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Producers of income : pictures of six African American men in various professions

Creator:

Elba Systems Corporation.

Date:

1971

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Ernest Petenaud, a maitre d', tipping his hat in the U.S. Capitol building

Date:

July 23, 1968

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Waterfront scene - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., U.S.A.

Creator:

Dormand Postcards (Lond Island, N.Y.)

Date:

November 15, 1968

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Portrait of Mrs. Scipio Lizette D. Forth, ex slave

Date:

April 5, 1965

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North Road in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands : native carts on the road to market : flamboyant trees in bloom to right center

Creator:

Colby, Dorothy G.

Date:

February 18, 1964

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John H. Murray speaking at convention

Creator:

Robinson, Louie.

Date:

1961 approx.

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An African American man in a suit with a checkered shirt and a hat sleeping in a chair next to a brick wall

Creator:

Bryson, S.K.

Date:

May 21, 1959

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Man sitting with child wearing cap and holding a toy gun

Date:

January 2, 1959

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Maudlin Callis in bowtie and hat

Date:

May 12, 1959

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Roas'-A-Time-- Bam-Bou-Shay : carnival time in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S.A. : one of the many colorful floats in the carnival parade

Creator:

Rahola Photo Supply (San Juan, P.R.)

Date:

June 28, 1959

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John Bruen with Cus D'Amato in 1957

Date:

1957

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10 prints of African American amputee in home and in doctor's office in Memphis, Tenn.

Date:

1956

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African American amputee receiving wooden artificial legs from doctor in Memphis, Tenn.

Date:

1956

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Colorful market-place scene in beautiful St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S.A.

Creator:

Rahola Photo Supply Santurce (San Juan, P.R.)

Date:

October 15, 1956

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Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

Date:

1955

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Group of African American cooks, wearing their uniforms, posing on a lawn

Date:

October 3, 1952

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17.
The Orioles with Duke Ellington and Count Basie : Philadelphia, Pa.

Date:

November 25, 1950

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Robert Smith, leader of Elks around 1950's, dressed in a suit and overcoat and lodge hat, with his own private Pullman car, with a group of men in suits and lodge hats

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1950s

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Shrimp docks-Southport, N.C. : with African American men and women working

Date:

September 5, 1950

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Three chocolate drops- Down in Sunny Dixie : three African American boys sitting on a fence

Creator:

E. C. Kropp Co.

Date:

May 19, 1950

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Women holding babies and children at party

Date:

November 16, 1947

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Old plantation cabin, in old Kentucky : an old African American man sitting on a bench outside

Creator:

E. C. Kropp Co.

Date:

April 18, 1946

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The stuff is here : man in vest and hat with girl in forest

Date:

April 1946

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Canada Lee in a suit at the USO in Philidelphia, Pa.

Date:

January 20, 1945

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An African American man wearing gloves and a hat, with white splatter on his pants, holding a shovel, standing on the dirt ground

Date:

February 14, 1944

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Short man in hat, gloves, and flower pinned to coat

Creator:

Lexington Photo Studios.

Date:

February 1, 1944

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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

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Alfread in a suit and hat

Date:

September 12, 1942

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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

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30.
Man in a hat and suit

Date:

October 3, 1942

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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.

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32.
Natives working cane field in St. Croix, V.I.

Creator:

Albertype Co.

Date:

December 14, 1941

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33.
Phil Nunn Old Dixie

Creator:

McCrum Drug Co., Inc.

Date:

November 15, 1941

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An African American man and an African American child

Date:

November 26, 1940

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35.
Old Black Joe

Creator:

Keele, Ike.

