Subseries 4.1
Photographs, circa 1876-1970
Boxes 40 and 85-97, and OP19, OP22, OP23, and OP26
Arrangement Note
Arranged into groups by photographic format, then in alphabetical order by subject.
| Cabinet Cards | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 92 | 27 |
Businesses: Fagan's Junk Store (Brooklyn, New York), circa 1885-1890
Photographer: Merchants Photo Company |
| 92 | 28 |
Families: Portrait of a father holding his two children, circa 1890-1895
Photographer: Edmonson (Norwalk, Ohio) |
| 89 | 1 |
Men: Casey Logan, circa 1893
Photograph inscribed on verso: "45 years porter in Bank of Kentucky." Identified by Langmuir as having been formerly enslaved. |
| 89 | 2 |
Racial stereotype: "Negro Heaven" and "A Southern Outrage," circa 1885
Photographer: Kennedy S. Law (Hot Springs, Arkansas) |
| 92 | 29 |
Military: Signed portrait of Captain Charles Taylor, circa 1895
Photographer: Hayden Studio (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| 92 | 30 |
Music: Perry George Lowery in uniform holding a cornet (Ohio), circa 1900
Photographer: Hamilton Studio (Muskegon, Michigan) |
| 92 | 31 |
Nannies: African American mammy holding white child, 1900
Inscribed on verso: "For my Godmother with much love, Jessica Macnabb age 6 months. Knickerbocker, Texas." Photographer: Ragsdale Studio (San Angelo, Texas) |
| 92 | 32 |
Nannies: Maggie [?], an African American mammy, with her three white charges identified as Daisy Haywood Mosely, Nicholas Smith Mosely, and James Alexander Mosely Jr., circa 1908
Photographer: Brock (Asheville, North Carolina) |
| Carte de Visite | ||
| 92 | 33 |
Buildings: Lincoln University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1867
Photographer: F. S. Keeler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| 90 | 16 |
Men: Ferdinand Schavers, 1882
Civil War veteran and "first selected body guard of President Abraham Lincoln." |
| 40 | 43 |
Men: William Piper, 1876
Mentioned in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Photographer: George F. Parlow (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| 87 | 13 | Politics and politicians: Hiram Rhodes Revels, circa 1862-1865 |
| 90 | 17 |
Religion: L.C. Chambers (Reverend), circa 1865
Photographer: Parlor Gallery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| 90 | 18 |
Theatre: Thomas Dilward, circa 1880 [2 items]
Dilward was a performer with drawfism known as "Japanese Tommy." One photograph by H. Burrows (Liverpool, England) |
| 89 | 3 | Women: Susan Baker King Taylor, circa 1869 |
| Cyanotypes | ||
| 85 | 44 |
Unidentified photographs of outdoor scenes, circa 1900
Three photographs, one of South Carolina, one of Florida, and one completely unidentified. |
| Photographs | ||
| 85 | 1 | Advertising: Ivory Soap, circa 1930 |
| 85 | 2 | Advertising: Lux Soap Flakes, circa 1930 |
| 85 | 3 | Advertising: Putnam Home Made Brooder, circa 1910 |
| 85 | 45 | Advertising: Woman advertising underwear or related product, circa 1945 |
| 92 | 34 |
Africa: Firestone Rubber Plantation (Cape Palmas, Liberia), 1926 [1 of 2]
Photographs document local people and the area of the plantation, as well as the white men who were on the construction and surveying crew. Includes photograph of the Russwurm Monument to slavery. |
| 93 | 1 | Africa: Firestone Rubber Plantation (Cape Palmas, Liberia), 1926 [2 of 2] |
| 93 | 2 |
Africa: Two Muslim people praying at a mosque in Algeria, circa 1890-1910
Photographer: Alexandre Bougault |
| 85 | 46 | Art: James Van Der Zee and a group of unidentified people on a summertime excursion to the Bronx (New York), circa 1925 |
| 93 | 3 |
Barbers/beauticians: Augusta Harris, beauty operator at St. Clair Beauty Shop (San Antonio, Texas), 1940
Signed portrait. Includes newspaper clipping about her return to work after an extended trip. |
| 85 | 47 | Barbers/beauticians: Moderne Beauty Salon staff standing outside storefront, circa 1940 |
| OP19 | 7 | Barbers/beauticians: National Beauty Culturists League (Chicago, Illinois), graduating class, 1954 |
| 97 | 1 | Buildings: Segregated neighborhood on Crosseley Avenue in Wyoming, Ohio, 1946 |
| 89 | 4 | Buildings: Train station (Oklahoma?) with segregated waiting rooms (two men and a boy standing outside), undated |
| 85 | 48 | Businesses: Hale Brothers New Store (Cleveland, Ohio), furniture movers, circa 1920 |
| OP19 | 4 | Businesses: Half Moon Hotel (Coney Island, New York), staff, 1928 |
| 85 | 49 |
Businesses: Leo and Mike Lazare grocery store (Memphis, Tennessee)
Photographer: Hitchings Commercial Photographers |
| 87 | 14 | Businesses: Newsstand (Kansas City, Missouri), circa 1947 |
| 93 | 4 |
Businesses: Powell Funeral Home (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1927-1971
