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Portion of an illustrated Japanese or Chinese manuscript or scroll tha...

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

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 - 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

"Chinese Row," in the "Market of all Nations," Nijni-Novgorod, Russia

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood (J.F. Jarvis, publisher). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Markets; Museums; Street Railway; Geogr.

Chinese Joss House in Mourning - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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

[Chinese subjects] - Public domain portrait photograph

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese recording - gramophone disc, record label

Chinese vocal and instrumental ensemble. Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra

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.

Portion of an illustrated Japanese or Chinese manuscript or scroll tha...

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

Chinamen arrested after Mock Duck & Tom Lee factions' shooting in Chin...

Photograph shows Chinese-American men arrested for being involved in a war between On Leong Tong and Hip Sing Tong organizations for control of Chinatown standing outside police station with police officers. F... More

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

Like a Chinese play, it goes on forever / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows a Chinese play taking place on a small stage with Joseph G. Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich offering two small doll-like figures labeled "Small Dealer" and "Consumer" to a dragon labeled "High P... More

Chinese Army manoeuvres - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Helen B. Rich & "Chinese Gordon"

Photo shows woman holding a dog and wearing armband with number "8."

Chinese Army - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Chinese Float - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

N.Y. school - Chinese pupils - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Chinese Admiral's wreath for Grant's Tomb

Photo shows Chinese sailors marching with wreath from Rear Admiral Chin Pih Kwang of the Imperial Chinese Navy to Grant's Tomb in New York City on Sept. 18th, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009, and Ne... More

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.

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.

SERVICES FOR CHINESE MINISTER AT MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL. AMBASSADOR...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Arnold Genthe - Street in 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

Chinese Minister's family attend theatre. The March of Time, a motion ...

A group of women standing next to each other on a checkered floor. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White House reception for diplomats. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. The Ja...

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[...]Y., Lieut. Sec. Chinese Embassy, 3/10/38

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rockefeller Plaza, exhibit [for] United Nations by OWI, New York, N.Y....

Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese mulberry trees. American silk agency, No. 5 Bank street Philad...

On verso: Gift Estate of William C. Rives Apr. 1940 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; Portfol... More

New York, New York. Chinese-American playing Chinese checkers with a J...

Public domain photograph of people around a table, meeting, boardgame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. A Chinese scholar in the Oriental Division of the Lib...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Dr. Hu Shih, the Chin...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair. Office of War I...

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

Press conference with General Chu Shih-Ming. On the fifth anniversary ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Chinese delegates at ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. A Chinese student from ...

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

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Crew of Chinese w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York finale in a play on America at war, given by studen...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese technical experts inspect reference material in University of ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese water conservancy experts examining contour maps at the Univer...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, 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

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.

Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of Asia as well as the oldest Chinatown in North America. It is one of the top tourist attraction... More

Old building in Locke, an unincorporated community in the Sacramento/S...

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

Cʹest moi. Dʹediʹe par sou ami. Lt. Col. B.H.L. Klimkiewicz

Print shows Lieutenant Colonel Klimkiewicz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fili... More

W.J. Worth, Brigr. Genl. U.S. Army

Print shows Brigadier General William J. Worth, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Stamped on verso: 43309. ... More

William Costin. "A tribute to worth by his friends"

Print shows William Costin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing top hat and coat, with left hand tucked inside his vest, also shows a "[Ba]nk of Washington" building in the background. ... More

Bock beer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows "Bock" goats upending Chinese men, to the amusement of several men sitting at tables drinking beer. 8533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright and lith., 1879, by A.J. Maerz, Brooklyn, E.D. N.Y.

In Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal., California, 19th century sterescope...

Stereograph showing view down street in Chinatown. Stereo copyrighted 1898 by B.L. Singley. No. 9232.

Typical springless, seatless Chinese coach, looking toward Coal Mounta...

H2171 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 Bo... More

Chinamen eating chow in a restaurant, Canton, China

H24524 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 168. Title transcribed from item.

The so-called "Lily feet" contrasted with the natural feet of Chinese ...

Copyright 1902 by C.H. Graves. On mount: Philadelphia, Naperville, Ill., London, Paris, Hamburg. No. 172.

