black history month

Souvenir of Fall River Line. Shivery family papers

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[Studio portrait of unidentified man wearing double-breasted jacket.]

S. A. Payne (Bishop Payne). - Public domain portrait print

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[Studio portrait of unidentifed young man, seated on prop hay bale.]

A man laying on the ground with his feet up. A man laying on a rock with his head on the ground. Public domain postcard scan.

Studio portrait of John C. Napier

Kim & Jennie to Laura H. Fredille.

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Big Negro Excursion [January 3, 1925, advertisement in the Negro World...

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Welcome home; All hail to the conquering heroes; When New York's Negro...

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Henry Highland Garnet. - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

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Daughter of Mr. Buck Grant, Negro preacher near Woodville, Greene Coun...

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Chandler Leeper. - Public domain print

Single tubular well ready to pour well slab on ground; Safe well demon...

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Wife and children of a Negro tenant farmer, Tupelo, Miss., Aug. 1935.

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Jay Street, No. 115, Brooklyn. - images Black History Month

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Harlem Community Art Center: students in sculpture class, 290 Lenox Av...

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Harlem Community Art Center; VI, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

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Negro houses. Macon, Georgia - images Black History Month

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Negro getting a haircut in front of church which houses flood refugees...

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Mule cart. 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

Cooks, chambermaids, nurses and one hostler, of Gen. Geo. Washington.

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

Productions of St. Augustine, Florida. Florida Sterescope Cards Collec...

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

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

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Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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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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Negro at religious meeting in Nashville, Tennessee

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

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"We'se done all dis's Mornin'." [Girls with basket of cotton in the fi...

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

Uncle Bob at parade [rest?]. [Man and children resting around an oxcar...

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Upland rice. [Hoeing rice.] African Americans, 19th century stereoscop...

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

[Studio portait of young chimney sweeps.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jack and Abby Landlord, aged one hundred and one hundred and ten years...

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chimney Sweeps. [Studio portrait of two young chimney sweeps.]

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

Going to market. [Man on an oxcart.]

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

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

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The Tiger's Roar: An Independent Voice of the Student Body, Volume XXX...

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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Educational and professional. 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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Educational and professional - images Black History Month

[Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back...

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

Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back ...

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Segregation in Detroit - A black and white photo of a window with a si...

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[Studio portrait of woman wearing hat, and velvet coat.]

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Studio portrait of woman, hand on books spread on table.]

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John Smith, Minister to Liberia.

[Studio portrait of man holding box labelled 'Confectionery.'.]

Upholstering. - images Black History Month

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[The Chimney sweep.] - images Black History Month

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

The Knights of Pythias Temple; Propose $ 1,200.000.00 International Te...

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The Metropolitan Community Club House; Old Folks Home; Phyllis Wheatle...

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A black and white photo of a man plowing a field with two horses, Near...

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Living Easy - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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The slave market, St. Augustine, Fla.

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Women being transported from Memphis, Tennessee to an Arkansas plantat...

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Negro flood refugees lined up and waiting for food in Forrest City, Ar...

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Grinding sugar-cane at the school's sugar-hill, book by Booker T. Wash...

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Coons in A Cotton Shed - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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I Wasn't Born to Labor - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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Road-building by Tuskegee students, book by Booker T. Washington

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Ida B. Wells Housing Project for Negroes, Chicago, Illinois, April 194...

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Digging foundation for a new building on the Institute grounds, book b...

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Meeting to discuss farm problems. Southeast Missouri Project. May 1940...

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Class in outdoor geometry, book by Booker T. Washington

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A furniture and repair shop at Snow Hill, book by Booker T. Washington

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[Negro quarters, plantation, Fort George Island.]

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Cherubs. 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 teams. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

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Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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Group of natives. [Group portrait of children on benches.]

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

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

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Upland rice. [Hoeing rice.] African Americans, 19th century stereoscop...

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

July 3rd, 1868 - Public domain portrait print

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Dr. Crumwell., Washington, D.C. Cartes de visite

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Rev. B. G. Sayers, 1881. - Public domain portrait print

Federal Theatre Project, Negro Theatre, Sign Painting department, head...

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Negro soldiers looking for the enemy.

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James Poindexter; Pioneer Baptist preacher in Ohio.

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Walter H. Brooks. - A black and white photo of a man with glasses

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Daniel A. Payne; [Preachers of versatile genius.]

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Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

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A reception room at Antigua. - Public domain print

Men shaking hands, Brazil. - Public domain portrait print

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W. H. Jernagin; A noted organizer.

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Negro houses. South end of town. Vicksburg, Mississippi

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

A couple of people sitting on a bench in front of a building, Negro qu...

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Negro houses, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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