Life in Philadelphia. Plate 13 / Clay fecit 1829.
Print shows an African American couple walking on the street; the woman asks the man whether he likes the waltz. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1973:253). Caption: "How you like de waltz, Mr. Lorenzo?" "'Pon de honour of... More
The new code of chivalry or what we would have done. As approved by "...
The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washin... More
Whitlock's collection of Ethiopian melodies. As sung with great applau...
Music cover showing two men on stage, one dancing and one playing banjo.
The Battle of New Orleans / designed by W. Momberger ; engraved by H.B...
Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.
Nursery at Elliot's Plantation, Hilton Head, S.C.
Photograph shows slaves sitting in from of a building described at the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Edge loss on the upper right corner of the mount. Title is inscribed in ink on the f... More
[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahe...
Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being... More
[Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artil...
Photograph shows identified soldier. Frame: wooden with brass mat. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) Purchased from: Frank Picini, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More
Joseph E. Baker - How free ballot is protected!
The artist charges the Republicans with electoral corruption and extremism in their efforts to defeat Democratic presidential nominee George B. McClellan. Oblique reference is also made to Lincoln's supposed a... More
Murder of a Negro at Mrs. Carter's house
White men beating an African American man, Patenburg, New Jersey. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 16, no. 824 (1872 Oct. 12), p. 796. One of three images under title: The Patenburg Massacre: from sketches by The... More
Negroes hiding in the swamps of Louisiana / Sheppard del. ; J.L. Langr...
African Americans by a camp fire under lean-to. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 May 10, p. 396.
Whitaker family / photographed by J.A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C.
Photo shows a large African American family of mostly women and children, gathered around the porch of a log and clapboard cabin, with wood shingle roof and stone chimney, and a large cauldron in the foreground... More
Charles Sumner / Matt Morgan. - Public domain dedication image
Illustration shows Columbia laying a laurel wreath on the casket of Charles Sumner as African Americans kneel to mourn; an angel in the distance carries a plague stating "Equal rights to all." Illus. in: Frank ... More
Roll along, roll along, shout the campaign battle song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a song composed in honor of Republican presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. Uncle Sam sits atop a hay wain labeled "Hayes." A large American flag with a liberty cap a... More
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ole Mammy in Beauty Land - Public domain portrait engraving
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
[Portrait of an 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
Portrait photo of [African American woman, seated]
Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caricature, The innocents / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image
Print shows a group of African American men, one, standing at center, is wearing a hat labeled "Judge Whitewashed", and the others are wearing hats labeled "Whitewasher No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6,... More
The four Rips; or, twenty years behind the age / Gillam.
Illustration shows Uncle Sam seated at a table in front of "Uncle Sam's Inter-State Market" with a businessman labeled "Northern Capital" on the right and an agricultural producer labeled "Southern Goods - Cott... More
Florida-- New Years Day in the sunny south / George Barker, photograph...
Stereograph showing African American men and children outside a building. One appears to be dancing; another man plays a violin. 15442 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker.
Normal School, Hampton, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate nega...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poster - The sidewalks of New York - Public domain lithograph
Caption: Sherlock's bold defiance : "you kick me, and I'll holler 'bloody murder!'" Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7388. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Li... More
Group of Grand Lodge of Masons, No. 1
Photograph shows group of African American men in Masonic regalia. Copyright '97 by Coovert, Greenville, Miss.
[Clarence "Grandpa" Liv and Alonzo "Teddy" Tucker behind the Wright Cy...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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. 87. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[Exterior view of house] - Public domain historic place print
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 264. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
[Young men training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virg...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of manufacturing workers, factory building, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightl...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 39. 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, left profile]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 153. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 262. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly ri...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 213. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American man, 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. 71. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[African American man, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly l...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 137. 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, seated, right profile]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 196. 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. 50. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly ri...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 55. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 207. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 16. 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]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American boy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 17. 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, facing left]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Exterior view of houses along unpaved street in Georgia]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 293. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
[Ten Afro-American women in cooking class at Hampton Institute, Hampto...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Street scene showing buildings and power lines in Georgia]
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frances Benjamin Johnston - A class in sloyd [woodworking]
Young African American women training in woodworking at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 177. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
Serving the dinner, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
Young African American woman serving dinner, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Hampton album / Frances Benjamin Johnston. New York : M... More
[Bird's-eye view of landscaped grounds with community in background in...
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 325. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
[House with picket fence next to "Lee Bros. Family Groceries"]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 248. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
[Bird's-eye view of community in Georgia]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 329. 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 front]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 114. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[Students in a bricklaying class, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Roger Williams University--Nashville, Tenn.--Academic class
Group portrait of African American students, facing front. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The School at Pinehurst, Summerville, S.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children group portrait, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[The Georgia Negro] Assessed valuation of of all taxable property owne...
