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Workers in the vineyards, Germany - stereocsopic card

Women and girls. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves, Phila. (The Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 7024. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Two men standing near a small pile of rubble, in a field]

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

More youngsters in Newton Cotton Mills, N.C. Out of 150 employees ther...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New York City - children on the street: hot weather street scene - On...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newsboys. A Heavy Man Old Timer. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Portrait photo of Formovka khudozhestvennago litīi︠a︡. [Kasli]

A black and white photo of a person laying on a bed. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

#81. Typical Night Scene In an Indiana Glass Works. Location: Indian...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The fighting 7th officers - Public domain portrait print

Twenty two uniformed military men, standing and sitting in camp chairs. Some of the men are wearing winter coats. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

This boy has worked in Payne Cotton Mill, for 2 yrs Macon, Ga. Runs 4 ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Spanish prisoners an [sic] board collier Abarenda at Guantanamo, June ...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quarrying granite--drilling preparatory to splitting, Concord, N.H., U...

Men working on 33rd fllor Met. Bldg. , New York

Public domain photograph of New York building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wylie Mill, Chester, S.C. Tommy Ashville, (smaller boy) 2 years in mil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvador Rodrignez [i.e., Rodriguez?] Cigar Co., Tampa, Fla. Location...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A typical "Heavy Man." Old newspaper boy 25 yrs. on streets. (See 1463...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Boys in Packing Room. S. W. Brown Mfg. Co., Evansville, Ind. Location...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frances Benj. Johnston with group of men and women having picnic lunc...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Picnics; Caves; Geogr.

Caricature, Sixteen to one, public domain cartoon image

African American boy with shoeshine kit, holding 2 chickens, Asheville, N.C. Humorous allusion to cock-fight gambling. Photoprint copyrighted by John H. Tarbell. This record contains unverified data from captio... More

A whiff of comfort. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Man, seated, smoking a cigar. Kineo House, Moosehead Lake, Maine. In album. Formerly identified as vol. 4. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data.

[Mechanical drawing class at Tuskegee Institute, ca. 1902]

Photograph shows students in a mechanical drawing class at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama. On negative sleeve: "1/93". Title from caption card for negative. Date from caption card for negative. Forms par... More

[Shipping office, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich....

Photo shows men working in office of the foundry and machine shop that produced automobile engines and merged with Cadillac Motor Co. in 1905.

Girls and Boys Going Home from Indianapolis Tile Works. Aug., 1908. Wi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Truant newsboy, Broadway and Locust Sts. 11 A.M. Location: St. Louis,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Sh...

Group of Euro-American and Lakota (Brulé, Miniconjou, and Oglala) men standing and sitting in two rows in front of tipis; men in front are holding a NY World pennant. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from i... More

Students at work on a house built largely by them

Young African American men, training in woodworking, building a stairway in a house in Hampton, Virginia. Title transcribed from mount. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).... More

[Theodore Roosevelt standing by a railroad car talking with a group of...

H79910 U.S. Copyright Office Stereograph not on stereograph mount. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: "Miss Eliza Combs, typica...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Women Employment.

Serg[eant] at Arms Casson, H[ouse] of R[epresentatives]

Photograph shows Casson standing on steps. Stamped on verso: Return to George Grantham Bain, 32 Union Square East, New York.

[Young African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing sligh...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 171. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

Manila, Philippine Islands: Gneral Chaffee and his aides

4 men posed on porch. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 23. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[New York Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L.I., 1905: 2 men watching sailor ho...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: New York Long Island; Yacht clubs; Shelf.

First haul of the season - salmon industry, Columbia River, Oregon

Men with fish in net in foreground; horses by river in background. H46982 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 13624.

The result of a leak. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows two men repairing a leak in a boat on the shore of a river, three other men are standing next to the off-loaded supplies, in the Yukon Territory.

Bill, a carrying-in boy, Canton Glass Works, Marion, Ind. Gets $.80 a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

(See also 600 and 660.) (Called "Bologna") Tony Casale, 11 years old b...

An old photo of a boy holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two African American men sitting in horse-drawn carriage; bakery and ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 243. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

A veteran angler. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Man baiting hoook wearing swallow-tailed coat and other men seated on bank and fishing in the Adirondack Moutnains, N.Y. Photo copyrighted by Seneca Ray Stoddard, Glens Falls, N.Y. No. 786. This record contains... More

The Sub-Treasury, New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope ...

Stereograph showing people around plaza in front of Sub-Treasury building.

High School work shop - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

6:00 A.M., May 15, 1909. Group going into Mill No. 1 Cocheco Mfg. Co.,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cumberland Glass Works, Bridgeton, N.J. Location: Bridgeton, New Jers...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A morning's catch, Oconomowoc, Wis. - stereocsopic card

Three people with large catch of fish on string. H73131 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26G.

From old Virginia / Virginia M. Prall.

Photograph shows half-length portrait of a bearded, elderly man wearing a hat, facing front. Published title. Signed on mount and on verso of mount. FBJ label no. 81. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part ... More

[George O. Waters(?), Dry Valley, near Comstock Nebraska]

Photograph shows group of men, women, and children posed in front of sod house. 386 inscribed in lower right corner.

