As part of the first milestone of the Seeing Lost Enclaves project, I've compiled a collection of free to use images, films and maps from the Library of Congress for download. These represent just a small selection of the materials available at the Library of Congress cited in the bibliography (additional public domain images are also available which have not yet been digitized), and even more are available from non-LOC sources. The following include images and maps from Truckee, CA, New Orleans, LA, Deadwood, SD, and a variety from other Chinatowns and erased communities of color around the country.
(also available in the /research/collection/ folder of this project)
- General (36.5MB)
- General - videos (77.1MB)
- Deadwood (28.5MB)
- New Orleans (60.3MB)
- Truckee (14MB)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Riverside, Riverside County, California. Sanborn Map Company, 1908. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00793_007/ (sanborn00793_007-master-gmd-gmd436m-g4364m-g4364rm-g4364rm_g007931908-00793_1908-0048.jpg)
Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City. Virginia City, [Nevada], 1866. [Published ; Printed Later] Photograph published by Lawrence & Houseworth. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002719064/ (2002719064-master-pnp-ds-04400-04482u.jpg)
Glover, E. S. View of Virginia City, Montana Ty., from Alder Gulch looking east. [Montana?: s.n, 1875] https://www.loc.gov/item/89691905/
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Sanborn Map Company, 1905. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08099_006/ (sanborn08099_006-master-gmd-gmd377m-g3774m-g3774pm-g3774pm_g080991904-08099_1904-cbd1.jpg)
Chinese children in Olympia, Wash. , ca. 1919. Stereograph published by Keystone View Co. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004670938/ (2004670938-master-pnp-cph-3b10000-3b16000-3b16200-3b16236u.jpg)
Historic American Engineering Record, Creator, John L Morgan, Charles Chamberlain, Gerome Pratt, Orion E Kirkpatrick, Mitzi Rossillon, Lon Johnson, and Inc Renewable Technologies. Leesburg Mining District, Napias & Moose Creeks, Salmon, Lemhi County, ID. Lemhi County Salmon Idaho, 1968. translateds by Gill, Barry Leemitter, and Young, Kellymitter. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscape Survey Collection, Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/id0172/ (id0172-master-pnp-habshaer-id-id0100-id0172-sheet-00001a.jpg)
Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694412/ (00694412-media-ammem-EarlyFilmsofSanFrancisco-15145.mp4)
Ackerman, Raymond, Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Scene in Chinatown. [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694411/ (00694411-media-ammem-EarlyFilmsofSanFrancisco-14065.mp4)
Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Kleine. San Francisco Chinese funeral. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1904. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694410/ (00694410-media-ammem-EarlyFilmsofSanFrancisco-12311.mp4)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Deadwood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Sanborn Map Company, Oct, 1885. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08223_001/ (sanborn08223_001-master-gmd-gmd418m-g4184m-g4184dm-g082231885-08223_1885-0003.jpg)
Deadwood, S.D. from McGovern Hill. Deadwood, South Dakota, 1888. Photograph by Grabill, John C. H. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613870/ (99613870-master-pnp-ppmsc-02500-02586u.jpg)
Deadwood, S.D. from Mrs. Livingston's Hill. Deadwood, South Dakota, None. [Between 1887 and 1892] Photograph by Grabill, John C. H. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613869/ (99613869-master-pnp-ppmsc-02500-02585u.jpg)
The Race. The great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4, between the only two Chinese hose teams in the United States. Deadwood, South Dakota, 1888. July 4. Photograph by Grabill, John C. H. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613960/ (99613960-master-pnp-ppmsc-02600-02678u.jpg)
Hose team. The champion Chinese Hose Team of America, who won the great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dak., July 4th. Deadwood, South Dakota, 1888. Photograph by Grabill, John C. H. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613961/ (99613961-master-pnp-ppmsc-02600-02679u.jpg)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Sanborn Map Company, ; Vol. 2, 1885. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03376_002/ (sanborn03376_011-master-gmd-gmd401m-g4014m-g4014nm-g03376188502-03376_02_1885-0035R.jpg)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Sanborn Map Company, ; Vol. 2, 1896. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03376_006/ (sanborn03376_006-master-gmd-gmd401m-g4014m-g4014nm-g03376189502-03376_02_1895-0105.jpg)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Sanborn Map Company, ; Vol. 3, 1908. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn03376_011/ (sanborn03376_011-master-gmd-gmd401m-g4014m-g4014nm-g03376190803-03376_03_1908-0235.jpg)
Elks Place, New Orleans, La. United States New Orleans Louisiana, ca. 1906. Photograph published by the Detroit Publishing Company. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016805994/ (2016805994-master-pnp-det-4a10000-4a13000-4a13300-4a13317a.jpg)
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Koch, Richard, photographer. Charles Kock House, 153 South Rampart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. New Orleans Louisiana Orleans Parish, 1933. translateds by Price, Virginia Bmitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/la0618/ (la0618-master-pnp-habshaer-la-la0600-la0618-data-la0618data.pdf)
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, and Jean Baptiste Poeyfarre. Vieux Carre Squares, Poeyfarre House, 532 Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA. New Orleans Louisiana Orleans Parish, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/la0161/ (la0161-master-pnp-habshaer-la-la0100-la0161-data-la0161data.pdf, la0161-master-pnp-habshaer-la-la0100-la0161-supp-la0161supp.pdf)
New Orleans downtown street. Louisiana. United States New Orleans Louisiana Orleans Parish, Dec. 1935. Photograph by Walker Evans. From the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information photograph collection. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017759415/ (2017759415-master-pnp-fsa-8c52000-8c52100-8c52104u.jpg)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Truckee, Nevada County, California. Sanborn Map Company, Jan, 1885. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00895_001/ (sanborn00895_001-master-gmd-gmd436m-g4364m-g4364tm-g4364tm_g008951885-00895_1885-0001.jpg)
Below Camp 37, lower canyon of Truckee. , None. [Sacramento, calif.: golden state photographic gallery, between 1865 and 1869] Stereograph by Alfred A. Hart. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005682995/ (2005682995-master-pnp-stereo-1s00000-1s00000-1s00600-1s00601u.jpg)