LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Leone Battista Alberti, 1404-1472, bust portrait, facing right, withornate border]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjgvMDEvMDEvbGVvbmUtYmF0dGlzdGEtYWxiZXJ0aS0xNDA0LTE0NzItYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtd2l0aG9ybmF0ZS1ib3JkZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/420/jpg "[Leone Battista Alberti, 1404-1472, bust portrait, facing right, withornate border]")
![[Youth seated amid trees and flowers; basket on branch and shovel on ground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODYvMDEvMDEveW91dGgtc2VhdGVkLWFtaWQtdHJlZXMtYW5kLWZsb3dlcnMtYmFza2V0LW9uLWJyYW5jaC1hbmQtc2hvdmVsLW9uLWdyb3VuZC02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Youth seated amid trees and flowers; basket on branch and shovel on ground]")
![[Cupid holding a ring] - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MDgvMDEvMDEvY3VwaWQtaG9sZGluZy1hLXJpbmctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[Cupid holding a ring] - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress")
![[Two female figures celebrating the birth of America among the family of nations] / G. Gallager, del. ; engrav'd by S. Hill.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3OTAvMDEvMDEvdHdvLWZlbWFsZS1maWd1cmVzLWNlbGVicmF0aW5nLXRoZS1iaXJ0aC1vZi1hbWVyaWNhLWFtb25nLXRoZS1mYW1pbHktb2YtbmF0aW9ucy02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[Two female figures celebrating the birth of America among the family of nations] / G. Gallager, del. ; engrav'd by S. Hill.")
![[Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472, head and shoulders portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1NjgvMDEvMDEvbGVvbi1iYXR0aXN0YS1hbGJlcnRpLTE0MDQtMTQ3Mi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472, head and shoulders portrait, facing right]")
![[Luisa Tetrazzini, 1871-1940, full length portrait, standing, holding fan, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvbHVpc2EtdGV0cmF6emluaS0xODcxLTE5NDAtZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctaG9sZGluZy1mYW4tZmFjaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "[Luisa Tetrazzini, 1871-1940, full length portrait, standing, holding fan, facing left]")
![[Alfred L. Loomis, bust portrait, facing left, in medallion]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvYWxmcmVkLWwtbG9vbWlzLWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtaW4tbWVkYWxsaW9uLWY5NjFjYS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Alfred L. Loomis, bust portrait, facing left, in medallion]")
![[Pope Leo XIII, 1810-1903, bust portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvcG9wZS1sZW8teGlpaS0xODEwLTE5MDMtYnVzdC1wb3J0cmFpdC02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Pope Leo XIII, 1810-1903, bust portrait]")
![[Albert Vestal, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvYWxiZXJ0LXZlc3RhbC1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtMjM4MDMzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Albert Vestal, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]")
![[David A. Day, missionary in Liberia, bust portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvZGF2aWQtYS1kYXktbWlzc2lvbmFyeS1pbi1saWJlcmlhLWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXJpZ2h0LWY1NzNjOC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[David A. Day, missionary in Liberia, bust portrait, facing right]")
