A broad shouldered man with a vertically striped vest

Sugar levee in New Orleans

A Prince Hall Freemason 

Elderly man sitting, chin with whiskers/warner

Another self-assured young man, this time from Chicago

Well-dressed young man with vest

A young man wearing a checkered suit coat and vest and sporting a bowler hat

Well-dressed man with top hat and watch chain

A confident black man, legs crossed, staring straight into the camera​

A young man

Driving bull cart SC plantation

Well dressed young man

Rare early photo of a black couple

An oval portrait of a man with a sad look on his face

Black boxer

A younger man wearing a later day fedora

Young man, hat held out in hand

A man with an unusual hat on his head

A St. Louis man

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A seated man with bow tie and watch chain

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Unidentified Freed Men

Group of A-A outside Christ Church

Older man with hand on book

Two men in striped pants

Canal Street Levee in New Orleans

A standing man in a distinctive white coat, photographed in Plattsburg, NY

Two veteran chimney sweeps posed with the tools of their trade

Black School

Separate, not equal

An Iowa man with a striking handlebar moustache

A winter backdrop sets off a tall man with a silk tophat, a long coat and a cane, photographed in Galesburg, IL

African-Americans

Man with Prince Hall Masonic Insignia

Distinguished black gentleman

Confident young man smoking a cigar and holding an umbrella