flags

Isham's celebrated stomach bitters / Lith. Edward Mondel(?), Chicago, ...

Patent medicine label illustrated with man with hammer on flagpole with American flag. Copyright by P. Ray Isham. "Manufactured by P. Ray Isham, Chicago, Ill."

To the friends of Greeley and Brown

An illustrated cover for a collection of Democratic campaign songs. Liberal Republican presidential candidate Horace Greeley and running mate Benjamin Gratz Brown appear in oval bust portraits framed by ivy. Ab... More

["The day we celebrate" 1876] / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved by ...

Print shows a large gathering of people picnicking, playing games, and enjoying the Independence Day celebration outdoors among large trees and open lawn, with a distant view of a railroad train passing and of ... More

Finn Morris, north Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.

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

Kasagi, Japanese Navy. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Populist Convention at Callaway, Custer County, Nebraska.

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

The duty of the hour; - to save her not only from Spain, but from a wo...

Print shows a female figure labeled "Cuba" holding the Cuban flag, caught in a frying pan labeled "Spanish Misrule" that is being held above flames labeled "Anarchy" raging between fighting factions labeled "In... More

The deliverer. Public domain reproduction.

Photograph of mural depicting Sir Galahad on horseback, carrying a flag. In album: Boston Public Library Decorations in the Copley Prints, p. 9 (left).

Land parade, Saint Mary's [i.e. Sault Sainte Marie] Canal celebration

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

Large group of members standing in front of the International Order of...

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

Inspection room, Ellis Island, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Eugene V. Debs making a speech

Photo shows Eugene V. Debs making a speech from a stage on which several other men, women, and a young girl are seated behind him; also shows 48-star American flags hanging at the back of the stage and along th... More

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one cradling in her arms a child on a litter, between the flags of Japan and the United States. Text also in Japanese.

Made in America / W.E. Hill '14 ; painted by W.E. Hill.

Illustration shows a young woman standing in the snow with two young children in a sled, one is holding an American flag. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1973 (1914 December 26), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publ... More

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Ecuador and the United States.

U.S. Marines - first to fight in France for freedom Enlist with the "s...

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing a group of marines rushing into battle carrying the American flag and the flag of the Marine Corps.

[Parade of American soldiers] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from Scribner's. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Scribner's magazine.

Answer the call right quickly / printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd.,...

Poster showing the flags of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Belgium.

Rally round the flag. "We must have more men" / Collett ; The Publicit...

Poster showing a soldier bearing a rifle and bayonet, with the British flag.

Why not join the army / printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd., Leeds a...

Poster showing the flags of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Belgium. Poster no. 64.

Wake up America Day - April 19, 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg.

Poster showing a woman, possibly Jean Earl Moehle (Möhle), dressed as Paul Revere carrying lantern and American flag. Moehle reenacted Paul Revere's ride for the Wake Up America Patriot's Day celebration in N... More

140th flag day, 1777-1917 The birthday of the stars and stripes, June ...

Poster showing a man raising the American flag, with a minuteman cheering and an eagle flying above. Text continues: 'Tis the Star Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave, o'er the land of the free and the home o... More

Read this, join now the 244th Overseas Battalion

Poster shows a soldier's letter superimposed on the British flag. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Semez du blé. C'est de l'or pour la France / Suzanne Ferrand.

A large sickle, a sheaf of wheat, and a French flag in the background. Translation of title: Grow wheat. It is gold for France. Another issue: POS - Fr .E26, no. 9a (with same title; 55 x 35 cm.). From a grou... More

[Flag services for TR at Oyster Bay, October 1919] /

On October 27, 1919 the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in TR's honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y. View of two young girls... More

RMA flag service on the steps of New York Public Library, 1919 /

On October 27, 1919 the Roosevelt memorial flag, which has been carried across New York State in TR's honor, is brought to rest at his grave in Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y. Views of Samuel Abbott,... More

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

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

Arab protest delegations, demonstrations and strikes against British p...

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

World's biggest flag being carried in Capitol parade

An enormous American flag, being carried by 260 people, in the Bicentennial Parade of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, on Pennsylvania Avenue, approaching the Treasury. The U.S. Capitol is in the ... More

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]

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

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Virginia

12002-69. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. Army and U.S. Treasury flags...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, 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.

Moslem [i.e., Muslim] celebrations at Mejdal (Wady Nemill and Sey'd Hu...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barclay's Bank building covered with Br. [i.e. British] flags, 1945?

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

[Demonstrators, marching in a downtown area, with flags and placards i...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Flags at City Hall Plaza, Dallas, Texas

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Stylized American flag bleeding in response to the September 11th ter...

Forms part of: Exit Art Gallery Reactions Collection: A Global Response to the 9/11 Attacks. Exhibited: Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress, 2002.

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

Song to our flag, hail that great and glorious banner!

Music associated with the Union side

Old glory - Public domain World War One sheet music

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

Stand by the flag of the nation

For president John Bell. For vice president Edward Everett

Print shows a large campaign banner for Constitutional Union party presidential candidate John Bell and running mate Edward Everett. The banner consists of a printed, thirty-three star American flag pattern wit... More

Old glory's boast song - 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

[President Roosevelt and his detectives at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, ...

