beauty

Risshun, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a veranda, turned to look at a woman standing in a doorway. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Kisaragi, Isoda Koryūsai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and woman at a low table in a room with open window and view of the landscape; the woman is resting her head on her arms on the table. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Yūjo zu, Shunsh Katsukawa - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms par... More

Matsubaya uchi somenosuke, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Somenosuke of Matsuba-ya, a courtesan, full-length, seated, facing right, with an apprentice helping her put on a kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Kesagozen, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a domestic scene with a man sitting on the floor holding writing implements and Kesa Gozen standing nearby, her hair down, having just washed it, hanging a piece of cloth to dry, also a washbasin ne... More

Santō Kyōden - Sakazuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and woman seated on the floor, a shamisen between them, a child climbing on the man's back, the woman holding a cup; standing behind them is a woman with many hairpins. Title and other descrip... More

Ōmando ogie oiyo takeji - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women entertainers (geishas) getting dressed for a festival; tall paper lantern in the foreground on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More

Hibachi, Eishōsai Chōki - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a woman, a "devoted housewife" sitting next to a brazier. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. ... More

Hana, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree branch with blossoms, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, holding a handkerchief next to her right eye, looking at a mirror or pict... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Kuruwa no hana shin modorikago

Print shows two men standing next to a flower cart. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blossoms of ... More

Tennō gosairei no keshiki, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, holding an infant, looking at a lantern illuminating the emperor's procession on the lamp shade. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Sleeping beauty - Public domain portrait print

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as a sleeping Swiss guard of the "Public Funds", being overtaken by trees and cobwebs, two dogs are also asleep at this feet. A building on the right labeled "Public Funds" is being... More

The maid of the summer surf / Leon V. Solon.

Illustration shows a woman wearing a swimsuit, standing on a large fish that is splashing through waves. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1788 (1911 June 7), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Plenty of speed, but no control / W.E. Hill '13.

Illustration shows four fashionably dressed young women gathered around a well-dressed man. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1909 (1913 October 1), cover. Copyright 1913 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Christmas Puck / W.E. Hill '13., Puck magazine cover

Illustration shows an anxious snowman standing between two beautiful young women wearing clown costumes and holding mistletoe over their heads during an evening snow shower. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1918 (1... More

The eyes have it / Rolf Armstrong 1914 ; painted by Rolf Armstrong.

Illustration shows a bust portrait of a young woman, facing front, juxtaposed to a vibrant night-life scene in a city.

Memories / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows an elderly businessman with his eyes closed dreaming or reminiscing of past affairs with young women who are clustered around and on his head, speaking in his right ear and caressing his chee... More

Watchful weighting / Goldbeck ; painted by W.D. Goldbeck.

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman sitting on a board extending beyond the side of a small sailboat, providing counterweight while manning the sail. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1952 (1914 August 1), co... More

Bathing beach beauty contest, 1920, Eliz. Margaret Williams & Eliz. Ro...

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Beauty show, 8/5/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Beauty show, 1922, [8/5/22] - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman in a short dress standing next to a man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frank "Beauty" McGowan, Philadelphia AL (baseball)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, baseball player, baseball field, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A forgotten corner where beauty still lingers, New Orleans

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emile's Beauty Shop, 82 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre, Long Island...

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

Emile's Beauty Shop, 82 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre, Long Island...

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

Spectators at beauty contest held during July 4th celebration at Salis...

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

Detroit, Michigan. Women drying their hair in the beauty shop at the C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Louisville, Kentucky. Virginia Lively used to be a beauty operator. To...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elsa Mantilla, backstage, helping beauty pageant contestants with thei...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Elsa Mantilla, backstage, helping beauty pageant contestants with thei...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Several beauty pageant contestants (wearing evening gowns) stand on st...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Several beauty pageant contestants (wearing evening gowns) stand on st...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Several beauty pageant contestants (wearing evening gowns) stand on st...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast: medley overture

