A variety of historically interesting stills
Posted by Clicksy | Posted in Still photographs | Posted on 14-09-2010
Tagged Under : black face, capitol, civil war, interesting, kkk, ku klux klan, lincoln, photographs, racism, slave, slavery, statue of liberty, suffrage, vintage
1921 (?) - New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition
1911 (?) - National Anti-Suffrage Association
1910 - Konopli︠a︡noe pole Title Translation: Hemp field
1882-1883 - Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head--Winter 1882?
Little Rock, 1959. Rally at state capitol
March 4, 1861 - Inauguration of President Lincoln at U.S. Capitol
K.K.K. parade, 8/8/25
"The Awakening" - A James H. Hull production for Beaumont Klan No. 7 - KKK, Beaumont, Texas, May 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1924 / photo by Reeves. Notice the actors in "black face".
1863 - A Virginia slave child in 1863 / Van Dorn, photograph artist, 285 Fulton St., Brooklyn.
Note that I am in no way supporting any of the subjects in these images. They were chosen because they are historically interesting, and in some cases very sad.
