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The Abraham Lincoln Centre, Oakwood Blvd. and Langley Ave., Chicago (1913) — CultureTechLe
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Photo Archive
135 photographs and counting — Chicago Black life and the global diaspora, every image CTL-branded, cited, and keyword-indexed. Toggle any photo between color and black & white.
African-American barbershop, Aberdeen, Miss., c.1920 — CultureTechLens
Chicago Blues All-Stars performing live at Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago
Caleb Williams in his Bears No. 18 jersey, postgame interview, October 2025
Caleb Williams and the Bears in action against Washington, October 13, 2025
Chicken Bone Beach, Atlantic City — the historically segregated Black beach — CultureTechL
Jacking up a car on the repair tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, Chicago, Chica
A midwife in her car on a call, Greene County, Georgia, 1941
A midwife wrapping her kit to go on a call, Greene County, Georgia, October 1941 (Jack Del
An African American history museum in Chicago at golden hour — CultureTechLens
The DuSable Black History Museum’s Harold Washington Wing, Chicago
Entrance of the Eighth Regiment Armory, Bronzeville, Chicago — CultureTechLens
DJ turntables with vinyl records, Chicago skyline at dusk — CultureTechLens
Frederick Douglass, portrait photograph c. 1895 — Black cultural archive, the CTL 100, Cul
Freedmen’s primary school, Vicksburg, 1866 (Harper’s Weekly engraving) — CultureTechLens
Jackson State’s ‘Sonic Boom of the South’ marching band, 2021 SWAC Championship — CultureT
Ida B. Wells — portrait from ‘Women of Distinction’ (1893) — CultureTechLens
Jalen Hurts with the Philadelphia Eagles in action, January 2021
Kamala Harris, official Vice Presidential portrait (2021) — Black cultural data, the CTL 1
Inside a dress shop on 47th Street, Chicago's Black business corridor, Chicago, 1941 — Cul
A men's furnishings counter on 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Shoppers at a ten-cent store counter, South Side, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureT
In a booth at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Linotype operator setting type at the Chicago Defender, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Children in choir robes at the Pentecostal Church, Chicago, 1941
Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechLe
A greystone home converted to a church, South Side, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
A converted-storefront church with cars of the congregation, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLe
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois,
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois,
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois,
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Chicago, Illinois,
Musicians performing in a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Entertainers in white jackets at a tavern piano, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
A singer with the band at a South Side tavern, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Girl listening to music at dance. Chicago, Illinois — CultureTechLens
Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Having fun at rollerskating rink of Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechL
Instructors in roller skating at Savoy Ballroom. Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Negro barber shop. Southside of Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — Cultur
Negro swinging his girl on roller skates. Savoy Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois — CultureTechL
Only Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 —
Only Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill, Chicago, 1941 —
Saturday crowd at the Palm Tavern bar, 47th Street, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Policeman talking to employee of Ten-cent store whose trade is predominantly Negro. Chicag
Roller skating at the Savoy Ballroom on Saturday night. Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureT
Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — Cu
The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois — CultureTechLens
The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois — CultureTechLens
Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureT
Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureT
Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 — Cu
The movies are popular in the Negro section of Chicago, Illinois — CultureTechLens
Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children so
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a press conference, March 26, 1964 — Black cultural archive,
Mo'Nique on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards, Hollywood, March 7, 2010 — CultureT
The Negro leagues East-West All-Stars team photograph, Comiskey Park, Chicago, August 23,
Northwestern's new Ryan Field under construction at Central and Ashland in Evanston, Febru
The Nicodemus townsite, Kansas (HABS survey) — CultureTechLens
Phyllis Diller, photographed in Reno, Nevada, October 2014 — CultureTechLens
Press room of the Richmond Planet newspaper, 1899 — CultureTechLens
Pullman porter aboard the Capitol Limited bound for Chicago (Jack Delano, FSA-OWI) — Cultu
Daytime crowd outside the Regal Theater and the Savoy Ballroom, 47th Street, Chicago, Apri
Rickwood Field, Birmingham — historic Negro leagues ballpark — CultureTechLens
Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, Bronzeville, Chicago
Rosenwald school classroom, Cassville, Georgia — CultureTechLens
The old Ryan Field, formerly Dyche Stadium, in Evanston: the horseshoe bowl, towers, and L
Satchel Paige — 1948 Leaf baseball card portrait — CultureTechLens
Re-dedication ceremony at the Victory Monument, 35th Street and King Drive, Chicago
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1907 — Black cultural data, the CTL 100, CultureTechLens
A black guitarist performs at the lake meado, Chicago — CultureTechLens
Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book for ... - a complete hand book of the
Willie the Wildcat, Northwestern's mascot, in a purple Northwestern jersey
Frame from Within Our Gates (1920), Oscar Micheaux — CultureTechLens
CultureTechLens Photo Archive — “Culture, Clearly Seen.”