Come out Dinah on the green--Three women to every man--A little boy in blue--Katy did--Tell me dusky maiden--My princess Zulu Lulu. (Content) Copyright MCMII, by Howley Haviland & Dresser, NY (Copyright) Songs ... More

A daughter of the south - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows the head and shoulders of a young woman, facing right. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 43:6 (July 31, 19... More

A daughter of the south - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows the head and shoulders of a young woman, facing right. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 43:6 (July 31, 19... More

The American beauty - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young woman, bust portrait, facing slightly left. B2724 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0119

Uwaki no sō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman with combs in her hair and a shawl draped over her bare shoulders, exposing her breasts. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Bathing Beauty Pageant, 1925, Huntington Beach, Calif.

J279133 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; M. F. Weaver; September 16, 1925. Copyright claimant's address: L[os] A[ngeles]. No. 4144-1.

Okumura masanobu no kakejiku o miru yūjo

Print shows an interior scene with two courtesans admiring a screen painting of an actor or beautiful woman by the painter Okumura Masanobu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

[A beauty with an umbrella], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows the actor Nakamura Sanya as a young woman standing beneath an umbrella, wearing a head covering and geta. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Engawa no wakai danjo, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Chuban Nishikie. Signed Suzuki Harunobu. Modern Reproduction, but apparently NOT ba... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Yukidama o tsukuru musume

Print shows a young woman, wearing high geta and a kimono with hat designs, rolling a large snowball. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Hagi no tamagawa, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a lantern, looking at bushclover on the banks of the Tama River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Baika no nijo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

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

Fujidana no sanbijin, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows three women and a young boy walking beneath a wisteria arbor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel from a set... More

Matsubaya uchi Utahime, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Utahime, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae Nishik... More

Naniwaya okita, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Naniwaya Okita, a teahouse waitress, half-length portrait, turned to the left, carrying a bowl on a tray. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Sotoori hime, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain print

Print shows the princess Sotoori catching a spider with a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Yatsuhi sanpukutsui : ... More

Chōkōsai Eisho - Tsuruya uchi tsurunou - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a courtesan with two attendants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Seirō bijin awase : A series of beauties... More

Ōgiya yūgiri, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Yugiri, a courtesan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with large fan on the left showing bust portrait of a woman wearing a large hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

[Two Japanese women, full-length studio portrait with backdrop, facing...

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

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Woman in black evening dress] - Public domain print

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Widow and her Friends. New York : R.H. Russell, 1901. Exhibited: "The Gibs... More

Puck magazine cover - Puck Christmas 1909 / Gordon Grant.

Illustration shows a Christmas present box filled with beautiful female faces. Illus. in: Puck, v. 66, no. 1709 (1909 December 1), cover. Copyright 1909 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Christmas Puck / Gordon Ross. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman wearing a large red and green hat, standing among mistletoe, in the snow; in a frame with elves on each side at the base. Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. 1762 (1910 Decem... More

Meet me at the station / W.E. Hill '11.

Illustration shows a young woman, seated, left profile, wearing a large hat. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1793 (1911 July 12), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

"Nobody home!" / F. Earl Christy.

Illustration shows a bust portrait of a beautiful young woman, facing front, wearing a hat and large calla lily collar, with a seemingly vacant stare. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1963 (1914 October 17), cover.... More

My son, you are following beauty with your eyes shut

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Key of the Fields" by Henry Milner Rideout, Saturday evening post, 188:3 (May 6, 1916).

Turks have great respect for the dead and for this reason their cemete...

Filed in: Turkey General. No. RC-2809. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Potomac Electric Power Co. air conditioning and lighting. Emile's beau...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Saves drowning man. Miss Leona Davis of 806 C St., S.E., Wash., beauty...

A woman standing on a sidewalk holding a helmet. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Long Beach, California, Bathing Beauty Parade, 1927

J292960 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; M. F. Weaver; October 26, 1928. Copyright claimant's address: L[os] A[ngeles]. No. 6461-1.

Florists send basket of Dahlias to President Hoover. The Florist's Tel...

