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Background imageRacism Collection: A customs official from the flying squad searches the quarters of a Lascar crew of a sugar freighter to check no

A customs official from the flying squad searches the quarters of a Lascar crew of a sugar freighter to check no dutiable goods have been hidden in odd corners. Date: 1932

Background imageRacism Collection: English naval officer finds a weeping odalisk, Regency era

English naval officer finds a weeping odalisk, Regency era
An English naval officer finds a weeping odalisk in a seraglio garden. Admiral Bowsprit and the enslaved English woman Ellen. A turbaned eunuch harem guard watches

Background imageRacism Collection: English sailor saves a drowning Arab chief, Regency era

English sailor saves a drowning Arab chief, Regency era
An English sailor extends an oar to save a drowning Arab chief, Regency era. While other Moors pray to Allah to save him. Royal Navy matelots use oars and pikes to bring a rowboat near a man-of-war

Background imageRacism Collection: English Regency naval officer at the court of a Turkish pirate

English Regency naval officer at the court of a Turkish pirate
An English naval officer at the court of a Turkish pirate chief. The Moor sits on a divan on a carpet smoking a tobacco pipe, with guards in turbans armed with scimitars and lances

Background imageRacism Collection: Mixed-race man with torch, Lima, Peru

Mixed-race man with torch, Lima, Peru
Mixed-race man or mestizo with torch or candle, Lima, Peru. He wears a straw hat, poncho, jacket, short pants and sandals, White and Native American descent. Metis. Handcoloured woodcut by L

Background imageRacism Collection: Mixed-race or mulatto woman of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Mixed-race or mulatto woman of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She wears a white chemise, striped silk skirt, bandana as she lounges on cushions. Jeune fille mulatre. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Australia, Oceania, 1858

Costumes of Australia, Oceania, 1858. Aborigine men examining flotsam from a European shipwreck on a beach. In loincloths and capes, armed with spear and shield, they hold a top hat and hand mirror

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Polynesia and Oceania, 1858

Costumes of Polynesia and Oceania, 1858. Inhabitants of Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands), tattooed chief in feather headdress and cloak, tattooed woman

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of the Sunda Islands, 1858

Costumes of the Sunda Islands, 1858
Costumes of the Sunda Islands, Indonesia, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of the people of Mexico, 1858

Costumes of the people of Mexico, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of North America, 1858

Costumes of North America, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Algeria, 1858

Costumes of Algeria, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of India, 1858

Costumes of India, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Turkey or Turkiye, 1858

Costumes of Turkey or Turkiye, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Military costumes of England and Scotland, 1858

Military costumes of England and Scotland, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of the Netherlands, 1858

Costumes of the Netherlands, 1858. Man of north Holland with tobacco pipe, maid with yoke and baskets, couple from south Holland. Windmills, canals and canal house in the background

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Norway and Sweden, 1858

Costumes of Norway and Sweden, 1858. Norwegian peasants drinking beer at a tavern meet a Swedish peasant with staff and rucksack. Sami people with a reindeer, and riding a sled on a frozen lake

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of the people of Russia in St. Petersburg, 1858

Costumes of the people of Russia in St. Petersburg, 1858
Costumes of the people of Russia, 1858. Nanny with Cossack boy, milkmaid with milkpail, Finnish peasants, sleigh driver, merchant, boy from Derewna, Belarus, playing a domra lute

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of the people of Greece, 1858

Costumes of the people of Greece, 1858. Athenian musician with tzouras lute, girl with water jug, female servant and boy

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Moldavia, Romania and Circassia, 1858

Costumes of Moldavia, Romania and Circassia, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Germany, 1858

Costumes of Germany, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of Switzerland and the Tyrol, 1858

Costumes of Switzerland and the Tyrol, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Costumes of the people of Italy, 1858

Costumes of the people of Italy, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Spanish people dancing in a square, 1858

Spanish people dancing in a square, 1858. A water seller with donkey and amphora, a couple from Valencia watch Romany gitanos dancing flamenco with castanets

Background imageRacism Collection: French people promenading in a Paris park, 1858

French people promenading in a Paris park, 1858

Background imageRacism Collection: Babylonians emigrating from the Tower of Babel

Babylonians emigrating from the Tower of Babel
A crowd of Babylonians emigrating from the unfinished Tower of Babel. They ride horses, camels, elephants and waggons, carry baggage and drive cattle. Three angels watch over them

Background imageRacism Collection: Heads and skulls of Ethiopian, Papuan and Australian Aborigine

Heads and skulls of Ethiopian, Papuan and Australian Aborigine
Head 1 and skulls 4-6 of Ethiopians, heads of Papuan natives of Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia 2, 3, and skulls of Aborigines of Sydney Cove and Paramatta, Australia 7-9

