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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

[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

[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

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

[Soldiers of the 79th New York at camp]

Photograph (possibly a half-stereograph) shows soldiers posed in front of a tent. Three African American men, probably servants, stand in the background to the left and right of the tent-- the man closest to th... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of the young girl facing slightly right. Caption continues: "Redeemed in Virginia, by Catharine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beec... More

Blaney's extravaganza success, A female drummer

"Russell-Morgan Print." Blaney and Vance, managers. Caption: Bargain day sale of corsets. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3526. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collect... More

Making coffee. On the lines before Petersburg, Virginia, 1864

Stereograph showing African American troops making coffee while sitting in front of a bombproof shelter near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 804. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-... More

[African American men posed at entrance to building, some with derbys ...

In album: Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 343. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Reading... More

Poster - Uncle Tom's cabin - Public domain lithograph

R12448 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Uncle Tom. Created by "A.S. Seer's Union Square Print., N.Y.; copyrighted by A. S. Seer, May 1886." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows a portrait of Fannie Lawrence, standing in front of a balustrade, against a landscape backdrop. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Offi... More

Plantation no. 6 Rockville Plantation Negro church, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows an exterior view of the church on the Rockville Plantation on Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Inscribed on verso: Rockville Plantation Negro... More

Ada Peters Brown, aged 7 months - less 3 days / W.T.& B.

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of an African American woman seated holding a white infant, "Ada Peters Brown" on her lap. Title from ink inscription below photograph. Gladstone's inventory num... More

Poster - Palmer's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. - Public domain lithograph

Includes portraits in upper left corner of Tom Dailey and George W. Goodhart. 68764 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Old Uncle Tom. Created and "copyright 1899, Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." Direction, Daile... 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

[The cheese press screw - students studying agricultural sciences, Ham...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort L...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground.

Down in Dixie written by Scott Marble.

C263235 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Brought to bay : the genial squire has the nippers on both villains, while the merry heroine un-wigs the counterfeit Negro. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge L... More

Oliver Scott's Big Minstrel Carnival

52069 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: James White, vocal comedian. Created by "The Russell-Morgan Print; copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3820. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collecti... More

[Buffalo soldier, African American officer, Lt. 1st Infantry, four but...

Photograph shows head and shoulder portrait of an African American young man in uniform and hat. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M62. "Fine crayon a specialty" ... More

[African American man (doctor?), carrying small leather bag, standing ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 340. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

24th Infantry Leaving Salt Lake City, Utah for Chattanooga, Tennessee,...

African American soldiers marching down main street, while pedestrians look on. Title from verso. Gladstone inventory code and notes: M69. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.281)

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

D13819 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: On top of the ladder at last, Lew Sully, the real fellow with the troupe : comedian, composer, author, and originator. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho C... More

Rebecca, Charley & Rosa, slave children from New Orleans / photographe...

Photograph shows a vignette portrait of Rebecca Huger, Charles Taylor, and Rosina Downs, each facing front. ["Entere]d, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by [S. Tacka]berry, in the Clerk's Office... More

Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine S. Lawrence. Baptized in Brooklyn, a...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Catharine Lawrence with former slave child, Fannie Lawrence. They are sitting, holding hands, facing front. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, ... More

[Full-length portrait of an African American man standing among some p...

Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Uncle Tom's cabin, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 ...

43309 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: On the levee. Created and "copyright 1899, Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 598. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Contrabands on Mr. Foller's farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862.

Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: Photographic ... More

Looking down New River from landing above Stuck's [?], Sec. 86, Battea...

Photograph shows a barge on the New River, West Virginia. African American men are on the barge and on shore. In Jedediah Hotchkiss photograph album of views along railroad lines and rivers from near Staunton,... More

[Unidentified African American sailor in Union uniform sitting with ar...

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

[Buffalo soldier, 25th Infantry, Co. A] / Goff.

Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of a seated African American soldier in uniform, holding hat in hand. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M8; photo by... More

[Buffalo soldier, 25th Infantry, Co. A] / Goff.

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