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Hobson's choice -- you can go, or stay / J.A. Wales.

Cartoon showing man, wearing hat "Oregon," standing on cliff and shooting at Chinese; some Chinese lie dead on cliff and others are jumping off cliff into ocean. On ground lies torn "Treaty with China."

People's line Hudson River, the palace steamers of the world, Drew--St...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Baseball A B C. - Public domain book illustration

Cover title. In illustrated paper cover; all ill. are chromolithographs. Guide to baseball literature, edited by A. Grobani, lists this title, clothbound, p. 185, 15-2. Also available in digital form on the Lib... More

Baseball A B C. - Public domain book illustration

Nearing the finish line - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4784

[Matt Kilroy, Baltimore Orioles, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Ed Dailey, Washington Statesmen, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros, America's enormous shows uni...

Poster on left advertises the circus and the spectacle "Trip to the Moon" with accompanying picture and also announces the "big free street parade." Poster on the right advertises the circus and the spectacle "... More

Yankee doodle 1776 / A.M. Willard.

Print shows three patriots, two playing drums and one playing a fife, leading troops into battle. Based on the painting called the "Spirit of '76." 3383G U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Cong... More

[Art Fromme, Cincinnati Reds, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[James Ryan, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Allen & Ginter Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. Exhibited: "Baseball Americana," at the Library of Congres... More

The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. 20 Mad-Cap Merry-Makers,...

Poster showing clowns performing with animals. 52455p2s U.S. Copyright Office 97.B-No. 31.

[Charlie Getzien, Detroit Wolverines, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Allen & Ginter Company. "Getzin"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Stop your cruel oppression of the Jews / Flohri.

Print shows an aged man labeled "Russian Jew" carrying a large bundle labeled "Oppression" on his back; hanging from the bundle are weights labeled "Autocracy," "Robbery," "Cruelty," "Assassination," "Deception... More

This week the big store Siegel-Cooper Co. celebrate their first annive...

Advertising poster showing exterior view of the Siegel-Cooper Co. store at night, illuminated by many lights, draped with banners and flags, and a crowd of shoppers both inside and outside the store. At the far... More

The king of the turf St. Julien, driven by Orrin A. Hickok: by Volunte...

Artist: Scott Leighton (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3604

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William...

Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. G... More

[Rube Manning, New York Highlanders, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Slim Sallee, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Lion tamer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Lion tamer in cage with two lions, a lioness, and two tigers. Copyright by Gibson & Co.

The ultimate cause / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows a Chinese woman with two children talking to an American missionary on a street with a market in the background. Caption: "But why is it," asked the thoughtful Chinese, "that I may go to you... More

[Ed Lennox, Brooklyn Superbas, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Matty McIntyre, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Ringling Bros' ... aviary and aquarium ... largest zoological exhibit ...

Circus poster showing various zoological exhibits with a ladies' orchestra at center. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co. No. 2276.

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

Boxer Rebellion. The first duty / Keppler., China

Illustration shows a female figure as "Civilization" wearing a breastplate and helmet, and holding a spear, standing before a benign Chinese emperor, while in the background, a dragon labeled "Boxer" with billo... More

Capture of Fort Fisher - A painting of a military battle with a large ...

Troops led by Union general Terry fighting Confederates, Jan. 15th, 1865.

[Dan Sullivan, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Tommy Leach, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Jack Glasscock, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Pacific Coast Steamship Co's Steamer: State of California, Goodall, Pe...

Artist: Charles R. Parsons (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5065

[Dave Orr, New York Metropolitans, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

A fair Puritan / E. Percy Moran.

Woman, standing in snow, holding holly in her apron. Copyright by The Art Interchange Co., New York. Lithograph after painting by E. Percy Moran.

Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on ...

Print shows two men seated at a table in a dining car on a train being served by an African American porter. Z6569 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cin., O. Library has two i... More

Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on ...

Yellowstone Lake / TM ; Prang's American Chromos.

