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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
The African Grove Theatre in Greenwich Village, ca. 1821
Double ambrotype portrait of Albro Lyons, Sr. and Mary Joseph Lyons.
The first convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, Boston, 1909

The first convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate N...

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

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

Harbor Street looking East, Kingston, Jamaica.

Harbor Street looking East, Kingston, Jamaica.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - 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
Woman crossing street in Harlem at West 125th Street and Eighth Avenue, 1939

Woman crossing street in Harlem at West 125th Street and Eighth Avenue...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uniformed man seated, on the mantlepiece is his cap, embroidered with the name Miller Edison Phonograph Co.

Uniformed man seated, on the mantlepiece is his cap, embroidered with ...

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

The Titchfield Hotel from the Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica.

The Titchfield Hotel from the Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica.

Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, 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

Pay day, coal mining town, Omar, West Virginia, September 1938.

Pay day, coal mining town, Omar, West Virginia, September 1938.

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

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.

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.

Reading the Bible in the "storefront" Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois.

Reading the Bible in the "storefront" Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinoi...

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

Children's art classes, Snyder Ave Boys Club
Group of contrabands at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road, in the vicinity of Yorkville, Virginia, May 1862

Group of contrabands at Allen's farm house near Williamsburg Road, in ...

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

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.

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

In front of city hall, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1939.

In front of city hall, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1939.

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

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

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a house, Rodney, Mississippi, Aug. 1940.

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a house, Rodney,...

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

Barn plant--first step in assembling panels, Southeast Missouri Farms.

Barn plant--first step in assembling panels, Southeast Missouri Farms.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their families are attending a church business meeting, McIntosh County, Oklahoma.

Negroes waiting outside a rural church while other members of their fa...

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.

Putting up the walls on a prefabricated house at the FSA [Farm Security Administration] project in Pacolet, South Carolina.

Putting up the walls on a prefabricated house at the FSA [Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Court day, Rustburg, Va., Mar. 1941.

Court day, Rustburg, Va., Mar. 1941.

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

Harriet Tubman. - Public domain portrait

Harriet Tubman. - Public domain portrait

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

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

Rex Ingram pointing gun at woman

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

Portrait of Joseph Rainey - Public domain portrait photograph

Portrait of Joseph Rainey - Public domain portrait photograph

A brown and gold book cover with a gold design. A brown book with a gold and black cover. Public domain postcard scan.

[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

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

[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.

Children's piano classes

Children's piano classes

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

Sousaphone player - A black and white photo of a man playing a tuba

Sousaphone player - A black and white photo of a man playing a tuba

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Uptown Art Lab - Public domain monumental decor print

Uptown Art Lab - Public domain monumental decor print

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Photography exhibit - Public domain  print
Mothers Rhythym Band, Council House

Mothers Rhythym Band, Council House

Public domain photograph of musical performance, musicians, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Music classes, singing - An old photo of a woman teaching a class of children

Music classes, singing - An old photo of a woman teaching a class of c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

African American Charity Adams, First Officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, standing in uniform and pointing to a poster that reads, "Women! Answer America's Call, Serve in the W.A.A.C."

African American Charity Adams, First Officer in the Women's Army Auxi...

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

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.

Pastor of the Pentecostal Church, Chicago, Illinois.

Pastor of the Pentecostal Church, Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Room set up and remedial activities, P.S. 94

Room set up and remedial activities, 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.

Florida migrants getting aboard the truck which will take them from Belcross, NC to another job in Onley, VA, July 1940.
Front row: Zell Ingram, Pemberton West, Augusta Savage, Robert Pious, Sara West, Gwendolyn Bennett; back row: Elton Fax, Rex Gorleigh, Fred Perry, William Artis, Francisco Lard, Louis Jefferson, Norman Lewis

Front row: Zell Ingram, Pemberton West, Augusta Savage, Robert Pious, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified standing figures: woman, her folded arms leaning on back of chair, and young man, probably her son, left hand on book.]

[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 of chair, and young man, probably her son, left hand on book.

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

Marcus Garvey, Eminent Scholar - Public domain portrait print

Marcus Garvey, Eminent Scholar - Public domain portrait print

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

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