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Sketch of Brunswick. Sketch of the ground near Mr. Low's at Rariton Landing.

Sketch of Brunswick. Sketch of the ground near Mr. Low's at Rariton La...

Scale ca. 1:12,000 and scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. No. 3 includes numbered location index to redoubts, troop positions, etc. Accompan... More

The Skeleton of a large species of quadruped hitherto unknown lately discovered one hundred feet under ground near the River La Plata / drawn up by G. Cuvier.

The Skeleton of a large species of quadruped hitherto unknown lately d...

Skeleton found in Paraguay, and deposited in Madrid. Public domain photograph of zoological drawing, animal anatomy, skeleton, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Finding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the ground," - everybody ...

Finding the last ditch--Running the "head" of Secession "into the grou...

Union soldier, followed by African American in broken chains, hurls Jefferson Davis (dressed as a woman) who drops a bag of "stolen gold" over the edge of a cliff; Satan waits below the cliff with a pitchfork. ... More

Skeleton of horse. Trotting. On the ground

Skeleton of horse. Trotting. On the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse trotting. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movement... More

[Ground Spider, half-length portrait, facing right]

[Ground Spider, half-length portrait, facing right]

60090 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Heyn. #197. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Stereograph showing two men in mine shaft with mules. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African-American woman doing laundry with a scrub board and tub, African-American girl stirring pot with 3 other children on the ground watching, and a woman in the background spreading laundry]

[African-American woman doing laundry with a scrub board and tub, Afri...

D18911 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: African-American women; African-Americans Domestic scenes; Laundry; African-Americans Working; 3; Shelf.

Poster - Hoyt's A hole in the ground - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Hoyt's A hole in the ground - Public domain lithograph

D16043 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright, 1900, by the U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, Fred E. Wright. No. 4833. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collecti... More

[Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward]

[Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Lyceum children at play ground, Lily Dale, N. Y.

Lyceum children at play ground, Lily Dale, N. Y.

Photograph shows large group of children and adults outside on playground; two little girls in foreground wearing clothes resembling American flag.

[Breaking ground for Detroit General Hospital, Detroit, Mich.]

[Breaking ground for Detroit General Hospital, Detroit, Mich.]

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

Eight-year old Jack driving horse rake. A small boy has difficulty keeping his seat on rough ground and this work is more or less dangerous. See Hine Report, Rural Child Labor, August, 1915. Location: Western Massachusetts, Massachusetts.

Eight-year old Jack driving horse rake. A small boy has difficulty kee...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Breaking ground for Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington, Virginia, March 1, 1915

Breaking ground for Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington, Virginia, Marc...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ball ground under water at high tide - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Ball ground under water at high tide - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

[INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. RESIDENCE OF GEORGE SWANN, DAMAGED BY 16' SHELL THAT HIT ANOTHER IN SANDBANK, AND WAS DEFLECTED OVER COUNTRYAT 3/4 ANGLE]

[INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. RESIDENCE OF GEORGE SWANN, DAMA...

A black and white photo of a house with a broken window. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burial Ground, Marshall Hall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Burial Ground, Marshall Hall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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

What the announcement of the armistice did at the Dartford. It overturned wheel chairs, caused crutches to be discarded, littered the ground with pots and pans and ehateer everybody happened to be carrying, for everything was dropped in a wild ouburst of noisy hilarity and merrymaking. And Ward "H" was only one of a score of smilar scenes being enacted in all parts of the hospital grounds

What the announcement of the armistice did at the Dartford. It overtur...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card for LC-A6196-55977. Group title: Recreation, Eng. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross pho... More

Ground floor of the Victor David House (Le Petit Salon), St. Peter Street, New Orleans

Ground floor of the Victor David House (Le Petit Salon), St. Peter Str...

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

Dwight Davis breaking ground for Anacostia Park, 8/2/23

Dwight Davis breaking ground for Anacostia Park, 8/2/23

A group of men standing on top of a baseball field. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The stern of the Sultan's yacht with the Turkish flag at the rear and the flag of Moommet on the main mast Rugs are spread on the ground for the Sultan's walk to the boat.

The stern of the Sultan's yacht with the Turkish flag at the rear and ...

Photographs show the Caliph's yacht near a dock and crowds waiting near carpets on the ground during the Selamlik (the Caliph's procession to the mosque for prayer), Istanbul, Turkey. On page: no. 1500 (top im... More

H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) the High Commissioner reviews first Jerusalem Company of the Palestine Volunteer Force. H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) & Army officers on parade ground

H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) the High Commissioner reviews first Jerusa...

