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
![[Children outdoors with black cat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvY2hpbGRyZW4tb3V0ZG9vcnMtd2l0aC1ibGFjay1jYXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/384/jpg "[Children outdoors with black cat]")
![Alice Barber Stephens - [A cat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzAvMDEvMDEvYS1jYXQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "Alice Barber Stephens - [A cat]")
![[Cat and three kittens] - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvY2F0LWFuZC10aHJlZS1raXR0ZW5zLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Cat and three kittens] - Drawing. Public domain image.")
![[Four black children in yard] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvZm91ci1ibGFjay1jaGlsZHJlbi1pbi15YXJkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[Four black children in yard] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![[Kittens] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEva2l0dGVucy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Kittens] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Cat]. Book illustration from Library of Congress Andō Hiroshige](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvY2F0LWEzYjQ4Yy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Cat]. Book illustration from Library of Congress Andō Hiroshige")
![[Black children's faces] - Public domain portrait print](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvYmxhY2stY2hpbGRyZW5zLWZhY2VzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Black children's faces] - Public domain portrait print")
