A black and white photo of people on a boat, South Carolina. Farm Secu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Penn School Historic District, Cafeteria, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-E Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 194... More
![[Dutch ships anchored in harbor of Helena Island in Arctic during Willem Barents' voyage of exploration in 159-]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1OTgvMDEvMDEvZHV0Y2gtc2hpcHMtYW5jaG9yZWQtaW4taGFyYm9yLW9mLWhlbGVuYS1pc2xhbmQtaW4tYXJjdGljLWR1cmluZy13aWxsZW0tYmFyZW50cy02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Dutch ships anchored in harbor of Helena Island in Arctic during Willem Barents' voyage of exploration in 159-]")
[Dutch ships anchored in harbor of Helena Island in Arctic during Will...
Engraving by Raygnald Elftrake. Illus. in: Linschoten, 1598, p. 172-73. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Neth. Hist. 159-; Arctic Expl.; Geogr.; Publ. Ind.
Fishing boats off St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Penn School Historic District, Old Milk Barn, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-Q Building/structure dates: after 2000 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Arnett House, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Dr. Martin Luther King made plans of his movement in the building (1st floor front room). Survey number: HABS SC-588... More
Negro family and home, St. Helena Island
Photograph shows Uncle July and his family in front of their home on the Fripp (possibly Thomas Fripp) plantation on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Source: Penn School Papers, 1862-2004, University of South... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Retreat House, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Retreat House was built for better housing for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the bi-racial committee on Civil Right... More
Penn School Historic District, Butler Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile So...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This building houses the Dr. Y.W. Bailey Museum. Dr. Bailey was a doctor at the school. Survey number: HABS SC-588-D... More
St. Helena Village, St. Helena Island, So.Ca. i.e. South Carolina
Photograph shows a group of African American men, women, and a young child, former slaves, who were now considered Freedmen, on St. Helena Island. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:034). Vendor : Ru... More
A black and white photo of people on a boat, possibly related to: Fish...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Penn School Historic District, Frissell Community House, SC Route 37, ...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-J Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Frissell Community House, SC Route 37, ...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-J Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Frissell Community House, SC Route 37, ...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-J Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Small House Next to Brick Church, SC Ro...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-U Building/structure dates: after 2000 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Old Milk Barn, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-Q Building/structure dates: after 2000 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Watching a game at Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, Sout...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a group of people, South Carolina. Farm Sec...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Fourth of July celebration by a group of Negroes, St. Helena Island,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Penn School Historic District, Cedar Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-F Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Cope Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Johnson Fellowship Hall, SC Route 37, 1...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-G Building/structure dates: 1985 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Butler Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile So...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This building houses the Dr. Y.W. Bailey Museum. Dr. Bailey was a doctor at the school. Survey number: HABS SC-588-D... More
Penn School Historic District, Hampton House, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-L Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
A group of men standing around a wooden fence, South Carolina. Farm Se...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A group of people standing around a tree, South Carolina. Farm Securit...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of people on a boat, South Carolina. Farm Secu...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a group of people, possibly related to: Wat...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Cafeteria, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-E Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 194... More
Penn School Historic District, Lathers Dormitory, SC Route 37, 1 mile ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![Miss Laura Town's [i.e. Towne's] school, St. Helena Island, South Carolina](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvbWlzcy1sYXVyYS10b3ducy1pZS10b3duZXMtc2Nob29sLXN0LWhlbGVuYS1pc2xhbmQtc291dGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtNThmNmRjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/20/webp "Miss Laura Town's [i.e. Towne's] school, St. Helena Island, South Carolina")
Miss Laura Town's [i.e. Towne's] school, St. Helena Island, South Caro...