Includes two promotional calendars. Photographs by Smith's Photo Service (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Malcolm Poindexter, Jr. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| 85 | 50 | Businesses: Savannah Electric Company banquet, 1946 December |
| 85 | 4 | Caricature: Banned figurine, 1950 |
| 93 | 5 | Children: African American boy shining the shoes of a white boy of similar age, circa 1910-1915 |
| 93 | 6 | Children: White child and Black boy next to a Christmas tree, circa 1912 |
| 93 | 7 |
Children-Groups: Group of Black children posed and holding cameras, circa 1920
Photographer: Lollar's Studio (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| 90 | 19 | Circus/Side show: Richard Charles and Woogie Lucas as Princess Sahloo and Wago, Hubert's Museum, circa 1950 |
| 85 | 51 | Comedy: Gordon C. Collins, comedian, dancer, and producer (Chilcothe, Missouri), undated |
| 87 | 15 |
Comedy: Tim Moore, publicty still for "Rarin' to Go," 1924
Inscribed from Moore to Lucille Hegamin. Photographer: BERT |
| OP26 | 1 |
Dance: Supper club dancers at the Cotton Club (New York City, New York), circa 1935
Photographer: Rene Colbert (New York City, New York) |
| 87 | 16 | Disc jockeys/radio: KCOH (Houston, Texas), unidentified disc jockey, 1958 |
| 87 | 17 |
Disc Jockeys/radio: King Biscuit Time, KFFA 1360 (Helena, Arkansas), circa 1950
Includes Sonny Boy white corn meal sack |
| 93 | 8 | Education: Alabama State Normal School (Montgomery, Alabama), 1929 |
| 90 | 20 | Education: Albion Academy (Franklinton, North Carolina), unidentified graduating class, undated |
| OP23 | 2 |
Education: Apex Beauty School graduation, 1949
Photographer: A. Hansen (New York, New York) |
| 89 | 5 | Education: Ballard Normal School (Macon, Georgia), circa 1920 |
| 90 | 21 |
Education: Class photograph, children are holding letters that spell Abraham Lincoln, 1924
Photographer: "Mr. Robertson, a white man" |
| 90 | 22 |
Education: Ella J. Rice, 1954
Rice is pictured teaching a class of white children. Clipping on back of photo discusses desegregation of the school system. Photographer: Associated Press |
| 90 | 23 |
Education: Fifth Street Primary School (Columbia, Pennsylvania), undated
Photographer: Joseph Hess (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) |
| 90 | 24 |
Education: Girl and boy reading a book together at Arlington Library (Cleveland, Ohio), 1966
Photographer: Ray Majestic, Chief Photographer, The Plain Dealer |
| OP22 | 1 |
Education: Harlem Public School #89 (New York, New York), class photo, 1923
Photographer: S. Gardner |
| 89 | 6 |
Education: Kingfisher Separate Normal School (Oklahoma), 1913
Photographer: Bryant Normal Photo |
| 85 | 52 | Education: Malcolm X College (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1970 [1] |
| 85 | 53 | Education: Malcolm X College (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1970 [2] |
| 85 | 54 | Education: Malcolm X College (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1970 [3] |
| 86 | 1 | Education: Malcolm X College (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1970 [4] |
| 86 | 2 | Education: Malcolm X College (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1970 [5] |
| 86 | 3 | Education: Malcolm X College (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1970 [6] |
| 93 | 9 | Education: Santee School for colored children (South Carolina), 1937 |
| 89 | 7 | Education: Schofield Normal and Industrial School (Aiken, South Carolina), 1883 |
| OP26 | 2 |
Education: Selma University student body and graduates, 1936-1937
Photographer: Lindsay Studios (Jackson and Meridian, Mississippi) |
| 87 | 19 | Education: Students and teachers in classroom, circa 1895 |
| 93 | 10 |
Education: Students and teachers in a classroom, circa 1910
Photographer: Worthington Studio (Chicago, Illinois) |
| 87 | 20 |
Education: Teacher's convention (Greenville, Texas), 1912
Photographer: L. Armstrong |
| 93 | 11 | Education: Texas College graduates (Tyler, Texas), circa 1925 |
| OP19 | 3 | Education: Unidentified girls' school with sign reading "I Will, I Can, I Wish," group photo, undated |
| 85 | 8 | Education: Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, composite photograph, 1917 June |
| 85 | 5 | Expositions: American Negro Exposition (Chicago, Illinois), 1940 |
| 85 | 6 |
Expositions: "The Sun Shines Bright," tableau photograph of group listening to a banjo player, 1910
Possibly staged for a national exposition. Photographer: William, Rau (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| 85 | 7 |
Exposititons: "Old Time Cabin," tableau portrait, undated
Possibly a promotional photograph for a national exposition. Photographer: Frances Benjamin Johnston |
