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[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.go... More

Mosquée et fontaine de Top-Hané / Sébah & Joaillier.

Exterior and fountain of the Kılıç Ali Pasa̧ Camii (mosque) in Tophane, Istanbul. No. 278.

Mosquée Fatih Sultan Mehmed / Sébah & Joaillier.

Exterior view of the Fatih Camii (mosque). No. 115. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of eg... More

Boer War parade, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

H 53190 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 289. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand birds-eye view of the grounds and buildings of the great Columbi...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2684

Law courts and street festoons, Diamond Jubilee, London, England

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[(Left to right) Robert C. Ogden, Senator William Howard Taft, Booker ...

(Source: M. Kreisel, American Women photographers, 1999, p. 120) Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

General Bennett H. Young at unveiling of Confederate Monument, Arlingt...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picr... More

[Marian Anderson shaking hands with woman at ceremony for the dedicati...

Photographed by Roger Smith for the U.S. Office of War Information. No. 55754 C.

Rosa Parks Highway sign - Rosa Parks papers

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Rosa Parks at award ceremony, Soka University, Hachiōji-shi, Japan, 19...

Photographs show Parks being greeted by students and receiving awards at the ceremony, Soka University, Hachiōji-shi, Japan. Page 6-7 of a souvenir photo booklet with prints relating to Parks' trip to Japan in... More

Mural "Battle of Lake Erie" Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse, Clev...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Boer War, World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A.

Stereograph shows reenactment of Boer War battles at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Stereo copyrighted by The American Stereoscopic Co.

[The erected stone (obelisk) in the Sultan Ahmed plaza] / Lieutenant C...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversa...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Legal holiday, Washington's birthday, February 22nd, no business trans...

Poster depicting George Washington. Signed with the artist's pictograph. Additional text: "Franklin printing co., Philadelphia founded in 1728 by Benj. Franklin New York office, 200 Fifth Avenue."

Unidentified Civil War veterans of the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry Regi...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from:The Historical Shop, Metairie, Louisiana, December 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograp... More

Yankee doodle 1776 / A.M. Willard.

Print shows three patriots, two playing drums and one playing a fife, leading troops into battle. Based on the painting called the "Spirit of '76." 3383G U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Cong... More

Infantry: Continental Army, 1779-1783, IV / H.A. Ogden ; lith. by G.H....

Illustration depicts uniforms and weapons used during the 1779 to 1783 period of the American Revolution by showing four soldiers standing in an informal group.

United States Marine Corps War Memorial, Marshall Drive, Arlington, Ar...

Significance: The immediate importance of the second flag-raising that occurred on 23 February 1945 on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima lies in how it resonated with the U.S. Marines as they continued their thir... More

Tebessa. L'Arc de Caracalla et les remparts de la citadelle Byzantine ...

Man in wagon at Roman arch at Tébessa, Algeria. No. 208.

[Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Bixby, with bust-length portrait ...

Print shows a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln above a letter that he is thought to have written to Mrs. Bixby on the loss of her sons in the Civil War.

Pila de la India, Habana. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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

A daring leap, illustrating General DeWet's escape, Boer War spectacle...

H53531 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3248. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cornell Alumni Assn., Chicago, Feb. 23, '07, Chicago

H40600 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 28, 1907.

Rosa Parks' birthday cake at party and tribute organized by Detroit fr...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Rosa Parks receiving a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Jersey Cit...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Group portrait of Rosa Parks, sculptor Artis Lane (far right), actress...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress). Accession box no. D070, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Commemoration de la prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1792 / Prieur ...

Print shows a large bonfire of items related to the nobility as part of the celebration commemorating the fall of the Bastille. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution ... More

Gettysburg Camp, July 1-2-3, 1913

J183768 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; G. S. Carney; July 14, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44639. Copyright claimant's address: 268 W. Water St., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stamped on verso: "Geo. S. Carney, Commerci... More

The original silver medal presented by George Washington to Red Jacket

Etching of medallion: on recto: Red Jacket smoking long pipe, George Washington on left with right hand extended, below inscription: George Washington / President / 1792; on verso: presidential seal.

[Battle scene at Bunker Hill] - Drawing. Public domain image.

In the heat of battle, the Colonial volunteers fight the British Redcoats from atop Bunker Hill. One of the colonists waves an American flag, while others dressed in civilian clothes overcome the British foe w... More

Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...

Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More

All-War Memorial, Albany & Atlantic Avenues, Atlantic City, Atlantic C...

Survey number: HABS NJ-1128 Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dinner to Commander Robert E. Peary, U.S.N., Hotel Astor, March 5, 19...

