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Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the foreground

Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the...

Photograph showing vast plain with encampments of tents, wagons, equipment, and military personnel, some on horseback. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s... More

Richmond, Virginia. Ballard house on Franklin Street. (Photographer's tent in foreground)

Richmond, Virginia. Ballard house on Franklin Street. (Photographer's ...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Valley with river in the foreground]

[Valley with river in the foreground]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Russian farm scene showing thatched-roof buildings, with horses and barn in left foreground]

[Russian farm scene showing thatched-roof buildings, with horses and b...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hotel Pension la Tete Noire, somewhere in Europe, with horses and carriages in foreground]

[Hotel Pension la Tete Noire, somewhere in Europe, with horses and car...

Public domain photograph of a small village, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Piers, boats, and people in foreground, with Fort William Henry Hotel in background, Lake George, New York]

[Piers, boats, and people in foreground, with Fort William Henry Hotel...

H71360 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Facade of home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, with flowers in foreground, Greenwich, Connecticut]

[Facade of home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, with flowers in foregroun...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Crowd gathered behind a dead horse after the Wall Street explosion in front of the offices of J.P. Morgan; man, probably a reporter, writes in a notebook in the foreground]

[Crowd gathered behind a dead horse after the Wall Street explosion in...

Accession box no. DLC/PP-1971:022 c1 f5 Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two Athenian boys (foreground) sit down to gaze at the ruins of the old Acropolis, which was the center of civilization many hundreds of years ago

Two Athenian boys (foreground) sit down to gaze at the ruins of the ol...

Filed in: Greece Buildings, monuments & scenic views. No. 09465. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial with construction materials for Memorial Bridge in foreground

Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial with construction m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stratford Hall. View of grounds at Stratford Hall with large tree in foreground

Stratford Hall. View of grounds at Stratford Hall with large tree in f...

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

[Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh standing in front of building in the Washington, D.C. area, with automobile in foreground]

[Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh standing in front of building in th...

Photograph of a stereograph. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air views of Palestine. Jerusalem from the air (The Old City). Jerusalem from the S. Showing government house in foreground

Air views of Palestine. Jerusalem from the air (The Old City). Jerusal...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jerusalem. Temple area from the south, Ophel in the foreground

Jerusalem. Temple area from the south, Ophel in the foreground

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

Iraq. Hindiyah Barrage. About 48 miles S.E. of Baghdad. Row of "Bellums," river boats in foreground

Iraq. Hindiyah Barrage. About 48 miles S.E. of Baghdad. Row of "Bellum...

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

[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Leadbelly in foreground); Prisoner with guitar, at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana]

[African American prisoners at compound no. 1, Angola, Louisiana ( Lea...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Angola, Louisiana"; "N66-1"; "N67-1." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting fol... More

Pyramids of Gizeh. The three pyramids with "shaduf" in foreground

Pyramids of Gizeh. The three pyramids with "shaduf" in foreground

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

New Hadassah University Medical Centre, Jerusalem (Scopus). War Cemetery in foreground

New Hadassah University Medical Centre, Jerusalem (Scopus). War Cemete...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Margab Castle. Towers of the castle from the S. (with auto car in foreground) ; Towers of the castle from the S. (with donkeys in the foreground)

Margab Castle. Towers of the castle from the S. (with auto car in fore...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Two photos are on one glass plate: left half shows LC-M32-7613; right half shows LC-M32-7614. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

[Bartlett Dam, on the Verde River, Maricopa County, Arizona, with triple-gated spillway on left side, also a saguaro cactus in center foreground]

[Bartlett Dam, on the Verde River, Maricopa County, Arizona, with trip...

S.S.R.-114. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Approach to the Delta cooperative farm from highway, cooperative store in foreground. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Approach to the Delta cooperative farm from highway, cooperative store...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with fountain in foreground, horizontal II

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with fountain in foreground, hori...

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

Mount Hermon & Sea of Galilee & fishermen in foreground. "Peace"

Mount Hermon & Sea of Galilee & fishermen in foreground. "Peace"

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve with azaleas and marble bench in foreground III

Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve with azale...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bags of threshed rice in the foreground, with loading operations in middleground, Crowley, Louisiana

Bags of threshed rice in the foreground, with loading operations in mi...

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

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with fall foliage in foreground, horizontal IV

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with fall foliage in foreground, ...

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

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with flowering shrub in foreground, horizontal II

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with flowering shrub in foregroun...

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

Stockbarns with cotton field in foreground. Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

Stockbarns with cotton field in foreground. Marcella Plantation, Miles...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migrant laborers' camp near Canal Point, Florida. In foreground is a bean hamper which they use to sit on and they call a "muck rocker." Some of them are from Missouri and Arkansas

Migrant laborers' camp near Canal Point, Florida. In foreground is a b...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground. Note telephone line. Person County, North Carolina

Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground. Note telephone l...

