ghosts

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The murderer's straight route to heaven - bringing religion into disre...

Print shows the spirit of an executed murderer rising to Heaven as a minister wipes clean the "Blackboard of Crime" on which are "Murder, Arson, [and] Robb[ery]" with the "Sponge of Absolution" as "years of sin... More

Who killed Hancock? / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows the ghost of Winfield Scott Hancock sitting on a throne in a banquet hall, Samuel J. Tilden pushes a frightened Charles A. Dana, as Macbeth, toward Hancock, Dana makes wild statements while waving a... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Puck's greeting to the new year / Ehrhart.

Print shows Puck holding a lithographic pen, greeting the New Year, a young woman labeled 1898 riding on a bicycle and spilling flowers from a cornucopia straped to her back; an old woman labeled 1897 rides off... More

As to the many theatrical failures, business will pick up when-- / Ehr...

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, the construction of mannequin models as stand-ins for actors, surrounded by scenes of price gouging, poorly attended performances, the use of wooden actors... More

"Let me sit heavy on thy soul tomorrow!" Richard III / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst as Shakespeare's Richard III in a dream-state when various ghosts appear before him; his armor hangs on a nearby wall in preparation for battle, to which the ghost of ... More

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More

The phantom ship from legendary ballads by Thomas Moore, arranged for ...

Sheet music cover showing ship in foreground and other ship in background.

[Double exposure "spirit" photograph of girl standing, holding flowers...

H62881 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Spirit's flight - Print, Library of Congress collection

Angel above two spirits in flight. 14746Y U.S. Copyright Office Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no.6059.

The face at the window - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows Europeans suffering as Americans thrive before their entrance into World War I, represented by a desperate person labeled "Europe" looking in the window at two men in tailcoats toasting to happine... More

Yatsushi hangonko, Shigenobu Yanagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman looking at a small vase or incense burner on a table next to a letter on the floor. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-20... More

[The plate mansion]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a scene from a Japanese legend about a maid named Okiku who was bound and thrown down a well by her master after breaking a precious Korean plate; prints depicts a ghost emerg... More

Shade of A.T.S.-- "Oh, if I could only find my body!" / Gillam.

Print shows the spirit of Alexander Turney Stewart pulling out his hair as Henry Hilton posts "For Sale" notices on Stewart's commercial enterprises, including the "Grand Union Hotel", the "Windsor Hotel", the ... More

Puck magazine cover - Heeding history's warning / Dalrymple.

Print shows Admiral George Dewey sitting on a chair amid newspaper headlines proclaiming "Dewey is the Man", "Daily Press. Dewey for President", and "For President George Dewey suggested by Yellow Journals"; th... More

A voice from the past / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows the ghost of Louis XVI of France warning Nicholas II of Russia to not make a hasty decision regarding the imprisoned writer Maxim Gorky and to heed the "Petition" and impassioned pleas for hi... More

The haunted house / Art Young. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows an interior view of a boardroom where the appearance of a ghost labeled "Spirit of Honesty" has frightened the men conducting business there, who are labeled "Corporation Lawyer, Fake Promote... More

Extinct / Will Crawford. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows the Republican elephant among the bones and ghosts of dinosaurs, one is offering a membership card that states "Ancient Order of Extinct Animals - Membership Ticket".

[Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologis... More

It is death, my son, said the priest

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

Caption: Do the spirits come back? Created and "copyright 1915 by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 14335. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms ... More

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

"Made in U.S.A." Created by "The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O." No. O-1377. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congres... More

The new Democratic eucalyptus tree purifies a political morass / J. Ke...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a large tree labeled "Eucalyptus Clevelandus" with roots labeled "Honor" and "Honesty", and branches that spread over swamp land from which rise gaseous ghosts labeled "St... More

Chas. H. Yale's fantastic spectacle, The evil eye, or The many, merry ...

"Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The shades of the Von Spitzenhofers. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3543. Under management of the author, Sidney R. Ellis. Forms part ... More

The littlest father / Hassman̄., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Nicholas II, emperor of Russia, sitting on his throne, at his feet are an orb, a broken scepter, and a cleft shield showing St. George and the dragon; he is recoiling in horror at being mocke... More

"It's comin' after us!" / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows the ghost of the Republican elephant rising from behind a tombstone that states "Sacred to the Memory of a United Republican Party"; "Taft" and "Teddy" believe that it is coming after them an... More

Oeuvre du soldat ardennais . . . vente de charité avec matinée artisti...

