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[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

Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Glass blower Susan Knecht and her associate Allison Smith create art i...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

For some reason, large metal chickens are popular yard art throughout ...

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

Metal yard art for sale at the Pottery Ranch pottery store in Marble F...

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

[Woodcuts used to illus. Fables from incunabula...1966: Aesop surround...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

Illus. in: Antiquitates italicae medii aevi, sive Dissertationes de moribus, ritibus, religione, regimine, magistratibus, legibus, studiis literarum, artibus, lingua, militia, nummis, principibus, libertate, s... More

The art of making money plenty in every man's pocket by Doctor Frankli...

[Unidentified woman] / Photographs of Art, Ernsberger & Ray, 83 Genese...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Art gallery, international exhibition, 1876

F2675 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bien, Julius.

Page from The Growth of industrial art, compiled by Benjamin Butterwor...

Public domain scan of an illustrated book of 1930s-1940s agriculture development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Page from The Growth of industrial art, compiled by Benjamin Butterwor...

Public domain scan of an illustrated book of 1930s-1940s agriculture development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"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.

Art objects that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Art objects that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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Art object that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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[General Art and Industrial Exposition, Stockholm, Sweden]

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Incorrect title listed in the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "1897, Art Institute, Stockholm, Swe... More

[Washington, D.C. public schools, 1st Division - art class sketching o...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A class visiting the Art Gallery]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Central High School."

Library, Worcester Art Museum [Worcester, Massachusetts.]

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

Officers, 130th Fld. Art. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Art work-Caruso bust - Public domain cabinet drawing

A black and white photo of a bust of a man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[South from Museum of Art, Chicago, Ill.]

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

Children of Czar of Russia - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Sculpture court, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Art Hill, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., 1904

H62051 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 611. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Corcoran Gallery of Art, east gallery, Washington, D.C.]

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca...

Group of men and women on sidewalk in front of ruins. H77406 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 019239.

Main stairway, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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

Mrs. C.M. Depew - Public domain portrait print

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The sermon on the mount as applied to a commercial age / Art Young.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with each scene titled "According to Scripture" followed by a quote from the bible; at the bottom of each scene is the title "As Practiced" which is followed by a statement... More

Albright Art Gallery, gelatin silver print

J164462 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Irvin Markel; August 7, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44639. Copyright claimant's address: Buffalo, N.Y.

Metropolitan Museum of Art with obelisk, 5th Ave. & 81st St.

J192725 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill. No. C-10030.

Petrograd. A parade on the Nevsky. The Hermitage Art Gallery. Corner o...

Photograph of the Nevsky Prospect shows parade of soldiers on horseback. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box ... More

The melting pot / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with two large hands labeled "Militarism" and "Jingoism" at center that are squeezing men labeled "Labor" and "Capital" over an inverted spike-topped helmet stuck in the gr... More

Nature's art work, Native American woman portrait

Indian woman getting water from stream in Southwestern United States. 201189 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Samuel Longstreth Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton, New ...

Site History. Architecture: Grosvenor Atterbury, 1897, 1902, 1912. Landscape: Warren Henry Manning. Today: Museum extant with landscape modifications. Photographed when Frances Benjamin Johnston and Mattie Edwa... More

Milwaukee Art Museum (originally Milwaukee War Memorial), Milwaukee, W...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

There is a Liberty Bond in this house / Commercial Art Class, Maryland...

Poster showing a figure of Liberty advancing, with shield inscribed, "To make the world safe for democracy."

Advertisers Art Service, Determination copy

Canadian scenes. Art Brown under the bell with man II

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

[President Coolidge walking with members of the Fine Arts Commission]

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 25, no. 28077.

National Gallery of Art. Roof of National Gallery of Art for Internati...

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National Gallery of Art. Rotunda of National Gallery from east side

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National Gallery of Art. Exhibit room in National Gallery I

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National Gallery of Art. Fountain in rotunda of National Gallery from ...

