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[Two contact sheets showing young adults and children reading and list...

Illus. in album: A city experienced: Pittsburgh, Pa., a photographic interpretation / W. Eugene Smith, v. 2, E5-R151 & E5-R152.

[Mrs. Constance Motley with Harvey Gantts and W.T. Smith, Jr.]

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

[Mrs. Constance B. Motley, half-length portrait, facing front]

Photograph shows Mrs. Constance Baker Motley seated at a desk. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American and white Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party suppo...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 12470-I, frame 35. Contact sheet folder caption: "Demo Nat'l Conv. Atlantic City, ... More

Oneita on strike! Don't buy Oneita underwear under the labels of J.C. ...

Public domain photograph of textile design, fabric pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poor People's March at Lafayette Park and on Connecticut Avenue / [WKL...

Photograph showing people marching and carrying signs at Connecticut Avenue and L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. On the left is the Blake building. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

[African American man at his car, waving goodbye to family member who ...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Blacks in suburbia, Freeman 12/16/69." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Shot for article published in December 29, 1969, issue: "From Inner City to Suburb... More

Proprietor Doug Owens stands in front of L & B Food Center.

Jones displays and cuts threads into metal pipes.

Forms part of a group of images documenting Leonard Jones in his garden adjacent to Federal Supply, his place of work at Tyler and Bridge Streets.

Louis McDowell cuts Roger Dailey's hair.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Howard Fulcher and his mother Ida Fulcher wait on customer Ida Mae McC...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Fulcher's Pharmacy, 59 Carroll Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Jones digs in garden and displays picked vegetables.

Forms part of a group of images documenting Leonard Jones in his garden adjacent to Federal Supply, his place of work at Tyler and Bridge Streets.

Jones stands next to a tree. - images Black History Month

Forms part of a group of images documenting Leonard Jones in his garden adjacent to Federal Supply, his place of work at Tyler and Bridge Streets.

Jones loads wood onto a customer's van and shakes his hand.

Forms part of a group of images documenting Leonard Jones in his garden adjacent to Federal Supply, his place of work at Tyler and Bridge Streets.

Close-up of Benson's hand placing uncooked biscuits on baking sheet.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the E&A Soul Food Restaurant at the corner of Governor and Straight Streets.

Howard Fulcher and his mother, Ida Fulcher, behind the counter of thei...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Fulcher's Pharmacy, 59 Carroll Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Martha Jiggetts takes a taxi dispatch call at Jiggetts transportation.

Forms part of a group of images documenting Jiggetts Transportation. Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ed Ramsey, owner of the Sweet Potato Pie Company at his desk.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the Sweet Potato Pie Company at 140 Auburn Street.

Barber Louis McDowell demonstrates stropping his razor.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Proprietor Doug Owens poses beside the store's counter.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at L & B Food Center, near Rosa Parks Blvd., Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Myers in front of store with two grandchildren.

Forms part of a group of images documenting Myers Fish Company.

Barber Louis McDowell demonstrates stropping his razor.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Workers on assembly line in hospital's kitchen; they are making up mea...

Carnie Bragg, owner of Bragg Funeral Home, poses in front of the busin...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the Bragg Funeral Home.

Howard Fulcher waits on customer Luke Martin.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Fulcher's Pharmacy, 59 Carroll Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Mr. Jones holding an eggplant and talking about it.

Workers wrapping cooked pies with plastic wrap.

Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Howard Fulcher and his mother Ida Fulcher wait on customer Ida Mae McC...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Fulcher's Pharmacy, 59 Carroll Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Carnie Bragg, owner of Bragg Funeral Home, poses in front of the busin...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the Bragg Funeral Home.

Barber Louis McDowell demonstrates stropping his razor.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

Louis McDowell gives Michael Young a haircut, the cut is called a "hig...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.

[African American men walking on a sidewalk, probably on Capitol Hill,...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1995-834 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1995-834, frame 21. Contact sheet or negative slee... More

A clock that depicts African Americans and Booker T. Washington in a d...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

The fugitive's song - Public domain print

A sheet music cover illustrated with a portrait of prominent black abolitionist Frederick Douglass as a runaway slave. Douglass flees barefoot from two mounted pursuers who appear across the river behind him w... More

Negro churches - Presbyterian Church, Wash., D.C

Photograph shows former building of 15th Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

[Children playing and sitting outdoors, Eatonville, Florida]

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

Bull-Dozing / Landy, Photo., Cincinnati, O .

