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The Photographs and Prints Division contains both documentary and fine art photographs, which document the history and culture of people of African descent worldwide as well as the work of photographers of African descent. The collection of over 300,000 images ranges from mid-eighteenth century graphics to contemporary documentary and art photography; all of the major photographic processes are represented.
Ira Aldridge
Three African American bodybuilders
Stormé DeLarverié (center), surrounded by three female impersonators at Roberts Show Club, Chicago, Illinois
Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop meeting with staff of the Lafargue Clinic, in Harlem
Display case at Harlem Art Center
Portrait of author, film director and producer Oscar Micheaux
Photomontage of interracial marriage ceremony with Gordon Anderson serving as photographer and best man
Candid view of actress Dorothy Dandridge with two unidentified women
View of beauty contestants at the Pacific Beach Club beauty contest, near Huntington Beach, California
View of spectators at the Pacific Beach Club beauty contest, near Huntington Beach, California
The Belafontes become citizens: Harry Belafonte is a witness for his parents' naturalization
Portrait of Dolores Maria (Lola) Schomburg Diaz and her husband
Black woman holding sleeping White baby on her lap
Portrait of two men seated, holding hands, wearing large bow ties, gilded with nautical symbols
Portrait of African American woman in plaid dress with lace collar
View of apartment at 400 Convent Ave. in Hamilton Heights, New York City
Reverend John H. Johnson (left) and New York Police Department Captain Arthur Hill attending an unidentified police gathering
Reverend John H. Johnson (center) meeting with two officers of the New York Police Department outside of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York
Sara Lachatanere
Group of men, women and children gathered on stoop, East Harlem, New York City
Rural Puerto Rican family of six, 1950s
Eastside - Group of men and youths gathered around an accident victim; one young man appears to be arguing with the others, East Harlem, New York City
Park Avenue - Young girl selling clothes on the street, East Harlem, New York City
105th Street - Two boys playing with roller skates, each wearing a single roller skate on their right foot, East Harlem, New York City
Group of children, mostly boys, gathered under sprinkler, in East Harlem, New York City