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An American having struck a bear but not killed him, escapes into a tr...

Bear looking up at man in tree. Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the year... More

Houdini jumps from Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts John H. Thurs...

Photograph shows Houdini standing by the side of the Charles River wearing chains and handcuffs. Master of the "Impossible Possible," Houdini performs one of his stunning manacled jumps from Harvard Bridge, fo... More

The roaring success, George H. Broadhurst's latest farce, What happene...

C259505 U.S. Copyright Office "An 18 karat comedy without a flaw N.Y. Telegram; You laugh until the tears roll down your cheeks Alan Dale-N.Y. journal." Broadhurst Bros., proprietors. Caption: Jones gets his wi... More

Coming into the lines. A party of slaves...have started for the Union ...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

This cat escapes the Senate with a few of its nine lives left; - will ...

Illustration shows a view in the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol of a large cat with papers tied around its waist labeled "Ship Subsidy Bill"; it is making a mad dash for a door as senators throw ink pots an... More

One of the automatic fire escapes on the roof of the White House

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Houdini - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows crowds in front of the Treasury Building on Fifteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., gathered for straitjacket escape of Harry Houdini (Houdini not visible). Title from unverified data provided by ... More

The war of wealth by C.T. Dazey, author of In old Kentucky.

Caption: The great vault explosion. The cashier's narrow escape from death by suffocation. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti = New York." Jacob Litt, proprietor. No. 7177. Forms part ... More

Moose and wolves a narrow escape.

Apparently an elk, not a moose, struggling to get out of broken ice in stream to escape a pack of wolves. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4550.

Le Cesar de 1815 - je suis venu, j'ai vu, ... j'ai fui

Print shows Napoleon I carrying a broken standard with a dead eagle on top and a piece of paper that states "Vite à Paris"; he is fleeing from a battlefield strewn with dead French soldiers; above, the figure o... More

Missed!--A deaf looter at Galveston escapes temporarily a deserved fat...

A "deaf" thief removing a ring from the hand of a dead victim of a hurricane and flood, Galveston, Texas. D21852 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 627-C.

Fire escapes on apartment buildings in Soho, New York, New York

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

Enjambée de la sainte famille des Thuilleries à Montmidy

Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis ... More

[Houdini and the water torture cell]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Do spirits return? Houdini says no - and proves it 3 shows in one : ma...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budape... More

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

Nine-panel comic strip in which Aunty Jim Jam runs thorugh town chasing Piemouth, Strenuous Teddy and Daniel Webster to get them to take their castor oil. She captures Piemouth easily, with the aid of Augustus ... More

A strange adventure of farmer Toggle and his goat / Palmer Cox.

Twenty-four panel illustration showing farmer Toggle purchasing a goat and tying it up outside a beer saloon. The goat escapes and harasses a young girl, a policeman, an elderly woman and others. Farmer Toggle ... More

Lewis Morrison in Frederick the Great

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Houdini versus products of the Weed Chain Tire Grip Company]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Maniac chase / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

From Edison films catalog: The picture opens with the interior of a cell in an insane asylum. The inmate, who imagines himself to be Napoleon the Great, is seated at a table dressed in the costume of that world... More

[Houdini and the circus]

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born... More

[Harry Houdini performs the great milk can escape]

Public domain photograph of 3d object museum collection, metal, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. ... More

Air raid protection-what to do in your home. A heavy coat of flat blac...

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

Do spirits return? Houdini says no - and proves it 3 shows in one : ma...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budape... More

Houdini, in a packing case, is lowered into New York Bay

Houdini, in a packing case said to contain six hundred pounds of iron weights, is lowered into New York Bay. He is credited with having escaped in two minutes and fifty-five seconds. Photograph by Dietz, N.Y. ... More

Houdini jumps from Harvard Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts John H. Thurs...