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National Gallery of Art. Fountain in rotunda of National Gallery from ...

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Victory concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Free to the public ...

Poster for free "victory concerts" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York City, showing Nike of Samothrace. Sponsored by: The Juilliard School of Music, The New York Public Lib... More

WPA paintings by Yvonne Twining, Waldo Kaufer, Albert Gold, [and] Fran...

Poster announcing exhibition of paintings at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Dec 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Westfield Athenaeum - Federal Art Project water color show

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of watercolors at the Westfield Athenaeum. Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Federal art in New England

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of WPA art at the Federal Art Gallery, 77 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., showing map of New England. Date stamped on verso: Jul 1 1939. Work Projects Administration Pos... More

Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, announces the open...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition, showing an eagle clutching paint brushes and a palette. Attributed to Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

What's right with America Des Moines Public Forums / / designed & made...

Poster announcing public forums with Bonaro Overstreet; citywide forum discussing "democracy as a personal experience" to be held at North High, Des Moines, Iowa, and neighborhood forums discussing "education f... More

Art Artists on the air : 4 P.M. every Saturday, KUTA.

Poster for Federal Art Project weekly presentation of artists on the air at the KUTA radio station, Utah Art Center, 59 S. State St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Date stamped on verso: Aug 19 1940. Work Projects Admi... More

WPA exhibition water colors [and] prints, Federal Art Gallery / / HG [...

Poster announcing WPA exhibition of watercolors and prints at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., showing brush, roller and paper or printing plates. Date stamped on verso: May 5 1938. Work P... More

Art Simplot's sons in the kitchen and washroom of their home near Blac...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a porch, Great Depressio...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Half a century of American art The Art Institute of Chicago - Nov. 16,...

Poster for art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Entrance to Kress collection...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Manchesters in the Far East A battalion of the Manchester Regiment...

British official photograph: BF-27. No. BO-665. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Art photos of Jer. [i.e., Jerusalem] from southern slopes of Olivet ab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bloomingdale Brothers, New York City. Set-up in Museum of Modern Art I...

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

Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Left sculp...

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

Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Patio, gen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York City. Road to Victory X...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York City. Road to Victory X...

Public domain photograph of life and commerce in the New YorkCity in1940s-1950s, interiors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel ti...

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

Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New York City. Road to Victory, ...

Public domain photograph of life and commerce in the New YorkCity in1940s-1950s, interiors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. An art exhibition at the South Side community art c...

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

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Martin Leaf, mayor of Wilmar, Minnesota. H...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard knows a lot about howitzers ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A poster comes to life. It takes a heap o' treatin' to make a ship's h...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Assembling wagon run...

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

Berkeley Institute, 181 Lincoln Pl., Brooklyn, New York. Art

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Washington, D.C. An art class at Woodrow Wilson High School

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airways to Peace exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, 11 W. 53rd St., New...

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

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Colonel McBride in office

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Servicemen's lounge

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.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. East garden court II

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Cafeteria I

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

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator]

Photograph shows a B24 bomber painted with red zig-zag stripes. Color transparency is filed as MISC-05-338. Written on slide mount: Striped Ass [...], 466 BG.

Set of thirteen select slides of shepherd life illustrating the Twenty...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain cliff view, natural rocky landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, Sandy William...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier...

Public domain photograph of advertising campaign, billboard, street signs, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

[Art and Architecture Building, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticu...

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

Art "Evolution of Government" located at the Federal Building, Jackson...

Artist: Albert Vrana, 1966. Dimensions: 16' x 550' x 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cr... More

Bill Graham presents in San Francisco Otis Rush & his Chicago Blues Ba...

Print shows psychedelic design with woman's facial profile and hair. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

Designed by the American architect Louis I. Kahn (1901 1974), the museum is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding architectural achievements of the modern era. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsm... More

Wall art at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Art on the walls of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Art of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Art of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Art in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Entrance to the Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada Gardens, Monterey,...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Art in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More