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[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

The tree of liberty. The free population of the United States enjoyin...

A somewhat puzzling commentary on two issues: slavery and economic protectionism. The date of the print is uncertain, but it may have appeared as part of the reaction against the Walker Tariff of 1846. A Northe... More

[Fig. 1 Greenland seal-hunting; fig. 2 Brazilian Indians bird-shooting...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, (1851) v. 1, plate 35. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Patagonia; Dwellings; Seals; Brazil; Greenland; Ind. of S. ... More

Eclipse & no eclipse or two views of one object

Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifie... More

[Sergeant A.M. Chandler of the 44th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Co....

Photograph shows identified Confederate soldier, A.M. Chandler, and identified slave, Silas Chandler, who accompanied two Chandler brothers during their military service in the Civil War. For more information, ... More

Arrival of Negro family in the lines

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

The Christmas week - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card showing African Americans at Christmas party. No. 2, no. 58. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. Foraging / Homer.

Print shows three Army of the Potomac soldiers taking a cow or bull as an African American man protests. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:089.03).

Winslow Homer - Campaign sketches. The baggage train / Homer.

Print shows two African American drovers, one with a pipe and the other with a whip, sitting on the back of a covered wagon, which is part of a baggage train for the Army of the Potomac. Purchase; William Rees... More

The four years contract and its progress

One of three anti-Lincoln satires published by Nichols in Boston at around the same time. (It was deposited for copyright on June 30, 1863, along with "Oppression!! Suppressing the Press" and "The Great America... More

Union and liberty! And union and slavery!

An anti-McClellan broadside, contrasting Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln's advocacy of equality and free labor in the North to Democratic opponent McClellan's alleged support of the Southern slave system. ... More

Pardon. Franchise Columbia. -- "Shall I trust these men, and not his m...

Centerfold prints show Columbia considering why she should pardon Confederate troops who are begging for forgiveness when an African American Union soldier with an amputated leg does not have the right to vote.

[Gettysburg camp of Captain Huft] during American Civil War

Men gathered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the laying of the cornerstone of the Soldier's National Monument on the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, men on left are preparing food.

[Return envelope of the Bureau of the American Freedmen's Aid Union, N...

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

"Uncle Tom" and his grandchild / W. Jewett.

Illustration showing an African American man seated outside a log cabin, being taught to read by his racially mixed granddaughter. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 514 (1866 Nov. 3), cover (p. 689). Text... More

"Time works wonders." Iago. (Jeff Davis) "For that I do suspect the lu...

Cartoon showing Jefferson Davis looking over his shoulder at Hiram Revels seated in the United States Senate. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 April 9, p. 232.

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

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

Jubilee singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. / negative by Black...

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

The "War of Races"--The conflict in Tennessee - the "Regulators" shoot...

Three African American men on ground after being shot; armed men on horseback in moonlight in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 39, 1874 Sept. 19, p. 17.

General Sheridan stands by his dispatches

General Philip Sheridan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, next to copies of his letters describing actions of "armed White League" in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, against African American ... More

On the levee at New Orleans - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of ship deck, boarding people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A bottomless Christmas pocket, or a growing doll

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic in: Harper's bazaar, 1888 (?).

The discomfiture of Abraham - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 6:133 (Sept. 3, 1885).

J. Robert Love, M.D.,, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Clipping of a print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Joseph Robert Love, M.D., a Bahamian intellectual who served as a medical doctor in the Haitian army, above a printed caption: author of that famous bo... More

U.S.S. Boston, land drill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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.

[Four black children in yard] - Public domain portrait photograph

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In old Kentucky, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 19...

Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." No. 5870B. Written by C.T. Dazey; Original Pickaninny Band, organized by J.H. Brister; directed by Walter Brister. Forms part of:... More

[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).

Ladies change - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Five African Americans, four women dancing and a man seated in a chair playing the accordian. Copyright by Alfred S. Campbell. No. 659.

Mistakes will happen written by Grant Stewart.

