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Asia, ěst nor ashkharhagrakan znnutʻeantsʻ : pʻoragreal i Vēnētik i Va...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In Armenian. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes ill. in title cartouche. LC copy torn at edges, fold-lined at ce... More

Asia according to the best authorities.

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. At upper right: 51. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Stoliarnoe proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie palochek dlia potolkov (vassate...

Photograph shows a man cutting poles for ceilings. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 21. "Vassaterash" translated from Persian as: cutting ceiling laths.

China, South Kiangsu Province, Soochow, Great Pagoda - Frank G. Carpen...

Refugees who have just left ships bringing them from Asia Minor to Sal...

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC-33855. On mount: Fires, Smyrna, 1922; Refugees, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

This booted and overalled young man is an Aleut. He clearly shows his ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southwest Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings. "504679 11-80 (544991)." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes glossary.

Ethnic groups in southern Soviet Union and neighboring Middle Eastern ...

"11-86." Includes notes. "708786 (B00254)." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Caucasus and Central Asia. - Public domain map

"802559AI (R00455) 1-00." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes note.

East Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

"803065AI (R00732) 5-04." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡ : tuzemnoe naselenie ...

The illustrations are 491 mounted photographs. "Vidy iz Kokanskago khanstva sni︠a︡tye ... G.E. Kryvt︠s︡ovym": last 7 plates (15 photographs) Produced in 7 copies? Collection has been digitized and is available ... More

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡ : tuzemnoe naselenie ...

[Camel, loaded with sacks, lying in field of sacks]

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

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Priezd Evreev iz Bukhary v g. Kazalinsk

Photograph shows the arrival of Jews from Bukhara to the city of Kazalinsk (Qazaly). Man standing with loaded camels in front of building. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1... More

Shelekovoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie berd (tikh bendi)

Photograph shows a man preparing silk reed. "Tikh bendi" translated as the Persian expression: fastening reed. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 7.

Map of central Asia on the basis of the surveys made by British and Ru...

Relief shown by hachures. From Science, May 1, 1885. "Reproduced from map issued by the Great trigonometric survey of India." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

China - [Pagoda] on the Great Wall at Shan-Hai-Kwan

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Pagodas; China Gt. Wall; China S-; G... More

South Asia. 10-63. - Public domain geographic map

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

"802913AI (R02105) 6-02." Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Imperfect: Rubber-stamped, annotated in ink. Includes note.

Vietnam, Cambodia, Kent, Augusta & Jackson ... March May 30, Memorial ...

Poster showing text. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, ...

A woman standing in front of a thatched hut. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of SE Asia, Dutch East Indies, & Philippines]

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Kirgizskaia dorozhnaia kibitka. Dzhulani [sic...

Photograph shows men, their belongings, a camel and a horse by a kibitka, or yurt. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 92. "Dzhulani [sic.]" translat... More

Khlopkovoe proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie kudeli (pil'tesazi)

Photograph shows a woman in traditional dress, seated on the ground, preparing tow flax with the assistance of a wooden apparatus. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 1.

Central Asia : / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1885 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Include inset showing the area in the bigg... More

These villagers of Asia Minor were driven into the mountains near thei...

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC-33891. On mount: Fires, Smyrna; Refugees, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Refugees from Asia Minor, Greece

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC-33872. On mount: Fires, Smyrna; Refugees, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Asia Minor. Ephesus, the Great Theatre

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

Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.

Includes note. "800791 (545524) 8-86." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Southwest Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows the area eastward from Egypt/Sudan to Indian and southward from Soviet Union to Oman. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "800646 (545543) 5-86."

Sittsenabivnoe proizvodstvo. Obraztsy shtambov sic (kalibkhai chitgari...

Photograph shows stamps used for printing chit, a white cotton fabric. "Kalibkhai chitgari" translated as the Persian expression for: stamps for chit, white cotton fabric. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast... More

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ promyslovai︠a︡ : u tuzemnago naselenīi︠a︡...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the Russian Empire, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ promyslovai︠a︡ : u tuzemnago naselenīi︠a︡...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shelekovoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie nitchenok (giul' aberdar)

Photograph shows a man preparing a design with silk thread. "Giul' aberdar" translated as the Persian expression: preparing a design. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 7.

Zemledielie. Pakhota (shutgar [sic])

Photograph shows a man plowing a field with a team of oxen. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 33. "Shurgar" translated from Persian as: ploughing field.

Siedel'nye ubory Sredneaziiattsev. Siedel'nyi ubor (aspi dzhabduknak)

Photograph shows a man holding a horse wearing a decorative saddle gear. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 56. "Aspi-dzhabduknak" translated from Turkish... More

[Camel, loaded with sacks, lying in field of sacks]

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

[Dreamland Park, Air Ship Building, Coney Island, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Map of eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and western Persia (ethnographica...

"Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910" "Railways inserted November, 1917" "G.S.G.S. No. 2901" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Christian refugees from Asia Minor

Photograph shows refugees from Samsun, Turkey in train cars at Patras, Greece, starting their journey to the interior. (Source: Caption for similar image in "History's Greatest Trek," National Geographic Magazi... More

Globe of the world. Asia and Africa II

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Hindu, India, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southeast Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by shading. "802914AI (RO2106) 6-02." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Portrait of a superspreader : spread of SARS from the Metropole Hotel ...

"MPG 764195AI (R00602) 8-03". At head of title: Figure 2. From: SARS : down but still a threat / prepared under the auspices of Karen Monaghan, 2003. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Plank walkway in Big Thicket National Preserve, a U.S. Park Service ar...

