A.B. Young (of Boston) Supervising Architect, Treasury Department.
Photograph shows portrait of Ammi B. Young. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).
[Japanese curio shop, a street cart and portraits of a Japanese family...
Captions on front of item: "Interior of Japanese curio shop" (upper left); "Street cart" (upper right)"; "A Japanese Daimio's family group in state dress" (lower left); and "Japanese high officers" (lower righ... More
[Collecting cards depicting a story about a Chinese governor of "Bac-N...
Sheet of 11 uncut cards, individually numbered from 1 to 10. Sheet includes duplicate cards for no. 7. French captions on each card. Tissandier collection.
Coroner Harrison is a little too previous / Dalrymple.
Print shows Uncle Sam reclining in a chair with his feet resting on a foot stool, on a table next to him are medications labeled "Tariff Reform Tonic" and "Repeal of Sherman Silver Law Elixir", on the floor nex... More
Joseph de Jaudenes Nebot (first minister of Spain)
Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Governors, Inland Water Ways Com, Cabinet Officers, Supreme Court with...
Photograph shows President Theodore Roosevelt in a group portrait with Governors, members of the Inland Waterways Commission, his Cabinet and the U.S. Supreme Court. H110542 U.S. Copyright Office.
[R.G. Cholmeley-Jones, Director of the War Risk Bureau, eating lunch a...
Photo shows Richard G. Cholmeley-Jones, director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, May 1919-April 1921. (Source: D. Richardson, 2009, from Robinson E. Adkins, Medical Care of Veterans. Washington, DC: Govern... More
Chinese Foreign Minister Lou Tseng-Tsiang
Photograph shows portrait taken at Paris Peace Conference of 1919 with facsimile of his signature.
Edw. F. Sweet, Acting Secty. Commerce
A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mayor Walker of New York confers with Secretary Mellon and other membe...
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Galilee trip. Nazareth, afternoon fete in aid of the Red Cross & Knigh...
Public domain photograph of 1930s Palestine, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Galilee trip. Nazareth, afternoon fete in aid of the Red Cross & Knigh...
Public domain photograph of 1930s Palestine, Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran wi...
Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran at...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 2...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Former Reagan National Security Advisor Robert "Bud" McFarlane in his ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by photographer. Photograph taken at McFarlane Associates offices, Washington, D.C. Published in the New York Times. Gift; Michael Geissinger; 2016; (DLC/P... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Group of railroad construction participants n...
Photograph shows the narrow gauge railway that runs from the town of Kem to the port of Kem-Pristan. (Source: International Research Project "The Legacy of S.M. Prokudin Gorsky" 2012-2016) Title devised by Libr... More
Memorial Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lycoming Creek, Williamsport, Lycomin...
Significance: The Memorial Avenue Bridge is significant for its architectural and engineering features. Important original items that contribute to the bridge's integrity are the plaque, the latticed sidewalk ... More
Rufus King House, 150th Street & Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Queens Count...
Significance: Home of Rufus King, signer of the United States Constitution. He served on the Continental Congress, was a US Senator for nearly 18 years, and twice served as Ambassador to Great Britian. Though n... More
Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...
Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More
Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...
Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More
Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a man presenting a city plan to the emperor at court with many ministers seated nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Tr... More
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
Girard-Peterson House, 332 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Significance: No. 332 Spruce is one of a row of houses built by Stephen Girard around 1820; today it is home to Charles Peterson, one of the founders and early leaders of the Historic American Buildings Survey... More
Bourne Mansion, Bourne Street, Kennebunk, York County, ME
Suggested address, Bourne Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-15 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
The first session of the Sinn Fein Parliament
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 73:491 (March 27, 1919).
3331 O Street, Northwest (House), Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This house is a good example of post-Civil War Second Empire-style domestic architecture, as seen in the intact Mansard roof. The house's architectural significance is further enhanced by the twen... More
[Aleksandr Sinianin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Inscription on verso in Russian: To my friend George Ivanovich Kennan in memory of his visit to Alekseyevska Central Prison in Irkutsk region. Head of the prison Aleksandr Sinianin. Photo by Milevskii, Irkutsk.... More
Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More
Colonel John Cox House, 3339 N Street, Northwest, Washington, District...
Significance: The Colonel John Cox House, constructed in 1816-17 at 3339 N Street in Georgetown, is a handsome and imposing federal-era town house on a substantial corner lot. The house was built as the wester... More
Foxheath, Swamp Road, 2 miles above Rushland, Rushland, Bucks County, ...
