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[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolin...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Convicts Reed Camp, SC; Dec. 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians... More

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers of "Rock Island Line" at Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1934]

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers ...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Rock Island Line"; "If this photograph depicts those who sang Rock Island Line for John Lomax then it was t... More

Gathering potatoes in Fort Bend County, Tx

Gathering potatoes in Fort Bend County, Tx

Photograph shows African American male picking potatoes, possibly prisoners from the Imperial State Prison Farm; three men on horseback oversee the work. Schlueter, Houston. No. 14.

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah

Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah

48668 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The Council of Ten. Israel appeals to "the dumb angel" to reverse the decision of the Council. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York.... More

Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah

Edwin Arden's romantic play, Zorah

48668 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The Council of Ten. Israel appeals to "the dumb angel" to reverse the decision of the Council. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York.... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "R." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the sout... More

[Angola Landing, State Penitentiary farm, Mississippi River, La.]

[Angola Landing, State Penitentiary farm, Mississippi River, La.]

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

Newport News chain gang - images Black History Month

Newport News chain gang - images Black History Month

Photograph shows eight African American men on a chain gang holding long handle brooms to clean the streets. Copyright 1901 by Samuel E. Rusk, Newport News, Va.

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly at Darrington State Farm, Texas, 1934, or Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1934]

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly at Darringto...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "[Darrington State Farm, Ap. 1934]?; Texas." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk m... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolin...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Reed Camp, S.C., Dec. 1934; 78-647." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musician... More

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, ...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with his group in the woodyard at Darrington State Farm, Texas]

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with hi...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "1. Lightning and his group singing in the woodyard, Darrington State Farm, April, 1934. See A-8, 182 H." Handwr... More

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0850. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes, Reed Camp, South Carolin...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Reed Camp, S.C., Dec. 1934; 78-647." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musician... More

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes and singing in woodyard, ...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with his group in the woodyard at Darrington State Farm, Texas]

["Lightnin'" Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with hi...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "1. Lightning and his group singing in the woodyard, Darrington State Farm, April, 1934. See A-8, 182 H." Handwr... More

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers of "Rock Island Line" at Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1934]

[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers ...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Rock Island Line"; "If this photograph depicts those who sang Rock Island Line for John Lomax then it was t... More

Prisoner in German slave labor camp at Nordhausen, Germany, at time of liberation by U.S. Army

Prisoner in German slave labor camp at Nordhausen, Germany, at time of...

No. 4947-K-A7-11. Photo by Roberts for U.S. Army Signal Corps.

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

Triumph for the walking-delegate / J.S. Pughe.

Triumph for the walking-delegate / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a well-dressed union representative labeled "Walking Delegate" standing outside a prisoner's prison cell, holding a paper that states "Law to Prohibit Convict Labor in State Prisons"; a dejected pri... More

Belgian prisoner in German slave labor camp at Nordhausen, Germany, at time of liberation by U.S. Army

Belgian prisoner in German slave labor camp at Nordhausen, Germany, at...

Prisoner is showing daily ration issued per day, a small cup of soup and a slice of bread. No. 5083-H-B1-12. Photo by Myers for U.S. Army Signal Corps.

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

African American convicts working at an outdoor location

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

[African American convicts working with axes, watchtower in background, Reed Camp, South Carolina]

[African American convicts working with axes, watchtower in background...

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Convicts Reed Camp, SC; Dec. 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians... More

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction site]

[Prisoners breaking up rocks at a prison camp or road construction sit...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "R." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the sout... More

Life at Joliet prison - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Life at Joliet prison - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

35998 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Burton, B.B. Category... More

Angola Landing, State Penitentiary farm, Mississippi River, La.

Angola Landing, State Penitentiary farm, Mississippi River, La.

Title from jacket. "G 3789" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034337. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Horrible examples of Nazi brutality found by American 3rd Armd sic Div., FUSA when it captured the German slave labor camp at Nordhausen ... American medics place an almost-dead German slave in an ambulance Roberts

Horrible examples of Nazi brutality found by American 3rd Armd sic Div...

United States Army Signal Corps photograph. No. 4947-K-C5-11 April 45.

Horrible examples of Nazi brutality found by the American 3rd Armd sic Div., FUSA when it captured the German slave labor camp at Nordhausen ... Starved, almost blind Russian hobbles to an American ambulance Roberts

Horrible examples of Nazi brutality found by the American 3rd Armd sic...

United States Army Signal Corps photograph. No. 4947-K-A6-11 April 45.

Horrible examples of Nazi brutality found by American 3rd Armored Div., FUSA when it captured the German slave labor camp at Nordhausen ...--This gaunt Frenchman sits in his prison rubble waiting for an ambulance to take him to a hospital Roberts

Horrible examples of Nazi brutality found by American 3rd Armored Div....

United States Army Signal Corps photograph. No. 4947-K-A9-11 April 45.