236 1950 s, 1950s Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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[Portrait of Laurence C. Jones, Piney Woods Country Life School, Missi...

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII NN 2. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Portrait photo of [Portrait of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VI KK 16. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Peter Abrahams] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVIII NN 4. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

Utensil Box. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Made of pine, handmade on the Stewart ranch, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at t... More

[Portrait of Doris Julian, and her son, Stephen Van Ophuijsen]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III QQ 17. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Rahway High School yearbook : select pages

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Alvin Ailey] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIII MM 20. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

Bernstein with Felicia and writer Boris Pasternak, author of Doctor Zh...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph related to Soviet Union history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein, 1956. (Music Division)

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - performance, musical, dance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Danny Kaye holding a baby - scene from "The Court Jester"]

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

Spurs with 10-Point Rowel. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Miller, Alvin Steel and silver spurs marked with initials "LPM" of original owner and "Rocking Chair" Iron of the Gerhard Miller Ranch; ca. 1950 Maker: Miller and Tietjen, San Francisco, California The... More

Sauce Pan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Aluminum, marked "Wear Ever" ca. 1950 Public domain photograph of bowl, vase, cup, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project ... More

[Portrait of Diahann Carroll] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XII MM 21. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Portrait of Althea Gibson, holding tennis ball and racket]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VI QQ 21. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Vintage cars are everywhere on the Paseo de Martí (del Prado)

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

Maurizio Florese, owner of the historic car and the Mona Lisa Restaura...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Portrait of Julie Harris, as Sally Bowles in I Am a Camera]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIII JJ 0. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Portrait of Ethel Ayler and Melvin Stewart, as Zirata and Simple (res...

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV PP 11. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Irwin D. Davidson, judge, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing...

Public domain photograph - judge, law, court, lawyer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Portrait of Antony Armstrong-Jones]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX QQ 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Fred Dutton (left), Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Af...

Public domain photograph related to JFK, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Portrait of Durward Collins, Jr.]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX TT 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Reverend L. Francis Griffin, head of a local NAACP chapter in Farmvil...

Portrait of Griffin related to images of opening of "free" schools which provided education for African American students, after Prince Edward County closed public schools rather than desegregate. Contact shee... More

[ Passport photo of Ragheb Moftah in his late 60s or early 70s], ca. 1...

Photograph courtesy of Laurence Moftah. (Copyright Notice)

Portrait photo of [Portrait of Charlotte Holloman]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII NN 14. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

[Portrait of William Faulkner] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VII MM 4. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Leontyne Price, with Saralee doll]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. No Van Vechtnn number. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT ... More

[Portrait of Gloria Davy, as Aida, Act II, Scene I]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: II QQ 2. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[James P. Hoffa, half-length portrait, with his father James R. Hoffa ...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of Carmen de Lavallade]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI MM 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond playing saxophone]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV MM 9. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Eelsfoot, 1950s

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Charlotte Holloman]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII NN 21. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

[Portrait of George Shirley, tenor, Metropolitan Opera]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII SS 3. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Seqouia i.e., Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, July 1950 (11th to...

Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946].

Bernstein with his children. Holiday card. Photographer unidentified. ...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of John O. Killens] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV LL 2. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Portrait of Mariko Niki] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVIII NN 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebriti... More

[Vincent Gigante, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]...

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

[Quiz show "21" host Jack Barry turns toward contestant Charles Van Do...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Profaci at Crime Comm. hearing / World-Telegram photo by Walter...

Joseph Profaci, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. NYWT&S staff photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of Clyde Maloney] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

John Lindsay speaking at a senior citizen's [rally?] / World Telegram ...

John V. Lindsay, half-length portrait, standing at outside lecturn, facing right, speaking into WNYC radio microphone.

