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[Manumission certificate for William Steward, mariner granted citizens...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from James Forten, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], to William Llo...

James Forten writes to William Lloyd Garrison discussing a work Garrison is about to publish (likely his "Thoughts on African Colonization"), sharing his hope that it "may be the means of opposing, in full, the... More

Maggie L. Walker national historic site - 99-0694

A young Maggie Mitchell Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christian union / T. Sinclair's lith., Phil.

Print shows nine men of different Christian denominations gathered around bible; lion and lamb in foreground, Native American man and African American man in background.

Daniel Carroll of Duddington's family on porch of house, F and 2nd Str...

Photograph shows members of the family of Daniel Carroll (1764-1849) with African American man, seated and standing on the porch of Duddington house, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Caption from another copy of ... More

Scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin. First meeting of Uncle Tom and Eva T.W....

Print shows Uncle Tom sitting on a box, talking with Eva who is sitting on a large bale of cotton, on a dock with the smokestack of a steamboat in the background. Printed at top: Scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin No. 2.

The fish question settled - Public domain portrait drawing

A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... More

Old Bob Ridley; composed and sung by Chas. White

African American songs, illustrated music covers. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Plawson. Caption card tracings: Nego... More

[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Case: Berg, no. 150. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: George C. Esker, III, LaPlace, Loui... More

Heading herring. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

African American woman cleaning herring, N.C. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 Sept. 28). Reference copy may be in LOT 4397L. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Seated black man wearing four button sack, laborer, ring]

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi

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

"The first vote" / AW ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Illustration shows a queue of African American men, the first, dressed as a laborer, casting his vote, the second is dressed as a businessman, the third is wearing a Union army uniform, and the fourth appears t... More

[Three-quarter length portrait of unidentifed man.]

Public domain photo of man portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visit of the Ku-Klux / drawn by Frank Bellew.

African American woman cooking, man seated alongside, and three children, with man from Ku Klux Klan aiming rifle in doorway.

Springer, W.R. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More

Simmons, P.G. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

The Old Dominion Colored Vocalists with the Gotthold Octoroon Combinat...

K15307 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Frederick Douglass, Cabinet photograph, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

Scene about a cotton plantation

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7443" on negative. "Dahomey" on sack, possibly in Dahomey, probably in Mississippi. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8144. Gift; State Hi... More

The new South - the triumph of free labor / Keppler.

Print shows African Americans and Civil War veterans among the crowd that passes a statue of Abraham Lincoln on their way to the Cotton States Exposition visible in the background labeled "Prosperity". In the l... More

The hand of God in Freedom, Emancipation Proclamation

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Daniel Sr., A.B., copyr... More

"Sally in our Alley." - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

African-American girl dancing, African-American man with banjo, and another African-American man seated on steps. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 6055. This record contains unverifie... More

Sojourner Truth, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

Quotation: "If de fust woman God ever made was strong enough to turn de world upside down all alone, dese women all togedder ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up agin."

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 30. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 84. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 175. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 146. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 154. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Puck magazine cover - The lynching problem / Dalrymple.

Print shows a southern vigilante holding a rope with a noose and a "Sheriff" holding a paper that states "2000 dollars must be paid by the county, for each lynching. Law of South Carolina". An African American ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 134. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 202. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[A class in dressmaking, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mr. Dodson, jeweller in Knoxville, Tenn.]

Photo shows Mr. Dodson, half-length, standing, facing slightly left, behind a display of watches, examining a pocket watch. Title from caption card. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for... More

A group of people posing for a picture in front of a brick building [M...

Photograph shows about 30 people, including men, women, and children. The Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor is standing seventh from left and the photographer is standing third from right. Untitled photo in album (di... More

[African American girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 78. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

Photograph of Roy Tyler - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...

This mugshot was taken when future professional baseball player Roy Tyler entered the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas for the first time. Tyler was one of several dozen African American troops incarce... More

[Negro, the photographer's assistant]

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

In Georgia / O'Neill Latham. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration showing an African American family on a small farm, in the background, a group of men, carrying rifles and a length of rope, are heading into a wooded area. Caption: Pete Am dis much bettah dan d... More

Old City Gate, St. Augustine, Fla.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Galveston disaster, trying to find where their home stood

Two African American women search through rubble following a violent hurricane which devasted most of Galveston and took more than 5,000 lives. D19960 U.S. Copyright Office.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Bar graph shows mortality rates of African Americans in Philadelphia and the United States. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibi... More

Portrait photo of [Dartmouth football team, 1901]

Portrait photograph of Grace Gibbs, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: 3 st. 7. Gift; American... More

A Happy family - Public domain portrait photograph

Also available as photographic print in LOT 6350 with copy negative LC-USZ62-58685 (b&w film copy neg.). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014745. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

His Sunday best - Public domain portrait print

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

[Chemistry laboratory at Tuskegee Institute, ca. 1902]

Photograph shows interior view of chemistry laboratory/classroom with students at the Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. George Washington Carver stands second from right, facing front (framed by doorway). ... More

Picking crabs for market, on banks of Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

African Americans picking meat out of crabs. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 6893. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Shellfish; African Americans; Ph. Ind.