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

The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill.

The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Power for the wheels of defense industry. The stacks of the power house which generates all the steam required in this plant. The heavy wires in the foreground carry current to the electric furnaces used to convert scrap iron and steel into the many alloys required for national defense production

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plowing the land for corn with old uncut corn in foreground. Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Plowing the land for corn with old uncut corn in foreground. Pittsylva...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The village of Cardiff, Pennsylvania. In the foreground are the remains of an abandoned mine workings, dead for ten years. Near Force, Pennsylvania

The village of Cardiff, Pennsylvania. In the foreground are the remain...

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

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of a barrage balloon. These workers are putting in the final pieces of equipment on a completed barrage balloon, just prior to its deflation, packing and shipping to an army air base. In the foreground is a balloon ready for test inflation with air which will also be inspected during inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Fitting a manhold vent in the sidewall of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Frames for motor torpedo boats under construction at a large Southern shipyard. These speedy seventy-eight-foot boats are built of prefabricated parts and sections under roof. When ready for launching and fitting they are moved to nearby water. In the right foreground is the side of a steel tank carrier, one of many being built at this yard. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Frames for motor torpedo boa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are the first official pictures released in the United States of the recent meetings of Premier I.V. Stalin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain; and W. Averrell Harriman, representing President Roosevelt. The three men met in the middle of August, 1942, at the request of the Soviet leader, and held a series of conversations concerned with the future conduct of the war. Also present was V.M. Molotov, Peoples' Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The meetings lasted four days. Foreground, left to right: Molotov, Harriman and Churchill at Moscow civil airport. Admiral William Harrison Stanley, American Ambassador to the Soviet Union, is behind Churchill at the right of the picture. British Admiral Miles is saluting behind Harriman

Official pictures of meeting of Stalin, Churchill, Harriman. These are...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Steel ramp boats, fifty feet long, powered by twin diesel engines, are being made in great numbers at a large Southern boat building yard. Two of the ramp boats, one with the ramp partly lowered, shown at the right. The materials in the foreground are for the construction of buildings that will house the production lines, which have heretofore been in the open. Higgins Industries

Production. Fifty-foot steel ramp boats. Steel ramp boats, fifty feet ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kansas City, Kansas. The interior of an assembly line, showing a B-25 bomber in the foreground of the North American Aviation Inc. plant

Kansas City, Kansas. The interior of an assembly line, showing a B-25 ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ann Lano, 640 Madison Ave., New York City. Entrance foyer, desk foreground

Ann Lano, 640 Madison Ave., New York City. Entrance foyer, desk foregr...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. One of the barges under construction as seen from the machine shop. In the foreground are engines waiting to be installed in the barge; they will be used to lift the anchor, move cargo, etc.

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. One of the barges unde...

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

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Two soldiers of the production lines at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The woman in the foreground works inside of a B-17F heavy bomber nacelle; the woman in the background moves spot-welded wing sheets. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nice men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Two soldiers of the production lines ...

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

New York, New York. Public school teacher showing the first grade pupils pictures of Indians to give them ideas for Indian hats. Marie Winn [or Wynn], a Czech-American child, is in foreground

New York, New York. Public school teacher showing the first grade pupi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Reciprocal aid. American and British air forces work together in defense of a British airfield. A member of the Royal Air Force handles the anti-aircraft gun in the foreground with American fighting forces shown in the rear. Many airfields and much British equipment have been provided for American air forces under the British Reciprocal Aid Program

Reciprocal aid. American and British air forces work together in defen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Carson, Colorado. Nucleus of the 122 Infantry Greek battalion at the conclusion of the battalion commander's talk and just before the presentation of the company guidons at the 122's ceremony. The regimental band of the 353 Infantry is in the foreground

Camp Carson, Colorado. Nucleus of the 122 Infantry Greek battalion at ...

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

New Britain, Connecticut. Men employed at the Landers, Frary and Clark plant. Working in the core ovens, these ovens give off intense heat and unpleasant fumes. The man in the foreground is wearing an oxygen mask

New Britain, Connecticut. Men employed at the Landers, Frary and Clark...

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

Balch Price & Co., business in Brooklyn, New York. General view, with figure in foreground

Balch Price & Co., business in Brooklyn, New York. General view, with ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Egypt. Pyramids. Pyramids, 'shaddouf' in foreground

Egypt. Pyramids. Pyramids, 'shaddouf' in foreground

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Long Island Lighting Co., Hicksville. Geide's, stoves with lobsters in foreground with chef

Long Island Lighting Co., Hicksville. Geide's, stoves with lobsters in...

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

[Gate at the entrance to the inner court, or family residence area, in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China, with tourists in a plaza in the foreground]

[Gate at the entrance to the inner court, or family residence area, in...

Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).

Aerial view of National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground and Washington Monument in the distance, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground ...

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

Worker peels sweet potatoes;boxes of unpeeled sweet potatoes in the foreground; printing on some boxes reads "North Carolina Sweet Potatoes."

Worker peels sweet potatoes;boxes of unpeeled sweet potatoes in the fo...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Sweet Potato Pie, Inc., 140 Auburn Street, Paterson.

Church of the Elevation of the Cross (1791), southeast view, with Tiumenka River in foreground, Tiumen', Russia

Church of the Elevation of the Cross (1791), southeast view, with Tium...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fire fighter(?) covering his eyes in foreground with New York City fire fighter, fire trucks, and rescue vehicles on street with burning buildings in background, following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center, New York City]

[Fire fighter(?) covering his eyes in foreground with New York City fi...

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

Yara, Daisy, and Dorsey Morales, foreground to rear, play on an inflatable water slide outside their home in Dallas, Texas

Yara, Daisy, and Dorsey Morales, foreground to rear, play on an inflat...

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

Teixiera family, 50 Lombardt St., New Bedford. Mary J., 11 years; Manuel 10 years. Mother and these two children pick 40 measures a day at 7 cents a measure. See scoops and pail in foreground. There were two out of eighteen workers apparently under 12 and they expected to work several weeks more--losing some weeks of schooling. Location: Falmouth - Plimmey [?] Bog, Massachusetts.

Teixiera family, 50 Lombardt St., New Bedford. Mary J., 11 years; Manu...

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

[Washington, D.C. Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in foreground]

[Washington, D.C. Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, Calif.]

[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, ...

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.

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia. Distance view of Belle Plain Landing on the James River. (U.S. Mail wagon 2nd Corps in foreground)

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia. Distance view of Belle Plain Landing on...

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

[Cavalry depot at Giesboro, Md. Soldier facing man and girl with people in horse-drawn carriage in foreground]

[Cavalry depot at Giesboro, Md. Soldier facing man and girl with peopl...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia Camp at Army of the Potomac headquarters; Zouaves in foreground]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Camp at Army of the Potomac headquarters; Zo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

[Partial view of Rocky Mountain with bare tree limbs in foreground]

[Partial view of Rocky Mountain with bare tree limbs in foreground]

Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg w... More

Charleston, South Carolina. The Orphan Asylum (160 Calhoun Street) Statue of William Pitt in foreground

Charleston, South Carolina. The Orphan Asylum (160 Calhoun Street) Sta...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A sailor sits in a small boat in the foreground with a side wheeler in the rear]

[A sailor sits in a small boat in the foreground with a side wheeler i...

No. 188 inscribed on photograph. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Fla. - Silver Spring - sternwheeler coming into landing; railroad station in left foreground]

[Fla. - Silver Spring - sternwheeler coming into landing; railroad sta...

Photo by George Barker, 20 x 24 in. Misc. Geogr. - Barker. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Florida.

[Gallery of Thirty Meters, looking toward the Central Dome, with the bronze statue of St. Michael in foreground, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Gallery of Thirty Meters, looking toward the Central Dome, with the b...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Base of Eiffel Tower, with statues in foreground and Trocadero Palace in background, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Base of Eiffel Tower, with statues in foreground and Trocadero Palace...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Central Dome, with Fountain Coutan in foreground, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Central Dome, with Fountain Coutan in foreground, Paris Exposition, 1...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exterior view of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, with cemetery in foreground, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, with cemet...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 880. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Transportation exhibit building with canal boat and ducks on canal(?) in foreground at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois]

[Transportation exhibit building with canal boat and ducks on canal(?)...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: ruins and rubble, with steps of building in foreground

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: ruins and rubble, with steps of bui...

H77034 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

After V - 4 race, Po'keepsie - Cornell in foreground

After V - 4 race, Po'keepsie - Cornell in foreground

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

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9, and 10 years old. The 10 yr. old makes 50 cents a -day. 12 workers on this farm are 8 to 14 years old, and about 15 are over 15 years. Location: Hazardville, Connecticut / L.W. Hine.

Interior of tobacco shed, Hawthorn Farm. Girls in foreground are 8, 9,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Third Battalion 13th Regiment Heavy Field Artillery, Fourth Division, in rest camp on hillside near Andelot. 155-mm. guns can be seen in the foreground almost hidden by camouflage and harness. Andelot, Ste. Marne, France]

[Third Battalion 13th Regiment Heavy Field Artillery, Fourth Division,...

Title from United States. War Dept. General Staff. Catalogue of Official A.E.F. photographs, volume 2, page 56. No. 21814.

Arlington National Cemetery. Gates in foreground, showing city of Washington, D.C. in background II

Arlington National Cemetery. Gates in foreground, showing city of Wash...

