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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.
Vocational students preparing meal
Butcher carving meat
Women separating greens
Man reaching for pears
Farm laborers resting on heap of corn
Patrons at Original Tony's Tavern
Farm laborer picking strawberries
Farm laborers pitching rice onto wagon
Violet Davenport and Alarmy Kelly canning squash
Mrs. Eugene Smith working in her garden
Hall family eating dinner
Farm laborers cutting celery
Cut sugarcane
Farm laborers picking tomatoes
Older woman cooking meat for canning
Vocational students making pies
Vocational students practicing cooking
Field cook washing raw chicken parts
Farm laborer carrying bananas
Selma Purity Ice Plant employee packing chickens
The Barbadoes mulatto girl.
Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad
Scene de Carnava
A cudgelling match
Barbarties in the West Indies