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

Watts Bar steam plant. General view of the plant still under construction. When finished, four turbines will generate 240,000 kva. Tall portion houses boilers, bunkers, and conveyor in a simple brick cube, ninety-odd feet tall, above ground and several stories below. Lower portion at right is turbine hall with glass brick upper part and corrugated transite spandrel above. Wing in front houses machine shop on first floor, offices on second. Main entrance is marked by large glazed opening with flagpole next to it, windowless portion to left of ot contains employee lockers and toilets

Watts Bar steam plant. General view of the plant still under construct...

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

Ground plans of Solomon's Temple & environment according to Dr. Schick

Ground plans of Solomon's Temple & environment according to Dr. Schick

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

Lydda Airport. Haniball [i.e., Hanibal] plane on landing ground. Taken from top airport bldg. [i.e., building]

Lydda Airport. Haniball [i.e., Hanibal] plane on landing ground. Taken...

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

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied, each with nearly an acre of ground. Average income eight hundred dollars yearly. California

San Fernando federal subsistence homesteads. Forty homes, all occupied...

Public domain photograph of rural California, dust bowl refugees, 1930s-1940s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fountain of Youth, Indian Burial Ground, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida

Fountain of Youth, Indian Burial Ground, St. Augustine, St. Johns Coun...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Florida, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Supreme Court appointee faces movie cameras. Washington, D.C. Aug. 12. Shortly after he was nominated as a member of the United States Supreme Court today, Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama, faced a battery of ground cameras on the steps of the Capitol. During the next few days the face of the new Justice will beam down from movie screens in all parts of the country, 8/22/37

Supreme Court appointee faces movie cameras. Washington, D.C. Aug. 12....

A group of men standing around a camera. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elmer Johnson's neckties. Bedroom in the home of a hired farmhand, thirty-six years old, and father of three children. Near Battle Ground, Indiana

Elmer Johnson's neckties. Bedroom in the home of a hired farmhand, thi...

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

Mrs. Erasty Emvich in her kitchen. Mrs. Emvich is the wife of a tenant farmer and mother of twelve children, eleven of them living. Near Battle Ground, Indiana

Mrs. Erasty Emvich in her kitchen. Mrs. Emvich is the wife of a tenant...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Erasty Emvich bringing fruit from the cellar he dug himself. Emvich, a tenant farmer, has also repaired the farmhouse, put in windows and doors, built a barn, and put in one hundred rods of fence at his own expense during the three years he has rented the farm. His landlord has advised him that he must move this year. Near Battle Ground, Indiana

Erasty Emvich bringing fruit from the cellar he dug himself. Emvich, a...

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

Surgeon General breaks ground for cancer institute. Bethesda, MD. Jan. 11. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, of the U.S. Public Health Service photographed while breaking ground for the erection of three new buildings to be erected for the National Institute of Health, research unit for the U.S. Public Health Service. The proposed building for the National Cancer Institute, also to be a unit of the National Institute of Health, will be erected nearby on the same grant of land, 1/11/38

Surgeon General breaks ground for cancer institute. Bethesda, MD. Jan....

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

During the picking process many of the cranberries are torn from the vines and fall to the ground. The bogs are then flooded and agitated with the hydroplane which causes the cranberries to float, Burlington County, New Jersey

During the picking process many of the cranberries are torn from the v...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Migratory labor digging potatoes, season very bad, market poor, left potatoes in ground as long as possible, hoping for rise in prices. Often not worth digging, left to rot in ground. Near Homestead, Florida

Migratory labor digging potatoes, season very bad, market poor, left p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm wagehand (day laborer, seventy-five cents per day) and his young wife looking at remains of their home (on three acre piece of land owned by his mother) which had just burned to the ground. Greene County, Georgia

Farm wagehand (day laborer, seventy-five cents per day) and his young ...

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

Cheesecloth covering used in growing shade grown tobacco; the stalks lying on the ground are left after the tobacco is cut; Suffield, Conn.

Cheesecloth covering used in growing shade grown tobacco; the stalks l...

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

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. General view showing tank which stores gas from the coke oven. Square building and extension in middle ground is where coal is fed to a feeder belt and then transferred to a storage place on top of the coke oven. The coal is then dropped into three inverted bottle-like containers and from there fed directly into the coke ovens

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Ge...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of an industrial building, factory or warehouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. A rigid schedule, though they don't cover much ground. These men operate a locomotive inside the plant grounds, hauling scrap and other ingredients to the open hearth and electric furnaces for melting and refining

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. A rigid schedule, though they don...

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

Third annual sports meeting of the government schools of the Jerusalem sub-district, on Government Arab College ground (near Government House). Group of prize winners

Third annual sports meeting of the government schools of the Jerusalem...

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

Third annual sports meeting of the government schools of the Jerusalem sub-district, on Government Arab College ground (near Government House). Three legged race, ready to start

Third annual sports meeting of the government schools of the Jerusalem...