Comrades - images Black History Month

Photograph shows two African American boys standing out of doors. Copyright by V. G. Schreck.

101 prominent colored people - Public domain portrait print

F38368 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005... More

Portrait photo of [Niagara Movement founders], Ontario, Canada

Photograph shows a group of founding members of the Niagara Movement superimposed over an image showing Niagara Falls in the background; (l. to r.) front row, Henry L. Baily of Washington, D.C., Clement G. Morg... More

Old Negro cabin - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows African American woman with child on porch of log cabin. No. 538.

[(Left to right) Robert C. Ogden, Senator William Howard Taft, Booker ...

(Source: M. Kreisel, American Women photographers, 1999, p. 120) Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Residence of Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carhart & Brother celebrated B-D & T roasted coffee

Advertisement for Carhart & Brother coffee, showing an African American woman holding a tray to serve coffee. Caption: De missus won't hab nuthin' else. Copyright by Carhart & Brother.

[Black children] - Public domain portrait painting

"Ezekiel series I." Title devised by cataloger. Sketches for "The Entrance of Ezekiel" by Lucy Pratt, McClure's magazine, 29:18-19 (May 1907). (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration... More

[African American woman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, faci...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 4127. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Matthew A. Henson Cigarette Card

Cigarette card for American Tobacco Company's Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes shows portrait of Matthew Henson in parka in front of frozen landscape. Issued by: American Tobacco Company.

NEGROES. NEGRO LIFE IN WASHINGTON

A group of people standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title and date from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc... More

Eldridge Bernard, 11 yrs. old. Buster Smith, 6 yrs. Old. Route boys of...

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

[Women subway workers, N.Y.C., 1917: African American porter posed wit...

Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[African American woman seated, hands in lap]

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Aged; African American women; Master photog.; Shelf. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1934:137).

Construction of a million dollar bridge across the Tidal Basin. Archie...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro tenant farmer, Lee County, Mississippi

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emma Crockett's House - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal wri...

Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938

Stepney Underwood - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal writers...

Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938

Walter Rimm, Age 80 - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal write...

Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938

Ex Slaves - Adora Rienshaw, Age 92, Israel

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Negro quarter houses and people. Vicksburg, Mississippi

Additional information on caption card: PH-Evans, W., no. 8 (A size). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Div... More

Negro tenant family who barely lives on the earnings of fifty dollars ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro child. Hill House, Mississippi

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

Negro living in slum area of Washington, D.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

A group of people standing next to each other, Arkansas. Farmers durin...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro housing. Washington, D.C.

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of Negro cotton pickers resting during lunch hour, Lehi, Arkansa...

PWA (Public Works Administration) housing projects for Negroes. Omaha,...

Public domain photograph of Nebraska in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro woman making "chitlins" after hog-killing. Near Maxton, North Ca...

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 people, Great Depression. FSA/OW...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in overalls, Louisiana. Farmers durin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro boy drawing on the sidewalk, New Iberia, Louisiana

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

Negro sugarcane worker eating lunch in field near New Iberia, Louisian...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro stevedore, with lumber on shoulder, New Orleans, Louisiana

Home of Negro sharecropper near Port Barre, Louisiana

Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside Clarksdal...

Negro migratory workers by a shack, Belle Glade, Fla

11671-12. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Negroes cut each other's hair in front of plantation store after being...

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.

Saturday afternoon in a Negro beer and juke joint. Clarksdale, Mississ...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

A group of people standing next to a truck, Tennessee. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph related to World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daughter of Negro sharecropper goes up and down the rows "worming" the...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camden (vicinity), Ala. An old Negro

Photograph shows African American man with missing fingers wearing tattered clothing. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-30350-M2. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1630A.

Living quarters and "juke joint" for migratory workers, a slack season...

Photograph shows man standing to left with gun. Signs advertise Ice Cold Jax Ale Beer Stout and Ice Cold Coca Cola.

Migratory laborers outside of a "juke joint" during a slack season, Be...

Photograph shows man standing at left with a gun. Signs advertise Ice Cold Jax Ale Beer Stout, Royal Crown Cola, and Ice Cold Coca-Cola.

Side view of Negro family's home, showing mud chimney. Near Savannah, ...

Public domain photograph of Georgia in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meeting of Negro farmers for soil conservation talks and plans. Vernon...

Negro woman living with her family in a dilapidated house in the Mount...

Negro children in rural school. Creek County, Oklahoma

House occupied by Negro family in slum area of New Brighton, Pennsylva...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men standing next to each other - FSA / Office of War Info...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Bedroom in house in Negro slum district. Norfolk, Virginia

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