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[Nepalese family sitting outside on haystacks, Sikkim]

[Nepalese family sitting outside on haystacks, Sikkim]

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-0035. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Families on a stoop in New Orleans, Louisiana

Families on a stoop in New Orleans, Louisiana

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

Larry, wife Bonnie, and children Lara, Luke, and Tonya pose beside car.

Larry, wife Bonnie, and children Lara, Luke, and Tonya pose beside car...

Forms part of a group of images documenting machinist Larry Schneider's machine shop and his family at their home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Larry is a machinist who works at Watson Machine International in Paterson.

Headstones at the Episcopal Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, which contains the graves of several members of the founding families

Headstones at the Episcopal Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Nine Revolutionary soldiers also are interred here. Another, William Morgan, Sr., is said to have been buried under the east chancel o... More

Kemp's vegetable pastilles for expelling worms from the system / lith. of Snyder, Black & Sturn 92 William St. New York.

Kemp's vegetable pastilles for expelling worms from the system / lith....

Print shows an interior scene in a parlor, with a man offering pills to a woman who is sitting in a chair with an infant on her lap. 512 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink at bottom: 512. Deposited in the... More

Holy family. La sagrada familia

Holy family. La sagrada familia

Print shows the Blessed Virgin Mary holding Jesus on her lap, with Joseph looking over her right shoulder; John the Baptist, as a young boy, is holding a plate of grapes for Jesus to eat. Inscribed in ink on v... More

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Karen Pelletier interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-21

Pelletier has been a barber in the quaint small town of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for twenty-nine years. She discusses her preference to cut men's hair over working in a beauty salon. She's also discusses the ... More

Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friends, and associates

Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friend...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Included are Anna Spafford with daughters Grace (Spafford) Whiting an... More

Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friends, and associates

Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friend...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Included are Anna Spafford with daughters Grace (Spafford) Whiting an... More

[William Couhig, Dale (Dale Valley), Custer County, Nebraska]

[William Couhig, Dale (Dale Valley), Custer County, Nebraska]

Photograph shows a man and a woman, possibly William Couhig and his wife, standing in front of a sod house; the woman is holding a short rope attached to a sheep, a cat is on the ground next to her, and a horse... More

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M. Mar. 6th, a school day, and Josephine said she wasn't going to school this week on account of the work. "I like to work, and I like to go to school too." Our investigator reports her as 13 yrs. old, and a truant. The 8 yr. old sister can speak no English and has never been to school. The work was strewn all over the dirty floor. Location: New York, New York (State)

Averzano family, Room 24, 2-4 Prince St., N.Y. Photo taken at 1:30 P.M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, economic conditions, children workers, exploitation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

French domestic cookery, combining economy with elegance, and adapted to the use of families of moderate fortune.

French domestic cookery, combining economy with elegance, and adapted ...

Public domain cooking book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Family of J.H. Burch, Route 1, Rockfield, Ky. Boys 12, 14 and 17 (stripping tobacco) working during school hours. Have been out a good deal. Go to Quarry School (6-12). Two families represented in photo. See special card and Kentucky report. Location: [Warren County--Rockfield, Kentucky] / [Lewis W. Hine]

[Family of J.H. Burch, Route 1, Rockfield, Ky. Boys 12, 14 and 17 (str...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This photo shows what was formerly a chicken coop, in which during the berry season the Arnao family live on Hitchen's farm, Seaford, Del. 17 children and 5 elders live in this made over chicken coop. The age of 10 of the children is given below: 1 Child is 3 years old; 1 Child is 4 years old; 1 Child is 5 years old; 1 Child is 6 years old; 2 Children are 7 years old; 1 Child is 9 years old; 1 Child is 10 years old; 1 Child is 11 years old; 1 Child is 13 years old. Another photo in this collection shows the Arnao family on Truitt's Farm. On the day of the investigation no berries being picked on Hitchen's Farm. The family went over to the Truitt's farm to pick. [Handwritten notation:] See them picking strawberries (Sept 28, 1910) in photos & labels 1128-1129-1130. Edward F. Brown, Investigator. Location: Seaford, Delaware / Photo by [Lewis W. Hine].

