LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Canterbury Cathedral] - Victorian era public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvY2FudGVyYnVyeS1jYXRoZWRyYWwtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/249/jpg "[Canterbury Cathedral] - Victorian era public domain image")
![[New College, garden front, Oxford, England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvbmV3LWNvbGxlZ2UtZ2FyZGVuLWZyb250LW94Zm9yZC1lbmdsYW5kLTg4ODljNi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[New College, garden front, Oxford, England]")
![[Town hall and St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund, Pomerania, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvdG93bi1oYWxsLWFuZC1zdC1uaWNob2xhcy1jaHVyY2gtc3RyYWxzdW5kLXBvbWVyYW5pYS1nZXJtYW55LTk2MmRkMS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Town hall and St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund, Pomerania, Germany]")
![[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Washington, D.C. Perspective rendering] / P. J. Pelz, J. L. Smithmeyer, del., J. L. Smithmeyer & Co., architects.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy1uYXRpb25hbC1saWJyYXJ5LWp1ZGljaWFyeS1zcXVhcmUtc2l0ZS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLXBlcnNwZWN0aXZlLTIzZTZmNS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Library of Congress (\"National Library\"), Judiciary Square site, Washington, D.C. Perspective rendering] / P. J. Pelz, J. L. Smithmeyer, del., J. L. Smithmeyer & Co., architects.")
![[Southwell Cathedral and abbey ruins, Notts, England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvc291dGh3ZWxsLWNhdGhlZHJhbC1hbmQtYWJiZXktcnVpbnMtbm90dHMtZW5nbGFuZC04MjAwYzgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Southwell Cathedral and abbey ruins, Notts, England]")
![[Salisbury Cathedral, England] - Victorian era public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvc2FsaXNidXJ5LWNhdGhlZHJhbC1lbmdsYW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Salisbury Cathedral, England] - Victorian era public domain image")
![[Canterbury Cathedral, England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvY2FudGVyYnVyeS1jYXRoZWRyYWwtZW5nbGFuZC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Canterbury Cathedral, England]")
![[Lichfield Cathedral, England] - Victorian era public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbGljaGZpZWxkLWNhdGhlZHJhbC1lbmdsYW5kLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Lichfield Cathedral, England] - Victorian era public domain image")
