LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Sumo wrestler seated] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvc3Vtby13cmVzdGxlci1zZWF0ZWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/379/jpg "[Sumo wrestler seated] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph")
![[Sumo wrestlers]. Book illustration from Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvc3Vtby13cmVzdGxlcnMtZjQ5OTE3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Sumo wrestlers]. Book illustration from Library of Congress")
![[Archbishop Dowling, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvYXJjaGJpc2hvcC1kb3dsaW5nLXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktcmlnaHQtZDFkZDA4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Archbishop Dowling, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly right]")
![[Charles Sumner, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1zdW1uZXItaGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Charles Sumner, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]")
![[Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtdGhlLWdyYW5kLWxhbWEtb2YtdGhlLXNlbGVuZ2luc2stbGFtYXNlcnktc2VhdGVkLWZhY2luZy0zMjEwYTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/65/webp "[Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated, facing front]")
![[General Josiah Miller, Inspector General, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvZ2VuZXJhbC1qb3NpYWgtbWlsbGVyLWluc3BlY3Rvci1nZW5lcmFsLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctNzNmMjlkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[General Josiah Miller, Inspector General, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]")
![[Hartman Richter, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvaGFydG1hbi1yaWNodGVyLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Hartman Richter, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left]")