| 87 | 21 | Families: Francis White Hughes, family photographs, circa 1920-1960 [1 of 2] |
| 87 | 22 | Families: Francis White Hughes, family photgraphs, circa 1920-1960 [2 of 2] |
| 86 | 4 | Families: The Freemans (Morton, Pennsylvania), 1905 |
| 85 | 9 | Families: The Johnsons, an interracial family in Tatum's, Oklahoma, 1905 |
| 89 | 8 | Families: Lightfoot family (Bowling Green, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana), circa 1900-1940 |
| 93 | 12 |
Families: Portraits of the Conwell family and friends (Detroit, Michigan), 1942 [1 of 2]
Photographer: Allen E. Cole (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| 93 | 13 | Families: Portraits of the Conwell family and friends (Detroit, Michigan), 1942 [2 of 2] |
| OP19 | 1 |
Families: Unidentified family portrait, circa 1940-1945
Portrait depicts a mother and four children. Photographer: Gitchell's Studio (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| 93 | 14 |
Families: Unidentified family portrait, circa 1950
Portrait depicts a mother, father, daughter, and two sons sitting underneath a sign that reads "our home." |
| OP19 | 8 | Groups: Group of three white photographers taking photographs of African Americans in a rural setting, circa 1912 |
| 93 | 15 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [1 of 14]
Rochelle Metcalfe was a photographer and columnist for the Sun Reporter and other Black newspapers. The photographs document Black life in San Francisco. Set includes photographs by Metcalfe and others. This folder consists mainly of photographs of music events. Includes letter from Senator Milton Marks to Metcalfe. Includes photograph by Roscoe Farmer, Jr. |
| 94 | 1 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [2 of 14]
Music events. |
| 94 | 2 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [3 of 14]
Mainly social gatherings and fashion events. Includes photo of Marcia Ann Gillespie. Includes photograph taken by George Newman for Roscoe Studio (San Francisco, California). |
| 94 | 3 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [4 of 14]
Social gatherings, African American cultural events, and fashion shows. Includes photographs by Arthur R. Francis, (San Francisco, California), Heidi Reeve, and Roscoe Farmer, Jr. |
| 94 | 4 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [5 of 14]
Music events and social gatherings. |
| 94 | 5 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [6 of 14]
Music events and social gatherings. Includes photographs of Koko Taylor, Ashford & Simpson, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Oscar Peterson, and Martin Wyatt. |
| 94 | 6 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [7 of 14]
Music events and social gatherings. Includes photographs of Shuggie Otis. |
| 95 | 1 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [8 of 14]
Black history events, celebrations, dances, music events, sporting events, and famous figures and activists. Includes photographs of Edwin Moses, Cecil Williams, Jesse Jackson, Nate Thurmond, Willie Brown, Rosie Gaines, and GLIDE Memorial Church. Includes photographs taken by John D. Morris, M. P. (San Francisco, California) and Roscoe Farmer, Jr. (Roscoe Studio, San Francisco, California). |
| 95 | 2 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [9 of 14]
Fashion shows, parties, and Black cultural events. Includes photographs taken by Everett Johnson and Arthur R. Francis (San Francisco, California). |
| 95 | 3 | Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [10 of 14] |
| 95 | 4 | Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [11 of 14] |
| 95 | 5 |
Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [12 of 14]
Musicians, music events, and dances. Includes photograph of Maxine Howard. Includes photographs taken by Maria Bainer and Roscoe Farmer, Jr. (Roscoe Studio, San Francisco, California). |
| 95 | 6 | Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [13 of 14] |
| 95 | 7 | Groups: Photographs by Rochelle Metcalfe and others (San Francisco, California), circa 1970s-1990s [14 of 14] |
| OP26 | 3 | Groups: Unidentified group of men and women, 1922 [Photographer: Paul Poole Studio (Atlanta, Georgia). Image appears in Black Atlanta in the Roaring Twenties by Herman Mason] |
| 86 | 5 | Groups: Unidentified group of people displaced by flooding (Cleveland, Mississippi), 1927 |
| 90 | 25 |
Groups: Women dressed in white and black dresses, holding bouquets and other items, undated
Photographer: D. Freeman (Washington, D.C.) |
| 89 | 9 |
Groups: Women preparing lime for morter with overseer (Africa), circa 1870
Inscription on verso of photograph identifes women as enslaved. |