49717 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & New York." Jacob Litt, proprietor. N.Y. no. 8204. Forms part of: Theatrical poster 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

[Farm buildings across field with plants and dead trees in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 234. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... 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

[Interior view of room showing furniture and framed pictures]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 288. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Improved method of plowing

African American man plowing with a pair of horses. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[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 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

[Students in class learning how to prepare sulphuric acid, Hampton Ins...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Farm(?) house among trees] - Victorian era public domain image

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 250. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... 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

[Interior view of "Dr. McDougald's Drug Store"]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 285. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in... 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

[Young African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right, wit...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 74. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Houses along a dirt road in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 314. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Two African American children feeding chickens in a fenced-in yard]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 290. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... 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

[Simpson Industrial Home of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.]

Group of young women posed on porch and steps of the porch.

[Young African American man, half-length portrait, seated with arms cr...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 184. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Interior view of unidentified auditorium in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 324. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

A climax in gaiety, Over the fence by Owen Davis.

52068 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 4056. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[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 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

Tuskegee Institute, and its industries / Shepherd Photo Co., St. Paul,...

15 views of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, showing activities of students, including cabinet making, sewing, and millinery.

A Living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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

Dentistry at Howard University, Washington, D.C., ca. 1900

Title transcribed from photo mount. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900). Re... More

[James H. Harris, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

[Christian Fleetwood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly lef...

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

[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.

[Quentin Roosevelt and Roswell Newcomb Pinckney as children]

(Source: K. Pinckney, 2008). Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 4273.

Caricature, Golferinos, public domain cartoon image

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Melon-cholic days have come, the gladdest of the year

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Emmett J. Scott, Negro member of Liberian Commission, at boat dock, Ne...

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

The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. Th...

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NEGROES. NEGRO LIFE IN WASHINGTON

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Commencement day parade, Tuskegee, Inst., Alabama, 1913-1914

Photograph shows African Americans lining the streets as a large procession of graduates march down the center of the road headed by an all male marching band.

De flowers end de singin' mek de gentlemins swell up

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Her First Marrying" by Una Hunt, Scribner's magazine, 58:245 (Aug. 1915).

Sam Farkas Estate, House, 306 Mercer Avenue, Albany, Dougherty County,...

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

[Booker T. Washington seated with group of men outside the office of D...

Forms part of: Booker T. Washington papers (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - group portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hampton Wedge Historic District, 933 East McDaniel Street (House), 933...

Significance: Built ca. 1915, this simple frame house is typical of the vernacular structures erected in a neighborhood known historically as the East End (and presently as the Hampton Wedge). It is one of many... More

Charlie Howard, a colored tenant on farm of B.F. Mitchell, R. 1, and h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[With the U.S. troops in Mexico--black soldiers digging a ditch for ra...

"For the files of the War Dept. only. Photo by William Fox, staff photographer. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood" No. 203963.

Charlie Howard, a colored tenant on farm of B.F. Mitchell, R. 1, and h...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 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).

[803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship...

Photograph shows soldiers gathered around the 803rd Infantry band on the deck of the U.S.S Philippine, during voyage back to the United States from Brest, France, 1919. Set title from Gladstone collection check... More

Aunt Letty, New Bern, N.C. - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a woman on dirt road carrying baskets of vegetables on each arm and one on her head. Forms part of the Wittemann Collection.

Inez P. McWhorter (Harding Cook)

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Boxer Tut Jackson clothed in boxing trunks, full-length portrait, sta...

J255331 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Acme News Features. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The Awakening" - A James H. Hull production for Beaumont Klan No. 7 -...

Scene from a theatrical production showing people around woman lying on floor. J270032 U.S. Copyright Office.

Negro. Portrait of man wearing hat

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of unidentified black man, wearing cap]

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "67-9890." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in th... More

A black and white photo of a messy yard. Great Depression and World Wa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wife of Negro sharecropper, Tupelo, Mississippi

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

A black and white photo of a woman standing in a doorway, Mississippi....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.