LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Weasel and humming bird] - Public domain book illustration](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvd2Vhc2VsLWFuZC1odW1taW5nLWJpcmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/232/jpg "[Weasel and humming bird] - Public domain book illustration")
![[Dolly Bird Head and Joseph Bird Head, full portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvZG9sbHktYmlyZC1oZWFkLWFuZC1qb3NlcGgtYmlyZC1oZWFkLWZ1bGwtcG9ydHJhaXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Dolly Bird Head and Joseph Bird Head, full portrait]")
![[Fairies, ferns, and birds] - Public domain book illustration](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvZmFpcmllcy1mZXJucy1hbmQtYmlyZHMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[Fairies, ferns, and birds] - Public domain book illustration")
![[Bird's-eye view of houses and field in Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtaG91c2VzLWFuZC1maWVsZC1pbi1nZW9yZ2lhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Bird's-eye view of houses and field in Georgia]")
![[Flamingos and other birds feeding]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvZmxhbWluZ29zLWFuZC1vdGhlci1iaXJkcy1mZWVkaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/33/webp "[Flamingos and other birds feeding]")
![[Sketches of a peacock shutter and fighting peacocks]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvc2tldGNoZXMtb2YtYS1wZWFjb2NrLXNodXR0ZXItYW5kLWZpZ2h0aW5nLXBlYWNvY2tzLTg5MjBhMC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Sketches of a peacock shutter and fighting peacocks]")
![[Samuel Washington Woodhouse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, holding a stuffed bird specimen]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvc2FtdWVsLXdhc2hpbmd0b24td29vZGhvdXNlLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtaG9sZGluZy0wOTVkMzktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Samuel Washington Woodhouse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right, holding a stuffed bird specimen]")