| 88 | 1 | Medical: "F.H.T.S. Night Nurses," 1912 |
| 88 | 2 |
Medical: Henry Rutherford Butler, circa 1896-1964
Includes correspondence |
| OP19 | 10 | Medical: Mossell, Nathan Francis, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine graduating class photograph, 1882 |
| 96 | 1 |
Medical: Signed portrait of Albert A. Tennant, M. D., circa 1905
Photographer: Geo. O. Brown (Richmond, Virginia) |
| 89 | 10 |
Men: Cleve McDowell (Oxford, Mississippi), 1963
McDowell was the second African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Newspaper clipping about his enrollment is adhered to verso of the photograph. |
| 85 | 10 |
Men: Fred Jones, undated
Photographer: Cripss (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| 85 | 11 | Men: Graduates of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), undated |
| 85 | 12 |
Men: Man lying on the ground in a park with the legs of two other men holding him down; they are surrounded by musicians and others, circa 1960s
Photographer: Hal Yaeger (New York, New York) |
| 85 | 13 | Men: Matthew Henson, polar explorer, 1929 |
| 96 | 2 |
Men: Signed portrait of John Owens Luton, a college graduate from Alabama, circa 1930
Includes Luton's calling card and an invitation to the State Normal High School graduation. Photographer: Vithana Studios (New York, New York) |
| 96 | 3 | Men: Unidentified man pointing to sign that reads "Colored Restrooms," 1955 |
| OP22 | 11 | Men: Unidentified man sitting thoughtfully (rubbing his chin with his hand) at a piano, undated |
| 89 | 11 |
Men: Wilbur Brassfield, undated
Photograph inscribed: "Keep a song in your soul." |
| 96 | 4 |
Military: Art print of General Sheridan and cavalry generals at Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia, 1865
Albumen print after the artwork of James E. Taylor, circa 1910. Publisher: C. O. Buckingham (Washington, D.C.) |
| 86 | 6 | Military: Chaplain John R. Dungee, United States Army, circa 1945 |
| 86 | 7 |
Military: Charles Jackson French, 1942
Photographer: Acme Newspictures, Inc. |
| 85 | 14 | Military: Colonel Benjamin Davis, Sr., 369th Infantry, Camp Smith, New York, 1938 |
| 86 | 8 |
Military: George Rodgers, military policeman, undated
Includes presidential certificate honoring Rodgers' memory and service. |
| 96 | 5 |
Military: Lieutenant Commander Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., United States Navy, 1962
Gravely was the first African American man to command a United States warship |
| 96 | 6 |
Military: Photograph of the Battle of the Crater painting by John Adams Elder
Photographer: C. R. Rees (Petersburg, Virginia) |
| 85 | 15 | Military: Post-World War II parade, 1945 |
| 85 | 16 |
Military: Private George Daniels, circa 1944
Photograph includes "A Soldier's Prayer" inscribed on the front. |
| 89 | 12 |
Military: Soldiers, 24th Division, United States Army (South Korea), 1950
Press caption adhered to verso of the photograph. |
| 88 | 4 | Military: Sherman W. White, Jr. (Lieutenant) and family, 1941-1942, 1986 |
| 85 | 17 | Military: Spanish American War, unidentified cooks and teamsters, possibly in Tennessee, 1898 |
| 85 | 18 |
Military: Unidentified band, circa 1944
Band member nicknames are inscribed on the front of the photograph. |
| OP22 | 2 | Military: United States Air Force, 3817 Base Service Squadron, 1949 |
| 96 | 7 |
Military: United States invasion of Haiti (Port au Prince, Milot, Cap-Haitien, and elsewhere in Haiti), 1914-1923
Includes postcards; most items inscribed on verso. |
| 88 | 5 |
Military: War Camp Community Service (WCCS) Girls Division (Washington, D.C.), 1919
Photographer: Daniel Freeman Photo Studio |
| 96 | 8 | Military: World War II and Korean War (Fort Campbell, Kentucky; MacDill Field, Florida; Hoquiam, Washington; Yangpyeong, South Korea, and elsewhere in South Korea), 1944-1952 [1 of 2] |
| 96 | 9 | Military: World War II and Korean War (Fort Campbell, Kentucky; MacDill Field, Florida; Hoquiam, Washington; Yangpyeong, South Korea, and elsewhere in South Korea), 1944-1952 [2 of 2] |
| OP19 | 5 |
Minstrels/black face: Georgia Minstrels, circa 1915
Photographer: Bert's Studio [Bert E. Weatherwax] (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| 85 | 19 | Music: Chuck Berry, promotional image for "Maybellene," 1955 |
| 86 | 9 |
Music: The Glenarm Branch YMCA Youth Band (Denver, Colorado), circa 1910
Includes 1924 brochure. |
| 96 | 10 |
Music: Jazz musicians, singers, and dancers at the Sunset Lounge (West Palm Beach, Florida), circa 1953
Photographer: Lee Brian |
| 90 | 26 | Music: Male singer and piano player performing for all white patrons in a bar, undated |
| OP26 | 4 |
Music: Metropolitan Negro Choral Union, "Chorus of 1000 Voices," Madison Square Garden (New York, New York), 1931
