Wu bei zhi / Historic map, Library of Congress
Wood block print. "Juan 240" shows Zheng He's voyager route from Nanjing, passing through South East Asia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, all the way to Persian Gulf. Early Qing Dynasty ed., prefaced Tianqi 1 (1621). J... More
[Russian soldiers looking down at a trench filled with corpses of Japa...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
[Paifang (or pailou), traditional arch gateway on a city street]
Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 31. Public domain scan of drawing related to architecture design, elements of decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A street market in Hong Kong, China
Photograph shows a crowded street market in Hong Kong. H24471 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. No. 109. Exhibited: Picturing Hong Kong; photos 1850-1910 ; e... More
William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yŏjido. Historic map, Library of Congress
Title from cover. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Ocean areas colored blue. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[The shattered remains of Russian heroes who were killed near 203 Metr...
H63420 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7728.
[Humorous picture showing a soldier extracting teeth from a Chinese ma...
Alternate title from online source. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon b... More
[In the best restaurant during the awful siege - wrecked by Japanese s...
Photograph shows a group of Russian men, two eating, and one Chinese man in the bombed-out remains of a restaurant. H63428 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from pu... More
[Chinese fishmarket]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Ukiyo-e print illustration shows fishermen discussing the catch and the ones that got away. Illus. in: Kanga shinan. Nihen. Kyōto : Hishiya Magobē, [1811?]. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadow... More
Shinkyō toshi kensetsu keikaku yōto chiiki haibun narabini jigyō daiic...
Sheets individually numbered, e.g. Dai 1-an. Sheets individually subtitled, e.g Shinkyō toshi chiikisei keikakuzu, tsuketari kōen keitō. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Humorous pictures showing Chinese military tactics], Qingdao China
Signed on block by artist on left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the Sino-Ja... More
Yokohama ijin shōka shuen no zu, Sadahide Utagawa
Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man and a Thai cook during a banquet at a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engrav... More
Fukuro no nezumi. Warship photograph collection
Print shows a Japanese ship, as a cat, chasing two Chinese battleships, as rats, into a bag. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From th... More
Narrative of a journey round Lake Yamdo (Palti), and in Lhokha, Yarlun...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ael 2019-04-04 update (1 card)
Narrative of a journey round Lake Yamdo (Palti), and in Lhokha, Yarlun...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ael 2019-04-04 update (1 card)
William Speiden journals: Vol. 1, Mar. 9, 1852-July 2, 1854 (includes ...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
William Speiden journals: Vol. 1, Mar. 9, 1852-July 2, 1854 (includes ...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
William Speiden journals: Vol. 1, Mar. 9, 1852-July 2, 1854 (includes ...
Public domain image of a historic building, 16th, 17th, 18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
William Speiden journals: Vol. 1, Mar. 9, 1852-July 2, 1854 (includes ...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
William Speiden journals: Vol. 1, Mar. 9, 1852-July 2, 1854 (includes ...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Da Qing tong shu zhi gong wan guo jing wei di qiu shi fang yu gu jin t...
Scale ca. 1:60,000,000. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the world in 2 hemispheres. Also shows coordinates and dotted lines on the map. Based on "Zhi fang hui lan si yi tu shuo" produced in 1794. Prime meridi... More
A new & accurate map of China - Public domain old map
Relief shown pictorially. From Bowen's Maps and charts to The modern part of the universal history. London : Printed for T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Rivington, B. Law and Co., T. Longman, C. Ware, and S. Bladon, ... More
Asia, ěst nor ashkharhagrakan znnutʻeantsʻ : pʻoragreal i Vēnētik i Va...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In Armenian. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes ill. in title cartouche. LC copy torn at edges, fold-lined at ce... More
[High arched pedestrian bridge spanning river in China]
Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 318. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).
What shall we do with John Chinaman? [2 illustrations: 1. Irishman thr...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29 (1869 Sept. 25), p. 32.
The Post has a shy at some recent spring happenings
No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
The feuds of the dudes / F. Opper.
Illustration shows two dandies walking with their bodyguards who are large, muscular men carrying boxing gloves, one wears a "Champion Belt". Caption: Let them hire "sluggers" to protect them. Illus. from Puck... More
Chinese women weeding lawn of wealthy foreigners in Shanghai, China
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: China. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Hong Kong--Post Office building - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Street scene with Post Office, Hong Kong. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Mee Fong Studio. No. 133.
[X-ray of bound feet, China] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Exterior of Peak Hotel, Hong Kong, China] - Frank G. Carpenter collec...
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hong Kong--Victoria Peak - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Bird's-eye view of buildings on mountain, Hong Kong. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Mumeya & Sano, Hong Kong. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York.
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).
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to us...
Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Canton (?) harbor, William Henry Jackson photograph
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
[Boats in harbor, Hong Kong] - photo by William Henry Jackson
Title devised by cataloger. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation... More
In East Capitol Park - Drawing. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Chinese sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Ready for business / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon
Print shows a scene in a courtroom with a Chinese man labeled "Chinese Question" sitting in a chair in front of three men identified as "France", "Germany" (William II), and "Russia". "Judge" John Bull is stand... More
Barbed wire, Shanghai - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Li Hung Chang's reminder to the lawless - five pirate heads hanging ov...
D15571 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3. Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood.
along the Shameen Canal, west from the English Bridge, Canton, China
No. 1. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tai Hung Tzu, 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
Internat'l i.e., International Post Office, Shanghai
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
Bridge built on boats over the Yongow branch of the Yung River, at Nin...
Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The only public place for the poor and tired of life-the "Dying Field,...
No. 2. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miss Smith, a heroine of the siege and protected refugees, among the r...
H2162 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph taken by photographer James Ricalton during his trip to China in 1900. (Source: China through the stereoscope; a journey through the dragon empire at the time of the Box... More
Cheefoo, one of China's important sea-ports - from Signal Tower, looki...
Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
9th U.S. Infantry lined before the sacred gate in honor of Count Walde...
Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Army, U.S. Inf. 9th; Photog. I; Boxer Rebellion; China P-; Geogr.; Shelf.
The Pontoon Bridge on the Pei Ho River, looking west, China
No. 2738. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In the garden of the Dowager Empress, Forbidden City, Peking, China
No. 3788. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Junk flotilla on the Peiho River - transporting U.S. Army stores from ...
Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mei-shan (Coal Mountain) within Imperial City north to Drum and Bell T...
H2180 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The city of Peking, China - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpap...
No. 8579. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
British Legation from the top of the Water Gate, Peking, China
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Great Southern Gate, where the Allied Forces entered Peking, China
H15175 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3824. Copyright 1902 by H. C. White Co.
Police station, Hong Kong, China - stereocsopic card
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Uncle Sam and his search light looking over the "Port Arthur route".
Bird's eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies
The sands of time / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows Mars, the Roman god of war, waiting for the establishment of protocols and the Japanese occupation of "Korea" to be completed before the sands in an hourglass shift from "Peace" to "War"; "Ch... More
[Broad Street, New York City] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The abandoned palace of Viceroy Alexieff, destroyed by Japanese shell...
H63739 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7758.
[Rubble in a bombed Russian building, Port Arthur]
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
[Wounded soldiers of the Czar -- convalescents at Marinsky Hospital du...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Dragon boats on the river Min, Foochow, China
No. 12045. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sketch map of part of Tibet showing the explorations and journeys of D...
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Grand canal and the Chi-Hwa-Men, the east gate of Peking, China
H97392 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4470. Copyright 1907 by H. C. White Co.
View from the wharf, Hong Kong, China
No. 04701. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
'Twas Andy started the ball! - Drawing. Public domain image.
(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Feb. 25, 1909.
Street scene in Peking - funeral
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hong Kong [harbor] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Plan of Italian concession Tientsin, Plan of Japanese concession Tient...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
CHINA. BRIDGE BROKEN UNDER AMERICAN TRUCK
A black and white photo of an old truck, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Copy. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. G... More
Beijing quan tu = Peking / - Public domain map
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned to 20 panels and mounted on cloth backing.
General Sir C.A. Anderson - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Lieutenant General Sir Charles Alexander Anderson, (1857-1940), Commander of British Troops in South China. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
A group in camp. The camp is divided into companies. At each street sa...
Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group Title: Refugees, Camp, China. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Data: H.E. 12024. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. Gene... More
Peking, gateway to Ming tombs / CWB.
K133952 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed with monogram: CWB; titled on block.
Pupils of Methodist Mission Girls School, Chungking, Syechuan, West Ch...
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC, Miss Stevenson. Group title: 14th. Div. China. Used in: Atlantic Div. 4/1919... More
Mrs. Bonsol, residence. China closet of Mrs. Bonsol III
Public domain photograph of Washington DC area, 1920s-1930s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Children, China - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title and date based on information from Red Cross Caption cards for same group. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Jr. Red Cross. Data: Exc. to Jr. R.C. Indf. Gro... More
Little Betty Sze, daughter of the minister from China and Madam Sze me...
No. 17193. Photoprint by National Photo Co.
Distended stomachs, a sure sign of advanced starvation. Yet the faces ...
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: L.M. Mead, Peking. Data: Mr. Stuart, Feb. 1922. Classification: Famine Relief. Gi... More
An Open Air Restaurant, Peking, China
Public domain photograph of restaurant tables, dinner, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American Embassy, Nanking, China
A black and white photo of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of negatives in same ra... More
Stigerwalt House, China Grove vic., Rowan County, North Carolina
Public domain photograph of a historic place in North Carolina, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Public Health Service Investigation Commission to the China-Burma high...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Governor of Bank of China presented to President Roosevelt. Washington...
A black and white photo of two men in suits, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.... More
"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down be...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Applying blue bands on china for the wardroom officers mess of the U.S...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Overseas forces observe sabbath with prayer. General view of Protestan...
Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo da di tu /
Relief shown by spot heights. Inset : Wo guo Nan Hai zhu dao tu, scale 1:12,000,000 -- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo di xing, scale 1:21,000,000 -- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo da xing zheng qu yu tu, scale 1:30,000,0... More
New York Stock Exchange. Trading floor VII
Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Communist China, roads and inland waterways.
"10-67." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped on: 265. Map number cut out. Mounted on cloth and laminated.
[View from a tall building or a portion of the Great Wall of China, lo...
Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).
Opium Tin and Pipes, Soy Jug, and Bowl Fragments
Late 19th century Chinese artifacts; photographed at the Lowie Museum, Berkeley
[Piece of machinery in a factory, in China]
Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chinese linguistic groups. Historic map, Library of Congress
"719766 (545114) 9-90." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
One of Hong Kong's business streets, China
59603-BB U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood.
Picturesque floating houses Hong Kong - stereocsopic card
D17528 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description