Photograph shows a drawing of Caucasian toddler laughing and an African American toddler crying. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV78; Children. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877,... More

Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note the kerosene pump o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

T.R. Clarke, 8 US VI - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Lt. T.R. Clarke, United States Volunteer Infantry, full-length portrait, wearing hat and uniform, standing in front of tent, facing right, during the Spanish-American War.

Primrose & West's Big Minstrels

Includes portraits of Primrose & West in center of poster. B252643 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Our colossal double company. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati=New York." No. ... More

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

420066. District no. 27. Picture no. 12. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal ... More

St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, Highway 484, Melrose, Natchitoche...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

Caption: Billy Van, the monologue comedian. Printed on upper right corner: N.Y. no. 9020. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

North Beach Place, 491 Bay Street, 590 Francisco Street, 491 Bay Stree...

Survey number: HABS CA-2727-I Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. John H. Drish House, 2300 Seventeenth Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloo...

Significance: Once a remarkable example of eclectic combination of Greek Revival and Italianate elements. John R. Drish, builder-owner, was Tuscaloosa physician and erstwhile building contractor, owner of skil... More

Dr. John H. Drish House, 2300 Seventeenth Street, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloo...

Significance: Once a remarkable example of eclectic combination of Greek Revival and Italianate elements. John R. Drish, builder-owner, was Tuscaloosa physician and erstwhile building contractor, owner of skil... More

[Rear view of woman washing clothes]

230015. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

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

[Group of firemen] - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men (including one African American), identified as firemen, in a group portrait. Title from Gladstone's inventory notes. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV81; Group of firemen. "... More

David Sinton House, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: To become a black artist under the conditions of the nineteenth century posed great obstacles, largely complicated by racism. No matter how potentially great or... More

David Sinton House, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: To become a black artist under the conditions of the nineteenth century posed great obstacles, largely complicated by racism. No matter how potentially great or... More

David Sinton House, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: From the Nat'l Register nomination: To become a black artist under the conditions of the nineteenth century posed great obstacles, largely complicated by racism. No matter how potentially great or... More

Westside School, Corner of Washington Avenue and D Street, Las Vegas, ...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built in 1922 with a northern addition built in 1927-1928 and a separate annex building addition in 1948, the Westside School receives its significance as the oldest remaining... More

Bethel Baptist Church, 3233 Twenty-ninth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Je...

Significance: Located in a black working class neighborhood, near coal mines and industrial plants, Bethel Baptist Church provided the leadership to sustain the fight for civil rights in Birmingham. From 1953 ... More

Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston

Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More

Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C. / photographed and for sale by...

Photograph shows slaves sitting in front of a building described as the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV59; children's nursery. "GA 687" written in pencil on back of the mount. Handwritte... More

Harmony Street Baptist Church, 527 Forty-Second Place North, Birmingha...

Significance: The building's architect, Wallace A. Rayfield, was a notably successful African American architect in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. After earning a B.S. degree in classics in 1896... More

[African American children playing singing games, Eatonville, Florida]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Negro... More

Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420226. District no. 27. Picture no. 579. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

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

Law graduating class at Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Sixteen African-American law students standing on steps of building, wearing formal attire, some holding top hats.

Negro children reading the comics on Sunday morning, Durham, North Car...

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

[Angelina Four of Kelty's Lumber Co., Lufkin, Texas]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on front: "16"; Handwritten on back: "Angelina Four of Keltys Lumber; Lufkin Texas; A.H. Charlton; T.J. Bailey; Jerr... More

413 Winn Street (House), Sumter, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Example of a cottage-style house typical of residential houses in the area ca. 1920. Survey number: HABS GA-2283 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates... More

Young people outside of Negro high school, Chicago, Illinois, Black Be...

