copyright

Corinne Rider - Kelsey, cameo portrait, copyright: A. Dupont, 574 Fift...

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A. Dippel, three-quarters standing, copyright by A. Dupont / A. Dupont

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copr. Paul Wernert [i.e. Weinert] and gunners of Battery "E" 1st Artil...

Seven Lakota scouts and four uniformed Euro-Americans posed behind an artillery piece or Hotchkiss gun, probably in the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The cannon are Hotchkiss Mountain ... More

Railroad map of Ohio published by the State. 1890. Prepared by J. A. N...

Map shows drainage, counties, cities and towns, canals, single and double railroad tracks, distances, and names of lines. Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC also has edition copyrighted 1891 by Short & Forman. LC Railroad... More

Pamphlet cover for which Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) sought a copyrigh...

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

General Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the...

Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside.

Campbell's Hall. Caverns of Luray / photo and copyright by C.H. James,...

Photograph shows path running through cavern of stalactites and stalagmites; verso shows listing of subjects in this series of stereographs. Copyrighted by C.H. James in 1882. Electric light views in the caver... More

Mark Twain's boyhood friends Standing - Noval [i.e. Norval] L. Brady, ...

Group portrait of Clemens' friends including Anna Laura (Elizabeth) Hawkins Frazer, who was the inspiration for Twain's character Becky Thatcher in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. J256253 U.S. Copyright Office.

The Lord Bishop of Winchester / from life, registered photograph copyr...

Half-length portrait of Samuel Wilberforce. 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 ... More

Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, portrait bust, copyright by Harris & Ewing / Ha...

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a tiara. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Copyright registration application from claimant L. Frank Baum for Th...

Holograph letter, signed by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) dated July 28, 1900 to the Librarian of Congress requesting Copyright registration for two titles: The wonderful wizard of Oz (claiming rights for Baum as a... More

Statuary buttes, Badlands, S.D. / photo & copyright by J.A. Anderson, ...

2684C U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Indian views, Rosebud Agency ... South Dakota. Copyright by J.A. Anderson. No. 236.

Young Johnnie Steele has an Oldsmobile / Copyright 1907 by Tom M. Phil...

Photograph showing a man driving an early Oldsmobile automobile. H103632 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, "In my merry Oldsmobile."

Items received for copyright deposit at the Library of Congress Madiso...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. For many years the Library of Congress had people send ... More

Mark Twain's boyhood friends Standing - Noval [i.e. Norval] L. Brady, ...

Group portrait of Clemens' friends including Anna Laura (Elizabeth) Hawkins Frazer, who was the inspiration for Twain's character Becky Thatcher in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. J256253 U.S. Copyright Office.

Villa of Brule the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine ...

A Lakota tipi camp in background; horses at a White Clay Creek watering hole in foreground. Grabill's photographer's legend and caption appear in image. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms par... More

[5 labels from soap and perfume pasted on sheet of paper with copyrigh...

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 122, Folder 29.

Justice to authors and artists. It is proposed to hold a second meetin...

Copyright. 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 127, Folder 30.

The coat of arms of the most noble & ancient family of the O'Sullivans...

Stamped on verso: 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; Portf... More

The pirate publisher - an international burlesque that has has the lon...

Illustration shows a man, identified as the "Pirate Publisher", standing at center with one foot on a large book labeled "Law", he is wearing 17th century court dress, a large hat with four plumes labeled "Amer... More

O.S. Straus, portrait bust, copyright by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C. / Cli...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

As they go flying along / Copyright 1907 by Tom M. Phillips.

Photograph showing an affectionate woman and man driving an early Oldsmobile automobile. H103624 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, "In my merry Oldsmobile."

Ali Mehmed Bey, Turkish Minister, copyright by Harris & Ewing / Harris...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jane Adams, portrait bust, copyright by E.D. Waters / E.D. Waters

An old black and white photo of a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pledge to the nation. "I pledge allegiance to the United States of Ame...

[Copyright registration application from claimant L. Frank Baum for Th...

Holograph letter, signed by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) dated July 28, 1900 to the Librarian of Congress requesting Copyright registration for two titles: The wonderful wizard of Oz (claiming rights for Baum as a... More

"Little," the instigator of Indian revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890 / photo ...

Little, Oglala band leader, full-length studio portrait, seated, facing left, wearing turkey feather headdress, holding rifle and bow and arrows on lap.

Innocence abroad (in search of a copyright) / Th. Nast.

Illustration shows Mark Twain holding a copy of Prince and the Pauper as he stands at the border of Canada surrounded by vegetables and a barrel of flour, after Canada denied copyright for Prince and the Pauper... More

Cisneros as "Niklausse", Copyright, Mishkin, New York / Mishkin

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Lincoln Branch, Flag day, Saturda...

