, 12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George's County, MD

Holy Family Church, 12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George'...

Significance: Holy Family Church was built in 1890 as a mission of Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh to serve the black Catholic community of the Woodmore-Mitchellville area. It is one of the few black histori... More

Pearson House, County Road 6, Marengo, Marengo County, AL

Pearson House, County Road 6, Marengo, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-145 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

[Blind Willie McTell, with 12-string guitar, hotel room, Atlanta, Ga.]

[Blind Willie McTell, with 12-string guitar, hotel room, Atlanta, Ga.]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Blind Willie McTell; Atlanta, Ga. hotel room Nov. 1940; 69-2148." Forms part of the Jon A. and Alan Lomax C... More

Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR

Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Portrait photo of George Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of George Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

420105. District no. 27. Picture no. 75. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Photo shows Willis Winn standing outside of log cabin next to a slave horn. 420044. District no. 27. Picture no. 443. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African... More

[Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana] / Chr. Barthelmess, photographer, Fort Keogh, Montana.

[Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft...

"#5. Some of the coons that are in camp at Keogh taken Sunday morning, Dec. 14th '90" handwritten inscription in red ink on back. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (PR 13 CN 1995:113.274)

Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC

Riot damage in D.C. / [WKL]., Washington DC

Photograph shows the ruins of a store in Washington, D.C., that was destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & Wor... More

Ten minutes for refreshments - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Ten minutes for refreshments - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Great American Tea Co.

Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Company

Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Company

"Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Carr and McLeod in camp. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin. & N.Y." No. 4082. Phil Sheridan, prop. & mgr. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More

The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson County, TN

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 County, TN

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 big scenic production Coon Hollow by C.E. Callahan

The big scenic production Coon Hollow by C.E. Callahan

Z51579 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Stay right where you are! Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, N.Y." No. 6149. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and looks like Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter)]

[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and look...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "poss. Leadbelly"; Angola, Louisiana, July, 1934; "Huddie Leadbetter". Forms part of: Lomax collection of ph... More

[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

Watch meeting, Dec. 31, 1862--Waiting for the hour / Heard & Moseley,  Cartes de Visite, 10 Tremont Row, Boston.

Watch meeting, Dec. 31, 1862--Waiting for the hour / Heard & Moseley, ...

African American men, women, and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the Emancipation Proclamation. Photograph of a painting(?). Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68 ; Emancipation... More

Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: L'Enfant designated a large park one mile east of the U.S. Capitol at the convergence of four avenues. Set aside as a large rectangle on the Ellicott Plan, it has been landscaped as a park since t... More

Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: L'Enfant designated a large park one mile east of the U.S. Capitol at the convergence of four avenues. Set aside as a large rectangle on the Ellicott Plan, it has been landscaped as a park since t... More

Steve Williams, ex-slave, San Angelo

Steve Williams, ex-slave, San Angelo

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Teshan Young, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

Teshan Young, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420087. District no. 27. Picture no. 188. 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

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Oliver Scott's Big Minstrel Carnival

Oliver Scott's Big Minstrel Carnival

26745 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Preparing for their daily street parade : photographic view. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3822. Forms pa... More

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-49 Survey number: HABS AL-570 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-49 Survey number: HABS AL-570 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-49 Survey number: HABS AL-570 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-49 Survey number: HABS AL-570 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Bucks County, PA

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Buck...

Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined ma... More

North Beach Place, Bounded by Bay Street, Mason Street, Francisco Street, & Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

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

[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

America / E.W.C. - Print, Library of Congress collection

America / E.W.C. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows an idealized portrayal of American slavery and the conditions of blacks under this system in 1841. The Library's impression of the print is a fragment--the left panel only--of a larger print entitle... 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

[Wounded colored soldiers at Aikens Landing]

[Wounded colored soldiers at Aikens Landing]

On front: Photographic history The War for the Union. On back: War views. Title and creator information from Gladstone collection checklist. No. 2608 printed on back. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Stere... More

Roland, eleven year old negro newsboy, Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924.  Location: Newark, New Jersey.