This photo shows what was formerly a chicken coop, in which during the...

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

[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women, and children posed on porch of house]

[Home of an African American lawyer, Atlanta, Georgia, with men, women...

Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 352. B&w copy... More

233 E. 107th St., N.Y. Rent sign states that these are "Eleganti Apartmenti." License was recently revoked and, after that, our investigator found eight families doing home-work there. It is in miserable shape. Location: New York, New York (State)

233 E. 107th St., N.Y. Rent sign states that these are "Eleganti Apart...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parkin (vicinity), Arkansas. The families of evicted sharecroppers of the Dibble plantation. They were legally evicted the week of January 12, 1936, the plantation having charged that by membership in the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union they were engaging in a conspiracy to retain their homes; this contention granted by the court, the eviction, though at the point of a gun, was quite legal. The pictures were taken just after the evictions before they were moved into the tent colony they later enjoyed

Parkin (vicinity), Arkansas. The families of evicted sharecroppers of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 years old and lives at 1506 S. Robinson St. Onem said: "I never have been in school in my life but I got a pretty good education - sellin papers." Been selling here 6 months. See report on Truants by L.W. Hine. These boys are truants who were photographed during school hours. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Jack Ryan, 6 years old and Jesse Ryan, 10 years old. Onem Smith, 12 ye...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified soldier in Union first sergeant's uniform with small child on lap]

[Unidentified soldier in Union first sergeant's uniform with small chi...

Case: Leather geometric. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljwoch pp/liljunion

[Unidentified soldier in Union first sergeant's uniform with small child on lap]

[Unidentified soldier in Union first sergeant's uniform with small chi...

Case: Leather geometric. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljwoch pp/liljunion

Mrs. Dean-Boyd saw at once what Nicky meant -- Ethel had the Dean nose

Mrs. Dean-Boyd saw at once what Nicky meant -- Ethel had the Dean nos...

(DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "She couldn't marry both" by Royal Brown, Ladies home journal, 36:19 (Sept. 1919).

[Sisters Lucretia Electa and Louisa Ellen Crossett in identical skirts, blouses, and jewelry with weaving shuttles]

[Sisters Lucretia Electa and Louisa Ellen Crossett in identical skirts...

Photo shows occupational portrait of identified women, who may have been millworkers. Inscription on paper in case: Lucretia E. aged 2[?] Crossett, Louisa E. aged 18 yr. 8 m.[?] in Lawrence, Massachusetts by H... More

Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement deserted. Mother and father working on Five-acre Bog. Location: Makepeace Bog near Wareham, Massachusetts.

Four children - about 3 to 6 years old. Home all alone and settlement ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Un employé du gouvernt., sortant de chez lui avec sa famille ; Une dame brésilienne dans son intérieur / J.B. Debret, del. ; lith. de Ch. Wolfe.

Un employé du gouvernt., sortant de chez lui avec sa famille ; Une dam...

Illustrations showing government worker leaving home with family and servants following behind him; interior with woman sewing, girl reading, black servants and infants sitting on floor, one servant carrying dr... More

S.D. Ison and family. Father works some. Both boys on right of photo have been in Washington Cotton Mills, Fries, Virginia, for four years. When I asked the smallest worker how old he was, he said, "Don't know," and looked at his father, who said, "Going' on 14." (but he did not say how near to 14 he was). Location: Fries, Virginia.

S.D. Ison and family. Father works some. Both boys on right of photo h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[President and Mrs. Coolidge, full-length portraits, seated on porch, with their two sons standing behind them]

[President and Mrs. Coolidge, full-length portraits, seated on porch, ...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: Calin Coolidge, First Administration,v. 2, p. 5, no. 31149.

On left hand of picture is Alice Deon, 95 Springfield Street, a doffer in a spinning room of the Ayer mill. Been there a few weeks. Has a steady job. Walks to and from work, as Antoinette does. On right of picture is her sister Eva, who goes to school, she is 11 years old. How old does Alice appear to be?. Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts.

