schomburg center for research in black culture photographs and prints division

[Full-length portrait of man, with studio props.]

[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

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

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

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.]

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

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

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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

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 N...

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

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.

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

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

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 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 sno...

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 ...

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

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 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.

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 ...

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 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 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, ...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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

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

[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 ...

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, 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.]

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.]

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...

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, 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 ...

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...

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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

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

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...

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

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 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

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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,...

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.

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 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 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.

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

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, ped...

Rex Ingram pointing gun at woman

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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 seated young man, his left arm restin...

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

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A black and white photo of a man riding a bike, Palm Beach, Florida, M...

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

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 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 ...

[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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

"Joe Louis Wins" - front page featuring Louis's victory in rematch wit...

"Pursuit of Happiness" post boxes