African American man, unidentified, grey hair and goatee, with rough looking hat, buckskin vest, and heavy corduroy jacket
n.d.
Daguerreotype
Missouri Historical Society
Easterly Daguerreotype Collection, Identifier: N17337
LL/67856
1 of 51
Portrait of Hannah Smith Robinson
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Private collection of Matt Crawford
LL/84768 [Further details available]
2 of 51
[Isadora Noe Freeman and Mary Christiana Freeman]
1859 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Mary Alice Wheeler and William C. McNeill Family Collection within the Robert H. McNeill family collection., Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-38348 (digital file from original item), Call Number: DAG no. 1461
LL/116934
3 of 51
Freemen of Color, Richmond, Virginia
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-coloured
Chrysler Museum of Art
Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and gift of Christina and Dr. George M. Kemp Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. photography fund, Object number: 2001.23
LL/117008
4 of 51
Renty
1850, March
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
8.9 x 6.4 cm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
LL/40591 [Further details available]
5 of 51
Renty
1850, March
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
8.9 x 6.4 cm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Peabody Number: 35-5-10/53038
LL/53067 [Further details available]
6 of 51
Unidentified African American woman in headscarf, apron, and cape
1860-1870
Ambrotype
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Liljenquist Family collection of Civil War Photographs, Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ppmsca-74723
LL/125618
7 of 51
Peter (formerly identified as "Gordon")
1863
Carte de visite
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number: NPG.2002.89
LL/50446 [Further details available]
8 of 51
Gordon, scourged back
1863, 2 April
Photograph
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/99354 [Further details available]
9 of 51
1860 (ca)
Ambrotype
6.9 x 5.6 cm; 1/6 plate
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Mr. Donald Weber (95:2687:0001)
LL/6936
10 of 51
Portrait of a seated coloured woman
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Ron Coddington
LL/61243
11 of 51
[Unidentified Freedwoman]
1865 (ca)
Tintype
International Center of Photography (ICP)
Purchase, with funds provided by the ICP Aquisitions Committee, 2004. Entered into the Daniel Cowin Collection, 67.2004
LL/120803
12 of 51
Portrait of an African-American woman
1880s (ca)
Tintype, hand-painted, full plate
Private collection of Christopher Schwer
LL/61626
13 of 51
Studio portrait of an African American man
n.d.
Tintype, whole plate, hand-painted
Private collection of John Ashby
LL/77200
14 of 51
An African American mother and daughter
n.d.
Tintype, whole plate, hand-painted
Private collection of Steven S. Powers
LL/77189
15 of 51
[Portrait of an African-American woman]
1863-1868 (ca)
Tintype
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 2003.137.2
LL/125649
16 of 51
The Albino, or White Negro Girl
1864 (or later)
Carte de visite
Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics
LL/120410 [Further details available]
17 of 51
Three-quarter length portrait of an African American woman posed with book
n.d.
Cabinet card
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 14024, no. 28 [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2010645141
LL/80507 [Further details available]
18 of 51
Our Scouts and Guides in 1863 at Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1860s
Albumen print
Metropolitan Museum of Art
William L. Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, Accession Number: ?
LL/95716
19 of 51
A Disgusted Secesh (Leaving Dixie.)
n.d.
Carte de visite
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/95972
20 of 51
Portrait of a seated African-American woman
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of John Mathew Smith
LL/107629
21 of 51
Marriage certificate with tintypes of Augustus L. Johnson and Malinda Murphy
1874, 9 July
Marriage certificate
National Museum of African American History and Culture - Smithsonian Institution
Object number: 2016.58
LL/97507 [Further details available]
22 of 51
Smartly dressed African American boy standing on grass with a prop cat beside himand infront of a painted background
n.d.
Tintype, 1/6 plate
Private collection of Jules Martino
LL/96566
23 of 51
An oval sun enlargement portrait of a freemason, with hand-coloring.
1900 (ca)
Solar enlargement, hand-coloured
19 x 13 ins (48.3 x 33 cm) (image)
Swann Galleries - New York
Fine Photographs, 23 February 2023, Lot: 13
LL/125689
24 of 51
Photograph of a staged sword duel
Late 19th century
Cabinet card
National Museum of African American History and Culture - Smithsonian Institution
Object number: 2014.61.16
LL/97521 [Further details available]
25 of 51
[Two Negroes leaning over a log]
1877 (ca)
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02979 (digital file from original stereograph)
LL/109065 [Further details available]
26 of 51
Two black boys imitating the poses of the two cherubs in Raphael's Sistino Madonna
n.d.