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

One of the largest crowds ever seen at a hearing gathered at the Capitol when Edward W. Bok testified regarding his Peace Prize. Shown in center foreground

One of the largest crowds ever seen at a hearing gathered at the Capit...

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

[Charles Lindbergh on podium on Washington Monument grounds during his Washington, D.C., reception - Army band in foreground]

[Charles Lindbergh on podium on Washington Monument grounds during his...

Pres. Coolidge introducing Lindbergh. Item in album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1927 to Feb. 1930, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.... More

Clarence McK. Lewis, Skylands Farm, residence in Sterlington, New York. Massachusetts view from south, terrace foreground

Clarence McK. Lewis, Skylands Farm, residence in Sterlington, New York...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tiberias. Dr. Torrance's Semi Jubilee. Arriving guests are serve[d] refreshments, Dr. Sacki in foreground

Tiberias. Dr. Torrance's Semi Jubilee. Arriving guests are serve[d] re...

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

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Gulf of Akaba. A distant view. Southern end of the Araba Valley. Silhouette effect of the Negeb esh Shurk mountains in foreground

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Gulf of Akaba. A d...

Picryl description: Public domain view of a mountain range, mountainous landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York city views. Bridge foreground, and Central Park West, over frozen lake

New York city views. Bridge foreground, and Central Park West, over fr...

Public domain photograph of historic cityscape, city, 19th-century, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Close ups. Architectural League, two statues; foreground, Nude by Gaetano Cecere; rear, Spirit of the dance by William Zorach

Close ups. Architectural League, two statues; foreground, Nude by Gaet...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New storage dugout built by rehabilitation client. Old one in foreground. Sioux County, Nebraska

New storage dugout built by rehabilitation client. Old one in foregrou...

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

Coorperative sugarcane processing plant taken from Mississippi River levee costing approximately one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. Growing 2819 cane in foreground. Capacity is one thousand tons per day. Serves territory in twenty mile radius. Works October through December. St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Coorperative sugarcane processing plant taken from Mississippi River l...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with flowering shrub in foreground, horizontal V

U.S. Capitol exteriors. U.S. Capitol with flowering shrub in foregroun...

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

Shoe store with miners safety boots on display in foreground, Scotts Run, West Virginia

Shoe store with miners safety boots on display in foreground, Scotts R...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Duster" plane spraying insecticide over a field of beans. The mechanic in the foreground indicates the outside limit of the last "swath" which has settled by the time the plane returns. Note how low the plane flies. Beanfields like this, hundreds of acres in extent, are plowed, planted cultivated and even harvested by tractors. Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton, and Vineland, New Jersey

"Duster" plane spraying insecticide over a field of beans. The mechani...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain photogrpah of a Capitol building, architecture, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain photogrpah of a Capitol building, ar...

Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve, right corner, fountain in foreground I

Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve, right cor...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. views. View of Washington, D.C. from Supreme Court with U.S. Capitol in foreground II

Washington, D.C. views. View of Washington, D.C. from Supreme Court wi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Large group, mostly men, surrounds couples jitterbug dancing on a dance floor, with a photographer in the foreground and the audience in raised seating on the left] / photo by Alan Fisher.

[Large group, mostly men, surrounds couples jitterbug dancing on a dan...

NYWT&S staff photo. Date stamped on verso: Jun 13 1938. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her view camera preparing to take a photograph Biltmore Estate; her assistant Huntley Ruff is in the foreground and a motorbike is in the background]

[Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston standing beside her view camer...

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York : Acanthus Press, 2012. Figure 25a. Exhibited: "Groundbreakers :... More

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Skyline with windmill company in foreground

Minneapolis, Minnesota. Skyline with windmill company in foreground

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

Picryl description: Public domain image related to industrialrevolution, oil industry history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to industrialrevolutio...

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Part of Mays Avenue camp with dump in foreground. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Refer to general caption no. 21

Part of Mays Avenue camp with dump in foreground. Oklahoma City, Oklah...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in the turkey killing stall. Man in foreground is removing wing feathers; men in background are scalding the turkeys. Cooperative poultry house, Brownwood, Texas

Scene in the turkey killing stall. Man in foreground is removing wing ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inches instead of larger. Used at the Herman Kiefer Hospital for Communicable Diseases to show various stages of tuberculosis. The x-ray plate is contained in the apparatus in front of the girl. The apparatus in the foreground contains an x-ray tube

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

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Jesse Sutton's house in the pines with garden in foreground. Flint River Farms, Georgia

Jesse Sutton's house in the pines with garden in foreground. Flint Riv...

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

One of the main buildings with town square in foreground of the Burro Mountain Copper Company, now inactive, at Tyrone, New Mexico

One of the main buildings with town square in foreground of the Burro ...

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