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Emmitsburg, Maryland. Mount St. Mary's college

Caption from negative sleeve: Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md. James F. Gibson or Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library o... More

Telegraph Hill from the Reservoir, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 439. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

The court house & street scene, Nevada City, Nevada

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1084. LOT subdivision subject: Nevada City. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Telegraph Hill from First Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 441. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

View in the Plaza, (Portsmouth Square) San Francisco

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

Residence of Charles L. Low, Harrison Street, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 481. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Private Residences. This record contains unverified ol... More

Grace Cathedral, corner of California and Stockton Streets, San Franci...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 460. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Churches and Synagogues. This record contains unverifi... More

From R.B. Woodward's residence, towards Rincon Hill, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 426. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Road View--Cliff House, California, 19th century sterescope card.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 410. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Cliff House, Seal Rocks, Ocean Beach. This record con... More

View on Bush St. from Leavenworth, looking East, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 229. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

House moving in San Francisco, California, 19th century sterescope car...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 118. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Jewish Synagogue, Sutter Street, from Union Square, San Francisco

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

Francisco Street and North Beach - San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 120. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Ladies' Protection and Relief Society Building - Franklin Street from ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 193. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Public Buildings (Schools, Hospitals, etc.). This reco... More

Building of the iron clad Monitor CAMANCHE, San Francisco, Front View

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 154. LOT subdivision subject: USS Monitor Camanche Ironside ship built in San Francisco. This reco... More

Powell Street, from Lincoln School House, San Francisco

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

Jewish Synagogue, Congregation Emanu-El, Sutter Street, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 233. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Churches and Synogogues. This record contains unverifi... More

From the Lincoln School House, looking South, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 506. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

South side of Market Street, above Montgomery, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 554. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

State fair buildings and grounds, Philadelphia

P17096 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Allen, Lane & Scott.

The banner in the grand procession

Illus. in: Souvenir, presented by Department of New York, to Department of California, Grand Army of the Republic, at National Encampment, San Francisco, Cal., August 1886, p. 47. Copyright by Grand Army Publishing Co.

Two men, one holding a child, standing in the street, Chinatown, San F...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arnold Genthe - The drug store sign, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Man and children walking down a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man and two children crossing a street, Chinatown, San Francisco

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - Returning home, Chinatown, San Francisco

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - Poster of Protect the Emperor Society, Chinatown, San ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of living conditions, building, by Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Arnold Genthe - Women and children crossing a street, Chinatown, San F...

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - The street of the slave girls, Chinatown, San Francisc...

Title from a similar image in: Old Chinatown : a book of pictures / by Arnold Genthe ; with text by Will Irwin. New York : M. Kennerley, 1913, p. 43. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Arnold Genthe - Dressed for a visit, Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of living conditions, building, by Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Arnold Genthe - Returning home, Chinatown, San Francisco

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was a German-born American photographer who is best known for his photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown and the 1906 earthquake. He began his... More

Man carrying a child accompanied by another child, Chinatown, San Fran...

Public domain photograph of San Francisco Chinatown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - The morning market, Chinatown, San Francisco

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

The lodge, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51266". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Birdseye view of Elka Park, Panoramic Photograph

43087 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Conrad O. Bickelmann; July 18, 1898; DLC/PP-1898:9315. Printed on image: C. O. Bickelman, Tannersville & Brooklyn.

In the great Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, U.S.A

Copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, San Francisco, California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic map of San Francisco. - Public domain old map

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

[Hotel St. Mark and street, Venice, Calif.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Military Prison, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay

Viewed from deck of boat. California. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

San Francisco and harbor from Nob Hill

S8680 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. W. Burnett; May 15, 1902. Copyright claimant's address: 526 Valencia St., S.F., Cal. Publisher's address: 213 Kearny St., S.F., Cal. Printer's address: S.F., Ca... More

Mural in the James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Fra...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. This stylized building reflects the Beaux Arts classicism adopted by the U.S. Treasure Department for early twentieth-century feder... More

[Cal. - San Francisco - Earthquake & Fire, 1906: Kearney St. from Tele...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. California.

Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal

"3166" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019232. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Alice Roosevelt's shower bouquet]

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt standing outside a building at Santa Barbara Mission in Santa Barbara, California, holding his top hat and a bouquet; a clergyman stands to his right. H32004 U.S. Copyright... More

Market Street showing Call Building, the highest in San Francisco, Cal...

No. 6787. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - San Francisco, April 18, 1906

Title from a similar image in: Genthe's photographs of San Francisco's old Chinatown / photographs by Arnold Genthe ; selection and text by John Kuo Wei Tchen. New York : Dover Publications, 1984, pl. 120. Purc... More

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: general view of ruins

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco earthquake, 1906: Registration Bureau

Group of people looking at wall, being used as bulletin board. Stereo copyrighted by Tom M. Phillips. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Army, US; Photog. I.; Ca... More

Pine St. below Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, 1906, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Van Ness Ave., limit of fire, San Francisco, Cal.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Knickerbocker Trust Co., New York

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

Los Angeles, Calif., looking north from 6th & Hill St.

