[Four people seated on a carpet, in front of a backdrop of textiles]
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photo of Kochui︠u︡shchīe kirgizy. Golodnai︠a︡ stepʹ
Family of three, kneeling in a field. Public domain photograph of native people, ethnic group, Russian empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First day of school - Public domain print
Photograph shows studio portrait of little boy, dressed in sailor suit, holding umbrella over head of little girl dressed in fancy coat and hat. Copyright 1905 by The Photograph Company of America. No. 1224.
[Ellie Ganado, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]
H73702 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Fred Harvey. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Supplement to "The American Ladies' Tailor" spring and summer
G15406 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Mitchell (Jno. J.) C... More
Edward S. Curtis - Papago cleaning wheat (Winnowing wheat)
H99622 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2297-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Supplement to "The American Furrier"
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Mitchell (Jno. J.) Co., copyright claimant. Americ... More
Pakit--Maricopa, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of a Maricopa woman, wrapped in a blanket.
Edward S. Curtis - Tonovige--Havasupai, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Tonovige, Havasupai woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. H99653 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2432-07. Published in: The North Americ... More
Edward S. Curtis - High Hawk - Public domain portrait
High Hawk, standing, facing left, in ceremonial dress, war bonnet and holding a coup stick. H104309 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2479-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). P... More
[At the water's edge--Arikara] - Public domain book illustration
Young Arikara Indian standing in shallow water, wearing buckskin dress, with trees in background, North Dakota.
Hunting Horse and daughters / photo by Dedrick, Taloga, Ok.
Group portrait of Indian family. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The girl with the olla, Native American woman portrait
Photograph showing a young Isleta woman standing with a ceramic pot. H109803 U.S. Copyright Office.
The pottery vendor, gelatin silver print
Photograph showing a woman with a ceramic pot. H109961 U.S. Copyright Office.
Edward S. Curtis - Holds The Enemy
Holds The Enemy, an Apsaroke man, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing several shell necklaces, a beaded pouch about his waist, and holding a tomahawk. H113036 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no.... More
[Swallow Bird, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...
H113006 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2678-08.
Edward S. Curtis - Forked Iron, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man. H113037 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2709-08.
Edward S. Curtis - [Black Eagle--Assiniboin]
Black Eagle, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing buffalo hide, holding wing of bird. H168510 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2447-08. Published in: The North Ame... More
[Abbey Jackson, seated, and Celene DuPuy ice skating on reflecting poo...
Copyright by the National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Good news - Public domain portrait engraving
Photograph shows a woman fancily dressed, seated at a table, holding an umbrella and posed using telephone. Copyright 1909 by Longaker Premier Engraving Co., Phila., Pa.
Eskimo family from Labrador Seattle A.Y.P.E.
Photograph showing two Inuit couples and two children, with backdrop of snow covered log buildings in background. J133777 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: No. 1088. On recto: Seattle A.Y.P.E. 09. Copyright by ... More
A young Yakima - Public domain portrait print
Portrait of a man, bust, facing front, long braided hair, shell disk earrings, shell choker, cloth shirt, beaded vest.
Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Kominaka dancer
Kwakiutl Indian in costume with skulls. J150218 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3329-10.
The manicure / W.E. Hill '10. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat, smoking a cigarette, and getting a manicure from a man wearing a suit.
Edward S. Curtis - A medicine pipe--Piegan
Piegan man, full-length portrait, kneeling on right knee, facing front, holding medicine pipe. J139632 U.S. Copyright Office. Name on verso: Broad Tail. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis... More
Edward S. Curtis - Mike Shortman, portrait of american indian man
Piegan man, half-length portrait, facing right. J139703 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3082-09.
Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Flathead childhood
Salish Indian boy, posed, wearing costume and headdress. Curtis no. 3149-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 7, p. 235.
[Cayuse woman, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, braids, s...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Wishham child
Portrait of a girl, three-quarter length, seated, wearing basket like hat, cotton plaid dress, shell beads decorated with silver dollars. J139772 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3... More
Herbert G. Ponting and his camera / H.G.P.
