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.
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![[Bookplate of Charles P. Searle], engraving, Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvYm9va3BsYXRlLW9mLWNoYXJsZXMtcC1zZWFybGUtOWVjNzdkLTEwMjQuanBn/320/429/jpg "[Bookplate of Charles P. Searle], engraving, Library of Congress")
![[Reading Room, Prints Division, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvcmVhZGluZy1yb29tLXByaW50cy1kaXZpc2lvbi1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Reading Room, Prints Division, Library of Congress]")
![[Bookplate of Charles Chaplin] - Public domain portrait print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvYm9va3BsYXRlLW9mLWNoYXJsZXMtY2hhcGxpbi0zZmQxN2MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/70/webp "[Bookplate of Charles Chaplin] - Public domain portrait print")
![[Labor, by Charles Sprague Pearce, Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTcvMDEvMDEvbGFib3ItYnktY2hhcmxlcy1zcHJhZ3VlLXBlYXJjZS1saWJyYXJ5LW9mLWNvbmdyZXNzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Labor, by Charles Sprague Pearce, Library of Congress]")
![Congressional Library, [Washington, D.C.]: bookbinding](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvY29uZ3Jlc3Npb25hbC1saWJyYXJ5LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtYm9va2JpbmRpbmctMy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "Congressional Library, [Washington, D.C.]: bookbinding")
![[Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury, Connecticut]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDIvc2NvdmlsbGUtbWVtb3JpYWwtbGlicmFyeS1zYWxpc2J1cnktY29ubmVjdGljdXQtZjRiNTdjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury, Connecticut]")
![[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MjcvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1kdWtlLW9mLXZlbmRvc21veXMtc2VhdGVkLWF0LWRlc2std3JpdGluZy02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]")
