LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Mural, Melpomene, woman draped in red cloth, with two cherubs at her sides, in Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvbXVyYWwtbWVscG9tZW5lLXdvbWFuLWRyYXBlZC1pbi1yZWQtY2xvdGgtd2l0aC10d28tY2hlcnVicy1hdC1oZXItc2lkZXMtaW4tZWI0YzdmLTEwMjQuanBn/320/256/jpg "[Mural, Melpomene, woman draped in red cloth, with two cherubs at her sides, in Library of Congress]")
![[Mme. Mary (Anderson) de Navarro, 1859-1940, full-length portrait, standing on step, facing right, as Hermione in the "Winter's Tale."]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODcvMDEvMDEvbW1lLW1hcnktYW5kZXJzb24tZGUtbmF2YXJyby0xODU5LTE5NDAtZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctb24tc3RlcC02NDAuanBn/40/68/webp "[Mme. Mary (Anderson) de Navarro, 1859-1940, full-length portrait, standing on step, facing right, as Hermione in the \"Winter's Tale.\"]")
![[Mural, Erato, nude woman seated, with large cat, a cougar(?), at her side, in the Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvbXVyYWwtZXJhdG8tbnVkZS13b21hbi1zZWF0ZWQtd2l0aC1sYXJnZS1jYXQtYS1jb3VnYXItYXQtaGVyLXNpZGUtaW4tdGhlLWxpYnJhcnktM2QyNGExLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Mural, Erato, nude woman seated, with large cat, a cougar(?), at her side, in the Library of Congress]")
![[Men reading at a table in a book-lined room at the Library of Congress]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvbWVuLXJlYWRpbmctYXQtYS10YWJsZS1pbi1hLWJvb2stbGluZWQtcm9vbS1hdC10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Men reading at a table in a book-lined room at the Library of Congress]")
![[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, showing nude woman, seated, with sheet draped over her legs]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvc3R1ZHktZm9yLXBlYWNlLWFuZC1wcm9zcGVyaXR5LXBhbmVsLW9mLW11cmFsLXRpdGxlZC1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LWxvY2F0ZWQtYXQtNjIwMjY2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/63/webp "[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, showing nude woman, seated, with sheet draped over her legs]")
![[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, showing nude woman, seated, with sheet draped over her legs]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvc3R1ZHktZm9yLXBlYWNlLWFuZC1wcm9zcGVyaXR5LXBhbmVsLW9mLW11cmFsLXRpdGxlZC1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LWxvY2F0ZWQtYXQtMmQ3ZTdiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, showing nude woman, seated, with sheet draped over her legs]")
![[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, watching]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvc3R1ZGVudHMtaW4tdGhlLXJlYWRpbmctcm9vbS1vZi10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy13aXRoLXRoZS1saWJyYXJpYW4tNThjMzc5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Students in the Reading Room of the Library of Congress with the Librarian of Congress, Herbert Putnam, watching]")
![Washington, D.C. Jewal Mazique [i.e. Jewel], worker at the Library of Congress, tucking in one of her nieces for the night](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDIvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1qZXdhbC1tYXppcXVlLWllLWpld2VsLXdvcmtlci1hdC10aGUtbGlicmFyeS1vZi1jb25ncmVzcy10dWNraW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Washington, D.C. Jewal Mazique [i.e. Jewel], worker at the Library of Congress, tucking in one of her nieces for the night")