Poster showing a lifeboat at the scene of a foundering ship. Text continues: 311 lives saved from H.M. warships, destroyers, seaplanes and other vessels since the outbreak of war. Supported solely by voluntary ... More

Villa of Brule the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine ...

A Lakota tipi camp in background; horses at a White Clay Creek watering hole in foreground. Grabill's photographer's legend and caption appear in image. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms par... More

The Cavalier. The young soldier and his horse on duty [a]t camp Cheyen...

A soldier with rifle and gun in holster on horseback. 36494V2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Villa of Brule the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine ...

A Lakota tipi camp in background; horses at a White Clay Creek watering hole in foreground. Grabill's photographer's legend and caption appear in image. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms par... More

Helen Cannon, profile view, copyright by Clinedinst / Clinedinst

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Count Reginald Ward, portrait bust, copyright: J.E. Purdy, Boston / J....

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gov. Frear of Hawaii, portrait bust, copyright by Harris & Ewing / Har...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gifford Pinchot, portrait bust, copyright by Harris & Ewing / Harris &...

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A.J. Hopkins, front bust, copyright Moffett Studio / Moffett Studio

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

W.H. Taft, portrait bust, copyright: Moffett Studio / Moffett Studio

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate Patents & Copyright Committee, 4/9/24

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unknown tongue. [Conn.? 1962.]Copyright 1962 by Mark Van Doren

Christmas card of Dorothy and Mark Van Doren, containing four-line verse by Mark Van Doren. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and... More

International Copyright - Public domain document scan

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county sur...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 215.7 "Entered accoring to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by Campbell & Barlow." Index to cities counties is printed below the map. General map indicating roa... More

Flatiron Bldg from Met. Life Tower, Copyright G.G. Bain, New York / G....

Public domain photograph of New York building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cong. Library, copyrights reports

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

Copyright and photo credits for Horydczak negatives. Text: proof Horyd...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Little," the instigator of Indian revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890 / photo ...

Little, Oglala band leader, full-length studio portrait, seated, facing left, wearing turkey feather headdress, holding rifle and bow and arrows on lap.

Villa of Brule the great hostile Indian camp on River Brule near Pine ...

A Lakota tipi camp in background; horses at a White Clay Creek watering hole in foreground. Grabill's photographer's legend and caption appear in image. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms par... More

The Cavalier. The young soldier and his horse on duty [a]t camp Cheyen...

A soldier with rifle and gun in holster on horseback. 36494V2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

"Beautiful view." The Bar (-T) Tee Ranch located on Hat Creek, about 1...

Ranch house in wooded area, beside riverbed. Public domain photograph - historical image of South Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J.F. Johnston, three-quarters bust, copyright Climedinst [I.e. Clinedi...

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Joe Leiter, standing, three-quarters, copyright by Harris & Ewing...

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In 1939 the New York world's fair. Copyright 1937, New York world's fa...

On verso, Copies 1 and 2: Gift, Fair, Sept. 27, 1938. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemer... More

General Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the...

Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside.

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated facing lef...

Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mgr. Falconio, sitting, copyright by Gutekunst / Gutekunst

A black and white photo of a man in a priest's robes. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

T.J. O'Brien, portrait bust, copyright by Harris & Ewing / Harris & Ew...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jas/ Shevlin, W.J. Gaynor, W.J. Bryan, B.S. Coler, Copyright G.G. Bain...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paul Nash, profile portrait, copyright: Harris & Ewing / Harris & Ewin...

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Garden, bust, copyright by Mishkin, New York / Mishkin

A black and white photo of a woman wearing pearls. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maude Fealy / from copyright photo by Burr McIntosh, N.Y.

G xxc 14226 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1906 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 12047. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

She is the queen of his gas machine / Copyright 1907 by Tom M. Phillip...

Photograph showing a woman draped across a sofa, holding a book, looking pensive. H103633 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof of lantern slide to accompany the song, "In my merry Oldsmobile."

Copr. Paul Wernert [i.e. Weinert] and gunners of Battery "E" 1st Artil...

Seven Lakota scouts and four uniformed Euro-Americans posed behind an artillery piece or Hotchkiss gun, probably in the Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. The cannon are Hotchkiss Mountain ... More

General Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the...

Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside.

The Cavalier. The young soldier and his horse on duty [a]t camp Cheyen...

A soldier with rifle and gun in holster on horseback. 36494V2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Copyright deposits in the basement before classifying

Photographs shows interior view of hall with piles of copyright deposit materials on the floor in the Thomas Jefferson Building.

Text of a phonograph record made on January 24, 1904. by William II Ge...

This record was made by William II, German Emperor, at the request of Prof. E. W. Scripture. His Majesty intended the record for preservation in the National Museum and the Congressional Library at Washington. ... More

The American times- chronicle. Containing the freshest advices - both ...

Not a copy of any newspaper published in 1776 but an attempt of the compiler to depict the news of that period. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 186...

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title... More