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Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Woman with knife on hip

Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Woman with knife on hip

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tanganyika. Arusha. Warusha women with trinkets and ornaments, close up

Tanganyika. Arusha. Warusha women with trinkets and ornaments, close u...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tanganyika. Arusha. Group of young girls, Tanzania

Tanganyika. Arusha. Group of young girls, Tanzania

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Two young women of a leading family

Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Two young women of a leading family

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Native types on Fort Portal Road

Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal. Native types on Fort Portal Road

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Kanawat. Druze maidens & children on Roman pavement

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Kanawat. Druze maidens & children on Roman pa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Opening of augmented water source in Jaamri Country at Ain Hamda, S.E. of Bethlehem. Group of Bedouins (Jaamri) & government officials at spring

Opening of augmented water source in Jaamri Country at Ain Hamda, S.E....

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption continues from catalog: Nov. 6, 1940. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Ethnic groups in Afghanistan. - Public domain map

Ethnic groups in Afghanistan. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:8,000,000. "625310 6-79." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Participants in the "Million Indian March" on Washington, D.C., photographed on the National Mall on June 27th, 2003

Participants in the "Million Indian March" on Washington, D.C., photog...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Million Native American March, June 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.

Million Native American March, June 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Some in attendance were completing a 3,200-mile walk fr... More

Jeannette (left) and Paulina Rodriguez, attending a Mexican-style rodeo, or Charreria, at "A Day in Old Mexico," part of the annual, month-long Fiesta celebration in San Antonio, Texas

Jeannette (left) and Paulina Rodriguez, attending a Mexican-style rode...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Asociacion de Charros de San Antonio sponsors the event. Charreria originated in 19th century as a way for the landed gentry to p... More

Chinese school children and teacher [standing on steps] at the American Board of Missions, Peking, China

Chinese school children and teacher [standing on steps] at the America...

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 12007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.: Schools; Missions; Geogr.

Wedding of Pen Hing and Sopheap Kuth, at residence of Chhoun Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts

Wedding of Pen Hing and Sopheap Kuth, at residence of Chhoun Chen, Low...

Index data: The following photographs were made of a Cambodian wedding at the residence of Chhoun Chen, 20, N. Franklin St., Lowell, Ma. Mrs. Chhoun Chen's daughter Pen Hing is the bride and Sopheap Kuth is the... More

Pow Wow, Lafayette, Rhode Island, Carl Fleischhauer

Pow Wow, Lafayette, Rhode Island, Carl Fleischhauer

Index data: 1-2, The drum with dancers in background; 3-4, Dance with audience. Man with beaded black costume is Paul Bullock; 6-7, Dance; 8-9, Two Indians (Micmac is a New England tribe); 10-15, Dancers; 16-19... More

Puerto Rican Festival, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Puerto Rican Festival, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: 1-4, Grupo Folklorico de Bailes Latinos de Worcester; 5-7, Food vendors of Afro-American food (Tom Rankin, fieldworker), at the Puerto Rican Festival; 8, Scene of music stage at the Puerto Rican fes... More

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡ : tuzemnoe naselenie v russkikh vladi︠e︡nii︠a︡kh Sredneĭ Azīi po raspori︠a︡zhenīi︠u︡ Turkestanskago General-Gubernatora K.P. fon Kaufmana I-go sostavil A.L. Kun

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡ : tuzemnoe naselenie ...

The illustrations are 491 mounted photographs. "Vidy iz Kokanskago khanstva sni︠a︡tye ... G.E. Kryvt︠s︡ovym": last 7 plates (15 photographs) Produced in 7 copies? Collection has been digitized and is available ... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Peter Schoenhofen Brewery, West Eighteenth Street & Canalport Avenue, ...

See Written Historical & Desriptive Data pages for reduced copies of drawings. Significance: The Schoenhofen Brewery has historic significance as the only major pre-Prohibition brewery in Chicago to have its st... More

22 Sherman Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

22 Sherman Street (House), Montclair, Essex County, NJ

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

Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Tex., May 14th, 1922

Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Tex., May 14th, 1922

J255116 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; May 18, 1922.

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a photocopy of a floor plan. Significance: The Arbuckle House is associated with a neighborhood of families of Irish extraction which achieved prominence in the latter half of the nineteen... More

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Arbuckle House, 140 East Fifth Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Written data includes a photocopy of a floor plan. Significance: The Arbuckle House is associated with a neighborhood of families of Irish extraction which achieved prominence in the latter half of the nineteen... More

Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, 142 Prospect Street, Gloucester, Essex County, MA

Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, 142 Prospect Street, Gloucester, Essex...

