The experiment in full operation, Political Cartoon
An anti-Jackson satire, critical of the President's federal treasury policy and of Vice-President Van Buren's influence on the administration's fiscal program. The print specifically attacks Jackson's plan to d... More
Le tiers état confesseur La constitution Française.
Print shows on the left, a member of the Third Estate sitting in a confessional listening to the confession of the clergy from a clergyman reading a long list of sins, a nobleman is departing, carrying a long l... More
[Md. - Annapolis - U.S. Naval Academy: 3 scenes - "General..view of An...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 May 11), p. 294. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
Georgetown celebrated sesquicentennial convocation. Washington, D.C., ...
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Constitution - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. frigate Constitution. Warship photograph collection
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Children viewing Constitution - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
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Avenues and streets. Constitution Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. from Ford...
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Cathedral and Plaza de la Constitution on Independence Day, City o...
J9808 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 23689. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Turkey. Kayserie. Decorated street on Constitution Day
Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century building, Victorian architecture style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Division of Womens and Professional Projects of the Works Progress...
Poster for exhibition of works by unemployed persons at the National Museum in Washington, D.C., showing stylized eagle. Date stamped on verso: Jan 25 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Libra... More
Tribute paid to George Washington on 150th Anniversary of signing of C...
A group of men standing next to a casket. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DEDICATES NEW FEDERAL RESERVE BUILDING. WASHINGTON...
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES D.A.R. WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 21. PRESIDENT ROOSE...
A black and white photo of a man cutting a cake. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve with azale...
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve, left corn...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Thanksgiving, 1942. Freedom to worship God in his own way--everywhere ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ely, residence at 144 Constitution Dr., Princeton,...
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ely, residence at 144 Constitution Dr., Princeton,...
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Washington Monument from Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Sculpture "St. George and the Dragon," Constitution Ave. lobby, Depart...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1933. Plaster, dimensions: 64" x 88". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
Exterior bas-relief, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constituti...
Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More
OAS Building, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More
The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution considered : the right to...
This legal case probes the intent and scope of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The justices give a broad defense of individual civil rights as protected from infringement by state ... More
Bill of Rights : Void where prohibited by law
Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Administration Building...
Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. It has served a significant role as the m... More
Constitution d'Angleterre. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows a critical response to the British political system by showing Prime Minister William Pitt standing on the British crown, which is possibly being flattened by the weight of his authority; he is hold... More
The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More
The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.
Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More
Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourt...
Significance: The Departmental Auditorium is part of a three-building ensemble facing the National Mall. The building was renamed in 1987 in honor of Andrew W. Mellon, who oversaw the development of the Federal... More
The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...
One of several large commemorative prints marking the enactment on March 30, 1870, of the Fifteenth Amendment, and showing the parade celebrating it which was held in Baltimore on May 19 the same year. The amen... More
Lock Keeper's House, Seventeenth Street & Constitution Avenue, Northwe...
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The lockkeeper's house at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue served the lock that connected the Washington branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Was... More
Lock Keeper's House, Seventeenth Street & Constitution Avenue, Northwe...
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The lockkeeper's house at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue served the lock that connected the Washington branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Was... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...
See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Fashion before ease;--or,--a good constitution sacrificed for a fantas...
Cartoon showing Britannia clasping trunk of a large oak, while Thomas Paine tugs with both hands at her stay laces, his foot on her posterior. From his coat pocket protrudes a pair of scissors and a tape inscri... More
U.S. Frigate Constitution, Commodore's Quarters, U.S. Navy Yard, Charl...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Constitution House, East of Market Square, Halifax, Halifax County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-29 Building/structure dates: before 1776 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work
United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...
Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...
Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...
Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
Remarks of John McMahon, in the House of delegates of Maryland, on 28t...
Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More
[Du pain et la constitution de LXXXXIII] / dessiné par C. Monnet ; gra...