Photographer: Standard Flashlight Co. (New York, New York) |
| 88 | 7 | Music: The Mississippi Four, WDGY (Minneapolis, Minnesota), circa 1939 |
| 96 | 11 | Music: Orphan boys' school band with sign, "We are struggling to be better boys! Help us!," circa 1910 |
| 86 | 10 | Music: Peter Smith and His Knoxville, Tennessee Band, undated |
| 90 | 27 | Music: Robinson's Syncopators, undated |
| 88 | 6 |
Music: Roland Hayes, undated
Includes sheet music for "Water Boy: A Negro Convict Song," 1922 |
| 96 | 12 |
Music: Stevie Wonder, first appearance at the Apollo Theater (Harlem, New York City, New York), 1962
Photographer: attributed to William "Popsie" Randolph |
| 90 | 28 | Music: Two femal adults and two female children with musical instruments, undated |
| 96 | 13 |
Nannies: Black mammies with their white charges, circa 1915
Two photographs inscribed on verso: "Alberta and Bo." |
| 96 | 14 | Nannies: Black mammies with their white charges, circa 1940s |
| 86 | 11 | Nannies: Unidentified nanny holding baby, circa 1910 |
| 86 | 12 | Nightclubs: Fifth Avenue Ballroom (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1950 |
| 88 | 8 | Nightclubs: Fifith Avenue Ballroom (Chicago, Illinois), circa 1954 |
| 86 | 13 | Occupations: Attendant at furniture display, unidentified man, circa 1890 |
| 86 | 14 |
Occupations: Bartender holding sack of money, unidentified man, undated
Photographer: Brantley's of Nashville |
| 86 | 15 | Occupations: Brickyard workers, unidentified (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), circa 1910 |
| 85 | 20 |
Occupations: Chauffeur, unidentified, (Baltimore, Maryland), circa 1915-1920
Photographer: Nolan and Zimmerman |
| 86 | 16 | Occupations: Chef, Allen Jones, undated |
| 86 | 17 | Occupations: "Le Chef Francais," unidentified chef aboard shipt, circa 1900 |
| 85 | 21 | Occupations: Chef and waiter, unidentified, railway hotel in the South, 1918 |
| 86 | 18 | Occupations: Cook, unidentified man, undated [1] |
| 86 | 19 |
Occupations: Cook, unidentified man, undated [2]
Three photographs of the same man, one of which also includes a second cook or waitress. |
| 85 | 22 |
Occupations: Cooking barbeque, unidentified men, circa 1920
Photographer: Julius Kruter |
| 85 | 23 | Occupations: Cooking barbeque for a picnic, unidentified people, circa 1910 |
| 86 | 20 | Occupations: Cooks, unidentified men, undated |
| 85 | 24 |
Occupations: The Council de L'Ordre de Avocate (Haiti), circa 1938-1939
Photographer: Henry Stark |
| 86 | 21 | Occupations: Delivery truck driver, unidentified (Media, Pennsylvania), circa 1940 |
| 86 | 22 | Occupations: Diner staff, unidentified, circa 1950s |
| 86 | 23 | Occupations: Food service or domestic worker holding a kitten, unidentified woman, undated |
| 85 | 25 | Occupations: Food service worker, unidentified, circa 1910 |
| 96 | 15 | Occupations: Hotel attendant and drivers for Haddon Hall-Chalfonte (Atlantic City, New Jersey), circa 1915 |
| 85 | 26 | Occupations: Hotel waiters and dishwashers, unidentified, circa 1915 |
| 86 | 24 | Occupations: Hotel waitstaff, unidentified (New York, New York), circa 1945 |
| 86 | 25 |
Occupations: Hotel worker in uniform, unidentified woman (Atlanta, Georgia), circa 1910
Photographer: McDonnell |
| 86 | 26 | Occupations: Housekeeper, unidentified, 1919 |
| 86 | 27 | Occupations: Institutional waitstaff, unidentified, circa 1900 |
| 85 | 27 |
Occupations: Maids, unidentified, "Youngest Aviator" annual baby parade, 1915
Photographer: George Cole |
| 86 | 28 | Occupations: Medical attendants, unidentified, Bennett College (Greensboro, North Carolina), circa 1920 |
| 88 | 9 |
Occupations: "Peet and the Stable Boys" (Jamaica, New York), circa 1910
Photographer: C.A. Purchase |
| 85 | 28 | Occupations: Photographer, Clarke (Memphis, Tennessee), self portrait, circa 1940s |
| 85 | 29 | Occupations: Police man, unidentified (Atlantic City, New Jersey), 1940 |
| 88 | 10 | Occupations: Pullman porter inside a train station, circa 1910 |
| 85 | 30 | Occupations: Pullman porter/waiter, unidentified, Norfolk and Western Rarilroad dining car, 1896 |
| 88 | 11 |
Occupations: Pullman porters, The Senator, circa 1930
Photographer: Jacob W. Wolf |
| 85 | 31 | Occupations: Railroad workers and engineers, unidentified, circa 1900 |
| 96 | 16 | Occupations: Three restaurant employees next to large barrel that reads "Liberty Root Beer," circa 1915 |
| 96 | 17 |
Occupations: Two Black farmers plowing behind an ox in a field, circa 1920
Inscription: "This is the way they plow in Georgia, they were getting the soil ready for rice. I was out on the road and a Negro says to me How much would the lady charge to get my picture taken. He said I got a nickle and that he often wanted his picture taken. The cow's name was Billy and Billy didn't like that." |
