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[Full-length portrait of man, with studio props.]
[Oval half-figure portrait of unidentified man.]

[Oval half-figure portrait of unidentified man.]

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

Bishop Crowther. - Public domain portrait print

Bishop Crowther. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jim Patterson. - Public domain portrait print

Jim Patterson. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Music history class - A group of people standing around a piano

Music history class - A group of people standing around a piano

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Male artist painting - A black and white photo of a man holding a tray
[Portrait of unidentified young woman wearing ribbon on head.]

[Portrait of unidentified young woman wearing ribbon on head.]

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

[Oval portrait of unidentified young woman with long curl draped over chest.] 'Redd' on verso.

[Oval portrait of unidentified young woman with long curl draped over ...

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

New Orleans Police Department.  Bertha Farnsworth. Alias: Bertha Rawlings. Occupation: Wash Woman. Criminal Occupation: Susp. Person. Nativity: Miss.

New Orleans Police Department. Bertha Farnsworth. Alias: Bertha Rawli...

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

An FSA [Farm Security Administration] supervisor consults a borrower about unsanitary water supply; Safe well demonstration, near La Plata, Maryland [Charles County,] July 1941.

An FSA [Farm Security Administration] supervisor consults a borrower a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Remedial reading, P.S. 94

Remedial reading, P.S. 94

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

Portrait of Judge William J. Whipper
Double ambrotype portrait of Albro Lyons, Sr. and Mary Joseph Lyons.
Col. McKee, grandson passed for white.

Col. McKee, grandson passed for white.

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain scan of trade card, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Studio portrait of a man dressed in jacket, vest, tie and striped pants.]

[Studio portrait of a man dressed in jacket, vest, tie and striped pan...

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

African American members of the Women's Army Corps standing in the snow and throwing snowballs at each other, Camp Shanks, New York
Man standing by table - A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table

Man standing by table - A black and white photo of a man sitting at a ...

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

Dorothy Paul, buxom cabaret entertainer who falls in love with Phil Lawrence

Dorothy Paul, buxom cabaret entertainer who falls in love with Phil La...

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Migratory workers fishing to eat, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1939.

Migratory workers fishing to eat, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1939.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negro laborers sitting around in front of a fire on Saturday night in a street of the Negro quarter of Belle Glade, Florida, February 1941.

Negro laborers sitting around in front of a fire on Saturday night in ...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peach pickers being driven to the orchards. They earn seventy-five cents a day. Muscella, Georgia.

Peach pickers being driven to the orchards. They earn seventy-five cen...

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

Ada Turner and Evelyn M. Driver Home Management and Home Economics Supervisor, canning English peas with pressure cooker in Mrs. Missouri Thomas' kitchen, Flint River Farms, Georgia, May 1939.

Ada Turner and Evelyn M. Driver Home Management and Home Economics Sup...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Meeting of farmers at Southeast Missouri Project to discuss problems, May 1940.

Meeting of farmers at Southeast Missouri Project to discuss problems, ...

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

Daughter of Pomp Hall sewing in school; Sewing is her 4-H club project; Creek County, Oklahoma.
Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place; He is a Negro owner of five acres of land; Rural Route No. 1, Box 59, Dennison, Halifax County, Virginia; This is six miles south [on Highway No. 501] of South Boston; He used to grow tobacco and cotton but now just a subsistence living; These hogs belong to a neighbor landowner; He burns old shoes and pieces of leather near the heads of the slaughtered hogs while they are hanging to keep the flies away, Nov. 1939.

Hog killing on Milton Puryeur place; He is a Negro owner of five acres...

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

Jack Carter as Macbeth - A piece of paper with some handwriting on it

Jack Carter as Macbeth - A piece of paper with some handwriting on it

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Rex Ingram, bowing - A piece of paper with a picture of a plane on it

Rex Ingram, bowing - A piece of paper with a picture of a plane on it

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Studio portrait of unidentified seated young man, his left arm resting on chair.]
Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with students Elsie and Puss, Feb. 1866.

