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[Decoration and calligraphy in the Treasury of the Imperial Topkapı Sa...

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 37. No. 727. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Ha... More

[Two geese and acanthus decoration]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as heading for chapter 13 in: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samu... More

[The sciences, study for peacock in tympanum, southwest gallery, decor...

Cartoon study for peacock in a large mural painting. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern Palestine. Mosaic of maiden with fruit [at Beit Jibrin].

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ikona Korsunskoĭ Bozhʹeĭ Materi. V riznit︠s︡i︠e︡ Ipatʹevskago monastyr...

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Some of the anti-suffrage leaders who took 1200 people up the Hudson f...

Photograph shows group portrait of women involved in anti-suffrage event along the Hudson River on May 30, 1913. (Source: New York Times, May 31, 1913, p. 6) Forms part of the George Grantham Bain Collection.

Leg decoration on a woman in Tanganyika, Tanzania

Old automobile parts are used in flower gardens for decoration as well...

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a clock. Office ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Decoration on the floor of the waiting room in the municipal airport i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ornamental print, pattern design, mannerism, baroque, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Illuminated cow skull decoration at the KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New...

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

Zodiac-theme grill decoration at the National Academy of Sciences, Was...

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

Fence decoration at the regionally famous Cattleman's Steakhouse, whic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - salle hypostyle - colonnade centrale - déco...

Detail view showing hieroglyphics and sculpture on column in the central colonnade of hypostyle hall in the main temple. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'a... More

Easter decoration - Drawing. Public domain image.

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El Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque. Cedar pulpit. Close up of carving

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John N. Conyngham, Hayfield Farm, residence in Lehman Township, Pennsy...

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Decoration on the floor of the waiting room in the municipal airport i...

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An American sergeant receiving a decoration during the North African c...

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Church of the Merciful Savior (1716-23), south facade, ceramic decorat...

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Decoration on City Hall in Anson, the county seat of Jones County, Tex...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Lincoln Monument, Union Square, Decoration Day, 1876

Stereograph showing a crowd gathered in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Union Square Park which has been decorated for Memorial Day. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Part of the ser... More

Chudotvornai︠a︡ Ikona Ḟedorovskoĭ Bozhʹeĭ Materi v Uspenskom sobori︠e︡...

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"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

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

Decoration du Bal Masqué donné par le roy ... / C.N. Cochin filius del...

Decorations at the masked ball given by King Louis XV of France in February 1745, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, the Dauphin, to Marie Therese of Spain; also visible, ballroom interior and numerous... More

[Decoration and calligraphy in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Persian poetical text. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 33. No. 730. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More

[Daisies gathered for Decoration Day, May 30, 1899]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "1st Division."

Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Part of Mays Avenue camp. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Notice water boiler...

Public domain photograph of American farm workers, countryside in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wall decoration in home of FSA (Farm Security Administration) tenant p...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helena Rubinstein, 330 Park Ave., New York City. Cabinet of ornaments ...

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A black and white photo of a compass. Office of War Information Photog...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Sign and decoration on the Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trampas, New Mexico. Undated painting used as a decoration on the main...

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The Texas star, used a building decoration in Albany, the seat of Shac...

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

The House on the Rock is an unpredictable, occasionally bizarre attrac...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened in 1959, it is a complex of architecturally unique and variously, streets, gardens, shops and themes, from Christmas to a Japan... More

Speech delivered in Madison Square, New York, Decoration Day

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

The arts - decoration for the Library of Congress

Scaled cartoon for large mural painting showing cherubs and five women representing various arts. Study for tympanum in southwest gallery of the Jefferson Building. "Scale 1 in. to 1 foot." Gift; Allyn Cox.

Petra (Wadi Musa). El-Khazneh. Circular tower. Telephoto showing detai...

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Decoration of Farragut statue by Dau. of Amer. Reverend, Navy Day, 10/...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Iraq. Mosul. The leaning tower showing detail of arabesque decoration

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, column, chimney, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zodiac-theme grill decoration at the National Academy of Sciences, Was...

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

Kalinin house (early 20th century), facade decoration, Belozersk, Russ...

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Chudotvornai︠a︡ Ikona Ḟedorovskoĭ Bozhʹeĭ Materi v Uspenskom sobori︠e︡...

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[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philad...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 June 24, p. 612. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death Cemeteries; Holidays; Orphans; Shelf.

Detalʹ Uluk-Beka (snaruzhi u vkhoda). Samarkand

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Mullan [Idaho] Fire Dept., Decoration Day, 1912

21 firemen posed on hook-and-ladder truck, holding flowers; mountains in background.

U.S. Senator honored for war service. Secretary of War Weeks pinning t...

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

Patrick J. Hurley decoration Sergt. Jeno. B. Jensen; Summerall on (L),...