In the harbor of Hong Kong - a Chinese junk passing

H96530 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White & Co. No. 4451.

Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More

Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More

Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More

Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 2-15, Interior shots of Alfred Potter's boat building shop; 16-18, One of the chines of the quahaug boat; 19-25, Alfred Potter's boat building shop in the rear of his backyard; 26-28, Alfred Potter'... More

Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More

Wei shi kai meng da wen : er juan

Questions and answers intended to inspire the study of Buddhism; author Yunfeng was a monk in Yitai Temple. In case. Also available in digital form. 九行十九字. Nine lines, with nineteen characters per line. 舊題:「元宣授... More

Alfred Potter, quahaug (quahog) boat building, Wickford, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-7, Attaching the bottom strake to the stern, drilling, nailing, caulking; 8-9, Double exposures of one chine sprung behind the strake between the stem and stern on one side; 10-20, Attaching the b... More

Lithuanian birbyne ensemble, Chicago, Illinois; Mr. Antanas Poskocimas...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-3, Balys Pakstas' birbyne ensemble, left to right, Mr. Vincus Vaitk... More

View of Chinatown; Fishing on Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-10, scenes of Korean and other Asian shops and organizations in Chi... More

Norma Smayda, weaving, Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Alfred Potter, quah...

Index data: 2a-5a, Stern of the quahaug boat being built by Alfred Potter; 6a-8a, Oak boards being used to construct the rails and chines for the boat; 9a-12a, the rear of Alfred Potter's house, showing one of ... More

Ding juan Su ru ji : er juan - Chinese rare book collection, LOC

Printed by Xiao Tenghong; eleven woodblock illustrations included. Title from caption. In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 版匡分. 上下二欄：下欄十行廿六字, 小字雙行字同; 上欄小字雙行四字. The text ... More

Huang yu zhi lüe : shi liu juan

The writing style is succinct; personal likenesses stopped at the Song and Yuan Dynasties; however, the chapter on the Yi people is more detailed, gives the history of their official exchange with China, and gi... More

Shi shi yuan liu ying hua shi ji : si juan

Also available in digital form. Bequest Mary L. McClure December 20, 1944. 明成化間刻本。四卷. Ming woodblock print, ca. 1465-1487. 十四行二十三字。色彩極豐富，請加強表現。部分中縫斷裂，請小心不要錯掃空白葉。 Fourteen lines with twenty-three characters per ... More

Chu ci : er shi juan, juan shou yi juan

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. September 17, 1940 580875. 是書就朱熹《集註》而廣之，凡分四集。 This book supplements 'Chu ci ji zhu' by Zhu Xi, and was divided into four parts. 八冊二函. Eight vo... More

Da Qing lü ji jie fu li : san shi juan, fu Ti ding zai ru lü tie tong ...

Preface states that this work was created under Imperial order, a compilation of Ming Dynasty laws and statutes that became the legal system of the Qing Dynasty. Also available in digital form on the Library of... More

Shi shi yuan liu ying hua shi ji : si juan

Also available in digital form. Bequest Mary L. McClure December 20, 1944. 明成化間刻本。四卷. Ming woodblock print, ca. 1465-1487. 十四行二十三字。色彩極豐富，請加強表現。部分中縫斷裂，請小心不要錯掃空白葉。 Fourteen lines with twenty-three characters per ... More

Nanhua zhen jing fu mo : ba juan

In case. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 明萬曆間重刻本 四周單欄 白口 無魚尾 版匡高20.7寬13.5公分. 八行十七字 夾註雙行字同. Eight lines, with seventeen characters per line; interspersed with notes in paired ... More

Da Fo ding ru lai mi yin xiu zheng liao yi zhu pu sa wan xing shou Len...

