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Kommt herrin beir ist gust sein! - come in, don't fear! it's pleasant ...

Print of advertisement showing a man presenting to the viewer a stein of beer and a plate of food. 30155 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright secured according to act of Congress by Hermann Ruehling.

Initiation ceremonies of the darktown lodge - part first: the grand bo...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3326

A sorry dog: I shoots dot tog bismark, he makes me much troubles

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6024

An ice-cream racket--freezing in: "oh dat lubly cream! seems as I coul...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3260

The mammoth trees (Sequoia gigantea), California (Calaveras County) ex...

Print shows several giant sequoias, each identified by name, circumference, and height, with a small building in the middle ground and tourists walking among the trees. 169 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered accor... More

[Lawton, Haverly Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: S.F. Hess & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Franklin's first audience before King Louis XVI, at Versailles. March ...

G6102 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The grand new steamboat Pilgrim: the largest in the world: flagship of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2737

Bombardment of San Juan, Porto [sic] Rico

U.S. warships under command of Rear Admiral Sampson bombarding San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 12 1898. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Rear Admiral Sampson in left lower corner. Copyright by Muller, Luchsinger & Co.... More

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world. A ...

Circus poster showing battle between Buffalo Bill's congress of rough riders and Cuban insurgents. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. No. 2296.

Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying...

14021 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1876, by Currier & Ives, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compil... More

[Bodie, San Francisco Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Our overworked Supreme Court / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Supreme Court justices "Woods, Blatchford, Harlan, Gray, Miller, Field, Waite, Bradley [and] Matthews" around a table, struggling to keep up with an overload of cases piling up on the floor, ... More

"Pacing a fast heat" - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5068

[John Cahill, Indianapolis Hoosiers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

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

[Bill Bergen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Bill Bergen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Christopher Columbus at the royal court of Spain / VBrožik 1884.

Print showing Christopher Columbus presenting his request to Queen Isabella I and Ferdinand V and a gathering of courtiers. 13506 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, Springfield, Ohio.

Lloyd J. Harriss Pies, chromolithograph

Poster shows George Washington crossing a river of cherry pies. It is a spoof on Emanuel Leutze's painting of Washington crossing the Delaware.

[Hardie Henderson, Brooklyn Trolley-Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: W.S. Kimball Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth--The great Coney Island wat...

Poster showing performers diving and clowns in the ocean at Coney Island, New York. No. 98-B. No. 70. Printed in America.

Baseball A B C. - Public domain book illustration

Cover title. In illustrated paper cover; all ill. are chromolithographs. Guide to baseball literature, edited by A. Grobani, lists this title, clothbound, p. 185, 15-2. Also available in digital form on the Lib... More

Baseball A B C. - Public domain book illustration

The great Wallace shows: colossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated stages

Poster shows Robert Stickney, Jr. performing a back flip on a galloping horse as a clown watches. Also shown on poster are portraits of Stickney and circus owner B.E. Wallace. Caption: America's most phenomena... More

"A two minute clip!" - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6752

[Harry Krause, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

D. Rosenberg & Sons, standard carriage varnishes, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sloop yachts Mischief and Atalanta in the race for "The America Cup"

Artist: Charles R. Parsons. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5956

The lady with the lamp (Miss Nightingale at Scutari, 1854)

Florence Nightingale holding lamp in front of man. Additional text: Presented with Yule tide, 1891. From the painting by Henrietta Rae (Mrs. Normand)

[A close play at second, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. Exhibited in: American Treasures of the Library of Congr... More

[Thirteen men doing acrobatics]

Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. No. 64. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Love or duty / chromolith. by Jehenné ; G. Castagnola, Firenze 1873.

Print shows a painter kneeling in front of a nun. D15112 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W.E. Caldwell.

The water jump - Print, Library of Congress collection

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7094

Stonewall Jackson, Bull Run, Aug. 17, 1861 / H.A. Ogden.

Print shows General Stonewall Jackson standing on a ridge with soldiers, one holding Jackson's horse, monitoring the action of the battle at Bull Run, Virginia, August 17, 1861. D4747 U.S. Copyright Office. Si... More

Winter days - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a winter scene with a large sleigh drawn by four horses, with several men and women riding past a house with a white picket fence and smoke coming out of a chimney on a snowy winter day. A dog is ch... More

Trotting Queen Alix: record 2:03 3/4

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6679

[Harry Lord, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, baseball card portrait...

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. "Lord, Boston & Chgo Amer."- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., B...

Print shows people watching a motion picture in a theater of an infantry attack during the Spanish-American War; includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe in upper left corner. Copyright ... More

Pacing a fast heat / J. Cameron.

Three jockeys harness racing. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5067

The Port of New York: birds eye view from the battery, looking South

Artists: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5257

[Charlie Getzien, Detroit Wolverines, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Allen & Ginter Company. "Getzin"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Stop your cruel oppression of the Jews / Flohri.

Print shows an aged man labeled "Russian Jew" carrying a large bundle labeled "Oppression" on his back; hanging from the bundle are weights labeled "Autocracy," "Robbery," "Cruelty," "Assassination," "Deception... More

The lost bet / Jos. Klir, Paris.

Parade with banner showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Gov. John Peter Altgeld. No. 5418.

The lost bet / Jos. Klir, Paris.

Parade with banner showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Grover Cleveland, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Gov. John Peter Altgeld. No. 5418.

This week the big store Siegel-Cooper Co. celebrate their first annive...

Advertising poster showing exterior view of the Siegel-Cooper Co. store at night, illuminated by many lights, draped with banners and flags, and a crowd of shoppers both inside and outside the store. At the far... More

Champion of the world James J. Corbett Under the management of William...

