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1.
Portrait of Mrs. Scipio Lizette D. Forth, ex slave

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April 5, 1965

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

Date:

September 5, 1950

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Women holding babies and children at party

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November 16, 1947

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

Creator:

Albertype Co.

Date:

December 14, 1941

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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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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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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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15.
Portrait of Adelaide Hall wearing a dress and hat

Creator:

Ebue Studio (N.Y.)

Date:

1929

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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 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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19.
African American woman wearing a coat and hat

Date:

January 27, 1918

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20.
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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21.
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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22.
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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23.
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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24.
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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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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28.
An African American family with a mother, a father, and five children

Date:

1914

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29.
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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30.
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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31.
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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32.
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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33.
African American man in a suit sitting next to an African American woman in a dress and hat, at the Lynchburg Fair, October 1911

Date:

October 1911

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34.
African American woman sitting on a chair wearing a dress, coat and a hat

Date:

October 25, 1911

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35.
Between Orlando and Oakland, country scene near Orlando, Fla. : African American men, women and children standing outside a wood dwelling, with a horse [hand colored]

Date:

February 17, 1911

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36.
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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In Dixie land : African American man holding a bag, an African American man driving a oxen driven cart, an African American man holding a cane, and two African American women holding baskets on their heads

Date:

July 21, 1910

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38.
Way down on the Florida Keys : an African American woman in a skirt and blouse leaning on a wood fence

Date:

April 8, 1910

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39.
An African American woman crouched on the ground, posing with eleven children [hand colored]

Date:

April 29, 1909

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40.
I'll wah you chiluns out : an African American women with a boy and girl outside a log cabin

Creator:

Allgood, Susie W.

Date:

1909 approx.

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41.
Queen of Hog Alley, Jefferson City, Mo. [hand colored]

Date:

January 15, 1909

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42.
The William Pickens family

Date:

July 10, 1909

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43.
Two African American men, two African American women, and a stuffed donkey

Date:

June 9, 1908

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44.
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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45.
African American woman wearing a dress and a hat

Creator:

Huffman (Chillicothe, Mo.)

Date:

March 3, 1906

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46.
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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47.
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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48.
Two African American women in dresses standing next to an African American boy in a hat

Date:

June 8, 1906

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49.
Way down yonder in the cornfield : an African American woman and man sitting on a porch [hand colored]

Creator:

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

Date:

December 1906

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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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Cake walkers-way down south in Dixie : three African American men and two women dressed up, with one playing a string instrument and walking a dog

Creator:

D. Van Wagenen (Savannah, Ga.)

Date:

January 31, 1903

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Cotton picking : a group of African American men and women

Date:

November 15, 1903

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My old cabin home : an old African American man sitting on a porch : Seach and research : an African American woman checking the head of a girl [hand colored]

Creator:

Detroit Photographic Co.

Date:

1901 approx.

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54.
No place like home : an African American man and two women sitting outside a wood hut

Date:

May 19, 1898

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55.
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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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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57.
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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58.
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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59.
Portrait of Sarah Ann Blunt

Creator:

Carter.

Date:

November 1884

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60.
“We always pick berries at J.A. Davis', Goldsboro, Md., We wish now that we had”

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unknown

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61.
20th Century Melody Orchestra, Charelston (S.C.)

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62.
25 cents for ticket to enter Market Inn

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63.
An African American family of a mother, a father, and a child on Easter

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African American girls and boys wearing hats at a party, eating ice cream, with women standing behind them, at the Bethlehem Center, in Savannah Georgia

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65.
African American man and woman in a car in a studio

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66.
An African American man and woman in matching suits and hats, holding canes

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Imperial Publishing Co.

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unknown

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African American man and woman sitting next to each other in a single chair, with the man wearing a suit, and the woman wearing a dress and hat

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unknown

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African American man and woman standing next to each other wearing coats and hats, with the woman wearing a scarf, and the man holding a pair of gloves

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An African American man and woman standing on either side of an automobile, on a street, with a fence, a house and trees in the background

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unknown

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An African American man holding the hand of child and woman holding a child in her lap

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An African American man in a coat and hat with an African American woman wearing a dress standing on cobblestones with the woman's arm around the man's shoulders with a brick building and a cart in the background

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unknown

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An African American man in a dress uniform holding his cap, arm in arm with an African American woman in a wedding dress holding a bouquet standing in front of a window with a sofa on one side and a table with a lamp on the other

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unknown

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African American man in a suit and hat sitting on a chair with two small African American boys standing in front of him, and an African American woman standing behind him

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African American man in a suit and hat sitting on a chair, with an African American woman in a dress and scarf standing next to him, with one hand on the chair

Creator:

Bruce Photo Co.

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unknown

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75.
African American man in a suit and hat sitting on a stool, with an African American woman standing behind him in a dress, with her hands on his chest

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unknown

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76.
An African American man in a suit and hat with a boutonniere seated on a bench with an African American woman in a dress in front of a painted backdrop

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77.
African American man in a suit and hat, holding a revolver and pocket watch, standing next to an African American woman in a dress holding a hat

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78.
African American man in a suit and hat, sitting next to an African American woman wearing a dress

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79.
African American man in a suit and hat, standing next to an African American woman in a dress

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African American man in a suit and hat, standing next to an African American woman in a dress, coat and hat

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81.
An African American man in a suit and top hat kissing an African American woman in a dress

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82.
African American man in a suit dancing with an African American woman in a coat, both wearing hats

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Brinkmier's Studio.

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unknown

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83.
African American man in a suit holding a hat, standing next to an African American woman in a dress, sitting in a chair

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unknown

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84.
African American man in a suit holding a hat, with an African American woman in a dress, standing in front of a porch

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unknown

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85.
African American man in a suit sitting down, with an African American woman with a fur coat standing next to him, both wearing hats

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unknown

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86.
African American man in a suit sitting next to an African American woman in a dress, both wearing hats

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87.
African American man in a suit sitting on a chair, with a hat on his knee, with his sister in a coat standing next to him

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unknown

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88.
African American man in a suit standing next to an African American woman in a dress suit, holding a handbag, both wearing hats

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unknown

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89.
African American man in a suit standing next to an African American woman in a dress, both of them wearing hats

Creator:

Cyrus, J. E.

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unknown

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90.
African American man in a suit, sitting on a chair with an African American woman in a coat, holding a book, both wearing hats

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unknown

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91.
African American man in a suit, sitting on a chair, with an African American woman in a dress and hat standing beside him, with one hand behind his head

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92.
African American man in a suit, standing next to an African American woman wearing a hat, while holding another hat and a stick

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unknown

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93.
African American man sitting down while wearing a suit and holding a hat, with two African American women in dresses and hats standing behind him

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94.
An African American man sitting on a bench next to a little girl, with a woman standing behind them

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95.
African American man sitting on a chair while wearing a suit, with an African American woman and two African American girls in dresses standing around him

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African American man sitting on a chair, with an African American woman standing behind him holding a handbag, with one hand on his shoulder, both wearing hats

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97.
African American man wearing a hat, standing next to an African American woman holding a hat, in front of a wooden building

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98.
African American man wearing a suit, hat and bow tie, standing next to an African American woman in a dress, in front of a building

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99.
An African American man with a guitar, an African woman, an African American boy, and a dog

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An African American man, and African American woman, and an African American boy

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