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

Wagon loaded with corn ground for feed. Grundy County, Iowa

Wagon loaded with corn ground for feed. Grundy County, Iowa

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jack Whinery's daughter washing her hands. This picture was taken in the dugout with natural lighting. Notice the water cooler in cooling room at right. This cooling room is built cellar-like into the ground. Pie Town, New Mexico

Jack Whinery's daughter washing her hands. This picture was taken in t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a woman making pottery. Pie Town, New Mexico. Farm Security Administartion photograph.

An old black and white photo of a woman making pottery. Pie Town, New ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

First Army photos of the bombing of Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Wreckage of barracks from parade ground off Hangar Ave.

First Army photos of the bombing of Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941...

Photoprint by U.S. Army Signal Corps. SC-127030. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. History December 7, 1941; Geogr.

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber, called the Boston by the British, is used by both the American Air Force and the Royal Air Force. It was designed as an attack bomber for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations. Because of the speed and performance abilities of this plane, the British have converted a number for use as night fighters. Some have also been used for reconnissance work. Armament details vary according to use, light and heavy guns being mounted in varying combinations

Douglas military aircraft Army. The Douglas A-20 (Havoc) light bomber,...

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

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Interesting patterns are formed by the wings of A-20 attack bombers, waiting their turn on the assembly lines of the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and Royal Air Force (RAF) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations--also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Interesting patterns are formed by th...

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

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Hardinge ballmill where the copper ore is ground to the consistency of flour. At the upper left is the classifier where the slimy material is separated from the granular material, the latter of which returned to the ballmill for further grinding

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Hardinge ba...

Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Certain oils and organic chemical compounds form the reagents with which the finely ground sulphide ore mixed with water is agitated. This makes possible the phenomenon of flotation of the ore

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Certain oil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. When a husky leatherneck throws his weight on a line, things come his way. A member of a marine balloon barrage unit in training at Parris Island, South Carolina helps to ground one of the big bags that the Corps has added to its kit of fighting tools

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. When a husky leatherneck...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Ground crew making a routine overhaul of a patrol plane

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquartes of coastal patrol no. 20. Ground crew mechanics overhauling a tail assembly during routine check-over

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquartes of coastal patrol...

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

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Kraft (chemical) pulp which is added to ground wood to make newsprint

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Kraft (chemical) pulp which is ad...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Grinding room where pulp logs are made into ground wood

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Grinding room where pulp logs are...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Ground crew sweats in a mission]

[Ground crew sweats in a mission]

Photograph shows three Tuskegee airmen looking skyward, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945. (Source: Photographer's note on contact sheet.) Also available as contact sheet in LOT 12447-1. Forms part of: Toni Frissel... More

"City of the Dead," in which tombs must be above ground because of the high water table in New Orleans, Louisiana

"City of the Dead," in which tombs must be above ground because of the...

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

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

Architect: Rodney Leon. Began in 1991, when, during excavation for a new federal office building, workers discovered the skeletal remains of more than 400 free and enslaved Africans. The site is a national Monu... More

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

African Burial Ground, New York, New York

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

Burial ground, Fairfield, Connecticut

Burial ground, Fairfield, Connecticut

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

This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Death Valley. Snow dots the ground amid a field of cacti along the dead-end road to a playa known as the "Racetrack," a dry lakebed known for its rocks that mysteriously move, from time to time, along the surface

This is obviously not the stereotypical sun-parched summer day in Deat...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Design drawing for stained glass tondo window "St. Joseph Cares" showing Joseph carrying food, lead by pointing Christ Child; Mary at spinning wheel; carpentry work in middle ground for St. Joseph's Church in Winter Haven, Florida]

[Design drawing for stained glass tondo window "St. Joseph Cares" show...

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

[Design drawing for two stained glass windows with St. Thomas and St. Peter, unified by water, ground and sun; with symbols: square-and-spear, and keys]

[Design drawing for two stained glass windows with St. Thomas and St. ...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Capitol white lead - Ground in pure linseed oil by the Nassau White Lead and Color Works, New York

Capitol white lead - Ground in pure linseed oil by the Nassau White Le...

Advertising label for paint with U.S. Capitol in foreground. LOT subject: Paint. Copyright by C. H. & A. T. Baxter & Co. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004-05. LC-USZCN4-13 4x5 color neg also

[Armory ("U.S. Arsenal"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Commandant Quarters - chamber and ground floor]

[Armory ("U.S. Arsenal"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Commandant Quarter...

Inscriptions on recto: "Design for the Quarter's of the Commandant of the Arfenal at Laurenceville Pittsburg." "Plan of the Chamber floor." "Ground-floor" "Guncarriage Shed." "Butler's pantry." Graphite... More

Fort Jackson, Cold Storage Plant, East Side, Parade Ground, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Fort Jackson, Cold Storage Plant, East Side, Parade Ground, Columbia, ...

