LOC's Public Domain Archive
The objects in this archive are from Library of Congress - the nation’s first established cultural institution and the largest library in the world, with millions of items including books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library provides Congress, the federal government and the American people with a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage them and support their intellectual and creative endeavors.
Disclaimer: A work of the Library of Congress is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress, https://www.picryl.com
![[Alonzo Jacob Ransier, Afro-American congressman, three-quarter length portrait, seated by small table, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYWxvbnpvLWphY29iLXJhbnNpZXItYWZyby1hbWVyaWNhbi1jb25ncmVzc21hbi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC02NDAuanBn/320/407/jpg "[Alonzo Jacob Ransier, Afro-American congressman, three-quarter length portrait, seated by small table, facing right]")
![[African American boy, three-quarter-length portrait, half-sitting on table, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1ib3ktdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtaGFsZi1zaXR0aW5nLW9uLXRhYmxlLWZhY2luZy0zMTRjZWMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[African American boy, three-quarter-length portrait, half-sitting on table, facing front]")
![A black and white photo of a man in a suit [African American man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tYW4tdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTMzYmI2OS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "A black and white photo of a man in a suit [African American man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]")
![[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding pipe]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvc2FtdWVsLWxhbmdob3JuZS1jbGVtZW5zLXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktZDhhNTdlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Samuel Langhorne Clemens, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right, holding pipe]")
![[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, facing left] / Branch's Photograph Gallery, Port Jervis, N.Y.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYW4tYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tYW4tc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTA0ZjMyYS02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, facing left] / Branch's Photograph Gallery, Port Jervis, N.Y.")
![[Oscar Callaway, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvb3NjYXItY2FsbGF3YXktdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1sZWZ0LThkN2EwOS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Oscar Callaway, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]")
![[Montauk man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTIvbW9udGF1ay1tYW4tdGhyZWUtcXVhcnRlci1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1sZWZ0LWNjYjM1Ni02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Montauk man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]")
