Colonist to Alaska from Minnesota
Man, one of the first rural rehabilitation colonists from Minnesota, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing hat, at San Francisco railroad station leaving for Mantanuska Valley, Alaska. Lan... More
Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32
Photograph known as "Migrant Mother." Version with thumb retouched out of the photo. Original negative is at the Library: LC-USF34-9058. Gift; of the photographer. Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Librar... More
Refugees on levee, April 17, 1897 / photo by Carroll's Art Gallery.
Photograph shows an African American family group camped on a levee on the Mississippi River. Mississippi Archives has the same image, called "Awaiting the reflief boat on the Miss. River, April 2nd, 1897," Gre... More
"The sun rises in the west" written and produced by Southwest Theatre ...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Sun Rises in the West" at the Mayan Theatre, showing a plow among weeds and a dilapidated farm building.
Population of an Indian village moving / drawn by Theo. R. Davis.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 May 21, p. 324.
Departure, gelatin silver print
Two passengers, first rural rehabilitation colonists from Minnesota, on the Army transport St. Mihiel, leaving San Francisco for Mantanuska Valley, Alaska. No. 2001. Lange for Resettlement Administration.
"The Little Ida" En route for Kansas - fleeing from the Yellow Fever D...
Top illustration shows small, two-mast sailboat in a turbulent sea. Bottom illustration shows African American "Exodusters" travelling to Kansas on foot and in a mule-drawn cart with cow attached by rope during... More
Puck magazine cover - The age of prosperity / Gallaway.
Illustration shows two old farmers talking on the platform at a train station; they are concerned about farm boys leaving the farms for the city, as well as mortgages being held by banks outside the local commu... More
From Maine to Florida / Gordon Ross.
Illustration shows a woman diving into the warm waters of Florida after shedding the furs and heavy clothing of winter. Also shows in the background girls flying like birds from cold climates to the tropical wa... More
Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Boy with calf is Pamento Benson. Raising it ...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Hooker walk through the wilderness, 1636 / C.H. Niehaus, 1893.
Cartoon for a lunette shows Reverend Thomas Hooker standing and gesturing towards a valley. A sick woman lies on a stretcher in foreground while other people descend. Hooker led members of his Puritan congregat... More
Emigrant party on the road to California
Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains. Illus. in: California: its past history; its present position; its future prospects. London : The proprietors, 1850, frontispiece. Publishe... More
Westward Ho!, Washington, D.C. - Fresco, public domain photogrpaph
Photograph of preparatory oil sketch, mural on canvas, for the proposed fresco in the U.S. Capitol showing American pioneers crossing mountains on horseback and in covered wagons; includes a view of the Golden ... More
Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Boy with calf is Pamento Benson. Raising it ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 317. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Arrival of freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland - an eve...
Illustration shows African Americans arriving with their belongs on a street in Baltimore.
Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Boy with calf is Pamento Benson. Raising it ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 317. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Boy with calf is Pamento Benson. Raising it ...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
The Negro exodus - Scenes on the wharves at Vicksburg / from a sketch ...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description