Poster showing newly crowned "champion of the world" boxer James J. Corbett meeting with political leaders and other dignitaries from several European countries. Corbett is shown shaking hands with William E. G... More

Columbus at the court of Barcelona

Christopher Columbus standing before the King and Queen of Spain, with Indians from the New World, Feb. 1493. [4]0794Y U.S. Copyright Office.

[Twelve Asian acrobats performing]

7841Wp2s U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. No. 59.

The return, or saved from the wreck / painted by Thomas Brooks ; Armst...

Print showing Impression 1: Gratis with The Citizen & Round Table. Impression 2: Given as a premium to "The Citizen & Round Table." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Armstrong & Co. in t... More

Winning "hands down," with a good second

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse, animal husbandry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Asking a blessing - Print, Library of Congress collection

Man and woman saying grace at small table set with two spoons, two pieces of dark bread, and bowl of stew; small dog sits on floor. Copyright by H. Bencke.

Wheelmen in "a red hot finish" - Drawing. Public domain image.

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7169

[Frank Chance, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Tip O'Neill, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: W.S. Kimball "James O'Neil"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. Exhibited: "Baseball Americana," at... More

[D. Jones, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Rube Waddell, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth--The realistic jungle menag...

Poster showing animals on display and performers beneath palm trees. No. 97-B. No. 12. Printed in America.

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Greatest Act. The Only and the Greatest Per...

Circus poster showing a sea lion catching hats. No. 1900.S. No. 84.

The yacht squadron at Newport - Public domain image of a steam boat

Print showing yachts, a steamboat, and several rowboats in a harbor at Newport. 7037 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives, in the Office of the Librari... More

Cornell - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a baseball player, from Cornell University, holding bat. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arms of the states and territories of the American union

Print shows a composite of the seals of the states and territories of the United States on a large shield, with "The Great Seal of the United States", an eagle, and an American flag, as well as an emblem labele... More

The United States Mutual Accident Association

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

[Billy O'Brien, Washington Statesmen, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The yacht "Sappho" of New York: leaving Sandy Hook July 28th. 1869 bou...

Artist: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7369

[Caruthers, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. "Carruthers"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The International Exposition 1876 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A....

Print showing bird's-eye view of the exposition grounds with people from many cultures on the roadway, in the foreground, near the entrance. G4909 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: View from George's H... More

Great fair on a grand scale - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2829

[Jack Farrell, Washington Statesmen, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

State Line--For Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Londonderry & Liverpool--Aus...

Ship "State of Nebraska" and sailboat on water, with inserts of a dining room, and people on deck of ship. 9947N U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Austin Bladwin & Co.

[Dell Darling, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: W.S. Kimball Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Clowns with Mules] - Public domain engraving

Color woodcut. Printers: Warren, Johnson & Co. Designers, Engravers and Printers. Caption card tracings: Circus; Posters; Clowns.

[Clowns with Mules] - Public domain engraving

Color woodcut. Printers: Warren, Johnson & Co. Designers, Engravers and Printers. Caption card tracings: Circus; Posters; Clowns.

The life of a fireman: the ruins--"take up"--"man your rope."

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3788 Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictoria... More

Family record. Before the war and since the war / Krebs Lithographing ...

A chart exhibiting two farms, contrasting slavery with freedom in connection with a family record. "Designed for the colored people of America by W. H. Cowell, Martin, Tennessee." Copyright no. 9131L.

Winter scene in Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Print shows a street scene in winter in front of the "Russian Heater Works" at the intersection of "Filbert" and "Twelfth" streets in Philadelphia; includes many pedestrians on the street, the "Twelfth Street P... More

[W. Hogan, Vernon Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Jordan & Herzog at first, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Hart, Milwaukee Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Hart, Milwaukee Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, greatest race course in the world

Poster shows dramatic race scene with automobiles on race track and spectators leaning over railing of grandstands, also shows international flags strung across the track. Management: C.G. Fisher, A.C. Newby,... More

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, greatest race course in the world

[Cap Anson, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Power of music] / chromo. of Duval & Hunter, Philadelphia ; Jas. F. Q...

Print shows an African American man playing fiddle and family dancing. It resembles, but is an Americanized variation of, Auguste Dircks (1806-1881) "Dancing to the fiddle" now in the Josef Mensing Gallery, Ham... More

[Ed Andrews, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The great Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined. Phenomenal acts o...

Circus poster showing a juggler, and contortionists performing various acts including backward dives from an extension ladder. 18611 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 99.S No. 67. Copyright by Strobridge Litho. Co., C... More

[Buck Ewing, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

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

The mammoth trees (Sequoia gigantea), California (Calaveras County) / ...

Print shows several giant sequoias, each identified by name, circumference, and height, with a small building in the middle ground and tourists walking among the trees.

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth The Great Coney Island Wate...

Poster shows people in costumes, including clowns, performing at the beach.

[Doolan, Philadelphia Phillies, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. "Doolin"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Watch meeting - Print, Library of Congress collection

Snowy night scene with church. 13280(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J. Latham & Co.

[Addie Joss, Cleveland Naps, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

"President"--"Rutherford B. Hayes", Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows President Rutherford B. Hayes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Copyrighted by G. F. Gilman 1877.

Assault on Fort Sanders - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

Union troops led by Gen. Burnside fighting Confederates led by Gen. Longstreet, Nov. 29, 1863.

The great Bartholdi statue, liberty enlightening the world: the gift o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Statue of Liberty, New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The great East River suspension bridge: connecting the cities of New Y...

7336 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2818

[Ed Konetchy, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

[Full sheet base ball poster no. 281]

Print showing a batter standing at home plate with catcher and umpire awaiting the pitch; view is from the pitcher's mound, with grandstand visible in the background. A24190 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted ... More

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