Portrait photo of Callie Shepard, ex-slave, Dallas
420049. Written on back: age 84. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections. Exhibited: Capitol Vis... More
121 Academy Street (House), Sumter, Sumter County, GA
Significance: Example of cottage-style house typical of residential houses of the area ca. 1920. Survey number: HABS GA-2284 Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More
Monroe Elementary School, 1515 Monroe Street, Topeka, Shawnee County, ...
Significance: The Monroe School is one of two elementary schools in Topeka that is associated with the Supreme Court's 1954 landmark decision in Oliver Brown et al v. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. T... More
King Cotton, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph
H103681 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. C. Coovert; December 16, 1907. Printed on image: "'Cirkut' Photo, copyright 1907 by J.C. Coovert, 63 N. Main, Memphis."
Filling their canteens - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing soldiers lining up to fill their canteens at a well, which is protected by canvas, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. A group of African Americans seated on horses or on the ground, wait nearby... More
In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More
In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...
NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More
Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print
420230. District no. 27. Picture no. 500. 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
Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print
420115. District no. 27. Picture no. 229. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...
Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
Roosevelt Stadium, State Route 440 & Danforth Avenue, Jersey City, Hud...
Significance: A significant structure in the history of New Jersey and the racial integration of baseball. The stadium is associated the Mayor Frank Hague as a physical manifestation of his power and strong con... More
NAACP - one society - images Black History Month
Poster showing composite of seven scenes of NAACP activities. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rig...
Contact sheet 8, frame 34. Photograph printed in 1999 or 2000 by the photographer from his original negatives. Exhibited: "Voices of Civil Rights" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2005.
Saturday afternoon outside of a Negro store and barbershop in Union Po...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Ebenezer Baptist Churc...
Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More
[Nine camp scenes] - Public domain scan / drawing
Title devised. Each scene is identified from left to right: The ice cart; city point; the water cart; Takeing [sic] Photographs; view from Dr. Starkes plantation; bringing goods ashore; searching for whiskey; n... More
Red Oak Creek Bridge, Spanning (Big) Red Oak Creek, Huel Brown Road (C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Griffin Park, Building No. 726 (Residential), 520 Callahan Street, Orl...
Significance: Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, the Griffin Park Historic District maintains historical significance in the areas of Community Planning and Development, Politics-Govern... More
Abolition Church, 8 Smith Court, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Emancipation / G. G. Fish, pinx. ; J.P. Soule, photo.
Photograph shows a woman (Columbia) holding a document (the Declaration of Emancipation?) standing between two kneeling slaves. The slave to her left, a man, holds a U.S. flag; the slave to her right, a woman, ... More
[Hettie Godfrey at the home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt, Livingston, Al...
Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on front of print: "71"; Handwritten on back: "Hettie Godfrey"; "Home of Mrs. Ruby Pickens Tartt; Livingsto... More
Exhibit of the American negroes at the Paris exposition - Exposition U...
Photograph of the African American exhibit at the Paris exposition. An original photograph of this image is located in: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312) Special Collections and University Archives, University of... More
Holy Family Church, 12010 Woodmore Road, Mitchellville, Prince George'...
Significance: Holy Family Church was built in 1890 as a mission of Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh to serve the black Catholic community of the Woodmore-Mitchellville area. It is one of the few black histori... More
Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
Baptist Church, State Highway 4, Washington, Hempstead County, AR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS AR-32-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction
[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren an...
Photo shows, on the left, through a doorway, Ella Watson sitting with three children, and on the right, reflected in a mirror, her adopted daughter. Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of C... More
[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren an...
Photo shows, on the left, through a doorway, Ella Watson sitting with three children, and on the right, reflected in a mirror, her adopted daughter. Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of C... More
William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).
Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Central Baptist Church, 515 North Fourth Street, Muskogee, Muskogee Co...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...
Significance: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first home on The Hermitage property was a two-story structure made of horizontal log construction, later lowered to the one-story building seen today. This one-story ... More
The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...
Significance: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first home on The Hermitage property was a two-story structure made of horizontal log construction, later lowered to the one-story building seen today. This one-story ... More
The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...
Significance: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first home on The Hermitage property was a two-story structure made of horizontal log construction, later lowered to the one-story building seen today. This one-story ... More
The Hermitage, West Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson Cou...
Significance: Andrew and Rachel Jackson's first home on The Hermitage property was a two-story structure made of horizontal log construction, later lowered to the one-story building seen today. This one-story ... More
[Uncle Tom's cabin] - Victorian era public domain image
"A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. (copyrighted)." Created by A.S. Seers Print. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Mary Cecil Cantrill No. 3 House, 121 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown...