Soldier in a trench looking at female apparitions in sky. Translation of title: Association of the Ardennais soldier . . . charity sale with artistic performance. Picture caption: Les voix de pays. Promotion... More

Enter fiends - La Pucelle--See! They forsake me / Fuseli, R.A. del. ; ...

Act 5, scene 3 of Henry VI, part 1, showing man standing, with hands raised above two ghosts(?) with masks.

It is death, my son, said the priest

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The spirit of Tweed is mighty still "...and even yet you don't know w...

Cartoon drawing shows a ghostly William Marcy "Boss" Tweed standing in prison with a diamond shining bright despite his prison uniform and the fact that he had died eight years previously. He leans against a pl... More

Charon's Boat - or - the Ghosts of "all the Talents" taking their last...

A group of naked Whig politicians, including three Grenvilles, Sheridan, St. Vincent, Moira, Temple, Erskine, Howick, Petty, Whitbread, Sheridan, Windham,and Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln, crossing the river Styx ... More

Familiar ghosts - sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!

A full-length, profile figure of a parson with a large head and a bulbous nose who stands with hands raised, as he speaks to a man in modest attire, smoking a long-stemmed pipe and holding a beer stein. Inscrib... More

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

"Made in U.S.A." Caption: Do the spirits come back? Created by "The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O." No. O-656. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic pos... More

[Oiwa]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing the ghost of Oiwa with a paper lantern head, her face disfigured after being poisoned by her husband. Illus. in: Hyaku monogatari / Katsushika Hokusai, Edo : Tsuruya Kiemon, 1... More

A ghostly warning to certain presidential aspirants / Keppler.

Illustration shows the ghost of General Winfield Scott Hancock offering a warning to "presidential aspirants" General Nelson A. Miles, Admiral George Dewey, and Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley, all about to ste... More

Vivisection / Will Crawford. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows two men in a make-shift laboratory, about to operate on a live rabbit; a group of concerned citizens has entered on the left, attempting to stop the operation; the spirits of many past victim... More

Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slat...

"Warning! This is a "scare" show. Not recommended for children under 12." At head of title: Oriel Theatre, Glencoe, Tues., May 14, 1 midnite show, only 11:15 p.m." Created by "Triangle Poster & Printing Co., Ch... More

The face at the window - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows Europeans suffering as Americans thrive before their entrance into World War I, represented by a desperate person labeled "Europe" looking in the window at two men in tailcoats toasting to happine... More

Familiar ghosts - sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!

A full-length, profile figure of a parson with a large head and a bulbous nose who stands with hands raised, as he speaks to a man in modest attire, smoking a long-stemmed pipe and holding a beer stein. Inscrib... More

Beinn Bhreagh Recorder by Alexander Graham Bell, from July 24, 1909 to...

Launched at last! - good luck to her! / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a cherub labeled "1894" smashing a bottle of champagne as he launches a large, modern ship, the Ship of State, under the banner "Tariff Reform" with Grover Cleveland and members of his cabinet stand... More

Heart and hand - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows the head of a woman superimposed on the palm of a hand to create a ghostly effect. 20942 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood." No. 1774.

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

The flying dutchman / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a ship labeled "Republican Machine" with Nelson W. Aldrich at the helm and Henry C. Lodge, Joseph G. Cannon, Boies Penrose, James S. Sherman and Chauncey M. Depew hanging on. The ship is star... More

Just luck / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt furiously writing at a desk covered with papers, which have also spilled to the floor; outside the window are standing the spirits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, A... More

In the ambassadorial recruiting office, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Uncle Sam measuring a rotund man oozing money from his pockets, vest, and hat, he has turned toward "Sec. Bryan" who is recording the measurements. Nearby is a poster advertising ambassadoria... More

[Woman embracing ghostly man to the surprise of onlookers]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Mystery of Holcomb Hall" by Carlslad, Life, 4:331 (Dec. 11, 1884).

