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Children of family on relief playing, Chicago, Illinois.

Children of family on relief playing, Chicago, Illinois.

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

African American children sitting on the stairs.

African American children sitting on the stairs.

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

Daughter of Pomp Hall sewing in school; Sewing is her 4-H club project; Creek County, Oklahoma.
Children of Negroes dressed in Sunday best for ceremonies - memorial services, All Saints' Day, New Roads, La.

Children of Negroes dressed in Sunday best for ceremonies - memorial s...

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

Hotel" in Pahokee, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, living quarters for migratory agricultural workers, February 1941.

Hotel" in Pahokee, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, living quarters for migra...

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

Wise Shoppers Start Home; The family starts home; To stretch their points they have bought fresh fruits and vegetables and more cereals than they used to eat; The boy and girl have been helpful to their mother because they've learned that rationing and price control help them get a fair share of scarce foods

Wise Shoppers Start Home; The family starts home; To stretch their poi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Temple Court off D Street and Delaware, SW, Washington, D. C.

Temple Court off D Street and Delaware, SW, Washington, D. C.

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

African American girls holding Y.W.C.A. pennant

African American girls holding Y.W.C.A. pennant

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

[An African American girl; Caroline's play.]

[An African American girl; Caroline's play.]

Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black... More

Belles of the ball; Basket ball team, Normal School No. 2, Washington, D.C.

Belles of the ball; Basket ball team, Normal School No. 2, Washington,...

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

Daughter of Cube Walker, Negro TP Client Belzoni, Miss. Delta, bringing home cow from the fields in the evening, Nov. 1939.

Daughter of Cube Walker, Negro TP Client Belzoni, Miss. Delta, bringin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Little Blanche Taylor. Franklin, Ky. ; Rev. T.W. Haigler.

Little Blanche Taylor. Franklin, Ky. ; Rev. T.W. Haigler.

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

4th and 5th in Flint River school, Ga. demonstrate a health moving picture, which they made. May 1939.

4th and 5th in Flint River school, Ga. demonstrate a health moving pic...

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

Caning chairs at the Gaudet School New Orleans, La.

Caning chairs at the Gaudet School New Orleans, La.

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

Playing games at recess at the Pole Road School, Henrico.

Playing games at recess at the Pole Road School, Henrico.

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

King and Anderson Plantation, Clarksdale, Miss. Delta, Miss., August 1940.

King and Anderson Plantation, Clarksdale, Miss. Delta, Miss., August 1...

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

Maternal instinct. - A woman sitting on the floor reading a book

Maternal instinct. - A woman sitting on the floor reading a book

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

Art in common things. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Art in common things. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

A cabin home. - images Black History Month

A cabin home. - images Black History Month

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

A sewing lesson in the Oak Grove School, Brunswick County.

A sewing lesson in the Oak Grove School, Brunswick County.

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

A typical family group.

A typical family group.

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

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

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

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

[An African American family; Reading books.]

[An African American family; Reading books.]

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.
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Pupils at lunch, Tinela, Ala.

Pupils at lunch, Tinela, Ala.

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

Little Clenco Dickerson; One of the best elocutionists for her age in the State; 10 years of age and in 7th grade; Daughter of Mrs. Elmer Dickerson of 921 W. Lake St., Chicago.

Little Clenco Dickerson; One of the best elocutionists for her age in ...

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Sunday School, G. C. Spr., Fla.

Sunday School, G. C. Spr., Fla.

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Sunday School, G. C. Spr., Fla.

Sunday School, G. C. Spr., Fla.

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Meeting of NYA [National Youth Administration] girls with an instructor at the Good Shepherd Community Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Meeting of NYA [National Youth Administration] girls with an instructo...

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Girl reserves during World War I

Girl reserves during World War I

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Reverend G. M. Kramer and his Confirmation Class in Bethlehem, 1926.

Reverend G. M. Kramer and his Confirmation Class in Bethlehem, 1926.

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

At the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool during World War I

At the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool during World War I

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

In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Four generations of Lutherans, Atlanta, Ga.

Four generations of Lutherans, Atlanta, Ga.

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Howland Hall for girls; This hall is a gift of Miss Emily Howland, of New York.

Howland Hall for girls; This hall is a gift of Miss Emily Howland, of ...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Helena B. Cobb Institute.

Helena B. Cobb Institute.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro home demonstration agent demonstrating the making of rugs for the home; During 1924, 7,688 women and 8,656 girls were enrolled to make or buy and install certain house furnishings suggested by the agents.

Negro home demonstration agent demonstrating the making of rugs for th...

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Joseph Carpenter. - A black and white photo of a man and a little girl

Joseph Carpenter. - A black and white photo of a man and a little girl

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

A short Sunday Sermon. - Public domain zoological illustration

A short Sunday Sermon. - Public domain zoological illustration

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

When crabbing's good. - A couple of people standing next to each other with a racquet

When crabbing's good. - A couple of people standing next to each other...

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Girls learning to do repair work.

Girls learning to do repair work.

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

A cooking class at the Henrico County Industrial School.

A cooking class at the Henrico County Industrial School.

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Breaking home ties. - A drawing of a man standing next to a woman and a dog

Breaking home ties. - A drawing of a man standing next to a woman and ...

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

What is home without me.

What is home without me.

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Rebecca Hall, Bettis Academy; Girls' dormitory.

Rebecca Hall, Bettis Academy; Girls' dormitory.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

African American girls playing games.

African American girls playing games.

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

Virginia and her pets. - A black and white photo of a little girl holding a cat

Virginia and her pets. - A black and white photo of a little girl hold...

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
A passing flirtation. - A black and white drawing of a horse drawn carriage

A passing flirtation. - A black and white drawing of a horse drawn car...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Graduates from the Caroline Bishop training school, Dallas, Texas.

Graduates from the Caroline Bishop training school, Dallas, Texas.

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

Clean-up day at the school.

Clean-up day at the school.

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

Two little Lutherans, Rockwell, N.C.

Two little Lutherans, Rockwell, N.C.

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

A sympathetic friend. - Public domain portrait photograph

A sympathetic friend. - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Star pupil, 82 years old, reading her lesson in adult class, Gee's Bend, Alabama, May 1939.

Star pupil, 82 years old, reading her lesson in adult class, Gee's Ben...

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

Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Little black me - Public domain sheet music scan
Front cover

Front cover

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

A little child shall lead them.

A little child shall lead them.

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

An April Fool Sketch. - A drawing of a woman standing in front of a dog

An April Fool Sketch. - A drawing of a woman standing in front of a do...

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

Health, purity and innocence.

Health, purity and innocence.

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

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