Photograph shows Herbert G. Ponting, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with movie(?) camera on tripod, during the British Antarctic Expedition. J181346 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1913 May 12,... More
Edward S. Curtis - Piegan war-bonnet and coup-stick
Piegan man, half-length portrait, dressed in war bonnet and holding a feathered coup-stick, facing front. J139646 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso of photograph: Dan Bull Plume; on folder label: Rueben Black Boy... More
[Young woman in colonial dress on steps in Colonial- American home]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg, half-length portrait, facing right]
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This is the man who tells his wife that "woman's place is in the home"...
Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat and a red dress sitting at a table in a nightclub with a man who is holding her hand across the table.
Caricature, After the hug / W.E. Hill '12., public domain cartoon imag...
Illustration shows a woman wearing a large hat standing next to a man wearing a tuxedo and top hat. Caption: He You smashed two cigars in my inside pocket just then! / She That's nothing! You bent a whole pa... More
Built for speed; 1912 model / W.E. Hill 1912.
Illustration shows a beautiful young woman, fashionably dressed with large hat, standing before a group of wealthy men, looking back over her right shoulder; includes an escutcheon showing an automobile, lobste... More
A game of chess / Baumann Studio, New York.
Two women playing chess on floor, while two other women watch, wearing brocaded robes, turbans, and long ropes of pearls. J197714 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Baumann Studio, New York.
The kidnappers / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.
Illustration shows at center, Theodore Roosevelt kidnapping the "G.O.P." elephant (this figure can be rotated 180° to show Roosevelt being kidnapped by the "G.O.P."); around this image are vignette scenes showi... More
A live wire / Modest Stein ; painted by Modest Stein.
Illustration shows a fashionably dressed young woman talking on a telephone with multiple lines that are connected to twelve men. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1953 (1914 August 8), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck... More
My patrons arrived in groups, couples or singly
(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Ruggles of Red Gap" by Harry Leon Wilson, Saturday evening post, 187:18 (Feb. 6, 1915).
[Ernest Thompson Seton, with three Blackfeet Indians, demonstrating ho...
J220947 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Haynes, St. Paul. Public domain photograph of people having fun at picnic in the park, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beersheba and surroundings. (Beer Saba). Beersheba. Sheik Hamd el Sane
Title from Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?] misidentifies sitter as "Hussein Abu Sitte. Paramount sheik of Tarabin tribe." Depicted is Sheik Hamd el Sane. (Source: researcher Dr. S. Abu Sit... More
Evening gown in all its splendor
Woman modeling evening gown by Lucile at the Spring Fashion Show of the National Retail Garment Association held at the Commodore Hotel by Lucile. J246918 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Lucile, from Underw... More
Edward S. Curtis - A Klamath in costume
Klamath Indian, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. J262621 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3896. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American I... More
Tolowa dancing head-dress, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Sam Lopez, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing Tolowa costume including a redheaded woodpecker scalp headress and strings of dentalium shell beads, holding a traditional painted bow and an obsidian blade, a si... More
Portrait photo of Jim Whitebird, gelatin silver print
Jim Whitebird, Nez Percé man, half-length portrait, standing, facing front.
This Turkish woman in the bazaar keeps up with the modern styles in he...
Photographs show a woman wearing çarşaf without a face veil walking through a market and a porter carrying bags in front of the offices of "J. Chryssophos & Co., steamship agents and brokers", Istanbul, Turkey.
Roumanian peasant type Fountain waters are given rainbow hues in the g...
Photographs show scenes in Romania including two peasant men standing next to a cart and a fountain in front of a hotel, Sinaia. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1308 (top image) and n... More
Palaces in Bucharest are elaborate. This is the old home of the belove...
Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1331 (top image) and no. 1332 (bottom image). Text under image no. 1331: Same as 1329. In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [35]. Copyright by C... More
White deerskin dance costume--Hupa, portrait of american indian man
Hupa Indian, half-length, standing, facing left, in ceremonial costume. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This boy shines in Constantinople One can lose himself in the narrow c...
