1,251 1950 s, Library of congress Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Raymond Loewy Associates, 488 Madison Ave., New York City. Mr. Loewy u...

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

Horizontal planer at Watson ca. 1950s.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

C.A. Rowell, business in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Corset department

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Frederick Buechner]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIII HH 2. 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

[Two women's league roller derby skaters leap over two who have fallen...

[Lester P. W. Wehle, a live-poultry inspector for the city of New York...

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

[Janet Collins, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / World Tel...

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

Ludwig Baumann, Grand Central Palace Exhibit. Living room, model seate...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Association of University Women. Group of American Associatio...

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

Ann Ronell at tape recording machine listening to a song she wrote cal...

Ann Ronell, half-length portrait, seated at tape recording machine, facing front. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Albert Steiger Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. Corsets

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steiner Plastics, Oyster Bay. Inspection

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

[Portrait of Marian Seldes, as Bertha in Ondine]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIV LL 30. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Portrait of William Inge] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Clare Boothe Luce, U.S. ambassador to Italy, and husband, publisher H...

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

[ Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney, on couch - scene from "White Christ...

Production photograph from the film "White Christmas." (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

[Robert McFerrin, baritone, half-length portrait, facing front]

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

[Portrait of Robert McFerrin] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Katherine Dunham, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / World ...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Date stamped on verso: Jan 25 1956. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Raymond Loewy's Jaguar car. View IV

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1950s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Radiant-looking Grace Kelly waves good-bye to New York from the ocean ...

Title from note on verso. United Press photograph. No. NXP 1103145. Note on verso: The lone cameraman getting another angle on the departure is United Press staff photographer Joe Schuppe, who is accompanying t... More

[Portrait of William Demby] - Public domain portrait print

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

Blue Jeans. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Cotton denim with copper buttons, ca. 1957 Maker: Blue Bell Wrangler The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center a... More

[Portrait of Charlotte Holloman]

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

[Meyer Lansky, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, at...

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

Sharply dressed, [gangster/gambler], Meyer Lansky as he left court tod...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Note on verso: Lansky plans return despite ban by Cuba: Jaunty and smiling, gambler Meyer Lansky walked out of Manhattan Arrest Court today and indicated, that despite what Cuba says, h... More

[Toots Shor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / World Telegr...

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

U.S.S.R., Moscow, temporary Russian exhibition

Photograph shows woman looking furniture display with desk, chair and bookcase at the USSR Exhibition in Sokolniki Park, Moscow, next to the American National Exhibition. (Source: Arianne Kouri, 2013) Title fro... More

V.P. Nixon and press on plane, U.S.S.R. / [TOH].

Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 2880, frame 31.

[Women working at the U.S. Capitol switchboard, Washington, D.C.]

Contact sheet folder caption: "Facilities on Capitol Hill, Capitol, ... 25-37: Views of the Hill switchboard. An average of 50,000 calls are placed thorugh the board daily, Marion Trikosko, 1-27-59." U.S. News... More

[Robert Frost, bust portrait, facing front] / World-Telegram photo by ...

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

Mayor Wagner greets Archbishop Makarios at City Hall / World Telegram ...

Archbishop Makarios and Mayor Wagner, three-quarter length portrait, standing, clasping hands, outside City Hall, New York City. NYWT&S staff photograph. Date stamped on verso: June 14 1962. Forms part of: New ... More

Integration at Ole Miss[issippi] Univ[ersity] / MST.

Photograph shows soldiers in a military vehicle escorting a car in which James Meredith is riding, after he attended a class in the Peabody Building at the University of Mississippi, Oxford. Title from contact... More

[A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders on their way to Con...

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

Congressman John V. Lindsay speaking at Board of Estimate meeting at C...

John V. Lindsay, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, speaking in front of WNYC radio microphone. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Colle... More

[Portrait of Chaim Gross] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V UU 12. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Dr. Martin Luther King showing his medallion received from Mayor Wagne...

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

[John Lewis speaking at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Edi...

Frame 28 of contact sheet. Original negative not available for frame 28 of LC-U9-18801.