Public domain photograph of Yellowstone National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More

[Jumbo McGinnis, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Peaches Graham, Boston Rustlers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A magazine with a cartoon of a man and a woman, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

[Roseman, New York Metropolitans, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. "Rosemann"- - caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[W. Hogan, Vernon Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Admiral Schlei, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. a Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Sights at the fair ground - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5910

[Morrissey, Milwaukee Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. "Morrissy"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

"Mark Twain," America's best humorist / J. Keppler ; Mayer, Merkel & O...

Print shows Mark Twain, full-length portrait, facing right, standing on stage, speaking to audience.

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows combined. Wondrous Suma...

Wild animals. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York.

[Cap Anson, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Grant from West Point to Appomattox / Thulstrup.

Ulysses Grant, half-length portrait, facing left; surrounded by nine scenes of his career from West Point graduation in 1843 to Lee's surrender in 1865, including artillery crew in the Tower of Chapultepec, Mex... More

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows combined

Women circus performers and clowns with woman ringleader wearing tuxedo and top hat. Caption continues: Leap year ladies of laughter "Variable as the shade by the light quivering aspen made." Caption continues:... More

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth The world's largest, grande...

Circus poster showing trapeze artists. Caption: The world-famous Silbons, the masterly monarchs of the air, in a series of most difficult, ingenious and startling aerial feats. No. B-43. Copyright by The Strobr... More

Locomotive Night scene at a junction, Public domain image

Illustration shows several passenger and freight trains at a train station during the night. 2002Q U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1885, by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compile... More

The new excursion steamer Columbia: "gem of the ocean"

Artist: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4802

On the threshold of office--what have we to expect of him? / J. Kepple...

Print shows the members of the late James A. Garfield's cabinet looking at Chester Arthur; on the wall in the background are four frames with three portraits and a question mark. The portraits are labeled "Firs... More

[Charlie Bennett, Detroit Wolverines, baseball card portrait]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Centenaire de la lithographie -- Galerie Rapp, Champ de mars -- Octobr...

Poster announcing an exhibit at the Galerie Rapp, Champ de Mars, Paris, for the centennial celebration of the founding of lithography, showing a woman holding a piece of paper and a cherub with a large portfoli... More

Draws hard / J.G. Brown 1873; Bencke & Scott, Chromolith., N.Y.

Print shows a young boy, wearing tattered clothing, inhaling with difficulty while he attempts to smoke a cigar. E7175 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1874 by John Snedecor in ... More

The lion queen - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print showing a woman lion-tamer in a cage with several lions and tigers.

Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia / des. & lith. by J. Queen ; ...

Print shows an exterior view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, with an interior view of a large hospital ward and vignette views of other hospital rooms,... More

[Black Cloud, a horse in stable] / Scott Leighton.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Jack Glasscock, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consoli...

Circus poster showing full-length portrait of Kilpatrick, who has only one leg, standing with bicycle, and descending stairway on bicycle, as clowns and audience watch. No. 2896. Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co.

The great Bartholdi statue, liberty enlightening the world: the gift o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Statue of Liberty, New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Allen & Ginter. Richmond, Virginia Richmond straight cut no. 1 cigaret...

Print shows an advertising poster for Allen & Ginter "Richmond straight cut no. 1 cigarettes" showing a large number of cigarette cards of athletes, such as track & field, tennis players, baseball players, boxe... More

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

New York and Brooklyn - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Artist: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4819

Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith / New England Chromo. L...

C3414A2 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A hot race from the start - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3194

A good race, well won. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Orval Overall, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Home sweet home / J.F. Queen after [...] Weyngaerdt.

View of farm with house, cattle, and woman feeding sheep. 12790 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright 1871.

The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New Y...

14378 U.S. Copyright Office. Artist: Charles R. Parsons & Lyman W. Atwater. Conningham no. 2140. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2817 P... More

[Mundorff, San Francisco Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More

[Jim Donnelly, Washington Statesmen, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The starting point of the great war between the states

Print shows a crowd gathered in front of the capitol building at Montgomery, Alabama, at the time of the announcement of Jefferson Davis as the first President of the Confederate States of America; also shown w... More

[Adrian C. Anson, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Allen & Ginter Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Sunset (California scenery) / AB '64 ; chromolith. & published by L. P...

Lake, trees, and mountains at sunset. Exhibited: Corcoran Museum of Art, November 2002- May 2003.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidate...

