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African Americans -- Photographs African American Photos for Paris Exposition 1900 
 "The Paris Exposition of 1900 included a display devoted to the history and 'present conditions' of African Americans. W.E.B. Du Bois and special agent Thomas J. Calloway spearheaded the planning, collection and installation of the exhibit materials, which included 500 photographs." View photos from this collection (approximately 500) held by the Library of Congress. Searchable and browsable. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/anedubhtml/anedubabt.html Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Mar 3, 2005 Images of African Americans From the 19th Century
This pictorial database features images selected from family photographs, early African American educational institutions, and the personal collections of various individuals. It is designed to highlight the social, political, and cultural life of the black Americans in the 19th century. The index is fully cataloged and searchable by subject. From the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Mar 25, 2007 The Jackson Davis Collection of African American Educational Photographs
A collection of nearly 6,000 photographs taken from 1915-1930 of "African American schools, teachers and students throughout the Southeastern United States." Davis "intended to demonstrate the wretched conditions of African American schools in the south and to show how they could be improved." Also includes hundreds of scenes taken in several African countries. Searchable by keyword, date, or geographic location. From the Special Collections Department of the University of Virginia. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/jdavis/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Nov 20, 2004 Life as He Knew It: Photographs of Black Los Angeles From the Walter Gordon Collection
Companion to an exhibition that "is part of a collaborative effort between USC [the University of Southern California] and other local organizations to preserve community memory. This display allows the public to interact with the fifty-eight photographs" from the collection of Walter Gordon, "a practicing attorney in Los Angeles for sixty-seven years ... [who] became acquainted with many notable members of the African-American community." Photos are from the mid-20th century. http://www.usc.edu/libraries/about/programs_exhibitions/exhibitions/gordon/blog/ Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 24, 2007 Through the Lens of Time: Images of African Americans From the Cook Collection
A searchable and browsable collection of almost 300 19th and early 20th century photographs of African Americans. It includes biographical information about photographers George S. and Huestis P. Cook, and links to related collections. From the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries and the Valentine Museum/Richmond History Center. http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_cook.php?CISOROOT=/cook Topics: Black Resources, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 24, 2007 |
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