courtship

The little duchess the musical comedy success.

"The original production as used by Anna Held." Book by Harry B. Smith; music by Reginald De Koven; direction of Milton and Sargent Aborn. Caption: Is this love or mush? Created and "copyright 1906 by The U.S. ... More

He loves me, he loves me not / Frank A. Nankivell 1906.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Wall Street" as a nursery rhyme figure, possibly Little Bo Peep, pulling paper petals of a paper flower that are labeled "Tight Money" and "Easy Money", as she says "He Loves... More

[Couple standing near building]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Old college songs," Century, 78:188 (June 1909).

Why girls leave home / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a mother sitting on a porch with a searchlight trained on her daughter and her boyfriend as they fly overhead in an airplane. Caption: The Maid-in-the-Air (to her Steady) I think it's awful... More

A valentine : Col. George Washington to Mistress Martha Custis, 1758

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as title vignettes in: "A Valentine. Col. Geo. Washington to Mistress Martha Custis. 1758," by Arthur Guiter... More

The narrowing target / Nelson Greene '14.

Illustration shows a woman standing against a wall with many arrows stuck around her; Cupid tells a man standing nearby that he is doing his best. Caption: Cupid I'm doing the best I can, old man, but if I ma... More

Krazy Kat goes a-wooing / - movie film screenshot

Krazy Kat's serenade outside the window of Ignatz Mouse meets with a barrage of bricks. MP557 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 29Feb16; MP557. Story, George Herriman. Duration:... More

Seated on the desk was Graham - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on verso. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Dangerous Days" by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Pictorial review 20:24 (April 1919).

[The centaurs--excerpts] / motion picture

A half human-half horse boy and girl meet and fall in love. They have a baby and go home to their parents for a happy reunion. Copyright: no reg. Additional animators, John McCay, John Fitzsimmons. Main and end... More

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey's - from the original pa...

Print shows King Henry VIII seated with Anne Boleyn in the left foreground and Cardinal Wolsey with other members of the court at a gathering in the background. Printed at bottom center: Copyright.

Lover's lane, Central Park, New York

Photograph shows a man and a woman standing on the edge of a wooded path, lovers' lane, in Central Park, New York City, New York. 64069 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1896 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Sold only by ... More

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. No. 8726. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection ... More

Pride and prejudice,

Bibliography: p. xix. Also available in digital form.

Adiós, adiós! El último corrido de la despedida de Chonforo Vico

The broadside shows crowd of men pointing upward to an awkward looking man. The text conveys Vico's farewell sentiments to his friends as he leaves for Orizaba. On the verso there are two images: one of a man a... More

David Belasco's new farcical comedy, Naughty Anthony

Includes musical scale with text: Oh! that dainty silken stock----ing.

He knew that he was not dreaming

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Caricature, Los sustos del valedor, public domain cartoon image

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: two men stand on either side of a woman onstage. The man on the left is in an official's uniform and the man on the right is in a suit and top hat. The script conveys a... More

The aesthetic craze - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Oscar Wilde as an African American dandy wooing an African American woman leaning over a wash tub and wash board; he is presenting her a large sunflower, as another African American woman, in the ba... More

The first parting / designed and drawn on stone by M.E.D. Brown ; his ...

Print shows a young woman with her arms around a young man's shoulders, his right arm around her waist, as they gaze longingly at each other at the moment of separation and departure. 265 U.S. Copyright Office.... More

Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell / B., Esq, del.,...

A violent disturbance in a breakfast parlor. A woman stands to ring the bell-pull while the five men at the table react in horror, stumbling and knocking over items on the table as they attempt to stop her. The... More

Caricature, A receipt for courtship, public domain cartoon image

Print shows a young man handing a young woman a note. Text of poem is caricature of romantic courtship.

Les fiancés - Print, Library of Congress collection

Couple holding left hands while the woman's right hand plays piano, in large room watched by elderly couple and young woman pouring tea. Copyright by M. Knoedler & Co.

Bufford's fishing cards, nos. 454

Print shows an uncut sheet of six fishing scenes with titles: "Caught on the Fly" which shows a man caught by the hook of his own line while casting; "Fishing in Earnest" which shows a man helping a fisherman w... More

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The rustler's reformation" shows cowboy with arm around woman. Copyright 1913 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Selig western drama.

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Letter from Mabel Hubbard Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 1, 1901

Puck magazine cover - Both satisfied / F.M. Hutchins.

Print shows a female figure labeled "Rep. Party" trying to choose from among three suitors labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison"; another female figure labeled "Dem. Party" is walking in the background with ... More

Yatsushi chūshingura shichidanme, Isoda Koryūsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man looking up at a woman standing on a balcony looking down at him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ba... More

Nidanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Rikiya, with sword and fan, standing next to Konami, kneeling on the floor, offering him a cup of tea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Engaged man sings ... Dearest wilt thou then as now

Man seated by woman near window, and another man looking in the window with astonished look. Dated on stone.