Artworks created by Naomi Cohen, Chicago, Illinois; photographs, recor...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-7, additional sides to Mrs. Naomi Cohen's autobiographical house (s... More

[Portrait of Margaret Bonds] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV PP 70. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Roy Wilkins] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXIX M 5. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Portrait of Frieda Lawrence, Taos, N.M.]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVI HH 1. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Marian Seldes, as Bertha in Ondine]

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein and Felicia in evening dress at Philharmonic Pension Fund Co...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two children playing in the grass

Stamped on verso: 35. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Patricia Murphy, Candlelight Restaurant, business in Manhasset, Long I...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Greeff Fabrics, Inc., business at 4 E. 53rd St., New York City. Window...

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Donna Reed, as Donna Stone, and Patty Petersen, as her daughter, Tris...

Public domain photograph of mother and child portrait, young woman, infant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Melvin Daniel Simpson]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVI QQ 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Richard Gibson] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

[Mstislav Rostropovich, half-length portrait, with Bolshoi opera star ...

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

Artworks created by Naomi Cohen, Chicago, Illinois; photographs, recor...

[Portrait of Noble Sissle] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

[Portrait of Philippa Duke Schuyler]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX II 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Carload of coal going over the hump at the classification yard where t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein rehearsing his opera A Quiet Place in Houston, photo dated 3...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Leonard Bernstein, Irving Fine (back of head), K. Wolff, Serge Koussev...

Box/Folder: scrapbook 1 In English. (language)

Corsetorium, business at 40 W. 57th St., New York City. Window detail

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greeff Fabrics, business, at Mrs. Price's on E. 92nd St., New York Cit...

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Union Super Market, business at 100 Broadway, East Paterson, New...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Mary Burr, in Paint Your Wagon]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III JJ 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Long Island Lighting Co. President Doebler at Glenwood Landing

Public domain photograph of midcentury American portrait, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frank Lloyd Wright, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing lef...

NYWT&S staff photograph by Al Ravenna. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Inauguration (parade, receptions, swearing in, church, balls, etc.)

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 726O, frame 10. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Aaron Copland at piano in his studio in Ossining, with motion picture ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of composer or musician, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Danny Kaye playing trumpet onstage with band - scene from "The Five P...

Production photograph from the film "The Five Pennies." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use... More

[Portrait of Felicia Montealegre, as Joan, in Joan at the Stake (Honeg...

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: G XX 14. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Portrait of John Hersey] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: II QQ 14. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Danny Kaye kissing the hand of Nicole Maurey - scene from "Me and the...

Production photograph from the film "Me and the Colonel." (General) “ME AND THE COLONEL” © 1958, renewed 1986 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved Courtesy of Columbia Picture (Copyright No... More

[Portrait of John Hersey] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: II QQ 17. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[New York City Mayor Wagner and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville ...

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

[Portrait of George Szell] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

[Portrait of Leontyne Price] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I JJ 8. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

[Portrait of Robert Morse] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V V 8. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More

[Portrait of John O. Killens] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV LL 5. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks) holding trumpet]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I OO 15. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Seqouia i.e., Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, July 1950 (11th to...

Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946].

[H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / W...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

[Portrait of Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV JJ 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Shelley Scott] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V OO 20. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Portrait of Althea Gibson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VII QQ 1. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, half-length portrait, seated, facing ...

Contact sheet folder caption: " Hyman G. Rickover, Admiral. Interview in USN & WR conference room, 2/21/58. TOH" U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference p... More

Steve Magaddino at crime coun. hearing / World Telegram photo by Walte...

Steve Magaddino, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Titov, Glenn at White House w. Kennedy

Title and date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7780, frame 14. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Bernstein with Felicia, Jamie and Alexander. (Music Division)

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI MM 21. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Portrait photo of [Portrait of Christopher Isherwood]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVI HH 9. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Peter Abrahams] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Brion Gysin] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XII BB 6. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Roy Eaton] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VII QQ 6. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of Dave Brubeck, with sheet music as backdrop]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV MM 14. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

[Portrait of John Hersey] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: II QQ 11. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

A 1950s-vintage truck outside a general store in Jefferson, a town in ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More