Significance: The cold storage plant was erected in 1941 as part of the World War II mobilization effort. Built to standard plans, it is one of a group of warehouse buildings constructed to support the increase... More

[Perspective representations with a spectator viewing an object parallel to the focal plane and a spectator viewing an object on the ground]

[Perspective representations with a spectator viewing an object parall...

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Identified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." From... More

Rebel breastworks in front of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg). The small mounds with chimneys are the soldiers' quarters, under ground

Rebel breastworks in front of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg). The small...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing near a log fortified parapet at a Confederate fort. No. 3218, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. This view was taken ... More

[Design drawing showing chalice, host with Metallic gold ground with mandorla-shaped Eucharist medallion]

[Design drawing showing chalice, host with Metallic gold ground with m...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Fort Hancock, Ambulance Garage, On Pennington Drive west of Hartshorne Drive at Fort Hancock Proving Ground, Fort Hancock, Monmouth County, NJ

Fort Hancock, Ambulance Garage, On Pennington Drive west of Hartshorne...

Survey number: HABS NJ-1209-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80002505

Fort Hancock, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Corner of Bragg Drive & Fort Road at Fort Hancock Proving Ground, Fort Hancock, Monmouth County, NJ

Fort Hancock, Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Corner of Bragg Drive & For...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N160 Survey number: HABS NJ-1209-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80002505

The Leaves have fallen to the ground

The Leaves have fallen to the ground

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Victory food from American waters. A lookout climbs the cables high above Old Glory's deck to check on location of other trawlers. When one trawler strikes good fishing ground the captain notifies other boats in the fleet

Victory food from American waters. A lookout climbs the cables high ab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Valuable property, at auction. On Thursday the first day of November, will be offered at public auction a lot of ground, lying between Mr. Reubin Canter's lumberhouse, and dwelling from 60 to 64 feet in front, and running back about 21 feet. It

Valuable property, at auction. On Thursday the first day of November, ...

Imprint 3.; Auction.; on folder : M.C. # 09-82-038.375 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Por... More

Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the late & present position of the Union army.

Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point o...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 633 Indicates location and dates of battles, "McClellan's present defensive line" at Harrison's Landing, principal roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Descri... More

Catholic Burying Ground, Mission Dolores, California, 19th century sterescope card.

Catholic Burying Ground, Mission Dolores, California, 19th century ste...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 463. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Cemeteries. This record contains unverified old data f... More

Governor Dillingham, of Vermont / photographed by Black & Case, Boston. The oldest fire-engine in the United States ; Dumping ground at the foot of Beach Street, New York City / sketched by Stanley Fox.

Governor Dillingham, of Vermont / photographed by Black & Case, Boston...

Three illustrations: one showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Paul Dillingham; one showing the oldest fire engine in the United States; and the other showing people digging in garbage dump looking fo... More

Ground occupied by Sickle's at time of Longstreets assault

Ground occupied by Sickle's at time of Longstreets assault

View along the Emmittsburg Road, showing orchard in which Union General Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) lost his leg, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 525.

[Ground floor plan, imperial military middle school, Van]

[Ground floor plan, imperial military middle school, Van]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. In album: Imperial schools, architectural plans and student portraits, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collect... More

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Leaving the ground

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Leaving the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse leaping. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movements... More

Skeleton of horse. Trotting. Leaving the ground

Skeleton of horse. Trotting. Leaving the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse trotting. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movement... More

[Girls measuring piece of ground in arithmetic class at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia]

[Girls measuring piece of ground in arithmetic class at Hampton Instit...

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

Boy Scouts learning to shoot. Two boys kneeling on ground with the instuctor between.

Boy Scouts learning to shoot. Two boys kneeling on ground with the ins...

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

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the right close to the ground, covering a distance of about 14.2 miles in 25 minutes and 5 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the right close to the grou...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. NAVY GUNS AT INDIAN HEAD

INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. NAVY GUNS AT INDIAN HEAD

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

Ground floor of a multi-story house, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina

Ground floor of a multi-story house, New Orleans or Charleston, South ...

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White House exteriors. Gates to ground of White House

White House exteriors. Gates to ground of White House

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

Windmill at Hayground, Long Island. Interior, ground floor

Windmill at Hayground, Long Island. Interior, ground floor

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

Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Stairs down and up from ground in Congregational Church on Massachusettes Ave.

Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Stairs down and up from ground in Congr...

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

Mother of family camped near a creek bed, panning for gold. "Slept in a bed all my life long till now--sleeping on the ground." Near Redding, California

Mother of family camped near a creek bed, panning for gold. "Slept in ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fifty-one year old tenant farmer Erasty Emvich feeding his chickens on his farm. Near Battle Ground, Indiana

Fifty-one year old tenant farmer Erasty Emvich feeding his chickens on...

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

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