Stereocard
Private collection of Allan Janus
LL/91482
27 of 51
Group school children
1862-1864
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s03949 (digital file from original item, front)
LL/109331 [Further details available]
28 of 51
The Grove
1862-1864
Stereoview
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s03951 (digital file from original item, front)
LL/109332 [Further details available]
29 of 51
No. 472. Cabins.
1880-1885
Stereoview
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/122510
30 of 51
No. 590. Group on Cotton bale.
n.d.
Stereoview
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/122249
31 of 51
Five smiling kids
1906 (ca)
Real photo postcard
Michael Maslan Vintage Posters, Photographs, Postcards & Ephemera
LL/17146
32 of 51
Studio portrait of two young women
1920 (ca)
Real photo postcard
Michael Maslan Vintage Posters, Photographs, Postcards & Ephemera
LL/17148
33 of 51
Studio portrait of an African American man sitting on a posing chair
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Nicolas Osborn
LL/82451
34 of 51
An African American man sitting on a paper moon playing a banjo ukelele
n.d.
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/86014
35 of 51
"Emancipation" Historical Pageant, Lyman(sic) School 1911
1911
Gelatin silver print
Richard T. Rosenthal
LL/102011
36 of 51
Portrait of a Man
1910 (ca)
Bromoil print
13 1/8 x 10 1/8 ins (33.3 x 25.7 cm) (image and sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Harvey S. Shipley Miller and J. Randall Plummer, 2004, Accession Number: 2004-205-36
LL/72547
37 of 51
Harvesting Cotton, San Joaquin Valley
1938
Gelatin silver print
19 x 23.5 cm
Juan Naranjo
Fotografías 1843-2008, 28 April 2016, lot: 74
LL/66803
38 of 51
Miss Bailey with the African Shawl
1930
Photograph or photomechanical print
NYPL - New York Public Library
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division., Box 2, Folder 2. Winifred Hall File, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe manuscript and research collection, 1984-1985, Sc MG 343
LL/119735 [Further details available]
39 of 51
1922 1952 - It has been our privilege to have served you on this Corner since 1922…
1952 (or later)
Photo postcard
Private collection of Richard Hart
LL/87310
40 of 51
Photobooth portrait of an African-American woman
1930s (taken, print later)
Colour photograph
10 x 8 ins
Private collection of Richard Hart
LL/80567 [Further details available]
41 of 51
Untitled
1936-1939 (ca)
Autochrome
9.00 x 12.00 cm (3 1/2 x 4 11/16 ins)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2012.16
LL/70414
42 of 51
Laundry room at NC State Prison, Raleigh, NC
1926
Photograph
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 19XX.324.12
LL/120097
43 of 51
Dining Room, NC State Prison, Raleigh, NC
n.d.
Photograph
North Carolina Museum of History - NCMOH
NCMOH 19XX.324.73
LL/120098
44 of 51
"A company of men has set up its office between the columns (Doric) of an ancient Greek temple of Neptune, built about 700 B.C."
1943, 22 September
Photograph
National Archives and Records Administration
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-SC-181588, Select List Identifier: AFRO/AM LIST #3, National Archives Identifier (NAID) 531170
LL/111456 [Further details available]
45 of 51
[Profile of young African American boy. He is wearing a white collared shirt]
[Harlem Document]
1932
Gelatin silver print
24.1 x 21.5 cm
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas
Id number: 1987.0373
LL/58085 [Further details available]
46 of 51
Charleston, South Carolina
1955-1956
Gelatin silver print
32.10 x 47.80 cm (12 5/8 x 18 13/16 ins) (image) 40.40 x 50.80 cm (15 7/8 x 20 ins) (paper)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Anonymous Gift, 1984.210
LL/70383
47 of 51
It's the Real Thing, 1978
[UNBRANDED: Reflections in Black by Corporate America]
2006
Chromogenic color print
27 x 24 1/8" (68.6 x 61.3 cm)
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York
Fund for the Twenty-First Century. © 2013 Hank Willis Thomas
LL/65991
48 of 51
Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou
[The collection of DZ Bank]
1975
Moscow House of Photography
LL/888
49 of 51
Barbara Hairston
1982
Gelatin silver print
15 1/8 x 15 1/8 ins (38.4 x 38.4 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
17 October 2019, Classic & Contemporary Photographs, Sale: 2520, Lot: 257
LL/94380
50 of 51
2008
Button
2.25 in (circular)
Private collection
LL/31443 [Further details available]
51 of 51
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