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 Ph... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Ėti︠u︡d v m. Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand, color se...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 13.... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Khlopkovoe proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie osnovy dlia tkanei iz khlopka (...

Photograph shows two men preparing a warp for cotton cloth. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 2.

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡ / po raspori︠a︡zheni...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Religioznye obriady i obychai Tadzhikov. Sekta "Dzhakhrie"

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 65.

Seat of the war in Asia, map of Afghanistan.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Southwest Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

"802498 (545025) 12-96." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shows Middle East and vicinity. Area covers eastward from Egypt to India and southward from Kazakstan to Mozambique.

The Caucasus and Central Asia. - Public domain map

Shows countries by area tints, capitals, and other major cities. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "803398AI (G02347) 6-09." Includes note.

Oil and gas infrastructure in the Caspian Sea region : March 2012.

Shows oilfields, gasfields, pipelines, refineries, contract concession areas, tanker terminals, and offshore prospect areas. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by contours and gradient tints. "803519AI (G024... More

New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California

This area was originally Los Angeles' Little Italy. In the 1920s and 30s, the Chinese moved in. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California ... More

Hive siyāḥatnāmesi ve tārīhi. Travel descriptions.

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

The Far East in America - stately pagoda-roofed gateway to "Fair Japan...

H53717 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tipy narodnosteĭ Sredneĭ Azīi. - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show portraits of men and women from Central Asia. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Asia Historic map, Library of Congress

General-content map of Asia. Relief shown by hachures. Title from upper left. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, foxed, possibly removed from atlas. Includes statements of attribution in lower margin. Available als... More

Zōjōji tō akabane, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view from near the top of a pagoda with river, bridge, and temple in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Tsyganki (Mazang). Begim-ai kra...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of a Mazang gypsy woman. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 23.

Shelkovoe proizvodstvo. Razmotka shelka dlia utoka (charkha)

Photograph shows a man unwinding silk for the weft. 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... More

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Chtenie Korana (Khotli [sic] Kuran)

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the Russian Empire, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

A map of the countries between Constantinople and Calcutta : including...

Shows railroads, submarine telegraphs, and boundaries of British possessions colored in red. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Stanford's Geogl. Establ." Includes distance table between cities in Brit... More

Tower of Kiyomori, Hiogo - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph shows a stone pagoda erected in memory of Taira Kiyomori, in Hyōgo. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in the upper right and a fountain in the lower left. No. A402. Illus. in album: Japa... More

Refugees from Asia Minor, Greece

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC-33874. On mount: Fires, Smyrna, 1922; Refugees, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

South Asia, oil and gas prospects. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:25,000,000. "503509 10-77 (543493)." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.

"504554 (545524) 1-81." Includes note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy fold-lined.

Southwest Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

"802452 (R02093) 3-96." Shows the area eastward from Black Sea to Pakistan and southward from Kazakstan to Oman. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

[Cotton gin (?), in interior of mill, probably in Tashkent]

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

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡ / po raspori︠a︡zheni...

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

Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes, ill., and cartouche with text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Fold-lined. LC copy imperfect: Margin in upper and lower left ... More

Modern Asia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. "Pubd. as the Act directs August 13th, 1796 by J. Wilks." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Beautifully carved marble pagoda, on the site of an old Buddhist monas...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Pagodas; Ph. Ind.

[Cotton textile mill interior, probably in Tashkent]

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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Photo shows Horyuji, a temple in Ikarga, Japan. The pagoda, constructed in the 7th century, is considered one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world.

Refugees from Asia Minor (before 1920)

Filed in: Greece Refugees. No. RC-33874. On mount: Fires, Smyrna, 1922; Refugees, Greece. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

The Far East and adjoining areas / - Public domain map

Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Insets: Indian Ocean -- Pacific Ocean -- Solomon Islands.

South Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

"801777 (B01345) 3-93." Covers the area north to Tajikistan and western China, south to Sri Lanka, west to Afghanistan, and east to Burma. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tint... More

Southwest Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "802724AI (R02093) 12-00."

East Asia and Oceania. - Public domain map

Shows the area west to Pakistan, east to California, north to Alaska, and south to New Zealand. "802861 (A04678) 4-02." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The Caucasus and Central Asia. - Public domain map

"802996AI (C00678) 7-03." Includes note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Southeast Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes explanatory note. "802995AI (RO2106) 7-03."

Southern Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Covers Asia eastward from Turkey to Japan, and southward from southern Russia to Australia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "803064AI (R00941) 5-04."

Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, docu... More

[Cotton textile mill interior with machines producing cotton thread, p...

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The pagoda / Bertha Lum. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pagoda with reflection in body of water in foreground. Signed in pencil on border.

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ promyslovai︠a︡ : u tuzemnago naselenīi︠a︡...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tipy narodnosteĭ Sredneĭ Azīi. - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show portraits of men and women from Central Asia. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries : drawn fr...

Relief shown pictorially. Has ornamental cartouche. From: Bowen's A complete system of geography. London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware [etc.], 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ... More

Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Araby. Mulla-Abubekr

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 28.

Portrait photo of Obshchestvennyia uveseleniia Sredneaziiatsev. Muzyka...

Photograph shows a man playing a long necked instrument called a karnay. The caption for this image is incorrect. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 82.

Melochnaia torgovlia. Melochnaia lavka (bakkal')

Photograph shows a stall selling a variety of items. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 122. "Bakkal'" is translated from Arabic as "store."

Mainland southeast Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

"801408 (AO1867) 10-89." Covers the area from Mandalay, Burma eastward to Wuzhou, China and from the west section of Yangtze River southward to northern parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. Available also through t... More