Background imageRacism Collection: Australian Aborigines and heads of natives of Waigeo, West Papua

Australian Aborigines and heads of natives of Waigeo, West Papua
Australian Aborigines grilling lizards on an open fire, Sydney Cove and Paramatta, Alfourous australasien 1, and heads of natives of Waigeo, West Papua, Indonesia, 2-4.. Homme: Race ethiopique

Background imageRacism Collection: Aborigines of Sydney Cove and Paramatta, Australia

Aborigines of Sydney Cove and Paramatta, Australia. Alfourous australasien. Homme: Race ethiopique

Background imageRacism Collection: Maori family with moko facial tattoos, New Zealand

Maori family with moko facial tattoos, New Zealand
Heads of Maori men with tamoko or moko facial tattoos, New Zealand. Maori family with man holding a taiaha club, woman with carved club, and girl with fish. Homme: Race mongolique

Background imageRacism Collection: Man of Aragon, Spain

Man of Aragon, Spain. In conical hat decorated with ribbons, wool tunic over a jerkin, short cape, culottes, gaiters and shoes, holding a cudgel. Homme de l'Aragon

Background imageRacism Collection: Costume of a king of Congo, Africa

Costume of a king of Congo, Africa
Costume of a king of Congo, In turban, robe with long train, sash belt, scimitar and stick. Perhaps a portrait of King Alfonso I (c. 1456-1543)

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of Aragon, Spain

Woman of Aragon, Spain. In a gown with laced corset, contrasting amadis sleeves, full skirts, lace ruff collar standing up from the chemise. Femme de l'Aragon

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of Salamanca, Kingdom of Leon, Spain

Woman of Salamanca, Kingdom of Leon, Spain. In wide brim hat with ribbons, chaperon or kerchief tied to an embroidered corset, blouse with embroidered sleeves, apron and long skirts

Background imageRacism Collection: Man of Salamanca, Kingdom of Leon, Spain

Man of Salamanca, Kingdom of Leon, Spain

Background imageRacism Collection: Catalan woman, Spain

Catalan woman, Spain
Catalan woman, Catalonia, Spain. In a long black veil, laced corset, kerchief a la francais over the bust, long skirts, apron, shoes, holding a basket of vegetables and fish. Catalanne

Background imageRacism Collection: Catalan man, Catalonia, Spain

Catalan man, Catalonia, Spain

Background imageRacism Collection: Evenks or Tungusic woman of Siberia

Evenks or Tungusic woman of Siberia. Hair in pigtails, wearing a long elegant coat, gown, breeches and boots of reindeer skin decorated with beads and fringes. Femme Tounguses

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of the Mari people

Woman of the Mari people (Cheremisa or Cheremis) of Russia. In bonnet of birch bark covered in cloth with shells, embroidered linen tunic, sash belt, culottes, gaiters and shoes. Femme Tscheremisse

Background imageRacism Collection: Man of the Mari people

Man of the Mari people (Cheremisa or Cheremis) of Russia. In furred jerkin coat, embroidered linen shirt, sash, culottes, gaiters, shoes, holding a staff and fur cap. Homme Tscheremisse

Background imageRacism Collection: Kabardian woman, one of the 12 Circassian tribes

Kabardian woman, one of the 12 Circassian tribes. In veil, bodice, blouse, wide skirts, gaiters and shoes, holding a fish. Kabardinienne. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageRacism Collection: Kabardian man, one of the 12 Circassian tribes

Kabardian man, one of the 12 Circassian tribes. In turban, mustache, domino coat with open sleeves, tunic with belt and scimitars, wide pantalons, and tall boots. Kabardinien

Background imageRacism Collection: Evenks or Tungusic man of Siberia

Evenks or Tungusic man of Siberia. Hunter in hat, facial tattoo, coat, breeches and apron of deer skin, decorated with beads and fringes. Armed with spear, bow, quiver and arrows. Homme Tounguses

Background imageRacism Collection: Samoyedic woman of Siberia

Samoyedic woman of Siberia: Nenets, Enets, Nganasans or Selkups people

Background imageRacism Collection: Ostyak woman of Siberia

Ostyak woman of Siberia: Khanty or Ket people. In hooded coat of bear or reindeer skin, with beaded necklaces, striped apron, leggings and leather bootlets. Femme Ostyack

Background imageRacism Collection: Ostyak man of Siberia

Ostyak man of Siberia: Khanty or Ket people. He wears a cloak, trousers and boots of bear or reindeer-skin, walking on carved skis with wooden ski pole. Homme Ostyack