New York World's Fair, Warren K. Leffler photo

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 11777, frame 25. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

[Republican Senators during a meeting on amendments to the Civil Right...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Republicans & Southern Democrats meet to discuss amendments to Civil Rights Bill. #7-11: Republican Senators during meeting. MST, 5/20/64" U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photo... More

Tennessee Williams with "birthday" cake for the 20th anniversary of "T...

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

[Federico Fellini, half-length portrait, facing slightly right] / Worl...

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

[Senator Robert] Kennedy discusses school with young Ricky Taggart of ...

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

[George Kennan, former ambassador to the Soviet Union, head-and-should...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 15312, frame 22A. Contact sheet fo... More

Ex-Governor Wallace of Alabama news conference - stating he is a presi...

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Wallace. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR ... More

[Senator Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee speaking at microphone during th...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 19746, frame 8/8A. Contact sheet folder caption: "Democratic Nat'l Conv. 3rd sessi... More

[Vintage car hood] - Automobiles of 1940s

Digital image produced by Library of Congress. Date provided by photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase... More

Bernstein with his children, son-in-law David Thomas, and granddaughte...

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

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 Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks)]

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

[Portrait of Diahann Carroll] - Public domain portrait print

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

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 4, Junction of Challenger Street & ...

Significance: Hangar 4 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

[Portrait of James Otis Purdy] - Public domain portrait print

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

[52nd Street, New York, N.Y., ca. 1948]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 499 (gottlieb assignment) 499 (assign... More

[Portrait of Harry Belafonte, singing]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VIII LL 12. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

[Portrait of Robert McFerrin] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe, Abiquiu, New Mexico]

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

[Portrait of Ralph Bunche] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Mattiwilda Dobbs] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Margaret Bonds] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Leontyne Price, Porgy & Bess]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII KK 14. 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

[Portrait of Barbara Bel Geddes]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IX NN 17 [16?]. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebr... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III VV 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... 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 Peter Abrahams] - Public domain portrait print

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

Woman holding baby - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A woman sitting in a chair holding a baby, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris &... More

Royal Street Area Survey, 221 North Royal Street (House), Alexandria, ...

Survey number: HABS VA-619-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Side street, Salem, Illinois - Automobiles of 1940s

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein at party following Gershwin Memorial concert playing Palesti...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Dream Lodge Motel, which once had a thriving clientele in the 1950...

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 Ph... More

Vertical boring mill at Watson ca. 1950s.

Avenues and streets. View down Pennsylvania Ave., with Capitol and Old...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[ Ragheb Moftah and two monsignors from the Vatican, ca. 1950s?]

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

Raymond Loewy Associates, 488 Madison Ave., New York City. Mr. Loewy a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shopping center, Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Street view, Mille...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Swimming instructions (hydra...

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

[Portrait of Alfred Drake] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Road construction delays traffic on West Side Highway, at 79th Street...

NYWT&S staff photo by Al Ravenna. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.

[Dwight D. Eisenhower, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing f...

JU7302 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martin's, business in Garden City, Long Island. Corsets and negligees

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lord & Taylor, business at 38th St. and 5th Ave., New York City. Stree...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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 1. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Ethel Merman still has the touch / World-Telegram photo by Walter Albe...

Ethel Merman, half-length portrait, facing front, seated at typewriter. NYWT&S staff photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[ Mai Zetterling gives Danny Kaye an injection - scene from "Knock on ...

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

[ Mai Zetterling on the phone and Danny Kaye - scene from "Knock on Wo...

[ Danny Kaye on stairs holding leg, Dean Jagger (on left), Rosemary Cl...

[Frank Lloyd Wright, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / World...

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

American Association of University Women. Group of American Associatio...

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

[ Vera-Ellen, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby, in costume...

Dyna Labs, Stewart Ave., Garden City. Inspection

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

Schrafft's, Grand Central station. Case with girl

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Robert McFerrin] - Public domain portrait print

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

Gimbel Brothers, business in Cross County Center, Yonkers, New York. B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.