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Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in th...

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodore Roosevelt  and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley Giant," big trees of California

Theodore Roosevelt and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley G...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodore Roosevelt  and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley Giant," big trees of California

Theodore Roosevelt and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley G...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in th...

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

Theodore Roosevelt  and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley Giant," big trees of California

Theodore Roosevelt and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley G...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great 10,000 mile wall China

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skinned and stuffed man. Moscow, engraving, Library of Congress

Skinned and stuffed man. Moscow, engraving, Library of Congress

Drawing shows a dead man standing in an exhibition case in Moscow. Bayard Taylor served as charg d'affaires of the Russian legation from 1862 to 1863. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

Second street museum of living animals now exhibiting at 281 North 2d St., between Callowhill and Willow streets / Scott, Printer, 12 Hudson's Alley, Philadelphia.

Second street museum of living animals now exhibiting at 281 North 2d ...

Print shows an advertisement for the Second Street Museum of Living Animals depicting "Romulus, the fighting California grizzly bear" in a fight against "Napoleon 4th", a large bull, on April 8, 1853. The adver... More

The biggest tea-pot [sic] on earth, holding a million cups - Pure Food Exhibit, Jamestown, Virginia

The biggest tea-pot [sic] on earth, holding a million cups - Pure Food...

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

[Two shrunken heads] / Scenic Photo Publishing Co., Inc. Seattle, Wash.

[Two shrunken heads] / Scenic Photo Publishing Co., Inc. Seattle, Wash...

A New Guinea cannibal girl's skull killed by a 12 yr. old boy to permit marriage; and smallest shrunken warrior's head in U.S. - head hunter of Amazon Peru. J14346 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ye Olde Cu... More

Theodore Roosevelt  and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley Giant," big trees of California

Theodore Roosevelt and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley G...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Roosevelt amid "Nature's Wonders" - driving through Wawona, Big Trees of California

President Roosevelt amid "Nature's Wonders" - driving through Wawona, ...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt and others in a vehicle passing through a tunnel in the trunk of a giant sequoia tree. H33556 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell"

View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldie...

Stereograph showing long wooden spikes, chevaux-de-frise, extending from the fortifications of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Virginia.

The Norwich, the oldest steamboat in the world, built 1836 / William H. Rau, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Norwich, the oldest steamboat in the world, built 1836 / William H...

Starboard view, in front of large boat crowded with passengers. Stock 27670.

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in the world

Clipper ship Three Brothers, 2972 tons: The largest sailing ship in th...

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

The Rolle complimented by the wonders of the age, British Cartoon Print

The Rolle complimented by the wonders of the age, British Cartoon Prin...

Print shows John Rolle addressing a "Learned Pig, Surprising Monkey, Wonderful Hare, Dancing Dogs, [and] Conjuring Horse", the "wonders of the age." Includes six lines of verse: "Illustrious Rolle! O may thy ho... More

President Roosevelt amid "Nature's Wonders" - driving through Wawona, Big Trees of California

President Roosevelt amid "Nature's Wonders" - driving through Wawona, ...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt and others in a vehicle passing through a tunnel in the trunk of a giant sequoia tree. H33557 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Pacific Highway through a Washington red cedar stump, 20 feet in diameter

Pacific Highway through a Washington red cedar stump, 20 feet in diame...

Photograph shows man and automobile in tunnel of giant tree stump. Annenberg batch 4

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Most Shadman Malik. Vid s sievera

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Most Shadman Malik. Vid s sievera

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 152.

The nation's chief before the forest king - President Roosevelt in Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz, California

The nation's chief before the forest king - President Roosevelt in Big...

H33582 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Most Shadman Malik. Vid s zapada

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Most Shadman Malik. Vid s zapada

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 152.

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Handwritten. Essay describing the wonders that are found in everyday occurrences of science principles.

Home incidents, accidents, &c. The colored voter ; Pursuit of a breakfast under difficulties ; Nearest the fire ; Gypsies in Texas ; A floating grocer's raft ; Accident to a danseuse ; Accident on an inclined railway ; A sagacious dog ; Oiling a ventriloquist ; Explosion at the Wisconsin paper mill, Milwaukie ; A business proposal ; A sad story

Home incidents, accidents, &c. The colored voter ; Pursuit of a breakf...

Illustrations that accompany twelve stories of mishaps and curiosities including an African American Union soldier wrongly denied the right to vote, a Romani woman earning money telling fortunes, an explosion a... More

Kansas & Colorado State B. - Interior, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Kansas & Colorado State B. - Interior, Pennsylvania, 19th century ster...

On mount: International Exhibition, 1876. On verso: Centennial Photographic Co. International Exhibition, Philadelphia. no. 2043.

Skinned and stuffed man. Moscow

Skinned and stuffed man. Moscow

Drawing shows a dead man standing in an exhibition case in Moscow. Bayard Taylor served as charg d'affaires of the Russian legation from 1862 to 1863. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

Greatest corn exhibit ever made -- Combined Corn States -- Louisiana Purchase Exposition --

Greatest corn exhibit ever made -- Combined Corn States -- Louisiana P...

H54308 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by C. H. Graves. On mount: Philadelphia, Naperville, Ill., London, Paris, Hamburg.

Theodore Roosevelt  and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley Giant," big trees of California

Theodore Roosevelt and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley G...

H33596 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Handwritten. Essay describing the wonders that are found in everyday occurrences of science principles.

Theodore Roosevelt  and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley Giant," big trees of California

Theodore Roosevelt and his distinguished party, before the "Grizley G...

H33596 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Size comparison of ocean liner "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" to Trinity Church, the St. Paul Building in New York, the Washington Monument, and the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Size comparison of ocean liner "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" to Trinity ...

Print is torn around the edges with some loss to image. The St. Paul Building is a skyscraper located in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1898. The building is located at the corner of Nass... More

President Roosevelt amid "Nature's Wonders" - driving through Wawona, Big Trees of California

President Roosevelt amid "Nature's Wonders" - driving through Wawona, ...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt and others in a vehicle passing through a tunnel in the trunk of a giant sequoia tree. H33558 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Registering in the "biggest book" California Exhibit. Agricultural building Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Registering in the "biggest book" California Exhibit. Agricultural bui...

H54293 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by C. H. Graves. On mount: Philadelphia, Naperville, Ill., London, Paris, Hamburg.

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Handwritten. Essay describing the wonders that are found in everyday occurrences of science principles.

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Handwritten. Essay describing the wonders that are found in everyday occurrences of science principles.

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Handwritten. Essay describing the wonders that are found in everyday occurrences of science principles.

Landing the treasures, or results of the polar expedition Marryat, del. ; G. Cruikshank, fect, British Cartoon Print

Landing the treasures, or results of the polar expedition Marryat, del...

"A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left..." (Source: George). Prin... More

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Wonders motion picture, Emile Berliner radio broadcasting collection

Essay describing the wonders that are found in everyday occurrences of science principles. Typescript copy of original. Copy 1.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Kansas & Colorado State Building - interior

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Kansas & Colora...

13887Gp2s U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. On mount: International Exhibition, 1876. On verso: Centennial Photographic Co. International Exhibition, Philadelphia. No. 2044.

The nation's chief before the forest king - President Roosevelt in Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz, California

The nation's chief before the forest king - President Roosevelt in Big...

H33582 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description