Three men in suits and ties standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Men examining machinery in Bureau of...

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A black and white photo of a portrait of a woman, Iowa. Farm Security ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High school showing part of Federal Art Project mural decoration. Full...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a narrow passage, corridor, street, old town architecture, arch, vintage print, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Collecting pitchers is hobby of Virginian. Arlington, Virginia, July 2...

A woman standing in front of a shelf filled with cups. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detail of Bird Cage Theater museum showing boxes of theater. The decor...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - salle hypostyle - decoration de la paroi in...

Detail showing hieroglyphics and sculpture on interior wall in the hypostyle hall in the main temple as seen from "point L" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intére... More

[Ottoman weapons and armor] - Public domain architecture engraving

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"Decoration Day. No. 1618" - Drawing. Public domain image.

Man kneeling on porch, full length, U.S. flag in lt. hand, hammer in rt. hand. J191187 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Patriotism; Holi... More

Lincoln Memorial. Plan for interior decoration

Photograph showing an Architectural drawing of a plan for the interior of the Lincoln Memorial and murals by Jules Guerin.

Weeks decoration, Genl. Sm'l. H. Wolfe, 10/19/22

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Col. Jno. Phillip Hill decoration, 10/13/22

A group of people standing in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senator Rice W. Means, of Colorado, who just been awarded a Silver Sta...

A black and white photo of three men in coats and hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War ration book no. 3. This new ration book, replacement for present b...

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Wagon wheel used as decoration in adobe house. Penasco, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Head waiter, waiter, and diner at the Occidental Hote...

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

An American sergeant receiving a decoration during the North African c...

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Zodiac-theme grill decoration at the National Academy of Sciences, Was...

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

Porch Decoration - A clock on the side of a wooden building

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - construction de granit - decoration sculpté...

Detail showing granite structure with carved and painted decoration in the main temple as seen from "point R" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'... More

[Coat of arms over fireplace and cherub decoration]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as tailpiece for: "The Duke's Armorer" by Gerald Brenan, St. Nicholas, 25:903 (Sept. 1898).

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a dining room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C.... More

Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Five receive Polish decoration. Acting in behalf of the Polish governm...

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

Church of St. James. Close section of Indian print

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Welcome decoration on occasion of President's visit to Grand Forks, No...

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

Zodiac-theme grill decoration at the National Academy of Sciences, Was...

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

[Celebration of the first official Decoration Day at Arlington Cemeter...

Stereograph shows President Ulysses S. Grant and General John Logan seated at the flag-draped Old Amphitheater, Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia for Decoration Day ceremonies on May 30, 1873. Views of Wa... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

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

Large metal chicken, a curiously favorite outdoor decoration in many p...

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

Strewing the graves with garlands of flowers, Decoration Day, Manila, ...

Soldier placing flowers on grave, as others watch. 1423 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13539.

The mosaic tile upon the face of the church is a rich example of decor...

Photograph shows a corner of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, also called Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, St. Petersburg, Russia, which was built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assas... More

Lincoln Memorial. Eagle decoration on Lincoln Memorial

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

Decoration in poolroom in Dickens, Iowa

Helena Rubinstein, 330 Park Ave., New York City. Cabinet of ornaments ...

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zodiac-theme grill decoration at the National Academy of Sciences, Was...

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

Decoration on Calendar in Office of Main House

"Cowboy Power" and feather decoration by Edward Duferrena, age 13 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), west fence supports, with cera...

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sleep, soldier, sleep; Decoration day ode

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Fidélité et dévouement dédié à la Garde Nationale de Paris : serment p...

Print shows a certificate of honor given to the members of the National Guard of Paris by Louis XVIII showing soldiers standing next to monument with bust of Louis and text of oath taken by those honored. Purc... More

Gournah (Thèbes) - colosse de gauche - décoration de la face nord-est ...

Detail showing hieroglyphics on the northeast side of the throne of the left colossus of the Colossi of Memnon at the entrance to the palace/temple of Amenhotep III, Thebes, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : ... More

[Reproduction of print showing Virgin in enclosed garden]

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Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lindbergh receives French decoration. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh receiv...

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

El Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque. Cedar pulpit. Close up of carving

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church of St. James. Ind. [i.e., Indian] print before side altar, repr...

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Williamsburg, Virginia. The capitol of the Virginia colony during the ...

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Eagle desk decoration inside the Tower Building, now park headquarters...

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

Franklin School, Thirteenth & K Streets Northwest, Washington, Distric...

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The arts - decoration for the Library of Congress

Scaled cartoon for large mural painting showing cherubs and five women representing various arts. Study for tympanum in southwest gallery of the Jefferson Building. "Scale 1 in. to 1 foot." Gift; Allyn Cox.