Black History
Born around 1883 in Butte, Montana, Minnie Brown was a Vaudevillian actress and singer. She was also a former chorus girl with the famous Williams & Walker Co.
While her main ambition was to become a Gospel soloist, she worked as a singer, concert performer, music teacher and director performing in Europe, Russia, and the Far East from 1902 to 1908.
In 1920, she reportedly served as vice president for the National Association of Negro Musicians. This photo of her was taken in 1907.
A photo of a young woman taken during the Victorian era (1837-1901).
George Washington Carver.
An unidentified couple in 1943.
First-graders from 1910 get a lesson in properly brushing their teeth.
An unidentified young girl from the 1800s.
Ella Watson, her three grandchildren and her adopted daughter in 1942. Watson was a cleaning woman for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in Washington D.C.
An unidentified, but distinguished gentleman from 1899.
Undated wedding photo.
Harriet Tubman, born Araminta Ross, was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and military leader. Escaping from her owners in Maryland, she became a free woman after reaching Pennsylvania in 1849. Tubman, realizing the need to free other people including her family made several more trips to free slaves and lead them along the Underground railroad.
Two friends enjoying a drink in 1920.
Service members dancing at the weekly Saturday night USO dance held at the YMCA on February 7, 1942. Apparently, these gatherings were segregated.
Two unidentified youngsters from the 1920s.
Two men from Lincoln, Nebraska in the early 1900s.
Brothers and sisters dressed for a wedding in 1935.
A regal woman from the Edwardian period, circa 1901 to 1914.
Siblings from the Harlem Renaissance period (1918 to 1930s)
Two men from the late 1800s.
Corporal Isaiah Mays (1858-1925) was one of only two Black soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor during the "Indian Wars" of the late 19th century.
Sharply dressed young woman from the 1890s.
A father and possibly his baby girl from 1870.
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A family and their dog circa 1910.
Diana Ross and her older sister during the mid 1940s.
Identified only as "John", this young man gifted this photo to his uncle in 1925.
