Black History Month

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic in: Harper's bazaar, 1888 (?).

Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans. Engraved expressly for More

Print shows a group of African American men, one, standing at center, is wearing a hat labeled "Judge Whitewashed", and the others are wearing hats labeled "Whitewasher No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, More

Trade card showing black man with two black children. Copyright by J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.

Print shows Uncle Sam standing at the head of a table at a dinner party in honor of the "Bi-Centennial Celebration of the First German Settlement", with Columbia sitting next to him; around the table are a "Spa More

Nine African American men posed, standing along fence. In album: p. 64.

African American man and three children posed at corner of log building, near Thomasville, Georgia. In album: Lot 7753-C, p. 68.

P17856 U.S. Copyright Office "Composed entirely of artists of merit. Original in every detail. Perfectly equipped & organized with the intention of presenting minstrelsy as an art ... Reserved seats at usual pl More

Print shows an African American man seated on a stool in a shoemaker's shop; while trying on a boot he puts his foot through the bottom, knocking over himself, the stove behind him, and the stereotyped Jewish c More

Print shows Superintendent P.H. McLaughlin placing cap stone on the Washington Monument. Other monument engineers and workers shown participating in the event, are Chief Engineer, Col. T.L. Casey (hands up); Ca More

Print shows an African American man seated on a stool in a shoemaker's shop; the stereotyped Jewish cobbler tells the man that the boot he is examining, "Dot ish French calf hand sewed." P or D6119 U.S. Copyrig More

African American boy seated on an ox-drawn cart. In album: Lot 7753-C, p. 66.

Illustration shows John A. Logan standing at center, holding a paper that states "No Interference with Slave-Hunters!", and looking over his left shoulder at two slave hunters rounding up a family of fugitive s More

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a laborer standing next to a box of tools labeled "Tools for Exhibition Purposes", telling his valet, labeled "Butler's Valet" to "keep an eye on the valuables", at whos More

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(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Our Little Culture Society at Pignapoke," Life, 5:187 (April 2, 1885).

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's bazaar, 18:568 (Aug. 29, 1885).

Illustration shows Uncle Sam seated at a table in front of "Uncle Sam's Inter-State Market" with a businessman labeled "Northern Capital" on the right and an agricultural producer labeled "Southern Goods - Cott More

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 6:133 (Sept. 3, 1885).

African American man preaching at pulpit in church. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 30, no. 1562 (1886 Nov. 27), p. 769.

Stereograph shows several African-American children standing or sitting along a dirt road. Old wooden houses are in the background. R15476 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker. Gems of American Scenery.

Stereograph shows an old African-American man riding an ox-drawn cart through town. R15446 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker. Gems of American Scenery.

Stereograph showing African American men and children outside a building. One appears to be dancing; another man plays a violin. 15442 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker.

Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two soldiers rescuing Corporal Scott, a black man who was shot by Apache Indians. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 Aug. 21, p. 529.

Photograph shows African Americans standing in front of a building, Saint Augustine, Fla.

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African Americans bringing cotton in from field, Alabama. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.65, 1887 Dec. 31, p. 333.

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African Americans dancing in front of band. Repro. of drawing by Mrs. Rollinson Colburn. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Bands (Music); Negroes; Dance Laundry; Geogr.

Print shows an African American man with a large cotton ball on his head topped with a crown, sitting on a throne and smoking a pipe, facing front, with a scepter topped with a cotton ball leaning against the t More

Photographs of the Construction of the Panama Canal Public domain photograph of a dock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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African Americans picking cotton. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1887 Aug. 20, p. 592.

2 African American women during laundry, man standing with walking stick, child peeking from behind sheets, and 2 boys dancing in foregrd. Repro. of drawing by Mrs. Rollinson Colburn. This record contains unver More

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Patent medicine poster showing "Paul and Virginia," caricatures of an African American couple on a swing.

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic in: "A Change of Base," Harper's bazaar, 20:576 (Aug. 13, 1887).

"Political economy. Uncle Abra'm (reading): De brack murdrer ob Jer'miah Johnsing pays de oxtreme pendlety of de law. Now, dat's w'at I nebber could ouderstan' no'how. Why d'ey wait till de murderin's all dun f More

Trade cards from the "Negro Subjects" series (N692), issued ca. 1888 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.

Trade cards from the "Negro Subjects" series (N692), issued ca. 1888 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.