A man in a suit standing next to a vase of flowers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This structure is fairly typical of the kind of accomodations provided...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Emile's Beauty Shop, 82 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre, Long Island...

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

Emile's Beauty Shop, 82 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre, Long Island...

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

Spectators at beauty contest held during July 4th celebration at Salis...

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

Dante Electric Company, Bantam, Connecticut. The shop is busy, so Anna...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Government hotel for Negro women war workers. The spacious lounge of t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

C.A. Rowell, business in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Beauty parlor opera...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elsa Mantilla, backstage, helping beauty pageant contestants with thei...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Elsa Mantilla, backstage, helping beauty pageant contestants with thei...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Elsa Mantilla, backstage, helping beauty pageant contestants with thei...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual banquet and beauty pageant sponsored by "The Dominicans of New Jersey," held at "The Fiesta," Route 17, Woodridge, New Jersey.

Beauty of the Atlantic - Public domain print

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0518

Amelia - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young woman, full-length portrait, facing left, seated in a parlor, with a framed print of "Washington's Reception by the Ladies" on the wall in the background. Entered according to act of Congre... More

Shine on, in beauty! Ballad - Public domain American music sheet

Fresh in beauty - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Kiyonobu Torii - [Two lovers under an umbrella]

Print shows a man and a woman, full-length, walking beneath an umbrella. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.

Kiyohiro Torii - [The harmonic couple] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a flute, beneath a blossoming tree. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kiyomitsu Torii - [Beauties from Fukagawa] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several women and various architectural elements at the Fukagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ichimura uzaemon no osugi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a young woman, Osugi, holding a tobacco pipe and tray of tobacco. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri... More

Shigemasa Kitao - Koto o hiku kanjo

Print shows a woman playing a koto. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Benizurie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More

Hotarugari, Eishōsai Chōki - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows a woman holding a fan and a firefly cage, with a young girl catching fireflies next to a pond. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

Yuri o motsu yamauba to kintarō

Print shows Yamauba, leaning slightly forward, holding chestnuts, with Kintarō standing in front of her, holding onto her kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pr... More

Ōgiya takihashi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows Takihashi, a courtesan, full-length, standing, facing left, with several large hairpins. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

L'Amérique, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a young Native American maiden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a fur and fabric robe, a feathered headdress, a quiver and bow; the early form of the allegorical figure representi... More

Ryōgoku no hanabi - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding folded papers, possibly a letter, with wall-hanging showing scene of fireworks bursting above a bridge.

Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku - Public domain image related to music prf...

Print shows a woman playing a small stringed instrument (like a biwa) with a large bow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: left p... More

Tōsei fū, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a teapot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: E... More

François Gregoire & Co. enamel of America for beautifying and preservi...

Print shows an advertising broadsheet for "François Gregoire & Co.", with a female figure as Columbia holding an American Flag that is labeled "Enamel of America". Stamped on upper and lower left: From the fil... More

River of Beauty - Engraving, Public domain image

Music cover showing man and woman in boat, with man rowing and woman playing a guitar, on stream with mountains in background. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Scenes. Title and other information transcri... More

Atlantic City "beauty contest"?

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

Miss Philadelphia. -- Ruth Malcolmson - Public domain portrait photogr...

A woman sitting on the grass with a fan. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puck magazine cover - The cloud ballet / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows three old men sitting on a stonewall watching the clouds form beautiful ballerinas dancing a ballet. Illus. in: Puck, v. 70, no. 1810 (1911 November 8), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

"Am I about right?" / Bert Green.

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman holding a mirror, sitting on the floor next to containers of cosmetics. Illus. in: Puck, v. 70, no. 1804 (1911 September 27), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Hand painted / W.E. Hill 1912. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman wearing a large hat, a red shawl, and make-up. Illus. in: Puck, v. 71, no. 1825 (1912 February 21), cover. Copyright 1912 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

A self-starter / W. Barribal ; painted by W.H. Barribal, of London.

Illustration shows a young woman sitting behind the steering wheel of an automobile.

Beauty show, 1922, [8/5/22] - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman in a short dress standing next to a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description