Background imageRacism Collection: Samoyedic man of Siberia

Samoyedic man of Siberia, Nenets, Enets, Nganasans or Selkups people

Background imageRacism Collection: Costume of a native girl of Tahiti

Costume of a native girl of Tahiti. Her short hair is perfumed with coconut oil and herbs, adorned with flowers. She wears a long tunic over a gown. Fille de Taiti

Background imageRacism Collection: Khoikhoi woman of South Africa

Khoikhoi woman of South Africa wearing a feather headdress, animal-skin cape, dakka or talisman hanging from a cord, loincloth, holding a staff. Hottentote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageRacism Collection: Costume of a native woman of Tahiti

Costume of a native woman of Tahiti. Her short hair is perfumed with coconut oil and herbs. She wears a turban of horsehair, a cape and skirt with belt. Femme de Taiti

Background imageRacism Collection: Itelmen peasant woman and child of Kamchatka

Itelmen peasant woman and child of Kamchatka. Woman in reindeer-skin coat and trousers, boots, belt with tassels, boy strapped on her back. Paysanne de Kamtschatka

Background imageRacism Collection: Polynesian man of Tahiti, Pacific Islands

Polynesian man of Tahiti, Pacific Islands. Wearing a long robe tied at the waist with a belt. Homme de Taiti. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageRacism Collection: Ceremonial costume of a King of Tahiti

Ceremonial costume of a King of Tahiti. Perhaps Otoo, King Pomare I. He wears a tall headdress of feathers, a cloak and tunic, and holds a large carved wooden deity. Roi de Taiti

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of Kamchatka

Woman of Kamchatka, Itelmen, Koryak or Ainu. In kerchief headdress, fur-lined gown over skirts, leather shoes. Femme de Kamtschatka. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageRacism Collection: Itelmen peasant of Kamchatka in front of summer dwelling

Itelmen peasant of Kamchatka in front of summer dwelling
Itelmen peasant of Kamchatka in front of a pehm or summer dwelling. He wears a furred hooded reindeer-skin coat, animal-skin trousers and boots, armed with bow and quiver of arrows

Background imageRacism Collection: Itelmen or Kamchadal woman

Itelmen or Kamchadal woman. In striped turban, high collar shirt, fur-lined coat, animal-skin gown dressed with fringes, sandals, holding a basket of vegetables

Background imageRacism Collection: Costume of a man of Kamchatka, Itelmen, Koryak or Ainu

Costume of a man of Kamchatka, Itelmen, Koryak or Ainu. In furred hat and coat, trousers and leggings, leather boots, holding a club. Homme de Kamtschatka. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of the Kalina or Carib people, South America

Woman of the Kalina or Carib people, South America
Woman of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. In apron or coyon decorated with beads, shawl, beaded gaiters, carrying a basket of flowers on her back. Sauvagesse de la Guiane

Background imageRacism Collection: Itelmen or Kamchadal man

Itelmen or Kamchadal man. In fur-lined jerkin, skirt, trousers, boots, armed with spear, low and arrow, dagger. Aboriginal people of Kamchatka, decimated by Cossacks and smallpox in the 18th century

Background imageRacism Collection: Piaye of the Kalina people, French Guiana, South America

Piaye of the Kalina people, French Guiana, South America
Piaye of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. Medicine man or ceremonial person with feather headdress, skirt, and wooden club. Piaye-Medecin de la Guiane

Background imageRacism Collection: Man of the Kalina or Carib people, South America

Man of the Kalina or Carib people, South America
Man of the Kalina or Carib people, French Guiana, South America. In loincloth or camiza, armed for hunting or battle with ironwood club or putu, bow and quiver of arrows. Sauvage de la Guiane

Background imageRacism Collection: Warrior of the Iroquois Confederacy

Warrior of the Iroquois Confederacy. In breechcloth and moccasins, armed with musket and ax, smoking a pipe tomahawk. Guerrier Iroquois. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Background imageRacism Collection: Costume of an African Amazon warror

Costume of an African Amazon warror, lived near the Kingdom of D'mt in Ethiopia

Background imageRacism Collection: Male dancer of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii

Male dancer of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii. In makini, a gourd helmet and mask with feather crest and tapa strips, short cape and loincloth

Background imageRacism Collection: Chief Kanaina of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii

Chief Kanaina of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii
Chief of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii. In feather helmet or mahiole, feather cloak or ahu'ula, and loincloth, holding a mace embedded with shark teeth

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii

Woman of the Sandwich Isles, now Hawaii. In shawl, short skirt decorated with colourful shells, garlands, necklace and bracelets of feather

Background imageRacism Collection: Unangan woman and child of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands

Unangan woman and child of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands
Unangan or Aleut woman and child of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands. With facial tattoos and piercings, wearing a long jacket or parka of birdskin, holding a baby swaddled in a woven-grass basket

Background imageRacism Collection: King of the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii

King of the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii. In ceremonial feather helmet or mahiole, feather cloak or ahu'ula, feather skirt, holding a war club or leiomano. Roi des Isles des Sandwich

Background imageRacism Collection: Polynesian woman of Tonga

Polynesian woman of Tonga, Pacific Islands. In woven mat taʻovala or wrap, and kiekie or ornamental girdle, necklace, bracelets and anklets. Femme des Isles des Amis

Background imageRacism Collection: Polynesian man of Tonga, Pacific Islands

Polynesian man of Tonga, Pacific Islands. In ceremonial feather headdress, woven-grass waist mat or taʻovala, and flower garland or kahalla. Armed with bow and arrow. Homme des Isles des Amis

Background imageRacism Collection: Great Chief of the Iroquois Confederacy warriors

Great Chief of the Iroquois Confederacy warriors. in tricorne hat, French justacorps coat with epaulettes, shift and moccasins, smoking a pipe tomahawk, holding a mace or casse-tete

Background imageRacism Collection: Unangan man of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands

Unangan man of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands
Unangan or Aleut man of Unalaska, Aleutian Islands. In carved wooden headdress decorated with feathers and fish bones, jacket or parka of sealskin, boots, holding a fishing net

Background imageRacism Collection: Native American man of Tierra del Fuego, South America

Native American man of Tierra del Fuego, South America. In sealskin cloak and loincloth, leather shoes, his body painted in red. Armed with bow and quiver of arrows

Background imageRacism Collection: Native American woman of Tierra del Fuego, South America

Native American woman of Tierra del Fuego, South America. In sealskin cloak, skirt with belt, necklace and bracelets of shells, leather shoes, her body painted in red. Holding a basket of fish

Background imageRacism Collection: Man of the island of Sifnos, Ottoman Empire, with karamuza

Man of the island of Sifnos, Ottoman Empire, with karamuza
Man of the island of Sifnos, Ottoman Empire, dancing with karamuza. In cap, mustache, tunic, sash belt, harem pants, holding a karamuza or reed instrument. Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago

Background imageRacism Collection: Native American chief of Patagonia, South America

Native American chief of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, necklace, cloak and robe, gaiters and sandals. Holding a hoop decorated with bells used in a ceremonial dance

Background imageRacism Collection: Native American woman and child of Patagonia, South America

Native American woman and child of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, tunic of guanaco skin with the fur inside, culottes and gaiters. Perhaps of the extinct Yahgan people

Background imageRacism Collection: Native American hunter of Patagonia with bolas

Native American hunter of Patagonia with bolas
Native American hunter of Patagonia, South America. In feather headdress, tunic of guanaco skin with the fur inside, culottes and gaiters. With bolas or bolases. Perhaps an extinct Yahgan

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman villager of the island of Tinos, Ottoman Empire

Woman villager of the island of Tinos, Ottoman Empire
Woman villager of the island of Tinos or İstendil, Ottoman Empire. In turban, long robe, sash belt, carrying a basket of fruit. Greek island of the Cyclades. Villageoise de l'isle de Tinne

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of the island of Tinos, Ottoman Empire

Woman of the island of Tinos, Ottoman Empire
Woman of the island of Tinos or İstendil during the Ottoman Empire. In hat with veil, sleeveless dolman, tunic dress with large belt, harem pants. Greek island of the Cyclades

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of the island of Sifnos, Ottoman Empire

Woman of the island of Sifnos, Ottoman Empire. Hari in pigtails tied with ribbons under a veil in the ancient Athenian style. Furred dolman, apron and skirt. Greek island in the Cyclades

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman and baby of the Iroquois Confederacy

Woman and baby of the Iroquois Confederacy. She wears a fringed cloak, skirt, and holds a baby in a cradle board. A basket hangs on her back from a cord on her forehead. Sauvagesse Iroquois

Background imageRacism Collection: Girl spinning yarn on the island of Santorini, Ottoman Empire

Girl spinning yarn on the island of Santorini, Ottoman Empire
Girl spinning yarn on the island of Santorini or Thira, Ottoman Empire. Hair in a turban, wearing a short tunic, small apron, silk camisole, slippers. Greek island in the Aegean Sea

Background imageRacism Collection: Woman of the Kingdom of Candia, Ottoman Empire, dancing

Woman of the Kingdom of Candia, Ottoman Empire, dancing with a kerchief. In pearl-trimmed turban, tunic dress with buttons to the waist, long Chinese sleeves, harem pants



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