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Une faiseuse de flutte / Eine Pfeiffenmacherin (A Female Wind Instrum...

published by Martin Engelbrecht, engraver, 1684-1756 (artist notes) German (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Recto: l. l.: C.P.S.C. Maj.; l. r.: Mart. Engelbrecht excud. A.V.; u. r. :170.; l. c.: (tit... More

Benjamin West - [The calling of Isaiah]

Etched study for wing of altarpiece made for Royal Chapel, Windsor. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall.... More

Rose blossoms on stem with leaves

Typed on label attached to verso: This flower study was painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms par... More

Young Girl and Death - Engraving, Public domain image

Cliché verre by Corot. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cliché verre; youth; Death; Artists works; Shelf.

Miss Bateman, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Design drawing for stained glass window with St. John Berchmans]

Public domain photograph of stained glass window, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing sailor waving hat in front of American fla...

Addressed to Mr. Wm. E. Tingley, Harford, Susq. Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with fork, knife, plate, and cu...

Case: Rinhart, no. 141. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Published in: Military images. Henryville, P... More

[Woman in a blue dress] - Public domain portrait engraving

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The goddess protection - Print, Library of Congress collection

8922 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Ashmore, Sidney, copyr... More

[Dance at Cochiti Pueblo] / W. Cal. Brown & Co.

Photograph shows "San Buenaventura's Day Corn Dance, performed by the two moieties, first the Turquoise, then the Pumpkin, in front of the church and campo santo. The men wear either red or dull blue body paint... More

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, P...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Neith Boyce Hapgood,full-length portrait, seated, left profile, weari...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a 19th-century costume, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A dark foreshading - on a flash picture, "Take us smilin' or we'll lay...

A man sitting for a portrait with his pet bulldog seated on a chair next to him, both scowling at the camera on the right. 39507 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale R... More

[Works of art hanging on wall, in Columbus room, at World's Columbian ...

55570Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Study for figures of Sculpture and Painting]

Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figures of Sculpture and Painting, for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building.

Wild flowers of Palestine. Yellow amaryllis (Sternbergia Clusiana Gawl...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Horace Mann statue, State House grounds, Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Valley of the Cascade from Tunnel Mountain, Rocky Mountains Park, Banf...

H27179 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10668. Copyright 1903 by B. L. Singley.

Birthplace of [Alexander] Hamilton, Island of Nevis, B.W.I.

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. No. 20514. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Photog. I.; St. C... 1905; Shelf.

Franz Schubert - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Indian Creek, Indian Creek, Crownpoint, McKinley County, NM

Significance: The Indian Creek community centers on two sandstone structures - Casa Cielo (Sky City) and Case Abajo (Lower House) - associated with the Anasazi culture which flourished one thousand years ago in... More

Texans earning their way westward, bound for a new start in Oregon. Un...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 4 x 5 inches). File print misnumbered LC-USF343-003804-ZE; corrected 1998. Print in microfilmed lot misnumbered 38042-E. Title and other information from caption card... More

A black and white photo of a window with paper flowers. Ohio during Gr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fisherman. Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, a noted country day school fo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Share The Meat" recipes. Braised stuffed heart. Fill hearts with stuf...

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Thanksgiving dinner at the house of Earle La...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Art at the Frank T. Bow Federal Building, Canton, Ohio

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Classic New York City brownstone apartment building in the Boro Park (...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah, a Sioux chief / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bow...

Esh-Ta-Hum-Leah, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left.

Ukrainian American community post-fieldwork workshop; Art work of Anna...

Image numbers, descriptions: 1, 3, 4, at the Ukrainian American Post-Fieldwork Community Workshop, workshop participant Lubo Maciuk (tenor); 2, 5, fieldworker Robert Klymasz; 6-7, exterior of home of Anna Kulcz... More

Heermann Store, 4308 West Loop 1604, Somerset, Bexar County, TX

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: It stands as a rare surviving example of early commercial buildings in rural South Texas. Throughout its early history, the building was part of a small... More

The Rose of Paradise; being a detailed account of certain adventures t...

Also available in digital form.

In disem Puchlein stet verczeichet das hochwirdig Heiltum, das man so ...

Rosenwald 162 Goff B-46 Copinger 2904 GW 3234 Schramm, XVIII, p. 22 LC copy: provenance: Sylvain S. Brunschwig (bookplate).

