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Rube Band Minstrels (1910)

Rube Band Minstrels, Chatfield, Minnesota. July 4, 1911.

Oakland Street Scenes (1900’s)

BLACKFACE COLLECTION: “William H West’s Minstrel Show #2” (1900)

Blackface minstrel poster for Wm. H. West’s Big Musical Jubilee. The caption at the bottom reads: “The Uncertainty Of A Sure Thing”.

SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION: “Bearded Actor and a Young Black Man Portrayed by a White Actor” (1900’s)

‎”Theatrical performance featuring a bearded actor and a young black man portrayed by a white actor” 1900’s

SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION: “Young Black Man Portrayed by a White Actor” (1900’s)

A young black man portrayed by a white actor.” 1900’s

SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION: “Unidentified Group of Men” (1900’s)

SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION: “San Francisco – Scottish Thistle Club” (1900’s)

“Huge group gathering of the “San Francisco – Scottish Thistle Club”

STUDIO COLLECTION: Gilbert’s Studio – “Medical School Class and Staff with Cadaver” (1900)

STUDIO COLLECTION: Gilbert’s Studio – “Medical School Class and Staff” (1910)

DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY: “Fountains of Ice” (1904)

Fountain of ice, Washington Boulevard, Detroit, Mich.

DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY: “Water Works Park, Detroit MI.” (1905)

Water Works Park, Detroit, Michigan.

DETROIT PUBLISHING COMPANY: “Detroit” (1890-1920)

Detroit Publishing Company, east front, Detroit, MI. Campus Martius, from Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI.

DETROIT PUBLISHING COLLECTION: “Tobacco market, Louisville, KY.” (1906)

DETROIT PUBLISHING COLLECTION: “Camels in Central Park Zoo” (1905)

DETROIT PUBLISHING COLLECTION: “Atlantic City, NJ” (1906)

DETROIT PUBLISHING COLLECTION: “The close of a career in New York” (1900-1906)

POSTCARD COLLECTION: “Dixieland” (1900’s)

STUDIO PORTRAIT COLLECTION: Oscar Grossheim Studio – “Miss Maggie Bisdorf” (1905)

DETROIT PUBLISHING COLLECTION: “A Southern Chain Gang” (1900)

Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920

IOWA COLLECTION: Oscar Grossheim Studio – “H. V. Hunt” (1905)

Jean Thomas Collection: “Aunt Suzanne Johnson” (1900’s)

Aunt Suzanne Johnson, Caney Creek, Ky. An old woman wearing a head scarf stands with hands on hips outside a log cabin. http://digital.library.louisville.edu/collections/jthom/

LEWIS HINE COLLECTION: “Gastonia, N.C. Boy” (1908)

Gastonia, N.C. Boy from Loray Mill. “Been at it right smart two years.” Location: Gastonia, North Carolina. October, 1908

LOUISIANA COLLECTION: Cornelius Durkee – “Mardi Gras” (1901)

African-American workers (1900)

Baconton, ca. 1900. African-Americans who worked for the James Shine Miller family with watermelon. Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260

C. HART MERRIAM COLLECTION: California Tribes and Other American Indians – “Man and Wife” (1907)

Man and wife; Lake Co.; 12 July 1907 C. Hart Merriam Collection of Native American Photographs, ca. 1890-1938 The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

C. HART MERRIAM COLLECTION: California Tribes and Other American Indians – “Wampum” (1906)

Woman with wampum; St. Turebius Mission, Lake Co.; 21 August 1906 C. Hart Merriam Collection of Native American Photographs, ca. 1890-1938 The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

WISCONSIN COLLECTION: “Portrait of I-Me-Tacco” (1903)

Portrait of I-Me-Tacco (Little Dog) in native Dress and holding a pipe-tomahawk. Part of Siouan (Sioux) and Blackfeet Tribes January, 1903 Photographer: Gill, De Lancey W. From the De Lancey W. Gill Collection, Wisconsin Historical Society http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/

WISCONSIN COLLECTION: “Geronimo” (1905)

Portrait of Goyathlay (One Who Yawns), called Geronimo, Medicine Man, Prophet and Leader, with Medal. Part of Athapascan, Chiricahua and Apache Tribes. Photographer: Delancey W. Gill From the Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology: Native American Portrait Photographs, 1907 Collection Care of the Wisconsin Historical Society archives http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/

ALEXANDER ALLISON COLLECTION: "Andrew Riding" (1899-1900)

Andrew, riding, 1899-1900 Photographer: Alexander Allison

ALEXANDER ALLISON COLLECTION: "Lucie Fishing" (1899-1900)

Lucie Fishing, 1899-1900 Lucie Bartlett Allison (1887-1907) was Alexander Allison’s younger sister. She died before her twentieth birthday in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (where this photograph was taken). The Allison family owned property in the town and spent a good bit of time there. Alex’s parents are both buried there. Photographer: Alexander Allison

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