Photograph shows Houdini standing by the side of the Charles River wearing chains and handcuffs. Master of the "Impossible Possible," Houdini performs one of his stunning manacled jumps from Harvard Bridge, fo... More

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

Nine-panel comic strip in which Aunty Jim Jam runs thorugh town chasing Piemouth, Strenuous Teddy and Daniel Webster to get them to take their castor oil. She captures Piemouth easily, with the aid of Augustus ... More

[ Danny Kaye dressed as an elderly man escapes from Nazi soldiers in a...

A scene from the Dena-Capri film "On the Double." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for o... More

A docile deer escapes the sun under a stagecoach at the Enchanted Spri...

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

[The Houdinis perform Metamorphosis]

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Houdini is secured in a straitjacket]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

[ Ernie Williams (Danny Kaye) dressed as a German waitress escapes fro...

A scene from the Dena-Capri film "On the Double." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for o... More

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

Nine-panel comic strip in which Aunty Jim Jam runs thorugh town chasing Piemouth, Strenuous Teddy and Daniel Webster to get them to take their castor oil. She captures Piemouth easily, with the aid of Augustus ... More

Civil War envelope showing slave master holding whip as slave attempts...

Addressed to John Heagy Esq., Highspire P.O., Dauphin Co., Penna. ; postmarked Hummelstown, Pa., September 25 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) pp/liljmem

[Houdini removes his jacket]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

"The Walkers Club." Eight U.S. airmen in China who were forced down be...

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

The "Jerome Napoleon," Prince Napoleon's steam-yacht, now in the harbo...

Illustrations show, at top, a starboard view of the steam yacht "Jerome Napoleon" at anchor in New York Harbor; at bottom left, a woman sits in a chair, her face in her hands, crying as she keeps a death-bed vi... More

The war of wealth by C.T. Dazey, author of In old Kentucky.

Caption: The great vault explosion. The cashier's narrow escape from death by suffocation. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti = New York." Jacob Litt, proprietor. No. 7177. Forms part ... More

The roaring success, George H. Broadhurst's latest farce, What happene...

C259505 U.S. Copyright Office "An 18 karat comedy without a flaw N.Y. Telegram; You laugh until the tears roll down your cheeks Alan Dale-N.Y. journal." Broadhurst Bros., proprietors. Caption: Jones gets his wi... More

[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Contrabands escaping - Public domain scenic drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.230) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Puck magazine cover - No turkey for David! / Dalrymple.

Print shows a distraught David B. Hill sitting on the ground on a broken ladder labeled "Machine Nomination for Gov. of N.Y.", holding a hatchet labeled "Hill" in his left hand and a turkey feather labeled "Def... More

A sumptuous revival of Bret Harte's beautiful story, M'liss

Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Weed Chain Tire Grip Company, New York City, challenges Mr. Harr...

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Fire escapes on brownstone, New York, New York

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Keep your fire escapes clear - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of C...

Poster for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York advising that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Poster design attributed... More

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

Nine-panel comic strip in which Aunty Jim Jam runs thorugh town chasing Piemouth, Strenuous Teddy and Daniel Webster to get them to take their castor oil. She captures Piemouth easily, with the aid of Augustus ... More

[The Kin-der-Kids]. The Kin-der-Kids' narrow escape from Aunty Jimjam

Nine-panel comic strip in which Aunty Jim Jam runs thorugh town chasing Piemouth, Strenuous Teddy and Daniel Webster to get them to take their castor oil. She captures Piemouth easily, with the aid of Augustus ... More

Contrabands escaping. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.230) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Uncle Tom's cabin, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 ...

43308 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Eliza's escape. Created and "copyright 1899, Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 595. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Chain gang of convicts engaged in road work. Pitt County, North Caroli...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Ernie Williams (Danny Kaye) wrapped in a blanket escapes a Nazi offi...

A scene from the Dena-Capri film "On the Double." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for o... More

The war in Malaya - first pictures. Refugees from Penang Stirring tale...

Photograph shows mother and baby seated with belongings on train station platform. British Official photo: BF.452. No. BO-915. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

The professor. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

M15907 U.S. Copyright Office "A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y. (copyrighted)." Caption: I now believe there is a hell. Created by A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Do spirits return? Houdini says no - and proves it 3 shows in one : ma...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budape... More

Maniac chase / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

From Edison films catalog: The picture opens with the interior of a cell in an insane asylum. The inmate, who imagines himself to be Napoleon the Great, is seated at a table dressed in the costume of that world... More

[Harry Houdini stepping into a crate that will be lowered into New Yor...

