The Civil War in America--drumming out a soldier of the Federal Army t...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 Dec. 28, p. 666.
Reading the war news in Broadway, New York / /from a sketch by our spe...
Illustration from: Illustrated London news, 1861. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.
The war in Virginia - the 18th Army Corps storming a fort on the right...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 9, p. 244.
Point Isabel, Texas / from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonw...
Soldiers digging trench in foreground; buildings and steamboats in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 Feb. 13, p. 321.
Captain Joseph Fry / / from a photograph by T. Lilienthal, New Orleans...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Fry, Captain of the Virginius, and view of United States steamer Despatch, fishing smacks, the Virginius, gig from La Favorita, Spanish sloop La Favorita. Virginius was captured d... More
[Sand sculpture and artist, beach, Atlantic City, N.J.
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mural showing Native Americans on horseback by artist Crumbo at the In...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More
Mural showing Native American woman by artist Velino Herrara at the In...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The 7 story building is of steel frame construction, clad in granite and limestone. It consists of a north-south core which bisects... More
Primitive American art, work of local artist in store, La Forge, Misso...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Plant a victory garden. Poster distributed by the Office of War Inform...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A poster comes to life. Searching for just the right faces to use for ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
And, furthermore, ladies and gents -- at any rate, that's what the spe...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frankfort, Michigan. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Muehlman who made money...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arrest of Marshal Kane, at his house in Baltimore, at three o'clock A....
Print shows Union troops taking Marshal Kane into custody outside his home in Baltimore, Maryland. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 12, no. 294 (1861 July 6), p. 113.
[Thomas Hovenden, artist, seated, holding a photograph(?), facing fron...
H42552 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Painter, Cincinnati, "Breaking Home Ties." Identical photograph available in P&P Biog. File. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston i... More
[Franconia Notch and Echo Lake from artist's bluff, White Mts., N.H.]
Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Electric Institute of Washington. Copy of artist's drawing for June br...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Artist's drawing of business center for Greenbelt project, Maryland
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Off with the yoke of Uncle Sam depicted in post office mural, is charg...
A woman standing in front of a large painting, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. G... More
Many errors found in Department of Justice mural. Washington, D.C., Au...
A woman standing in front of a painting on a wall. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lieutenant Milton Marx of New York City, attached to the Public Relati...
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Self portrait of photographer Carol M. Highsmith, via a broken mirror ...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken during the 1980s. Title, date, subject... More
[Excelsior Banner awarded to the 50th Illinois Infantry Regiment as fi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Skedaddlers Hall, Harrisons Landing, engraving, Library of Congress
Signed lower right: Waud. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed lower left: Sk[etch in Sutlers's] store Excelsior Brigade July 3rd. Note that the figure seated to the left of the doorway bears a close resembla... More
Emmitsburg, Maryland. Farmer's Inn and Hotel where our special artist ...
Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Unidentified soldier in Union infantry uniform and Volunteer Maine Mi...
Case: Leather; unique geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Picket Post, Fredericksburg, Va., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More
Sketch of Genl. Custer staff and prisoners
There is a self portrait on horse to right of center. Inscribed: Col. Sweitzer; Waud; Capt. Ash. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, pp. 200-201, as part of the series: Scenes connected with General ... More
The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and childr...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, p. 212.
The women and children of Louisville, Kentucky, leaving the city, by o...
Illustration showing a throng of Louisville citizens in carriages and covered wagons, and on foot evacuating the city, many headed toward the docks on the Ohio River where they are boarding steamboats. Illus. ... More
The war in Virginia - Officers and men of Meade's army discovering unb...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 17, no. 424 (1863 Nov. 14), p. 120.
Pickets of the First Louisiana "Native Guard" guarding the New Orleans...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 7, p. 369.
Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism. An aesthetic reception / fro...
Oscar Wilde at an "aesthetic reception". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1882 Jan. 21, p. 381.
[Franconia Notch and Echo Lake from artist's bluff, White Mts., N.H.]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky applying makeup to an artist before a pe...
Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Office of War Information poster. Poster distributed by the OWI at pub...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Ready to go is the hug...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. The Arsenal of Democra...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Production. Airplane manufacture, general. At the Inglewood, Californi...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carol Jackson, Hinton artist who created the Mountain Top Cemetery
The Mountain Top Cemetery comprises more than a thousand tombstones made of cardboard. Each is inscribed with the name of a stream buried under valley fill. Jackson has also created protest puppets and costumes... More
Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...
Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More
Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...
Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More
Lake front, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois in 1865 / taken from th...
Topographic drawing shows skyline across Lake Michigan. 34516 U.S. Copyright Office "J.W.O'B 1865" inscribed lower left of image. Not clear if drawn in 1865 or 1892, when copyrighted.
[Old studio of artist Hall, near Palenville, Catskill Mts., N.Y.]
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[Artist working on portrait of woman]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Polish artist Władysław T. Benda with his masks
A man in a suit holding a mirror over a table with masks on it, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General informati... More
PRESIDENT BUYS ANNUAL SUPPLY OF XMAS SEALS. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER ...
