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English fisherman in Norway. Playing him out

Drawing shows a Englishman fishing in Norway. This humorous image shows the man standing in a stream, with his fishing line caught on trees and hooked to the seat of his pants. Bayard Taylor traveled through No... More

Heinrich Ibsen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Subterranean stables - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows four horses from behind in a cave, perhaps in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper left: 2/3 width of ... More

Snow plow - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a man carrying a scythe walking past a large wooden snow plow leaning against rocks. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Insc... More

Heinrich Ibsen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Portrait photo of Theodore Roosevelt on "Queen Maude"

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing on deck of ship with his hat over his heart. Copyright by Bain.

Station boy - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a barefooted boy riding on the back of a cart in Norway, presumably from the railroad or coach station. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of h... More

He travels on foot, Norway - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, on foot in Norway holding a walking stick and carrying a pack. Part of the image is outlined in red ink. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death ... More

Molde, Norway - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows, in the distance, Molde, a Norwegian village on the Moldefjorden, an arm of the Romsdalfjorden. Most of the houses, churches and buildings hug the shoreline. Sailboats dot the water. Taylor visite... More

Norwegian carriage [Norway] view, photochrome print postcard.

Print shows a woman in a horse-drawn carriage on the Stalheimskleven (Stalheimskleiva), the road to Stalheim, Norway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Incorrect title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Cat... More

"Leve Kongen" (Long live the King) written in the snow in occupied Nor...

[Norwegian landscape] - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a landscape, most likely in Norway. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

Stalheimsfos [Norway] view, photochrome print postcard.

Print shows the Stalheimsfos (Stalheims Waterfall), Norway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Compan... More

Portrait photo of Theodore Roosevelt on "Queen Maude"

Photograph showing profile of Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing on deck of ship. Bain photo.

Peasant women at work - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows four Norwegian peasant women working in a field, digging, hoeing and raking, one on her hands and knees. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, shaking the hand of a barefoot Norwegian boy who has removed his hat to say farewell. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, af... More

Station house Logen Valley, Norway

Drawing shows a man leaning against a large log building at right, near a sleeping ox and empty cart. There are clusters of smaller log buildings nearby. It is not clear whether or not the station in questions ... More

Stavanger, Norway - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows Stavanger, a Norwegian port village on Stavangerfjorden, an arm of the Boknafjorden. Most of the houses and buildings hug the shoreline, while the church is on the hillside. Ships, sailboats, rowb... More

Islands - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows small log houses tucked along the shores of rocky islands of the Norwegian coast. Sailboats are in the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed ab... More

Rear view of [Tuerm?] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a Norwegian wearing a top hat face down on the ground, his buttocks bare while above him other mean fight, perhaps drunkenly. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled throu... More

Framnaes Hotel & lake [Norway] view, photochrome print postcard.

Print shows the Framnaes Hotel on Oppheimsvannet (Oppheim Lake), near Voss, Norway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Incorrect title listed in the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Det... More

Stalheimskleven [Norway] view, photochrome print postcard.

Print shows Stalheimskelven (Stalheimskleiva), the road to Stalheim, Norway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Incorrect title listed in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich.... More

Norway. Historic map, Library of Congress

[Man and woman riding in horse-drawn cart]

Drawing shows a man and a woman riding in a small horse-drawn cart, looking at each other. The scene may be in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Inspectors - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows three drunken men, two support the weight of the third. The man on the left removes the wallet of the middle man. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway an... More

Geir Zoega and Brusa - Public domain portrait drawing

Humorous drawing shows Geir Z"ega, an Icelandic travel guide, holding a dog in one hand and a switch in the other. Brusa is a Scandanavian word for horsefly, but also any animal that disturbs livestock. Taylor ... More

Hornindalsrokken [Norway] view, photochrome print postcard.

Print shows Hornindalsrokken, a mountain in the Sunnmørsalpene mountain range, Norway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Incorrect title listed in the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. ... More

Peasant women at work - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows four Norwegian peasant women working in a field, digging, hoeing and raking, one on her hands and knees. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, shaking the hand of a barefoot Norwegian boy who has removed his hat to say farewell. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, af... More

Station house Logen Valley, Norway

Drawing shows a man leaning against a large log building at right, near a sleeping ox and empty cart. There are clusters of smaller log buildings nearby. It is not clear whether or not the station in questions ... More

Norwegian farm - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a small clearing among large pine trees with small log houses and crops in the field. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Ins... More

Parish schoolmaster - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a parish schoolmaster holding a schoolboy by the hair while he strikes him with a switch. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 an... More

Tvindefos (i.e., Tvindefossen) hotel [Norway] view, photochrome print ...

Print shows Tvindefossen (Tvinde Waterfall) and hotel, near Voss, Hordaland County, Norway. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Incorrect title listed in the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign sect... More

Waiting for a nibble - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a man, perhaps in Norway, sleeping beside a stream, his fishing line has looped around the tree behind him, with the hook dangling close to his mouth. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Sca... More

A drinking bout - Public domain scan / drawing

Humorous drawing shows four men seated a table, drinking. A fifth man smiles as he stands guard at the door. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 18... More

[Man and woman riding in horse-drawn cart]

Drawing shows a man and a woman riding in a small horse-drawn cart, looking at each other. The scene may be in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Norway, the steamer parting the fjord

Drawing shows a sidewheel steamship from behind, as it passes out of a Norwegian fjord. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper... More

Passage in the Driv. Norway - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a man leaning over the edge of a river's bank in the Drivsdalen, Norway, looking at the rushing water below. There is no bridge to the opposite side. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after t... More

