Curved stereoview photo shows Black troops in formation near a barracks. Caption reads “19104–Descendants of Slaves Fighting for Freedom from the Prussian Yoke.” The left margin reads “Keystone View Company Manufacturers, Publishers, Made in USA, Copyrighted, Underwood and Underwood” The...
Curved stereoview photo shows Black troops aligned for inspection in France. The caption reads: “18663–Soldiers of the Allies Knew Neither Color Nor Creed in The Big Fight for Victory–Review of Troops at Marseilles.” The left margin reads “Keystone View Company...
Curved stereoview photo shows a line of Black soldiers going to Mess. The buildings look like those at Camp Upton, NY. The caption says “19099– Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call–Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army.”...
Curved stereoview photo shows a large ship with huge group of Black soldiers sitting and standing as they depart for France. The caption reads “14339 — Brave colored officers and men off for France, eager for their share of the...
Photo of the Iowa State capitol building with a street car. The photo is the size of a CDV. Back: written in pencil: “Iowa State Capitol, 1912”
Photo shows the team of firemen standing by their wagon and horse. Caption below image says “Centerville Fire Department” and to the left “Centerville Iowa. In the photo to the bottom left: “City Book Store.” Back: postmarked Canada and sent...
Postcard shows a group of young elementary school students in a grassy field, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. There is one Black girl among the White children. The teacher sits behind them. Back: lengthy message, sent to Pennsylvania Sent to Miss...
Colored photo postcard shows a building with seven American flags and the caption reads: “Negro Building, Jamestown Exposition, 1907.” Words under the photo say “American Colortype Co., NY, copyright 1907 by Jamestown A & V Co. Back: “1607-1907 Jamestown Exposition...
Photo shows a line of elephants and riders walking down a street next to buildings. Someone has written “Carroll IA 1918” on the bottom of the photo. Back: Black paper adheres to photo, showing that it was torn from an...
Photo shows an outdoor stage with a White male acrobat leaping across. Black men are in attendance at either side of the raised platform. A crowd of White people fill the street below. Caption across the top says: “Carnival Sioux...
Photo shows a theatrical troupe on stage posing in Blackface, as with nose rings and spears. Seven gentlemen in suites and ties pose for the picture, seated in the orchestra pit. 1915 The back has a message saying the name...
Photo shows the a large crowd posing in line in front of a train with large banners. One is obscured by the crowd, the other says, in part, “Des Moines” The entire standing crowd consists of White males in suits...
photo shows a stone quarry with railroad tracks and large machinery and groups of men working in the distance. Under the photo “F.C.H.” wrote: “Looks pretty hard.” back: the postcard is stamped from Anamosa, Iowa and the message is sent...
Photo postcard front shows an outdoor scene of 18 cooks posing for their photograph. Most of the men are Black; One looks White. Written in pencil on the back of card: “Cooks Iowa National Guard Governor’s Day Encampment. Camp Logan....
a Woman in Front of a Wood Plank House in the Buxton-Hamilton area of Iowa. The postage date is stamped “Hamilton Iowa,” and the postcard is addressed to Nebraska. The front of the postcard has an embossed stamp “Flanders, Buxton...
many beautiful baby contests were related to eugenics. They contests were often held at state fairs. The band in the photo is posing at a pavilion with signs advertising “Prize Baby Contest.” The caption under the photo says “470. Calmar...
Panoramic Photograph of Military Training of Black officers at Fort Des Moines, in Iowa, 1917. The photograph has cursive writing in white across the top of the image saying: “Reserve Training,” “Captains Camp Ft. Des Moines, IA,” “Oct. 16th, 1917,”...
Front photo shows rural dirt road, two Black children on opposities of the road, and a white building over which is hand- written “Post Office.” At the bottom of the phot, in white, it says “P.O. Looking East, Buxton, IA.”...
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