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[Picking cotton.] African Americans, 19th century stereoscope card.

[Picking cotton.] 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

Picking cotton. [Woman resting in the field.]

Picking cotton. [Woman resting in the field.]

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

Little Bo-Peep. [Group of men and women seated outside, child peeking out of a barrel in the foreground.]

Little Bo-Peep. [Group of men and women seated outside, child peeking ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cherubs. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

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

Negro shack. New Jersey. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Negro shack. New Jersey. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

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Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers
Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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

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.

Miss Hallie Q. Brown. ; Miss Dora E. Johnson.

Miss Hallie Q. Brown. ; Miss Dora E. Johnson.

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Harriet E. Giles; Miss Sophia P. Packard; Founders of Spelman Seminary.

Miss Harriet E. Giles; Miss Sophia P. Packard; Founders of Spelman Sem...

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

Brigadier-General Franklin A. Denison.

Brigadier-General Franklin A. Denison.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Jim-Crow car for Negroes only, Fayetteville, N.C.

A Jim-Crow car for Negroes only, Fayetteville, N.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Faculty of C. N. and I. Department.
[Studio portrait of man dressed in suit and coat, holding bowler hat.]

[Studio portrait of man dressed in suit and coat, holding bowler hat.]

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

[Full length portrait of man with bowler hat and cane.]

[Full length portrait of man with bowler hat and cane.]

Public domain photograph - portrait of athlete, champion, sport, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Making lamp shades. - images Black History Month

Making lamp shades. - images Black History Month

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

[Studio portrait of unidentified young man.]
[An unidentified friend of Emily Smith Mallard that she met at Talladega College.]

[An unidentified friend of Emily Smith Mallard that she met at Tallade...

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Scene on the boulevard; A view of Grand Boulevard from 35th Street, looking southwest.

Scene on the boulevard; A view of Grand Boulevard from 35th Street, lo...

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Perry Parker; W,L, Jackson; J. Turner Wall; Adelbert H. Roberts; T. Arnold Hill; Arthur J. Wilson; Mrs. Zara Wright; Dr. Fannie Emanuel; Dr. Ed. W. Murray; J. W. Blackwell; B.J. Yantis.

Perry Parker; W,L, Jackson; J. Turner Wall; Adelbert H. Roberts; T. Ar...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Anticipation - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

Anticipation - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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

Brotherly Love - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

Brotherly Love - Detroit Publishing Company Postcard

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

Negro agricultural laborers watching one of their houses burn to the ground; All they have left is piled on the ground.

Negro agricultural laborers watching one of their houses burn to the g...

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homestead, Florida, February 1939.

Vegetable pickers, migrants, waiting after work to be paid, near Homes...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shoe shop—making and repairing, book by Booker T. Washington

Shoe shop—making and repairing, book by Booker T. Washington

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Josh Taylor, Negro Foreman who has been on place for fifty three years, Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi.

Josh Taylor, Negro Foreman who has been on place for fifty three years...

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

Negro section of town, Saturday noon Belzoni, Miss., Nov. 1939.

Negro section of town, Saturday noon Belzoni, Miss., Nov. 1939.

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

In the school's sawmill, book by Booker T. Washington

In the school's sawmill, book by Booker T. Washington

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Negro picnic at Beaufort, South Carolina, July 1939.

Negro picnic at Beaufort, South Carolina, July 1939.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In the machine-shop, book by Booker T. Washington

In the machine-shop, book by Booker T. Washington

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Class in language, book by Booker T. Washington

Class in language, book by Booker T. Washington

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

"The children's house": class in nature study, book by Booker T. Washington

"The children's house": class in nature study, book by Booker T. Washi...

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15th Amendment, or the Darkey's millenium: 40 acres of land and a mule.

15th Amendment, or the Darkey's millenium: 40 acres of land and a mule...

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

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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

Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

Family of Negro sharecropper, Little Rock, Arkansas

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of three children, Three Negro children, Natchez, Mississippi

A black and white photo of three children, Three Negro children, Natch...

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

Distinguished southerners, grinding cane. [Children chewing sugar cane on the porch.]

Distinguished southerners, grinding cane. [Children chewing sugar cane...

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

Plantation scene. Folks all home. African Americans, 19th century stereoscope card.

Plantation scene. Folks all home. African Americans, 19th century ster...

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 stereoscope card.

Plantation scene. Folks all home. African Americans, 19th century ster...

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

Man playing fiddle in front of cabin.

Man playing fiddle in front of cabin.

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

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

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

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

[Studio portrait of unidentified man wearing double-breasted jacket.]
S. A. Payne (Bishop Payne). - Public domain portrait print

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

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

[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.

Kim & Jennie to Laura H. Fredille.

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

Big Negro Excursion [January 3, 1925, advertisement in the Negro World announcing  the sailing of the S.S. Booker T.  Washington to Central America, the West Indies, Panama, and the South of the United States]

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

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

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

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

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

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 Mr. Buck Grant, Negro preacher near Woodville, Greene County, Georgia

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

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chandler Leeper. - Public domain  print
Single tubular well ready to pour well slab on ground; Safe well demonstration near Ridge, Maryland, July 1941.

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

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Negro houses.  Macon, Georgia - images Black History Month

Negro houses. Macon, Georgia - images Black History Month

Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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

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

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mule cart. Florida Sterescope Cards Collection, NYPL.

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.

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 Collection, NYPL.

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.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro shack. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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

Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

Negro home. New Jersey. - images Black History Month

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

Negro at religious meeting in Nashville, Tennessee

Negro at religious meeting in Nashville, Tennessee

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

"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 oxcart, in town.]

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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.]

[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.

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.

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.]

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.]

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 with hay.]

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

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

The Tiger's Roar: An Independent Voice of the Student Body, Volume XXXII
Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Cotton is king - A plantation scene, Georgia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

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

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

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

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

Educational and professional. Shivery family papers

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

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

Gospel Service Songs. Shivery family papers

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