On left hand of picture is Alice Deon, 95 Springfield Street, a doffer...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Trollope Family, from a sketch taken from life, made in Cincinnati in 1829

The Trollope Family, from a sketch taken from life, made in Cincinnati...

Print shows a caricature of Mrs. Trollope seated on floor with her book, Refugee in America, which caused much resentment. Six other people are present in the room, with an artist making an equestrian painting ... More

143 Hudson St., ground floor. Mrs. Salvia; Joe, 10 years old; Josephine, 14 years old; Camille, 7 years old. Picking nuts in a dirty tenement home. The bag of cracked nuts (on chair) had been standing open all day waiting for the children to get home from school. The mangy cat (under table) roamed about over everything. Baby is sleeping in the dark inner bedroom (3 yrs. old). Location: New York, New York (State)

143 Hudson St., ground floor. Mrs. Salvia; Joe, 10 years old; Josephin...

A group of people sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear # 2. Whole family works. Jo is 3 years old. Boy is 6 years old, Girl is 9 years old. We found this family, children and all working on Hichens farm, Cannon, Del., May 28th 1910, before school closed. See photos #1582, #1586, and labels. This is the fourth week of school and the mother said they would be here for 15 or 20 days more. Whites Bog, Browns Mills, N.J. Sept. 28, 1910. Witness, E.F. Brown. Location: Browns Mills, New Jersey / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Arnao family, 831 Catherine St., Rear # 2. Whole family works. Jo is 3...

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

Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day. His sister eighteen years old picks one hundred pounds. Father and mother and some negroes also pick. A frugal Bohemian family. Own the farm of two hundred acres near Houston. Location: Houston [vicinity], Texas.

Eddie Marek a six year old cotton picker who picks fifty pounds a day....

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

6 P.M. Making hair-brushes. Hausner family, 310 E. 71 St., N.Y. Frank is 6 yrs old. and John is 12. The mother had a sore throat and wore a great rag rapped around it, but she took it off for the photo. They said they all (including the 6 yr old) worked until 10 P.M. when busy. Their neighbor corroborated this. She said, "It's a whole lot better for the boys than doin' nothin'." The mother said the night work hurts their eyes and John said so too. He was not very enthusiastic about the beauties of work. All together, they make about $2 a week. Father is a motorman. 6 P.M. Jan 31, -12. Location: New York, New York (State)

6 P.M. Making hair-brushes. Hausner family, 310 E. 71 St., N.Y. Frank ...

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

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; engraved by W.H. Simmons.

Waiting for the verdict / A. Solomon 1857 ; painted by A. Solomon ; en...

Print shows the anguish and fear of the unknown, of the parents, wife, and sister of a young man who has been accused of a crime, as they await the verdict. A young boy is asleep on his mother's lap and the you... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat with bayoneted musket next to unidentified young girl standing on chair; probably siblings]

[Unidentified young soldier in Union frock coat with bayoneted musket ...

Photograph shows two headstands. Case: Berg, no. 7-21. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs fro... More

Union refugees / Baker. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Union refugees / Baker. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Man and woman with baby. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the ...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden.

The little sisters - Print, Library of Congress collection

The little sisters - Print, Library of Congress collection

Three girls. Gale no. 4017. Public domain scan - children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Muganʹ. Semʹi︠a︡ poselent︠s︡a. Pos. Grafovka

Portrait photo of Muganʹ. Semʹi︠a︡ poselent︠s︡a. Pos. Grafovka

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter] / Gordon Parks.

[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren an...

Photo shows, on the left, through a doorway, Ella Watson sitting with three children, and on the right, reflected in a mirror, her adopted daughter. Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of C... More

[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daughter] / Gordon Parks.

[Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren an...

Photo shows, on the left, through a doorway, Ella Watson sitting with three children, and on the right, reflected in a mirror, her adopted daughter. Forms part of: The Gordon Parks Archives in the Library of C... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young girl, probably his daughter]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified young girl, pr...

