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1.
The Ole Mammie : an African American woman sitting next to a log cabin in New Orleans, La.

Creator:

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

Date:

October 26, 1906

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Still image

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A chocolate drop : an African American women in a cotton field with a basket on her head

Creator:

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

Date:

1897

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In the cotton field : six African American men, two African American women and three African American children picking cotton in a field with a man in a suit standing next to a wagon with an African American man in it

Creator:

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

Date:

August 1906

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A negro school in Florida, with men women and children standing outside [hand colored]

Creator:

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

Date:

June 26, 1900

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Cotton pickers : a line of African American men and African American women in a cotton field, one man with a basket of cotton on his shoulder, one man with his hand on a basket of cotton on the ground and one woman also with her hand on a basket

Creator:

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

Date:

March 9, 1906

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Down where the cotton blossoms grow : three African American women and an African American boy picking cotton and a man in a suit and hat

Creator:

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

Date:

October 15, 1906

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7.
Southern horseless carriage

Creator:

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

Date:

February 25, 1909

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There is money in cotton : an African American woman in a dress and bonnet standing in front of a pile of baskets filled with cotton, with one hand open showing several coins

Creator:

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

Date:

1886

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9.
Vegetable vendor

Creator:

Albertype Co.

Date:

February 28, 1905

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10.
Wash day

Creator:

Albertype Co.

Date:

May 19, 1898

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Official board, choir, sunday school, B.Y.P.U. and congregation of the First Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tenn., with a photo of Rev. J.R. Bowens, their Pastor

Creator:

Anderson, George H.

Date:

October 22, 1922

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12.
Early days in Kentucky : an African American man, boy and woman holding an infant, outside a log cabin

Creator:

Bagby-Howe Drug Co. (Louisville, Ky.)

Date:

October 13, 1917

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Still image

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13.
Among' the pioneers 60 years ago : scenes along the country roads : with an African American man, boy, and woman holding a baby

Creator:

Bishop, E. A.

Date:

October 11, 1913

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14.
An African American man holding his hat, and a woman in a dress, holding a handkerchief

Creator:

Bouer (Slater, Mo.)

Date:

1891

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15.
A group of women and children in front of a house that has a sign for Hickory Hill

Creator:

Browns.

Date:

1922

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16.
African American men and women working in a field on a strawberry farm near Tyler, Texas [hand colored]

Creator:

Bryan, R. E.

Date:

1915

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17.
Southern negro cabin with animal carcases hanging on it : an African American man, woman and child sitting on the porch, with dogs [hand colored]

Creator:

C. T. American Art.

Date:

January 1907

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18.
Southern negro cabin with animal carcases hanging on it : an African American man, woman and child sitting on the porch, with dogs

Creator:

C. T. Photochrom.

Date:

June 9, 1914

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19.
The living skeleton : African American women and children on a porch

Creator:

Campbell, Alfred S.

Date:

1896 approx.

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20.
Portrait of Inez Clough, broadway star

Creator:

Canell Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

1917 approx.

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21.
Portrait of Sarah Ann Blunt

Creator:

Carter.

Date:

November 1884

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22.
Old fashioned cabin, chimney built of sticks and mud, Florida : African American women and children outside a log cabin, with a big black pot [hand colored]

Creator:

Cochrane's Book Store (Palatka, Fla.)

Date:

1915

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Still image

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23.
Mrs. William Scott next to a table full of books

Creator:

Crowder.

Date:

1894

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24.
Diorama of Stephen Foster's song Old Black Joe, 1860 at the Stephen Foster Memorial on the Suwannee River, White Springs, Florida

Creator:

Curt Teich & Co.

Date:

1860

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25.
Wash day in Dixie Land

Creator:

Curt Teich & Co.

Date:

January 1922

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26.
Listening to the Masters word : African American man reading to a woman in bed [hand colored]

Creator:

Curt Teich & Co.

Date:

April 7, 1913

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Still image

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27.
An African American woman in a pink dress, sitting on a dressing table [hand colored]

Creator:

D B Co.

Date:

September 12, 1910

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Still image

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28.
Greetings from the sunny south : a still hunt : African American children and a woman sitting on stairs

Creator:

D. Van Wagenen (Savannah, Ga.)

Date:

May 19, 1898

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Still image

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29.
Portrait of Maria Pathill White, 8th

Creator:

Dimshee.

Date:

1900

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Still image

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30.
Love in a hut : an older African American man and woman sitting on steps

Creator:

E. C. Kropp Co.

Date:

February 7, 1906

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Still image

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31.
African American men on a horse-drawn cart full of cotton, with a girl and woman standing next to the cart, in Mobile, Alabama

Creator:

E. O. Zadek Jewelry Co. (Mobile, Ala.)

Date:

March 19, 1903

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Still image

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32.
A southern negro cabin : with an African American woman standing, and child, sitting in the doorway

Creator:

E. R. Schraudt.

Date:

July 9, 1908

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Still image

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33.
Come kiss yo' honey : portrait of an African American woman wearing a dress and a hat

Creator:

Eckstone, G.