Date:

June 26, 1939

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Silas Green Band in front of train car in 1939 with Native American entertainer

Date:

December 2, 1939

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Paul Robeson in a suit and hat with an overcoat on his arm on the sidewalk of a street in Spain

Date:

1938

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Paul Robeson in a suit and hat with an overcoat over his arm and Mrs. Haldave on a street in Madrid with workmen walking by

Date:

1938

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Paul Robeson in a suit and hat with an overcoat over his arm standing on a street in Spain with a man in uniform

Date:

1938

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An African American man standing in front of a store window with signs

Date:

1937

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Floyd Ray and his orchestra : Coconut Grove (Miami, Fla.)

Date:

April 19, 1937

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Post-graduate class of Provident Hospital, Chicago, watching doctor and nurse perform surgery

Date:

July 13, 1937

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A seated picture of an African American man wearing a suit, with a cane in his right hand and a cigar in his mouth with a hat and vase of flowers on a table next to him

Creator:

Fowler (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1937

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Two Jacks and a Jill-down in sunny Dixie

Creator:

E. C. Kropp Co.

Date:

1937

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Gertrude Ayers, teacher at P.S. 24, watching students wearing drawn feather headdresses

Date:

January 1936

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Bill Robinson in a suit, vest with a watch chain and hat tap dancing in front of a wall

Date:

1934

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An autographed portrait of Helena in 1933

Date:

1933

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Who's a nigger : two African American boys fist fighting and several surrounding them watching : a woman with a bald eagle, a scroll and American flag

Creator:

Howe, F. L.

Date:

April 5, 1933

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The World's Greatest Boys and Girls Drum and Bugle Corps of Hamtramck, Michigan : founded in 1933 by Col. Leo Whittaker

Date:

1933

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Lil Armstrong's (stage) orchestra starting tour at Kendonne Theater, Buffalo (N.Y.)

Date:

1932

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Prof. W.T. Meade Grant Jr., exalted ruler & state deputy ready to parade for Elk's Memorial Sunday

Creator:

Paddlo (New Orleans, La.)

Date:

December 11, 1932

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Uncle Melton : gate keeper at Afton Villa, famous ante bellum home, five miles north of St. Francisville, La. on Federal Highway No. 61

Creator:

Eagle Post Card View Co., Inc. (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

November 2, 1932

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53.
Pops & Jovey in suits and hats

Date:

1931

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An African American boy wearing a hat and a ring playing a harmonica with his left hand

Creator:

Sennett, T. S. (Glenn Falls, N.Y.)

Date:

1930 approx.

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An African American man in trenchcoat and hat

Date:

1930s to 1940s

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African American man standing with one hand in his pocket, wearing a suit and hat

Date:

December 25, 1929

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57.
Cornelius Page, Maitlon Russell with friends on 15th and Catherine St. in Philadelphia, Pa., 1929

Date:

1929

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Five African American boys on 15th and Catherine St., Philadelphia, Pa., 1929

Date:

1929

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Fred Collins, Sam Alexander, and Robert Day on 15th and Catherine St. in Philadelpia, Pa., 1929

Date:

1929

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Maitlon Russell and Cornelius Page on 15th and Catherine St. in Philadelphia, Pa., 1929

Date:

1929

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61.
Portrait of Adelaide Hall wearing a dress and hat

Creator:

Ebue Studio (N.Y.)

Date:

1929

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Robert Henry and Fred Collins on 15th and Catherine St. in Philadelphia, Pa., 1929

Date:

1929

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Robert Henry and the gang on 15th and Catherine St. in Philadelphia, Pa., 1929

Date:

1929

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Robert Henry with friends on 15th and Catherine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Date:

1929

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65.
Santa Fe Freight Car Show Band on truck

Creator:

Wolfe.

Date:

1928

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An excavation for gasoline tanks for the Bethlehem Steel Co. on Dec. 9th 1927

Date:

December 9, 1927

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Men distributing brick to port arches, in Ohio, on Dec. 23, 1927

Date:

December 23, 1927

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Two African American men, in overalls and hats, shoveling dirt onto a conveyor belt

Date:

March 8, 1927

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69.
Undertaker next to building and pole

Date:

1927

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Old plantation cabin, New Orleans, La. : an old African American man sitting on a bench outside

Creator:

New Orleans News Company (La.)

