Liberty triumphant; or the downfall of oppression
Political cartoon shows New England colonists' response to the British Tea Tax, enacted by Lord North's ministry in 1773, superimposed over a map of the Northern and Middle British Colonies. Probably published... More
Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Mee...
Print shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 74. [Plate]... More
A black and white photo of people on a beach, Great Depression. FSA/OW...
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The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Ca...
Illustration shows a group of men in a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames River with a row of warehouses in the background, one of which is labeled "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now s... More
Autobiography, including also reminiscences of slave life, recollectio...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, on the Internet Archive Web site, and on microfilm (Microfilm 34388). Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm
The first flag of independence raised in the South, by the citizens of...
A view of the public meeting in Johnson Square, Savannah, prompted by news of Lincoln's election, where a resolution was adopted for a state secession convention. In the nocturnal scene, the square is crowded w... More
The Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser - expiring: in hopes of...
Print shows the masthead for The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser with a skull and crossbones representation of the official stamp required by the Stamp Act of 1765, "An emblem of the effects of the S... More
The 1929 riots. August 23 to 31. The Shaw Commission of Inquiry. Re. C...
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A black and white photo of people on a beach. Great Depression FFSA / ...
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America in flames, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a woman representing "America" seated in flames fanned from above by two men in clouds wielding British measures, "Quebec Bill" and "Masachusets (sic) Bay", against the colonies; four British men, r... More
To Captain P.B.V. Broke commanding his majesty's ship Shannon, his off...
Print showing the USS Chesapeake alongside HMS Shannon, with British sailors taking down the American flag, during the capture of the Chesapeake. The Chesapeake is also flying a flag that states "Free Trade and... More
Declaration of the causes which impel the state of Texas to secede fro...
Caption title.; "Done by the people of the state of Texas, in Convention assembled at Austin, this first day of February, A.D. 1861."; Printed on satin.; Secession--Texas.; Texas--Politics and government--Civil... More
[Flight of politicians with their causes over female figure of the U.S...
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Gonorrhea causes blindness - arthritis, invalidism and misery It can b...
Poster for prevention and treatment of gonorrhea showing a knight standing on a serpent. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by St... More
Young woman packinghouse worker from Tennessee, trying to get the blac...
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Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...
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A black and white photo of a group of people on the beach, Great Depre...
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Civilian defense. Fire prevention. The careless smoker causes more fir...
Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More
America in flames, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a woman representing "America" seated in flames fanned from above by two men in clouds wielding British measures, "Quebec Bill" and "Masachusets (sic) Bay", against the colonies; four British men, r... More
The first flag of independence raised in the South, by the citizens of...
A view of the public meeting in Johnson Square, Savannah, prompted by news of Lincoln's election, where a resolution was adopted for a state secession convention. In the nocturnal scene, the square is crowded w... More
Paul Revere - [The coffin of Patrick Carr]
Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of the coffin bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of Patrick Carr, who died from wounds received during the Boston Massacre. Illus. in: The B... More
Conference on causes and cure for war
President and Mrs. Coolidge, full-length portraits, standing, with group of women. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 39, no. 33973.
World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at t...
Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baltimore, MD. For every Social Security Account Number issued an "emp...
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Baltimore, Md. For every social security account number issued an "emp...
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Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...
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How to conserve household gas. Turning the gas as high as possible cau...
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A declaration of the causes which mooued the chiefe commanders of the ...
A justification of the seizure of Hansa ships during the 1589 expedition against Spain and Portugal. "First edition in English of this official diplomatic document"--H.P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake : a pictorial ... More
Baltimore, Md. For every social security account number issued an "emp...
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Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Return of the army seen thr...
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A black and white photo of a group of people on the beach, Great Depre...
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And this is also a poor place. Sunlight causes some foods to fade. Dir...
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[Garden monument when heated by the sun brings water to a boil generat...
Illus. in: Les raisons des forces movvantes auec diuerses machines tant vtilles que plaisantes, ... / par Salomon de Cavs .... Francfort : en la boutique de I. Norton, 1615. Published in: The tradition of tech... More
[Britannia, full-length portrait, left profile, seated, holding olive ...
Illus. in: Continued corruption, standing armies, and popular contents considered ... / William Bollan. London : Printed by J. Almon, 1768, frontispiece. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More
Phelps School #56; Miss Gray, Teacher. Miss Gray has been there just t...
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Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A Chance coal separator in operation in the S...
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A group of people standing on top of a sandy beach, Great Depression. ...
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The starting point of the great war between the states / lith. by A. H...
Print shows a crowd gathered in front of the capitol building at Montgomery, Alabama, at the time of the announcement of Jefferson Davis as the first President of the Confederate States of America; also shown w... More
Crédit National pour faciliter la réparation des dommages causés par l...
A village destroyed by war. Translation of title: Crédit National to ease the reparations of war damages. Subscribe to accerlate the revival of the devastated areas. Signed: Constant-Duval. Promotional goal: F... More
The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...
Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More
The tea-tax-tempest, or the Anglo-American revolution
A satire expressing a Continental European view of the American Revolution, showing Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened British troops as American troop... More
John Malcom / dessiné et gravé par F. Godefroy.
Depicts event of January 25, 1774 when Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcom (or Malcomb) was tarred and feathered and hung out his window by an angry mob.
The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Maj...
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The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...
Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More
Soil erosion takes a toll of millions of dollars in the United States ...
A woman is painting a picture on a wall. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ten year old child of George Cowley Family (rural rehabilitation clien...
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A group of people sitting on top of a sandy beach. Great Depression FF...
