Subservience Collection

Cotton Pickers
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Cotton field with African-American pickers. Photo ca. 1890

Denmark's King Harald II
Engraving of King Harald of Denmark who reigned from 1074 to 1080

The Incas Begin Collecting Gold Artefacts by Theodor de Bry
An engraving published in 1596 depicts Incas gathering gold items to use as ransom for the Inca king Atahualpa, who was captured by Pizarro

Minstrel Singer Al Jolson
Al Jolson, principally a vaudeville minstrel singer, starred in Warner Studio's first talking picture, The Jazz Singer, in 1927

He-Man Ignoring Women
(Original Caption) Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York: Gust Lessis as "Civic Virtue" shows how a man would look in the same predicament, represented by the famous statue at City Hall

Charlie Chaplin in The Circus
Charlie Chaplin plays his classic Tramp character in The Circus, a silent film which he directed and which was released in 1928

Woman Threatening Man with Whip
A movie still from the 1928 silent film, The Midnight Ace, depicting a woman threatening to whip an African-American man

Woman in Beauty Parlor
(Original Caption) Hollywood, California: Bebe Daniels at "Jim's" Hollywood beauty parlor

Amelia Earhart Having Tea
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart in Hawaii

Appeal Against Death Sentence
(Original Caption) Condemned Man's Appeal for Aid

Sweden's King Christian X and Ministers
(Original Caption) Danish King and Queen Visit Iceland

Political Cartoon Featuring Goering
(Original Caption) Goering's Banquet. Goering says "Vive la France" to Laval, Petain, and Darlan as a bedraggled-looking Duce acts as waiter

Japanese Royals in Cemetery
(Original Caption) Hirohito Visits Father's Grave

Galileo (Left) Meets with Church Leaders
(Original Caption) Galileo before the Cardinal

King Charles II Curing Scrofula
Charles II, King of England, lays his hands on a subject to cure him of scrofula ("King's Evil")

Bald Prison Inmates Marching in Yard
A group of prison inmates start boot camp by marching in line at the Sumter County Correctional Institution. | Location: Bushnell, Florida, USA

Ancient Stone Tablet
(Original Caption) Stone tablet. The reestablishment of the Sun Temple in Sippar, Babylon, Ninth Century

Servants Carrying Siamese Princess
(Original Caption) A Siamese Princess

Abdication of Sweden's Gustavas I Vasa
(Original Caption) Abdication of Gustavus I Vasa

Pope Sixtus V with Architects
(Original Caption) Sixtus V. Pont Max. Bibliothecae Vaticanae Aedificationem M. Praescribit. Pope Sixtus V planning the Vatican library

Elephants Doing Circus Tricks
(Original Caption) Trained elephants at circus. Undated photo

Boy And Girl Rake Leaves
(Original Caption) Long Island, NY: A young girl rakes fall foliage, as her brother collects it in a basket. Undated photograph. BPA2# 4340

Old Testament Scene
Scene fron the story of the Old Testament

Scene in a Sweater's Factory Newspaper Illustration
This illustration was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper November 3, 1888

Man Praying to Goddess
A color lithograph from Bombay, ca. 1925, depicting man praying to religious goddess

Man Climbing Gallows Scaffold
Color illustration from Dicken's dramatic novel of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities, depicting the main character, Sidney Carton, climbing the stairs to the guillotine

Anti-Slavery Poem And Illustration
A poem in Ladies Department from the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator, published by William Lloyd Garrison (1849)

Cambodian Military Leader
(Original Caption) Viet Minh Rebel Chief Switches Allegiance

Ingrid Bergman and Friend
The actor, Yul Brynner, photographs his costar of Anastasia, Ingrid Bergman, while she receives a manicure from the makeup man on the film set in 1956

King Hussein and Prime Minister Hashem
King Hussein of Jordan hands a message to a bowing Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashem during the opening ceremonies of parliament

Sam Rayburn and John F. Kennedy
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Sam Rayburn talks to President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Bergstrom Air Force Base

Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett
(Original Caption) Comedy Set

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