Racism Collection

The Cotton Pickers' Cabin, 1880s. Creator: Walker, William Aiken (1828-1921)
The Cotton Pickers' Cabin, 1880s. Private Collection

"Field Labourers", by A. Hennebicq, in the International Exhibition, 1871. Creator: W Hollidge
"Field Labourers - A Recollection of Italy", by A. Hennebicq, in the International Exhibition, 1871. Engraving of a painting. '

"Brigands and Captives" by Layraud, in the French Gallery, International Exhibition, 1871. Creator: Unknown
"Brigands and Captives" by Layraud, in the French Gallery, International Exhibition, 1871. Engraving of a painting. 'The painter chose a handsome, fair-haired northern type for the victims

"Good Luck", by C. Baugniet, in the International Exhibition, 1871. Creator: William Hollidge
"Good Luck", by C. Baugniet, in the International Exhibition, 1871. Engraving of a painting '...by the Belgian artist, M. C

Columbia students, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Columbia students, between c1910 and c1915

Sen. Ben Tillman, c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sen. Ben Tillman, c1910 and c1915. Shows Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), politician who served as governor of South Carolina and later as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death

Sen. Vardaman, Congr. Heflin, Ollie James, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Sen. Vardaman, Congr. Heflin, Ollie James, between c1910 and c1915

Fan advertising the American Beach Negro Ocean Playground, ca. 1935. Creator: Unknown
The Negro Ocean Playground at American Beach, near Jacksonville, Florida, was a place where African-Americans could enjoy Recreation and Relaxation Without Humiliation

The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists, 1783. [Is this a Peace, when Loyalists must bleed? It is a Bloody Piece of work indeed]

La mission civilisatrice (The Civilizing mission). Le Petit Journal, November 19, 1911, 1911. Private Collection

Poster about the Nuremberg racial laws, 1935. Creator: Unknown artist
Poster about the Nuremberg racial laws, 1935. Private Collection

Racial disgrace. Poster for a special edition of “Sturmer”, c.1935. Creator: Unknown artist
Racial disgrace. Poster for a special edition of "Sturmer", c.1935. Private Collection

A tobacco plantation, 1745. Creator: Unknown artist
A tobacco plantation, 1745. Private Collection

A slave catcher (Capitão do mato). From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
A slave catcher (Capit£o do mato). From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Nègresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Negresses de Rio-Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Fishermen of Ilhéus. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Fishermen of Ilheus. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835
Port of the Mineiros in Rio de Janeiro. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil", 1835. Creator: Rugendas, Johann Moritz (1802-1858)
Tiger hunting. From "Voyage pittoresque dans le Bresil", 1835. Private Collection

A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Everything is conducted in a quiet, languid kind of way, suited to the heat of the climate and the character of the people...Nautches are being performed in various parts of

Indian Cook-house - Novel Mode of Straining Coffee, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Indian Cook-house - Novel Mode of Straining Coffee, 1858. The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the annexed representation of an incident in Indian life, in a letter from Bangalore

Ira Aldridge, the African Tragedian, as "Othello", 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ira Aldridge, the African Tragedian, as "Othello", 1858. American-born British actor, playwright and theatre manager....his impersonations of...Othello, Gambia, Zanga

Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. The Office of the Servants in a large Hotel - Artistic Admiration for an Artist; Old Beggar Woman; "The best Dinner in the City for 25

Admiral van Tromp, from the picture by Rembrandt in the late exhibition of Old Masters...1876. Creator: Unknown
Admiral van Tromp, from the picture by Rembrandt in the late exhibition of Old Masters, Burlington House, 1876. Engraving of a painting

Donkey Race at the Gibraltar Athletic Sports in the presence of the Prince of Wales...1876. Creator: C.R
Donkey Race at the Gibraltar Athletic Sports in the presence of the Prince of Wales, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Donald Trump, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Donald Trump, 2010s, (2023). American politician and media personality Donald Trump (born 1946) served as the 45th US president from 2017 to 2021

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Donald Trump, 2010s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Donald Trump, 2010s, (2023). American politician and media personality Donald Trump (born 1946) served as the 45th US president from 2017 to 2021

Rajpoots in their ordinary attire, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Rajpoots in their ordinary attire, 1876. Men of a...Hindoo nation inhabiting an extensive country of Western India, called Rajpootana

Sketches at Kandy, Ceylon, by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches at Kandy, Ceylon, by one of our special artists, 1876. Priest of the Malwatta Monastery; Temple Dancers of the Pera-Hara; Flower Offerings at the Door of the Tooth Temple; Manika

The Prince's Levee at Bombay: Receiving the Maharana of Oudeypore, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince's Levee at Bombay: Receiving the Maharana of Oudeypore, 1876. The future King Edward VII greets an Indian ruler....the Maharana of Oudeypore [was] remarkable

