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Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Russko-I︠A︡ponskai︠a︡ voĭna, 1904-1905 g, col...

Each plate has captions and legend: S.M. Prokudin-Gorskīĭ S[ankt] P[eter]B[urg]. Date of publication surmised from latest caption date, Oct. 1905, plate 285. Individual portraits of Russian officers, plates 289... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Russko-I︠A︡ponskai︠a︡ voĭna, 1904-1905 g, col...

Tui peng wu yu : 9 juan, fu Yu lu yi juan

In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. January 6, 1947 0477F. 明隆慶五年李氏思敬堂刻本四周雙欄白口黑單魚尾匡高19.4寬13.6公分 (卷一為鈔配, 此以卷二葉一計). 十行二十一字. Ten lines, with twenty-one characters per li... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Russko-I︠A︡ponskai︠a︡ voĭna, 1904-1905 g, col...

Tian wen tu zhu xiang yi fu : bu fen juan

This work was comprised of two categories of 'xing zhan' (astronomy) and 'yun qi' (floating clouds) then were revised into an incomplete work with four volumes of 'yuan', 'heng', 'li', 'zhen'. Ms. In case. Also... More

He Fen jiao : shi liu juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC

Written by Wen Xiangfeng when he was in charge of the Education Department of Shanxi Province in 1621. Also available in digital form. Library's copy imperfect: missing part of preface plus juan 10, ff. 11, 16.... More

Pekin yori Kankō ni itaru /, Qingdao China

Shows road from Beijing to Hankou (present Wuhan). Covers five provinces in Eastern China: Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, and Hubei. Relief shown by hachures. Each section of road separately titled (drawn on on... More

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

As the heathen see us -- a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions soc...

Illustration shows a meeting in a Chinese mission where a collection is being taken up, "Contributions received here to save the foreign devils", with 5 vignettes showing how the United States is viewed by the ... More

As the heathen see us -- a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions soc...

Portrait photo of Miesta obshchestvennykh sborishch. Kuril'shchik opiu...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 87.

[In Port Arthur during the bombardment -- raging fire near Golden Hill...

H63705 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7759.

[Tian di tu] Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows celestial sphere, China as a whole, and 15 provinces fo the Ming Dynasty, Chinese Turkestan, and the "South Seas", including Japan, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Calicut, Bagdad, etc. Covers Beijing, Henan,... More

[Russians advancing to take the place of fallen comrades in the outer ...

H63421 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7736.

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1

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

Kiacta [i.e, Kiakhta] on the Russian frontier. View shows neutral grou...

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

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 portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Humorous pictures showing Chinese religious practices (may include Ra...

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

On a Chinese junk, Qingdao China

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

[Russian dead strewn over the ground awaiting burial in one common gra...

H63713 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7762.

[A crowd of Japanese soldiers; Chinese coolies in right foreground, Ma...

H68989 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov., 1905. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in Russia, 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.

[Chinese man frightened by two toy figures of Japanese soldiers and a ...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

[Adults and children enjoying a shadow puppet show]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 161. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Naval Ordnance Test Station Inyokern, Randsburg Wash Facility Target T...

Significance: The Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) are significant for their role in the naval testing of proximity or variable time (VT) fuzes, a vital element of the Navy's weapon... More

Pavilion of the Imperial College, Peking

Signed lower left: AF Jaccaci from photo. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Chinese Education" by Romyn Hitchcock, Century, 60:901 (Oct. 1900).

Li Hung Chang's reminder to the lawless - five pirate heads hanging ov...

[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]

H63422 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7741.

Ikaiei kōgeki - Public domain drawing

Print shows Japanese troops surprising Chinese soldiers at Weihaiwei and the death of a Chinese officer on horseback leading his troops into battle during a snowstorm. Title and other descriptive information co... 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)

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 scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[A Chinese sage sitting on a bench beneath banana trees, with attendan...

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Chinese painting on silk. Forms part of: Arnold Genthe collection (Libra... More

Nouvel atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise et du Thibet: conten...

This atlas was prepared to accompany J. B. Du Halde's Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine ... La Haye, 1736. cf. Avertissement. Available also thr... More

Chūgoku hanga, Qingdao China - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a Chinese wiseman holding a sword and riding on the back of a tiger.

Zhongguo tu Historic map, Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. Annotated on verso: "From original owned by Thomas W. Fina, 7400 Rebecca Drive, Alexandria, VA." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The war in China - attack on the "Banterer's" boat in Sai-Lau Creek, C...

Opium War. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1858 March 6, p. 233. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; China Hist. 1858; Opium War.

[Farm buildings with courtyard and animals, and two figures standing o...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 229. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[Interior of a western style house, possibly at a border post, with Ru...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 86. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[Celebration in a Chinese public house]

Drawing shows a celebration in progress to pay homage to the woman seated cross-legged at right in a public house with ornate interior and showing western influences, with stove, charcoal burner, and wall clock... More

Chinese Embassy / photographed by J. Gurney & Son.

Photograph shows a group portrait of ten Chinese men (names written in Chinese under their portraits), including Chih Kang, Sun Chia Ku, and interpreters. Other sitters include Mr. Deschamps, Anson Burlingame, ... More

Johnson's China and Japan. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. From Johnson's Atlas of the world, 1869. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to Japanes... More

[Portraits of a Chinese woman from Canton, a man mending a pot, a woma...

Captions on front of item: "Native Canton" (upper left); "The crockery mender" (upper right); "Foochau woman" (lower left); and "Chinese soldier" (lower right). Captions on back of item: [no caption] (upper le... More

[Portraits of a Chinese boy with a tray, a woman from Hong Kong, a gro...