Copyright by H. Morris. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Our nation's flag - Public domain World War One sheet music

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

[Five unidentified soldiers of the 63rd New York Infantry Regiment in ...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Arms of ye Confederacie, Confederate States of America.

A small card bearing a vitriolic indictment of the Confederacy. The artist particularly attacks the the institution of slavery, the foundation of Southern economy. A large shield is flanked by two figures: a pl... More

Columbia's banner a melody written to the Star Spangled Banner

by Jas. R. Sillince. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Includes on sheet of song lyrics titled "The Star Spangled Banner". Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (a... More

The unfurling of the flag - Public domain World War One sheet music

music by John Hopkins Densmore ; words by Clara Endicott Sears. (statement of responsibility) For mixed chorus (SATB) and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Our service flag - 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

Our march, Confederate States of America

The Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg, Assembly Tent, Gettysburg Celebra...

Photo shows two veterans seated on steps and shaking hands; one has his arm on shoulder of the other.

Croix Rouge Americaine L'Amitié des États Unis.

Red Cross poster showing the figure of Liberty holding a Red Cross and the American flag. Visa no. 12.

Croix Rouge Americaine L'Amitié des États Unis.

Red Cross poster showing the figure of Liberty holding a Red Cross and the American flag. Visa no. 12.

[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

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, sitting, facing left, looking at the U.S. flag. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

Birth of our nation's flag - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows an interior scene with General George Washington seated on the left with Robert Morris, and standing, the Honorable George Ross, and with Betsy Ross seated on the right holding "our Nation's Flag." ... More

Hail! Glorious banner of our land. Spirit of the Union / Gibson & Co. ...

Patriotic music cover showing woman holding U.S. flag. Copyright by Mrs. Mary Farrell Moore.

[A lighter-than-air craft, consisting of one large balloon and four sm...

Drawing shows balloon carrying two men, possibly associated with French ballonist, Eugène Godard. "Eugène Godard" penned below image. Tissandier collection.

The romantic spectacle, Under the polar star written by Clay M. Greene...

Caption: We are floating across the Pole, the stars and stripes are waving in the center of the Arctic Circle. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati & New York." Direction of Wm. A. ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union artillery shell jacket with revolver ho...

Case: Leather case with framing lines. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (L... More

The last stroke a story [of] Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris...

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

[Fourth of July pageant at the American Colony, Jerusalem, showing wom...

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

First in the fight. Always faithful. Be a U.S. Marine! / James Montgom...

A U.S. Marine, in combat uniform, standing, full-length, facing front, holding handgun, against background of U.S. flag. Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 191-.

I love each star in Old Glory - Public domain World War One sheet musi...

words by Barney Newlin ; music by W.H. Nelson. (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)

Betsy Ross, 1777 / J.L.G. Ferris., engraving, Library of Congress

Betsy Ross showing Major Ross and Robert Morris how she cut the stars for the American flag; George Washington sits in a chair on the left. K17407 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of oil painting from serie... More

Cheer for the red, white, and blue A new patriotic song

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

Blest banner of freedom - Public domain music sheet scan

[Unidentified young women in dresses in front of American flag]

Case: Berg, no. 7-22. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Home Sweet Homes Antiques, Anacortes, Washington, 2005. Exhibited: "The L... More

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of South East Angle

Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sitting amongst rubble, hauling sacks, and climbing a ladder. Ripped flag flying. Exhibit caption: When Confederate forces under Gener... More

Young America hams and breakfast bacon, E.S. Baker, New York

Advertisement showing sailor, standing in front of an American flag, holding map of the United States; harbor and railroad in background.

[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

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed... More

[The 1st Virginia Cavalry at a halt]

Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1862, p. 612. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.764) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file E. Reference print available i... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat holding Company G, 12th New ...

Case: Leather floral scroll motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: The Union Drummer Boy, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2002. Forms... 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

Our daddy is fighting at the front for you - Back him up - Buy a Unite...

Poster showing a little boy and girl with an American flag. No. 6.

The Banner of the free - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Up with the banner boys - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Who'll have the specie - Victorian era public domain image

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, of the Southern District of New York. Printed & published by H.R. Robi... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle and flag]

Addressed to Miss Charlotte Smith, North Chili P.O., Monroe County, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Continental Army soldier with sword and Ame...

Addressed to Miss Jane Grace, Camden, Ohio ; postmarked Paducah, Ky., March 5, 1863 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Civil War envelope showing Columbia atop cannons surrounded by America...

Addressed to Mr. William P. Clark, Victoria, Knox Co., Ill., ; postmarked Smithland, Ky., April 18 ; bears 3 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) pp/liljmem

Beauregard's march, Confederate States of America.

Music cover illustrated with two Confederate flags. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing George Washington standing at Mount Vernon...

Addressed to Mr. S.H. Haggy, Etna, Licking Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing sailor standing on anchor and holding swor...

Addressed to Mrs. Julia A[?], Elk Creek, Erie Co. Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Old Point Comfort, Va., Mar. 10. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath...

Addressed to Annis G. Ames, Temple Mills, Franklin Co., Maine.; postmarked Ship Island, Miss.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

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

Addressed to Mr. Benjamin, F. Delenbaugh, Pulaski, Williams Co., Ohio; postmarked Dec. 7, [186]3; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collectio... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with American flag-draped...

Case: Berg, no. 1-46. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Jeremy Rowe Vintage Photography, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Con... More