Group from Mr. Barker's picture, "The Relief of Lucknow", 1860. Creator: Unknown. Group from Mr
Group from Mr. Barker's picture, "The Relief of Lucknow", 1860. Engraving of a painting, depicting...that grand event

Portrait of an English slave trader, 17th century. Creator: Wright, John Michael (1617-1694)
Portrait of an English slave trader, 17th century. Private Collection

In order to feed an occupying soldier well, four German children have to starve!, 1920. Private Collection

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1906. Creator: Dellepiane, David (1866-1932)
Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1906. Private Collection

Commençant à rendre justice aux blanches, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
Commencant a rendre justice aux blanches, 1859. Starting to bring justice to the whites. (Beginning to do justice to white people). From Actualites

Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire!, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fonctionnaires chinois veillant au salut de l'empire!, 1859. Chinese officials ensuring the salvation of the empire! (The Opium Wars arose from China's attempts to suppress the opium trade)

The Magic Lantern - drawn by H. G. Hine, 1858. Creator: M. Jackson
The Magic Lantern - drawn by H. G. Hine, 1858. "What fun! He has got hold of the Chinaman by his pigtail!"...a chorus of joyous laughter burst from fifty young spectators

Mme. Potard. - N'est-il pas vrai, brave turco.. 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
Mme. Potard. - N'est-il pas vrai, brave turco.. 1859. Mme. Potard - N'est-il pas vrai, brave turco, que vous preferez les Francaises aux Africaines? - Mr

Le Nouveau polichinelle napolitain.. 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Nouveau polichinelle napolitain.. 1855. Le Nouveau polichinelle napolitain recevant les felicitations du DIABLE, au lieu d'etre emporte par lui

Tiens, Adélaïde...j'ai voulu te faire une surprise.. 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
Tiens, Adelaide...j'ai voulu te faire une surprise.. 1859. - Tiens, Adelaide...j'ai voulu te faire une surprise...je t'amene ces turcos pour diner avec nous...quatre hommes et...un

Récompense honnête, décernée...à Louis-Philippe, 1835. Creator: Honore Daumier
Recompense honnete, decernee...a Louis-Philippe, 1835. Recompense honnete, decernee, en 1800, a Louis-Philippe d'Orleans

Les Courses de chevaux, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les Courses de chevaux, 1844. Horse racing. Les Chinois, qui ont les plus detestables chevaux de fiacre qu'il soit possible d'imaginer

Une Récompense Artistique, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une Recompense Artistique, 1844. An Artistic Reward. Les chinois aiment la musique, mais ils raffolent surtout des musiciens

Group from Mr. Barker's picture, "The Relief of Lucknow", 1860. Creator: Unknown. Group from Mr
Group from Mr. Barker's picture, "The Relief of Lucknow", 1860. Engraving of a painting, depicting...that grand event

Vain work, c17th century. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Vain work, c17th century

Algiers, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Algiers, 1857. A very interesting lecture was delivered at the Literary and Scientific Institution of Frome...by the Hon. Major Boyle, M.P

The Irish Schoolmaster - drawn by E. Fitzpatrick, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Irish Schoolmaster - drawn by E. Fitzpatrick, 1857....as human nature is never perfect, even in the wisest of mankind

Rebuses, designed by Charles H. Bennett, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Rebuses, designed by Charles H. Bennett, 1857. A rebus is a kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or syllables. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

The Market in Nassau, New Providence, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Market in Nassau, New Providence, 1856. Gay groups of chattering negresses, in their many-coloured turban-tied kerchiefs, with abundance of bandanna

A Street at Constantinople, 1856. Creator: Unknown
A Street at Constantinople, 1856. Crimean War, Turkey:the European element to a greater extent prevails. The dandy amateur with Jim Crow hat, surrounded by a veil

Adelina, Empress of Hayti, in her Coronation Robes, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Adelina, Empress of Hayti, in her Coronation Robes, 1856. Imitating his great prototype, Eaustin took with his own hands the crown from the altar, crowned himself

A Haiti, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
A Haiti, 19th century

Les Russes encourageant l'agriculture, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les Russes encourageant l'agriculture, 19th century. Russians encouraging agriculture in the Danubian Principalities

Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1922. Creator: Cappiello, Leonetto (1875-1942)
Exposition coloniale, Marseille, 1922. Private Collection

R. C. O. Benjamin, Esq. 1897 (Inferred). Creator: Unknown
R. C. O. Benjamin, Esq. 1897 (Inferred)

Kidnapping, 1834. Creator: Unknown
Kidnapping, 1834

Home in Glory, Birmingham, AL, 1936. Creator: Unknown
Home in Glory, Birmingham, AL, 1936. Federal Theatre of Alabama Presents - "Home in Glory" - With an All Colored Cast - Municipal Auditorium - Thu. Apr. 16 For Colored People - Fri. Apr