Black people celebrating, eating and drinking, buying and selling notions. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1888 July 7, p. 488.

Trade cards from the "Negro Subjects" series (N692), issued ca. 1888 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.

"Dinah: Lord a massy, Liza, be prepared for great 'sturbance in de heabens, chile. Dey's been talking at de dinner table 'bout no mo' p'otection. Massa, he say de world gwine one way, and de sun gwine de odder, More

Cover illustration shows a man labeled "King Cotton" leaning against a bale of cotton and stomping on the back of a slave in 1861, textile mills spewing smoke as African Americans pick cotton in 1882, and Colum More

Black children outside of schoolhouse(?) 14090U U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. No. 5077.

Photograph shows four African-American ladies dressed in classical roman attire reading the story of Aenone. Photograph references a book by Leonard Kip entitled "Ænone: a tale of slave life in Rome," publishe More

Caption: Music and it's charms, originated & directed by Mr. Barney Fagan. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, N=Y & London." N.Y. 2251. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

Photograph shows African American man with hands bound hanging from a tree. Photo by L. Horgan, Jr., Birmingham.

Barton Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

V35189 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12. Copyrighted 1890 by The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich.

Helen Nanny Burroughs Collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Photograph shows view from the street of the Chapel at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama Forms part of: Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress).

Photograph shows young African American men learning trades by working on various machines in the Machine Division at the Tuskegee Institute. #133.

Photograph shows an interior view of a large room with an African American man and another man standing at a long table on which are stacks of printed certificates and other papers. Inscribed in ink on front: More

African American family. Title transcribed from item. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.

Photograph shows African American laborers working in a pit with pickaxes and shovels and moving dirt with wheel barrows. Duplicate of photograph in LOT 4992. Dunnellon Phosphate Co., Mine No. 2.

Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman reading, about 1890..National Media Museum - Kodak Gallery Collection..We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions More

Photograph shows young African American men, members of the band at the Tuskegee Institute, marching in a parade as part of the commencement day festivities. #134.

An African American family at home. 6333 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.

Nine young black men posed, seated around two small tables. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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African American preacher reading from book. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 34, no. 1767 (1890 Nov. 1), p. 852. Title transcribed from item.

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1890 Feb. 15), p. 35. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Station More

Clipping of a print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Joseph Robert Love, M.D., a Bahamian intellectual who served as a medical doctor in the Haitian army, above a printed caption: author of that famous bo More

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Forms part of: Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In album. Formerly identified as vol. 4. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data.

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photograph shows African American woman breast-feeding a baby. Public domain photograph of mother and child portrait, young woman, infant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Source unknown. Public domain scan of 19th-century artistic photograph, platinum print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stereograph showing African American children posing outside a house. 30915 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1891 by Geo. Barker.

Photograph shows men posed in a room. A key to people depicted is printed below the photograph.

African American girls walking single file outside school. Title transcribed from item. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. No. 6680.

Illus. in: The Afro-American press and its editors, by I. Garland Penn., 1891. Published in: The African-American mosaic, a Library of Congress resource guide for the study of black history and culture / Debra More

X1249 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1892 by Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 16. Title devised. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for: "The Editor's Drawer," Harper's magazine, 85:642 (Sept. 1892).

Five African American women and a baby. 27117Y U.S. Copyright Office.

Composite showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's cabin, Topsy dancing, and Little Eva and Uncle Tom. Photographic print of wash drawing (?).

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Full-length portrait, seated in doorway of his cabin, facing front, at age 109. 24169 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F. Theo Miller. No. 2.

No. 1. Copyright by F. Theo Miller. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." No. 5870B. Written by C.T. Dazey; Original Pickaninny Band, organized by J.H. Brister; directed by Walter Brister. Forms part of: More

Copyright by Russell Bros.

Photo copyrighted by Winter & Pond, #137. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Print shows African Americans and Civil War veterans among the crowd that passes a statue of Abraham Lincoln on their way to the Cotton States Exposition visible in the background labeled "Prosperity". In the l More

African American couple with several children on wooden cart drawn by ox team, house in background.

Photograph shows African American children dancing to fiddler outside a wood cabin.

Poster shows an African American man holding a letter. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tobacco advertising poster (cut down), showing an African American couple, as the woman offers the man a cigar. 56517 U.S. Copyright Office.

African American man holding little white girl on lap. 7707aa U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.