Two men and a woman standing in front of a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colored statue, work of Cimarron, New Mexico, artist
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A young boy is painting on a canvas, New Jersey. Farm Security Adminis...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Helena Rubinstein, 655 5th Ave., New York City. Close-up of make-up ar...
Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Helena Rubinstein, 655 5th Ave., New York City. Elevator lobby mural w...
Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified soldier in Union infantry uniform and Volunteer Maine Mi...
Case: Leather; unique geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Picket Post, Fredericksburg, Va., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More
Franconia Notch from artist's bluff, White Mts., N.H.
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Akio Matsumoto, commercial artist, [Manzanar] Relocation Center / phot...
Akio Matsumoto, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front, painting sign. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-40-Ax. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-196... More
The plantation police or home-guard examining Negro passes on the leve...
Illustration showing a guard with a lantern checking the passes of African American men traveling on a levee road at night. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 406 (1863 July 11), p. 252.
Grant's campaign south of the James--reinforcements to General Warren ...
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Brandy Station], [Virginia]. Alfred R. Waud, artist for "Harper's Wee...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The invasion of Maryland--capture of a train on the Philadelphia, Wilm...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 30, p. 289.
Mural by artist Stylle Read inside the Stockyards Visitor Information ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The arrival of railroads in 1876 made Fort Worth an important livestock center. Fort Worth Union Stockyards opened for... More
Electric Institute of Washington. Copy of artist's drawing for June br...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deterioration level 5, ca. 1992.Joe Jones, artist. Saint Louis, Missou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Two children sitting at a table drinking from cups, New Jersey. Farm S...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Assembly workers are n...
Public domain photograph of building construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy ...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking the finished ...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York City - the Sioux Chief, Red Cloud, in the Great Hall of the C...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1870 July 2, p. 241. Title transcribed from item.
[African American man, full-length portrait, facing right] / photograp...
Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV100; contraband. Two one-cent tax stamps on back of the mount. "EE1083" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.172)
[Samuel W. Doble of Company D, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, with drum...
Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Frame: Berg, no. 7-55. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More
[Samuel W. Doble of Company D, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, with drum...
Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Frame: Berg, no. 7-55. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More
General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an office...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 15, p. 373. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fire next door to Willard's Hotel, Washington, D.C. Ellsworth's New Yo...
Engraving showing building on fire next to Willard Hotel; Ellworth's New York fire Zouaves firefighters in action with fire pumps and hoses; crowd gathered on street watching flames pouring from windows and roo... More
The war on the Mississippi River - night expedition to island no. 10 ....
Print shows Union troops spiking Confederate guns on Island No. 10 at night during a violent storm. Caption continues: Spiking a Rebel battery by a detachment of National soldiers and sailors, under Colonel Ro... More
New military road near the Chain Bridge, Virginia / From a sketch by o...
Illustration shows covered wagons moving along the military road across Chain Bridge with soldiers in the foreground. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. XIII, no. 321 (1862 January 18), p. 133.
Displays aviation drawings at Smithsonian. Washington, D.C., May 4. Mi...
A black and white photo of a woman holding a drawing. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The American Red Cross painting that was presented to the French Gover...
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Group title: Posters, Paintings. Used in: R.C. Bul. Nov. 24, 19. Fine Arts M... More
"America's typical boy" has birdhouse exhibit in Washington. Barrett o...
A young boy holding a birdhouse in his hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Artist painting portrait of unidentified man]
A man standing next to a painting of a man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Radburn, New Jersey, a privately financed model town which furnished s...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children group portrait, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a statue of a woman. Great Depression Era, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
"Open the doors," says Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist, to Manager S...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Colonel Lemuel Bolles,...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dennis McCarthy, public relations artist, at work on a bond drive post...
Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...
Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Helena Rubinstein, 655 5th Ave. Make-up artist
Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skedaddlers Hall, Harrisons Landing
Signed lower right: Waud. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed lower left: Sk[etch in Sutlers's] store Excelsior Brigade July 3rd. Note that the figure seated to the left of the doorway bears a close resembla... More
[Samuel W. Doble of Company D, 12th Maine Infantry Regiment, with drum...
Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Frame: Berg, no. 7-55. Additional information in collections file. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More
The new batteries erected on Morris Island for the defence of Charlest...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 30, p. 293.
Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi, lately held by the rebel General B...
Soldiers on railroad tracks in front of Corinth, Mississippi; bridge on fire. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 14, no. 350 (1862 June 21), p. 184.
Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism / from sketches by a staff ar...
Two portraits of Oscar Wilde, titled "Let me tell you the reason why we love the lily and the sunflower", and "Satire is the romance whic ignorance pays to genius". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspap... More
A black and white photo of a group of dogs laying on the floor. Great ...
This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More
Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy ...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The four freedoms. The panel is part of an exhibit prepared for the Of...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Serving punch during an evening party at the home of ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Folk artist Bennie Carter (1st cousin of photographer Carol M. Highsmi...
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
C.T. Hibino, artist, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel ...
C.T. Hibino, artist, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding paintbrush and palette, in front of large painting. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original ne... More