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"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

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Black Mother being separated from her baby

Black Mother being separated from her baby

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Six Little Pickaninnies - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

Six Little Pickaninnies - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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Children of sharecropper, near West Memphis, Arkansas, 1935.

Children of sharecropper, near West Memphis, Arkansas, 1935.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Art training is sponsored by the Good Shepherd Community Center. Chicago, Illinois.

Art training is sponsored by the Good Shepherd Community Center. Chica...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman and a child, Natchitoches, Louisiana., gelatin silver print

A black and white photo of a woman and a child, Natchitoches, Louisian...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Southern types-Negro boys shelling peas

Southern types-Negro boys shelling peas

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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General Rawlin's mount. - A man riding on the back of a brown horse

General Rawlin's mount. - A man riding on the back of a brown horse

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Negro ox teams; A glimpse of Negro homes and street life in Georgia and their modes of transportation.

Negro ox teams; A glimpse of Negro homes and street life in Georgia an...

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There are few playgrounds in Harlem. Negro children must play on the streets

There are few playgrounds in Harlem. Negro children must play on the s...

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"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

A postcard with a green border and a handwritten note. A postcard with handwriting on it. Public domain postcard scan.

Higgledy-Piggledy Room - Book for children by Elizabeth Ryan

Higgledy-Piggledy Room - Book for children by Elizabeth Ryan

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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The riots at New York - The rioters burning and sacking the Colored Orphan Asylum.

The riots at New York - The rioters burning and sacking the Colored Or...

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Negro children playing outside of nursery at Okeechobee migratory labor camps built by Farm Security Administration, Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941.

Negro children playing outside of nursery at Okeechobee migratory labo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Negro mother teaching children numbers and alphabet in home of sharecropper, Transylvania, Louisiana, January 1939.

Negro mother teaching children numbers and alphabet in home of sharecr...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Group of natives, Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

Group of natives, Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Sterescope Cards Collecti...

Florida stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

Grandchildren of slaves. African-American experience

Grandchildren of slaves. African-American experience

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Just Kids, Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.

Just Kids, Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Swimming in fountain across from Union Station; Washington, D.C.; September 1938.

Swimming in fountain across from Union Station; Washington, D.C.; Sept...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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

Higgledy-Piggledy Room - Book for children by Elizabeth Ryan

Higgledy-Piggledy Room - Book for children by Elizabeth Ryan

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

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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

The Crisis : A monthly magazine
Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children

Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, child, children, infant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suburbs of Jacksonville. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

Suburbs of Jacksonville. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

Florida stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

Cracker cart. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

Cracker cart. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Childhood in Colored America; [Courtesy of "The Crisis."]

Childhood in Colored America; [Courtesy of "The Crisis."]

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Bayou Bourbeaux Plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeaux Farmstead Association, a cooperative established through the cooperation of FSA; Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, August 1940.

Bayou Bourbeaux Plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeaux Farmstead Assoc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This family moved out of an army area in Caroline County, that had to be evacuated by June; Now they are in an area that must be evacuated by September, and so are planning to move again, Caroline County, Va., June 1941.

This family moved out of an army area in Caroline County, that had to ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Higgledy-Piggledy Room - Book for children by Elizabeth Ryan

Higgledy-Piggledy Room - Book for children by Elizabeth Ryan

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

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Grandchildren of slaves - A black and white photo of a group of children

Grandchildren of slaves - A black and white photo of a group of childr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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Washing greens by pump near metal shelters at Okeechobee Migratory Labor Camp. Belle Glade, Fla. Feb. 1941

Washing greens by pump near metal shelters at Okeechobee Migratory Lab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The pride of the plantation. African-American experience

The pride of the plantation. African-American experience

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

New Boy in School - Book for children by May Justus

New Boy in School - Book for children by May Justus

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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New Boy in School - Book for children by May Justus

New Boy in School - Book for children by May Justus

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New Boy in School - Book for children by May Justus

New Boy in School - Book for children by May Justus

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lightwood merchants. Georgia Sterescope Card. Collection of Georgia Sterescope Cards

Lightwood merchants. Georgia Sterescope Card. Collection of Georgia St...

Georgia stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

A model Negro school; Inspired by Tuskegee, different, indeed, from the ordinary country Negro school in the south.

A model Negro school; Inspired by Tuskegee, different, indeed, from th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

I take care of um," said Peter - Public domain dedication image

I take care of um," said Peter - Public domain dedication image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, weels, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home demonstration club meeting has games and refreshments after discussion; La Delta Project, Thomastown, Louisiana.

Home demonstration club meeting has games and refreshments after discu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capitol Building; One basement room rents for $9.00 a month, two rooms upstairs for $ 16.00, one bath and cold water in the hall for entire building.

Children playing in the Defrees Alley, NE Washington, D.C.; Near Capit...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Racial contacts among children in an adjusted neighborhood

Racial contacts among children in an adjusted neighborhood

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

Nappy Has a New Friend. Book for children by Inez Hogan

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

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

Paul's Horse Herman - Book for children by Harvey Weiss

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Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

Gooseberry Jones - Book for children by Will Gerber

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

Lucky Mischief - Book for children by Mebane Holoman Burgwyn

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"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

"Alligator Bait" - postcard to Frederick Hoeing

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Belongings seized while under restraint
Negro Children - Public domain portrait engraving

Negro Children - Public domain portrait engraving

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

African American children sitting on the stairs.

African American children sitting on the stairs.

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House in the area being taken over by the army; The family will be moved out in a few days, Caroline County, Va., June, 1941.

House in the area being taken over by the army; The family will be mov...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Children at work in a community garden

Children at work in a community garden

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A negro family just arrived in Chicago from the rural South.

A negro family just arrived in Chicago from the rural South.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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