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A man laying on top of a beach next to a woman. Great Depression FFSA ...
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A couple of people that are in the sand. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...
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To Captain P.B.V. Broke commanding his majesty's ship Shannon, his off...
Print showing the USS Chesapeake alongside HMS Shannon, with British sailors taking down the American flag, during the capture of the Chesapeake. The Chesapeake is also flying a flag that states "Free Trade and... More
Die Americaner wiedersetzen sich der Stempel-Acte, und verbrennen das ...
Print shows citizens in Boston burning proclamations from England pertaining to the stamp act of 1765, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 61. [Plate] 1. Published in: The... More
One of the causes / Keppler. - Public domain print
Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull ice skating with a young woman labeled "American Girl" skating between them. Caption: The American girl is drawing them closer together. Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1138, (... More
Austrian submarine mine which explodes by contact, sea water rushes in...
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During the picking process many of the cranberries are torn from the v...
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Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...
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A black and white photo of people on a beach. Great Depression FFSA / ...
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A black and white photo of people on the beach, Great Depression. FSA/...
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James Madison. List of causes of innovation in Language. 1824.
Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.
Declaration of the causes which impel the state of Texas to secede fro...
Caption title.; "Done by the people of the state of Texas, in Convention assembled at Austin, this first day of February, A.D. 1861."; Printed on satin.; Secession--Texas.; Texas--Politics and government--Civil... More
The tea-tax-tempest, or Old Time with his magick-lanthern
Cartoon shows America, seated on the left, and a sombre Britannia treated to a glass lantern presentation on the American Revolution. Father Time, leaning against a globe, provides a commentary on the momentous... More
The starting point of the great war between the states
Print shows a crowd gathered in front of the capitol building at Montgomery, Alabama, at the time of the announcement of Jefferson Davis as the first President of the Confederate States of America; also shown w... More
The latest in cotton planting. Washington, DC, July 15. John Randolph,...
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A black and white photo of people on a beach, Great Depression. FSA/OW...
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A couple of women sitting on top of a sandy beach. Great Depression FF...
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The tea-tax-tempest, or the Anglo-American revolution, British Cartoon...
Print shows a satire expressing a Continental European view of the American Revolution, showing Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot exploding among frightened British troops as Am... More
The first flag of independence raised in the South, by the citizens of...
A view of the public meeting in Johnson Square, Savannah, prompted by news of Lincoln's election, where a resolution was adopted for a state secession convention. In the nocturnal scene, the square is crowded w... More
Paul Revere - [Four coffins of men killed in the Boston Massacre]
Print shows section of newspaper column with illustration of four coffins bearing skull and crossbones and the initials of those killed: Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks. Illus... More
A black and white photo of two men in a boat, New Jersey. Farm Securit...
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Woman packinghouse worker from Tennessee trying to wash black muck, wh...
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George Cowley's family (rural rehabilitation) with home supervisor, di...
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A group of people laying on top of a sandy beach. Great Depression FFS...
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A black and white photo of people on a beach, Great Depression. FSA/OW...
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A black and white photo of a woman sitting next to a car. Great Depres...
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Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...
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Hand carving up a map of the Southwestern United States
World War I cartoon shows a hand in a gauntlet (decorated with the imperial German eagle) carving up a map of the Southwestern United States. Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas are labeled "For Mexico." Californi... More
The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Ca...
Illustration shows a group of men in a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames River with a row of warehouses in the background, one of which is labeled "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now s... More
The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss Americ-Stamp, British Ca...
Illustration shows a group of men in a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames River with a row of warehouses in the background, one of which is labeled "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now s... More
Autobiography, including also reminiscences of slave life, recollectio...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, on the Internet Archive Web site, and on microfilm (Microfilm 34388). Replace; LC copy replaced by preservation microfilm
The starting point of the great war between the states
Print shows a crowd gathered in front of the capitol building at Montgomery, Alabama, at the time of the announcement of Jefferson Davis as the first President of the Confederate States of America; also shown w... More
This is the place to affix the stamp
Print shows a skull and crossbones representation of the official stamp required by the Stamp Act of 1765. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, 1765 October 24. American 18th century news... More
[The repeal or the funeral of Miss Ame=Stamp], British Cartoon Print
Print shows a funeral procession on the banks of the Thames, with warehouses in a line in the background, one of which is inscribed "The Sheffield and Birmingham Warehouse Goods now ship'd for America." George ... More
The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...
Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr. W. Scott, labeled "AntiSejanus", dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of "Britanni... More
Child of packinghouse workers from Tennessee, his face covered with bl...
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Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. Return of the army seen thr...
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Beach scene at "New Beach," the most popular beach near Provincetown. ...
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A black and white photo of a man doing a handstand on the beach, Great...
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A group of people laying on top of a sandy beach. Great Depression FSA...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of migrant workers, 1930s car, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hand carving up a map of the Southwestern United States
World War I cartoon shows a hand in a gauntlet (decorated with the imperial German eagle) carving up a map of the Southwestern United States. Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas are labeled "For Mexico." Californi... More
The tea-tax-tempest, or Old Time with his magick-lanthern
Cartoon shows America, seated on the left, and a sombre Britannia treated to a glass lantern presentation on the American Revolution. Father Time, leaning against a globe, provides a commentary on the momentous... More
In Committee chamber, Worcester. Nov. 18, 1776. As expedients are no l...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 39, Folder 22.
Civilian protection. An old scene in a new dress. On call in the event...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Office of Civilian Defense worker help protect nation's capital. Fully...
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