Roland, eleven year old negro newsboy, Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924...

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

[Two performers in blackface, facing each other, one in tuxedo, other in suit]

[Two performers in blackface, facing each other, one in tuxedo, other ...

Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 600. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Two performers in blackface, facing each other, one in tuxedo, other in suit]

[Two performers in blackface, facing each other, one in tuxedo, other ...

Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 600. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

[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

503 South Jackson Street (House), 503 South Jackson Street, Albany, Dougherty County, GA

503 South Jackson Street (House), 503 South Jackson Street, Albany, Do...

Significance: Significant for its association with the development of the black residential community in Albany, Georgia. Building is included within an intact row of early 20th century residences in this part ... 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).

Rembrandt Peale Museum, 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Rembrandt Peale Museum, 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Independ...

Significance: Quite possibly the first "purpose-built" museum building in the United States, the Peale Museum is associated with two prominent members of the Peale artistic dynasty: Rembrandt (who commissioned ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

Includes full length and head-and-shoulder in costume portraits. 42260 U.S. Copyright Office Captions: Lewis & Ernest : the premiers of burnt cork comedy Tom Lewis Charles M. Ernest. Created and "copyright... More

Ezekiel - Drawing. Public domain image.

Ezekiel - Drawing. Public domain image.

Inscribed below title: for initial. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Entrance of Ezekiel" by Lucy Pratt, McClure's magazine, 29:17 (May 1907).

Henry E. Braden House, Block 509, 2000 Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Henry E. Braden House, Block 509, 2000 Louisiana Avenue, New Orleans, ...

Significance: The Henry E. Braden House is a two-story, Prairie-style dwelling commissioned by prominent black businessman and community leader Henry R. Braden in 1925. The building was designed by the New Orl... More

Old Marine Hospital, 20 Franklin Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Old Marine Hospital, 20 Franklin Street, Charleston, Charleston County...

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

Carver Museum, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskegee, Macon County, AL

Carver Museum, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskege...

Significance: Constructed in 1915 as a laundry facility for Tuskegee Institute, the building was apparently remodeled to a large extent in the same year, after which it assumed much of its present exterior appe... More

Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers!

Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers!

Regiment of African American soldiers on horseback. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Civil War, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers for loosening rails]

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers f...

No. 49 (handwritten) and 2551 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. Sturges Esqr.] / William S. Mount 1836.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.

Jubilee Singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.

Photo shows a studio group portrait of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, with (from l. to r.) Minnie Tate, Greene Evans, Isaac Dickerson, Jennie Jackson, Maggie Porter, Ella Sheppard, Thomas Rutling, Benjami... More

Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

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

Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

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

Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

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

Portrait photo of Betty Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

Portrait photo of Betty Simmons, ex-slave, Beaumont

420111. District no. 27. Picture no. 214. Official project no. 565-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay South, Old Tampa Bay West, & Hillsborough Bay East, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...

See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, CA

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

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

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

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

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 County, GA

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 County, GA

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

Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Frederick Douglass House, 1411 W Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

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

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex ...

Significance: From the National Historic Landmark Program: "Built in 1805-06, this is a noteworthy example of a five-part Federal house. Elaborately carved interior mantels contrast with simpler woodwork. In ad... More

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA

Governor Christopher Gore Mansion, 52 Gore Street, Waltham, Middlesex ...

Significance: From the National Historic Landmark Program: "Built in 1805-06, this is a noteworthy example of a five-part Federal house. Elaborately carved interior mantels contrast with simpler woodwork. In ad... 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

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope c...

Stereograph shows tent camp occupied by escaped slaves. No. 379. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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

Odd Fellows Building & Auditorium, 228-250 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

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 Parish, LA

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

Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

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

Villa Meilleur, 1418 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

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

Cedar Grove, Uniontown Road, Faunsdale, Marengo County, AL

Cedar Grove, Uniontown Road, Faunsdale, Marengo County, AL

Survey number: HABS AL-200 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93000599

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