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Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Liao Yang Gendarmes in fancy dress

Liao Yang Gendarmes in fancy dress

Photograph shows gendarmes on horseback in front of the White Pagoda (Baita), Lioyang, China. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

[Monks praying inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Monks praying inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, seated, with a monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, seated, with a monk, at ...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 002 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Performers at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Performers at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Statue depicting Saint Juan Diego at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Statue depicting Saint Juan Diego at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalu...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The shrine, which was dedicated in 2008, was an inspiration of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke while he was Bishop of La Crosse. The shrine... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

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

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

Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels, Washington, D.C. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Eskimo man standing on railroad tracks] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[Eskimo man standing on railroad tracks] - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

The Chinese Pavilion [large pagoda], Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo.

The Chinese Pavilion [large pagoda], Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St...

Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson (International View Co.). No. 3088. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Architecture; China Hist.; Exhibitions, 1904.

National Park College. Winter scene at National Park College VII

National Park College. Winter scene at National Park College VII

Public domain photograph of Asain artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lama in meditation, Sikkim] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Lama in meditation, Sikkim] - Public domain portrait photograph

Buddhist monk holding prayer beads, with dog, Sikkim. Title from : Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 92-93. "A Tour of the Los... More

Sikkim: religious ceremony, monks burn effigy of evil

Sikkim: religious ceremony, monks burn effigy of evil

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0349. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 012 (color reference... More

[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Top of Rumtek Monastery's roof, Sikkim]

[Top of Rumtek Monastery's roof, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Peggy Staley and mandala art book, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Peggy Staley and mandala art book, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Mandala paintings prior to Peg's conscious knowledge of her cancer; 5-6, Mandala paintings just a few days before cancer was recognized and diagnosed - precognitive; 7-8, Paintings suggestive o... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slightly left, holding a staff, with a green halo behind his head]

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slight...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Japanese wooden sculpture, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Japanese wooden sculpture, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

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

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

[Exterior of Pemayangtse Monastery with prayer flags, Sikkim]

[Exterior of Pemayangtse Monastery with prayer flags, Sikkim]

Title devised by Library staff. Related photograph in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 96, where image appears with caption... More

[Monk fixing clock above painting, Sikkim]

[Monk fixing clock above painting, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to...

Category label: "Prior to ceremony, prayers in monastery." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 004 (color refer... More

[A young girl, Kimu, praying in front of a giant Buddha statue at the Lachung Monastery in northern Sikkim]

[A young girl, Kimu, praying in front of a giant Buddha statue at the ...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Musician lama during ceremonial dances using cymbals

Musician lama during ceremonial dances using cymbals

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Religious appliques, France - Public domain dedication image

Religious appliques, France - Public domain dedication image

Photograph shows a religious silk textile (thangka), with embroidery and appliqué depicting Buddha, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also rep... More

[Tall pagoda in Guangzhou, China]

[Tall pagoda in Guangzhou, China]

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

Peggy Staley home and artwork, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Peggy Staley home and artwork, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Exterior shots of the house; 5-6, Bird feeder at dining room table; 7-9, Vegetable garden; 10-12, Peg Staley on front steps, poncho style shirt woven by Peg; 13-15, Interior of barn-style addit... More

Peggy Staley home and artwork, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Peggy Staley home and artwork, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-4, Exterior shots of the house; 5-6, Bird feeder at dining room table; 7-9, Vegetable garden; 10-12, Peg Staley on front steps, poncho style shirt woven by Peg; 13-15, Interior of barn-style addit... More

The Far East in America - stately pagoda-roofed gateway to "Fair Japan," World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lane, Woodstove Avenue, & Smith Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Bounded by Capitol Beltway (I-495), Linden Lan...

Significance: The National Park Seminary was an elite women's college preparatory school and junior college operating from 1894 to 1942. Like many other female secondary schools created in the late nineteenth ... More

Mandalay - pagodas, lantern slide

Mandalay - pagodas, lantern slide

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Public domain photograph of Asain artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reynolds, Dewart, Olsen, and I in front of the Daibutsu (image of Buddha) at Kamakura This is also one of Olsen's pictures.

Reynolds, Dewart, Olsen, and I in front of the Daibutsu (image of Budd...

From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York (loose photo). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041, envelope #5

[Buddhist ceremony inside temple, Sikkim]

[Buddhist ceremony inside temple, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Ask AK

Lamas play horns at temple door, Sikkim

Lamas play horns at temple door, Sikkim

Photo shows lamas playing gyalings. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim... More

Beautiful monastery, Sikkim - Public domain historic place photograph

Beautiful monastery, Sikkim - Public domain historic place photograph

Photograph shows head lama standing in doorway of Pemayangtse monastery, Sikkim. Related photograph in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Nort... More

[Buddhist monks inside temple, Sikkim]

[Buddhist monks inside temple, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Ask AK

[Lamas blowing gyalings at temple door, Sikkim]

[Lamas blowing gyalings at temple door, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Shinglay Lama turning giant prayer wheel]

[Shinglay Lama turning giant prayer wheel]

Title from: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 153. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell ... More

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, photo by Alice S. Kandell

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California

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

New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California

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

The Far East in America - stately pagoda-roofed gateway to "Fair Japan," World's Fair, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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

Ushi kisaragi, Toyomasa Ishikawa - Ukiyo e print

Ushi kisaragi, Toyomasa Ishikawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man (a government or religious figure) riding a bull being led by a servant and two women holding a pole topped with tray carrying a bonsai tree from which hang slips of paper, possibly prayer wis... More

The charity pagoda surrounded by the 733 little pagodas each containing a chapter of the Buddhist law engraved on a marble slab

The charity pagoda surrounded by the 733 little pagodas each containin...

