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Chain gang of convicts engaged in road work. Pitt County, North Carolina. Autumn 1910. The inmates were quartered in the wagons shown in the picture. Wagons were equipped with bunks and move from place to place as labor is utilized. The central figure in the picture is J.Z. McLawhon, who was at that time county superintendent of chain gangs. The dogs are bloodhounds used for running down any attempted escapes

Chain gang of convicts engaged in road work. Pitt County, North Caroli...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American men, prisoners, with two mules working on roadbed(?) between electrical and telephone poles in Georgia]

[African American men, prisoners, with two mules working on roadbed(?)...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 308. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Africa - Tanganyika - Dar Es Salaam--Women convicts working on road

Africa - Tanganyika - Dar Es Salaam--Women convicts working on road

Women chained togther by neck rings. Photograph by E.M. Santos, Dar Es Salaam. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

The chain gang, Thomasville, Georgia

The chain gang, Thomasville, Georgia

Nine African American men posed, standing along fence. In album: p. 64.

A Southern chain gang - Public domain portrait photograph

A Southern chain gang - Public domain portrait photograph

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016155. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Charleston chain-gang / motion picture

Charleston chain-gang / motion picture

"This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions along the long chain which secures the whole band of prisoners... More

A Southern chain gang - Public domain portrait photograph

A Southern chain gang - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Newport News chain gang - images Black History Month

Newport News chain gang - images Black History Month

Photograph shows eight African American men on a chain gang holding long handle brooms to clean the streets. Copyright 1901 by Samuel E. Rusk, Newport News, Va.

Preparing for the reception of the president. The chain gang (convicts) cleaning the streets of Richmond

Preparing for the reception of the president. The chain gang (convicts...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1877 Nov. 17, pp. 176-177. 1 of 11 pictures entitled 'Virginia - the visit of President Hayes and members of his cabinet to the Virginia state fair in Richmond, ... More

[A chain gang] - Public domain portrait print

[A chain gang] - Public domain portrait print

15619 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Illustration showing man with sword standing next to three convicts in chains carrying buckets of water on their heads, with text]