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Lunch time on emergency defense office housing construction job; Washi...

Coal miner, his wife and two children, [notice the child's legs], Bert...

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

[Full-length studio portrait of unidentified man.]

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

[Studio portrait of a young man.]

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

H. L. Esterlin to Mrs. H. & Mr. E. Harlow.

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Albert Dogan. - Public domain portrait print

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Studio portrait of young chimney sweeps.

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

Philip A. Payton, Jr., President and General Manager of the Afro-Ameri...

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Evelyn Preer in a scene from The Homesteader

Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oscar Micheaux (center) with an actor and possible a crew member in an...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Carl W. Huser, State Director of WPA education program, presenting awa...

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Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth with cast

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Two African American Navy officers, [left to right] Ensign J. J. Jenki...

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

[Portrait of unidentified young woman with buttoned bodice and band co...

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

Oh, How I Love The Old Flag. Rebecca, A Slave Girl from New Orleans.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to martial arts, sports fight, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Negroes kneeling at graves of their relatives, and being blessed by Pr...

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.

Founding members of the Niagara Movement

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

Portrait of teacher Laura M. Towne, a founder of the Penn School, with...

Scout Troop - A group of men in uniform standing in front of a stage

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

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, journalist, and social r...

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

Portrait of Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juanita Hall, conducting the Negro Melody Singers

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"Pursuit of Happiness" hallway

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"Envy" sculpture in wood

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Public domain photo of a 3d object, North America, free to use, no cop...

A man standing next to a statue of a woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Two women and a child standing on step in front of a doorway of a hou...

[Studio portrait of a woman.] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Woman in hat decorated with flowers, and striped blouse.]

The Jitterbug Chorus Line

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

[Studio portrait of young woman, head turned to her right.]

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

Two men and a woman, standing

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The Harbor of Port Antonio from the Island, Jamaica.

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Rex Ingram clasping Alvin Childress' arms

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From Pinocchio, soldiers and general

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An old black and white photo of two women, Sharecroppers, Pulaski Co.,...

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.

Singing "Trying to Make a Hundred, Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do" du...

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

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

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

Negro section of town, Saturday afternoon, Belzoni, Mississippi, Novem...

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

African American cotton plantation workers, hired as day laborers, wal...

King and Anderson Plantation, Clarksdale, Miss. Delta, Miss., August 1...

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

Negro rehabilitation client mixing cement to be used in construction o...

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

Family of small landowner who moved out of the Santee-Cooper Basin, at...

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

Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

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

Berry pickers, at 5 a.m., waiting for the truck to haul them to work. ...

Public domain photograph of picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a store, News sta...

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

A black and white photo of two men, Negroes, Waco, Texas, Nov. 1939.

Women selling provisions at Tortola Wharf, St. Thomas, V. I., Dec. 194...

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.

Emergency defense office construction work; Washington, D. C.; Decembe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sugar plantation - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Shoeshiners, 135th St. and Lenox Ave.

The Scourged Back - The furrowed and scarred back of Gordon, a slave w...

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

Jan Matzeliger portrait collection

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

"Pursuit of Happiness" shoe shine and lamp

Public domain photograph of hall, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church service in the Negro church, Woodville, Greene County, Georgia,...

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

Old brown stonehouses now occupied by Negroes in Chicago, Illinois, Ap...

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

Remedial reading and arithmetic training, house on chalkboard, St Thom...

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

Crowds watching roller-skating exhibition, Chicago, Illinois.

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Waiting to register for music classes under the Federal Music Project

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Federal Music Project, students at desks

A mural by the children in the free class of the Federal Art Project a...

A large envelope with a lot of writing on it. A postcard from the archives of the united states of america. Public domain postcard scan.

The Show-Off still

"Toy Parade" drummer - A close up of a piece of paper with writing on ...

Teacher and student at piano, Jewish Settlement

Acceptance of bust of Samuel Huntington as part of graduation exercise...

Central Manhattan Music Center, horn players

Room set up and remedial activities, P.S. 10

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amateur orchestra, organized and taught by the Federal Music Project's...

Ricordo degli Ascari a Roma, Italy

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Selma Day working on mural

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

Dining Room, Constant Spring Hotel, Jamaica.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pushcart vendors, 145th St. and 9th Ave.

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

King's House and Rodney statue, Spanish Town, Jamaica.

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The old Spanish Cathedral at Spanish Town, the only Cathedral in Jamai...

Public domain photograph of cathedral, church, 19th-century, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orchid Avenue, Hope Gardens, Jamaica.

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parker Watkins with raised sword, and others

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Two men and woman in evening dress

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Woman smiling, surrounded by three men

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Woman in evening dress and Rex Ingram

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A Fine Jamaica Road. - An old photo of a horse and buggy on a dirt roa...

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

Kingston and Harbor at Sunset, Jamaica.

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Man and lion, dancing - An old photo of a man and a woman

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Classes in Plaza Music Center

"Pursuit of Happiness" horns

Miss Selma Day working on mural

Doe Doe Green as Hiram the farmer

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

Pushcart vendors at 145th St. and 8th Ave.

Madison Ave. at 133rd St.

Minto Cato and Parker Watkins

Public domain scan of Hebrew manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Woman and two men, standing

Woman in evening dress and Rex Ingram

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Alvin Childress and Rex Ingram

Chick Turner's Cabaret dancer: Act II

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

Couples dancing in Chick Turner's Cabaret: Act II

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Edward Fraction as the Mikado and Mabel Walker as Katisha

Waiting to register for music classes under the Federal Music Project

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Lunch hour for negro tomato pickers, Homestead, Florida, Jan. 1938.

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Art class with male subject at the Harlem Community Art Center

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Children's piano class, Central Manhattan Music School

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