flags

An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More

Bowle's universal display of the naval flags of all nations in the wor...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bowles.

Our country's flag! A new national song

Cover illustration for a patriotic song composed by George F. Cole, copyrighted in 1836. A young American seaman, holding an American flag with his right hand and raising his hat aloft with his left, stands on... More

On to the charge! Inscribed to the memory of Major Ringgold . . .

An illustrated sheet music cover for a song memorializing one of the first heroes of the Mexican War, Maj. Samuel Ringgold. Zachary Taylor's innovative gunnery commander was fatally wounded in May 1846 during t... More

Civil War envelope showing American flag

Addressed to Mr. T.C. Smith, Carver's Harbor, Maine; steamship cancel from the U.S. Bark Ethan Allen. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Our rattlesnake flag. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a flag with a rattlesnake wrapped around two upright sticks forming a dollar sign. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 12, no. 306 (1861 September 28), p. 320.

[Civil War envelope showing soldier holding American flag, with messag...

Addressed to Miss Eliza Capeling, Stockbridge, Madison Co., New York; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and Company H cap with bayonete...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Civil War envelope showing American flags and eagle on shield above s...

Addressed to Mrs. Mary A. Hubbard, Jasper, Steuben Co., N.Y., via Corning in haste; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Bath, N.Y., May 16, 1863. Annotation on verso: Direct to Savona; to me at Savona. Gift; Tom Li... More

Civil War envelope showing Confederate stars and bars flag over cannon...

Addressed to Mrs. Mary C. Roberts, Yanceyville, N.C. to the care of Mr. Elijah Roberts; postmarked Richmond; Bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: John L. Kimbrough, Confe... More

[Civil War envelope showing angel holding American flag watching over ...

Addressed to Mr. William Field, Richwood, Union Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Union soldiers at Point Lookout, Tennessee

Print shows soldier holding American flag at tip of Point Lookout as some soldiers aim their rifles below and others rest. Proof before lettering; registration marks in margins. Stamped: From the file of James... More

Flag of green - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Music cover illustrated by two green flags. No. 363. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John L. Sullivan's colors - Public domain portrait drawing

2632 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Fox, Richard K., copyr... More

Excelsior fashions. Spring and summer

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Phillips (Robert) Co., copyright claimant. Eagle L... More

[Zionist and British flags flying over an Arab village]

Public domain photograph of 1930s Palestine, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capital lampposts dressed up for arrival of Nicaraguan President. Wash...

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

[Colonists watching ships, modern soldier with woman and child, coloni...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Building with American flag raised], Chugiak Anchorage Alaska - Frank...

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

On President Roosevelt's journey throught the west - splendid receptio...

Photograph showing Roosevelt standing on platform decorated with his portrait, an eagle, and flags. H33561 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Schoolgirls with the "Stars and Stripes," greeting President Roosevelt...

Stereograph showing young women wearing academic caps and carrying American flags. H59483 Copyright Office.

[American Colony children in Fourth of July pageant, Jerusalem, showin...

In album: Portraits of the Vester and Whiting families and other members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), [p. 20, bottom] (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18415) Forms part of: Visual materials from the p... More

Steam yacht at sea framed by many pennant flags with the United States...

14894 (Class G) U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on upper right corner of verso. Stamped on verso: Jan 3 1907. Copyright deposit.

Jubilee Singers at the Lexington Business College, Lexington, Nebraska...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old glory - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Mrs. P. Whitney presents flag at reformatory, [prison congress delegat...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Copyright by G.G. Bain.

Large crowd attendance for the unveiling of the Old Soldier's Monumen...

summary: This monument was erected by members of the Grand Army of the Republic. original size: 6x8

Ausstellung Bayerischer Kriegsbeute zu gunsten des Roten Kreuzes / SvF...

Poster shows an armor breast plate and helmet; in background a display of flags marked RF (Républque Franc̦ais). Text announces an exhibit of Bavarian war spoils to benefit the Red Cross. Forms part of: Rehse-A... More

Columbia calls--Enlist now for U.S. Army / designed by Frances Adams H...

Columbia holding a flag and a sword while standing on top of a globe, with text of poem by Halsted "Columbia Calls." Copyright by Frances Adams Halsted, 2 East 56 St., N. Y. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy S... More

If it's worth living under, it's worth fighting for--Enlist today / Gu...

Poster showing an American flag. Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roll of honor of our men who have entered the service of their country...

Poster showing an eagle and an American flag dominating the border, with blank space for inscribing names. Contributed by The Vigilantes and issued by The National Security League, 31 Pine St., New York City. No. 1211.

Manifest k Československému lidu v Americe!

Poster featuring mostly text in Czechoslovakian, with a red, white, and blue border, and an illustration of a soldier with the American, Slovakian, and Czech flags. Issued by Czechoslovak Recruiting Office, New... More

FLAGS. FLAG OF URUGUAY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Our flags--Beat Germany Support every flag that opposes Prussianism--E...

Poster showing the American and other Allied flags. United States Food Administration.

[Liberty Bond drive, 1918 - man and women with U.S. flags marching in ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: World War I, War Work. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Liberty Loans.

Flags. National Archives flag view over U.S. Capitol dome I

The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed in the 1850s. Th... More

Canadian scenes. Flag near water I

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

Union Station. Flags in front of Union Station I

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S. Supreme Court exteriors. View from U.S. Supreme Court toward U.S....

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

American Legion. Group of uniformed women in formation with flags by T...

Public domain photograph related to American Legion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Masonic Lodge, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1808. Three story brick, gabled roof. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-25. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South,... More

[Crowd outside Hotel Washington, 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, ...