Photographs show a head-and-shoulders portrait of a shoeshine boy and people, including women in a crowded market, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1404 (top image... More
Edward S. Curtis - On the Merced--Southern Miwok
Miwok man holding spear, sitting on boulder in a creek. J268430 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 4000. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cur... More
Edward S. Curtis - A Serrano woman of Tejon
Serrano woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J270859 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress) Curtis no. 4141. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cu... More
Beth Shemesh, May 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Indian bonus veteran - Theodor Horydczak collection
Photograph shows four men, probably veterans, sitting on a bench with tents in the background, probably at the Bonus Expeditionary Forces assemblage in Washington, D.C. One of the men is wearing a traditional ... More
[Three Bedouin men, standing, facing front]
Filed in: LC-MISC-03-040. On item: J.W.C. Reference print of item in LOT 13934. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of John D. Whiting (Library of Congress).
[Frida Kahlo (Senora Diego Rivera) standing next to an agave plant, du...
Date based on Vogue article publication. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).
[Woman, probably a fashion model, lying on ferns on ground]
On negative sleeve: "Bookboard" [i.e. Book board]. Photograph may be available in LOT 12452. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).
[Legs and feet of five teenage girls wearing dog collar anklets on the...
World-Telegram staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
[Ann BonfoeyTaylor, full-length portrait, wearing a ski outfit includi...
Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Vogue, "American Westerns, 1967: Mrs. Vernon J. Taylor, Jr.: A relaxed perfectionist. A great sportswoman", May 1967, pp. 240-241. PR 06 CN 651 C12... More
[Ann Bonfoey Taylor training a horse on a longe (lunge) line, mountain...
Photograph taken for Vogue magazine photo shoot for May 1967 issue. Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). PR 06 CN 651 C13 F2, sheet 1 (slide no. 21)
[Ann Bonfoey Taylor riding her horse Anadarko, about to go over a jump...
(Source: information for related image published in Vogue, "American Westerns, 1967: Mrs. Vernon J. Taylor, Jr.: A relaxed perfectionist. A great sportswoman", May 1967, p. 238) Date from similar Frissell slid... More
[Performers at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
[Ann Bonfoey Taylor wearing black with a Scottish sporran (purse) arou...
On item: Ski clothes, Mrs. Vernon Taylor, Vogue Pub., 11/1/69. Photograph taken for Vogue magazine photo shoot for Nov. 1969 issue. Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). PR 06 CN 651 C17 F6, sheet 1 ... More
Cubans dress up and pose for the tourist camera like these women on th...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More
Taste a-la-mode, 1745 ; Taste a-la-mode, 1790, British Cartoon Print
Print shows two designs on one plate both showing men and women in different styles of dress in 1745 and 1790 at St. James' Park in front of Buckingham House. Design on left is variant of print published in 17... More
California fashions of furs for 1868 and 1869 / A. Nahl ; Nahl Bro's o...
Print shows two advertisements for California fur fashions by Adolph Müller of San Francisco; on the left are two women and a young girl wearing furs outside Adolph Müller's store at 113 Montgomery St. San Fran... More
Edward Penfield - The overshadowed game
No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0055). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
The orchard, Newark, Ohio
Photograph shows Letitia Felix, Julia McCune, and Stella Howard gathering fruit in an orchard in Newark, Ohio. Title and date from online source. Signed and dated in pencil on mount: Clarence H. White 1900. Ori... More
General S. P. Heintzelman and group, convalescent camp, near Alexandri...
No. B1121. Hand written on verso: "National Archives NA-B5293". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Edward S. Curtis - Black Hair, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Black Hair, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 221-05. LC no. 57. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Prokudin Gorskii: V Malorossīi. Color separation negative
A black and white photo of a person in a go kart. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Godey's fashions for December 1861 / Capewell & Kimmel, sc.
Fashion plate from Godey's Ladies's Book, showing six women wearing fashionable wedding gowns. Engraved by Capewell & Kimmel.
