1950 s

512-526 South Water Street (Houses), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County...

Survey number: HABS PA-1619 Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Tyrone Power, in "John Brown's body"]

Power on stage reciting "John Brown's body." Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI KK 1. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms p... More

[Portrait of Eartha Kitt] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVIII JJ 15. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebriti... 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

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Collier House, 6080 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Fa...

Significance: Designed for a husband and wife who were both architects, the house was an interesting amalgam of styles and periods. The open, asymmetrical plan, steel windows, and interior detailing are strong... More

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Collier House, 6080 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Fa...

Significance: Designed for a husband and wife who were both architects, the house was an interesting amalgam of styles and periods. The open, asymmetrical plan, steel windows, and interior detailing are strong... More

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Collier House, 6080 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Fa...

Significance: Designed for a husband and wife who were both architects, the house was an interesting amalgam of styles and periods. The open, asymmetrical plan, steel windows, and interior detailing are strong... More

[Portrait of George Lamming] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Ramon Blancos, Havana, Cuba]

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

[Portrait of Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade]

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

[Portrait of Claudia McNeil, as Mamie in Simply Heavenly by Langston H...

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

[Portrait of Roald Dahl] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Carson McCullers] - Public domain portrait print

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

[James Farmer at a meeting of American Society of Newspaper Editors, b...

U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 11814, frame 28.

[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

Queen Street Area Survey, 510 Queen Street (House), Alexandria, Indepe...

Survey number: HABS VA-600-G National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Harry Rosenthal Collection

Main street, Salem, Illinois, c.1930s

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

Transportation. War workers' coach. Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bernstein with composer, mentor and friend, Aaron Copland at Bernardsv...

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

[Portrait of Dr. Albert Ashton Berg]

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

Colorfully painted vintage automobile, which just happens to match the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Hobbles. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Fastened to front legs of an animal likely to wander off on the range, commercially-made ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by t... More

Muffler. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Commercially-made wool plaid scarf, ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description... 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

Bernstein in Budapest, 1983. (Music Division)

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morton, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Portrait

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they le...

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

[Portrait of Eartha Kitt] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Kitty Maldonado, Robert Tomei and Sandy Kupchik examine Theodore Roos...

Stamped on back: Jun 26 1952. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of Rawn Spearman] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V JJ 13. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Portrait of Alyne Dumas Lee] - Public domain portrait print

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

Burdine's department store, business in Miami Beach, Florida. Summerti...

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

[Mrs. Bertha Vester listening to Mr. Hanna Atalla, three-quarter lengt...

In album: American Colony bazaar, [p. 3, bottom] Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of John D. Whiting (Library of Congress).

Halle Bros., Westgate. Corset, first half of 20th century

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

[ Danny Kaye and Vera-Ellen dancing next to a lighthouse prop - scene ...

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

[Portrait of George Szell] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

[Jeryl Johnson, Hillie Merritt, Gretchen Foster, Carol Toby, Myrna Fah...

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

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

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

[Portrait of Peter Cornell] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Melissa Hayden] - Public domain print

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

[Teenage girls add to grafitti on bottom of Elvis movie poster] / Worl...

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

Industrial Home for the Blind, Lloyd Harbor. Crafts with volunteer tea...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American education, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Zachary Scott, in The King & I]

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

[President Dwight D. Eisenhower standing at a table at the White House...

Contact sheet folder caption: "General views and close-ups of Pres. Eisenhower's news conference, White House, Washington, D.C. 10/9/57, MST" U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sh... More

[Mrs. Mary Lasker, half-length portrait, presenting award] / World Tel...

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

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

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

[Portrait of Roy Wilkins] - Public domain portrait print

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

Danny Kaye holding hands with Barbara Bel Geddes on a stage with a ba...

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 Vincent Sheean] - Public domain portrait print

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

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

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: G XX 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... 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 3. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

[Truman Capote, half-length portrait, facing front, seated in a chair,...

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

Long Island Lighting Co. Trucks and men I

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[John F. Kennedy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

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

[Park Avenue and Lever House, New York City]

Slide thought to have been used by Paul Rudolph for lectures ("Urbanism"). Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

[Fred Friendly, talking with then Vice President Lyndon Johnson, as fe...

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

White House: head shots of Amb. Adlai Stevenson / WKL.

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Stevenson speaking into microphones. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for... More

[Whitney Young, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to a book...

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

[Vice President-elect Hubert Humphrey shaking hands with Dr. King, as ...

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

[Dr. & Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facin...

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

Macombs Rd., Bronx / World Telegram & Sun photo by Phil Stanziola.

Photograph shows an abandoned automobile on a city street. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Behind the camera during filming at a CBS news desk, map of New Engla...

World Journal Tribune staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Richard M. Nixon, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Official White House photograph. Public domain photograph related to President Richard Nixon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of John Carter] - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, 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 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

[Portrait of Gloria Davy, as Aida, Act I, Scene I, "Ritorna Vincitor"]

Full-length portrait, facing front. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I QQ 14. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: P... More

[Portrait of Harold Arlen] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Reri Gristi] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VI RR 8. 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 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

[Portrait of Philip Johnson, Esq.]

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

[Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, three-quarter length portrait, seated, fac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Eartha Kitt] - Public domain portrait print

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

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More

In front of 170 W 130 St., March on Washington, l t[o] r Bayard Rustin...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Mar... More

[Portrait of Martha Flowers] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

[Portrait of Leontyne Price, Porgy & Bess]

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

[Portrait of Roald Dahl] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Burl Ives, holding guitar]

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

[Portrait of Bertice Reading] - Public domain portrait print

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

Dillon, Montana. Street corner. Dillon is the trading center for a pro...

Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cellulose Sales Co., 250 Park Ave., New York City. Mr. Wales at desk

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein with Felicia, Jamie and Alexander. Photographer unidentified...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - family portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein with protégé, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, at 1974 Charl...

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

Leather-Trimming Gauges. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie With a pocket knife inserted into the tinned notch, these blocks are used to trim irregular strips of rawhide into even-width, beveled thongs for braided lariats, hackamores, a... More

Saddle Blanket. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Machine woven in ca. 1950, the blanket is placed under the saddle to cushion the horse's withers and haunches and to soak up sweat The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a c... More

Aaron Copland with Benjamin Britten, ca. 1950

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

Leather-Trimming Gauges on Saddle Blanket

For trimming rawhide or leather for braiding, ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Overshoe Liners. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete These sheepskin inner shoes were said to be locally made ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at t... More

[Back view of fashion models in swim suits, two kneeling wearing swim ...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in Harper's bazaar, January 1950. Original negative: LC-F9-01-4911-019-05. Image published in: Toni Frissell: Photographs, 1933-1967. New York, New Yor... More

Coffee Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Thread spool finial, rolled aluminum, makes twelve cups, ca. 1950 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife... More

Latch Made from Bit on Horsehoe Gate

Maker: Pedroli, Pete Handmade, ca. 1950 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old cars beneath an awning at a re-created Shell gasoline station at t...

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

Old cars beneath an awning at a re-created Shell gasoline station at t...

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

Williamsburg Savings Bank, Hanson Place, Brooklyn, New York. Elliot M....

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

[Portrait of Ralph Blum] - Public domain portrait print

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

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

[Emanuel Celler, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] ...

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

Dorothy Fields & Arthur Schwartz work on score of "A Tree Grows in Bro...

Dorothy Fields and Arthur Schwartz, half-length portrait, seated at piano. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).