Potomac Electric Power Co. commercial kitchens, restaurants and lighti...
Public domain photograph of department store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. Oden, office and residence. Dr. Oden's office XVI
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
U.S. Capitol paintings. Declaration of Independence, painting by John ...
Subject matter of painting mis-identified by Horydczak as the signing of the Constitution. Titles devised.
Washington, D.C. View of Washington, D.C. from Arlington Cemetery I
Old negative number: 1622-10. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More
Monuments & memorials. John Ericsson statue and Lincoln Memorial II
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Interior view from floor of ...
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. View from Washington Cathedral grounds II
Old negative number: 1622-19. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More
Patterson House (Washington Club), 15 Dupont Circle N.W. Washington Cl...
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Animals. Elephant (head front view)
Old negative number: 1513. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910... More
Paintings. Madonna by Sano di Pietro I
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Statues and sculpture. William Jennings Bryan statue
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. View showing locks in Georgetown
Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Scott Circle - Theodor Horydczak collection
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Women's Industrial Conference, New National Museum, Washington, D.C., ...
Photographer's address: 1304 F Street, Wash., DC. Forms part of National Women's Trade Union League of America collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1952.
Labor Day Parade. Floats in line
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Capitol. Easter Monday at the U.S. Capitol
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Washington, District of Columbia. Lincoln Memorial at night
Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Electric Institute of Washington. Electric refrigerators, first floor ...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Christmas trees and decorations. Christmas 1938, decorated homes in We...
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Restaurat...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. South facade, general view f...
Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Additions to Buzzard P...
Subject card annotation: made for Mr. Miller. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington... More
U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and Hous...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Capitol. Progress photos of roof replacement over Senate and Hous...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Refrigera...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. building....
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Tudor Hall. Exterior of Tudor Hall
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Potomac Electric Power Co. miscellaneous. Fire sprays and fire fightin...
Subject card annotation: made for Mr. Reed, PEPCO. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washi... More
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gallery no. 56
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Jefferson Memorial. Aerial view of Jefferson Memorial III
Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More
Jefferson Memorial. Jefferson statue, vertical, head-on I
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Trinity College. Notre Dame Chapel side view I
Item title devised. Public domain photograph of a Roman Catholic church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pan American Union Building. Relief map of South America in Pan Americ...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
A.F. Jorss Iron Works Inc. Store fronts and windows in Ring Building
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A.F. Jorss Iron Works Inc. Windows in Alco (Aluminum Company of Americ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office, table, bureau, desk, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Statues and sculpture over the door of the gallery of House chamber, U...
Old negative number: 11. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was ... More
U.S. Capitol interiors. Senate chamber in U.S. Capitol
Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lord & Taylor, business in Washington, D.C. To escalator
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Cooking s...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Flags. Three flagpoles and one flag at Union Station
Old negative number: 282. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s... More
Furnishings, Frederick Douglass papers
A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More
![[View of Washington looking down Pennsylvania Ave. toward unfinished Capitol. National Hotel on left, no. 2]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvdmlldy1vZi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWxvb2tpbmctZG93bi1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtYXZlLXRvd2FyZC11bmZpbmlzaGVkLWNhcGl0b2wtYTJjMTg4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[View of Washington looking down Pennsylvania Ave. toward unfinished Capitol. National Hotel on left, no. 2]")
[View of Washington looking down Pennsylvania Ave. toward unfinished C...
Drawing shows the telegraph office and the National Hotel, at Pennsylvania and 6th Street, NW, as carriages move up and down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC with the Capitol rising in the distance. Inscrib... More
![President and Mrs. Taft leaving the Capitol to head the parade to the White House [March 4, 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvcHJlc2lkZW50LWFuZC1tcnMtdGFmdC1sZWF2aW5nLXRoZS1jYXBpdG9sLXRvLWhlYWQtdGhlLXBhcmFkZS10by10aGUtd2hpdGUtOWRiY2RlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "President and Mrs. Taft leaving the Capitol to head the parade to the White House [March 4, 1909]")
President and Mrs. Taft leaving the Capitol to head the parade to the ...
Taft, with wife seated beside him in carriage, tipping his top hat; crowd in background. H129105 U.S. Copyright Office.
Yeomen (F) welcoming the Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels, on retur...
Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1948. No. 1841. Photographer's address: 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. Forms part of Josephus Daniels collection. Donor information derived from shelflist card for LOT 5400 and the ... More
Banquet, 1936 Annual United States Conference of Mayors, Mayflower Hot...
Gift; Marie E. Revell; 1980; DLC/PP-1982:22. Photographer's address: 1516 H St. N.W., Washington, D.C. File no. 5406.
The Grand Review. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.
Stereograph showing the Grand Review of the Union Army veterans on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., May 23-24, 1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Anti-Saloon League at Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 1921
Photographer's address: 607 Pa. Ave. N.W., Washington D.C. Gift; Ed J. Richardson; October 26, 1951.
President Roosevelt, escorted by "Rough Riders," en route to Capitol, ...
H58399 U.S. Copyright Office No. 7545. Copyright 1905 by Underwood & Underwood.
Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1...
Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1948. Photographer's address: 731-733 7th St. N.E., Washington, D.C. Forms part of Josephus Daniels collection. Donor information derived from shelflist card for LOT 5400 and t... More
View of the suburbs of the city of Washington
Ship at wharf at Georgetown waterfront. Reference copy in LOT 4386-34. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002. Exhibited in: Creating the United States, Library of Con... More
Union Station Washington, D.C. 1906
Print showing bird's-eye view of Union Station with fountains in the foreground. Includes an eight-color printer's guide, printed in reverse, in lower left. Copyright 1907 by Penn Engraving Co. Phila. Library ... More
Capitol Bldg., east front, Washington, D.C.