Photograph shows the children of Freedmen and their teachers in front of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attributed to photographers Hub... More
Penn School Historic District, Implement Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-M Building/structure dates: after 2000 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
A black and white photo of a group of people, South Carolina. Farm Sec...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Penn School Historic District, Cedar Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-F Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Johnson Fellowship Hall, SC Route 37, 1...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-G Building/structure dates: 1985 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Scene in the garden on Dr. Jenkins place, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Photograph shows an African American freedman carrying a tray and pitcher to a group seated at a table under an arbor on Dr. William J. Jenkins' plantation on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. A white man st... More
Penn School Historic District, Liberty Bell, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-P Building/structure dates: 1865 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a group of people, possibly related to: Wat...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Penn School Historic District, Frissell Community House, SC Route 37, ...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-J Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Jasmin Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sou...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-N Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
4th of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Photograph shows Texaco filling station. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of people on a boat, South Carolina. Farm Secu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fourth of July picnic by Negroes, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of people playing a game of checkers, South Carolina. Farm Sec...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of people standing around a tree, South Carolina. Farm Securit...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Penn School Historic District, Butler Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile So...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This building houses the Dr. Y.W. Bailey Museum. Dr. Bailey was a doctor at the school. Survey number: HABS SC-588-D... More
Penn School Historic District, Cafeteria, SC Route 37, 1 mile South of...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-E Building/structure dates: 1917 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 194... More
Penn School Historic District, Lathers Dormitory, SC Route 37, 1 mile ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro farmer's home on St. Helena Island off Beaufort, South Carolina
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Penn School Historic District, Darrah Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile So...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small school house, rural educational facility, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Penn School Historic District, Cedar Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-F Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Cope Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Gantt Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-K Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Butler Building, SC Route 37, 1 mile So...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This building houses the Dr. Y.W. Bailey Museum. Dr. Bailey was a doctor at the school. Survey number: HABS SC-588-D... More
Penn School Historic District, Pine Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-S Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Hampton House, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-L Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Arnett House, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Dr. Martin Luther King made plans of his movement in the building (1st floor front room). Survey number: HABS SC-588... More
![Avenue at Thorpe's, St. Helena Island, S.Car. [i.e. Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvYXZlbnVlLWF0LXRob3JwZXMtc3QtaGVsZW5hLWlzbGFuZC1zY2FyLWllLWNhcm9saW5hLTMzMzdmZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "Avenue at Thorpe's, St. Helena Island, S.Car. [i.e. Carolina]")
Avenue at Thorpe's, St. Helena Island, S.Car. [i.e. Carolina]
Photograph shows a group of African Americans, most likely Freedmen by this time, on a dirt road on the plantation managed by David Franklin Thorpe. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attribute... More
Penn School Historic District, Frissell Community House, SC Route 37, ...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-J Building/structure dates: 1925 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Jasmin Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sou...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-N Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A group of people standing around a tree, possibly related to: Watchin...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Negro quarters, T.J. Fripp plantation, St. Helena Island (near Beaufor...
Photograph shows a group of African American women holding babies outside of their living quarters, possibly on Thomas J. Fripp plantation on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015;... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Penn School Historic District, Pine Cottage, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Survey number: HABS SC-588-S Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Pla... More
A group of people on a boat in a body of water, possibly related to: C...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Watching a game at Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, Sout...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of people on a boat, possibly related to: Fish...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
A Fourth of July celebration by a group of Negroes, St. Helena Island,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro quarters, T.J. Fripp plantation, St. Helena Island (near Beaufor...
Photograph shows a group of African American women holding babies outside of their living quarters, possibly on Thomas J. Fripp plantation on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015;... More
Negro farmer's home on St. Helena Island off Beaufort, South Carolina
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fishing boats off St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Cannery workers going home, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Penn School Historic District, Retreat House, SC Route 37, 1 mile Sout...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. Retreat House was built for better housing for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the bi-racial committee on Civil Right... More
![Miss Laura Town's [i.e. Towne's] school, St. Helena Island, South Carolina](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvbWlzcy1sYXVyYS10b3ducy1pZS10b3duZXMtc2Nob29sLXN0LWhlbGVuYS1pc2xhbmQtc291dGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtYjIwYzJiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/20/webp "Miss Laura Town's [i.e. Towne's] school, St. Helena Island, South Carolina")
Miss Laura Town's [i.e. Towne's] school, St. Helena Island, South Caro...
Photograph shows the children of Freedmen and their teachers in front of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attributed to photographers Hub... More
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C.
Photograph shows Texaco filling station behind flag. Public domain photograph - parade, demonstration, flags, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Fourth of July celebration by a group of Negroes, St. Helena Island,...
11671-14. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Penn School Historic District, Small House Next to Brick Church, SC Ro...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-U Building/structure dates: after 2000 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Cannery workers going home, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, S.C
Photograph shows Texaco filling station behind flag. 11671-14. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.... More
Fourth of July picnic by a group of Negroes, St. Helena Island, S.C
11671-14. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Penn School Historic District, Brick Church, SC Route 37, 1 mile South...
Significance: Part of a complex of buildings of one of the first black schools in the south. This is the oldest building on the complex. Slaves built the church and the pews and took the building over after the... More
Negro family and home, St. Helena Island
Photograph shows Uncle July and his family in front of their home on the Fripp (possibly Thomas Fripp) plantation on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Source: Penn School Papers, 1862-2004, University of North... More
Penn School Historic District, Paint Shop, SC Route 37, 1 mile South o...
Survey number: HABS SC-588-R Building/structure dates: after 2000 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001824