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

Fort Knox flags. High above Fort Knox, Kentucky, over a true "home of ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. A man selling flags and buttons at the parade to recr...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ecology flag - Public domain portrait drawing

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lamas & prayer flags. Wind blows past the prayers and blesses the land...

Photograph shows monks and prayer flags at the edge of a mountain, Sikkim. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gi... More

The procession begins and men carrying U.S. and Italian flags and Mont...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

[American flag amid rubble following September 11th terrorist attack o...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flags fly for Gadsden area war veterans in Gadsden, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Flag-bearers in cowboy hats whip up enthusiasm in the crowd with a bri...

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 Ph... More

Columbia calls--Enlist now for U.S. Army / designed by Frances Adams H...

Print shows Columbia holding a flag and a sword while standing on North America on top of a globe. Includes text of a poem by Halsted in the lower right corner. Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Fra... More

Old glory waves a story - Public domain World War One sheet music

For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Washington's reception by the ladies, on passing the bridge at Trenton...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7076.

Lost in Siberia, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 19...

56553 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Alone on Siberia's snowy steppes. Forsaken but not forlorn. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8233. Forms part of: T... More

[Unidentified girl in dress holding American flag and ball]

Case: Berg 3-155. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Phot... More

There is a star in old glory - Public domain World War One sheet music

words by Josephine Keizer Littlejohn / music by Helen Pendleton Jones. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical... More

Our emblem of democracy - Public domain American popular sheet music

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

Hail! Glorious banner of our land Respectfully inscribed to Major Gene...

Music cover showing female personification of Columbia holding flag alongside eagle in foreground and sailing ships in background.

Our American flag - Public domain World War One sheet music

For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

Signed lower right: Alf R [Waud]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: General Buford's division of regulars passing by the general gallopping[sic] to the head of the column. Published in: Harper... More

To victory and to glory - Public domain American popular sheet music

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

[blank] enrolls for national service Members.

Poster for Red Cross student membership drive, including blank spaces for the name of the school and the number of members enrolled, American and Red Cross flags, and portraits of Woodrow Wilson, Lincoln, and W... More

A black and white drawing of a man standing next to a cabin ["Harrison...

An untitled woodcut, bold in design, apparently created for use on broadsides or banners during the Whigs' "log cabin" campaign of 1840. In front of a log cabin, a shirtsleeved William Henry Harrison welcomes a... More

For all the states--one flag, the Stars and Stripes--our pride

words by Emile C. Geneux ; music by Clifton Keith. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notatio... More

Pennsylvania soldiers voting, Army of the James

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on carton, lower right: Cap Wattson, Co. I, 3rd Penn Arty / Mess. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File D. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2) For... More

Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the ...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 8, 1863, p. 504-5. Dated from Harper's account and historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R... More

Our flag - Public domain World War One sheet music

music by R. A. Browne ; poem and copyright by Benjamin M. Carmina. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink, with typescript lyrics. Also available in digital form on the Library of ... More

Catskill Mountain House and Hudson River Valley, Catskill Mountains, N...

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

Bonnie blue flag - Public domain American music sheet

For you, little girl and old glory

by Zeni Mac. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language) 110 Delmar Music Co. (music plate)

[World War I soldier with American flag in background]

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American soldier in uniform. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M57. "Eugene Jones" -inscribed on back of post... More

That grand old flag of ours song

the words by Arthur F. Eastwood ; the music by George Graff, Jr. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language) C133 World Music Publishing Corporation (music plate)

[Thirty-six star flag] - An old american flag on display in a museum

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: "Am... More

Our country and flag. ... Words & music by Richard Culver / T. Sinclai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Our honored flag - Public domain World War One sheet music

music by C. A. Grimm ; words by Richard Ellsworth. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

[Cuban standard bearer] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from mat. Poster for Scribner's, 1910. (DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Flags. Three flagpoles and one flag at Union Station

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

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783

Print showing a man on a flagpole replacing the British flag with an American flag as the British fleet departs New York Harbor. Includes lengthy descriptive text. Library has two impressions.

Lincoln and Hamlin - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a small campaign banner consisting of an American flag pattern, with thirty-one stars, printed on fabric. The words "Lincoln and Hamlin" are overprinted in black. Collins describes a similar example... More

Where liberty dwells, there is my country

Music associated with the Union side

Our heroes, and our flags, Confederate States of America.

Memorial print for the Confederacy, published 30 years after the end of the American Civil War. Portraits, clockwise from top center, of "Jefferson Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, Lt. Gen. T.J. [Stonewall] Jackso... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket in front ...

Case: Leather geometric scroll with oval center. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: National geographic magazine. [Washington, D.C.]... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Flags of Freedom - John Philip Sousa

The flag of Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Copyright by S.T. McDougall. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jeff Davis on the right platform, or the last "act of secession"

A caricature of Jefferson Davis, probably issued not long after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, but certainly postdating his February 1861 election as president of the Confederacy. Davis is shown standing on a ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with Colt Dragoon revol...

Case: Berg, no. 1-188; vintage mat provided by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj01 p... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag attacking 7-star ...

Addressed to Thomas Wood, Penningtonville, Chester Co., Pa.; postmarked by hand; bears 3 cent stamp. Notations on front: Prairie Pond, Ill., Jan. 13th, 1864; ans. Feb. 12th 64; broken leg [?] 12; 1-2 mo. in [?... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flags, eagle with laurel branches...

Addressed to Mr. Asa Foote, Fowler, Trumbull Co., Ohio; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on verso: Gallipolis, Ohio. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag and stalk of whea...

Addressed to Otis B. String, Huntsburgh, Geauga County, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; barely legible postmark. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Continental Army soldier with sword, cannon...

Addressed to Mrs. T.R. King, Westerville, Franklin Co., Ohio ; postmarked Kanawha C.H., Va., Feb. 12 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem