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Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 60.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia ..., 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 55.

Portrait of The champions of liberty, Print

Print shows bust portraits of George Washington, facing slightly right, and Abraham Lincoln, facing left, in ovals, with the figure of Liberty seated between them and an eagle perched above her on the Emancipat... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Antiquities of Samarkand. Creator: Bogaevskīĭ, N. V., photographer Public domain scan of 19th century Russian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 1... More

The pride of Columbus - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Tobacco label showing Native American presenting Christopher Columbus with a sheaf of tobacco leaves; three monkeys, a dog, and a rabbit are smoking on a branch above.

No. 7, Table Rock, Niagara - Victorian era public domain image

Print shows a landscape view of the waterfalls at Niagara from Table Rock with sightseers standing on the rock overlooking the falls. From a series formerly known as "The Ruggles Gems". Label on verso with tit... More

Details dʹune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles C...

Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Tissandier collection.

Skating beauty. Mazurka by R. Frank Cardella. Song and chorus by Han...

Music cover showing young woman ice skating. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kijin zu, Utagawa Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a court official, full-length, facing slightly left, wearing court dress. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: part o... More

Why don't they bite painted by W.H. Hilliard

Print shows a young man lying on the ground, fishing in a woodland stream with a long stick with string attached to the end. 5808 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower right: Colton, Zahm & Roberts. Publicat... More

Central Park views. The waterfall after oil painting by H.A. Ferguson,...

5981 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication statement, and copyright statement appear on "Prang's American Chromos" label mounted on verso. From the se... More

Billiards on the brain - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congres...

Music cover showing group of men and women in billiard room. LOT subdivision subject: Sports. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Kunkel Brothers. Lithograph by A.P.... More

Flower drawing - Ran - July - Public domain print

Drawing shows an orchid with yellow flowers and long green leaves or fronds.

Mokŭsei o[?] fragr. / Megata. - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows stem with leaves and small flowers. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

View of Washington City, Landscape view print

Print showing a bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground, and the Washington Monument in the background. 5588A U.S. Copyright Office. This print a reissue from stones used f... More

Alice Barber Stephens - The red coat

Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Gare Américaine a Maryland - Architectural drawing, public domain imag...

Sections of a railway-station which can be assembled as a model building.

Sakura cherry - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows branch with leaves and cherry blossoms. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sappho - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0188). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Stock form for tobacco label; girl in apron leaning on broom and smok...

LOT subdivision subject: Smoking (men, women, children in the act of) - Children, Women.

[Kiri branch with flowers and leaves] / by Megata Morikaga.

Drawing shows a branch of the Paulownia or Kiri tree with leaves, flowers, and bark. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

Winter scene in Philadelphia - A drawing of a building with a horse dr...

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

Views of Fair Mount Park Philadelphia

Print shows title page to souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1870 by J.C. Sinclair in the Office of the Librarian of C... More

Church of the Transfiguration (1870), southwest view, Troitsk, Russia

Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Number assigned by photographer: troi004. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

The light of the cottage chromo after P.W. Sebes, Brussels ; executed ...

Flower drawing - Sakoku - June - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows the pink blossoms of a flower on a segmented stem with leaves. Japanese text appears in upper right corner. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray colle... More

Amazons - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Congre...

Amazons after hunt. LOT subdivision subject: Amazons. Copyright by Krohn, Feiss & Co. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Henry Ward Beecher / from a photograph by Rockwood & Co. of New York.

Print shows Henry Ward Beecher, head-and-shoulders portrait, right porfile. B202 U.S. Copyright Office. Label on back from "The Advance Company" gives title and additional text. Copyright number inscribed in p... More

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama

The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham. In 1880, the church came to this site on 16th Street and 6th Avenue North. During the Civil Rights Mo... More

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 9. Seek me early

Print shows a floral arrangement as a backdrop for the phrase "Seek Me Early." D2377 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication, and copyright statements a... More

Gathering the flock / original by F. Steinmann.

Print shows a young boy playing a recorder or pipe with wild turkeys at his feet and a dog resting on a stonewall. D8375 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on bottom of print: Entered according to Act of Congress ... More

Cherry time / W.H. Baker 1871.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Print shows a young boy standing next to a fence, holding a branch from a cherry tree over his right shoulder and carrying a basket of cherries in his left hand.

Cats - Print, Library of Congress collection

E14783 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hunter, Thos.

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 27. The groves were God's first temples af...

Print shows a floral arrangement of a sprig of evergreen and a stem of autumn leaves with a piece of birch bark on which is printed "The groves were God's First Temple. Bryant" from the poem "A forest hymn" by ... More

Yellow-billed cuckoo - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a left side view of a "Yellow-billed cuckoo", full-length, perched on a branch among leaves. E10745 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on it... More

Crusader - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Congr...

Tobacco label showing well-dressed woman. LOT subdivision subject: Fashions. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Color lithograph by Hatch Co., N.Y. Copyright by C. A. Jackson, Co., Petersburg, Va.

Alice Barber Stephens - [Two men about to fight]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Knights of Pythias, to all whom it may concern. Know ye that the Supre...

Print shows a design for a large certificate with illustrations depicting knights practicing in a large hall, participating in a ceremony, releasing a person from bondage. Captioned: Friendship, Charity, Benevo... More

Cole Bros. Circus. Nelson Family

Circus poster showing family of acrobats in action . Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia in the olden time / D.C.

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Philadelphia from across the Delaware River, with pedestrians, carriages, horse-teams, and horseback riders in the foreground, as well as a horse-powered paddleboat taxi or ferr... More

[Abraham Lincoln] - Public domain portrait painting

Print showing portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with beard. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Religious figure, probably a monk, seated, facing slightly left, hold...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Nami ni chidori - Public domain drawing

Print shows birds standing on rocks and in flight above waves at the seashore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Same as FP 2 - JPD, no.... More

F. Heim & Bro. brewing company, lager beer, East St. Louis

Print of advertisement for the F. Heim & Bro. Brewing Company showing a man holding up a glass of beer, and a bird's-eye view of the brewery.

Gendarme, France, 1853 Cigarette Card

Print shows a French gendarme in 1853, wearing uniform and holding rifle, on cigarette card issued by Kinney Tobacco Company as an insert with the Sweet Caporal brand cigarettes. At head of title: Illust'd Swe... More

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Print shows a late Victorian holiday card with Christmas and New Year greetings, showing a branch with cherry blossoms from a cherry tree superimposed over a medallion with a landscape scene. Printed at top le... More

Fukurokuju, Shibata Zeshin - Public domain drawing

Print shows Fukurokuju, one of the seven lucky gods, with a turtle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print... More

Sapper, France, 1853 Cigarette Card

Print shows a French soldier from a corp of engineers in 1853, wearing uniform, on cigarette card issued by Kinney Tobacco Company as an insert with the Sweet Caporal brand cigarettes. At head of title: Illust... More

[Harlequin, full-length, standing, looking back over right shoulder; i...

Gift; Mrs. Alfred Bendiner and the Alfred Bendiner Foundation; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:318.220). Forms part of: Alfred Bendiner Memorial Collection (Library of Congress).

Auguri e felicitazioni, Tissandier Collection, France

A humorous print from an Italian illustrated periodical shows frogs dressed in street clothes climbing out of a packing crate carrying New Year's greetings on strips of paper, while a well-dressed woman watche... More

Design for advertising cards - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...

Comical advertising card showing bird holding on to ribbon of young girl's hat. Copyright by Charles Kiefer.

To my valentine. By dandelion post I send this valentine to my friend ...

Print shows a young girl blowing on a dandelion that has gone to seed. On verso is a hollyhocks stem with blossoms and the message "St. Valentine's Day." N20939 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: May ev... More

Caricature, The innocents / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a group of African American men, one, standing at center, is wearing a hat labeled "Judge Whitewashed", and the others are wearing hats labeled "Whitewasher No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6,... More

Puck's pyrotechnics - Fourth-of-July fireworks free to all / Opper & C...