J138988 U.S. Copyright Office Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; March 2, 1910.

Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria

Broadside shows bust portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo in an oval medallion at center of sheet. Text surrounds the image in a square, celebrating Mexican Independence. On the verso are two images of Mexican sol... More

[King and Queen of Sikkim and their daughter Hope Leezum watch birthda...

Parade of the G.A.R., 26th annual encampment, Washington, D.C., Septem...

View of Sedgewick Post in parade, 11th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. NW looking toward Capitol. 41104X U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Prince. No. 9.

National Memorial Reunion and Peace Jubilee, Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 16...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Die grosse Schlacht in Frankreich / H.R. Erdt.

Poster shows German soldiers around a cannon. In the background looms an image of General Paul von Hindenburg. Text advertises part 1 of the film "The Great Battle in France." Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Ze... More

Walt Whitman commerative 5 cent postage stamps

Four identical stamps from Famous Americans series show portrait of Whitman with hat.

[Exterior view of a building with a large portrait of Mao Zedong, in B...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

Rosa Parks talking with guests during a Brotherhood Crusade tribute to...

Photograph shows Parks with Brotherhood Crusade President Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., Clarence Avant (right) and another woman (far left). Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Arlington National Cemetery, McClellan Gate, McClellan Drive, Arlingto...

Significance: McClellan Gate was constructed in 1871-72 as the ceremonial entryway into the original 200-acre Arlington National Cemetery. Created in 1864 from part of the Arlington estate appropriated from Con... More

Viva Cuba, territorio libre de America

Poster showing Fidel Castro raising gun and another soldier.

Tlemcen. Portail de la Mosquée de Sidi Bou Médine / ND. Phot.

Entry to the Mosque of Sidi Boumediene (Abū Madyan), Tlemcen, Algeria. No. 226.

The hero of Antietam. General George B. McClellan

Print shows General George B. McClellan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform, flanked by two American Flags, with a battle scene below. Includes a narrative "Sketch of Ge... More

Bank of England and Royal Exchange, Jubilee Week, London, England

Horse-drawn vehicles filling streets in course of Jubilee celebration. 61421C2 U.S. Copyright Office.

Portrait of Rosa Parks at the White House after receiving the 1996 Pre...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress). "Official White House Photo 14Sep96" printed on back of photograph.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968--in memoriam

"Proceeds of this poster go to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference." Published in: Prop art / Gary Yanker. New York : Darien House, 1972. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

[Triumph(us) Caesaris (The triumph of Julius Caesar), plate 6]

Plate 6 from series showing people in triumphal procession of Julius Caesar. After the painting by Andrea Mantegna. Bartsch, v. XII, p. 101.11. Gift; Ian Woodner; (DLC/PP-1984:513).

Edward Everett, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Design drawing for engraving by J.C. Buttre shows three scenes: Harvard College, Mount Vernon, and the Grave of George Washington, as well as bust of Washington surrounding a stipple engraving head-and-shoulder... More

Memorial certificate. United States centennial exhibition. In commemor...

On verso: {stamp} Property of the Library of Congress. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Battery B, 1st N.Y. Artillery monunment - Hancock Ave. W.H. Tipton, Ge...

Photograph shows monument at Gettysburg dedicated in 1888 to Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery Battery. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Antique C... More

[Head-and-shoulders bas-relief(?) of Pëtr Ilich Tchaikovsky]

G37113 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan - bust portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Robert Frost, poet poses with his birthday cake on his 85th birthday]...

Robert Frost, half-length portrait, facing front, with his birthday cake.

Str. Tashmoo, Dewey Naval Parade, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. Date based on negative D4-5590. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-28176, 28173, 28175, 28174. "U.S.M. Florence B." on small steamboat at left and "Newsboy... More

Viva Cuba, territorio libre de America

Poster showing Fidel Castro raising gun and another soldier. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viva Cuba, territorio libre de America

Poster showing Fidel Castro raising gun and another soldier. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

[Gettysburg camp of Captain Huft] during American Civil War

Men gathered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the laying of the cornerstone of the Soldier's National Monument on the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, men on left are preparing food.

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

The ball at Tammany Hall, New York, on January 8, 1860, in commemorati...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1860. Reference copy may be in LOT 4394 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Tower of Kiyomori, Hiogo - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph shows a stone pagoda erected in memory of Taira Kiyomori, in Hyōgo. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in the upper right and a fountain in the lower left. No. A402. Illus. in album: Japa... More

Mosquée Kâriè / Sébah & Joaillier, Cons'ple.

Mosaics in the Kariye Mosque, depicting (above) the Marriage at Cana; (below) picture of Christ. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Chora. No. 1[superscript bis].