[Sparrow talking to coy female sparrow]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Angry male sparrow with female gesturing to other bird]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Sparrow Tragedy."

Her smile dispelled all gloom - Public domain dedication image

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "From Pignapoke," Life, 7:286 (May 20, 1886).

[Man and girl in Colonial dress seated on circular bench surrounding a...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Cupid's fun] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cupid, the god of love, dressed as a messenger boy, delivers a letter to the Greek poet Anacreon, dressed in his native toga. Anacreon dismisses Cupid with a wave of his hand from the door of a building.

[Christ]mas greens / C.J. Taylor., Political Cartoon

Print shows a two-panel illustration, on the left is a street vendor selling Christmas greens, and on the right is a poem by H.A. Crowell titled "Greens to Sell", and an interior scene with a young man kissing ... More

[Three women in window flirting with three men outside window]

"The Great Gotham Stock Co." Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Piece missing from upper left corner. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 5-8

Four satirical vignettes about life in France. In the first, a robber stands on the moonlit roof of a house holding a clock he has stolen. He hopes to land without being caught by the police. A husband and wif... More

Hennessy Leroyle's Other people's money from Hoyt's Theater, New York ...

Caption: Why certainly! Created by "The U.S. Printing Co, Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 4729. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Good government vs. revolution; - an easy choice / Keppler.

Illustration shows a well-dressed woman, holding a fan labeled "Cuba", accepting the arm of Uncle Sam rather than going over to a well-dressed Cuban man wearing a sash labeled "Revolution." Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

$ $ $ $ $ - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 42:506-507 (Nov. 26, 1903).

The Courtship of Bill Taft / Keppler.

Cartoon showing the Republican Party as Priscilla asking Theodore Roosevelt, dressed as a pilgrim, "Why don't you speak for yourself, Theodore?". Illus. in: Puck, 1907 April 24, p. 8-9. Possibly by Joseph Keppl... More

Puck magazine cover - The great renunciation / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled "G.O.P." wearing an engagement ring and William H. Taft wearing a tuxedo, embracing; Taft is smiling, while the elephant is weeping as it holds up a portrait o... More

The national chaperone / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a group of dejected young women sitting at the beach with a mannequin dressed in the accoutrements of various industrial trusts, such as a coal scuttle for a hat labeled "Cost of Living", als... More

[Sister, I wish you the grace and peace of the Lord]

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Wooing of Addie Swisher" by Helen R. Martin, Century, 81:708 (Mar. 1911).

Tango tree / Goldbeck ; painted by Walter Dean Goldbeck.

Illustration shows a man and a woman dancing on the tee at a golf course while the caddy plays the harmonica. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1936 (1914 April 11), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publishing Corporation.

Do you good to get a drive back of them high steppers, Mis' Hadlow

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Peddler's Size" by Hugh MacNair Kahler, Saturday evening post, 196:24 (Oct. 27, 1923).

Why, when you're always and forever my poetic model --

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Bawby Ephalunt, Publicist" by Holworthy Hall, Saturday evening post, 196:1... More

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell and Melville James Bell, from 1867 to...

Pride and prejudice,

Bibliography: p. xix. Also available in digital form.

Pride and prejudice,

Bibliography: p. xix. Also available in digital form.

Los novios - Print, Library of Congress collection

Chapbook cover shows scene from a play: two men wearing bowlers stand in a street, one has a cane, the other a violin. The violinist casts his gaze toward a woman watching them from a second-story balcony. The ... More

Kiss me quick! - Print, Library of Congress collection

Man embracing woman from behind, as she holds fan up to her face. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3614

The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in the The last of the Rohans by Ram...

Caption: The lovers. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." Management, Rich & Harris. N.Y. no. 8553. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

We are getting there fast / F. Opper.

Print shows a young woman wearing bloomers, saying good night to a young man at the front door; the young man's mother, also wearing bloomers and holding a newspaper or magazine that states "The Advanced Woman"... More

Brady & Ziegfeld present Mlle. Fifi from Paris adapted from the French...

26947 U.S. Copyright Office "100 nights, Manhattan Theatre, New York." Caption: Great heavens! He's making love to my wife! Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8... More

Bronson Howard's greater Shenandoah during American Civil War

Caption: Col. West: "Believe me, Gertrude, I am truly sorry to be in such a position myself." Gertrude: "You don't like the position." Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & New York." ... More

A pretty girl in the West - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a young woman sitting on a hammock, playing a guitar, and a man sitting on the outer wall of a covered porch. (DLC/PP-1933:0126). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

Mr. Dinglety goes huckleberrying, Political Cartoon

Title from Harper's bazaar. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as four-part comic in: Harper's bazaar, 28:628 (Aug. 3, 1895).

The Real thing in cowboys cupid in chaps.

