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Reconstruction Collection

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Sioux tepee of buffalo-hide

Sioux tepee of buffalo-hide
Tipi made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868

Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868
Reconstruction depicted as equal rights reform, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870s

Cotton wharf in Charleston SC, 1870s
Black stevedores loading bales on the cotton wharf in Charleston, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00045

HUSG2A-00045
Freed slaves wedding dance in a cabin, US South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Buffalo hide tipi of the Lakota Sioux

Buffalo hide tipi of the Lakota Sioux
Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00405

NATI2D-00405
Sioux tepees, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Interior of a Sioux tipi

Interior of a Sioux tipi
Buffalo robes and pillows inside a Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Sioux tepees

Sioux tepees
Sioux tipis, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Black Hills, SD. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Wedding of former slaves in the South, 1870s

Wedding of former slaves in the South, 1870s
Freed African-American couple getting married in a cabin during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Senator Blanche K. Bruce

Senator Blanche K. Bruce
Blanche K. Bruce, first African-American to serve a full term as US Senator. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Funeral of a former black slave, Reconstruction Era

Funeral of a former black slave, Reconstruction Era
Negro funeral in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00050

HUSG2A-00050
African-American boy reading to his family of former slaves, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870s

Black family murdered by the KKK, 1870s
Ku Klux Klan members shooting a black family in their cabin, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00304

NATI2D-00304
Apache village of wickiups reconstructed along the White River, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00374

NATI2D-00374
Reconstructed Miwok bark lodge, Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, California. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00377

NATI2D-00377
Reconstructed Miwok village of bark lodges, Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, California. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00378

NATI2D-00378
Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00379

NATI2D-00379
Sioux tepee made of buffalo hide and sewn with sinew in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00384

NATI2D-00384
Inside a Sioux buffalo hide tepee made in the traditional way, Wicoti Living History Lakota Encampment, Hill City, South Dakota. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00280

NATI2D-00280
Elevated corn crib in Chucalissa Village, a 1500s Mississippean site reconstructed by the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00283

NATI2D-00283
Thatched dwellings in Chucalissa Village, a 1500s Mississippean site reconstructed by the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00279

NATI2D-00279
Low platform mound in Chucalissa Village, a 1500s Mississippean site reconstructed by the University of Memphis, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipation

Blacks crushed by prejudice and violence after emancipation
Immigrant, 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

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00026

HUSG2A-00026
African-American outdoor prayer meeting in the South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Skidmore Guard reunion in New York City, 1870s

Skidmore Guard reunion in New York City, 1870s
Ball of the Skidmore Guard, a black military organization, NYC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870s

Hampton Institute lecture hall, 1870s
African-American students in the assembly-room at the Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868

Voting rights cut away from a black Sampson, 1868
Southern Delilah cutting voting rights from a black Samson, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Blacks in South Carolina legislature under Reconstruction

Blacks in South Carolina legislature under Reconstruction
Reconstructed South Carolina legislature, including African-American delegates, passing an appropriations bill, 1873. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Reconstruction Committee meeting in Washington

Reconstruction Committee meeting in Washington
Joint House and Senate Reconstruction Committee, creators of the 14th Amendment, under Chairman Fessenden. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: NATI2D-00549

NATI2D-00549
A great kiva reconstructed at Aztec National Monument, an Anasazi/ Ancestral Puebloan village in New Mexico. Digital photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: AGRI2A-00046

AGRI2A-00046
A turpentine distillery in North Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: AGRI2A-00053

AGRI2A-00053
African-American stevedores loading cotton on a ship in Charlestown, South Carolina, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Black voters in Richmond, Virginia, 1871

Black voters in Richmond, Virginia, 1871
African-American citizens voting in Richmond, Virginia, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: First black voters in Washington DC, 1867

First black voters in Washington DC, 1867
African-American election official supervising the first black voters in Washington DC, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00015

HUSG2A-00015
African-American man collecting pay for cotton delivered in Austin, Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00009

HUSG2A-00009
African-American workers collecting pay after harvesting strawberries in Virginia during Reconstruction. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00023

HUSG2A-00023
Freed African-Americans traveling through St Louis, leaving the South after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00030

HUSG2A-00030
African-American church congregation in Washington DC, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00022

HUSG2A-00022
Freed African-Americans embarking for the North on riverboats after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00032

HUSG2A-00032
Former slaves fleeing to Kansas from yellow fever outbreak in South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00033

HUSG2A-00033
Former slaves on a boat to the North after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: HUSG2A-00046

HUSG2A-00046
Former slave couple in spring outside their cabin in Virginia after the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870s

Freedmen in printing class at Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1870s
Former slaves learning printing at Hampton Institute in Virginia, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: PBLA2A-00010

PBLA2A-00010
Joseph Hayne Rainey, first black US Congressman, admitted to the House in 1871. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: PBLA2A-00009

PBLA2A-00009
Hiram R. Revels, first black elected to the US Senate, 1870. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

Background imageReconstruction Collection: PBLA2A-00011

PBLA2A-00011
Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and Union naval officer, African-American US Congressman from South Caroilina. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Former slaves meeting with federal officials in North Carolina, 1866

Former slaves meeting with federal officials in North Carolina, 1866
General Stedman and other officials meeting with freed slaves near Trent River, North Carolina, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReconstruction Collection: Black citizens casting their first ballots, 1867

Black citizens casting their first ballots, 1867
Former slaves casting their first vote, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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