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Half portrait of middle-aged W.E.B. Du Bois in a studio. He's wearing a suit, collared shirt, and regards the camera with a serious expression. Most notable is his handlebar moustache.

Du Bois and the Paris Exposition of 1900: Three Pictures

Posted by: Neely Tucker

"The Exhibit of American Negroes" was a display of hundreds of photographs, charts and graphs detailing the lives of Black Americans at the 1900 Paris Exposition, or world's fair. It was put together by W.E.B. Du Bois, Thomas Calloway and Daniel A.P. Murray, three major activists and educators of the era (Murray worked for the Library). Here, we look at three photographs of women that Du Bois selected for the exhibition.

Posted in: African American History, Exhibitions, Free to Use and Reuse, Library Work and Employees, Photos

Family portrait on steps of a house with huge columns rising on both sides. All are well dressed; Orville Wright is the lone person standing, posed in the middle and behind the rest.

Historic Photos: The Wright Brothers, at Home and in the Air

Posted by: Neely Tucker

After Orville Wright's death in 1948, his estate donated a vast collection of his papers to the Library, including more than 300 glass plate and nitrate negatives of photographs taken (mostly) by the brothers between 1897 and 1928; images that provide an important and fascinating record of their home lives and of their attempts to fly. His "success house," Hawthorn Hill, is in many of these photos and is today a museum.

Posted in: Free to Use and Reuse, LCM, Photos