Date:

February 2, 1926

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Robert Henry with friends at Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia, Pa.

Date:

1925

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Abraham Brown with friends smoking cigars

Date:

August 1923

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J. Finley Wilson dressed in an overcoat and hat standing next to an old style car with an African American woman inside the car, in front of steps leading up to a brick building

Creator:

Webster Photo.

Date:

1923

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Portrait of an African American woman in a dress and hat with a purse on her right wrist standing next to an African American man in a suit and hat seated in a chair in front of a portrait backdrop

Date:

1923

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African American man in a suit and hat sitting on a bench, with an African American girl in a dress with a bow in her hair standing next to him

Date:

June 3, 1922

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African American woman wearing a dress, fur scarf and hat while sitting on a chair, with an African American girl standing next to her, and an African American man in a suit and hat standing behind her

Creator:

Rensler's.

Date:

1919

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African American woman wearing a coat and hat

Date:

January 27, 1918

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Unknown 12-string guitar player, 1918

Date:

1918

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Group of men at equal rights rally in 1917

Date:

November 11, 1917

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Two men boxing, one of them African American : with a crowd of men watching

Date:

1917

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African American man in a coat and holding his hat

Date:

January 12, 1916

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African American woman leaning on a pedestal while holding a handbag, wearing a dress, coat, and a flower covered hat

Date:

March 30, 1916

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African American woman standing with one hand on a vase of flowers, while wearing a dress, jacket, and a hat with a bow on it

Creator:

Fowler, E. G.

Date:

April 1916

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84.
A circus day : an African American family ready to go to the circus

Date:

September 2, 1916

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85.
Gen. Henry Forrest on a horse

Creator:

Freeman, Daniel.

Date:

November 17, 1916

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Portrait of an African American man in suit and hat with an African American woman in a dress and hat

Creator:

O Studio.

Date:

1916

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Whoa mule! : four African American children sitting on a mule in front of a log cabin and a woman looking out the window [hand colored]

Creator:

Detroit Publishing Co.

Date:

January 21, 1916

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88.
Williams Jubilee Singers, touring Europe [hand colored]

Date:

March 30, 1916

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Williams Jubilee Singers, touring Europe [hand colored]

Date:

April 5, 1916

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Hardey Montgomery, born 1799, one hundred and sixteen years old

Creator:

E. C. Kropp Co.

Date:

1915

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Negro characters, New Orleans : African American woman standing behind a basket, an African American woman sitting on a set of steps, an African American man standing with a walking stick, and three African Americans in front of a house

Creator:

Thayer, Frank S.

Date:

February 10, 1915

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Way down south in Dixie Land : an African American woman and six children sitting on a grassy hill [hand colored]

Creator:

Leighton & Valentine Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

February 2, 1915

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An African American family with a mother, a father, and five children

Date:

1914

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An African American man and woman dancers in a dress and a tuxedo, with top hat, in 1914

Creator:

Wendt.

Date:

1914

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African American woman sitting on a chair while wearing a dress and hat, with a small African American girl in a dress sitting on her lap, in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Date:

September 16, 1914

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Fourteen African American young women in suits and hats, with cigarettes in their hands

Date:

January 1, 1914

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Mill gang in Carson LA on Feb. 1914

Date:

February 1914

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Negro home in Mobile, Ala. : an African American man and woman sitting on the porch of a house : with a cornfield [hand colored]

Creator:

Adolph Selige Pub. Co. (St. Louis, Mo.)

Date:

February 18, 1914

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Slim Boy Jenkins

Creator:

Orcajo Photo Art (Dayton, Ohio)

Date:

September 1914

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At de Ole Cabin Door in Sunny Alabama : four African American children sitting and standing outside a log cabin

Creator:

Post Card Exchange (Birmingham, Ala.)

Date:

March 7, 1913

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