J160348 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; September 22, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal, No. 1021.

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Feb. 20, 1914, one year befor...

J190376 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. Wesley Swadley; March 3, 1914. On front: "White lines indicate the skyline of the exposition when finished". Landmarks labeled on image.

Panorama showing south gardens, 3/20/14

J191707 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; April 13, 1914. No. 1840.

Aeroplane view main group of exhibit palaces Panama-Pacific Internatio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of medieval and classical Italian architecture, Roman Empire, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Panorama taken from the south gardens, June 21st, 1914

J193953 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; July 1, 1914. No. 2623.

Panorama showing Fine Arts steel works, Educational, Food Products & H...

J191709 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; April 13, 1914; DLC/PP-1914:44756. No. 1866.

San Francisco from Twin Peaks, Panoramic Photograph

J238088 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Sunset Photo Co.; November 24, 1919. Copyright claimant's address: 625 Eddy St., S.F.

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Military prison, Alcatraz Island...

Public domain photograph of San Francisco streets, landmark historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Window display of Los Angeles Chamber...

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

Arnold Genthe - Street in Chinatown, San Francisco

Sky Line of Los Angeles, California

J249570 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Graham Photo Co.; August 9, 1921. Copyright claimant's address: 110 1/2 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal,

Neat Residences along Rogers Park, Chicago, Ill

No. 26698. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mural on the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California

Mural: Ghosts of Pantages Dedication, 1930. Created July-September 2000 by James Hamblin, Jim Piper, and Matthew Witmer. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace ... More

Governor Shepherd apartments at 2121 Virginia Ave. N.W. Entrance to Go...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

California Sunkist displays. Window display at Los Angeles Chamber of ...

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

Jacob Leese House, Historic View, Grant Avenue, San Francisco, San Fra...

Survey number: HABS CA-1869 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Powell Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1790 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First Log Cabin, Genoa, Douglas County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-3-11 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1910 Demolished

221 South Olive Street (House), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: Bunker Hill District was developed during the first waves of real-estate speculation and boom that came with the extension of Southern Pacific Railroad to Los Angeles in 1876, and the construction... More

Bolton & Barron Building, Montgomery & Merchant Streets, San Francisco...

Survey number: HABS CA-1232 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Onesquethaw Church, Clarksville, Albany County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-3152 Public domain photograph of church architecture, religious building, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Researc...

Survey number: HABS CA-2802-I Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Golden Gate Bridge under construction, San Francisco, California] / C...

J15249 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Associated Oil Company. Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old southern home, California, 19th century sterescope card.

Stereograph showing the San Francisco plantation house and surrounding land. J16224 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 33777 and 323. Handwritten on mount: San Francisco plantation, ... More

Negro church on the banks of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mis...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Improper use of forest land. A homestead surrounded by cut-over land. ...

Public domain photograph of Redwood National Park, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The treasure" by David Pinsky, directed by Adolph Freeman

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Treasure" at the Musart Theatre, 1320 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles, Calif., with performances in Yiddish and English; some text in Yiddish. Work Projects Admi... More

Sign near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill graveyard

A black and white photo of a factory, Turpentine plant near Marianna, ...

Cooperative filling station at Arthurdale project. Reedsville, West Vi...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] T...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Dracula" at the Mason Opera House, showing a large bat. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

"San Francisco" plantation house on river road near Convent, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"The poor boy's friend," the proprietor call himself. Omaha, Nebraska

Other title from Documenting America, 1935-1943 / edited by Carl Fleischhauer and Beverly W. Brannan. Berkeley: University of California Press in association with the Library of Congress, 1988, p. 102. Title an... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing antelope hunt from a Navajo drawing. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress... More

Church in Potrero district where there is a "Russian-White" colony. Sa...

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

Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Returning to headquarters. ...

Sayrs Building (1896) i.e. 1888, angle 1, Broadway, Philipsburg, Monta...

Photograph shows the Sayrs Building, 101 West Broadway, Philipsburg, Montana which was completed in 1888. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the pho... More

Garland Theater, Spokane, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Theaters. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph... More

New York, New York. 61st Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues

[ Danny Kaye filming soldiers in Africa on a UNICEF tour]

Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: UNICEF (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other... More

The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. ...

Photograph shows rural mailboxes with signs selling furniture due to the evacuation of the residents from the West Coast. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF34-72258-D. Forms part of: Farm Security Administratio... More

Los Angeles County, California. The evacuation of Japanese and Japanes...

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

Los Angeles, California. Street scene in Little Tokyo

Santa Anita reception center, Los Angeles County, California. The evac...

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

San Francisco, California. Inside view of the Bank of America

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Jul 1885. 4 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More

Market Street, toward the ferries, San Francisco

Busy scene; meat wagon in foreground. California. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.