| 86 | 29 |
Occupations: Various, undated
Photographs in this folder appear to have been removed from the same photo album and depict a furniture maker, clothing maker, lathe operator, wood worker, printer, and brick layers. The location and the men in the photographs are unidentified. |
| 86 | 30 | Occupations: Waiter, unidentified, serving a table of white women, circa 1900 |
| 86 | 32 | Occupations: Waiters and restaurant attendants, unidentified, circa 1940 [13 photographs] |
| 86 | 31 | Occupations: Waiters or cooks, unidentified, undated |
| 96 | 18 |
Organizations: African American Boy Scouts, Troop 14 (Orange, New Jersey), 1969-1975
Includes photographs by DuValier Studio and Quality Photo Studio |
| 96 | 19 |
Organizations: Beau Brummel Social Club (Kansas City, Missouri) group photograph, 1946
Photographer: Robert L. Anderson |
| OP19 | 11 |
Organizations: The Big Smoker, 25th annual stag dinner (Orange, New Jersey), 1963 November 15
Photographer: Central Photo Flash (New York, New York). James Farmer was guest speaker. |
| 96 | 20 |
Organizations: Chi Rho Gamma chapter of Gradale Sorority (Baltimore, Maryland) posing at a dance party, 1954
Includes flyer for the sock hop |
| 96 | 21 | Organizations: Convention headquarters of the Supreme Camp of the American Woodsman, circa 1950 |
| 89 | 13 | Organizations: Cosmopolitan Club 25 (Wisconsin), undated |
| 89 | 14 | Organizations: Freemasons, group photo including G. W. Turner, unidentified lodge (Seattle, Washington), undated |
| 96 | 22 |
Organizations: La Bonnie's Social Club (Harlem, New York City, New York), 1945
Photographer: Smalls Art Photo Studio (New York City, New York) |
| 86 | 33 | Organizations: Order of ODD Fellows, undated |
| 96 | 23 | Organizations: Order of Odd Fellows dressed in ritualistic regalia, circa 1920 |
| OP19 | 2 | Organizations: The Tuxedo Club (Cleveland, Ohio), banquet, 1931 June 12 |
| 90 | 29 |
Organizations: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 2066 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
On verson: Wannamaker Kennedy |
| 85 | 32 |
Organizations: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), business course, 1906
Photographer: Strain (?) |
| 89 | 15 |
Politics and politicians: Progressive Party, campaign event, 1948
Photographer: Kraman Studio (Vineland, New Jersey) |
| 88 | 12 |
Press photographs: Formerly enslaved individuals, 1967-1974
Photographer: Ricardo Ferro |
| 97 | 2 |
Racial stereotype: Photograph trade card of scenes of Africa, 1867
Italian advertisement for Liebig's meat extract on verso. Publisher: Liebig |
| 85 | 33 | Religion: Bethel A.M.E. Church (Detroit, Michigan), 1925 |
| 90 | 30 |
Religion: C.C. Dunlop (Reverend), undated
Pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| 88 | 13 |
Religion: C.R. Walker (Revernd), with congregants in caps and gowns, Central Baptist Church (Harlem, New York, New York), circa 1945
Photographer: Bill Loeser |
| 85 | 34 |
Religion: Edward Clayton Martin, "The Shoeless Prophet," circa 1929
Martin was a follower of Father Divine. |
| 89 | 16 | Religion: First African Methodist Episcopal Church (Seattle, Washington), choir, circa 1940-1943 |
| 97 | 3 | Religion: Interior of an African American church with large painting of Jesus depicted as a Black man on wall behind pulpit, circa 1950 |
| 86 | 34 |
Religion: "A Little Child Shall Set Them Free," children's Sunday school (British Guyana), circa 1910
Photographer: Verwayen |
| 89 | 17 |
Religion: M. L. Kennedy (Harlem, New York, New York), 1940
Photographer: A. Hansen |
| 97 | 4 | Religion: Ministers Junius C. Austin and Herman Gore (Cairo, Egypt), 1934 |
| 97 | 5 |
Religion: Officers (identified) and deacons of the First Baptist Church (Frankford, Kentucky), circa 1933-1936
One photo by Cusick Studio (Frankfort, Kentucky). Includes certificate presented to church member in appreciation of a donation. |
| 86 | 35 | Religion: Preacher, Maurice Naccache (New York, New York), undated |
| 85 | 35 | Religion: Professor J.A. Tomlinson, praying to the Goddess of Numbers (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 1934 |
| 89 | 18 | Religion: Puget Sound African Methodist Episcopal Conference (Everett, Washington), 1908 |
| 97 | 6 | Religion: Reverend C. Moore, circa 1915 |
| 97 | 7 |
Religion: Reverend Daniel Brooks of the Methodist Episcopal Church (High Point, North Carolina), circa 1910
Brooks was the founder and first minister of the Brooks Memorial Church (High Point, North Carolina). |
| 97 | 8 | Religion: Reverend E. W. Jones (Chattanooga, Tennessee) of Friendship P. B. Church (Bridgeport, Alabama), 1920 |