Date:

1907 approx.

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Still image

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34.
Lucille Hegamin wearing a sleeveless dress surrounded by men in suits playing drums, a tuba, a trombone, a trumpet, a violin, a saxophone and a piano

Creator:

Elcha (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

1921

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Still image

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35.
Women vegetable venders, an every morning scene on the streets of Charleston, S.C.

Creator:

F. M. Kirby & Co.

Date:

August 8, 1912

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36.
An old-time southern mommy

Creator:

F. Marchant.

Date:

September 26, 1917

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37.
Courting : an African American man and woman riding in an oxen-drawn cart, in front of a wooden building

Creator:

F.W. Woolworth Co.

Date:

September 6, 1912

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38.
Scene in Concord, N.C. [hand colored]

Creator:

Faust, O. V.

Date:

January 31, 1907

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39.
Love Joy and cart

Creator:

Field, A. S.

Date:

March 1908

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40.
Negro shack, Montgomery, Ala. : an African American man and woman standing outside a log cabin

Creator:

Fowler, E. G.

Date:

December 28, 1907

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41.
A busy day in darky town, Miami, Fla. : African American men and women washing clothes in front of a house

Creator:

Gerlach, A. P.

Date:

February 1907

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42.
Weighing up the cotton at dinner hour

Creator:

Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943.

Date:

1900

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43.
Oval portrait of an African American woman sitting.

Creator:

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917.

Date:

June 1870

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44.
African American woman wearing a dress and a hat

Creator:

Huffman (Chillicothe, Mo.)

Date:

March 3, 1906

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45.
Silver Springs, Fla. : steamboat landing and railway station

Creator:

Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers (Portland, Me.)

Date:

October 1910

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46.
Typical southern negro home : with African American women and children sitting and standing outside

Creator:

Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers (Portland, Me.)

Date:

November 1907

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47.
Buck Lovejoy, the vegetable peddler, Fitzgerald, Ga.

Creator:

International Post Card & Mfg. Co. (St. Louis, Mo.)

Date:

January 1, 1910

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48.
Typical Negro cabin

Creator:

J.C. Patrick (Chester, S.C.)

Date:

May 1907

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49.
A negro baptizing in Dixie Land [hand colored]

Creator:

J.F. Bell Co. (Lynchburg, Va.)

Date:

December 17, 1908

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50.
Cotton gin in full blast, Florida

Creator:

Kilburn Brothers.

Date:

1879

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Still image

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51.
Old time method of cooking as used at Bascobet Farm : with an African American female cook in front of the fireplace

Creator:

Kishpaugh, R. A.

Date:

1905

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52.
Don't you git gay with me : portrait of an African American woman wearing a feathered hat, with a stick in her hand

Creator:

Knaffl & Bro. (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Date:

1905 approx.

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Still image

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53.
Wake up and join us : African American men and women singing from books and an African American man conducting

Creator:

Knaffl & Bro. (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Date:

1897 approx.

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Still image

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54.
Honey, does yo' lub yo' man? : an African American wedding

Creator:

Knaffl & Bro. (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Date:

1897 approx.

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55.
The South that is no more : a woman sitting on a set of stairs, with her arms around an African American womans' shoulders [hand colored]

Creator:

Leach, Dixie W.

Date:

February 18, 1908

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Still image

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56.
The little log cabin in the lane : with two African American women, an African American man and two children standing outfront

Creator:

Leach, Dixie W.

Date:

1907 approx.

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57.
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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Still image

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58.
Typical scene at Williamsburg, Va. : African American woman and a man with a pegleg on an ox-drawn cart

Creator:

Louis Kaufmann & Sons (Baltimore, Md.)

Date:

April 3, 1912

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59.
Aunt Venus hunting for Florida fleas : an African American woman with a child's head in her lap

Creator:

Mark, M.

Date:

February 23, 1911

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60.
Portrait of Mary L. Harrod in a long sleeved floor length dress and a long necklace

Creator:

Marshall's Studio.

Date:

January 3, 1904

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61.
Men and women in cap and gowns on graduation day

Creator:

McNeill, Robert H. and McNeill News Photo Service (Washington, D.C.)

Date:

1920

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62.
An African American woman, boy and men around a table with pumpkins on it, with a dog laying next to them [hand colored]

Creator:

Morrill Press (Fulton, N.Y.)

Date:

1909

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63.
Sybil Ann Peters sitting on a chair holding Ida Mae on her lap, while on a chair, in Newport, Rhode Island

Creator:

Mowrey, W. H.