Significance: Our Lady of Good Voyage Church is significant for its role in the Portuguese community of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and for its carillon, the first installed in the United States. The church was... More

Fourth Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Fourth Ward Neighborhood, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5786 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1882 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after. 1882- before. 1888 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More

Monakhi (duvane) v Kalandar-Khanė. Samarkand

Monakhi (duvane) v Kalandar-Khanė. Samarkand

Eight monks standing, posed, in a courtyard. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian families, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Indian families, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Lawrence Cabin, State Route 3, Havertown, Delaware County, PA

Lawrence Cabin, State Route 3, Havertown, Delaware County, PA

Significance: Log cabin resembles those built by Swedish settlers in the area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1077 Survey number: HABS PA-1238 Building/structure dates: after. 1... More

Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

Town of Mount Union, Near U.S. Highway 522, Mount Union, Huntingdon Co...

See also HABS PA-5973 for related information. Significance: For the first half of the 20th century, Mt. Union was a center of refractory brick manufacture. Three brick plants were built early in the century an... More

Five generations on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina

Five generations on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina

Title from caption card and item. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negative is: LC-B811-152.

Driving the devils out of an old man, Chosen (Korea)

Driving the devils out of an old man, Chosen (Korea)

Old man lying down and eleven other people, with shaman(?) at work. No. 23706.

John Engberg House, Falkirk, McLean County, ND

John Engberg House, Falkirk, McLean County, ND

Significance: The John Engberg house is a rare example of Swedish vernacular upright log construction. The Engberg house is the first documented ethnic building of upright log construction in North Dakota. Su... More

Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA

Town of Blandburg, Blandburg, Cambria County, PA

See HABS PA-5973 for additional information on the refractories industry. Written data includes photocopies of location maps, elevations & floor plans for some of the housing. Significance: Blandburg was formal... More

Ismail Pacha ordering his chibouque - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Ismail Pacha ordering his chibouque - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Ismail Pacha (Hungarian general Kmety), full-length portrait, seated on gabion, facing front; three soldiers stand behind him, as a servant hands him his pipe. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from... More

Children of Holy Cross Mission Yukon River - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Children of Holy Cross Mission Yukon River - Frank G. Carpenter collec...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Shau-Hau-Napo-Tinia. An Ioway chief / printed & colored at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No. 94 Walnut St.

Shau-Hau-Napo-Tinia. An Ioway chief / printed & colored at I.T. Bowen'...

Print shows Shau-Nau-Napo-Tinia, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding a tomahawk. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1837 by E.C. Biddle in the clerks office of the District Court ... More

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 1/2 miles Northwest of Bermuda, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...

Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 1/2 miles Northwest of Bermuda, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...

Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 1/2 miles Northwest of Bermuda, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...

Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 1/2 miles Northwest of Bermuda, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...

Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More

[Group portrait of men from Transcaucasus region posed in front of building]

[Group portrait of men from Transcaucasus region posed in front of bui...

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Coincoin-Prudhomme House, On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 mile Northwest of Bermuda, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Coincoin-Prudhomme House, On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 mil...

Significance: The Coincoin-Prudhomme House is a rare surviving example of a basic Norman-plan Creole plantation house. Furthermore, it is one of very few extant Louisiana plantation houses from the middle-ante... More

Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith / New England Chromo. Lith. Co.

Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith / New England Chromo. L...

C3414A2 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California.

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

[Occupational portrait of two African American chimney sweeps]

[Occupational portrait of two African American chimney sweeps]

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV76; Chimney sweeps. Faint, illegible ink inscription below photo. "WEE384" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.66)

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Nicodemus Historic District, Nicodemus, Graham County, KS

Significance: Nicodemus, Kansas, represents the earliest and most prosperous midwestern black settlement associated with the massive westward migration of former slaves out of the south during Reconstruction. ... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ promyslovai︠a︡ : u tuzemnago naselenīi︠a︡ v russkikh vladi︠e︡nīi︠a︡kh Sredneĭ Azīi / po raspori︠a︡zhenii︠u︡ Turkestanskago General-Gubernatora K.P. fon Kaufmana I-go sostavili A.L. Kun i M.I. Brodovskīĭ.