Diagram shows value of taxable property owned by African Americans in Georgia between 1875 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the Ame... More
[Sgt. Alexander Kelly, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
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.
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Line graph shows percentage of African Americans in slavery between 1790 and 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the ... More
[The Georgia Negro] Slaves and free Negroes. - Exposition Universelle ...
Graph shows percentage of enslaved African Americans compared to free African Americans from 1790 to 1870. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of t... More
Slave quarters, the Hermitage - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...
Bar graph shows percentage of African Americans enrolled in public schools between 1876 and 1896. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro ... More
Sorting cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Georgia Negro] Income and expenditure of 150 Negro families in At...
Bar graph shows amount spent on rent, food, clothes, taxes, and other expenses by families in various income brackets. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro ... More
Relics of slavery days - images Black History Month
Slave quarters at the Hermitage Plantation outside of Savannah, Georgia. Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More
[The Georgia Negro] Value of farming tools. - Exposition Universelle I...
Bar graph shows value of farming tools between 1879 and 1898. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition U... More
[The Georgia Negro] Comparative increase of white and colored populati...
Graph shows increase of African American and white populations in Georgia between 1790 and 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the America... More
David Higgins' idyl of the Tennessee mountains, At Piney Ridge
Captions: Jack Rose of Piney Ridge; Act I. Jack. "That looks like a 'pretty good thing!'"; Act III. Cindy waiting for Mark, at the old cedar. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New... More
The Orpheum Show, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1...
D10457 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Jack Norworth. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 4580. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More
Short distance telephone in Alabam'
Photograph shows four African Americans, two men and two boys outside near a barn. The boys sit on top a donkey facing each other while one man speaks into the donkey's ear and the other hold's the donkey's tai... More
Melody - images Black History Month
Photograph shows an elderly African American man sitting outside playing a banjo.
A Happy family - Public domain portrait photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"Boshe", Head and Shoulders Portrait
Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph of an African American man wearing a hat, profile, facing right. H20201 U.S. Copyright Office.
[Roof construction by students at Tuskegee Institute, ca. 1902]
Photograph shows students of the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama building a roof. On negative sleeve: "11/92". Title from caption card for negative. Date from caption card for negative. Forms part of: Fra... More
Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels
G xxc 3983 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: I'm goin'to git dat man. Created and "copyright 1903 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6544. Forms part of: Minstrel poster ... More
Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels
G xxc 3984 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Oh fudge! Created and "copyright 1903 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6541. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Lib... More
Atlantic City floral parade / - images Black History Month
Views of a parade down an Atlantic City street lined with crowds of spectators--some people watching from roofs--children, women in long skirts, many moustached men wearing hats. Shows uniformed men marching, b... More
Alabama Hall, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[Interior view of Bulloch Hall dining room, scene of marriage of Theod...
Photograph showing African American man and woman in dining room. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Chrisman Hall," Clark University, S. Atlanta, Ga. / A. P. Bedou, N.O.
H98925 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright date on verso: August 29, 1907.
I'se jes' 'blige ter eat it - Public domain drawing
Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-20th century drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
[The Whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.]
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Women and children, Aiken, S.C.
Photograph shows African American women, children, and men cotton pickers at work. Copyright 1907 by O. Newton Cripps, Aiken, S.C.
[African American men shovelling snow in street, Washington, D.C.(?)]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tuskegee Institute, Tompkins Hall, Tuskegee, Macon County, AL
Survey number: HABS AL-868-D Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
From grand-daddy down. Southern Pines, N.C.
Photograph shows family of nine African Americans lined up outside a home.
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
T.J. Downs mammoth new Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.
"A play as immortal as the Declaration of Independence ... superb spectacular surprises ... greater, grander, better than ever ... great and moral show." At head of title: Grand 1916 triumphal tour. Created by ... More
A Pupil in Pleasant Green School - Pocahontas Co. (See No. 6.) Locati...
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photo of [African American farmer, Texas]
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "67-9890"; "poss. Brazos River Bottoms farmer, Summer, 1933 [Texas]." Forms part of: Lomax collection of pho... More
[Portraits of African Americans, including Moses Platt, taken during r...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Baptist Congregation, Alma Plantation, False River, July, 1934, N47"; "(black woman) Alma Plantati... More
[African American child singer for singing games, Eatonville, Florida]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leader of quartet, Belle Glade, Fla.
Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Accompanying typed caption reads: "3., 4. Leader of quartet, Belle Glade, Fla., June, 1935. See A-8, 349." ... More
Son of Negro sharecropper, Lee County, Mississippi
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wife and children of Negro tenant farmer, Tupelo, Mississippi
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Charles de Gaulle, chief of the Free France, is welcomed to Chad by Go...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Negro cabin. Hale County, Alabama
Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro woman sharecropper. Near West Memphis, Arkansas
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro houses. Vicksburg, Mississippi
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Street in Negro quarter. Tupelo, Mississippi
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description