A parade in Des Moines Iowa in a residential neighborhood, with men walking, some in uniform, some in suits, carrying large drums or signs which are now illegible or have unusual graphic marks. Someone has written on the back: “Des...
The stereoview shows an enormous student body, mainly girls, in front of the school in the school yard. The caption says: “6584. The colored school, Vicksburg, Miss., U.S.A.” The right margin says: “copyright 1891, by B.W. Kilburn: The left margin...
On a modest looking intersection an strange block stands out on the sidewalk. A caption on the right at the top of the image says “Old Slave Block, Fredericksburg, VA.” The backside of the postcard has the caption: “Old Slave...
A yellow cardboard stereoview of a swampy setting in Florida shows two men, one Black and one white, rowing a boat filled with product while two men rowing empty boats look on. The caption read: “4180 Jacksonville butcher rowing to...
This yellow backed stereoview shows a group with the same people as in Walking The Line stereoview. Here a different couple is the focus: the man claps as the woman faces him. The crowd is aware of the photographer–some look...
This pinkish mounted stereoview shows an indoor party-like scene of Black people. A young man and woman are walking through the center of the room. The man places both his feet on a line drawn on the floor as the...
Harvey B. Gantt, a former student at Iowa State University, petitioned successfully to become the first Black student at Clemson Agricultural College in South Carolina. The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower courts ruling to allow...
The caption on the front below the photograph reads: “Newark New Jersey July 16 Sunday in riot plagued Newark. A little girl in her Sunday dress passes a National Guard roadblock on her way to church on the edge of...
A photo showing a female student spilling a paper cup, ostensibly of blood, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers. The caption reads :”(DI3) Iowa City, Iowa- Nov. 3–Protest with Blood–About 50 protesters poured paper cups of their own blood on...
These five carte de visites were taken by the eminent photographer J. P. Ball. He was a Black man who became one of the most renown photographers of his time. He was based for several decades in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
A photo with gilt edges showing an posh Victorian room with two boys and a girl. One boy, holding a stereocards, sits in a velvet chair, his foot on an ottoman. The girl, seated in a rocking chair, holds a...
Photograph is as long as a stereocard but is a single image. This is a studio portrait of the students at the Ebenezer school. All the students are white. All the girls are in white dresses the boys in jackets....
Photograph shows a White woman speaking at a microphone outdoors. Back: a small piece of a newspaper article is glued onto the back of the photo. It reads: “Mrs. Philip F. La Follette. The governor’s wife is shown pinch-hitting for...
Image shows a photographic drawing of the Iowa Soldiers Home, Marshalltown Iowa. The card was made by F. Wolcott Webster, of Des Moines, Iowa.
Stereoview shows four Black men in a field of sugarcane. They wear coats and vests, one wears a sweater; they all have hats. The caption reads: 1220. Sugar Cane Plantation, Louisiana.” The left edge says: “Littleton View Co. Littleton N.H.”...
A reissued photo postcard showing a group of White and Black soldiers. The Black soldiers are being trained to use gas masks. The caption on the front reads: “Our men have regular inspection and training of gas masks. Gas masks...
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