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of the "Charity" or Sandamuni Pagoda surrounded by smaller pagodas in Mandalay, Burma.

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

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

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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

[Boys blowing gyalings in front of the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Boys blowing gyalings in front of the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Photograph shows Jamyang Khyentse (Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche), a young lama, seated behind a table, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Con... More

[High above Singhik, monks sound welcome at Tensung Gompa]

[High above Singhik, monks sound welcome at Tensung Gompa]

Photograph shows monks playing horns, drum and gong, standing next to building and prayer flags, Tensung monastery, Sikkim. Title from: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlott... More

[Inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Inside Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 001 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Ceremonial warrior dance at New Year's event, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Ceremonial warrior dance at New Year's event, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Jamyang Khyentse, full-length portrait, standing, mountains in background, Sikkim]

[Jamyang Khyentse, full-length portrait, standing, mountains in backgr...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kande... More

Religious reliquary "stupa", woman turns prayer wheel in front of the Do-Drul Chorten stupa

Religious reliquary "stupa", woman turns prayer wheel in front of the ...

Photograph shows a woman monk, turning a prayer wheel in front of the Dro-dul Chorten, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in L... More

Jesus Christ statue, Havana, Cuba

Jesus Christ statue, Havana, Cuba

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pagoda gas station, Harley Sprague, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (LOC)

Pagoda gas station, Harley Sprague, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...Pagoda gas station, Harley Sprague, Milwaukee, Wisconsin..1977...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on information... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

Airport Road Cemetery, Moloka'i Island, Kalaupapa, Kalawao County, HI

Airport Road Cemetery, Moloka'i Island, Kalaupapa, Kalawao County, HI

Survey number: HABS HI-128 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76002145

MS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for Dr. Hatch in 1929

MS [i.e., manuscript] photographed for Dr. Hatch in 1929

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Sculpture that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese Pagoda-,Missionary exposition

Chinese Pagoda-,Missionary exposition

Public domain photograph of mosque building, Islam, Islamic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

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

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

National Park College. Winter scene at National Park College VI

National Park College. Winter scene at National Park College VI

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[The sixteenth Karmapa Lama (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), with monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[The sixteenth Karmapa Lama (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), with monk, at Rumt...

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

King of Sikkim at home - Public domain portrait photograph

King of Sikkim at home - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Palden Thondrup Namgyal, Chogyal of Sikkim, half-length portrait, facing front, Gangtok, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congre... More

Reincarnation of a holy lama takes a break from his reading. He holds a prayer book covered in wood

Reincarnation of a holy lama takes a break from his reading. He holds ...

Photograph shows young boy holding prayer book, looking out from behind a curtain, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandel... More

Lamas & prayer flags. Wind blows past the prayers and blesses the land as the wind passes

Lamas & prayer flags. Wind blows past the prayers and blesses the land...

Photograph shows monks and prayer flags at the edge of a mountain, Sikkim. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gi... More

[Deity and skeleton masks, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Deity and skeleton masks, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Location from information on related slide: LC-KAN-0712. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0090. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress,... More

[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Black Hat Lama in a procession down the mountain to sacrifice objects, Sikkim]

[Black Hat Lama in a procession down the mountain to sacrifice objects...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Rumtek Monastery seen from across courtyard, Sikkim]

[Rumtek Monastery seen from across courtyard, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

Buddhist service, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Buddhist service, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph ...

Man reading at podium while two men pray. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-6-M-36. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Ce... More

[Hall of Supreme Harmony - main hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, where the emperor met his ministers each morning; includes inscription in Chinese language characters in right margin]

[Hall of Supreme Harmony - main hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, C...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 24. Public domain photograph of historic landmark building in China, Chinese temple architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public doma... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing, U.S. Capitol]

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization" east pediment of the Senate wing...

Photograph of maquette showing mechanic with a hammer and gear. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 79. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Lake Hakone - Public domain portrait drawing

Lake Hakone - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph shows a view of Ashi (Ashinoko) Lake (or Lake Hakone) with large red torii in the foreground. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a pagoda in the upper right and flowers in a basket with teacups ... More

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Travel views of Japan and Korea

Photo shows Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, Japan. Public domain image of Japan during Meiji period, Japanese history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, full-length portrait, seated, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, full-length portrait, se...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 150 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Young lamas learn to play horns, Sikkim]

[Young lamas learn to play horns, Sikkim]

Photograph shows two boys playing gyalings. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Also represented in LOT 14034-1, pg. no. 005 (co... More

[Black Hat Lama throwing religious sacrifice into fire to destroy evil for the New Year, Sikkim]

[Black Hat Lama throwing religious sacrifice into fire to destroy evil...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Rumtek Monastery, great hall, Sikkim

Rumtek Monastery, great hall, Sikkim

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 001 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Japantown Peace Pagoda, San Francisco, California

Japantown Peace Pagoda, San Francisco, California

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

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery, Hanceville, Alabama

Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament of Our Lady of the Angels Monaste...

Just over an hour from Huntsville in Hanceville, Alabama near Cullman, you can witness a magnificent shrine with an unusual story. A cloistered community, where the nuns take vows of poverty, chastity, and obed... More

Missing Pieces Exhibit: Pope's Museum, Pelham, Georgia

Missing Pieces Exhibit: Pope's Museum, Pelham, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

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

[Images of Hinduism and Buddhism] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles sculp.

[Images of Hinduism and Buddhism] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles scu...

Includes images of Vishnu, Buddha, and Hindu ascetics. Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, division 8, vol. 2, pl. 3.

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