Case: Berg, no. 5-27 (variant with lovers in a garden). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:180) Purchased from: Rick Brown, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... More

[Privates and twin brothers Bartlett and John Ellsworth with brother Samuel Ellsworth of Company A, 12th New Hampshire Infantry]

[Privates and twin brothers Bartlett and John Ellsworth with brother S...

Photograph shows identified soldiers in Union uniforms. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosEllsworth.html Case: Berg, no. 3-37. Additional information in collections file. Gift; T... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Pleito de la suegra con su yerno

Pleito de la suegra con su yerno

Broadside shows an angry woman about to crack a man's skull with a chair. The room is in disarray with objects scattered around. A woman peers behind a door on left. The text concerns a dialog between the mothe... More

Where's Mother? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Where's Mother? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Street, William Street & Lovejoy Street, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

Techwood Homes (Public Housing), Bounded by North Avenue, Parker Stree...

Significance: The first federally funded housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes represents the first large-scale attempt to eradicate slum housing in a socially humanitarian way in this country. T... More

Ebisuko, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Ebisuko, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows indoor scene with several women, two children, and two men, eating. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 s... More

Terrible y verdadera noticia del espantoso ejemplar ocurrido con Norberta Reyes, que cerca de la ciudad de Zamora

Terrible y verdadera noticia del espantoso ejemplar ocurrido con Norbe...

Broadside shows a woman with a knife stabbing her elderly father as her dead mother lies in the background. The text conveys the tale of Norberta Reyes, whose parents could not control her. She runs away with a... More

Clara Barton Papers: Family Papers: Genealogy; Barton-Porter families, undated

Clara Barton Papers: Family Papers: Genealogy; Barton-Porter families,...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

American domestic cookery, formed on principles of economy, for the use of private families.

American domestic cookery, formed on principles of economy, for the us...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Added t.-p., engraved. L.C. copy imperfect: plates 1-2 wanting. Shaw & Shoemaker 49333 LAC scc 2019-03-13 no edits (2 cards) LAC rwp 2019-03-26 review

The sweet delights of love / F.G. Byron, Esqr. delt., British Cartoon Print

The sweet delights of love / F.G. Byron, Esqr. delt., British Cartoon ...

Print shows a depressed-looking husband seated between a baby in a cradle and a complaining wife, as smoke billows from the fire on the right and a bill collector(?) enters a door on the left. Caption continue... More

[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women in front and two men and a boy in the back, standing in front of a framed picture or mirror]

[Members of the Cresson and Prichett families, with three seated women...

Embossed on velvet lining inside case: W. & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange. Written on seal: Restored by A.R. Phillips, Jr., May 1943. Case: flowers and butterflies. Probably a copy daguerreotype (a latera... More

Calvin, William T., and Mary Hornaday, taken about 1860

Calvin, William T., and Mary Hornaday, taken about 1860

Photograph shows William T. Hornaday at age six with Mary and Calvin Hornaday. Case: Leather geometric scroll. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:007). Forms part of: William Temple Hornaday ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified boy, probably brothers]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified boy, probably ...

Case: Leather; floral design. Information from the seller indicates that the soldier was from Kentucky. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War ... More

[Sarah and Susan Wilson] / Mumper., Cabinet photograph

[Sarah and Susan Wilson] / Mumper., Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows portrait of sisters or cousins Sarah Wilson, born 1854, and Susan Wilson, born 1857. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Information from seller received with photograph identifies Sarah and Susan Wi... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women, a child officer with his mother, and a student from Shindai]

[Studio portraits of Japanese women, a child officer with his mother, ...