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ promyslovai︠a︡ : u tuzemnago naselenīi︠a︡...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...

Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...

Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...

Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchit...

Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes. S... More

Melrose Plantation, Big House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, Big House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoche...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Big House, officially known as Melrose Historic House, was begun in 1833 by Marie Theresa Coin-Coin's grandson, Louis Metoyer, as a raised plantati... More

Melrose Plantation, Big House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, Big House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoche...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Big House, officially known as Melrose Historic House, was begun in 1833 by Marie Theresa Coin-Coin's grandson, Louis Metoyer, as a raised plantati... More

Melrose Plantation, Big House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Melrose Plantation, Big House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoche...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Big House, officially known as Melrose Historic House, was begun in 1833 by Marie Theresa Coin-Coin's grandson, Louis Metoyer, as a raised plantati... More

Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY

Significance: Ellis Island is significant as the primary port of entry into the United States for immigrants during the period 1892-1954. The Ellis Island facility is located in New York Harbor on three small ... More

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, in brocaded dress, walking to the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) during the King's birthday celebration, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

Sac & Fox, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Sac & Fox, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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

[Life size statues surrounding tomb of Maximilian I, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria]

[Life size statues surrounding tomb of Maximilian I, Hofkirche, Innsbr...

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 159. No. R28A.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. 766. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Shornoe masterstvo. Prodazha siedel (serrachi)

Shornoe masterstvo. Prodazha siedel (serrachi)

Photograph shows three men in stalls selling saddles and bridles. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a... More

Sittsenabivnoe proizvodstvo. Pechatanie uzora na tkani (dukani chitgari)

Sittsenabivnoe proizvodstvo. Pechatanie uzora na tkani (dukani chitgar...

Photograph shows men and boys at a workshop printing patterns on chit. "Dukani chitgari" translated as the Persian expression for: workshop of chit, white cotton fabric. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ... More

Torgovlia chugunnymi i miednymi izdieliiami. I vydielka miednykh izdielii. Tochilshchik nozhei

Torgovlia chugunnymi i miednymi izdieliiami. I vydielka miednykh izdie...

Photograph shows two men using a grinding wheel to sharpen knives. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 15.

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Diarbèkir (Diyarbakır), Ottoman Empire]

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1): married Muslim woman of Sa'rit (Sarit) wearing indoor clothing; (2): married Muslim woman of Sa'rit (Sarit) wearing outdoor clothing; and (3): Kurdish woman from Kharpout (Harput). French caption from boo... More

Group of Bannock Indians / photographed by W.H. Jackson.

Group of Bannock Indians / photographed by W.H. Jackson.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1878 July 6, p. 536. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samoa -- King Mataafa & Chiefs, Klein, American correspondent

Samoa -- King Mataafa & Chiefs, Klein, American correspondent

Photograph shows Mata'afa Iosefo (seated, center) with other Samoan chiefs and Samoan correspondent for the New York World, John C. Klein. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

[Fernandez, interpreter; newspaper man, General Pershing, Capt. James A. Ryan, and others posed at Iligan, Philippine Islands]

[Fernandez, interpreter; newspaper man, General Pershing, Capt. James ...

Forms part of: John Joseph Pershing Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parsee wedding, India - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Parsee wedding, India - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Group of 21 people posed. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, Bombay.

Ceylon. Groupe i.e. group of Singhalese Nobilities

Ceylon. Groupe i.e. group of Singhalese Nobilities

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "India. Ceylon. Group of Singhalese Nobility." Print no. "20051. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Walter; 20... More

The life guard, Atlantic City - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The life guard, Atlantic City - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

No. 6758. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Atlantic City, New Jersey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Yoo-Ka-Lucke, Johnny-Jump-Up, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in traditional Eskimo costume.

William Aeko. (Hawaiian.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

William Aeko. (Hawaiian.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

William Aeko, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Thompson Pub. Co... More

[African American children with a few adults in a pavilion]

[African American children with a few adults in a pavilion]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 282. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Three African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front]

[Three African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 214. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

Utes. Group of children view, photochrome print postcard.

Utes. Group of children view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows four Ute children. No. 53410. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aino Musicians & Dancers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Aino Musicians & Dancers - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Embroidery class at Paco School, Manila, Philippine Islands

Embroidery class at Paco School, Manila, Philippine Islands

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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