Motion picture poster for "The Real thing in cowboys" shows one cowboy kneeling in front of another cowboy, possibly Tom Mix, and an alarmed woman standing alongside. Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Se... More

The Real thing in cowboys cupid in chaps.

Motion picture poster for "The Real thing in cowboys" shows one cowboy kneeling in front of another cowboy, possibly Tom Mix, and an alarmed woman standing alongside. Copyright 1914 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Se... More

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell and Melville James Bell, from 1867 to...

The guitar / D.G. Johnson, sc. - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a woman playing guitar as a man flirts with her. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 2. Library of Congress copy i... More

Love letter - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young woman leaning over a balcony, handing an envelope to an unseen person. E7346 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright stamp with date and numb... More

Parting hour has come - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

Print shows a young couple walking on a wooded path along side a river; they seem hesitant, as the time to part is upon them. Includes a remarque on lower left of plate showing a blossom on a branch. T9767 U.S.... More

[Man and woman on garden bench]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's bazaar.

Sporting life written by Cecil Raleigh & Seymour Hicks.

Caption: Lord Woodstock surrenders to the enemy. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." Jacob Litt, proprietor. N.Y. no. 8062. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Libra... More

One of the causes / Keppler. - Public domain print

Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull ice skating with a young woman labeled "American Girl" skating between them. Caption: The American girl is drawing them closer together. Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1138, (... More

In Boston - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title continues: ... The girl from Detroit: I wrote home, Professor, that I had fallen in with so wise a lot of men that when one said "I don't know" it sounded like real news ... (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part... More

Two strings to her beaux - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Clancy. "A fine morning to commune with nature!"

Four-frame comic strip. A man strolls on a country lane, and spies what he thinks is a young woman with her back to him looking at an old ruin. When asked if she loves an old ruin, the woman, not young by any... More

We too will have a garden some day

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Perdita's Lovers" by Richard Le Gallienne, Harper's magazine, 105:443 (Aug. 1902).

Some women prefer dogs - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1935:0059). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly, 30:20-21 (March 28, 1903).

Caricature, Flirtation / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan escorting an old woman labeled "Dem. Party" on his right arm; coming up behind them is "A.B. Parker", well-dressed, wearing a top hat and overcoat. Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

You have been very successful with the girls -- what's your rule in m...

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 43:139 (Feb. 11, 1904).

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."

Mating time / Gordon Ross. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a young man and a young woman kissing and their reflection in the full moon in the background, also shows frogs, rabbits, birds, and mushrooms as couples, and two trees as silhouettes of a yo... More

Two's company - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 64:331 (Aug. 27, 1914).

Soldiers and their sweethearts during World War I

Photograph shows two Austro-Hungarian soldiers standing with two women. J208887 U.S. Copyright Office.

De flowers end de singin' mek de gentlemins swell up

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Her First Marrying" by Una Hunt, Scribner's magazine, 58:245 (Aug. 1915).

An Arch encounter - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

What I mean is, how would it look --

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Selling Miss Minerva" by Earl Derr Biggers, Saturday evening post, 194:10 (Feb... More

"Cradle snatchers" Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse.

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Cradle Snatchers" at the Pickering Park Playhouse, San Bernardino, Calif., showing an old woman holding a man in her arms next to a cradle. Work Projects Admi... More

Pride and prejudice,

Bibliography: p. xix. Also available in digital form.

John McCormack concert - A drawing of a sailor holding an object

Sailor looking at picture of his sweetheart. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Toyonobu Ishikawa - Sanogawa ichimatsu to segawa kikunojō no aiaigasa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

C252450 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The same old game! Simple but neat! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7753. Forms part of: Theat... More

The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in the The last of the Rohans by Ram...

Caption: The lovers. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." Management, Rich & Harris. N.Y. no. 8553. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The first parting / designed and drawn on stone by M.E.D. Brown ; his ...

Print shows a young woman with her arms around a young man's shoulders, his right arm around her waist, as they gaze longingly at each other at the moment of separation and departure. 265 U.S. Copyright Office.... More

Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell / B., Esq, del.,...

A violent disturbance in a breakfast parlor. A woman stands to ring the bell-pull while the five men at the table react in horror, stumbling and knocking over items on the table as they attempt to stop her. The... More

Company shocked at a lady getting up to ring the bell / B., Esq, del.,...

A violent disturbance in a breakfast parlor. A woman stands to ring the bell-pull while the five men at the table react in horror, stumbling and knocking over items on the table as they attempt to stop her. The... More

The gay Lothario - Public domain portrait drawing

A homely, elderly man dressed in fashionable clothing ogles a pretty young woman standing opposite him, with her hands in a large muff. Inscribed above image: I am Informed Madam, your present protector is an O... More

The Rustler's reformation, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "The rustler's reformation" shows cowboy with arm around woman. Copyright 1913 by Selig Polyscope Co. A Selig western drama.

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...

Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More

Captain Chaim comedy in three acts

Public domain scan of Jewish life play, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description