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Obregón - Campbell meeting / Roberts Foto, Nogales, AZ.

Obregón - Campbell meeting / Roberts Foto, Nogales, AZ.

Obregón, Campbell and three other people in front of crowd on street.

[Men wearing gas masks standing in industrial building]

[Men wearing gas masks standing in industrial building]

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guards on duty during the railroad strike

Guards on duty during the railroad strike

Six men standing along road by railroad tracks and bridge, Washington, D.C. National Photo Company Collection. No. 20089.

Sweeping up broken glass following Wall St. explosion in 1920, New York City

Sweeping up broken glass following Wall St. explosion in 1920, New Yor...

Photograph shows men with push brooms cleaning up rubble on sidewalk after explosion. ACME Photograph. No. 810331. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun News... More

[Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissioner Haynes by a prohibition agent in Colorado), sniffs at flask in back pocket of man, seated, fishing on pier on the Potomac River]

[Hooch Hound, a dog trained to detect liquor (as suggested to Commissi...

No. 17649. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Men watching debris being cleaned up at row houses on A St., NE, near 14th St., severely damaged by a tornado on Nov. 17, 1927]

[Men watching debris being cleaned up at row houses on A St., NE, near...

Title devised by Library staff based on illustration showing the same houses and roof damage in the Washington Post, Nov. 19, 1927, p. 20. (Formerly misidentified as damage from a storm on July 30, 2013.) Writt... More

Indians selling pottery at Santa Fe R.R. station, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Indians selling pottery at Santa Fe R.R. station, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Stereograph showing three Indian women with children selling pottery on street outside of railroad station; man with camera buying small trinket from woman. J240540 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by Keys... More

The milkman tunes in at milking time

The milkman tunes in at milking time

Photograph showing dairy farmer tuning radio as he prepares to milk a cow while wearing headphones. J263373 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from SSF item. Formerly in LOT 5191

A Republican-Democratic snow battle at the Capitol. Page boys

A Republican-Democratic snow battle at the Capitol. Page boys

Date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Corresponding negative no.: LC-F81-27912. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

[African American man carrying a case of "Four Roses" whiskey on his shoulder, possibly confiscated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau]

[African American man carrying a case of "Four Roses" whiskey on his s...

National Photo Co., no. 4502. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Mrs. Harding and wives of the Philippine commissioners whom she entertained today, being filmed at the White House

Mrs. Harding and wives of the Philippine commissioners whom she entert...

Florence Harding and a group of women posing on steps, as they are filmed by men with cameras on tripods. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1922 to 30 June 1922, v. 6, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company... More

Printing the new small size currency at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving

Printing the new small size currency at the Bureau of Printing and Eng...

Photograph shows a man standing by a printing press while four women and two men sit at a table nearby. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 June 1929 to 27 Sept. 1929, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company... More

Removing bodies after Wall St. explosion Volunteers removing the bodies of the dead following the explosion in Wall Street yesterday. Photo taken in front of the U.S. Assay Office / / Underwood & Underwood.

Removing bodies after Wall St. explosion Volunteers removing the bodie...

Photograph shows men carrying covered corpse on a stretcher surrounded by a crowd after an explosion in front of the offices of J.P. Morgan. No. 233856NF. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1971:022 c1 f5

Ocean Cable Bldg. Western Union Telegraph

Ocean Cable Bldg. Western Union Telegraph

View of Western Union Building with crowd, mainly men, involved in curb exchange in front of building. J248609 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C13804. Copyright by Irving Underhill, NYC.

Unicycle juggling act - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Unicycle juggling act - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man on unicycle juggling three balls and balancing soda bottle on stick. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No copyright renewals. No. 15.

A Chinese man carrying cotton [200 lbs.], Shanghai - Frank G. Carpenter collection

A Chinese man carrying cotton [200 lbs.], Shanghai - Frank G. Carpente...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: China Shanghai; Cotton industry...; China Misc. 1924; Shelf.

[Men at work benches in C&P telephone company, Washington, D.C.]

[Men at work benches in C&P telephone company, Washington, D.C.]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Radio & Telephone. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Telephone - employees.

[Group of people on and around truck, with sign, "American league ball game, Wash. vs. Chicago, benefit Children's Hospital, ..."]

[Group of people on and around truck, with sign, "American league ball...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Grand Masters of Masons in Washington for a conference posed standing with President Coolidge, outside the White House]

[Grand Masters of Masons in Washington for a conference posed standing...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 14, no. 42212.

