Family amalgamation among the men-stealers
African American children serving food to a white family. Illus. in: Picture of slavery in the United States of America / George Bourne. Middletown, Conn. : E. Hunt, 1834, p. 91. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-2.
The crow quadrilles. Piano forte by John H. Hewitt / N. Currier's lith...
Music cover with eight vignettes of caricatures of blacks. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1436.
St. Crispin's celebrated vegetable paste blacking
Print shows six circular labels, possibly intended for the top of a round container of blacking paste, showing a man shielding his eyes as he reaches for a boot, freshly blacked with "St. Crispin's celebrated v... More
Camp Brightwood, D.C.--Contrabands in 2nd R.I. Camp
Capt. B.S. Brown (left); Lt. John P. Shaw, Co. F 2nd Regt. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry (center); and Lt. Fry (right) with African American men and boy. Title transcribed from item. Purchase; William A. Glad... More
[Unidentified African American soldier in Union infantry sergeant's un...
Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collect... More
[African American man, full-length portrait, standing by a plant]
Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poster - Negro double song & dance - Public domain lithograph
F9879 U.S. Copyright Office Created by the Courier Co. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)
Portrait of 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
Hyde & Behman's Operatic Spectacular Minstrels under the personal supe...
P17856 U.S. Copyright Office "Composed entirely of artists of merit. Original in every detail. Perfectly equipped & organized with the intention of presenting minstrelsy as an art ... Reserved seats at usual pl... More
Machine division in Tuskegee Institute
Photograph shows young African American men learning trades by working on various machines in the Machine Division at the Tuskegee Institute. #133.
Street-types of Chicago: 2 newsboys (African American & White) with cl...
Photo by Krausz, Chicago. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Piccaninnie dance down in Dixie
Photograph shows African American children dancing to fiddler outside a wood cabin.
The new Sterling did it. Sterling ranges
Advertisement for Sterling cast-iron ranges, showing two women, one African American, proudly displaying an enormous pyramid of loaves of bread and the iron stove that made it possible.
[African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, seated with le...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Kindergarten at Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, Augusta, Georg...
African American children in a classroom. No. 19. Exhibited: Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900), images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "America... More
[African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, with boy...
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 337. 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 le...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 1. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Re... More
[Young African American man, half-length portrait, facing right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 91. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[James Lone Elk, Dakota Indian, half-length portrait, facing left with...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Interior of Negro store, Buffalo, N.Y.
Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The "Bee", a Negro business place, Washington, D.C.
Building exterior. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.; Africa... More
[Young African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front, smi...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 3. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P Re... More
A black and white photo of a man in a suit [African American man, thre...
Untitled photo in album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 56. Title and photographer attribution based on research by D. Willis in Small nation of people.... More
[Chief Iron Tail, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]
Chief Iron Tail, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing breastplate. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebie... More
[Kills Close to the Lodge, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild Wes...
Kills Close to the Lodge, half-length portrait, turned right, facing front, wearing breastplate and headdress. LOT 10136 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service... More
[Chief Red Fox, Sioux(?) Indian, three-quarter length portrait, standi...
D10823 U.S. Copyright Office. Rinehart photo no. 65. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro family, Grant's Town, Nassau, W.I.
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adjusting the noose - images Black History Month
Photograph shows two African American men standing on gallows; one man is bound with noose around neck and the other stands next to him holding flowers; they are surrounded by four men, at least two of them caucasian.
Edward S. Curtis - One Blue Bead, Head and Shoulders Portrait
One Blue Bead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. H112978 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2650-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
[Bear's Belly, Arikara Indian half-length portrait, facing front, wear...
H118594 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2896-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Cur... More
Edward S. Curtis - Bull Chief--Apsaroke, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Bull Chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing headdress with horns. H113013 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2685-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publishe... More
[Black Thunder, Sioux Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slig...
H116207 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by John A. Johnson, W. Somerville, Massachusetts. No. 3.
[Iron Shell, Lakota, Sioux tribe, half-length portrait, facing front i...
H117218 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F.W. Glasier. No. 2. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H. A. Molzon presents a modern screen version o fthe everalsting play ...
Motion picture poster for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows reproductions of four engravings of scenes from the book and in the center a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an emancipated slave.
[Two young African American women, probably somewhere in Virginia]
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.
