black history month

[Studio portrait of unidentified seated young man, his left arm restin...

Your friend, Jno. H. Smith. - Public domain portrait print

The body of Lieutenant Jimmy Europe who died suddenly this week is her...

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Negro nurses march in Great Red Cross Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York...

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John Jasper; A conservative Virginia preacher.

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M. C. Clayton; [Negro Baptist Church in Baltimore.]

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Alexander Crummell. - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

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[Portrait of unidentified young woman in plaid dress and hat.]

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C.C.P. - Public domain portrait print Cartes de visite

Emancipation. - Public domain portrait photograph Cartes de visite

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Flora Stewart, Londonberry, N. H. Aged 117 years. Taken Nov. 5, 1867.

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C. H. Parrish. - A black and white photo of a man with glasses

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J. Albert Johnson; A great preacher.

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L. K. Williams; [Pastor of the Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago.]

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Corner of room of living quarters provided for Negro strawberry picker...

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Provincetown Playhouse, 133 MacDougal Street, Manhattan.

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An old black and white photo of a shack, Negro housing, Vicksburg, Mis...

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Negro houses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Negro houses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Harlem Community Art Center: students in metal craft class, 290 Lenox ...

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Dodges Auction, Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection...

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An Hour's search; or, Aunt Venus hunting for Florida fleas.

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

Log cabin. 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

Native cane grinders in sunny Florida.

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

Waiting for your team at the cotton gin, Florida.

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

Uncle Jack and his home. 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

Plantation negro houses. 19th century Louisiana stereoscope card.

Louisiana 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 as... More

Train station Negro shack. New Jersey. - Public domain photograph.

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

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A black and white photo of three children on a boat, Three Negro child...

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Liberty, unincorporated, Scotts Run, [Monongalia County,] West Virgini...

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A rice raft, South Carolina. 19th century stereoscope card. South Caro...

South Carolina 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 w... More

Colored convalescent soldiers resting after a march, at Aiken's Landin...

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Let brotherly love prevail. [Young chimney sweeps leaning on a fence.]

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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

Cotton picking no. 1. [Woman carrying a bale of cotton on her head.]

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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

Cherubs. African Americans, 19th century stereoscope 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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

[Group lined up in front of a row of shacks.]

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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

[Plowing rice.] African Americans, 19th century stereoscope 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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

[Plantation scene.] Folks all home. African Americans, 19th century st...

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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

Happy little Bob and his fiddle. [Man playing fiddle in front of cabi...

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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

Hoeing rice. African Americans, 19th century stereoscope card.

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15th Amendment bringing his crop to town. [Man on an oxcart loaded wit...

New Jersey 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 a... More

Uncle Red. [Man in an oxcart.] - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

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Jack and Abby. African Americans, 19th century stereoscope 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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

Plantation negro houses. 19th century Louisiana stereoscope card.

Louisiana 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 as... More

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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[Man in a top hat in front of a shack with several boys with books.]

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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John King, chimney sweep, shown with gear while singing out his call.

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Simplicity, Alabama, U.S.A. [Group gathered on a porch, in town.]

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Talman Street, between Jay and Bridge street, Brooklyn.

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Studio portrait of [Patrick Reason].

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Statistics of population. General statistics of the Negro population ...

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Binga State Bank founded by Jesse Binga, 1908, as a private bank.

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A Harlem "Back to Africa" announcement, Negro Club, New York

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Auditorium - Commencement Day. - Public domain dedication image

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[Studio portrait of a man.] - Public domain portrait print

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[Woman wearing dress covered with lace across the bodice.]

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Miss Perry, colored albina, Barnum Show

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Home of Liberty Life Insurance Company.

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Provident Hospital and Nurse-training School, founded in 1891, in the ...

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A beach scene. - images Black History Month

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Negro Hut, St. Vincent - Public domain dedication image

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[Standing woman, wearing dress with bustle, holding purse at side and ...

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The Fourteenth Biennial Convention of the National Associatation of Co...

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Will H. Hendrickson; De Koven Thompson.

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Wabash Avenue Y.M.C.A. - images Black History Month

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Wm. E. Woodard; Dr. A.G. Fairfax; Dr. Count J. Teffner; Major N. Clark...

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Exterior, window display on Black History Month

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Constance Daniel and Jerome Robinson; Farm Security Administration [FS...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican and negro cotton pickers inside plantation store, Knowlton Pla...

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

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Negro school children studying near Southeast Missouri Farms, August 1...

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Spectators and witnesses on second day of Superior Court during trial ...

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Class in mechanical drawing - Drawing. Public domain image., book by B...

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Negro staff, Newport News Homesteads, Va.

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Getting ready for their daily bath; Negro troops in a transport going ...

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Learning dressmaking, book by Booker T. Washington

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Negro at religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

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A cabin door on Sunday morning.

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Rapid transit in southern Mississippi. [Large group of children on an ...

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15th Amendment bringing his crop to town. [Man on an oxcart loaded wit...

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Bob and Martha at home. African Americans, 19th century stereoscope ca...

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Cooking for the family. African Americans, 19th century stereoscope ca...

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 assembled it over a period of mo... More

Cracker teams. 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

Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

Lake St., Negro procession celebrating "Emancipation proclamation."

New York State 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 w... More

[Full-length portrait of man, with studio props.]

[Oval half-figure portrait of unidentified man.]

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