LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Drifting before the storm] - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvZHJpZnRpbmctYmVmb3JlLXRoZS1zdG9ybS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/256/jpg "[Drifting before the storm] - Drawing. Public domain image.")
![[Design drawing for stove. Front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjQvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0b3ZlLWZyb250LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/67/webp "[Design drawing for stove. Front]")
![Forging ahead Works Progress Administration / / [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZm9yZ2luZy1haGVhZC13b3Jrcy1wcm9ncmVzcy1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbi1tb25vZ3JhbS1lYWE3Y2UtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Forging ahead Works Progress Administration / / [monogram].")
![James McNeill Whistler - [La Salute - dawn] / [butterfly monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvbGEtc2FsdXRlLWRhd24tYnV0dGVyZmx5LW1vbm9ncmFtLTUxMjEyYi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "James McNeill Whistler - [La Salute - dawn] / [butterfly monogram].")
![[Kills Buffalo, full portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEva2lsbHMtYnVmZmFsby1mdWxsLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "[Kills Buffalo, full portrait, facing front]")
![Inscape [rough sketches] - Public domain music sheet scan](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvaW5zY2FwZS1yb3VnaC1za2V0Y2hlcy0zMC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "Inscape [rough sketches] - Public domain music sheet scan")