| 86 | 36 | Religion: Reverend G.M. Griffin, Pastor Thomson Circuit, C.M.E. Church (Thomson, Georgia), undated |
| 97 | 9 | Religion: Reverend Hammons of Sampson Chapel (Indianapolis, Indiana), 1901 |
| 85 | 36 |
Religion: Reverend Kemp, 1918-1919
Includes a copy of his "Baseball Sermon." |
| 97 | 10 |
Religion: Reverend R. Tillman of New Bethel Baptist Church (Dayton, Ohio), 1931
Inscribed on verso: "Mailed to me by Elder G. T. Ward from Dayton, Ohio." |
| 97 | 11 | Religion: Reverend S. A. Snuggs, B. D. (Newport News, Virginia), circa 1920 |
| 90 | 31 |
Religion: Robert Burke (Reverend), undated
Divinity student at Lincoln University |
| 85 | 37 |
Religion: Sufi Adbul Hamid (Eugene Brown), 1936
News report of his death adhered to verso of photograph. |
| 86 | 37 | Religion: Unidentified congregation (?), undated |
| 86 | 38 | Religion: Unidentified priest, circa 1935 |
| 97 | 12 | Slave quarters: Rear view of slave quarters at the home of George Washington (Mount Vernon, Virginia), 1901 |
| 90 | 32 | Sports: A. Morris, track and field, undated |
| 97 | 13 | Sports: African American trainer next to white jockey S. O'Donnell astride his horse Mike Hall at Agua Caliente Race Track (Tijuana, Mexico), 1931 |
| 97 | 14 | Sports: Basketball player Don Barksdale, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1947 |
| 90 | 33 |
Sports: Bob Grier, undated
Grier was the first African American man to play football in the Sugar Bowl. |
| 85 | 38 | Sports: Ed Gordon, gold medalist, long jump, 1932 |
| 88 | 14 | Sports: Engel Stadium (Chattanooga, Tennessee), "colored entrance," 1952 |
| 97 | 15 | Sports: Football player Jimmy Johnson, cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers |
| 97 | 16 |
Sports: Football player Nat Northington, tailback, signing a football grant-in-aid with the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky), 1965
Photographer: Associated Press |
| 97 | 17 |
Sports: Football player Ron Sayers at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), 1969
Photographer: Joe Kordick with the Chicago Sun-Times. Newspaper clipping attached to verso. |
| 97 | 18 |
Sports: Fred Williamson, Frank Gifford, and Howard Cosell on NFL Monday Night Football, 1974
Photographer: American Broadcasting Company |
| 97 | 19 | Sports: Hosea Richardson, first African American jockey in Florida, 1951 |
| 97 | 20 | Sports: Joe Louis, photograph, undated |
| 85 | 39 | Sports: Josh Gibson, "The Black Babe Ruth," 1940 |
| 97 | 21 | Sports: Shaw University (Raleigh, North Carolina) college football team, circa 1925 |
| 86 | 39 |
Sports: Unidentified college football team, circa 1940s
Photographer: Charles Stewart, Jr. (Chicago, Illinois) |
| 85 | 40 |
Theatre: Actors in classical costume, 1915
Photographer: Clarke |
| 88 | 15 | Theatre: Gertrude Saunders, circa 1929 |
| 88 | 16 | Theatre: Shelton LeRoy Brooks, 1921 |
| OP26 | 5 | Theatre: Theatrical photograph of a white actor portraying Abraham Lincoln, with his arm around a young Black boy portraying an enslaved person, circa 1940 |
| 85 | 41 | Theatre: Theodore Pankey, vaudeville performer, circa 1910-1915 |
| 88 | 17 |
Women: "Artistic Portrait of a Pensive Young Woman," circa 1920
Photographer: Arthur P. Bedou |
| 90 | 34 |
Women: Gretchen Branche, 1933
Headshot for Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds 1933." Photographer: De Barron (New York, New York) |
| 89 | 19 |
Women: Nancy Freeman, 1892
Identified by Langmuir as having been formerly enslaved. |
| 90 | 35 | Women: Two unidentified women, one appears to be wearing an apron, circa 1900 |
| 85 | 42 |
Women: Unidentified woman, circa 1925
Photographer: Vithana Studios (Harlem, New York) |
| 89 | 20 | Women: Unidentified woman on graduation day from Keith School (Chicago, Illinois), 1932 |
| 97 | 22 |
Women: Unidentified woman with a camera taking pictures at an event, circa 1950
Photographer: American Candid Photo (Spaulding Avenue, Los Angeles, California) |
| Photograph Albums | ||
| 97 | 23 |
Education: Photo albums of integrated classes at Douglas School (Peoria, Illinois), 1940-1942
Photographer: Robertson and Goetz Studio |
| 97 | 24 |
Families/groups: Photo album of an African American family, their car, and an African American baseball team, circa 1940s
Photographer: Pearlsen's Photo Service (Laurens, South Carolina) |
| Postcards | ||
| 97 | 25 | Agriculture: "Old-time Cotton Press" building (Tarboro, North Carolina?), circa 1915 |
| 97 | 26 |
Barbers/beauticians: Two women and children posing in front of the Metropolitan Hair Store (Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California), circa 1910
Text below store sign reads "J. H. Cuffee Prop." |
| 88 | 18 |