The tenement - a menace to all / Keppler.

Illustration shows the spirits of alcoholism, opium dens, prostitution, gambling, and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issuing from a tenement house. Caption: Not only an evil in itself, but the v... More

Give him the Schley degree / Kep.

Illustration shows three elderly naval officers questioning the spirit of John Paul Jones regarding the "Navy Dept. vs. Jones" for charges of conduct during the Revolutionary War, such as "Item 962 concerning t... More

The mother of the world, or, Children come home in four acts

Picryl description: Public domain Hebrew manuscript page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

It is death, my son, said the priest

Public domain photo of drawing, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The Spirit's flight - Print, Library of Congress collection

Angel above two spirits in flight. 14746Y U.S. Copyright Office Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no.6059.

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

"Made in U.S.A." Created by "The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O." No. O-1377. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congres... More

Newmann's wonderful spirit mysteries

"Printed in U.S.A. by Donaldson Litho. Co., Newport, KY." No. 5786. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) Forms part... More

Charon's Boat - or - the Ghosts of "all the Talents" taking their last...

A group of naked Whig politicians, including three Grenvilles, Sheridan, St. Vincent, Moira, Temple, Erskine, Howick, Petty, Whitbread, Sheridan, Windham,and Tomline, Bishop of Lincoln, crossing the river Styx ... More

The old "homesteads" lesson to bread winners

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Kohada Koheiji]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing a scene from a Japanese legend about a man who was killed by his wife and her lover and who returns to haunt them as revenge; print depicts a skeletal ghost at a burning mosquito net.

Shakespeare--Hamlet--Prince of Denmark / painted by H. Fuseli R.A. ; e...

Act 1, scene 4, from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, showing Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost, on platform before the Palace of Elsinor.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The spirit that goeth with burdens that have not honor

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 359.

The vision of Joan of New Hampshire / Kep.

Illustration shows Senator Jacob H. Gallinger as a Dutch girl praying to the angelic spirit of Marcus A. Hanna holding a ship labeled "Ship Subsidy". Caption: From the gallery of privilege and graft. Illus. in... More

And all those dead of Belgium and all that mighty procession of the sl...

German military officer astride artillery in a cemetery waving off a ghostly army. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Stars in the Dust Hea... More

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... More

Every girl comedy drama in four acts

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a script, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Familiar ghosts! Sketch 1. Ghost of a village lawyer!!

A lawyer, appearing as a full-length, profile figure of a well-dressed man with a large head, wearing a three-cornered hat, speaks to a peasant wearing a smock and clutching a pitchfork. Inscribed above the law... More

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

Caption: Do the spirits come back? Created and "copyright 1915 by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 14335. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms ... More

Newmann's wonderful spirit mysteries

"Printed in U.S.A. by Donaldson Litho. Co., Newport, KY." No. 5786. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) Forms part... More

Shea in the famous play, The bells even the sound of bells may denounc...

Caption of vignette: The murder on Xmas morn. Caption: The mesmerist scene: "What penance can I do to wash my crime away." Created and "copyright 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 6745. Pieces missin... More

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Ōya Tarō Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons.

The ghost - a Christmas frolic - le revenant / I.M. Wright pinxt. ; W....

Print shows a boy with a mannequin ghost holding a candle frightens several guests at an intimate party. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

"The demon vanished" - Public domain drawing

Man seated in corner looking at ghost of man. Reproduction of drawing by A.B. Frost, illustrating "Thurlow's Christmas story" by John Kendrick Bangs. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1894 Dec. 15, p. 1185.

One of his wet, shiny arms was round Mamie's waist

(DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Man Overboard" by F. Marion Crawford, Collier's Weekly, 31:11 (April 18, 1903).

One of his wet, shiny arms was round Mamie's waist

(DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Man Overboard" by F. Marion Crawford, Collier's Weekly, 31:11 (April 18, 1903).

Por finjir [sic] espantos diálogo cómico en un acto

Chapbook cover shows a scene from a play: a man sits on the edge of a bed, hunched over, with his hand in a chamber pot. A child, under the bed, pushes the man's bottom with a broom. There are also two brushes ... More

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More

Ōya tarō mitsukuni - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows Ōya Tarō Mitsukuni watching a battle scene between armies of skeletons.

