Map of the mining district of California
America Transformed: Immediately prior to the discovery of gold in 1848, central California was home to Native communities; Mexican missions, ranchos, and pueblos; the small presidio—fortified military settleme... More
Crowley's Ridge Parkway - Old Gas Station Along Crowley's Ridge Parkwa...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Old buildings like this gas station give travelers a taste of the history of the delta region as they travel the Parkway. Location: Ark... More
Row with many music-related businesses in Clarksdale, a prominent home...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Police headquarters in Clarksdale, a prominent home to old-time blues ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Diners at Abe's Bar B-Q restaurant in Clarksdale, a prominent home to ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
The "Devil's Crossroads" (or simply Crossroads) sign in Clarksdale, a ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A trio of electric guitars on a pole at the intersection of old U.S. highways 49 and 61 marks where legend says that musician Robert J... More
Porcine figurines outside Abe's Bar B-Q restaurant in Clarksdale, a pr...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Memorial in the old Grange Cemetery in Clarksdale, a prominent home to...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Street scene, including fast-food restaurants and small "convenience s...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Abe's Bar B-Q restaurant in Clarksdale, a prominent home to old-time b...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
The "Devil's Crossroads" (or simply Crossroads) sign in Clarksdale, a ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. A trio of electric guitars on a pole at the intersection of old U.S. highways 49 and 61 marks where legend says that musician Robert J... More
Sign for the Ground Zero blues club in Clarksdale, a prominent home to...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The club, co-owned by famed actor Morgan Freeman, attorney Bill Luckett, and Memphis entertainment executive Howard Stovall, got its n... More
Old and faded advertising sign in Clarksdale, a prominent home to old-...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Row with many music-related businesses in Clarksdale, a prominent home...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Annie Bell's Lounge in Clarksdale, a prominent home to old-time blues ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Hat saluting the Juke Joint Music Festival in a downtown window in Cla...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Signs at Abe's Bar B-Q restaurant in Clarksdale, a prominent home to o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
The Bluestown music store in Clarksdale, a prominent home to old-time ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Steamboat-themed barbecue joint in Clarksdale, a prominent home to old...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Cat Head blues and folk-art store in Clarksdale, a prominent home to o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059). Forms part of the Ben May Charitable Trust Collection of Mississippi Photogra... More
Although Deak Harp's music store in downtown Clarksdale, in Mississipp...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Harp also makes harmonicas, which, perhaps not coincidentally, are often called "mouth harps" or just "harps," particularly in the Ame... More
Although Deak Harp's music store in downtown Clarksdale, in Mississipp...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Harp also makes harmonicas, which, perhaps not coincidentally, are often called "mouth harps" or just "harps," particularly in the Ame... More
Negro blues and hollers, 1940s
Sung by various musicians, principally with guitar accompaniment, including Son House, Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Charley Berry, William Blackwell, William Brown, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Silent Grove ... More
Negro blues and hollers, 1940s
Sung by various musicians, principally with guitar accompaniment, including Son House, Willie Brown, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Charley Berry, William Blackwell, William Brown, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Silent Grove ... More
Abandoned tenant house on a mechanized plantation of the Mississippi D...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to ...
Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More
Cotton hoers (day laborers) move from one field across the highway to ...
Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More
Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta
Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More
Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta
Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More
School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
School in center of the mechanized plantation area of the Mississippi ...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.