Significance: Good example of Bucks County stone farm residence, built in two sections, the first by Anthony Kimble in 1746, and the second section (main block) by Seruch Titus in 1828. The house is plastered f... More
Government House, King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI
Survey number: HABS VI-42 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Smithfield Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River on Smithfield Str...
Significance: Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, one of America's most famous bridge engineers, as a two-lane bridge. One lane was erected in 1883, and another was added in 1891. The span is Pittsburgh's most gra... More
William Adams House, 131 Charles Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Count...
Significance: Brick Georgian home of small and very livable scale, and with interesting detail. Survey number: HABS MD-264 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1773 I... More
William Adams House, 131 Charles Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel Count...
Significance: Brick Georgian home of small and very livable scale, and with interesting detail. Survey number: HABS MD-264 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1773 I... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...
Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...
Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More
W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More
W. Taylor Birch House, 3099 Q Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This home is a good example of the "baronial" type residence that was so often built by wealthy businessmen of the period to proclaim their new status. The heavy fortress-like expression of the e... More
General Jose Castro House, Mission Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benit...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-231 Survey number: HABS CA-1120 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000141
General Jose Castro House, Mission Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benit...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-231 Survey number: HABS CA-1120 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000141
General Jose Castro House, Mission Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benit...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-231 Survey number: HABS CA-1120 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000141
General Jose Castro House, Mission Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benit...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-231 Survey number: HABS CA-1120 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000141
Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair Cou...
Significance: The bridge and plaza were completed in 1938. They are reflections of Depression-era engineering and architecture. The plaza was designed and built by George L. Harvey and Norman B. Forbes. The ... More
Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair Cou...
Significance: The bridge and plaza were completed in 1938. They are reflections of Depression-era engineering and architecture. The plaza was designed and built by George L. Harvey and Norman B. Forbes. The ... More
Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair Cou...
Significance: The bridge and plaza were completed in 1938. They are reflections of Depression-era engineering and architecture. The plaza was designed and built by George L. Harvey and Norman B. Forbes. The ... More
Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair Cou...
Significance: The bridge and plaza were completed in 1938. They are reflections of Depression-era engineering and architecture. The plaza was designed and built by George L. Harvey and Norman B. Forbes. The ... More
Blue Water Bridge Plaza, 410 Elmwood Street, Port Huron, St. Clair Cou...
Significance: The bridge and plaza were completed in 1938. They are reflections of Depression-era engineering and architecture. The plaza was designed and built by George L. Harvey and Norman B. Forbes. The ... More
Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...
Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More
Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...
Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More
Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...
Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More
Bodisco House, 3322 O Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colum...
Significance: A federal period house, with a unique, early twentieth century first floor plan, the Bodisco House is included in virtually every book on Georgetown because of the mid-nineteenth century romance a... More
North Side Point Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Point of Pittsbur...
See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The Manchester Bridge replaced the old wooden Union Bridge, the first bridge erected at the Point and demolished in 1907. B... More
Prospect House, 3508 Prospect Street, Northwest, Washington, District ...
Significance: This is one of the few freestanding, late eighteenth century mansions remaining in the western part of Georgetown. Predating the establishment of the nearby Federal City,, it has been occupied fr... More
Mr. De Vergennes, ministre des affaires etrangères sous Louis XVI / Bo...
Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; in oval.
[Tōjinbutsu], portrait - Public domain portrait print
Print shows a Chinese official, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing slightly right, holding papers in his right hand. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More
Tipy narodnostei turkestanskago kraia. Tadzhiki. Kary-Osman, Zakiatchi
Photograph shows a portrait of a Tajik tax collector, seated on the floor, with pen and paper. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 15.
[Samurai or retainer kneeling before government official or daimyo]
Photograph shows a man, full-length, standing, facing right, and a man wearing a sword kneeling before him, facing left, holding another sword as though offering it to the man standing in front of him. Exterior... More
Asst. Sec'y of the Navy Soley - Public domain portrait photograph
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William H. Taft, seated in a wicker chair, probably during his tenure...
Forms part of: William H. Taft papers (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-1980:167 c3
Puck magazine cover - Punch and Judy / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a puppet using a large stick to beat another puppet labeled "Public Duties" in a marquee labeled "Chautauqua Circuit". Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1901 (1913 August... More
The yoke / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows a man labeled "Navy" wearing a white uniform and a man labeled "Army" wearing a uniform carrying on their shoulders a large yoke labeled "Civilian Authority" with two men wearing business sui... More
Daniel Roper - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A man in a coat and top hat standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description