Students at work on a house built largely by them

Men holding Easter flowers, New York

A black and white photo of a man holding a tree. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Carlisle, Frances Benjamin Johnston collec...

Students relaxing on lawn at United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Translating a love letter from a Boston girl - "Now, does that mean ye...

Confused looking man seated in room containing a number of open books. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; ... More

Men and women tramps near the station

Three Siberian people. Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kibbe's Candy Factory. Freddie Reed, 14 years, Hayden St., been workin...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newton Cotton Mill, Newton N.C. Boy at warping machine. Been there 2 y...

Public domain photograph of Industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boy, employed in a Paper Box factory Cincinnati. Location: Cincinnati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two men picking cotton, with a Pittsburg Am. Cotton Picker

Photo copyrighted by Clogenoon, Dallas, Texas. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farm machinery; Cotton picking; Shelf.

[Pharmacist at People's Drug Store, No. 5, 8th and H Streets, N.E., Wa...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Everybody welcome," reception room of Armours Packing Plant, 100,000 ...

Group of people on tour in Armour plant. J134788 U.S. Copyright Office.

Portrait photo of Tim Sullivan shoe beneficiaries

Bowery men, in shoe line, with gifts of shoes from Tim Sullivan. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Scenes of open gambling in Reno, Nevada casinos: game of faro]

Copyright by L. Levitch Oct. 8, 1910. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gambling; Shelf.

Going to work at 5:30 A.M. April 24, 09. Small boy names [i.e., named]...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Winchester Repeating Arms Co.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Photograph shows men exiting brick building with sign "Winchester Repeating Arms Co." over archway.

Portrait photo of Presidential party, Upper Geyser Basin

Photograph is group portrait of members of Chester A. Arthur's expedition to Yellowstone National Park. Left to right: John Schuyler Crosby, Lt. Col. Michael V. Sheridan. Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Anson Stag... More

[Two Eskimo men], Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nine men of Annapolis crew, not G.G. Bain Copyright

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

3 doffer boys, Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Charley Gregory (boy wit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon hour, King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga. See photos 500 to 509. Locatio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Stereograph of man with device designed for flying]

133944S(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-117748. No. 007748.

Vendor in Boston Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Vendor in Boston Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Men holding banner of N.Y. Fire Dept., New York

A black and white photo of a man holding a flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bachelor house of Perry brothers, near Merna, Custer County, Nebraska.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New York Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L.I., 1905: 2 men with man and woman...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: NY Long Island; Yacht clubs; Shelf.

Group of Miners, Drivers and Trapper. Macdonald, West Virginia., Mine....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon Hour in an Indianapolis Furniture Factory. Aug., 1908. Wit., E. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A midnight scene in More-Jonas [i.e., Jones?] Glass Works, Bridgeton, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Some of the boys (not the youngest working) in Brookside Cotton Mills....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bootblack. 3rd Ave. & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gen'l [Frederick] Funston's Royal Tourist automobile

4 men posed in automobile. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pack mules with ammunition on the Santiago Trail, Cuba /

"A great pack train approaches rapidly, following the gray bell-mule. Cowboys dash to and fro, keeping them bunched. Clouds of dust arise as they pass"--Edison films catalog. About 12,000 mules were taken to Cu... More

[Two men inside boat] Yukon River - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Man holding a tool], Fairbanks Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Aguascalientes, the portales of the market

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three men working on large gun in Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C....

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Industry; Navy, U.S.-; Arms and Armaments; Geogr.

Man and woman in an unidentified office

She is typing; he is at desk surrounded by various appliances, telephone, fan, hot plate, percolator. H37663 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

Rapid Transit, Washington, Ga., Sept. 11, 1903

Photograph shows a railroad car hitched to two mules next to the J. W. Stephenson Photographers building with an African American man and three Caucasian men on board; a hotel railroad car has the name "Aileen"... More

9 P.M. in an Indiana Glass Works. Aug., 1908. Location: Indiana.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Carnegie Steel Company, second annual outing

H114752 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston Studios; August 8, 1908.

Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inche...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Secret Service men [at Roosevelt Home], Oyster Bay

Two men standing next to each other in a forest. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girls Going Home From Indianapolis Tile Works. Aug., 1908. Location: ...

Public domain photograph of factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Men working in Pompeian Olive Oil Company]

National Photo Company Collection. W.J. Groeninger, view photographer.

Boy with coat in hand is 11 years old. Been there 9 months. Started at...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

President Roosevelt and the noted naturalist John Burroughs, at Fort Y...

Photograph showing Roosevelt and Burroughs standing on porch with other men including Yellowstone's superintendent, John Pitcher. H31855 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Portrait photo of Gruppa krestʹi︠a︡n sela Korobovo

Twelve men posed in front of a log building. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Full-length group portrait of five women, three dressed in men's clot...

One woman's image has been scratched with a pen. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wood shop class - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wireless telegraphy kite, Waldon Fawcett photo, Washington DC

2 men with trapezoidal kite; another man stands beside spool of wire. Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.