Vintage Photographs of Black Americans in the late 1800's - mid 1900's

[BlackCinema]

Heck of a thread. We are a beautiful people.

 

[Jcotton1]

Fire thread. Look for a book called Black Vintage Glamour. It has older photos like these.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

This is a beautiful thread.

 

[Rum&Pineapple]

So many pics

Thanks for sharing xoxodede.

 

[xoxodede]

Portrait of Diahann Carroll, 1955 Mar. 14.

[Portrait of Ruby Dee], 1962 Sept. 25.

 

[xoxodede]

Unidentified African American woman in dress, shawl, and head covering, wearing jewelry] / C.C. Giers, artist, 43 & 45 Union Street, Nashville, Tenn.

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform], [United States], [between 1863 and 1865]

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform], [United States], [between 1863 and 1865]

[Unidentified sailor with cigar in hand holding a double case with portraits of two people, possibly soldiers], [between 1860 and 1870]

[Black soldier seated with pistol in hand, watch chain in pocket], [between 1860 and 1870]

[African American soldier, half-length portrait, with pistol and jacket], [between 1860 and 1870]

[Standing soldier, frock coat, kepi, painted background, dirt floor, done by traveling camp photographer],
[between 1860 and 1870]

 

[xoxodede]

[Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune], Photograph shows Mary McLeod Bethune, a female, African American educator and civil rights activist.
1949 Apr. 6.

Booker T. Washington with Mary McLeod Bethune in Daytona, Florida, full-length portrait, standing on street, facing front]

Mary McLeod Bethune. Collections of the National Museum of American History

Front Row, left to right Margaret Murray Washington (Mrs. Booker T. Washington), Mary McLeod Bethune, Lucy Craft Laney, Mary Jackson McCrorey. Second Row, left to right Janie Porter Barrett, M.L. Crosthwaite, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Eugenia Burns Hope.

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) was founder of the Literary
and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls in Daytona Beach

Mary McLeod Bethune with students.

Marian Anderson and Mary McLeod Bethune at the launching of
the SS Booker T Washington - 29 Sept 1942

Marian Anderson and Mary McLeod Bethune at the launching of the SS Booker T Washington - 29 Sept 1942

 

[xoxodede]

Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris, 1949 Oct. 20.

Portrait of Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker live in Paris, 1931 – On Bunker Hill

Josephine Baker and Lena Horne conversing at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

 

[xoxodede]

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man seated
facing front, wearing hat and bandana], Between 1860-1870

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pa., the first man wounded in the great American
Rebellion, "Baltimore, April 18, 1861" / W. R. Mortimer.

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African-American soldier
facing front. Probably a member of the 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
regiment as indicated by the inscription on the back of the photograph.

Unidentified African American Civil War nurse who worked at Chesapeake
Hospital, Hampton, Virginia. [ca. 1866]

Spanish American War, Infantry, holding Krag rifle with fixed bayonette, cartridge]
belt] / Electro Photo Co., 909 Franklin Street, Tampa, Fla.
[Tampa, Fla. : Electro Photo Co., ca. 1898]

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of an African American man in military uniform]
Between 1880-1900.

Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man,
wearing suit, seated] / J. N. Ramsdill, Photographer, Bath Street, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
[between 1860 and 1870]

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, facing left] /
Branch's Photograph Gallery, Port Jervis, N.Y. 1860

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American man standing beside a chair]
/ Mrs. R. Geer, Photographer, Jackson, Mich. [between 1860 and 1870]

[Bust portrait of an unidentified African American man, facing left] / A. Yeaw ; M. H. Lufkin.
[between 1860 and 1870]

[Full-length portrait of unidentified African American man in suit,
standing next to a table] / Whiddit & Coffin, Photographers, 82 Water
Street, Newburgh, N.Y. [between 1860 and 1870]

[Isaac and Rosa, slave children from New Orleans] / from E.S.
Walker's, No. 27 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio. [1863 or 1864]

https://scalar.usc.edu/works/james-lee-dikkey-doctor-leader-mentor-hero/media/Freedmens-integrated-school.jpg
Freedmens Integrated School.

Enslaved at Rice Plantation

 

[xoxodede]

Negro slaves 1862 Edisto Island, S.C. (plantation of James Hopkinson)

[All the live stock left on Mr. Gill's plantation after the battle of Gettysburg]
[between 1861 and 1869]

Leonard Norris, one of the enslaved people who was enslaved at Arlington House.

Enslaved Women and Children

Full-length portrait of an African American woman holding a basket]
[between 1864 and 1867]

 

[IllmaticDelta]

(Buffalo Soldier)

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for Jazz heads, Dexter Gordon is/was his grandson

 

[staticshock]

Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris, 1949 Oct. 20.

Portrait of Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker live in Paris, 1931 – On Bunker Hill

Josephine Baker and Lena Horne conversing at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

She was still beautiful even late in life! My good she’s a very pretty woman

 

[staticshock]

Booker T. Washington with Mary McLeod Bethune in Daytona, Florida, full-length portrait, standing on street, facing front]










I had no idea this picture existed..I have the upmost respect for what these two did for the education of our people. Id like to get this printed and hanged one day

 

[xoxodede]

@staticshock here's the link to download the hi-res image for a print:

[Booker T. Washington with Mary McLeod Bethune in Daytona, Florida, full-length portrait, standing on street, facing front]

1 photographic print.

www.loc.gov

 

[OfTheCross]

@staticshock here's the link to download the hi-res image for a print:

[Booker T. Washington with Mary McLeod Bethune in Daytona, Florida, full-length portrait, standing on street, facing front]

1 photographic print.

www.loc.gov

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