1. Jackson, Mahalia, Best Loved Spirituals album cover image, circa 1999 Date: 1999 approx. Format: Still image Access: Public
2. Portia Marshall Washington Pittman, daughter of Booker T. Washington, sitting by a bouquet of flowers Date: February 1975 Format: Still image Access: Public
4. Blind singles concert at Salem Methodist Church Creator: McAdams, David. Date: May 23, 1965 Format: Still image Access: Public
5. Portrait of Mrs. Scipio Lizette D. Forth, ex slave Date: April 5, 1965 Format: Still image Access: Public
6. An African American woman in a dress and three African American men in suits at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
7. Victoria Spivey in a dress, Lonnie Johnson in a suit, and Muddy Waters in the background at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
8. Willie Dixon in a suit standing playing the double bass and Victoria Spivey in a dress performing at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
10. Snooks Eaglin playing guitar on a set of steps outside of a house, with men, women and children gathered around him Date: 1962 Format: Still image Access: Public
11. A blonde Helen Curl Harris with Ella Fitzgerald Creator: Mosley, John W. Date: 1961 Format: Still image Access: Public
12. John H. Murray talking with African American woman outside of house in Berkeley, Calif. Creator: Robinson, Louie. Date: 1961 approx. Format: Still image Access: Public
13. John H. Murray with woman in dining room, having breakfast and reading the newspaper in Berekely, Calif. Creator: Robinson, Louie. Date: 1961 approx. Format: Still image Access: Public
14. Rosalie Reese accepting her prize for first place individual twister in the Dewer's Twist contest in Small's Paradise Date: November 28, 1961 Format: Still image Access: Public
15. Black literary figures, including Nikki Giovanni and Roy L. Hill with a poster of Malcolm X Date: 1960s Format: Still image Access: Public
16. Miss Willa Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Bhatta Charya, Mrs. E.S. Williams, and Rev. H.E. Walden speaking after the Wilburn Versatile Singers concert at the Grant Memorial A.M.E. Church, Chicago (Ill.) Creator: Williams, Milt. Date: May 25, 1959 Format: Still image Access: Public
17. National Association of College Women, 36th Annual Convention, Hotel Douglas, Newark, New Jersey, August 14, 1959 Creator: Central Photo-Flash Photographers (New York, N.Y.) Date: August 14, 1959 Format: Still image Access: Public
18. Ghana goldsmith lets one of three girls try on gold necklace Creator: United States Information Service. Date: October 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
19. Group of men and women in front of Parliament House in Accra, Ghana Creator: United States Information Service. Date: October 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
20. Men and women wearing O.E.S. society sashes Creator: Bastress, Robert L. Date: April 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
22. Rose Odamtten admires dress at Kingsway with two girls Creator: United States Information Service. Date: October 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
23. Women around Kwame Omyah, a Ghana goldsmith, to admire jewelry Creator: United States Information Service. Date: October 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
24. Women chat with Mowbray Elliot next to small bus Creator: United States Information Service. Date: October 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
25. Members of the Good Samaritan Club standing in front of cross Date: December 21, 1957 Format: Still image Access: Public
26. Line of women in dresses standing on one foot with a woman instructing them, and another playing the piano Creator: Halvey, Robert S. Date: March 7, 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
27. Men and women in front of circus sign that says Thaisa Gardner Beautiful Tiny Mite Date: August 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
28. African American woman standing next to an opened car door Date: 1955 Format: Still image Access: Public
29. Miss Etta and Brunson looking at storaged goods such as canned food Creator: Bryson, S.K. Date: December 6, 1955 Format: Still image Access: Public
30. Miss Helen Colbert, Mr. Leslie Scott and Mr. Lawson Ambassador NSA to Greece at a reception in Athens Greece in 1955 Date: 1955 Format: Still image Access: Public
31. African American men and women sitting at a table drinking alcoholic beverages Date: February 16, 1954 Format: Still image Access: Public
32. Funeral service for an African American woman Creator: Bryson, S. K. Date: September 2, 1954 Format: Still image Access: Public
33. Helen Colbert and three other women on 03/20/1954 Date: March 20, 1954 Format: Still image Access: Public
34. Men wearing society fezzes and women near boat entrance Creator: Hooper, Wert S. Date: August 2, 1954 Format: Still image Access: Public
35. Funeral service at First A.M.E. Church Creator: Farnborough Foto. Date: February 28, 1953 Format: Still image Access: Public
36. African American men and women at one long table with party streamers above them Creator: Hooper, Wert S. Date: May 26, 1952 Format: Still image Access: Public
37. Doctors and nurses performing surgery at Lincoln Hospital Creator: Smith. Date: May 5, 1952 Format: Still image Access: Public
38. A young African American woman wearing sunglasses seated on a railing Creator: Powell. Date: 1952 Format: Still image Access: Public
39. African American woman dancing in front of a band on stage at the Powelton Cafe Date: 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
40. African American woman dancing on stage at the Powelton Cafe Date: 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
41. Attorney Willard B. Ransom, now general manager of company delivers memorial eulogy at the grave of Mme. C.J. Walker in New York during the pilgrimage honoring her sponsored by the National Beauty Culturists League in 1951 Creator: Madam C.J. Walker College of Beauty Culture (Kansas City, Mo.) Date: 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
42. Billie Holiday singing on stage in front of an audience at Powelton Cafe Date: 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
43. A group picture of African American women wearing dresses, some seated on the floor, some seated and some standing, in a living room Creator: Will-Ellen Studios. Date: May 11, 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
44. St. Augustine choir in graduation robes in front of pipe organ Creator: Mosley, John W. Date: 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
45. African American singers and musicians performing at concert in Saint Augustine (Fla.) Date: 1950 Format: Still image Access: Public
46. Black physicians in Philadelphia, circa 1950 Date: 1950 approx. Format: Still image Access: Public
48. Clara Ward and three other gospel singers Date: September 17, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