Photograph shows men standing along the side of a barge in New York Harbor as Harry Houdini steps into a crate on the edge of the barge for an escape stunt. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and ... More

[Harry Houdini stepping into a crate that will be lowered into New Yor...

Photograph shows men standing along the side of a barge in New York Harbor as Harry Houdini steps into a crate on the edge of the barge for an escape stunt. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and ... More

Keep your fire escapes clear - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of C...

Poster for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York advising that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Poster design attributed... More

To the Senators and Representatives of the United States of America. L...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 4 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 191, Folder 2. Copy scanned: 1

Contrabands escaping - Public domain scenic drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.230) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Coming into the lines. A party of slaves...have started for the Union ...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Houdini, in a packing case, is lowered into New York Bay

Houdini, in a packing case said to contain six hundred pounds of iron weights, is lowered into New York Bay. He is credited with having escaped in two minutes and fifty-five seconds. Photograph by Dietz, N.Y. ... More

Wee Willie Winkie's world. They are all dozing comfortably ... by Lyon...

Wee Willie Winkie's world is a six-panel Sunday comic strip in which he imagines the fire desiring to taste the bottle of claret that the boy's mother has put nearby to warm for dinner. The bottle explodes, mak... More

Ludwig Richter - Wie Hinze geschlagen und geschändet wird und endlich ...

Illustration for a story showing Hinze the Cat escaping from the trap he was tricked into by Reynard the Fox just before the farmer's wife and others arrived to see what they had caught. Illus. from: Volksbüch... More

The burglar's slide for life / - movie film screenshot

"The first scene shows the interior of a room in an apartment house. A burglar enters and seeing a portable vapor bath in the corner of the room gets into it to hide. Presently two ladies enter. One is the lady... More

[The world-famous self-liberator Houdini will escape from the water t...

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Houdini dangling from the B.F. Keith's Theatre, G and 15th Streets, N....

Title devised by Library staff based on unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range, and Houdini's engagement at Keith's. Gift; H... More

Fishing scene, No. 2 EB monogram ; after E.B. Bensell

Print shows the fisherman, having caught a fish, making his escape in his boat, waving his handkerchief mockingly at the farmer who stands, dejected, on the rocks; the poor dog has been hooked in the lip and is... More

[Houdini does an upside-down straitjacket escape, Washington, D.C.]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Wee Willie Winkie's world. They are all dozing comfortably ... by Lyon...

Wee Willie Winkie's world is a six-panel Sunday comic strip in which he imagines the fire desiring to taste the bottle of claret that the boy's mother has put nearby to warm for dinner. The bottle explodes, mak... More

The professor. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

M15907 U.S. Copyright Office "A.S. Seer's Print., N.Y. (copyrighted)." Caption: I now believe there is a hell. Created by A.S. Seer's Print, N.Y. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]

Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wee Willie Winkie's world. They are all dozing comfortably ... by Lyon...

Wee Willie Winkie's world is a six-panel Sunday comic strip in which he imagines the fire desiring to taste the bottle of claret that the boy's mother has put nearby to warm for dinner. The bottle explodes, mak... More

Airship is Disabled- Orville Escapes Injury When Plane Drops 75 Feet [...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Moose and wolves a narrow escape.

Apparently an elk, not a moose, struggling to get out of broken ice in stream to escape a pack of wolves. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4550.

Wee Willie Winkie's world. They are all dozing comfortably ... by Lyon...

Wee Willie Winkie's world is a six-panel Sunday comic strip in which he imagines the fire desiring to taste the bottle of claret that the boy's mother has put nearby to warm for dinner. The bottle explodes, mak... More

[Houd ini in scenes from "The grim game"]

Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airship is Disabled- Orville Escapes Injury When Plane Drops 75 Feet [...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

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