Sioux tepee of buffalo-hideTipi made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph
Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868Reconstruction depicted as equal rights reform, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon
Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870sBlack stevedores loading bales on the cotton wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00045Freed slaves wedding dance in a cabin, US South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Buffalo hide tipi of the Lakota SiouxSioux tepee made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00405Sioux tepees, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
Interior of a Sioux tipiBuffalo robes and pillows inside a Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
Sioux tepeesSioux tipis, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph
Wedding of former slaves in the South, 1870sFreed African-American couple getting married in a cabin during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Senator Blanche K. BruceBlanche K. Bruce, first African-American to serve a full term as US Senator. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Funeral of a former black slave, Reconstruction EraNegro funeral in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00050African-American boy reading to his family of former slaves, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870sKu Klux Klan members shooting a black family in their cabin, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2D-00304Apache village of wickiups reconstructed along the White River, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00374Reconstructed Miwok bark lodge, Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, California. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00377Reconstructed Miwok village of bark lodges, Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, California. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00378Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00379Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide and sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00384Inside a Sioux buffalo hide tepee made in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00280Elevated corn crib in Chucalissa Village, a 1500s Mississippean site reconstructed by the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00283Thatched dwellings in Chucalissa Village, a 1500s Mississippean site reconstructed by the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Digital photograph
NATI2D-00279Low platform mound in Chucalissa Village, a 1500s Mississippean site reconstructed by the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Digital photograph
Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipationImmigrant, a southerner, and a businessman combine to declare the US to be " a white mans government, " 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon
HUSG2A-00026African-American outdoor prayer meeting in the South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Skidmore Guard reunion in New York City, 1870sBall of the Skidmore Guard, a black military organization, NYC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870sAfrican-American students in the assembly-room at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868Southern Delilah cutting voting rights from a black Samson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon
Blacks in South Carolina legislature under ReconstructionReconstructed South Carolina legislature, including African-American delegates, passing an appropriations bill, 1873. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
NATI2D-00549A great kiva reconstructed at Aztec National Monument, an Anasazi/ Ancestral Puebloan village in New Mexico. Digital photograph
AGRI2A-00046A turpentine distillery in North Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00053African-American stevedores loading cotton on a ship in Charlestown, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black voters in Richmond, Virginia, 1871African-American citizens voting in Richmond, Virginia, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
First black voters in Washington DC, 1867African-American election official supervising the first black voters in Washington DC, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00015African-American man collecting pay for cotton delivered in Austin, Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00009African-American workers collecting pay after harvesting strawberries in Virginia during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00023Freed African-Americans traveling through St Louis, leaving the South after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00030African-American church congregation in Washington DC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00022Freed African-Americans embarking for the North on riverboats after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00032Former slaves fleeing to Kansas from yellow fever outbreak in South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00033Former slaves on a boat to the North after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HUSG2A-00046Former slave couple in spring outside their cabin in Virginia after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870sFormer slaves learning printing at Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PBLA2A-00010Joseph Hayne Rainey, first black US Congressman, admitted to the House in 1871. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph
PBLA2A-00009Hiram R. Revels, first black elected to the US Senate, 1870. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph
PBLA2A-00011Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and Union naval officer, African-American US Congressman from South Caroilina. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Former slaves meeting with federal officials in North Carolina, 1866General Stedman and other officials meeting with freed slaves near Trent River, North Carolina, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black citizens casting their first ballots, 1867Former slaves casting their first vote, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
AGRI2A-00127African-American hauling baled cotton to market with a team of mules, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration