A Voltaire: vêtements tout fait, vêtements sur mesure / / J. Chéret.
Advertising poster for a clothing shop showing a man wearing a suit inset into a view of Place du Château d'Eau, location of the shop.
Eating chocolate advertising card
Advertisement showing a woman eating McCobb's Owl Brand chocolate creams; owls are prominently featured in the advertisement as the owl figurine depicted on the right was offered as a premium for buying the cho... More
Poster - Advertisement Poster: Bock - Public domain lithograph
Stock poster for bock beer, showing a waitress with a tray of beermugs exclaiming, as a billy goat, the symbol of bock beer, upsets an African American waiter and his tray of drinks. U2932 U.S. Copyright Office.
The Greater Shenandoah by Bronson Howard
Poster shows a young woman on horseback raising her riding crop to strike an American soldier attempt to grasp the reins.
About Paris, by Richard Harding Davis, illustrated by O.D. Gibson / Ed...
Poster show two black cats and a red windmill. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On snow shoes to the barren grounds by Caspar W. Whitney ... now appea...
Man, dressed in moccasins and beaded leggings, belted coat and mittens, wearing snowshoes.
Victor Bicycles Overman Wheel Co. / / Bradley.
Poster advertisement for Overman Wheel Company's Victor bicycles, showing a woman watching another woman riding a bicycle. Includes art nouveau style flowers. Overman Wheel Co., Boston, New York, Detroit, Denve... More
[Posters advertising Welsh Brothers Circus, Mifflin, Pennsylvania]
Credit: P.M. McClintock, Franklin, Pa. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Street advertisers, Japan, Keystone View Co stereoscopic card
Photograph shows two men playing drums behind a placard advertising goods in Japanese script. H63243 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by B.L. Singley. No. 20665.
Edward Penfield - Harper's round table, interscholastic sport ...
Poster shows two men in suits watching a high jumper; next to one man stands a man with a bicycle and another in athletic clothing.
O.S. Kinney Drug Store looking north of the railroad in Overton, Nebra...
summary: Note the painted advertisement on the side of the building for the Smith Minstrels original size: 6x8
Washington Gas Light Co. Testimonial on use of gas (portrait for adver...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington Gas Light Co. Testimonial on use of gas (portrait for adver...
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington Gas Light Co. Testimonial on use of gas (portrait for adver...
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Board of ...
Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potomac Electric Power Co. miscellaneous. Potomac Electric Power Co. a...
Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ski fun La Province de Québec.
Travel poster shows people skiing in the mountains. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poster - Visit the aquarium - Public domain lithograph
Poster promoting aquariums as places to visit, showing jellyfish. Poster designed by Hugh Stevenson, Philadelphia. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Skiing in the East The best trails and how to get there : A guide for ...
Poster for WPA Federal Writers' Project, 110 King Street, New York City, "American Guide Series" guide to winter sports in the East (from Pennsylvania to Maine), showing a man skiing. Date stamped on verso: Feb... More
Abbott Kimball & Co., Inc., business at 250 Park Ave., New York City. ...
Public domain photograph of 20th-century New York City interiors, commerce, 1940s-1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Federal Advertising Agency, 385 Madison Ave., New York City. Stromberg...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hilda Kassell, E. 53rd St., New York City. Mallinson fabric at show ro...
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Universal Promotions, 625 Madison Ave., New York, New York. Drapery, w...
Public domain photograph of living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward Penfield - Harper's September, Harpers magazine posters
Poster shows a woman holding a book. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Gift; J.H. Corning estate.
The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. Wonderful performing geese...
Circus poster showing clowns with performing animals including geese, roosters, and a donkey. No. 1903 B 70. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co. Exchange; Hastings, R.B. 1944.
The Chap Book--Thanksgiving no. / Will H Bradley.
Art nouveau illustration showing two women holding trays of food. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895. Exhibited: "Art Nouveau, 1870-1914" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001. Exhibited: "... More
On the beach at Atlantic City, N.J.
Photograph showing a horse wearing a blanket advertising baseball at Inlet Park, harnessed to an ice cream wagon at a crowded beach. No. 09304. Copyright 1905 by Detroit Publishing Co. Forms part of the Detroi... More
The echo Chicago's new paper - in which will appear a series of colore...
Art nouveau poster advertisement announcing The Echo, a new paper to be issued fortnightly of "humorous and artistic" content, showing two women walking among wild plants. Promotional goal: U.S. .D41 1895. Exhi... More
This week the big store Siegel-Cooper Co. celebrate their first annive...
Advertising poster showing exterior view of the Siegel-Cooper Co. store at night, illuminated by many lights, draped with banners and flags, and a crowd of shoppers both inside and outside the store. At the far... More
Chew Punch plug tobacco. National Tobacco Works, Louisville, Ky.
Black man and white man in pugilistic pose, Punchinello clown and dog wearing hat and collar on wall. R25867 U.S. Copyright Office. Color lithograph by Giles Lith. Co.
The great "scrub" race - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...
Print with two images showing five women of various ethnic stereotypes engaged in a competition using different brands of mops; the woman using the "Eureka" mop outlasting the others. In the top image, one woma... More
Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bi...
B217635(?) U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Chas. H. Kabrich. Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Cin'ti, O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Vermouth Bianco, high-life, Isolabella / M. Dudovich.
Advertising poster for vermouth showing a woman in a white clown suit holding grapes and a bottle of the fortified wine.
Power to the working class Revolutionary songs written & sung by worke...
Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Acatène Velleda / / L. Baylac, Biarritz '98.
Advertising poster for the chainless Acatène Metropole bicycle with G&J tires showing the Germanic priestess, Velleda, a legendary leader of the Batavian uprising against the Romans, with a bird of prey carryin... More
The best liniment on earth, cures all pain
Package of "Dr. Bruess' Powerful, Penetrating, Peerless remedy," superimposed across the globe of the world. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. No. 1880.
Grande semaine d'aviation de la Champagne: Reims de 22 au 29 août 1909...
Advertising poster for an air show in Reims, France, showing a woman waving to a man piloting a biplane as other aircraft including monoplanes, biplanes, and balloons fly above the Notre Dame de Reims cathedral.
American fashions, fall & winter 1849-50, by John R. Shankland, no. 10...
Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, one man is dressed for hunting and carrying a rifle, and at bottom, six men, five chil... More
Smith Brothers pure borax for sale everywhere
Public domain photograph of beverage advertisement, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The horseshoe English and American bar, 1, Bould. Denain near the Gare...
Poster showing a woman dancer straddling a horseshoe, holding a glass in her raised right hand, with British and American flags in the background. Signed on stone, left of horseshoe.
Jules Cheret - L'Etendard français, bicyclettes et tricycles / J. Chér...
Poster showing a woman riding a bicycle, carrying a tri-color pennant. 15,196-91.
Harper's August / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters
Man with umbrella and copy of Harper's Monthly, standing in a plaza, facing left. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1893.
Edward Penfield, Aetna dynamite
Poster shows workman with a red flag; in background, an explosion. Poster is advertisement for the Aetna Dynamite Company.
The Boston Sunday Hearld - ladies want it Feb. 24 / Boston Eng. Co. ; ...
Print shows a portrait of a woman, half-length, right profile, sitting, reading a newspaper, with flowers in the background. Possibly a self-portrait by artist Ethel Reed. Exhibited: "Craft and Modernity : Pro... More
Victor, Victoria bicycles. Overman Wheel Co. / Bradley.
Woman with bicycle. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Amandines de Provence. Biscuits H. Lalo / L. Cappiello.
Poster showing a woman eating almond cookies. Public domain photograph of beverage advertisement, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Selling electricity advertisers
Advertisement page from publication Selling electricity showing uses of electricity and products advertised by Fort Wayne Electric Works (fans), Guarantee Electric Co. (Kimble-Gregory variable speed motors), Jo... More
Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Boiling peas on electr...
Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, including the District of Columbia and parts of ... More
Washington Gas Light Co. Display for electric competition
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Theodor Horydczak and family. Jefferson Memorial graphic
Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More
Theodor Horydczak and family. Jefferson Memorial graphic
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Electric Institute of Washington. Electric map, Potomac Electric Power...
Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Take your choice" Play and music by Ernst Bacon, Phil Mathias, Raisch...
Advertising poster for a musical comedy shows stylized silhouette of a man in a spotlight.
Tuberculosis Don't kiss me! : Your kiss of affection - the germ of inf...
Poster about tuberculosis in children and methods of transmission, showing a child wearing a bib. Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administra... More
Sterling Advertising Agency, Inc., 70 W. 40th St., New York City. Cabi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of table, cabinet, furniture design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sterling Advertising Agency, Inc., 70 W. 40th St., New York City. Cabi...
Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sterling Advertising Agency, Inc., 70 W. 40th St., New York City. Jord...
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hilda Kassell, E. 53rd St., New York City. Venetian blind at Emma Cole...
Public domain photograph of curtains, bedroom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jamian Advertising Co. Capistrano table setting
Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jamian Advertising Co. Capistrano table setting
Picryl description: Public domain image of flowers, flower arrangement, bouquet, blooming plant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Defeat of the cold-water-men by the bock, March 21, 1873 / E. Bott.
Print shows the results of a taste-test in which the bock goats route the "cold-water-men." 4817 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873, by Emil Bott, in the office of th... More
Who does not love wine, wife & song, will be a fool for his lifelong! ...
Print shows a man and a woman in an embrace, the man holding a glass of wine and a sheet of music. 5664 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1873 by Kimmel & Voigt. Original sketch by W. Voigt.
Bock beer - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows "Bock" goats upending Chinese men, to the amusement of several men sitting at tables drinking beer. 8533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright and lith., 1879, by A.J. Maerz, Brooklyn, E.D. N.Y.
Kommt herrin beir ist gust sein! - come in, don't fear! it's pleasant ...
Print of advertisement showing a man presenting to the viewer a stein of beer and a plate of food. 30155 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright secured according to act of Congress by Hermann Ruehling.