Date:

August 4, 1923

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64.
Solid comfort : an African American woman sitting by a fireplace

Creator:

Newman Hungerford (Hartford, Conn.)

Date:

1906

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65.
Aunt Lucy Pass Christian, Miss.

Creator:

Northrop Drug Store (Pass Christian, Miss.)

Date:

February 27, 1913

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66.
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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67.
In the cotton field at Betty's hope. St. Croix. D.W.I.

Creator:

Ovesen, A.

Date:

December 26, 1911

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Still image

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68.
Sister Johnson wearing a robe, holding an open book in one hand, with her other hand pointing upwards

Creator:

Penn Studio.

Date:

June 1860

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69.
The Baltimore Orioles women's basketball team holding a trophy

Creator:

Penn Studio.

Date:

April 4, 1907

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70.
Margaret Irvin, an African American woman, holding a stick while sitting in a chair and leaning on a table, wearing a dress and a hat

Creator:

Plunkett.

Date:

1913

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71.
Colored baptism scene in Alabama [hand colored]

Creator:

Post Card Exchange (Birmingham, Ala.)

Date:

February 1912

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72.
Old time pine log hut : with an African American woman and three children

Creator:

Raphael Tuck & Sons.

Date:

October 10, 1906

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73.
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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74.
Portrait of Susie Sutton

Creator:

Reynold-Ward (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

1920

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75.
Faithful Lewis of 70 years at Arlington : carrying a tray of camellas to the house

Creator:

Rotograph Co.

Date:

December 21, 1910

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76.
Confederate Monument, Aiken, S.C. [hand colored]

Creator:

Rotograph Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

1904 approx.

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77.
Mammy : an African American woman sitting on a set of stairs in front of a building [hand colored]

Creator:

Royster, J.

Date:

1907 approx.

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Still image

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78.
Gaud bless you, honey : portrait of an African American woman [hand colored]

Creator:

Royster, J.

Date:

1907 approx.

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79.
[Nigger] : an African American woman in a dress sitting in a chair, eating something out of a bottle

Creator:

Royster, J.

Date:

1907 approx.

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80.
Special Southern Views : 182, Cotton Picking

Creator:

Russell Bros.

Date:

1895

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81.
An African American woman in a coat and hat, with her hands inside a muff

Creator:

Sharkey Studio (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

January 13, 1917

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82.
Large crowd of African American men and women standing in front of a church

Creator:

Simmons, H. D.

Date:

1908

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83.
Roll call : African American women and children outside a wooden building [hand colored]

Creator:

Souvenir Post Card Co. (N.Y.)

Date:

January 16, 1908

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Still image

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84.
Whoa Maud : an African American man and woman riding in a mule-drawn cart

Creator:

Souvenir Post Card Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Date:

October 2, 1907

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85.
Class of 1924 of Sumby's School of Professional Service

Creator:

Stephanson Studio (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Date:

1924

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86.
An African American man wearing a suit and hat, and a woman wearing a dress and hat, standing on either side of a cement wall

Creator:

Strauss.

Date:

1891

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87.
Blackberries and milk : African American mother with two children

Creator:

Strohmeyer & Wyman.

Date:

1894 approx.

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Still image

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88.
Two African American women on a horse in front of a colored church

Creator:

T.P. & Co. (N.Y.)

Date:

September 7, 1912

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89.
Negro hut : with an African American man and woman sitting on the steps [hand colored]

Creator:

T.P. & Co. (N.Y.)

Date:

December 11, 1916

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Still image

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90.
Negro log cabin : with an African American man and woman standing outside, with a garden

Creator:

Tennessee River Souvenir & Post Card Co. (St. Louis, Mo.)

Date:

1910

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91.
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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92.
Rapid transit (limited) : African American women and children on an ox-drawn carriage

Creator:

The Tourist (Southern Pines, N.C.)

Date:

March 17, 1911

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93.
Rapid transit (limited) : African American women and children on an ox-drawn carriage

Creator:

The Tourist (Southern Pines, N.C.)

Date:

January 11, 1909

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94.
Two old residents of New Bern, N.C. : an African American man smoking a pipe, and an African American woman

Creator:

Waters, Geo. B.

Date:

February 1911

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95.
Third annual conference for colored women in Christiansburg, Virginia

Creator:

Wavener.

Date:

July 4, 1923

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96.
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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97.
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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98.
Woman with a baby girl, Marguerite

Creator:

Whitman Studio (Malden, Mass.)

Date:

1924

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99.
Women and girls picking cotton

Creator:

Wilson & Co. (Savannah, Ga.)

Date:

June 4, 1865

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100.
Queen of Hog Alley, Jefferson City, Mo. [hand colored]

Date:

January 15, 1909

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Still image

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