LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Girls in dance class] - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvZ2lybHMtaW4tZGFuY2UtY2xhc3MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/199/jpg "[Girls in dance class] - Drawing. Public domain image.")
![[Female students exercising in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvZmVtYWxlLXN0dWRlbnRzLWV4ZXJjaXNpbmctaW4tYS1neW1uYXNpdW0td2VzdGVybi1oaWdoLXNjaG9vbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLWE4NjRjYS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Female students exercising in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Art class, sketching a private home, Normal School]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYXJ0LWNsYXNzLXNrZXRjaGluZy1hLXByaXZhdGUtaG9tZS1ub3JtYWwtc2Nob29sLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Art class, sketching a private home, Normal School]")
![[School children learning a dance in a school yard, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvc2Nob29sLWNoaWxkcmVuLWxlYXJuaW5nLWEtZGFuY2UtaW4tYS1zY2hvb2wteWFyZC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[School children learning a dance in a school yard, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Washington, D.C. - High school students from 2nd Division studying paintings in art gallery]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1oaWdoLXNjaG9vbC1zdHVkZW50cy1mcm9tLTJuZC1kaXZpc2lvbi1zdHVkeWluZy1wYWludGluZ3MtaW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Washington, D.C. - High school students from 2nd Division studying paintings in art gallery]")
![[Students drawing in an art class, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvc3R1ZGVudHMtZHJhd2luZy1pbi1hbi1hcnQtY2xhc3Mtd2VzdGVybi1oaWdoLXNjaG9vbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWRjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Students drawing in an art class, Western High School, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Dancing peasant couple] / AD [monogram].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZGFuY2luZy1wZWFzYW50LWNvdXBsZS1hZC1tb25vZ3JhbS1iYzU4MDMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Dancing peasant couple] / AD [monogram].")
![[Couple in dance costumes] - Victorian era public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvY291cGxlLWluLWRhbmNlLWNvc3R1bWVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Couple in dance costumes] - Victorian era public domain image")