Portrait of Sea Island School teacher Miss Harriet W. Murray, with stu...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Blackface show, singers

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

Photograph of Lieutenant Clarence Samuels of the United States Coast Guard, the highest ranking African American officer in the Navy

Photograph of Lieutenant Clarence Samuels of the United States Coast G...

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

The design and execution of a hooked rug, as taught by the Art Teaching Division of the New York City WPA Art Project at the Harlem Community Art Center

The design and execution of a hooked rug, as taught by the Art Teachin...

Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. waving to the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington
[Portrait of unidentified young woman in plaid dress and hat.]

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

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

C.C.P. - Public domain portrait print Cartes de visite
Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children

Isaac and Rosa, emancipated slave children

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, child, children, infant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emancipation. - Public domain portrait photograph Cartes de visite

Emancipation. - Public domain portrait photograph Cartes de visite

Public domain photograph related to the history of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Corner of room of living quarters provided for Negro strawberry pickers near Independence, Louisiana, April 1939.

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

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

Harlem Art Center, boys with tools
Room set up and remedial activities, girls' class, P.S. 94
Outside water supply; Washington, D.C.; September 1935.

Outside water supply; Washington, D.C.; September 1935.

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Portrait of head waiter and restaurant manager Hiram S. Thomas
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

"Pursuit of Happiness" post boxes
Studio portrait of [Patrick Reason].

Studio portrait of [Patrick Reason].

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

Alcan Highway under construction.

Alcan Highway under construction.

Public domain scan of artwork related to technological or industrial history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Miss Perry, colored albina, Barnum Show

Miss Perry, colored albina, Barnum Show

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

[Standing woman, wearing dress with bustle, holding purse at side and umbrella resting on pedestal.]

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

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman and two men, standing

Woman and two men, standing

Public domain photograph of a scene - movie or theatrical production, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Typical Ford on a Blue Mountain Pony Path, Jamaica.

A Typical Ford on a Blue Mountain Pony Path, Jamaica.

Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Three men standing, two women sitting

Three men standing, two women sitting

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

Bar scene - A black and white photo of a group of people

Bar scene - A black and white photo of a group of people

Public domain photograph of theatrical or movie production, scene, actors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Constance Daniel and Jerome Robinson; Farm Security Administration [FSA administrative files]; Sept. 1941.

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 Plantation, Perthshire, Miss. Delta. This transient labor is contracted for and brought in trucks from Texas each season. October 1939.

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

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

Bayou Bourbeaux Plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeaux Farmstead Association, a cooperative established through the cooperation of FSA; Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, August 1940.

Bayou Bourbeaux Plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeaux Farmstead Assoc...

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

Daughter of Cube Walker, Negro TP Client Belzoni, Miss. Delta, bringing home cow from the fields in the evening, Nov. 1939.

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

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

Spectators and witnesses on second day of Superior Court during trial of automobile accident case during Court Week in Granville County Court House, Oxford, North Carolina. November 1939.

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

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Digging out a cemetery to be moved from the Santee-Cooper basin, Near Bonneau, South Carolina.

Digging out a cemetery to be moved from the Santee-Cooper basin, Near ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas. June 1937.

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkan...

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

Negro staff, Newport News Homesteads, Va.

Negro staff, Newport News Homesteads, Va.

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

This family moved out of an army area in Caroline County, that had to be evacuated by June; Now they are in an area that must be evacuated by September, and so are planning to move again, Caroline County, Va., June 1941.

This family moved out of an army area in Caroline County, that had to ...

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

Migratory agricultural workers on board the "Princess Anne" going to the Eastern Shore Virginia, July 1940.
The mode of flogging Slaves, as described in Bickells "West Indies as they are."