[Two girls wearing white dresses and dark stockings reading a book]
Title devised by staff. On verso of mount: Miss Prall. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 19... More
[King Kobina of Elmina and members of tribe, Ghana]
Photograph showing portrait of king holding mace and four women with a large group of men in traditional dress. No. 190.
[The banjo lesson] / Mary Cassatt.
Two women with banjo. Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward S. Curtis - Head Carry - Public domain portrait print
Half-length portrait of a Native man, wearing headdress, facing front. Curtis no. 73. LC no. 92. Copyright by Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
[Young woman and three men standing in front of check room]
Advertisement for Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).
Edward S. Curtis - Joseph--Nez Percé
Photograph shows Chief Joseph, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing war bonnet and several necklaces. H08684 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 478. Copyright 1903 by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S... More
Goldi shaman priest and assistant - photo by William Henry Jackson
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1897, p. 809. Similar to lantern slide W7-1149. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part ... More
From show girl to burlesque queen
Frame enlargements showing woman in dressing room, undressing beside a screen. Item in: From show girl to burlesque queen / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. United States : American Mutoscope and Biogr... More
Hakone shuku, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a woman crawling from beneath mosquito netting near a postal box at the Hakone Station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compile... More
Tōto ryōgokubashi kawabiraki han'ei zu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows boats crowding the river in Edo during fireworks display for the opening of the river celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... More
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Uzbechki. Khimet-ai
Photograph shows a Uzbek woman seated, full-length, facing right. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 19.
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Uzbechki. Khimet-ai
Photograph shows a Uzbek woman seated, full-length, facing right. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' étnograficheskaia︢: ..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 19.
[Chinese woman and boy] - Public domain portrait drawing
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A daughter of the south - Public domain portrait print
Drawing shows the head and shoulders of a young woman, facing right. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 43:6 (July 31, 19... More
Sandaime segawa kikunojō - Public domain portrait print
Print shows actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, body turned to the left, facing right.
[Elegant woman in silver dress holding a fan] / John Held, Jr.
Illustration of full-length woman shows her in a silver dress facing front and back. She wears a large hat, flowing shawl, and holds a fan. Purchase (Swann Memorial Fund); 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:085). Forms part of... More
Tsubone iwafuji chūrō onoe meshitukai hatsu, Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (424a), center (424b), right (424c). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishi... More
Edward Penfield - [Woman and man golfers conversing]
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Golf Outlook for 1902" by Walter J. Travis, Collier's weekly, April 26, 1902. p. 10.
Studies in expression. When women are jurors
Drawing show a variety of expressions on the faces of an all woman jury. (DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: American women : a Library of C... More
Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).
Hotaru - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows five women and a man on a veranda extending above a pool, eating and drinking, playing music, and catching fireflies (a shamisen and an insect cage are in the foreground on the veranda).
Inauguration ball at Washington, March 4, 1861 - superb costumes of di...
Mrs. Colonel Yates, Miss Rose Cowan, Mrs. E.G. Squier, Mrs. Alexander, of Washington, Mrs. Drake Mills, and Mrs. Rice of Boston, at Lincoln's inaugural ball. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 186... More
Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image
Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen th... More
Group of Pah-ute Indians, Nevada / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot.
Photograph showing a group of Paiute Indians including women and children. Most members of the tribe wear western clothing while some wear traditional garments. No. 2. Originally published: Photographs showin... More
Rant-Che-Wai-Me. Female Flying Pigeon / Lehman & Duval lith.
Print shows Rant-Che-Wai-Me, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding feather fan. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1837, by E.C. Biddle in the Clerks office of the District Court of... More
Drapery study for figure of Botany Library of Congress
Study drawing shows the dress and drapery for the allegorical figure of "Botany" for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building.... More
Old Sachem bitters - wigwam tonic - William Goodrich, New York George ...
Print showing a Native American man, possibly a chief, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding a spear in left hand; in the background are the tipis of a Native village during an assault on the vi... More