North America, and the West Indies; a new map, wherein the British Emp...
Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, "Extract of the treaties of peace, proclamations &c. relative to America & the West Indies," "A particular map of Baffin... More
Ocean liners: OLYMPIC - maiden voyage
Side view, with bow to right, launched at Belfast, northern Ireland. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card traci... More
Sir E. Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows arctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham... More
Sir E. Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Katie Sandwina, the Lady Hercules (holding up three men)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Lady Diana Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
OLYMPIC and TITANIC - view of bows [in shipyard construction scaffoldi...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Industry Boats 1909-1911; Ships (2); Shipya... More
C.A. Arthur as "Bearded Lady" - Society Circus, Long Branch
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
British Strike - coal ships tied tied up at Cardiff
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Clyve Bayley and wife
Photograph shows British Consul General in New York, Clive Bayley and his wife Constance Ricardo aboard the "New York" liner from Liverpool. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by th... More
British ambulance drivers, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Elsie Knocker,the Baroness de T'Serclaes (1884-1978) and Mairi Chisholm (1896-1981) (left) in their ambulance driver uniforms and helmets at the window of their billet in Pervijze (Pervyse), We... More
Hotel Del Coronado, 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, San Diego County, CA
Significance: The Hotel Del Coronado, designed by James W. and Merrit Reid, in 1887, stands as a monument to luxurious resort guesting of the past and present. The hotel has hosted many notable guests including... More
Lloyd George, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British Liberal Party statesman David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945) who served as Prime Minister from 1916-1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from da... More
Lady de Blaquiere, in auto, during Bath Pageant
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, George Grantham Bain Collection
English suffragist and political activist Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), leader of the British women's suffrage movement. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title and date from data provided by the Bain Ne... More
Sinking of British ships, HOGUE and ABOUKIR.
Ships sunk by the noted German raider U-9, commanded by Capt. Weddingen, with inset photo of Capt. Lt. Otto Eduard Weddingen, 1880-1915. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card... More
Gen. Sir Henry S. Horne
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Hebrew University and Lord Balfour's visit. Arab protest; black flags ...
Public domain photograph of church or mosque building, Jerusalem, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward S. Curtis - Launching the whale boat--Cape Prince of Wales
Eskimos launching whale boat. J299964 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl. v. 20, pl. 707.
British Empire throughout the world exhibited in one view.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Benjamin Disraeli, three-quarter length, seated, facing right]
Photo by Bain News Service. Photograph of a halftone. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
[RMS Lusitania, New York City, September 1907, stern-side view, during...
Title from caption card data and item. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Bandages from kit of British Dog
Photograph shows man getting bandages from a dog, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bai... More
British at Etaples, Feb. 1915
Photograph shows British soldier bathing at Étaples, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: ... More
English women finishing a 9.2 shell
Photograph shows women workers inspecting 9.2 explosive shells in a factory during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photogra... More
Sir Youssouf Sadik Pasha
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord Rothschild, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Detail of this image was published in The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, p... More
[Sir W.H. Beveridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Lady Diane Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Lady Eliz. Bowes-Lyon
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
[Sir James M. Barrie, author, half-length portrait, standing, facing l...
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph from the Gilliam Press. No. B32.
Dorothy Cambell, George Grantham Bain Collection
Dorothy Cambell, British golf champion, holding golf club. George Grantham Bain Collection.
Mata Hari (Lady Macleod)
Photograph shows Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod (1876-1917), known by the stage name Mata Hari, exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons... More
Prince of Wales
Photograph shows Edward VIII (1894-1972), later the Duke of Windsor who was later King of the United Kingdom in 1936.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Princess Mary, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bai... More
Sir J.J. Thomson, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
Edith Cavell, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British nurse Edith Louisa Cavell (1865-1915) a British nurse who was executed by the German forces during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013). Title from data provided by the B... More
Mrs. Pankhurst in Wall St
Photo shows a woman suffrage meeting in New York City, where British suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst addressed a crowd near the Subtreasury Building on Wall Street, New York City, on November 27, 1911. (So... More
British enter Lille, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British soldiers of the 8th Battalion (Liverpool Regiment) with a French boy, entering Lille, France on October 18, 1918 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from da... More
Lady Lavery, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows Lady Hazel Martyn Lavery (1880-1935) dressed as Flora in Botticelli's painting, The Spring. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the n... More
Lady Diane Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Christening of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
Photograph shows members of the British family, identified on negative: standing, (l-r): Duke of Connaught, H.M. the King, Duke of York, Earl of Strathmore. Seated (l-r): [Lady] Elphinstone, H.M. the Queen, Du... More
Admiral Jellicoe, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellico (1859-1935) who served in the British Royal Navy during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title and date from data provided by the Bain... More
The Jews the world over love liberty, have fought for it & will fight ...