Captions on front of item: "Declining the honor" (upper left); "Japanese girl in every day costume" (upper right); "A young officer (Yaconin) and mother" (lower left); and ""Yoko" a student from Shindai" (lowe... More

Eccitamento ai Sicarii - Print, Library of Congress collection

Eccitamento ai Sicarii - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Beatrice Cenci and her mother on the left and her father with another man on the right during the aftermath of an argument. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner: 1. (DLC/PP-43735)

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Orandajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Yokohama kyūjitsu - Orandajin yūkō, Sadahide Utagawa

Japanese print shows a Dutch family walking along the shoreline in Yokohama, Japan; Dutch ship in the background. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attributed to: Kobayashi Hori Kame. Seal date: Cock 1... More

Gute Nacht gez. v. Ludw. Richter

Gute Nacht gez. v. Ludw. Richter

Print shows an interior scene with a family gathered around a table where a man is sitting, kissing an infant daughter or granddaughter on the cheek; a woman stands on the left, possibly the mother of the infan... More

Castle Garden--their first Thanksgiving dinner / Harper.

Castle Garden--their first Thanksgiving dinner / Harper.

Man, woman, and boy (probably immigrants), eating on a picnic bench, New York City.

[Frances Benjamin Johnston and family on porch and in front of house]

[Frances Benjamin Johnston and family on porch and in front of house]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). On verso: Chamberlain, artist, Woonsocket and Cottage City.

[Man, woman, and boy by fireplace]

[Man, woman, and boy by fireplace]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Success magazine, vol. 191.

Kling poeple [sic] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Kling poeple [sic] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Family of Kling people, Singapore. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. No. 171.

[Cranks of the day] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Cranks of the day] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1957:0048). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Puck, Sept. 30, 1891.

We come 'way next morning - A couple of men standing next to each other

We come 'way next morning - A couple of men standing next to each othe...

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: In Ole Virginia / Thomas Nelson Page. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895, p. 69.

Two men and bare-breasted woman

Two men and bare-breasted woman

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

Bangkok - birds-eye view of family boat on water

Bangkok - birds-eye view of family boat on water

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Their first Christmas eve; - a vision of the future / C.J. Taylor.

Their first Christmas eve; - a vision of the future / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a well-dressed couple sitting on a sofa before a fire in the fireplace, with the spirits of three young children dancing around a Christmas tree; there are art-nouveau style furnishings (lamp and fl... More

Family, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Washington DC

Family, Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson building, Washington DC

Reproduction of mural in Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, showing six people ranging from baby to elderly couple. H124725 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Curtis and Cameron. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 292.

Mrs. Frazer Baker and children family of the murdered postmaster at Lake City, So. Carolina / / Purdy, successor to Hastings, 146 Tremont St., Boston.

Mrs. Frazer Baker and children family of the murdered postmaster at La...

Photograph shows Lavinia Baker and her five surviving children after the lynching of her husband and baby on February 22, 1898.

Maude's naughty little brother /

Maude's naughty little brother /

"In a charming dining room a very attractive young lady is seen seated at the table, evidently waiting for the caller who is to share a quiet little dinner for two. A moment later a dude of the regular chappy t... More

Maitland -- Hegenberger families

Maitland -- Hegenberger families

Public domain photograph - female portrait, 1900s women, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward Penfield - [Family at dinner table, Thanksgiving]

Edward Penfield - [Family at dinner table, Thanksgiving]

Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Penfield, no. 36 (B size). Ink drawing for color version published as cover of Collier's weekly, Nov. 25, 1901. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illus... More

"Old folks at home" in compartment drawing room

"Old folks at home" in compartment drawing room

Man reading, woman writing, and boy sleeping in railroad passenger car.

Inside an Indian tepee - Public domain portrait

Inside an Indian tepee - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows a Native woman sitting at a sewing machine inside a tepee with other family members sitting around her. H86136 U.S. Copyright Office.

Mr. and Mrs. Theo Roosevelt & family

Mr. and Mrs. Theo Roosevelt & family

Photograph shows the Roosevelts posing for a family picture at Sagamore Hill; Kermit, in riding clothes, is seen at left of Edith, with Teddy, Jr. at the other end; Colonel Roosevelt holds Archie, and Quentin p... More

Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof. B. F. Roof --10 years in mill. Lawrence Roof--4 years in mill. Albert Roof--(Smallest) 1 year in mill. Doffs--50 cents a day. 56 inches high. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina

Men and boys of this family all work in Eureka Cotton Mills. H.O. Roof...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 367. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

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