President Harding should wo[rry?] about the high cost of turkey--[ano]ther Thanksgiving gobbler arrived [a]t the White House today

President Harding should wo[rry?] about the high cost of turkey--[ano]...

Two men lifting large crate containing turkey. Caption continues: This one the gift of H.W. Mason of Crystal Springs Miss. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 Nov. 1921 to 30 Nov. 1921, v. 2, Herbert E. French, Natio... More

[City experiment in gardening, New York City]

[City experiment in gardening, New York City]

Three men, in foreground, in garden project in New York City park. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. J7-160.

[People, including children, in market, Hungary] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[People, including children, in market, Hungary] - Frank G. Carpenter ...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[People walking on a street in Istanbul, Turkey, with watch tower in the distance]

[People walking on a street in Istanbul, Turkey, with watch tower in t...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Istanbul, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[T.D. Dutton and J.J. Boone, radio broadcasters of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., testing the installation for broadcasting the inaugural ceremonies]

[T.D. Dutton and J.J. Boone, radio broadcasters of the American Teleph...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 16, no. 42122.

New bicycle helps solve transit problem

New bicycle helps solve transit problem

Photograph shows a man posed with unusual bicycle; approximate in size and shape of a unicycle.

[Dr. Charles Norris, New York City's first chief medical examiner]

[Dr. Charles Norris, New York City's first chief medical examiner]

Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Policeman and another man at White House gate - snow view]

[Policeman and another man at White House gate - snow view]

Photograph by National Photo Co. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baseball fans--"Hot dogs" for fans waiting for gates to open at Ebbets Field, Oct. 6, 1920

Baseball fans--"Hot dogs" for fans waiting for gates to open at Ebbets...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Baseball Americana" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 2018-June 2019.

People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C.

People's Drug Store baseball team, Washington, D.C.

People's Drug Store baseball team standing on field behind two men in suits holding trophy. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

"The barber" - A man getting his hair cut at a barber shop

"The barber" - A man getting his hair cut at a barber shop

Photograph shows barber shaving a man's face. J260519 U.S. Copyright Office.

Salvation Army doughnuts bring $1 each

Salvation Army doughnuts bring $1 each

Miss Martha Mansfield, a movie star, selling doughnuts to crowd in New York City, to raise funds for the Salvation Army for 1920. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. C2194.

Hot Springs, Ark. (1920), left to right: William A. Pinkerton, Inspector Gough of Scotland Yard, and Lou Houseman, newspaperman

Hot Springs, Ark. (1920), left to right: William A. Pinkerton, Inspect...

Photograph shows the three men in front of a log cabin with the sign "Our Summer Home" over the cabin door. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Records of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency); 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:... More

[Crowd gathered behind a dead horse after the Wall Street explosion in front of the offices of J.P. Morgan; man, probably a reporter, writes in a notebook in the foreground]

[Crowd gathered behind a dead horse after the Wall Street explosion in...

Accession box no. DLC/PP-1971:022 c1 f5 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two men standing outdoors with small still, one of them holding up bottle of liquor]
Opening of pool at Columbia Country Club

Opening of pool at Columbia Country Club

Crowd of spectators watching swimmers in pool at Columbia Country Club, Washington, D.C. National Photo Company Collection. No. 36036.

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond the age for club membership, they are carrying on and raising pigs still. They attend the West Virginia. Collegiate Institute, - the state colored agri. college.  Location: Charleston, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

These three colored boys have had work in the 4 H Club and now, beyond...

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

Watching the eclipse of the sun from the executive offices at the White House

Watching the eclipse of the sun from the executive offices at the Whit...

Group of men watching an eclipse of the sun from outside the executive offices at the White House. In album: 1 September 1923 to 31 October 1923, v. 7, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 10, no. 2615... More

[Baseball fans - crowds at Ebbets Field for World Series game]

[Baseball fans - crowds at Ebbets Field for World Series game]

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

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by the County Farm Bureau on credit, - each agreeing to do the best to raise the calf and exhibit at the annual show. See Photo No. 90.  Location: Pocahontas County--Hillsboro, West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

11 boys and 2 girls in Hillsboro are each taking a calf furnished by t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Two men of the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau(?) carrying packages of confiscated liquor(?) past two black men]

[Two men of the U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau(?) carrying packages of c...