John Barrett & Count Von Bernstorff
Photo shows diplomat John Barrett (1866-1938), Director General of the Pan American Union and German Ambassador Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862-1939) at the Diplomatic Corps Reception at the Pan American B... More
John Barrett & Count Von Bernstorff
Photo shows diplomat John Barrett (1866-1938), Director General of the Pan American Union and German Ambassador Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862-1939) at the Diplomatic Corps Reception at the Pan American B... More
Unidentified African American soldier in uniform and overseas cap with...
Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017.
Charles DeFate as Indian Chief - Public domain portrait painting
Full length, standing, facing slightly left; holding bottle of Montana Indian Remedies. J238461 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Ind... More
Negro singing and dancing group
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
[Negro woman standing in window]
This record contains unverified data from caption card. Gift; Doris Ulmann Foundation, 1935 (DLC/PP-1935:055).
[Farm wagon, driven by an African American man, Reed Camp, South Carol...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Farm Wagon, Reed Camp, S.C.; 2; Dec. 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk m... More
[Farm wagon, driven by an African American man, Reed Camp, South Carol...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "2. Farm wagon, Reed Camp, SC Dec 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk music... More
Negro youngsters in doorway of alley dwelling. Washington, D.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro boy near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Negro child on the Mississippi Delta
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro sharecropper's shack. Near West Memphis, Arkansas
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a man sitting on a window sill, Negro in Gr...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Ellen Polk, Age 83 - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal writer...
Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938
Ex Slaves - John W. Fields, Age 89
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vicksburg Negroes and shop front. Mississippi
Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Interior of the old Pettway home, now inhabited by John Miller, forema...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro field hand getting ready to go to town on a Saturday afternoon. ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Negroes of the slum area. Washington, D.C.
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time in the camp for flood refu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Negro cabins are on o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro revival meeting, La Forge, Missouri
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a group of children, Louisiana. Farmers dur...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a pier and buildings, Louisiana. Farmers du...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
PWA (Public Works Administration) housing project for Negroes. Omaha, ...
Public domain photograph of Nebraska in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
House in Negro section. Baltimore, Maryland
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro musicians playing accordion and washboard in front of store, nea...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negro migratory workers by a "juke joint" (?), Belle Glade, Fla
Photograph shows signs advertise Atlantic Ale and Beer, Royal Crown Cola and Nehi. 11671-12. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is availa... More
Detail of clothes of children of Negro sharecropper who will be resett...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Negro farmer who has brought his cotton samples to town discusses pric...
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a man reading a book, Texas, during Great D...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Five children of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, studying their lesson...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Family of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, eating breakfast consisting ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, Mississippi. Farmer...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Veazy, Greene County, Georgia. The one-teacher Negro school, south of ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Entertainers at Negro tavern. Chicago, Illinois
Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Siloam, Greene County, Georgia. Singing class in the Negro school
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A group of men standing next to each other, possibly related to: Crowd...
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More
One of the children of Mr. Strickland, Negro FSA (Farm Security Admini...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Funeral of nineteen year old Negro sawmill worker in Heard County, Geo...
Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mosquito Crossing, Greene County, Georgia. The new school for Negro ch...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Negro tenant farmer who had to move out of the Santee-Cooper basin. Ne...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kitchen in crowded Negro apartment. Chicago, Illinois
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Veazy, Greene County, Georgia. The one-teacher Negro school in Veazy, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois
Photo shows Regal Theater and Savoy Ballroom in the Southside neighborhood. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washingt... More
A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...
Title and other information from file print. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available ... More
Veazy, Greene County, Georgia. The one-teacher Negro school, south of ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Singing "Trying To Make a Hundred, Ninety Nine and a Half Won't Do" du...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Young people outside of Negro high school, Black Belt, Chicago, Illino...
Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Negroes making purchases from white proprietor of street clothing stal...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Temple Court off D Street and Delaware Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. N...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Siloam, Greene County, Georgia. Singing class in a Negro School
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Negro tenant farmer and his wife. Greene County, Georgia
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
A black and white photo of a group of people, Negro bar.Southside of C...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Chicago, Illinois. Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender, a leading Neg...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys shooting marbles i...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Negro tank crews. Member of an all-Negro tank ...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More
Mr. Langston Hughes, Negro poet and playwright. Chicago, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Jesse Kermit ...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More
Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. feder...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
First lady inspects war workers' homes. On an inspection tour of feder...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. American manpower draws its skil...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A Negro lawyer - safety film negatives, Library of Congress
Image source: Pix Inc., New York. Title and other information from caption card. Negative has no corresponding print in a lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More
Detroit, Michigan. Typical Negro business district
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.