LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Chinese market day bazaar, with a performance taking place on a stage in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvY2hpbmVzZS1tYXJrZXQtZGF5LWJhemFhci13aXRoLWEtcGVyZm9ybWFuY2UtdGFraW5nLXBsYWNlLW9uLWEtc3RhZ2UtaW4tdGhlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/205/jpg "[Chinese market day bazaar, with a performance taking place on a stage in the background]")
![Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shakh-Zinde) i mavzolei pri nem [sic]. Mavzolei Shirin-Beka. Chast' nadpisi s pravoi storony fasada](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvc2FtYXJrYW5kc2tpaWEtZHJldm5vc3RpLWdyb2JuaXRzYS1zdmlhdGFnby1rdXNzYW1hLWlibmktYWJhc3NhLXNoYWtoLXppbmRlLWI0MmI2Ni02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shakh-Zinde) i mavzolei pri nem [sic]. Mavzolei Shirin-Beka. Chast' nadpisi s pravoi storony fasada")
![[Market scene] - Print, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvbWFya2V0LXNjZW5lLWFkMWY0MS02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Market scene] - Print, Library of Congress collection")
![[Littered floor of Stock Exchange after market session, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvbGl0dGVyZWQtZmxvb3Itb2Ytc3RvY2stZXhjaGFuZ2UtYWZ0ZXItbWFya2V0LXNlc3Npb24tbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS01OTI5NmEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Littered floor of Stock Exchange after market session, New York City]")
![[Chinese fishmarket]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvY2hpbmVzZS1maXNobWFya2V0LWJlYjhmYi02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Chinese fishmarket]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Marching band at stadium] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvbWFyY2hpbmctYmFuZC1hdC1zdGFkaXVtLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Marching band at stadium] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Exterior view of the "Trade Fair" building, in Guangzhou, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1vZi10aGUtdHJhZGUtZmFpci1idWlsZGluZy1pbi1ndWFuZ3pob3UtY2hpbmEtZGM3NzQzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Exterior view of the \"Trade Fair\" building, in Guangzhou, China]")
![[Street scene outside a railroad or metro station, in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjAvc3RyZWV0LXNjZW5lLW91dHNpZGUtYS1yYWlscm9hZC1vci1tZXRyby1zdGF0aW9uLWluLWNoaW5hLTFmODVmZC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Street scene outside a railroad or metro station, in China]")
