Black troops in platoon formation, WW1

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Curved Stereoview photo shows Black troops on a wide street in plantoon formation. The street is lined with tall, spacious buildings. The caption says: “1917-Colored soldiers in Platoon Formation.” The left margin reads “Keystone View Company Manufacturers, Publishers, Made in...

Black troops in formation with houses in distance, WW1

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Curved stereoview photo shows Black troops in formation with houses in distance. Caption reads “19105–Colored Troops of the South Lined Up for Democracy.” The left margin reads “Keystone View Company Manufacturers, Publishers, Made in USA, Copyrighted, Underwood and Underwood” The...

Black troops in formation, fight the Prussians WW1

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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...

Black troops sailing for France, WW1

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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...

Black Cavalrymen grooming horses

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The curved stereoview photo shows a row of Black Cavalrymen grooming horses. The caption reads: “Black Cavalrymen grooming horses, Camp Tampa, Fla. Copyright 1898 by R. Y” and then an illegible word. The left margin says “American Stereoscopic Company Manufacturers...

President Roosevelt’s western tour in Keokuk, Iowa

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Stereoview of President Roosevelt giving a speech to an enormous crowd. Many elderly White men in front row. The caption: “Citizens of the Great West honoring the Nation’s Chief–President Roosevelt at Keokuk Iowa. Copyright 1908 Underwood and Underwood. Underwood &...

Civil War Black cavalry at rest stop

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From the ca 1890 Taylor and Huntington reissue from the Anthony negatives. A large group of Black cavalrymen sit on the ground and on horseback at the left of the image. Among them are several White military as well. The...

“These are the Generations of Ham”

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Stereoview published by Underwood & Underwood Photograph by Strohmeyer & Wyman This stereoview depicts a group of women, children and a man sitting and standing by a doorway to a clapboard building. All the adults hold children on their laps...