Poster - The journal / LJR. - Public domain lithograph
Charioteer driving chariot, with cherub holding onto harness. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Chap Book--Thanksgiving no. / Will H Bradley.
Art nouveau illustration showing two women holding trays of food. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895. Exhibited: "Art Nouveau, 1870-1914" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001. Exhibited: "... More
Lloyd J. Harriss Pies, chromolithograph
Poster shows George Washington crossing a river of cherry pies. It is a spoof on Emanuel Leutze's painting of Washington crossing the Delaware.
Chicago Kennel Club's dog show / George Ford Morris 02.
Poster showing a woman admiring dogs at the Chicago Kennel Club's dog show. F6775 U.S. Copyright Office. From caption card: Lithograph and letterpress by George Ford Morris.
This week the big store Siegel-Cooper Co. celebrate their first annive...
Advertising poster showing exterior view of the Siegel-Cooper Co. store at night, illuminated by many lights, draped with banners and flags, and a crowd of shoppers both inside and outside the store. At the far... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More
Folly or saintliness / Ethel Reed.
Art nouveau style advertising poster for a novel, illustrated with woman with flower. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895. "Copyright 1895 by Lamson Wolfee & Co., Boston, USA" Library has 2 copies (no. 9 and no. 9a)
Cycles Clément, Paris; Pneu Dunlop / / PAL.
Advertising poster for bicycles showing a woman wearing a Gallic rooster on her head and carrying a laurel wreath in one hand and a bicycle her other hand and wearing winged sandals on her feet.
[Harry Houdini, King of Cards]. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More
Poster - The human canon ball - Public domain lithograph
K9060 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
F. Heim & Bro. brewing company, lager beer, East St. Louis
Print of advertisement for the F. Heim & Bro. Brewing Company showing a man holding up a glass of beer, and a bird's-eye view of the brewery.
Edward Penfield - Harper's March, Harpers magazine posters
Man with horse-drawn plow and a rooster. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 189-
"Football & love" A story of the Yale-Princeton game of '94 by Butt W....
Poster shows a woman and winged boy tossing a football. Gift; Frances B. Johnston; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46065)
"The street-preacher," a story of the Southeast
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.
Harper's May / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters
Woman holding two cats. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pétrole Stella, livraisons en bidons plombés de 5 & 2 litres / H. Gray...
Advertising poster showing a nude, nymph, and cherub with butterfly wings floating in space. Promotional goal: Fr .C23 1897. Exhibited: "Toulouse-Lautrec and the Posters of Paris" at the Milwaukee Art Museum, ... More
Harper's March / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters
Man and woman walking in foreground, horse-drawn carriages in background. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1897.
The new field of labor for the up-to-date divine / Dalrymple.
Print shows the "Rev. Dr. N. Dorser" sitting at a table writing testimonials about the quality of various products, such as the "magnificent House Cleaning number" of a magazine, and "Before Using" and "After U... More
Imprimez vous mème 3000 copies sans manipulation avec l'automatique à ...
Poster showing a woman working in an office using an Eyquem printing machine to make 3000 copies of a document. Signed on lower left "PAL" (Jean de Paléoloque, 1855 (or 1860)-1942). Eyquem, 191 à 195, Bd. Pere... More
Le petit coquin, dessert exquis / L. Cappiello.
Poster showing a girl eating a cookie as a parrot watches. Exhibited: "Toulouse-Lautrec and the Posters of Paris" at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, June 1 - September 9, 2012.
Aperitivo Rossi / Jean Droit., Italy
Poster showing a bottle of Martini & Rossi's Aperitivo resting on top of an orange with a face licking its lips.
Jamian Advertising Co. Tweed, table set-up
Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Merchant's gargling oil for man and beast
8420 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lait pur stérilisé de la Vingeanne / Steinlen.
Poster showing a little girl drinking milk from a bowl, with cats begging at her feet. Guillot Frères, Montigny sur Vingeanne, Côte d'Or.
Revolu[tion]ary Nicaragua The impending armed victory of the Nicaragua...
Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1332 V St., Washington, D.C., makes a ...
Poster shows a rear view of a woman holding a camera and tripod while facing a pond with the sun rising or setting. Poster is an advertisement for Johnston's business as a photographer and author. Published in... More
Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope, Motion Picture Theaters
Motion picture poster for "Edison's greatest marvel--The Vitascope" show movie audience watching large screen with woman dancing on screen and others in background watching. 29057B U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More
You need only one soap--Ivory soap / the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti ...
Poster shows a pioneer washing with Ivory soap at his campsite. Copyright 1898 by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti, O., U.S.A. Promotional goal: U.S. C26. 1898. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of ... More
Chaussures Perrouin frères, Nantes: La grande marque française / / L. ...
Advertising poster for the Perrouin brothers' bootmaking shop showing a man wearing a theatrical costume atop a dragon. Illus. in: Cappiello : the posters of Leonetto Cappiello / by Jack Rennert. New York, N.Y... More
Hippodrome du Trotting Club Levallois - grand match en 12 heures: S. F...
Advertising poster for a race between S. F. Cody on horseback and French cycling champion, Meyer of Dieppe, on bicycle.