Print shows a fireworks display with Puck bowing on a stage in front of a "Fan Light" featuring the likenesses of William H. Vanderbilt, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, and Jay Gould; on stage with Puck is a hand... More

Kiralfy Bro's. "Michael Strogoff"

N16297 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

How to keep a girl / J.K. & F.O.

Print shows a vignette cartoon with 12 vignettes, around a central figure, that show how the employer should treat her woman domestic, if she wants to keep her, such as 1) "Promise her anything and everything",... More

Puck magazine cover - Anything for popularity! / J. Keppler.

Print shows James G. Blaine slipping off a cask labeled "Whiskey"; under his arm is tucked a paper that states "Distribution of Surplus - Jim Blaine". Caption: Our star diplomat par excellence, in his great wh... More

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Allen G. Thurman on one side of a man labeled "Liquor Interest" and John Sherman on the other side; Thurman represents "The Ohio Democracy is the liquor dealers old friend!!", while Sherman e... More

Blundering again! / Gillam., Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

Print shows a group of Democrats on a log raft that is breaking up within sight of land, with two logs labeled "New Jersey [and] New York" coming loose and drifting away; there is a small sail labeled "Democra[... More

Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled "November Election", standing inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut... More

[Man with hand on head of weeping woman on porch]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Buy Hart's 35 Squeezers, New York Consolidated Card Co.

Humorous illustration. LOT subject: Cards. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Hepenheimer & Maurer. Caption card tracings: Advertisements; Card playing.

Plasmon : a nourishing food - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

"Stop thief!" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration, reminiscent of Thomas Nast's cartoon of the same title published in Harper's Weekly, October 7, 1871, hence "That trick is very stale", shows a group of monopolists and Blaine supporters scatterin... More

Mexico, Ixtacchihuatl from Amecameca. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain image of a volcano, geyser, lava, smoke, eruption, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puck magazine cover - Our rampageous preachers / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a preacher in the pulpit haranguing his congregation with a speech that begins "Noise or Nothing!"; there are two police officers, with large billy-clubs, in the pulpit with him, they exchang... More

Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.

Illustration shows Samuel J. "Delilah" Randall sitting in a chair labeled "Protection", holding scissors labeled "41 Democrats" in one hand and hair labeled "Tariff Reform Bill" in the other, his feet are resti... More

Gorilla warfare under the protection of the American flag / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa swinging like a gorilla from an American flag and dropping dynamite bombs on England. Illus. from Puck, v. 15, no. 367, (1884 March 19), cover. Copyright 1884 by Kep... More

Caricature, A preliminary set-to / Gillam., public domain cartoon imag...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine badly bruised after boxing a round against the "Ohio Secretary of State" who is slumped against the ropes; William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid attempt to revive Blaine with a ... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More

Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More

"Me and Jack" / Gillam after a popular print.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing shorts, sitting on a board extending over a pond with John A. Logan, as a dog, sitting next to him; a can labeled "Pro-Slavery" is tied to the dog's tail and there is ... More

Eden-concert, enl'vez l'ballon revue de m.m. Hermil & Numès, 17 boulev...

French circus poster shows two performers in the basket of an airship navigated by a rudder and a propeller. The basket bears the date 1884. Tissandier collection.

Mexico, Falls of Juanacatlan. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico, view showing Cathedral Lagos. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puck magazine cover - "Love's labor's lost" / Gillam.

Illustration shows heavily tattooed James G. Blaine sitting on a stool while Whitelaw Reid, using a brush labeled "Tribune Excuses" and a "Explanation Pumice Stone", and William W. Phelps, using "Vindication Sa... More

Puck's notion of the kind of fancy-dress charity ball that would be a ...