Circus poster showing female figures posed as "An offering to Cupid," "The Sabines," "The Three Graces, lost in the Catacombs," "Youth of Bacchus," and "Rape of Polyxena." Captioned: Faultless female forms posi... More

She is getting too feeble to hold them / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows an elderly woman labeled "Spain", possibly María Cristina, Queen Regent, struggling to maintain control of two diminutive figures, one labeled "Cuba", armed with a gun and sword, and the other label... More

The explosion of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri, at Gibralte...

Crew of H.M.S. Malabar (foreground, left) watch as USS Missouri explodes and burns in the distance from accidental fire after completing first trans-Atlantic voyage of a U.S. steam powered ship the day prior.

Washington Greys 8th Regt. N.Y.S.T. Colonel George Lyons Commandant on...

W.M. Raymond & Co. Proprietors & manufacturers of metallic burial case...

Print shows the funeral procession of President Abraham Lincoln after leaving New York City Hall, with spectators lining the street. The area above the procession is taken up by an advertisement for W.M. Raymon... More

Ma! Look at that gentleman's boots!

Advertisement for Woodhead & Co's Diamond Jet Blacking shoe polish shows two women discussing a man's shiny boots, with the Woodhead factory in the background.

Red-Ridinghood and the wolf - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Print offered as a prize for children who got ten friends to subscribe to the children's magazine, The Little Corporal

[Scene on farm, near Farmington, Connecticut, in autumn, showing pond,...

Copyright by L. Prang & Co. After James M. Hart. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of painting, 18t... More

Easter morning, no. 2 after Mrs. O.E. Whitney

Print shows a cross decorated with flowers. C9635 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed on stone on lower right: O.E. Whitney. Printed on bottom: Published by L. Prang & Co. Boston. From the series: Prang's American C... More

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 10. The Lord is risen

Print shows a floral arrangement of flowers and leaves as a backdrop for the phrase "The Lord is Risen." D2378 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication, ... More

Matthew X, 29 - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows two birds perched on a tree branch, watching a bug on a leaf during autumn. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright statement printed on bottom. Forms part of: Popular grap... More

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 11. Love the truth

Print shows a floral arrangement of flowers and leaves as a backdrop for the phrase "Love the Truth." D2379 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication, and... More

No. 41, Prang's crosses in mats after Mrs. O.E. Whitney

Print shows a cross with floral arrangement with holly. G2961 U.S. Copyright Office. Label on verso with title and publication statements. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright stamp... More

No. 43, Prang's crosses in mats after Mrs. O.E. Whitney

Print shows a cross with floral arrangement with red berries. G2963 U.S. Copyright Office. Label on verso with title and publication statements. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright... More

Mounted guard of Paris, 1853 Cigarette Card

Print shows a member of the Mounted Guard of Paris in 1853, wearing uniform, on cigarette card issued by Kinney Tobacco Company as an insert with the Sweet Caporal brand cigarettes. At head of title: Illust'd ... More

Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena

Circus poster shows a group of aerialists performing. Two women are held aloft by a balloon attached to their hair. The portrait on the center balloon is possibly Miss Stena. Tissandier collection.

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th... More

Speaker Keifer's kaleidoscopic speech, at the N.Y. Chamber of Commerce...

Print shows a vignette cartoon with a carriage at center in which Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and William H. Vanderbilt are riding with large money bags, the wheels are labeled "Corporations" and "... More

Bock beer. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Print showing a woman, possibly a barmaid, holding a stein of Bock beer, a goat playing a fiddle while sitting on a barrel labeled "Bock Beer" and a goat dressed as a man holding a glass of Bock beer while dancing.

Beyond control / J. Keppler. - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows William E. Gladstone, possibly dressed as a Greek marathon runner, passing an "Altar of Peace" on which there appears to be a small fire and a rifle labeled "Coercion", and a red military tunic and ... More

Let us have a good bankruptcy law, as a protection against the "prefer...

Print shows Puck carrying a "Petition - To the 48th Congress" at the head of a long procession of well-dressed businessmen who want Congress to enact a "Good Bankruptcy Law" that would identify fraudulent conve... More

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