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St. Philip's P.E. Church - Public domain dedication image

St. Philip's P.E. Church - Public domain dedication image

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Florence Mills

Florence Mills

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The body of Lieutenant Jimmy Europe who died suddenly this week is here seen being carried from St. Mark's Church.

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

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Four portraits of Negro women : Two public school teachers

Four portraits of Negro women : Two public school teachers

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The Crisis : A monthly magazine
[Portrait of unidentified young woman in plaid dress and hat.]

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

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Provincetown Playhouse, 133 MacDougal Street, Manhattan.

Provincetown Playhouse, 133 MacDougal Street, Manhattan.

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

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

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

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

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

Talman Street, between Jay and Bridge street, Brooklyn.

Talman Street, between Jay and Bridge street, Brooklyn.

Digital ID: 482667. Abbott, Berenice -- Photographer. May 22, 1936. .Notes: African American woman sits at street edge with two children, empty lots on either side of street, old 2 and 3 story clapboard house... More

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

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

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Miss Perry, colored albina, Barnum Show

Miss Perry, colored albina, Barnum Show

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“An Account of the African Blood Brotherhood: Interview with Cyril Briggs”

“An Account of the African Blood Brotherhood: Interview with Cyril Bri...

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“The Negro Immigrant in New York”

“The Negro Immigrant in New York”

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Florence Mills

Florence Mills

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

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

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

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

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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...

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Prospectus for an anti-slavery paper. To be entitled North Star.

Prospectus for an anti-slavery paper. To be entitled North Star.

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African American members of the Women's Army Corps standing in the snow and throwing snowballs at each other, Camp Shanks, New York
The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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Kate. - Public domain monumental decor print Cartes de visite

Kate. - Public domain monumental decor print Cartes de visite

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UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920

UNIA Parade, organized in Harlem, 1920

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SPAR Olivia J. Hooker, of Columbus, Ohio, at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 1945

SPAR Olivia J. Hooker, of Columbus, Ohio, at the U.S. Coast Guard Trai...

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

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

Digital ID: 482636. Abbott, Berenice -- Photographer. May 22, 1936. .Notes: Code: III.A.4. Three generations of African Americans on stoop of brick home with iron rails on steps. .Source: Changing New York / B... More

Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan.

Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan.

Digital ID: 482603. Abbott, Berenice -- Photographer. 1935-1938, printed 1935-ca. 1990. .Notes: Massive steel uprights in the center and to the left, with lighter steel tracery and windows above; men stand nea... More

Bill Robinson

Bill Robinson

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

A New York drinking bar.

A New York drinking bar.

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

The first graduating class of the Training School for Nurses, Lincoln Hospital, New York; A group at Hope Day for colored children, 325 West Street, New York.

The first graduating class of the Training School for Nurses, Lincoln ...

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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Christopher Rush; [A man who had figured in the organization of the Zion Church in New York in 1796.]

Christopher Rush; [A man who had figured in the organization of the Zi...

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

Abyssinian Baptist Church - Public domain dedication image

Abyssinian Baptist Church - Public domain dedication image

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Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan.

Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan.

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Parker Watkins and others. Opera advertisement

Parker Watkins and others. Opera advertisement

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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This is the wreath presented by the Ford-Darney Orchestra in memory of Lieutenant Jimmy Europe, leader of the famous Jazz band which won its laurels with 369th Infantry in France; His funeral took place from St. Mark's Church in West 53rd St.

This is the wreath presented by the Ford-Darney Orchestra in memory of...

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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...

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

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

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Harlem WPA Street Dance - Drawing. Public domain image.

Harlem WPA Street Dance - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Harlem Community Art Center: student in metal craft class, 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

Population of Albany County & Indians 1689 - 1698.

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Redeemed in Virginia by Catherine S. Lawrence. Baptized in Brooklyn….by Henry Ward Beecher, May, 1863. Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a Redeemed Slave Child, 5 years of age.

Redeemed in Virginia by Catherine S. Lawrence. Baptized in Brooklyn….b...

Picryl description: Public domain historical book on American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

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

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Dr. James McCune Smith - Public domain portrait print
Rev. Mrs. J. H. Vigal of Buffalo, N.Y., arm raised, holding Bible.
A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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Talman Street, between Jay and Bridge street, Brooklyn.

Talman Street, between Jay and Bridge street, Brooklyn.

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Dining Room, Overlook Mountain House. New York Sterecope Card.

Dining Room, Overlook Mountain House. New York Sterecope Card.

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[Two women and a child standing on step in front of a doorway of a house.]
[Woman in hat decorated with flowers, and striped blouse.]
Harlem Community Art Center: III. Student in sculpture class; 290 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan.
Samuel Ringold Ward

Samuel Ringold Ward

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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Metropolitan Baptist Church - Public domain dedication image

Metropolitan Baptist Church - Public domain dedication image

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Four portraits of Negro women : Elise Johnson McDougald

Four portraits of Negro women : Elise Johnson McDougald

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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SPARS Olivia Hooker, of Columbus, Ohio, and Aileen Anita Cooke, of Los Angeles, California, aboard the dry-land ship "USS Neversail," during their training at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 1945

SPARS Olivia Hooker, of Columbus, Ohio, and Aileen Anita Cooke, of Los...

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

White Rose Industrial Association Working Girls' Home

White Rose Industrial Association Working Girls' Home

Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, female portrait, 1910s, 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
The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

The Cherry Street House - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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

Central Manhattan Music Center, horn players

Central Manhattan Music Center, horn players

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

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

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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.

Plantation Sketches by J. Campbell Phillips; R.H. Russell, Publisher, New York, 1899. [Title page]

Plantation Sketches by J. Campbell Phillips; R.H. Russell, Publisher, ...

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“National Negro Baseball League”

“National Negro Baseball League”

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

A Shipment for Susannah - Book for children by Eleanor Weakley Nolen

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