A fact with a short commentary, 1836-01. Creator: Unknown
A fact with a short commentary, 1836-01

The New Long Back'd Hobby made to carry Three without Kicking, published June 19, 1819. Creator: William Heath
The New Long Back'd Hobby made to carry Three without Kicking, published June 19, 1819. A hobby horse (a forerunner of the bicycle) adapted to carry a passenger

Showing how the colour line was drawn by the saloons at Atlanta, Georgia, 1908. Creator: Unknown
Showing how the colour line was drawn by the saloons at Atlanta, Georgia, 1908

Miss Virginia, 1899. Creator: Unknown
Miss Virginia, 1899. The Greatest March Song Ever; words by Gene Jefferson, music by Bob Irving; sung with great success by Lucy Daly'

Albert S. Burleson, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Albert S. Burleson, between 1913 and 1917
Albert S. Burleson, between 1913 and 1917. American politician Albert Sidney Burleson; Postmaster General. Known for obtaining permission from President Woodrow Wilson to institute racial segregation

Peoples of Europe, Guard your Dearest Goods. Postcard (after a sketch by Emperor Wilhelm II), 1895. Private Collection

Elmscourt, quarters, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, 1938. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Elmscourt, quarters, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, 1938

Minstrels, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Minstrels, [193-]. Big Tent Theatre...Federal Theatre for New York State Presents Their Entirely New and Different Jamboree Minstrels - Waterproof Tent Theatre - 500 Comfortable Seats...30 People

Democratic National Convention - Sen. Tillman of S.C. 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention - Sen. Tillman of S.C. 1912. [US politician Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Governor of South Carolina, white supremacist who opposed civil rights for African Americans]

Democratic National Convention - Sen. Tillman of S.C.; Mrs. Tillman; Miss Tillman, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention - Sen. Tillman of S.C.; Mrs. Tillman; Miss Tillman, 1912. [US politician Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Governor of South Carolina

One side of the monument erected to race prejudice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louisiana. ["In the Signal Victory of the 14th of September

Trial of the Rioters (Oct. 1) in the Court-House, at Trinidad, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Trial of the Rioters (Oct. 1) in the Court-House, at Trinidad, 1850. Illustration...from a Sketch by Mr. Cazabon, a native artist of Trinidad

Delta cooperative farm, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Delta cooperative farm. Hillhouse, Mississippi. Clarence Weems, a young co-operator on the farm. He remembers the evictions in Arkansas, for his father was beaten and disappeared

One side of the monument erected to race prejudice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louisiana. [United States troops took over the state government

One side of the monument erected to race prejudice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One side of the monument erected to race prejudice. New Orleans, Louisiana. ["We therefore call upon the people to assemble at Clay Statue, Canal Street

Bhutchuana Waggon Leader, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Bhutchuana Waggon Leader, 1850. The increased and still increasing interest attached to the subject of Emigration, renders peculiarly interesting authentic Sketches of the characteristics of

Amakosa Fingoe Man, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Amakosa Fingoe Man, 1850. The Amakosa Fingoe Man belongs to a tribe rescued by the British troops from the bondage of the Kaffirs, in the war of 1834-35

Cape Waggoner taking Snuff, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Cape Waggoner taking Snuff, 1850. The Waggon Driver...is a grotesque fellow, worthy of the team; he is taking snuff in the native fashion - by rubbing it on his teeth!'

Kaffir Woman, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Kaffir Woman, 1850. The Kaffir Woman...carries on her head a water-melon, which grows in the colony to a luxuriant size. Numbers of Kaffirs are employed as labourers; though the woman here portrayed

The African Exhibition, at the Cosmorama, Regent-Street, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The African Exhibition, at the Cosmorama, Regent-Street, 1850. These individuals are...an Amaponda woman from the south, and "Larcher"

Zoolu Man, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Zoolu Man, 1850....the Zoolus, a native tribe living in Natal, are intelligent, docile, and shrewd'. From an article about South Africa in "Illustrated London News", 1850

Baron Rothschild at the Table of the House of Commons - Taking the Oaths, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Baron Rothschild at the Table of the House of Commons [in London] - Taking the Oaths, 1850....extraordinary scene...one of the most curious of the episodes in the history of the struggle for

Wrecks on the Rocks at Tynemouth - sketched from below the Spanish Battery, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Wrecks on the Rocks at Tynemouth [North Shields] - sketched from below the Spanish Battery, 1850....the wind increased into a gale, the sea running high

Jujuh-House, or House of Worship, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Jujuh-House, or House of Worship, 1850. Building...used by the natives of Western Africa. It assumes a curious and savage appearance

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Va. between 1941 and 1945. Creator: Unknown
Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Va

A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. This Negro soldier, who serves as truckdriver and mechanic, plays an important part in keeping army transport fleets in operation

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