[Design drawing for stained glass window with open book in Chatham, Ne...

Keinen kachōgafu fuyu no bu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Old man warming his hands by the fire]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Cricket on the Hearth.

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

U.S. Marine Corps - Service on land and sea / Sidney H. Riesenberg.

Poster showing a marine in dress uniform, marching along a dock, with ship, fort, and city skyline in the background. Enlist at 203 1/2 West Holly Street, Bellingham, Wash.

Castlewood, U.S. Route 25, Richmond, Madison County, KY

Significance: Castlewood remains today practically as it was built. Very few changes have been made. The plan and exterior are typical of the Colonial Georgian style in Kentucky, having a center hall flanked by... More

Giséle - Public domain scenic drawing

Illustration shows Giséle, seated under a tree and holding her hat as she appeared when meeting the male protagonist in the story. (DLC/PP-1933:0182). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of... More

J. H. Hawes Elevator, Second Street, Atlanta, Logan County, IL

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The J. H. Hawes Elevator is located in the small town of Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois. Built in 1904, it is an excellent surviving example of a heavy-timbe... More

[It has been a hard winter] / Castaigne.

Woman seated, with head bowed in front of stove and crib.

San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Dingmans Ferry, Pike County,...

Significance: This is a good example of "Carpenter Gothic" wood Church. The church still retains much of its original detail including celtic crosses, stained glass windows and open belfrey. Unprocessed Field... More

The reading of a will... - Public domain scan / engraving

Public domain photograph of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wholesome - nutritious foods from corn / Lloyd Harrison.

Poster showing corn products, including corn oil, cornstarch and baked goods. Caption: Corn products are plentiful. Use them in cakes, candies, puddings, and preserving, for salads, shortening, and for frying. ... More

City Library, Aviles Street & Artillery Lane, Saint Augustine, St. Joh...

Survey number: HABS FL-13 Building/structure dates: 1755 Initial Construction

Grand Forks Air Force Base Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Mike...

Significance: Beginning with the end of World War II and continuing to the present, the Cold War and the resulting arms race between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) has form... More

Uyōkanazawa hashōyakei - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson Memorial, East Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbi...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most famous memorials, this structure serves as the southern anchor of the city's monumental plan, the other elements of which include the Capitol, Washington Monum... More

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Sculpture Garden, 2800 Grove Avenue, Rich...

Significance: Lawrence Halprin designed the Sculpture Garden at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1976. The garden is representative of Halprin's organic, free flowing, romantic people spaces that owe everyth... More

William Meirs House, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-358 Survey number: HABS NJ-509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1825 Subsequent Work

William Meirs House, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-358 Survey number: HABS NJ-509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1825 Subsequent Work

William Meirs House, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-358 Survey number: HABS NJ-509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1825 Subsequent Work

[Dancing peasant couple] / AD [monogram].

Bradley Collection (Library of Congress). Meder, 88 Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Takenuki gorō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Tokimune Soga (Gorō), uprooting bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Pur... More

[Teapot with cherry or plum blossoms]

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Shiba atagoyama no zu - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows wide promenade and shrine buildings at the base of Mount Atago. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuba... More

[Frontispiece showing young man seated, with Genius holding a plaque]

Mitchell collection of American book illustrations and portrait prints Formerly found in: PAGA 4 - 1921 : R1 - Tiebout Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1921:R01, Container 16.

His excellency George Washington Esq'r. captain general of all the Ame...

Print shows George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, gesturing with right hand holding a swagger stick, left hand resting on cannon barrel, military camp in the ... More

Die Christnacht gez. u. rad. v. L. Richter

Print shows angels carrying a pine tree illuminated with candles and many cherubs clustered around the baby Jesus on a cloud above city buildings, with cherubs offering baskets of fruit and small toys. Printed... More

Athletes. Flip flap. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows nine consecutive images of a man doing a "flip flap" or a back hand spring. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assum... More

Gleason Railroad graders at Sargent, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Elizabeth Blackwell, medical doctor and activist for women in the med...

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

Jamaica, irrigation canal on sugar plantation - Frank G. Carpenter col...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Copyright by Publishers Photo Service, New York City.

Drapery study for figure of Music Library of Congress

Study drawing shows the dress and drapery of the allegorical figure of Music, for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid... More

He must be kept out / Keppler. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows Uncle Sam as a policeman using a billy club labeled "Votes" to prevent a diminutive figure labeled "Free Silver" and "16 to 1" from entering the White House with papers labeled "Populism" and "Disho... More

[Club house at the race track, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.]

