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
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
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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
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...
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"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.
On the levee at New Orleans - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
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A Living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City
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The negro berry pickers shacks on the farm of Col. J. J. Ross, Del. Th...
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NEGROES. NEGRO LIFE IN WASHINGTON
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[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...
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Inez P. McWhorter (Harding Cook)
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Negro. Portrait of man wearing hat
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Nation's Business. Negro housing, toilets backyard II
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A black and white photo of a messy yard. Great Depression and World Wa...
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Wife of Negro sharecropper, Tupelo, Mississippi
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A black and white photo of a woman standing in a doorway, Mississippi....
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A Negro tenant farmer and several members of his family hoeing cotton ...
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Negro houses. Atlanta, Georgia. Great Depression public domain photogr...
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A black and white photo of a construction worker, Virginia. Farm Secur...
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View of Negro life in the Negro section, Newport News, Virginia
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Mississippi Delta Negro. Great Depression public domain photograph.
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A couple of men standing next to each other, Virginia. Farm Security A...
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A couple of men standing next to each other, Virginia. Farm Security A...
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A black and white photo of two men standing outside of a shack, New Je...
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of two men standing in front of a house, Virgi...
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Negro children. Tupelo, Mississippi
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Awaiting registration in the camp for Negro flood refugees at Forrest ...
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A Negro flood refugee family who, with their rescued household goods h...
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A group of people standing around a tent, Arkansas. Farmers during Gre...
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Housing in the Negro section of Belle Glade, Florida
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A black and white photo of a covered truck, Arkansas. Farmers during G...
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A man standing in front of a crowd of people, Arkansas. Farmers during...
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Negro in Washington slum area, D.C.
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Bars and dance halls are found among the squalid shacks of the Negro s...
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Negro living in slum area of Washington, D.C.
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A man and a woman sitting on a porch Negro sharecropper and wife. Miss...
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Negro getting a haircut in front of church which houses flood refugees...
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Negro woman in slum area. Washington, D.C.
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Negro wage laborer and part of his family. He is coming home from the ...
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Sick Negro in the Red Cross temporary infirmary for flood refugees. Fo...
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A black and white photo of a boy in overalls, Georgia. Farm Security A...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a...
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A black and white photo of a man and a child sitting in front of a ten...
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Negro sugarcane worker drinking water in the field near New Iberia, Lo...
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A black and white photo of a lighthouse on a pier, Louisiana. Farmers ...
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Negro home near Summerville, South Carolina
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Home of Negro tenant farmer. Halifax, North Carolina
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Negro worker at cotton gin, Lehi, Arkansas
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Negro farm home. Beaufort County, North Carolina
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A couple of men sitting next to each other, Mississippi. Farmers durin...
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An old black and white photo of a man and a little girl, North Carolin...
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Negro child near Wadesboro, North Carolina
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Negro home near Charleston, South Carolina
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Negro members of La Forge Cooperative Association at meeting. Southeas...
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Butter bean vines across the porch. Negro quarter in Memphis, Tennesse...
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Negro cotton pickers on truck, Lake Dick, Arkansas
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Negro boys atop billboard, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana
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A black and white photo of a group of men, Louisiana. Farmers during G...
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A black and white photo of a man carrying a load of wood, Louisiana. F...
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Corn crib in Negro coal miner's backyard, Bertha Hill, Scotts Run, Wes...
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Negro woman, almost blind, near Beaufort, South Carolina
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A black and white photo of a man sitting on a chair, North Carolina. F...
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A man and a woman sitting at a table, Arkansas. Farmers during Great D...
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Negro woman's home near Beaufort, South Carolina. Her husband is paral...
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A black and white photo of a little girl, North Carolina. Farm Securit...
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Negro farmers sitting on back of automobile, San Augustine, Texas
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A black and white photo of men working in a field, North Carolina. Far...
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Negro sharecropper, Will Cole, picking cotton. The owner is Mrs. Rigsb...
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Commissary and home for Negro workers in cane fields. USSC (United St...
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Negro strawberry farmer on top of wagon in front of refrigerator car, ...
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Negro school, Marcella Plantation. Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Missis...
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Negro boy drinking "milk" made of flour and water. He was sick and his...
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Negro shack near Beaufort, South Carolina. Negro living there is a bri...
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Old Negro men, Marshall, Texas. Great Depression public domain photogr...
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Grocery store in Negro section. Homestead, Florida
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A portable cane mill (the owner gets every sixth gallon for making the...
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Porch on Negro share tenant cabin. A double one. Note the churn, lante...
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Negro sharecropper's son goes up and down the long rows worming tobacc...
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Daughter of Negro tenant churning butter. Randolph County, North Carol...
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Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky.
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Corner of living room of Negro strawberry sharecropper. Hammond, Louis...
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Negro strawberry picker with her baby. Independence, Louisiana
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Kitchen in home of Negro agricultural day laborer living in Wagoner Co...
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A man sitting in a chair next to a horse, North Carolina. Farm Securit...
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Negro wage hands filling bag with corn they have just shucked for land...
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Negro migratory workers by a shack, Belle Glade, Fla.
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Negro transient agricultural laborers quarters. Homestead, Florida
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Detail of clothing of Negro tenant farmer. Wagoner County, Oklahoma
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Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]
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Negro contralto and the great emancipator. Washington, D.C., April 9. ...
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[Winnie Terry, Merryville, Louisiana, at home of H.R. Weaver]
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. No print found. Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.