Afro American Collection (page 2)

Advertising card for Dr William Hall's Balsam (colour litho)
8677441 Advertising card for Dr William Hall's Balsam (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fisherman, South Carolina, c.1925 (platinum print)
8696807 Fisherman, South Carolina, c.1925 (platinum print) by Ulmann, Doris (1882-1934); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By Doris Ulmann)

A policeman helps pedestrians cross a busy New York street, 1870s - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NWI4967005 A policeman helps pedestrians cross a busy New York street, 1870s - Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration; (add.info)

President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) meeting with the African American delegation in the negre building
NWI4960585 President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) meeting with the African American delegation in the negre building, at the cotton exhibition in Atlanta State in 1895

Children having fun, set up on a cargo of hay, in a hitch drawn by a pair of horses, driven by a peasant
NWI4879899 Children having fun, set up on a cargo of hay, in a hitch drawn by a pair of horses, driven by a peasant, during the summer and during the hay season

A gift of love (chromolitho)
8677523 A gift of love (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A gift of love.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Advertising card for Davies, photographer, Portland, Oregon (chromolitho)
8677687 Advertising card for Davies, photographer, Portland, Oregon (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for Davies, photographer)

Taking it easy (litho)
8677266 Taking it easy (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: African American boy taking it easy)

Man with a Saddle, c.1920 (platinum print)
8696806 Man with a Saddle, c.1920 (platinum print) by Ulmann, Doris (1882-1934); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By Doris Ulmann)

Baseball Team, c.1905-28 (b/w photo)
7288787 Baseball Team, c.1905-28 (b/w photo); 25x19 cm; Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; (add.info.: Photograph of young men wearing baseball uniforms)

American daily life: soldier of the 10th cavalry regiment, composed only of Afro Americans, nicknamed Buffalo Soldier
NWI4887731 American daily life: soldier of the 10th cavalry regiment, composed only of Afro Americans, nicknamed Buffalo Soldier, falling off the track, desarconne of his mount

United States, African American Infantry armed with Lewis Machine Guns
3032705 United States, African American Infantry armed with Lewis Machine Guns; Private Collection; (add.info.: World War I, United States)

Advertising card for Chicago Yeast Powder (chromolitho)
8677760 Advertising card for Chicago Yeast Powder (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for Chicago Yeast Powder, sold by Ds Young & Co)

Advertising card for Kast's stylish footwear, San Francisco and Oakland (chromolitho)
8677737 Advertising card for Kast's stylish footwear, San Francisco and Oakland (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

African American wedding (colour litho)
8677453 African American wedding (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: African American wedding.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

WWI Poster "True Blue", pub. 1918 (colour lithograph)
3239910 WWI Poster "True Blue", pub. 1918 (colour lithograph) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: encampment of American soldiers
LUX4799108 First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: encampment of American soldiers, American black soldiers in front of tents, 1917; (add.info.: First World War: France, Centre)

Thanksgiving dinner served in the refectory of an African American children's orphanage in New York, around 1870
NWI4958539 Thanksgiving dinner served in the refectory of an African American children's orphanage in New York, around 1870

Portrait of a Civil War Veteran Wearing a Grand Army of the Republic Medal, c.1866-70 (b/w photo)
8690965 Portrait of a Civil War Veteran Wearing a Grand Army of the Republic Medal, c.1866-70 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (19th century); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Sunday Morning in Old Virginia, c.1888-91 (photogravure on wove paper)
8690948 Sunday Morning in Old Virginia, c.1888-91 (photogravure on wove paper) by Homer, Winslow (1836-1910) (after); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Advertisement for The American Legion (colour litho)
8677462 Advertisement for The American Legion (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

White and black boys boxing (chromolitho)
8677710 White and black boys boxing (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: White and black boys boxing)

Group portrait of Lincoln School nurses, 1912 (b/w photo)
8679867 Group portrait of Lincoln School nurses, 1912 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: Lincoln School for Nurses)

Arthur Schomburg and William Edouard Scott with others, 1930 (b/w photo)
8679868 Arthur Schomburg and William Edouard Scott with others, 1930 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); New York Public Library

African American soldier Guards Artillery in the Civil War 1862 (photo)
676804 African American soldier Guards Artillery in the Civil War 1862 (photo); Universal History Archive/UIG

George Simenon at a dinner with Josephine Baker in 1926 (photo)
GIA4716246 George Simenon at a dinner with Josephine Baker in 1926 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Simenon (1909-1989), Belgian writer

Yaphank, examining packages, 11 Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Yaphank, examining packages, 11 Sept 1917 (date created or published later). African American soldier examining a package at Camp Upton, a U.S