Illustration shows a costume ball with a band of newspaper editors labeled "Herald, Sun, Staats-Zeitung, World, Times, [and] Evening Post" conducted by Puck; among those present are James G. Blaine, Whitelaw Re... More

The four Rips; or, twenty years behind the age / Gillam.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam seated at a table in front of "Uncle Sam's Inter-State Market" with a businessman labeled "Northern Capital" on the right and an agricultural producer labeled "Southern Goods - Cott... More

A short stop! Smoke the "Capadura" cigar

Print shows a baseball player getting hit in the face by a batted baseball, it has knocked off his cap, labeled "Cap-A-Dura", and bloodied his nose. Printed on lower right: Registered by R.C. Brown. Printed on... More

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More

Puck magazine cover - False weather-prophets / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid on the roof top of a building, looking through a telescope at the sun labeled "Civil Service Reform", and Charles A. Dana on the neighboring roof top checking a "Sun Barometer";... More

Caricature, Another "boycott" / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows David B. Hill holding a large brush and George H. Sterling holding a bucket of paste, as bill stickers posting a notice that states "Notice. We Hereby Boycott Cleveland, the Civil Service Hum... More

"Change about" - the monkey the master / Gillam.

Illustration shows a monkey turning the crank on an organ labeled "Home Sweet Home Rule" with one foot, it is wearing a hat with a feather labeled "Parnell", and holding a shillelagh labeled "80 members" in one... More

Tough on Turkey / Gillam. - Public domain engraving

Illustration shows the British lion and the Russian Bear threatening a turkey dressed as a Turk. Caption: England and Russia, together "Be my ally, or I'll give you the worst thrashing you ever had in your li... More

Caricature, "Next!" / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a view inside a "Prison Barber-Shop" with two men labeled "Budensiek" and "J.D. Fish", wearing prison stripes and "Close Crop" haircuts by the prison barber, who is holding a shaving mug labe... More

Thistle F. Bridges - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows butterflies flying around a thistle plant. R12213 U.S. Copyright Office. (printed on lower left). Signed on stone on lower left. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ... More

Echoes from Governor Hill's message / J.A. Wales.

Illustration shows a large parrot, David B. Hill, perched on a stand next to President Cleveland's desk, filling the air with it's cry "A Public Office is a Public Trust", repeating a statement once made by Cle... More

Our statue of Liberty--she can stand it

Caricature showing "socialism," "anarchism," "georgeism," boycott," "communism" and "intolerance" trying to bring down the Statue of Liberty with ropes and dynamite. Illus. in: Puck, v. 20, 1886 Oct. 27, pp. 138-139.

Prosperity - Engraving, Public domain image, engraving, Library of Con...

LOT subdivision subject: Allegories. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y.

Blackberries by Mrs. E.T. Fisher

Print shows ripe and unripe blackberries on a cane with thorns and leaves. S23657 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower left: Copyright 1887 by L. Prang & Co. Boston. Publication date based on copyright stat... More

Bufford's fruit cards, no. 779-4 [apple] / Bufford.

Print shows a large apple(?) with the arms, legs, and head of a woman, facing right, shaking her fist and scolding a group of boys who may be stealing apples from trees in the background. S24958 U.S. Copyright ... More

West Point / Andrew Melrose ; painted by Andrew Melrose.

Print shows sailboats and steamboats on the Hudson River with West Point and the Hudson Highlands in the background. Caption continues: On account of its celebrated military school, historic associations, and ... More

[Saved] / Winslow Homer, 1887.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Woman being rescued from stormy sea. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Life of Mark Twain Cigarette Card

Cigarette card for W. Duke, Sons & Co. tobacco manufacturer shows portrait of Samuel Clemens also known as Mark Twain. On verso: Illustration of cherubs reading Roughing It. Issued by: W. Duke, Sons & Co., Dur... More

"In March" - illustration for "Baby's Lullaby Book ... by Charles Stua...

T29490 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on mount: Copyright, 1888, by L. Prang & Co. Boston. Stamped on verso: Copyright Oct 17 1888. Copyright number inscr... More

Charles L. Davis, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1...

Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, New York & London." Newspaper clipping encased in mylar. No. C-912. Signed: C. Winnanvey. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). Attic. Brickwork. Plans, sect...

Working drawing showing brickwork of attic as plans, sections, and elevations. Signed: "Bernard R. Green, Superintendent & Engineer", "E.P.S.", "V.S.F.Gr." No. 395.