The mode of flogging Slaves, as described in Bickells "West Indies as ...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bertha Henry. - Public domain portrait print

Bertha Henry. - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sallie. - Public domain portrait drawing Cartes de visite
Discovery of Nat Turner - Public domain portrait drawing

Discovery of Nat Turner - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Baptism in community of Gullah descendants in North Carolina

Baptism in community of Gullah descendants in North Carolina

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

Teacher and student at piano, Jewish Settlement

Teacher and student at piano, Jewish Settlement

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Music classes, keyboards

Music classes, keyboards

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Magic in Medicine" - A black and white drawing of a group of people
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.

[Studio portrait of unidentified woman dressed in a rouched jacket and large striped bow at neck.]

[Studio portrait of unidentified woman dressed in a rouched jacket and...

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

[Half--length portrait of unidentified woman wearing wide lace collar.]

[Half--length portrait of unidentified woman wearing wide lace collar....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of the person with lace costume accessory, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Market woman, Brazil. - Public domain portrait print

Market woman, Brazil. - Public domain portrait print

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

[Studio portrait of young woman with thin ribbon around neck.]

[Studio portrait of young woman with thin ribbon around neck.]

Public domain photograph of musician playing music, musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Oval quarter-length portrait of unidentified young woman, her bodice center trimmed with lace.]

[Oval quarter-length portrait of unidentified young woman, her bodice ...

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

Centennarian dies suddenly. [Portrait of Emily Holmes of Bridgeport, Conn.]

Centennarian dies suddenly. [Portrait of Emily Holmes of Bridgeport, C...

Public domain photograph related to 19th-century Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Studio portrait of woman wearing glasses and cross-shaped earrings.]

[Studio portrait of woman wearing glasses and cross-shaped earrings.]

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

[Portrait of young woman wearing patterned dress, with bow at neck.]

[Portrait of young woman wearing patterned dress, with bow at neck.]

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

Negro sharecropper and son who will be resettled, Transylvania Project, Louisiana, January 1939.

Negro sharecropper and son who will be resettled, Transylvania Project...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children's art classes, Snyder Ave Boys Club
Portrait of Frederick Douglass from frontispiece and title page of his book "My Bondage and My Freedom," published in 1856.

Portrait of Frederick Douglass from frontispiece and title page of his...

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

Studio portrait of Arthur Alfonso Schomburg as a young child in Puerto Rico, age 4

Studio portrait of Arthur Alfonso Schomburg as a young child in Puerto...

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

Selma Burke with her portrait bust of Booker T. Washington

Selma Burke with her portrait bust of Booker T. Washington

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home again., gelatin silver print

Home again., gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bertie Graves from Albert Owens.
Lenox Fruit & Vegetable Market being picketed by labor union supporter, Harlem, New York City, 1939

Lenox Fruit & Vegetable Market being picketed by labor union supporter...

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

Woman smiling, surrounded by three men

Woman smiling, surrounded by three men

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

Zola King, eccentric dancer doing her nightly stunt in the cabaret scene

Zola King, eccentric dancer doing her nightly stunt in the cabaret sce...

Public domain scan of artwork depicting dance, music, performing art productions, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward Fraction as the Mikado and Mabel Walker as Katisha

Edward Fraction as the Mikado and Mabel Walker as Katisha

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

Bar scene with women standing

Bar scene with women standing

Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office force of insurance company which employs Negroes and sells insurance to Negroes, Chicago, Illinois.

Office force of insurance company which employs Negroes and sells insu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bartender and owner of tavern on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois.

Bartender and owner of tavern on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois.

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

Rachel D. Moore, home management supervisor, giving demonstration in dusting plants from insects to Caldoria Smith; La Delta Project, Thomastown, La., June 1940.

Rachel D. Moore, home management supervisor, giving demonstration in d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Saturday afternoon, Lexington, Holmes Co., Mississippi, Oct. 1939.

Saturday afternoon, Lexington, Holmes Co., Mississippi, Oct. 1939.

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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