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Firehouse, Park Avenue and East 135th Street, Manhattan.

Firehouse, Park Avenue and East 135th Street, Manhattan.

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harlem Plains 1814 Art print, American Revolution

Harlem Plains 1814 Art print, American Revolution

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

UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920

UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920

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

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House
Harlem Coal Yard - A black and white drawing of a man standing in front of a factory

Harlem Coal Yard - A black and white drawing of a man standing in fron...

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

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939
Firehouse, Park Avenue and East 135th Street, Manhattan.

Firehouse, Park Avenue and East 135th Street, Manhattan.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The Famous Cotton Club presents Dan Healy's Cotton Club on Parade with Cab Calloway and his famous Cotton Club Orchestra.

The Famous Cotton Club presents Dan Healy's Cotton Club on Parade with...

Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Church of God, 25 East 132nd Street, Manhattan.

Church of God, 25 East 132nd Street, Manhattan.

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Harlem Plains, from a roof on Mount Morris

Harlem Plains, from a roof on Mount Morris

Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crowd outside the Lafayette Theatre, in Harlem, at the opening of "Macbeth" produced by the WPA Federal Theatre Project, 1936.

Crowd outside the Lafayette Theatre, in Harlem, at the opening of "Mac...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Harlem Community Art Center: student in metal craft class, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

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

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House
Small Town Harlem - Drawing. Public domain image.

Small Town Harlem - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Harlem Community Art Center: student in metal craft class, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
Welcome home; All hail to the conquering heroes; When New York's Negro soldiers marched amid the cheering crowd, Harlem was mad with joy over the return of its own.

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

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

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

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

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harlem Community Art Center: student in metal craft class, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
View of Harlaem from Morisania in the Province of New York

View of Harlaem from Morisania in the Province of New York

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Harlem Community Art Center: III. Student in sculpture class; 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
State of New-York.  McComb's Bridge Avenue.

State of New-York. McComb's Bridge Avenue.

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939.

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, ped...

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

Harlem Art Center: I. 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Harlem Art Center: I. 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, ped...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gus Hills Minstrels, 1890-1898 Park Avenue, Manhattan.

Gus Hills Minstrels, 1890-1898 Park Avenue, Manhattan.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harlem - Drawing. Public domain image.

Harlem - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Harlem Community Art Center: V, Students in sculpture class, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Harlem Community Art Center: V, Students in sculpture class, 290 Lenox...

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harlem Community Art Center: II, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Harlem Community Art Center: II, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harlem Community Art Center: student in metal craft class, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan, Manhattan.

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

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Harlaem from Morisania in the Province of New York Septem; 1765.

View of Harlaem from Morisania in the Province of New York Septem; 176...

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negroes share in law enforcement. Negro policemen, Harlem, New York City

Negroes share in law enforcement. Negro policemen, Harlem, New York Ci...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Dunbar apartments in Harlem, New York City, where 511 Negro families have escaped from the ugliness which ordinarily surrounds Negro life

The Dunbar apartments in Harlem, New York City, where 511 Negro famili...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Negro doll factory in Harlem which provides colored dolls for Negro children

A Negro doll factory in Harlem which provides colored dolls for Negro ...

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

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

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

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House
A Harlem "Back to Africa" announcement, Negro Club, New York

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

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

Harlem Street Scene - A black and white drawing of a crowd of people

Harlem Street Scene - A black and white drawing of a crowd of people

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

You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House
Harlem Casino

Harlem Casino

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Harlem Street: II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Harlem Street: II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Harlem Casino

Harlem Casino

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939.

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, ped...

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

You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Frank's Famous Restaurant: Oyster and Chop House

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Harlem Casino
Harlem Casino

Harlem Casino

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Harlem Casino

Harlem Casino

Public domain scan of a manuscript related to African American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Exterior of Abyssinian Baptist Church, in Harlem, New York City, May 1936.

Exterior of Abyssinian Baptist Church, in Harlem, New York City, May 1...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Harlem Casino
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
Arthur Schomburg, ca. 1896; [A major builder of Afro-Caribbean and African American institutional life.]

Arthur Schomburg, ca. 1896; [A major builder of Afro-Caribbean and Afr...

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

Harlem Casino
The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem
You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Harlem Casino
The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

The Transval of New York - Public domain vintage map

Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

You can take your trunk and go to Harlem
Hunting for a happy [little] home in Harlem