A flying trip through Norway - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing is design for frontispiece of book. It shows Norwegian fisherman standing with their nets at the edge of a fjord shoreline. The sun comes up over the horizon and two fishermen point across the sea at it... More

The prize - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows two Norwegian peasants, one barefoot, standing at a table where a seated man holds a money bag that reads "150 silber prize." A gentleman in a long coat and wearing glasses stands behind the peasa... More

The Passport Bureau - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a passport official examining a traveler's documentation, perhaps Taylor himself. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, ... More

Bear chase in Norway - Public domain drawing

Humorous drawing shows a bear chasing a sportsman who fires his rifle into the air as the bear chews the tails of his coat. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed ab... More

Codfish drying on "Karmo," Norway - stereocsopic card

H104073 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F.A. Messerschmidt. No. 8068. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Road through the Drivsdalen - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a man driving a cart along a road that runs through a Norwegian valley past a log cabin and a small waterfall. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed a... More

Stalheimskleven [Norway]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a viaduct, bridge, arch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norway. 6-62. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale 1:2,500,000. "Base 35834." Includes inset of Svalbard. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

He travels on foot, Norway - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, on foot in Norway holding a walking stick and carrying a pack. Part of the image is outlined in red ink. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death ... More

[A Lapp family, Norway] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. 7123. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http... More

[The Keystone eye-skill training s[eries]]

Stereoscopic eye exercise showing bulls-eye superimposed on scene depicting woman and girl standing on road next to Lake Ojford, Norway. J35954 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption from similar stereograph on Open P... More

Waiting for a nibble - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a man, perhaps in Norway, sleeping beside a stream, his fishing line has looped around the tree behind him, with the hook dangling close to his mouth. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Sca... More

Norwegian church - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a clapboard Norwegian church at the edge of a village. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed above image: no. 11 p. 13; 2/3 width of page. Gift; Charl... More

Coast of Norway - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a small log house tucked onto a rocky island along the Norwegian coast. A sailboat and three rowboats are in the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. In... More

On the road between Voss & Stalheim [Norway]

Incorrect title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "On the road between Voss and Stalheim, Hardanger Fjord." Print no. 7039. More i... More

Norway Women Can Vote, Now - Norway. Public domain image

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

English sportsman in Norway - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a cart transporting a large English hunter and a small Norwegian guide or station boy, seen from behind. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

English sportsman in Norway - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a cart transporting a large English hunter and a small Norwegian guide or station boy, seen from behind. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Station boy - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a barefooted boy riding on the back of a cart in Norway, presumably from the railroad or coach station. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of h... More

[Norwegian landscape] - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a landscape, most likely in Norway. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a).

"Oh-o-o-ah!" - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows a man handling a traveler's heavy luggage, perhaps that of Taylor himself. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after t... More

Tvindefos (i.e., Tvindefossen) [Norway]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ibsen as midnight sun over fjord]

"I once drew Ibsen looking bored across a deep Norwegian fjord ..." Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

[Ibsen as midnight sun over fjord]

"I once drew Ibsen looking bored across a deep Norwegian fjord ..." Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congr... More

Justice of the peace, Norway - Public domain portrait print

Head-and-shoulders portrait of an unnamed Norwegian justice of the peace. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper left: No. 11,... More

The old commissioner - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows an elderly man wearing a top hat and long coat, perhaps in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife.

Norwegian farm - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a small clearing among large pine trees with small log houses and crops in the field. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Ins... More

The old commissioner - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows an elderly man wearing a top hat and long coat, perhaps in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife.

Dovie Fjeld, Norway - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows a long road through a valley in Norway. A telegraph wire stretches along the road. In the distance is a cluster of buildings, perhaps a farm or village. Two deer or elk watch a horse-driven cart a... More

In the heart of Norway on Suldal Lake Norway

People gathered in front of log structure, mountains in background. H28786 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 4745.

A drinking bout - Public domain drawing

Humorous drawing shows four men seated a table, drinking. A fifth man smiles as he stands guard at the door. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 18... More

Selvefos (i.e., Sivlefossen) [Sognefjord area, Norway]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norway, the steamer parting the fjord

Drawing shows a sidewheel steamship from behind, as it passes out of a Norwegian fjord. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper... More

Kreuzer "Kaiserin Augusta" Norwegischer Fjord

Postcard showing the cruiser SMS Kaiserin Augusta, in a Norwegian fjord.

Approach to Christiania - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows Christiania, today known as Oslo, the capital of Norway from the Oslofjorden (a deep inlet of the Skagerrak), a fjord. The water is dotted with rowboats, sailboats and sidewheel steamships. The mo... More

Dovie Fjeld, Norway - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows a long road through a valley in Norway. A telegraph wire stretches along the road. In the distance is a cluster of buildings, perhaps a farm or village. Two deer or elk watch a horse-driven cart a... More

A peasant family in Norway - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a Norwegian family inside a house. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper left: Norway, width of page. Gift; Cha... More

Salt columns - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows two large columns of salt in a church or cave, perhaps in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife.

TR in Norway and Denmark, 1910 [1] /

While returning from Africa in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt visited many European countries, including Denmark, May 2-3, and Norway, May 4-6. Roosevelt, King Haakon, Edith Roosevelt, Queen Maud, Ethel Roosevelt, Ke... More

Approach to Christiania - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows Christiania, today known as Oslo, the capital of Norway from the Oslofjorden (a deep inlet of the Skagerrak), a fjord. The water is dotted with rowboats, sailboats and sidewheel steamships. The mo... More

"Oh-o-o-ah!" - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows a man handling a traveler's heavy luggage, perhaps that of Taylor himself. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after t... More