Significance: The Cantrill #3 house is an example of a turn-of-the-century residence built for African-American citizens in a small southern city. Its shotgun plan is typical of houses built on narrow urban lo... More
[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Case: Leather oval geometric. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fa... More
Tillie Powers, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print
420077. District no. 27. Picture no. 224. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Dye-White Farm, County Road 244, Heardmont, Elbert County, GA
Significance: Jim White, owner of the largest amount of land held be a black in the Heardmont neighborhood, was the only black person in that community to accumulate a sizable acreage without inheriting all or ... More
William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Portrait photo of Camp Lincoln, Cabinet photograph
African American man, full-length portrait, standing in front of tent, facing front, wearing military uniform, holding rifle. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M5. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DL... More
[Unidentified African American soldier] / Taken only at Alden, 503 Was...
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj02
Daphne Williams, ex-slave, Hillister (Beaumont)
420084. District no. 27. Picture no. 86. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Primrose & West's Big Minstrels
Caption: Howe, Wall & Walters, musical eccentrics. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co., Cincinnati & New York." No. 7314. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)
Portrait photo of Richard Amerson, gelatin silver print
10186. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.
Lincoln Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: L'Enfant designated a large park one mile east of the U.S. Capitol at the convergence of four avenues. Set aside as a large rectangle on the Ellicott Plan, it has been landscaped as a park since t... More
Poster - The new Smart Set - Public domain lithograph
Caption: Papa's auto. Created and "copyright 1906 by The U.S. Lithograph Co, Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 10060. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Caricature, Bliss, public domain cartoon image
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...
See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More
Elmoreland, U.S. Highway 241, Glenville, Russell County, AL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-49 Survey number: HABS AL-570 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction
White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Buck...
Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined ma... 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
[African American children playing outdoors, 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: "Eaton... More
North Beach Place, 445 Bay Street, 445 Bay Street, San Francisco, San ...
Survey number: HABS CA-2727-B Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, fac...
Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "Duplicates can be had at any time" on back of mount. "D786" and "M. C. West" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 199... More
[Wounded colored soldiers at Aikens Landing]
On front: Photographic history The War for the Union. On back: War views. Title and creator information from Gladstone collection checklist. No. 2608 printed on back. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Stere... More
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Smith-Charleston House...
Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Smith-Charleston House...
Significance: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site is located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Atlanta - the Upper Auburn Avenue area. Originally called Wheat Street in honor of one of Atlant... More
Manlius Thomas House, 125 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown, Scott Cou...
Significance: The Manlius Thomas house is an example of a turn-of-the-century residence built by an African-American carpenter/builder for his own use. It is unusual in its immediate neighborhood because it wa... More
[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle a...
Frame: Berg 7-18. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Digital photo with mat removed by Mi... More
[Full-length portrait of a young African American man, standing next t...
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.109) Gladstone's inventory code and notes: CDV85; Civilians II. Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Library of Congress).
Rembrandt Peale Museum, 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Quite possibly the first "purpose-built" museum building in the United States, the Peale Museum is associated with two prominent members of the Peale artistic dynasty: Rembrandt (who commissioned ... More
Rembrandt Peale Museum, 225 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Independ...
Significance: Quite possibly the first "purpose-built" museum building in the United States, the Peale Museum is associated with two prominent members of the Peale artistic dynasty: Rembrandt (who commissioned ... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS
Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More
Carver Museum, Old Montgomery Road, Tuskegee Institute Campus, Tuskege...
Significance: Constructed in 1915 as a laundry facility for Tuskegee Institute, the building was apparently remodeled to a large extent in the same year, after which it assumed much of its present exterior appe... More
Star Theater, 1615-1617 East Eighteenth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The Star Theater (Gem Theater) is significant as one of the first and most enduring movie theaters constructed in Kansas City, Missouri, for an African-American clientele. The Star was built in 1... More
Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso
420059. District no. 27. Picture no. 25. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writ... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columb...
Significance: The row house at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, attained its prestige as the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) as as the Washington residence of Mary McLeod Bethune, the educato... More
City Point, Virginia. Negro soldier guarding 12-pdr. Napoleon. (Model ...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Life of George Washington--The farmer / painted by Stearns ; lith. by ...
Washington standing among African-American field workers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background. Reference copy in Presidential File. Reference copy in Lot 4434 B.
Portrait photo of Mary Randall, ex-slave, Beaumont
420108. District no. 27. Picture no. 234. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More
Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19, FN-20 Survey number: HABS AL-47 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000104
Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19, FN-20 Survey number: HABS AL-47 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000104
Oakleigh, House & Slave Quarters, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, Mobile C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19, FN-20 Survey number: HABS AL-47 Building/structure dates: 1838 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000104
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More