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The birds of America; from original drawings ...

The birds of America; from original drawings ...

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

[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its claw and a serpent in its beak with motto "The early bird catches the worm" below]

[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its ...

Addressed to Mrs. Sarah Ann Prall, Christianna, Lancaster County, Pa.; hand-canceled; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation: Post master, please forward soon. 1[?]th Penna. Regt. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More

Quail: or Virginia partridge - Engraving, Public domain image

Quail: or Virginia partridge - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5410

Summer or Wood Duck - Public domain  engraving

Summer or Wood Duck - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: Elephant Folio, Vol. III, Pl. 206. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Red-winged blackbird. Agelaius phœniceus vieill. 1. Male. 2. Female

Red-winged blackbird. Agelaius phœniceus vieill. 1. Male. 2. Female

Print shows male and female Red-wing Blackbirds, full-length, with the male facing right and the female facing left, perched on tree branch. E14016 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright st... More

Zeichnet 4. Kriegsanleihe / HL.

Zeichnet 4. Kriegsanleihe / HL.

Poster shows the doubled-headed Austrian eagle, holding a sword in its talons.Text announces the fourth war bond drive. From: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornucopia next to an eagle with a snake in its beak, and with a verse from a song]

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornuco...

Addressed to Miss Julia A. Barnes, Granville, Bradford Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Verse from song Starry Flag by John Savage: We must keep that flag where it e'er has stood; In front of the free, the wise, ... More

Prairie hen. Cupidonia cupido. 1. Male. 2. Female

Prairie hen. Cupidonia cupido. 1. Male. 2. Female

Print shows two "Prairie hen" full-length. "1. Male" on the right, and "2. Female" on the left. E14013 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Print... More

Ice bird - Print, Library of Congress collection

Ice bird - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Birds. Pr... More

Uzura hibari, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Uzura hibari, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a meadowlark and two quail among bushes on the ground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Momo chidori kyōka... More

Wild turkey - Print, Library of Congress collection

Wild turkey - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a "Wild turkey", full-length, left profile, with a partial sketch of the head. C8753 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Printed on ... More

Yuki yanagi ni karasu - Public domain  drawing

Yuki yanagi ni karasu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a blackbird (raven or crow) perched on a snow-covered branch. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Copy of print by Koson. Form... More

[Reproduction of print showing Goose tree]

[Reproduction of print showing Goose tree]

Photograph of a woodcut in John Gerard, The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, London, 1597 On slide (handwritten): "Goose plant, Des, in Gerardm Her." Also, red seal sticker. On slide (printed): Red outl... More

I'm a slave also, because I cannot escape!

I'm a slave also, because I cannot escape!

Print shows an African American man looking at a parrot chained to a perch. In the background other birds fly freely.

Piffle's ABC book of funny animals

Piffle's ABC book of funny animals

Also available in digital form.

Great Horned Owl - Public domain scan of engraving

Great Horned Owl - Public domain scan of engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838 (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 61. Not in file - 12/2/94. This recor... More

E pluribus unum / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C.

E pluribus unum / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C.

Print shows the great seal of the United States; a bald eagle clutching an olive branch in the claw on the left and thirteen arrows in the claw on the right, on its breast is a shield with chief of blue and wit... More

1 sheet poultry no. 73 - Drawing. Public domain image.

1 sheet poultry no. 73 - Drawing. Public domain image.

3706 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. Courier Lith. Co., lit... More

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Drawing. Public domain image.

A bad egg. Fuss and feathers - Drawing. Public domain image.

Whig presidential candidate Winfield Scott is pictured as a fighting cock with human attributes. The cock wears fringed military epaulets, a sword, spurs, and a plumed hat. He is just emerged from an egg marked... More

[Birds, nests and eggs] / drawn from nature by A. Wilson ; engraved by A. Lawson.

[Birds, nests and eggs] / drawn from nature by A. Wilson ; engraved by...

Scientific illustration of mockingbird, hummingbird, and touché bunting, their nests and eggs.

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More

The game cock / el gallo de pelea: in full feather

The game cock / el gallo de pelea: in full feather

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great horned owl. Bubo virginianus bon

Great horned owl. Bubo virginianus bon

Print shows a "Great horned owl" perched on the end of a branch, full-length, facing front. E10743 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Printed o... More

What care we for wind or weather, so long as we two can be together

What care we for wind or weather, so long as we two can be together

G6973 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. T.G.S.B., copyright c... More

Birds of the world An illustrated natural history in popular style with 100 candid photos : A New York City, W.P.A. Federal Writers' Project book : American guide series.

Birds of the world An illustrated natural history in popular style wit...

Poster advertising WPA Federal Writers' Project illustrated guide to natural history of birds of the world. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congres... More

Ruffed grouse - peasant i.e., pheasant or partridge

Ruffed grouse - peasant i.e., pheasant or partridge

Print shows two ruffed grouse standing on the shore of a marsh in the forest; not to be confused with pheasants or partridges. B4525 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item... More

A turkey placed in the center of the image with chickens in front and a mallard duck sitting in front of the chickens

A turkey placed in the center of the image with chickens in front and ...

7145 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. Strobridge Lith. Co., ... More

Frescoe at Pompeii showing a parrot pulling a chariot driven by a cricket

Frescoe at Pompeii showing a parrot pulling a chariot driven by a cric...

Lenghi no. 5178-7. Stamped on verso: Geo. L. Bradley collection. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress). Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (Library of Congress).

Be not wise in thine own eyes - Engraving, Public domain image

Be not wise in thine own eyes - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0563

Golden eagle - Print, Library of Congress collection

Golden eagle - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a right side view of a "Golden eagle" perched on a rock, full-length, standing; also shows, on the left, line drawings of the beak and talon. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. ... More

American Crow - Public domain  engraving

American Crow - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vols. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. II, Pl. 156. This record contains unverifi... More

Indigo Bird - Public domain  engraving

Indigo Bird - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 74. This record contains unverified,... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and snake coiled around Confederate flag in its beak]

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and ...

Addressed to Mrs. A.C. Elsbree, Lewis Centre, Delaware Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing eagle in flight carrying American flag in beak]

[Civil War envelope showing eagle in flight carrying American flag in ...

Addressed to Hiram L. Warner, Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Killbuck, N.Y., Jun. 17. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

Booth Cotton Mills - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Booth Cotton Mills - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Manufacturing label illustrated with rooster. LOT subject: Textile industry and fabrics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by W. H. Forbes.