H126787 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright Deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 10, 1909 DLC/PP-1909:43803.
"We wish peace because it is right" - President Roosevelt delivering h...
H58389 U.S. Copyright Office No. 7551. Copyright 1905 by Underwood & Underwood.
Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 15, 189...
No. 72. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Funeral ceremonies of the late President Harding, U.S. Capitol, Washin...
Copyright deposit; E. DeSouza. Copyright claimant's address: 467 Pa. Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. No. 2.
The taking of the city of Washington in America
Print shows a view from the Potomac River, of Washington, D.C. under attack by British forces under Major General Ross, August 24, 1814. Paper has watermark on lower right corner: 1820. Published in: Eyes of t... More
Abraham Lincoln's last reception / Hohenstein.. American Civil War 186...
Print shows Abraham Lincoln & Mary Todd Lincoln greeting Union generals, Cabinet members, & others at a reception. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" the Library... More
View of Washington City and Georgetown / lith. by E. Weber & Co., Balt...
Composite of view of Washington from the portico of the Capitol surrounded by twenty other views of government buildings, monuments, Navy Yard, and aqueduct near Georgetown.
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
William Lucy oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Wash...
Summary: William Lucy discusses his role in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in the 1960s, especially how he and the union supported the 1968 sanitation workers' strike ... More
In South East Washington - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows four houses in southeast Washington DC partially hidden behind two bare trees. Formerly DRWG/US - Gedney - 110. Gift, Ralph Gedney 1926 (DLC/PP-1926:R47019).
View from N.E. corner, 17th & H sts, Spring of 1875. Washington, D.C.
Watercolor drawing shows houses at the corner of 17th and H streets, presumably in the Northwest quadrant of Washington DC. Transfer; Map Division; 1936; (DLC/PP-1936:491748).
Excavation of site for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Printed on image: "Architect's Office, Cong. Lib. Bldg." Source unknown. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Dec. 3, 189...
No. 49. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., June 28, 18...
No. 55. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Study for part of drapery for figure of Physics
Study drawing shows the drapery for the allegorical figure of "Physics" below the torso for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Bu... More
Congressional Library--Detail of fountain. Washington DC sterescope ca...
Detail of Neptune Fountain, Library of Congress. 45882 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 179.
The Capitol, central entrance and dome
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
Dentistry at Howard University, Washington, D.C., ca. 1900
Title transcribed from photo mount. Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900). Re... More
Sea Nymphs, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Neptune Fountain, Library of Congress. 1577 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington Monument view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1903 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-16166) lists title as: Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "54055". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Coll... More
Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath of office to President Roo...
H59262 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by American Stereoscopic Co. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Inauguration of President Roosevelt, March 4, 1905. Review of the Gran...
H58180 U.S. Copyright Office No. 4449. Copyright by C.H. Graves. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Inauguration of President Roosevelt, March 4, 1905 Swinging past the T...
H58182 U.S. Copyright Office No. 4459. Copyright by C.H. Graves. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First division of inaugural parade headed by West Point cadets as it f...
H57988 U.S. Copyright Office No. 6171. Sold by Universal View Co.
Gov. Warfield (Md.) and staff, inaugural parade, Washington, D.C.
H31707 U.S. Copyright Office No. 571. Copyright 1905 by Metropolitan Syndicate Press, Chicago. "Metropolitan Series."
Panorama of Washington, D.C., Panoramic Photograph
J203761 U.S. Copyright Office On verso of duplicate: "E. J. Ryan, A. W. Marks, the Commercial Photo Co., views, groups, map work, copying and enlarging, 1403 H Street, N.W., phone main 8719, Washington, D.C.". ... More
Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. View of opening in generator...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Treasury Department. Southeast side of Treasury Department with part o...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Capitol exteriors. Stairs and dome of U.S. Capitol, west side
Old negative number: 004-5. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building w... More
Washington, D.C. View from in front of Custis-Lee Mansion I
Old negative number: 1622-23. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More
Post Office Department Building. Fountain of Post Office Department Bu...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Capitol. Infrared plate of U.S. Capitol
Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American Institute of Pharmacy. Entrance of American Institute of Phar...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
38th annual meeting, American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.,...
Gift; Ruthven Deane; January 22, 1934; DLC/PP-1934:340002. Photographer's address: Wash., D.C. No. 2119. Photo forms part of Ruthven Deane Collection.
Schreier & Patterson, architects. Apartments in Northeast, rock front
Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Damaged machine parts ...
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Stores of...
Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schreier & Patterson, architects. View of U.S. Chamber of Commerce sho...
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Folger Library copy work. Illustration of buildings in Shipyard Temple...
Caption accompanying image: South West View of an Antient [sic] Structure in Ship Yard Temple Bar. Supposed to Have Been the Residence of Elias Ashmole, Esq. the Celebrated Antiquary. Titles devised.
U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front portico of U.S. Supreme Court from...
Old negative number: 2235-44. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More
Potomac Electric Power Co. miscellaneous. Manhole crew and truck II
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. Front of U.S. Supreme Court Building fro...
Old negative number: 2235-62. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More
Statues and sculpture. Abraham Lincoln bust in U.S. Capitol II
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bust, head, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mayflower Hotel. Chimera Room in Mayflower Hotel I
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Theodore Roosevelt High School. Sweeping view of front of Theodore Roo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
National Cathedral exteriors. South transept of National Cathedral
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Electric Institute of Washington. Class of girls in Electric Institute...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Capitol paintings. Lafayette, full-length portrait painting in U....
Titles devised. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed... More
International Nickel Co. at Walter Reed Hospital. Cubicles I, Walter R...
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More