Buildings: Amanda Smith Industrial Home (Harvey, Illinois), circa 1899-1917
Includes letter from Smith to Mrs. Burdette |
| 86 | 40 |
Businesses: The Matthews Hotel (Akron, Ohio), circa 1930s
Photograph depicts staff in front of hotel building. |
| 86 | 41 | Businesses: Mrs. Butler's Lunch Room, undated |
| 97 | 27 | Education: Haines Normal Institute (Augusta, Georgia), class photo, Georgia-Carolina State Fair, and the M.M.C. Club of Women, 1913-1914 |
| 88 | 19 | Medical: "Dr. Herben's Study" (New York, New York), circa 1915 |
| 97 | 28 | Men: Young man posing in cowboy costume at a studio, circa 1915 |
| 97 | 29 |
Military: James Long, United States Navy, 1919
Photographer: C. B. Wagoner (Phoebus, Buckroe Beach, Virginia) |
| 86 | 42 | Military: World War I, Gendarmes Haitian, circa 1914-1918 |
| 86 | 43 | Military: World War I, unidentified soldiers, circa 1914-1918 [3 postcards] |
| 86 | 44 |
Music: Antioch Female Gospel Singers, undated
Photographer: Pasadena Photo Studio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| 88 | 20 | Music: Jenkins Negro Orphanage Band (Charleston, South Carolina), circa 1905 |
| 89 | 21 |
Music: Louis Jordan with unidentified group, undated
Postcard inscribed: "To Mrs. and Mrs. Black Panther, Wilbur Brassfield" |
| 86 | 45 | Music: Southern Lighthouse Singers, undated |
| 86 | 46 | Music: The Southernaires, undated |
| 86 | 47 | Music: Unidentified gospel group, 1923 |
| 86 | 48 | Music: Unidentified gospel groups, undated [2 postcards] |
| 86 | 49 | Occupations: Cook (?), Vernetta Sewell (Saratoga Springs, New York), undated |
| 86 | 50 | Occupations: Dentist, Dr. E.O. Massey (St. Louis, Missouri), 1934 |
| 86 | 51 |
Occupations: Disc Jockey, "Geneial Gene," WGIV (Birmingham, Alabama), 1951
Autographed postcard |
| 86 | 52 |
Occupations: Disc Jockey, Jack Holmes, WLOW (Savannah, Georgia), undated
Autographed postcard |
| 86 | 53 | Occupations: Disc Jockey, Milt Nixon, Dave Riddick, and Bob King, WRAP (Norolk, Virginia), undated |
| 86 | 54 | Occupations: Disc Jockey, Paul Motley, KFSC (Denver, Colorado), undated |
| 86 | 55 | Occupations: English-speaking guide at Luxor, Mohamed Abouti, 1929 |
| 86 | 56 |
Occupations: Painter, unidentified, undated
Photograph labeled "Dry-As-A-Hoss" |
| 86 | 57 |
Occupations: Undertaker, B. Wanzo (Toldedo, Ohio), 1920
Wanzo was the first African American undertaker in Toledo. |
| 96 | 24 | Organizations: Order of Odd Fellows dressed in ritualistic regalia, circa 1910 |
| 88 | 21 | Organizations: Phillis Wheatley Association (Cleveland, Ohio), circa 1910 |
| 86 | 58 | Patriotic: Black nurses carrying flag in parade, circa 1917 |
| 86 | 59 | Patriotic: Fall River, Massachusetts Fourth of July parade float, 1914 |
| 97 | 30 | Portraits: Sarah and Solomon posing at photo studio, circa 1910 |
| 97 | 31 |
Racial stereotype: Four men wearing costumes depicting various racial stereotypes, standing at the entrance of the Midget Studio (Columbus, Ohio), circa 1915
Inscribed on verso: "Smith boys." |
| 97 | 32 |
Racial stereotype: Postcard salesman's sample set of "Dixieland" postcards, circa 1930-1965
Publisher: Asheville Postcard Company (Asheville, North Carolina) |
| 97 | 33 |
Racial stereotype: "Uncle Rastus" postcard and private mailing card, circa 1910
Publisher: Detroit Publishing Company |
| 88 | 22 | Religion: A.M.E. Church (Boston, Massachusetts), circa 1915 |
| 89 | 21 | Religion: Brother Welch, pastor (Malvern, Arkansas), circa 1910 |
| 86 | 60 | Religion: Children outside Galilee Mission Restaurant and Reading Club (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), circa 1915 |
| 86 | 61 | Religion: "Deacon Kelsey in a typical singing post, Lewis Turpentine Still and Plantation, Brooksville, Florida," undated |
| 86 | 62 | Religion: Group baptism (New Bern, North Carolina), 1907 |
| 97 | 34 | Religion: John W. Barney, twelve-year-old minister (Tampa, Florida), circa 1940 |
| 97 | 35 | Religion: L. L. Grasty, female evangelist (North Carolina?), circa 191 |
| 88 | 23 |
Religion: National Campground (West Middlesex, Pennsylvania), undated
One postcard has a letter on the verso |
| 86 | 63 | Religion: Reverend T.H. Harris, undated |
| 86 | 64 | Religion: Unidentified preachers, undated [4 postcards] |
| Stereoviews | ||
| 87 | 1 |
Agriculture and leisure in the South, circa 1875 [10 photographs]
Photographer: Kilburn Brothers (Littleton, New Hampshire) |
| Tintypes | ||
| 90 | 37 |
Theatre: Two unidentified male performers, undated
Photographer: Louie Langley (Atlantic City, New Jersey) |
| 90 | 38 |
Theatre: Unidentified male performer, undated
Photographer: Wilkie's Photograph Gallery (New York, New York) |
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