49. Funeral service for Leah B. Farrar Creator: Brodnax Studio (Richmond, Va.) Date: March 23, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
50. Johnnie Hughes Combo : Philadelphia Pa. Creator: Photo Art Studios. Date: October 29, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
52. Men and women cooking and working behind the counter of Al's Luncheonette, and African American men and women eating at the counter Date: February 9, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
54. Ruth Brown, and her band performing on stage at Powello's Cafe Date: October 16, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
55. Two African American women, Lillian W. and Edwina C., wearing dresses, earrings and necklaces Date: July 18, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
56. African American boy and man shaking hands in front of Mary McLeod Bethune Date: February 28, 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
57. An African American woman seated on a bed wearing a halter top, with several enlarged photos on the wall Date: October 12, 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
58. Eight African American women of the Boni Amie club on or behind a sofa Creator: Wilson's Foto Service. Date: 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
59. Sarah Washington and other men and women, standing on stage in a Philadelphia night club Date: 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
61. An autographed portrait of Pauline Mayes, wearing a fur wrap, in 1947 Date: 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
62. Billie Holiday wearing a dress and necklace seated next to Louis Armstrong wearing a suit standing and playing a trumpet Date: 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
63. Class of June 1947 : Pennsylvania School of Nursing Creator: Penn Photo Studio Date: June 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
64. Daughter of Booker T. Washington in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Date: winter 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
66. Women holding babies and children at party Date: November 16, 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
67. Dorothy's Beauty College, April 1946 Creator: Long's. Date: April 1946 Format: Still image Access: Public
68. Women and one man in school gym under sign that says Tuskegee Club of Philadelphia Creator: Peace Photo. Date: November 1946 Format: Still image Access: Public
69. The women of the Ladies About Town club in dresses Date: August 23, 1946 Format: Still image Access: Public
70. 1st African-American WAC unit in Rouen, France Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Photographic Center. Date: May 27, 1945 Format: Still image Access: Public
72. African American female soldiers with luggage outside of a bus Date: November 1945 Format: Still image Access: Public
73. Canada Lee in a suit at the USO in Philidelphia, Pa. Date: January 20, 1945 Format: Still image Access: Public
75. A young African American woman wearing a dress seated on a bench with her elbow on the bench arm and her hand touching her face Date: July 7, 1945 Format: Still image Access: Public
76. Five men and woman around Mr. Jackson's desk Creator: Ensminger Studio. Date: October 12, 1944 Format: Still image Access: Public
77. Men, women, girls and boys at a confirmation with two robed men in front Creator: Lawson Foto. Date: 1944 Format: Still image Access: Public
79. An African American man in a trenchcoat and hat standing with an African American woman in a dress standing on the porch of a house with snow on the ground Date: January 19, 1943 Format: Still image Access: Public
80. Apex College of Beauty Culture, Graduation Classes, 1943-1944 Creator: Standard Photo Service Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) Date: 1943 to 1944 Format: Still image Access: Public
81. Men and women marching at Fort Huachuca, Arizona Creator: Signal Corps (U.S. Army) Date: 1943 Format: Still image Access: Public
82. United States Army, Station Hospital, 268th, October 5, 1943 [panorama] Creator: LaPerla Studio. Date: October 5, 1943 Format: Still image Access: Public
83. Billie Smith wearing a dress and fur coat, standing next to a man wearing a suit and holding a hat Creator: Woodley, Jesse E. Date: February 13, 1942 Format: Still image Access: Public
84. Margaret Walker standing behind a WMCA microphone surrounded by Nicodemus, Noble Sissle and three other men Date: between 1942 and 1944 Format: Still image Access: Public
85. Men and women standing behind a hand-railing during the progressive spiritualist graduation Creator: Moore. Date: 1942 Format: Still image Access: Public
86. A portrait of an African American woman wearing a dress, earrings and necklace Date: August 12, 1942 Format: Still image Access: Public
87. Soldiers and women at a party with balloons Creator: H. F. Joseph Studios. Date: December 9, 1942 Format: Still image Access: Public
88. Soldiers and women at birthday party Creator: H. F. Joseph Studios. Date: October 20, 1942 Format: Still image Access: Public
90. An African American man and African American woman doing the jitterbug on Ebbetts Field at halftime Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
91. An African American man and an African American woman doing the jitterbug at Ebbetts Field at halftime Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
92. African American woman holding a small boy on her knee Creator: Fox Co. Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
93. An African American woman in a dress holding a purse standing in front of some tall grass with a fence and tree in the background Creator: Peoples Drug Stores, inc. Date: August 5, 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
94. Billie Holiday in a dress performing at Famous Door Club in N.Y.C. with men and women seated at tables in the background Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
95. Billie Holiday performing with Babe Russin and Orchestra at Famous Door Club in New York with a man in a suit and a woman in a dress seated at a table in front of her Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
96. Lena Horne wearing a dress, high heel shoes, a hat, and a necklace seated in a chair with her feet resting on a sofa reading a script Date: 1941 approx. Format: Still image Access: Public
97. Man and woman doing the jitterbug on Ebbetts Field at halftime Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
98. Marian Anderson singing on a stage in Atlantic City, in front of an audience Date: August 19, 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
99. Yvonne School of Beauty Culture : group of children, men and women with flowers on a stage with instruments in the background Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
100. Group of women, one girl and one man behind bushes but in front of building Date: 1940s Format: Still image Access: Public