LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Young girl sitting on pier] - Public domain scenic drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEveW91bmctZ2lybC1zaXR0aW5nLW9uLXBpZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/281/jpg "[Young girl sitting on pier] - Public domain scenic drawing")
![[Kootenai group] A 60 lb. Columbia River salmon.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEva29vdGVuYWktZ3JvdXAtYS02MC1sYi1jb2x1bWJpYS1yaXZlci1zYWxtb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Kootenai group] A 60 lb. Columbia River salmon.")
![[Puritan maid sitting by a brook]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvcHVyaXRhbi1tYWlkLXNpdHRpbmctYnktYS1icm9vay02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "[Puritan maid sitting by a brook]")
![[Portrait of African American girl, seated]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1naXJsLXNlYXRlZC1hMGNjMWUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Portrait of African American girl, seated]")
![[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]")
![Holland -- woman drawing canal boat [pulling]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvaG9sbGFuZC13b21hbi1kcmF3aW5nLWNhbmFsLWJvYXQtcHVsbGluZy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "Holland -- woman drawing canal boat [pulling]")
![[Boy and girl seated in a garden, holding buckets]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvYm95LWFuZC1naXJsLXNlYXRlZC1pbi1hLWdhcmRlbi1ob2xkaW5nLWJ1Y2tldHMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Boy and girl seated in a garden, holding buckets]")
![Inscape [rough sketches] - Public domain music sheet scan](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvaW5zY2FwZS1yb3VnaC1za2V0Y2hlcy05LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Inscape [rough sketches] - Public domain music sheet scan")