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

Lula Wilson, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420247. District no. 27. Picture no. 617. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More

Portrait photo of Louise Evans, gelatin silver print

320180. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

334 Daniel Street (House), 334 Daniel Street, La Grange, Troup County,...

Significance: Minnie L. Smith Subdivision was a failed black-owned undertaking to provide local housing. Subdivision bought by Ralph Freeman in 1931 to build Depression-era (cheap) housing for LaGrange blacks. ... More

[African Americans posed in front of house]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 354. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Nineteenth & I Streets (demolished),...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Isaiah Thornton Montgomery House, West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Boliv...

Significance: Isaiah T. Montgomery was the black founder and first mayor of the town of Mound Bayou, which was one of the first independent black settlements established during the Post-Reconstruction period. ... More

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Photo shows Willis Winn standing outside of log cabin next to a slave horn. 420044. District no. 27. Picture no. 445. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African... More

Primrose & West's Big Minstrels

B252649 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Our great champion cake walk, open to all comers. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7325. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection ... More

[Slave quarters on a plantation, possibly in Beaufort, South Carolina]

Photograph shows African Americans standing next to the slave houses, Port Royal, South Carolina. (Source: similar Brady negative: LC-B811-211 and researcher M. P. Higgins, 2018) Photographer name from negativ... More

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

Johnson & McCallum Houses, William Johnson House, 210 State Street, Na...

Survey number: HABS MS-270-A Building/structure dates: 1840-1841 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977-1986 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1925 Subsequent Work

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

Caption: Topsy. Created by "The D.L. Co." No. 4639. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress) Pieces missing.

The Oaks, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskegee, Ma...

Significance: Constructed in 1899, The Oaks served as the home of Booker T. Washington, president and founder of Tuskegee Institute. The construction of the house served as a solid example of the educational p... More

Negro clients, Southeast Missouri Farms. Meeting at project

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

[Two African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front] / J. R...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

41735 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Sir Andy De Bric-a-Brac & his three muskeeters : the most hilarious burlesque of Cyrano de Bergerac. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New... More

[World War I soldier, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, with...

Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M100; WWI. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.303).

["Auction & Negro Sales," Whitehall Street], Confederate States of Ame...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Women! Free our sisters - images Black History Month

Poster showing four women demonstrating for release of six members of the Black Panther Party from the Niantic State Women's Farm in Connecticut.

I. B. Callaway Estate, 308 Mercer Avenue, Albany, Dougherty County, GA

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

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fifteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Was...

Significance: Tradition associates Calvin T.S. Brent (1854-1899), Washington's earliest known black architect, with the design of this church. St. Luke's rivals Mount Zion United Methodist Church in Georgetown... More

Villa Lewaro, North Broadway, Irvington, Westchester County, NY

Significance: Villa Lewaro derives dual significance for both it architect and original owner. The former, Vertner Woodson Tandy, was New York's first licensed black architect. This building is known as his bes... More

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

420039. District no. 27. Picture no. 430. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

123 Heads Avenue (House), Sumter, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Example of a cottage-style house typical of residential houses of the area ca. 1920. Survey number: HABS GA-2303 Building/structure dates: after 1900 Initial Construction

[Children playing outdoors, Eatonville, Florida]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drinking fountain on the county courthouse lawn, Halifax, North Caroli...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bill and Ellen Thomas, ex-slaves, Hondo

420066. District no. 27. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project... More

Grand Theatre, 133 South Twelfth Street, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge...

Significance: The Grand Theater stands out as the only remaining black theater in the Baton Rouge area. Dating from the early 1890s, the Grand operated as a "Negro opera house and dance hall," and later as a m... More

Aunt Charlotte - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, chariot, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Moorefields, State Route 1135, Hillsborough, Orange County, NC

Significance: Moorefields was built in 1785 by U. S. Supreme Court Justice Alfred Moor and the Moores and Waddells have owned it for all except 37 years of its 178 year life...Moorefields is a notable small rur... More

Abraham Hall, 7612 Old Muirkirk Road, Beltsville, Prince George's Coun...

Significance: Built for the Benevolent Sons and Daughters of Abraham, this is a rare example of a late nineteenth-century benevolent society hall, the most outstanding example in the county. It was the focal p... More

Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law

An impassioned condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in September 1850, which increased federal and free-state responsibility for the recovery of fugitive slaves. The law provided for the ap... More

[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women...

Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 352. B&w copy... More