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Del Ray Salt Co - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Second number on negative: 2041. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Girl in red coat with Christmas wreath, umbrella, and puppy in the sno...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Gray Lith. Co., copyright claimant. Category d... More

Chapeau blanc - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

How long must I keep praying for you and papa?

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 37:319 (April 18, 1901).

Alaska stage entrance to Keystone Canyon

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

But my young'uns - little Anderson and Elviry?

(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Exit of Anse Dugmore" by Irvin S. Cobb, Saturday Evening Post, 183:13 (Dec. 17, 1910).

Canadian Soldier at Ypres. Painted by R. Thompsen i.e. Thomsen, Oct. 1...

On caption card: Soldat Canadien Ypres, Mai 1917. Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Henry D. Sedgwick. Date receive... More

First Division First - last - and all the time.

Service Series poster promoting the First Division as a unit that works around the clock, showing half-length drawing of a soldier, holding rifle, on the face of a clock.

Jose Celso Barbosa House, 16 Calle de Barbosa, Bayamon, Bayamon Munici...

2017 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Jose Celso Barbosa House Museum is a nineteenth century building located on Barbosa Street #16 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The construction show... More

Granger, Iowa. First baby born on Granger Homesteads

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

My name is Marc and my friend Joey worked on the 105th floor of No. 1 ...

Portrait of a boy next to stars and strips of the American flag, with text describing his reaction to the loss of his friend during the September 11th terrorist attack on New York City. Forms part of: Exit Art ... More

Mural, Baltimore, Maryland - Carol M. Highsmith photogrpahy

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

The "Moses Fountain" in Albany, New York's Washington Park. But it off...

Completed in 1893, the fountain shows Moses on the Rock of Horeb. According to the Bible, God tells Moses that "thou shalt smite therock, and there shall come water out of it, that people may drink." The figur... More

Be Seated: Aunt Jemima - Drawing. Public domain image.

Venue unknown (venue) Public domain scan of 1930s theatrical costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created ... More

Little Bobby Bumpkin, and other juvenile verse

Also available in digital form.

Liber cronicarum, cum figuris et ymaginibus ab inicio mundi

Title extracted from woodcut title of register (leaf [1a]), which begins: Registrum huius operis Libri cronicarum ... Illus. by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff. Rosenwald 163 Goff S-307 Hain-Copinger ... More

Middleburg, Cooper River, East Branch, Huger, Berkeley County, SC

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS SC-13 Building/structure dates: 1699 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000568

[Design drawing for stained glass window for First Presbyterian Church...

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

Archer House, Lot No. 123, Water Street, Yorktown, York County, Virgin...

Significance: The Archer House, on Lot 107, is currently the only visible structure on the Yorktown waterfront with colonial associations. The fire of 1814 has been assumed to have destroyed the house but short... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

Dr. Charles L. Marlatt House, Sixteenth & Church Streets Northwest, Wa...

Survey number: HABS DC-541 Public domain photograph of church architecture design drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alan M. Scaife House, U.S. Route 30 (Ligonier Township), Laughlintown,...

Survey number: HABS PA-620 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, building plan, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peavey Park Plaza, 1111 Nicolet Mall, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Significance: The plaza is significant for its association with the series of post-WWII urban renewal projects that begun in the late 1950s and continued into the 1970s in downtown Minneapolis. The plaza is a d... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Agony with city, thor...

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

Governor Simon Bradstreet House, 159 Osgood Street, North Andover, Ess...

Survey number: HABS MA-2-63 Building/structure dates: 1667 Initial Construction

Connellsville Coal & Coke Region, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

See also HAER PA-259 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: Considered among the world's richest mineral deposits, the Pittsburgh seam of coal underlying portions of Fayet... More

Caribbean Motel, 5600 Ocean Avenue, Wildwood Crest, Cape May County, N...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: Well-preserved Wildwood motel with distinctive original 1950s architectural features: "levitating" concrete ramp, lean in/lean out glass walls on the s... More

Elihu Coleman House, Hawthorne Lane, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: The only house still standing on the site of the old settlement of Sherburne, it is an excellent example of early eighteenth century Nantucket architecture. Survey number: HABS MA-2-86 Building/... More