Poster shows a soldier cutting the bonds from a Jewish man, who strains to join a group of soldiers running in the distance and says, "You have cut my bonds and set me free - now let me help you set others free... More
British women ambulance drivers (before 1920)
Photograph shows female motor ambulance drivers with their vehicles, Étaples, France, 27 June 1917, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iwm.org... More
Sir Ernest Rutherford, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Lady Diana Manners, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
Lady Hadfield, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord de Freyne, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows Captain Arthur Reginald French, the 5th Baron de Freyne of Coolhaven (1879-1915), husband of Annabel Angus French. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Se... More
Hamenev i.e. Kamenev by Sheridan
Photograph shows a bust of Soviet politician Lev Kamenev (1883-1936) by British sculptor Clare Sheridan (1885-1970). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on t... More
Gen. F.S. Maude, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude (1864-1917) who served in Mesopotamia during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More
British Voluntary Aid detachment dressing station
Photograph shows a British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Dressing Station, Abbeville, France on June 27, 1917 during World War I.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image on Imp... More
Gen. Sir J. i.e. R. S.S. Baden-Powell
Photograph shows Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941), founder of the Boy Scout movement. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives. F... More
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930
Half lgth., seated, facing right. Photo by Bain News Service. LC-B2-5073-12 and LC-BT-5692-13 (Deteriorated). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection ... More
Bowles's new map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the ...
Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. "Publish'd as the Act directs 2. Jan. 1783." Includes historic notes. Insets: A particular map of Baffin and Hudson Bays [ca. 1:18,000,000]--A map of ... More
Leginska, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Ethel Leginska, born Liggins (1886-1970) who was a British pianist, music teacher, composer and conductor. Leginska is listening to a battery-powered radio. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 201... More
King George of England, in uniform
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Lady Conan Doyle, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Sir T. Lipton, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows merchant and yachtman Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet (1848-1931) who started the Lipton tea company. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News S... More
Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the B...
Poster showing a Scottish soldier in uniform with kilt, standing on a street corner in a Belgian village. Caption: A wee "scrap o' paper" is Britain's bond. Copyright Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. Poster no. 17.
British royal family, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows members of the British royal family including: (left to right) Albert (later George VI), George, Duke of Kent; Queen Mary of Teck, Henry, Duke of Gloucester; King George V, Princess Mary. (Sour... More
Sir E. Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows arctic explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham... More
Lord Curzon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925), a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. Curzon is wearing the robes of Gran... More
British military bridge, Flanders
Photograph shows British infantry soldiers crossing the bridge over the Yser canal at Boezinge, West Flanders, Belgium, August 5, 1917, during the Battle of Passehendaele during World War I. The bridge was cons... More
[British freestyle relay swim team that won the Olympic gold medal in ...
4 girls in swimming suits and woman standing in middle. Title from information published in Time Out London and BBC News. Title transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item was: "Champion Austra... More
[Cave Hill. Belfast. County Antrim, Ireland]
Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12077". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More
Lady Cayzer, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord Mountbatten (Prince Leopold of Battenberg) seated
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Your king & country need you to maintain the honour and glory of the B...
Poster showing an old veteran, wearing his decorations, shaking hands with a young soldier. Caption: A chip of the old block. Copyright by Dobson, Molle & Co. Ltd. Poster no. 18.
American, British, French, & German masks gas
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
[Children protesters with signs: "Mr. Wilson is busy protecting Americ...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
British officers' luncheon in wrecked village
Photograph shows British officers eating lunch in the ruins of a building at Étreillers, Aisne, France on April 25, 1917 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and the Imperial War Museums we... More
Palestine disturbances 1936. Arrival at the war graves cemetry [i.e., ...
Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Lady Duff Gordon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord Louis Mountbatten & wife
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
Capt. W.R. Hall, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British Admiral William Reginald Hall who became captain of the H.M.S. Queen Mary in 1913 and served as director of Naval Intelligence from 1914 to 1919. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) ... More
Woman blacksmith -- Eng. i.e. England
Photograph shows a woman blacksmith in England during World War I. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photograph reproduced in British pamphlet "Carry on: British Women's work in... More
Sir F.R. Benson, George Grantham Bain Collection
Full lgth., standing, facing front; in ragged costume with sword. Knighted by King George for his productions of Shakespeare. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from capt... More
Com. A. K. Atkins, Com. H. T. Dyer, Maj. Jack Davis, Com. L. H. Maxfie...
Photograph shows Commander Arthur Kennedy Atkins (1881-1964), Commander Horace Tyler Dyer (d. 1968), Major Jack Davis, and Commander Louis Henry Maxfield (1883-1921) at the time of the first trans-Atlantic flig... More
A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish set...
Relief shown pictorially. Gift; Mrs. Jefferson Patterson; December 1980. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 569 Index map to Popple's larger, 20 sheet map of the same name. Includes 4 inset views, 18 inset maps, ill... More
Prince of Wales in N.Y.
Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Lady Shackleton, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Brothers of Crown Prince Tutor, Lord Rosery. Standing behind a wall
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
King George of England
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord Glenconner (Sir Edw. Tennant)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Sir Alex C. Houston
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord Lee of Fareham
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Adm. Lord Beatty, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Sir John Hill, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Sir Eric Geddes, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Sir Geo. Henschell, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Lloyd George at City Hall
Photograph shows British Liberal Party statesman David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945) who served as Prime Minister from 1916-1922. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from da... More
Prince of Wales in N.Y.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lady Duli, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Rt. Hon. Noel Buxton
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adm. Lord Chatfield and wife
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Sir. A. Nicholson, British Ambassador to Russia, portrait
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Lord Robt. Cecil, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Lord Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864-1958), who served as British Minister of War Trade and was an advocate of the League of Nations. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) T... More