Captions on front of item: "Boy with tray" (upper left); "Native of Hong Kong" (upper right); "Group of coolie" (lower left); and "Group of Chinese" (lower right). Captions on back of item: "Boy with tray" (up... More

Celestial wrath / F. Opper. - A book with a cartoon of a man holding a...

Print shows startled French soldiers in rice paddies confonting an angry blazing sun rimmed with cannon barrels and bayonets, and stating "Population 500,000,000", also signs labeled "Malaria, Disease, [and] Fe... More

Shanghai xian cheng xiang zu jie quan tu.

Scale ca. 1:5400. Revision of map originally drawn by Xu Yucang in 1875. Shows foreign concessions in Shanghai. Chinese area in yellow, French in red, British in blue, and American in orange. Available also thr... More

Girls of the new generation without bound feet in Central Park, Peking...

Four girls walking in park. Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vue of the city gates of Peking

Gift; Constance Ohlinger; 1963 Sept. Written on back: From the collection of Rev. Franklin Ohlinger; Gift, Constance Ohlinger.

China, Kiangsu Province, Soochow, bridge over canal - Frank G. Carpent...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peking. Summerpalace, from Dragon Temple Island

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "China-Chine. Peking. Summerpalace. from Dragon-Temple-Island". Print no. "... More

[S.S. Empress of China] - Public domain image of steamship

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Restaurant for employees at an egg factory [interior], Shanghain, Chin...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Home of a wealthy Chinese, Qingdao China

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

[Battle scene - soldiers engaged in close fighting on a battlefield]

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Chugoku hanga (Chinese) woodblock print. Forms part of: Japanese prints and draw... More

[Battle scene - soldiers storming a fort, engaging troops defending th...

Print shows a battle with soldiers storming a fort during the Nanjing Uprising which took place between Nov. 24 to Dec. 2, 1911. The Nanjing Uprising was part of the Xinhai Revolution also known as the Revolut... More

Jinricksha, lantern slide, Qingdao China

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

Peking - gateway in wall leading toward palace

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

Canton - consulate at Shameen - Public domain book illustration

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

Chefoo - English children in sedan chair

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

China army manoeuvers - A black and white photo of a group of men

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

[Great victory for the daring Awaya, regimental commander, at the time...

Print shows the Japanese commander on horseback as Japanese and allied forces attack the walled city at Tianjin, China. Title from accompanying material. Print torn with piece missing near center of image.

Boxer Rebellion. [The Japanese imperial family], China

Print shows a group portrait of Meiji, Emperor of Japan and the imperial family. Title from accompanying material.

Great Wall, Peking - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

[Ornate interiors of Chandler Hale house, 1001 16th St., N.W., Washing...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 81027. Caption card tracings: BI; Geogr.; Interiors.

Chinese coolies on the streets of Tien-tsin, China

Stereograph showing a group of men and boys standing next to buckets and carriers in Tianjin, China.

Marines in Peking - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Five hundred Chinese idols, Canton, China

Chinese ladies and children of the better class, China

Public domain photograph of native people, ethnic group, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ministers of Foreign Powers during negotiations with China - leaving S...

10 men posed, standing in front of building. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Boxer Rebellion; For. Relations; Ph. Ind.

Curious column and Ching-men (Great Bright) Gate between gates of Impe...

Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Japanese doctors attending their wounded after the Battle of Tientsin,...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: China Hist.; China Peking; Boxer Rebellion; Japan Hist.

German troops on the dock at Tongu awaiting transportation to Tientsin...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Boxer Rebellion; Germany Army; -Tongu.

The empress dowager's counsellors in dealings with the powers - member...

Four Chinese men in courtyard. 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 B... More

Maj.-General Chaffee, the gallant Legation rescuer, of whom his countr...

Adna R. Chaffee, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing next to chair, facing front. H2144 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Some of China's trouble-makers - "Boxer" prisoners captured and brough...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Entrance to the Temple of Heaven, Peking, China

No. 3746. Public domain image of 19th century China, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Chinese strawberry garden. Proprietor and coolie, China

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

Coolies unloading coal barges--Hong Kong, China

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

U.S. soldiers heliographing on the top of the Tartar City wall, Peking...

A typical woman of the river. Canton, China

No. 171. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washing vegetables in the filthy streams of Peking, China

Photograph shows Chinese men washing cart-loads of vegetables in a stream outside the city wall. H24410 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 48. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: Universal Photo Art Co.

Barber and customer, Peking, China - stereocsopic card

H24408 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves - stereo by the Universal Photo Art Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; China;... More

[Priest and soldiers praying over bodies of Russian soldiers awaiting ...

H63731 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905.

[Funeral of the noted Russian engineer Sakharoff -- looking w. across ...

Photograph shows a crowd of Russians surrounding a priest; in background rail cars and the harbor. H63726 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereogra... More

In the trenches at the Sha-ho - firing on the enemy from bomb-proof re...

H62238 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 14523. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bicycle stretchers bringing Russian wounded to a surgical station -- ...

H63725 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7789.

[Hasty funeral rites - last honors to the dead Russian heroes - in bes...

H63450 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7731.

[Russian ships being repaired in dry dock, Port Arthur]

H63708 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905.

Harvest time in N. China - farmer bringing the kao llang home by mule ...

A train (American locomotive) passing the Ha-ta-Men (Gate), Tartar Wal...

No. 4462. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taku Forts along the Pei-ho River, China

No. 12097. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An American institution in China

Three Chinese boys of a college "Yale-in-China" standing n front of a group of Chinese boys. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: China. National Photo Co... More