Botandōrō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows the ghostly figures of a woman with a servant or girl carrying a peony lantern.

He can't beat his own record / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine standing on a racetrack labeled "Republican Race Track" in an arena, apparently frozen in position as his tattooed ghost races past him and a sign that states "Presidential Ra... More

[The headless horseman]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Uncle Sam's dismal swamp / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam sitting on a log in a swamp labeled "Spoils System" from which snakes labeled "Quayism", "Bardsleyism", and "Tannerism", and noxious fumes rise in the form of shades labeled "Raumism - Pen... More

Puck magazine cover - "Politics makes strange bedfellows" / Dalrymple.

Print shows the ghost of the British Lion reacting with fear at finding an "Irish American" and a "German American" in a bed labeled "Anti Anglo-American Alliance". Illus. from Puck, v. 45, no. 1156, (1899 May... More

Every girl comedy drama in four acts

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a script, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The old "homesteads" lesson to bread winners

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

English credulity, or the invisible ghost, British Cartoon Print

A satire referring to the "Cock Lane Ghost" shows the interior of a bed-room crowded with men, some church ministers, one possibly Oliver Goldsmith, commenting on the "Cock Lane ghost". Two small children lie i... More

Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 1. Ghost of a village lawye...

Cartoon of a well-dressed man with a large head being kept at a distance by peasant man holding a pitchfork. Imp. London Published by SWFores No 50 Piccadilly June 4 1799-Folios of Caricatures Lent. No copyrigh... More

Isaac Cruikshank - Familiar ghosts. Sketch 2. Ghost of the vicar!!

Cartoon of a parson with an astonished expression, looking at a man holding a beer stein and smoking a pipe. Imp. Folios of Caricatures Lent London Published by S W Fores N50 Piccadilly June 4 1799 No copyrig... More

A Rebel general startled in his camp by the beautiful and unexpected d...

Illustrations show (top) a Confederate general startled by apparitions of Northern soldiers in the sky above his camp; (bottom) contrasting views of Union soldiers depicted by "...the artist of the Mobile Adver... More

Preserve your forests from destruction, and protect your country from ...

Illustration shows a female spirit labeled "Public Spirit" warning two men cutting logs, of the consequences of deforestation. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 357, (1884 January 9), centerfold. Copyright 1884 by ... More

A hint from history / Keppler. - A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair

Illustration shows Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, sitting in a throne, sword across his lap, reading by candlelight papers on his desk, labeled "Plans for German colonization in South America"; the ghost of Ma... More

Uncle Josh in a spooky hotel /. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

"The landlord enters with his rural guest. After examining the bed and other things in the room, Josh takes a seat beside the landlord, who tells him that there is a rumor that a ghost appears in that room ever... More

[Ghost appearing to farmer with hoe and dog]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "George Ade's Fables The Fable of the private agitation."

Start the recall of judges with this one / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows the ghostly figure of a manic-looking man, labeled "Judge Lynch," carrying a book labeled "Lynch Law," and a lighted torch, hovering over a procession of people. The procession is led by thre... More

Olde Christmas / paintings by Raymond Ewer, verse by Breton Braley.

Illustration shows two winter scenes with verse by Breton Braley printed between them; on the left is "The Christmas Coach" showing a stagecoach with passengers riding on top, with a cresent moon and winter spi... More

The profiteer - Public domain banknote scan

Ghost of soldier walking towards vulture with sack of "Blood money."

The spirit of Tweed is mighty still "...and even yet you don't know w...

Cartoon drawing shows a ghostly William Marcy "Boss" Tweed standing in prison with a diamond shining bright despite his prison uniform and the fact that he had died eight years previously. He leans against a pl... More

The spirit of Tweed is mighty still "...and even yet you don't know w...

Cartoon drawing shows a ghostly William Marcy "Boss" Tweed standing in prison with a diamond shining bright despite his prison uniform and the fact that he had died eight years previously. He leans against a pl... More

Dōke hyakumanben - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of various figures holding a large rosary around a large octopus. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych ma... More