Camp bakery - Public domain portrait print

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Native Americans during buffalo hunt. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congres... More

["Don't work" sign promoting a holiday to honor the anniversary of the...

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

Rosa Parks and Tony Nicholas at the Brotherhood Crusade tribute to Par...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

The Gettysburg address delivered by Abraham Lincoln Nov. 19 1863 at th...

Print shows a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln above text of the Gettysburg address. 72192 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by M.T. Sheahan, Boston, Mass.

Vypusk kanala Imperatora Nikolai︠a︡ I iz magistralʹnago kanala. Golodn...

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

[Triumph(us) Caesaris (The triumph of Julius Caesar), plate 9]

Plate 9 from series showing people in triumphal procession of Julius Caesar. After the painting by Andrea Mantegna. Bartsch, v. XII, p. 101.11. Gift; Ian Woodner; (DLC/PP-1984:513).

Tlemcen. Intérieure de la Mosquée de Sidi Bou Médine / ND Phot.

Man seated in front of mihrab in the Mosque of Sidi Boumediene (Abū Madyan), Tlemcen, Algeria. No. 224.

Le Caire, Int. de la Mosquée d'Amrou / Bonfils.

Mosque of ʻAmr ibn al-ʻĀṣ, Cairo, Egypt. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

[Tribute to French ballonist Henri Giffard in the form of a handwritte...

Tribute written by Mr. Wrabelly of Hungary, town of Pressbourg (Bratislava), on the occasion of seeing the giant Giffard balloon exhibited in the Tuileries gardens during his visit to the World Exposition held ... More

Reading the Declaration of Independence by John Nixon, from the steps ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 July 15, p. 573. Public domain photograph related to President Richard Nixon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Works of art hanging on wall, in Columbus room, at World's Columbian ...

55570Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union and Confederate veterans shaking hands at reunion to commemorate...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia, March 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Rosa Parks with others at Jersey City State College's commemcement, wh...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Birthday gala for Rosa Parks, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., 1990

Photograph shows Wintley Phipps singing to Rosa Parks on the Kennedy Center stage. Coretta Scott King and Parks' aunt Everee McCauley Ward are standing behind Parks. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the R... More

Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali at their Brotherhood Crusade tribute, Los ...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Thébes. 1er Pylône du grand temple / Bonfils.

Section of bas-relief pylon of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramses II. No. 139.

Dedication ceremony for Confederate monument in Mulberry, Tennessee

Photograph shows little girls waving Confederate flags in front of monument. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia, February 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist... More

Gemälde-Austellung "Unser Kaiser" / A. Karpellus.

Poster shows a woman gazing lovingly at a bust of Kaiser Franz Josef and holding garlands of roses. Text announces an art exhibit to includes 80 original paintings representing various episodes in the Kaiser's ... More

[Eyes of memory never sleep]

"Out of the wilderness" A folk festival of the New Salem years of Linc...

Poster showing a book and a stovepipe hat. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Representative Committee of Delegates of the Hawaiian People to presen...

Photograph shows group portrait of J.K. Kaulia, John Mahiai Kaneakua, J.W. Bipikane Joseph Nawahi, J.A. Cummins, John E. Bush, J.K. Kaunamano, John L. Kaulukou, Sam M. Kaaukai, H.S. Swinton, L.W.P. Kanealii, Jo... More

Dagestan. V auli︠e︡ Shamili︠a︡. Arka v pami︠a︡tʹ pli︠e︡nenīi︠a︡ Shamil...

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

Commemoration de la prise de la Bastille, le 14 Juillet 1792 / Prieur ...

[Triumph(us) Caesaris (The triumph of Julius Caesar), plate 5]

Plate 5 from series showing people in triumphal procession of Julius Caesar. After the painting by Andrea Mantegna. Bartsch, v. XII, p. 101.11. Gift; Ian Woodner; (DLC/PP-1984:513).

Bootes Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, and Quadrans Muralis Sidy. Hall...

Astronomical chart showing Bootes the Ploughman holding a spear, a sickle, and two dogs, Asterion and Chara, on leash, also showing a quadrant, and the hair of Berenice forming the constellations. Illus. in: Ur... More

[...]es Ciclopeenes / Dumas. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

On verso: Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, west side (trilithon). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

Dear Sir: You are cordially invited to attend the Republican Union fes...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 124, Folder 5.

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Naruzhnaia dver' vedushchaia v ...

Photograph shows carved door to mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi.

The Treasury Washington, D.C.. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th cen...

Photograph shows the Treasury Building, columns draped in mourning bands, after the death of President Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GDC... More