Retro large vintage advertising board for Robertson’s Jams and marmalade. The controversial mascot for the company was dropped in 2002.
Ex-slave Bob Lemmons was born about 1850, in south Texas
Ex-slave Bob Lemmons was born about 1850, in south Texas. He worked. He spent most of his life in Carrizo Springs in 45 miles from the Mexican border, and knew Billy the Kid.
African American children, Hampton, Virginia. Ca. 1899.
African American children learning about Thanksgiving, with model log cabin on table, Whittier Primary School, Hampton, Virginia. Ca. 1899.
African Americans and Whites fleeing stockyard area during the Chicago race riot, 1919
African Americans and Whites fleeing stockyard area during the Chicago race riot, July 27-Aug. 3, 1919.
Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901)
Jefferson Franklin Long (1836 – 1901), born a slave who educated himself and became a tailor in Macon, Georgia. Served in House of Representatives during as a replacement for only two months in 1871.
students at Roger Williams University in Nashville, Tennessee, ca. 1899
African American academic students at Roger Williams University in Nashville, Tennessee, ca. 1899.
Listening to Booker T. Washington
Listening to Booker T. Washington. An African American audience, some standing on railroad box cars, in New Orleans, Louisiana. 1912.
Middle class African American family seated on lawn in Georgia, ca. 1899.
Middle class African American family seated on lawn in Georgia, ca. 1899.
African Americans, members of 369th Colored Infantry, wave from a troop ship as they arrive back in New York City, ca. 1919
African Americans, members of 369th Colored Infantry, wave from a troop ship as they arrive back in New York City. The regiment was nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters and the Black Rattlers. Ca. 1919.
African American Union soldier and first man wounded in the Civil War
Nicholas Biddle, African American Union soldier and first man wounded in the Civil War. Serving the Washington Artillery in Baltimore, injured by a brick thrown by a Confederate on April 18, 1861.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), standing on a stage in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1912.