No. 4501. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

School children at Thethi. Shela [i.e. Shala], Northern Albania

School children at Thethi. Shela [i.e. Shala], Northern Albania

Photograph showing group portrait of Albanian children with their Franciscan friar teacher. RC-9357.

Crowd on steps of the U.S. Capitol on the arrival of a bonus petition signed by over 1,000,000 veterans

Crowd on steps of the U.S. Capitol on the arrival of a bonus petition ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 5, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No... More

American oil men in the fields of Roumania. Mr. Carpenter makes an inspection of the Standard Oil fields and talks to Mr. Hughes, the Director

American oil men in the fields of Roumania. Mr. Carpenter makes an ins...

Frank Carpenter posed with four other men. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Waiting in line for tickets for the opening game of the World Series. Picture snapped at 10 P.M. tonight October 3rd, twenty four hours before the tickets will be placed on sale

Waiting in line for tickets for the opening game of the World Series. ...

Men sleeping in chairs. National Photo Company Collection. No. 32449. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Baseball fans - crowds at Ebbets Field for World Series game]

[Baseball fans - crowds at Ebbets Field for World Series game]

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

[Dr. Charles Norris, New York City's first chief medical examiner]

[Dr. Charles Norris, New York City's first chief medical examiner]

ACME Photograph. Date stamped on verso: Oct 24 1932. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Colonel Mosby's men on courthouse steps, Warrenton, Virginia

Colonel Mosby's men on courthouse steps, Warrenton, Virginia

Group portrait of Civil War veterans who served with Mosby. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

[Interior view of newspaper delivery room showing man taking stack of newspapers from machine] / World-Telegram photo.

[Interior view of newspaper delivery room showing man taking stack of ...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.

[Jack Johnson and wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right]

[Jack Johnson and wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly...

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. CH11810. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[World Series crowd for first game, Polo Grounds, N.Y.]

[World Series crowd for first game, Polo Grounds, N.Y.]

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Harding with his Secty. George Christian, makes a personal inspection of conditions on the streets of the National Capitol

President Harding with his Secty. George Christian, makes a personal i...

Walking along slushy street. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., 1922, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collect... More

After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ... a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police

After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ......

National Photo Company Collection. No. 18491. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Com... More

[Charles Lindbergh with seven other men, including Bud Gurney(?), in front of biplane, Lambert-St. Louis Field, 1923]

[Charles Lindbergh with seven other men, including Bud Gurney(?), in f...

J299438 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by John M. Noble. Public domain photograph - group portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Coolidge receiving children for the Easter egg rolling at the White House

Mrs. Coolidge receiving children for the Easter egg rolling at the Whi...

Photo shows Grace Coolidge walking her two dogs with an entourage. U.S. Secret Service agent James "Jim" Haley is next to Mrs. Coolidge. (Source: Secret Service archivist, 2012) In album: Calvin Coolidge, Secon... More

Early automobiles - Whippet power

Early automobiles - Whippet power

Photograph shows a Whippet automobile with Kentucky license plate containing six men, five sitting inside and one standing on running board, driving up a grassy and leafy hill; dust coming from back wheels spin... More

Fan mail has become so heavy that the Federal Radio Commission has seeked Congress for special legislation to allow the destruction of accumulated letters
Fans outside the Washington team's dressing rooms waiting for the players to come out ...

Fans outside the Washington team's dressing rooms waiting for the play...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 32483. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baseball fans--"Hot dogs" for fans waiting for gates to open at Ebbets Field, Oct. 6, 1920

Baseball fans--"Hot dogs" for fans waiting for gates to open at Ebbets...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Baseball Americana" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 2018-June 2019.

Crowd in front of the Dixie Theater, Washington, D.C.

Crowd in front of the Dixie Theater, Washington, D.C.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Performing Arts. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-F82-4589. Formerly in... More

Visitors waiting in line to shake hands with the President

Visitors waiting in line to shake hands with the President

Crowd outside the White House, waiting to shake hands with Warren G. Harding. National Photo Company Collection. LC-F81-12881 (poor condition)

[Re-enactment of war dance at Blackfeet Indian reservation at Browning, Montana]

[Re-enactment of war dance at Blackfeet Indian reservation at Browning...

Photograph shows an Indian wearing full headdress and native clothing standing in the center of a watchful crowd; some people are on horseback while others are sitting in wagons; tee pees and other structures a... More

[Senate pages in snow ball battle at Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

[Senate pages in snow ball battle at Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

Title and date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Corresponding negative no.: LC-F81-33868. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library... More