Print shows the Assemblée nationale législative meeting in a large room crowded with French citizens, many of them armed with swords and pikes, one holding aloft a victim's head on a pike, another firing a rifl... More
Queen Caroline. Britain's best hope!! England's sheet-anchor!!!, Briti...
British cartoon showing people praising Queen Caroline, who holds anchor, representing the Magna Charta, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the people. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection(L... More
"The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both co...
Print showing three-quarter portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing, holding a book, facing right. "This picture is a good likeness of the original." Includes facsimile signatures of Abraham Lincoln, E. S. Clevel... More
Behind the scenes during American Civil War
Another venomous attack on the Lincoln administration by the artist of "The Commander-in-Chief Conciliating the Soldier's Votes, no. 1864-31," and "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," (no. 1864-3... More
Abolishing Slavery. Joint resolution of the thirty eight Congress of t...
Includes list of Congressmen voting aye. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation]
Title page (cover) of the Constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation published in Cherokee; with seal of the Cherokee Nation. Illus. in: [Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation. St. Louis : R. & T. A. E... More
Constitution - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jack and the giant / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as a giant sitting on a rock with a large stick across his lap; he is being challenged by a diminutive figure labeled "The Constitution" with a large sword and two even sma... More
Editorial cartoon titled "they won't dovetail," showing Wilson trying ...
By Bronstrup in San Francisco Chronicle. Reprinted in Current Opinion, April 1919. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Politics; League of Nations; Presidents; U... More
Lansing opening Constitution, 1/15/20
A group of men standing around a casket. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Daughters of the American Revolution. Constitution Hall portico II
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Department of Labor. Excavation for U.S. Dept. Labor Building, 14th an...
Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
United States Department of Labor , Constitution Avenue between Twelft...
Significance: The former Labor Department building is one of three buildings along Constitution Avenue designed by Arthur Brown. The architect designed this building as part of a three-part ensemble that includ... More
"Woodburn," built shortly after the Revolution by Charles Cotesworth P...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Washington, D.C., May 7. Schoolboy patrols from all over the eastern s...
Public domain photograph of a parade in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A bill of rights as provided in the ten original amendments to the con...
Printed on parchment paper.; Gift. Senator Robert L. Owen Oct. 14, 1942.; On verso: Bill of Rights; Gift Robert L. Owen Oct. 14, 1942. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as f... More
Radiant-looking Grace Kelly waves good-bye to New York from the ocean ...
Title from note on verso. United Press photograph. No. NXP 1103145. Note on verso: The lone cameraman getting another angle on the departure is United Press staff photographer Joe Schuppe, who is accompanying t... More
OAS Building, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More
OAS Building, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More
OAS Building, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More
Enforcement of the Fourteenth amendment
Also available in digital form.
Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to C...
In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view... More
[Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Avenue and Henry Bacon Drive,...
Forms part of: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Records, ca. 1979-1984. Exhibited: "Remembering Vietnam" at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C., Nov. 2017 - May 2018.
Silver City men erect Barleycorn monument
Tombstone dedicated to John Barleycorn giving his death as January 16, 1920, the date of the ratification of the 18th Amendment, on the grounds of the 1711 Club in Meriden, Conn. National Photo Company Collection.
National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...
Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More
National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...
Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More
Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Police Station, Kolekol...
Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-229
U. S. Military Academy, Warner House, Constitution Island, West Point,...
Public domain photograph of a room, home interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trial of John Brown. A review of the trial of "Ossawatomie" Brown, the...
Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Daniel Webster addressing the United States Senate, in the great debat...
Print shows Senator Daniel Webster speaking in the Old Senate Chamber about the Compromise of 1850; his Seventh of March speech. "A full view of the U.S. Senate chamber in session. At lower right, Daniel Webste... More
Chambers Window Glass Company, Furnace No. 2, North of Drey (Nineteent...
Survey number: HAER PA-336-C Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction
King Andrew the First - A drawing of a man dressed in a king's robes
A caricature of Andrew Jackson as a despotic monarch, probably issued during the Fall of 1833 in response to the President's September order to remove federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The pr... More