Examining pkges, Camp Upton, Sept 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Examining pkges, Camp Upton, Sept 1917. African American soldiers looking at packages at Camp Upton, a U.S. Army installation located on Long Island, in Yaphank, New York, during World War I

Portratt of a boy, 1852-1854. Creator: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903)
Portratt of a boy, 1852-1854. Found in the Collection of the Ordrupgaard Museum, Charlottenlund

US Army Jazz Band, Camp Upton, 27 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
US Army Jazz Band, Camp Upton, 27 May 1918 (date created or published later). An African American jazz band during World War I probably in the "Buffalo Auditorium" at Camp Upton, Yaphank

Voodoo Ceremony in New Orleans in Louisiana - Voodoo dance, performed in New Orleans, Louisiana
ELD4840446 Voodoo Ceremony in New Orleans in Louisiana - Voodoo dance, performed in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Engraving from the end of the 19th century Private Collection; (add.info)

Josephine Baker leaning on a tiger head, 1931 (b/w photo)
1946785 Josephine Baker leaning on a tiger head, 1931 (b/w photo); Spaarnestad Photo

"J'ai deux amours" sung by Josephine Baker, show advertising poster, c.1925 (poster)
1718115 "J'ai deux amours" sung by Josephine Baker, show advertising poster, c.1925 (poster) by Zig (Gaudin, Louis) (1900-1936); (add.info.: Show poster: J'ai deux amours)

Josephine Baker, c1920s (photo)
1715405 Josephine Baker, c1920s (photo); (add.info.: Josephine Baker)

Philadelphia Sketches: Selling the "Pennsylvania Journal" of One Hundred Years Ago... 1876. Creator: Unknown
Philadelphia Sketches: Selling the "Pennsylvania Journal" of One Hundred Years Ago, by one of our special artists, 1876

American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - outdoor work, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - outdoor work, 1876. The outdoor employments assigned to most of the male convicts, who number above five hundred

The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876. The guidebook published by Messrs. J. B

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus, 1950s, (2023). African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott

AI IMAGE - Portrait of President Obama, c2009, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of President Obama, c2009, (2023). Obama (born 1961) was the first African-American president of the United States. He served as the 44th president from 2009 to 2017

AI IMAGE - Portrait of President Obama, c2009, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of President Obama, c2009, (2023). Obama (born 1961) was the first African-American president of the United States. He served as the 44th president from 2009 to 2017

American Sketches: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining-Room, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Sketches: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining-Room, 1876. Blackwell's Island is the locality of several different institutions, besides the House of Correction

American Sketches: Prison Life on Blackwell's Island - No. 1. returning from work, 1876. In the penitentiary...where the sketch was taken by our correspondent, the late M

River Scene, 1868. Creator: Robert Seldon Duncanson
River Scene, 1868

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Muhammad Ali standing in a boxing ring, 1960s, (2023). Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-2016), was an African-American professional boxer and activist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr, 1960s, 2023. Dr King (1929-1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement

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"Capturing the Vibrant Spirit: Afro-American Culture Through Time" Step into a journey through time and witness the rich tapestry of Afro-American culture. From captivating performances to historic moments, these hints offer glimpses into the diverse and influential contributions of the community. In July 1978, McCoy Tyner took center stage at the Newport Jazz Festival, his fingers dancing across piano keys with unmatched brilliance. The crowd was mesmerized by his soulful melodies that echoed the resilience and creativity of generations past. B. B. King's presence at the Maastricht Jazz Festival in 1991 electrified audiences as he effortlessly weaved heartfelt blues notes together. His guitar became an extension of his very being, telling stories of struggle and triumph that resonated deeply with all who listened. Travel back even further to September 1811 when Cribb and Molineaux engaged in a legendary battle. This monumental event showcased not only their physical prowess but also highlighted their determination to overcome societal barriers placed upon them. The year was 1956 when Humphrey Lyttelton joined forces with Sidney Bechet at Colston Hall in Bristol. Their harmonious collaboration transcended boundaries, uniting people through music regardless of race or background. Art has always been a powerful medium for expression, as seen in "Sister Act, " a vibrant acrylic on canvas masterpiece from 2002. It celebrates sisterhood within Afro-American communities while embracing individuality and strength. Fashion also plays its part in cultural representation; Bootsy Collins' star-shaped mirrored lens sunglasses epitomize style from 1993-2013. These iconic shades reflect confidence and innovation—a true reflection of Afro-American fashion influence throughout history. Count Basie graced Chatham, Kent's stage in 1967, leading his orchestra with unparalleled charisma. His music brought joy to countless hearts while showcasing African American excellence within jazz traditions.