Translated by the Indian monk Pramiti; revised and translated by an Uddiyana monk in the Tang Dynasty; government official Fang Rong then compiled again; Buddhist monk Jiehuan of Kai yuan lian Temple in Wenling... More

Shi shi yuan liu ying hua shi ji : si juan

Also available in digital form. Bequest Mary L. McClure December 20, 1944. 明成化間刻本。四卷. Ming woodblock print, ca. 1465-1487. 十四行二十三字。色彩極豐富，請加強表現。部分中縫斷裂，請小心不要錯掃空白葉。 Fourteen lines with twenty-three characters per ... More

Shi shi yuan liu ying hua shi ji : si juan

Also available in digital form. Bequest Mary L. McClure December 20, 1944. 明成化間刻本。四卷. Ming woodblock print, ca. 1465-1487. 十四行二十三字。色彩極豐富，請加強表現。部分中縫斷裂，請小心不要錯掃空白葉。 Fourteen lines with twenty-three characters per ... More

Chinatown, my Chinatown - Public domain American sheet music

one copy incomplete.

[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

Where both platforms agree--no vote--no use to either party / J.A. Wal...

Illustration shows James Garfield and Winfield S. Hancock nailing a Chinese man between two "Anti-Chinese" boards labeled "Republican Plank" and "Democratic Plank". Illus. in: Puck, v. 7, no. 175 (1880 July 14... More

Liu sheng Huang He sao ba he dao quan tu.

Scale [ca. 1:400,000]. Pictorial map. Covers Gansu, Shanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Jiangnan. Shows the complete course of the Yellow River form the headstream in the Tibet plateau to the old estuary, prior to... More

New York, New York. Chinese grocery store in Chinatown

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farmers, vendors, store, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Humorous pictures depicting the Chinese], Political Cartoon

Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the S... More

[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

[Humorous pictures showing the Chinese mode of transportation (four me...

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: Nisshinsensō shōraku gakai : Comics of the ... More

Chinese firecrackers - Sheet music, Popular songs of the day

Hai jiang yang jie xing shi quan tu.

Scale ca. 1:760,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Hummel gift 1962, no. 5. Insets: Huan hai quan tu -- Qi sheng yan hai quan tu -- Qiongzhou tu -- Penghu tu -- Taiw... More

Indo-Chine Franc̜aise / Historic map, Library of Congress

Text in French and English. Includes 4 inset maps inside guidebook. In guidebook: Indo-Chine / Touring-Club de France. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Ti...

Significance: National Historic Landmark. This vessel is one of the oldest skipjacks in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet and is of unusual construction, having a V-bottom construction, but with a rounded chi... More

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Ti...

Significance: National Historic Landmark. This vessel is one of the oldest skipjacks in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet and is of unusual construction, having a V-bottom construction, but with a rounded chi... More

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Ti...

Significance: National Historic Landmark. This vessel is one of the oldest skipjacks in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet and is of unusual construction, having a V-bottom construction, but with a rounded chi... More

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Ti...

Significance: National Historic Landmark. This vessel is one of the oldest skipjacks in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet and is of unusual construction, having a V-bottom construction, but with a rounded chi... More

[Quanzhou Fu yu di tu shuo]. - Public domain old map

Covers land and territory in Quanzhou Prefecture. Shows cities, towns, and military posts in Quanzhou fu. Title supplied. Previous supplied title: Quanzhou fu tu shuo. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also... More

[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

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.

Bataille des pyramides, 21 Juillet 1798 peint par Gros ; gravé par Fri...

Print shows Napoleon on horseback during the Battle of the Pyramids, gesturing toward the pyramids in the distance while speaking to his officers and soldiers on the left; in the lower right foreground are defe... More

The Rev'd James Milnor D.D. rector of St. George's Church / drawn on s...

Print shows the Reverend James Milnor, D.D., half-length portrait, sitting, facing front, holding book in right hand.

Tojin ja-odori no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows eight men holding up a dragon with sticks for the dragon dance. Nagasaki print. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 159; 47623a. Earlier control number: 236.3-7. Gift; Mrs. E. Cra... More

[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

[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

The Chinese question would be settled if the Chinee, Chinee, would vot...

Caricature showing Chinese putting many votes into large bowl - voting "straight Democratic ticket."

[Chinese jars and weapons in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 35. No. 940. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul... More

The Chinese invasion / J. Keppler.

Composite of nine cartoons, each separately captioned, on Chinese immigrants in the United States, including New York City and San Francisco. Illus. in: Puck, vol. 7, no. 158, pp. 24-25.