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A look into the future Coming events cast their shadows before.

Halftone photomechanical reproduction of a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and two African men beside a dead rhinoceros.

Ruins of Richmond, Virginia, 1865 / Cosmos Pictures Co.

41670570 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by A.A. Hopkins. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Professor Elias Loomis - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Elias Loomis, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Indian chiefs. Spotted Tail

Trade card, advertising Red Man chewing tobacco, showing half-length portrait of Spotted Tail. No. 14.

The delivery room / Boston Photogravure Co.

Print shows the Woburn (Mass.) Public Library delivery room. Illus. in: New England Magazine, an illustrated monthly, new series vol. 1, no. 6. Boston : New England Magazine Company, Feb.1890, p. 620.

Types of Ceylon women / from photos supplied by the Ceylon Planters' T...

Three-quarter length portrait of a young Cingalese woman, standing, facing front, and three-quarter length portrait of a young Tamil woman, standing, facing front. Two illustrations in: Frank Leslie's illustrat... More

In the Minnesota pines - an ordinary haul

Print shows two men standing on a pile of logs on a sled drawn by four oxen during winter in Minnesota. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 37, no. 1892 (1893 March 25), p. 281.

Mary Dookshoode Annanuck. Eskimo / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Illustration shows Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Thompson Pub. Co., 1894 March 8, illus. 4.

The town of Pullman, Illinois--the homes and wages of the Pullman oper...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Carroll D. Wright, John D. Kernan, and Hon. N. E. Worthington; main administration building and Illinois Central Railroad Station; a water closet; rear entrance to flat; interior... More

Coxey at the Capitol. The Commonweal Army leaving Brightwood Camp

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1894 May 10, p. 308.

"Old Chinese" made by Makudsu. 19th century Japan. Public domain image...

Pottery on shelves. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 Jan. 22, p. 86.

Brig.-General Lucius J. Gartrell; Brig.-General Dudley M. DuBose; Brig...

Head-and-shoulders portraits of ten Confederate leaders. Illus. in: Confederate military history / ... edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. Atlanta, Ga. : Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, vol. 6, o... More

President McKinley riding in the procession, accompanied by Senator Ha...

McKinley and others riding in carriage during presidential inaugural activities.

View of New York City and North River

F2859 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. Koehler. Copyright claimant's address: New York. Landmarks labeled under image.

Celebrities under the camera / By Zaida Ben-Yusuf.

Article with photographs by Zaida Ben Yusuf shows a self-portrait of Ben Yusuf and portraits of F. Marion Crawford, Ernest Seton-Thompson, Anthony Hope, and W.D. Howells. Illus. in: Saturday Evening Post, v. 1... More

Williams' shaving soap The leader through 20 administrations.

Advertisement for Williams' shaving soap showing head-and-shoulder portraits of Martin Van Buren and William McKinley. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Illus. in: Collier's, v. 26, no... More

Held at Ellis Island--undesirable emigrants to be taken back by steams...

Three women on bench. Halftone reproduction of photograph in Quarantine sketches, a pamphlet published as advertising by the Maltine Co.

Colosseum, Rome (Amphitheatre of Flavius)

From Cosmos Pictures Co., N.Y. No. 2605. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Embarkation of New England troops under Governor Pepperell during the ...

Reproduction of painting by Charles Delort. Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Creek Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Frederi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nature's harmony / from painting by E. Lamasure.

Small stream running through green field. K10521 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by E. Lamasure. Copyright by Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, U.S.A. No. MY7211.

A $2,000,000 memorial to Lincoln approved

Ex-President Taft, Speaker Champ Clark, former Senator Wetmore, Senator Martin, Joe Cannon, Ex-Senator Cullom, Col. Cosby, Superintendent Washington Parks, Henry Bacon, and H. Vale. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's il... More

In the gloaming / E. Lamasure.. Public domain reproduction.

House and barnyard on dark, cloudy day. K65517 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Edwin Lamasure. Copyright by Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, U.S.A.

Das Geheimnis von Lüttich - Public domain scan / print

Poster showing a full-size artillery shell on which is a portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German national eagle, two images of bomb damage to French fortifications, and the inscriptions Unser Bombenerfolg; Lü... More

Bird's eye view of Eureka Springs, Ark.

K75858 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Lucien Gray; July 1, 1914.

U.S. Marines - first to fight in France for freedom Enlist with the "s...

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing a group of marines rushing into battle carrying the American flag and the flag of the Marine Corps.

You have in your pocket silver bullets that will stop the Germans. Len...

Poster is text, with border of coins. Poster no. 8. W.6086, 20M - 7/15.

Der Sieg! / Anton Hoffmann, Muenchen 17.

Print shows German soldiers, one on horseback, carrying flags and looking away from the viewer. No. 9. Includes 3 pages of text. Stamped on one page: F.J.M. Rehse Archiv f. Zeitgeschichte u. Publizistik, München.

Garden sentinels / photographed by Frances B. Johnston.

Join the Red Cross and on Christmas eve a candle in every window, a se...

Poster showing a Red Cross banner and a candle in a window with a Christmas tree in the background.

Wake up America!, US Navy Photogrpah

Poster showing U.S. Navy recruiting station at the United Cigar Stores Company in the Flatiron Building in New York City on the day of the "Wake up America" parade, April 19, 1917. Poster sponsored(?) by: Unite... More

An ammunition transport at Gramada, 1915 Transport de munitions à Gram...

Print shows a Serbian soldier leading oxen pulling a cart of ammunition along a muddy road in Serbia. Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff : The five-years war - The... More

American Library Association, Library War Service

Poster showing numerous scenes of activities sponsored by the American Library Association Library War Service, including interiors and exteriors of facilities, and military personnel reading and studying.

The Arditi make things hum / photographs by Helen Johns Kirtland, staf...

Illustrations showing battlefield near Capo Sile with troops moving under heavy smoke, an Italian soldier with a flame thrower, and Italian shock troops pole-jumping over barbed wire fences. Illus. in: Leslie'... More

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing an intense scene of hand to hand combat at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle.

Bringt Euer Geld - helft zum Frieden, und - Das Glück kommt wieder! / ...

Print shows a mother holding her daughter in her arms and reaching into a small purse to offer a contribution to the war effort. Double-sided print is an appeal to German women to help bring about peace by cont... More

Fighting in France for Freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing civilian detainees, accused of failure to carry registration cards, standing in a truck.

The remnants of an army, Serbia, 1915 Les ombres de l'armée, Serbe, 19...

Print shows several Serbian soldiers marching through the snow in a mountainous area in Serbia. Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff : The five-years war - The Serbs... More

The Signal Corps trains men for telegraph, telephone, radio There is i...

U.S. Army Signal Corps recruiting poster showing a map of the world with lines of communication and views of classrooms, offices, workshops, and field instruction.

Know him by this sign - the medical caduceus The wounds of war are not...

U.S. Army Medical Department recruiting poster showing bust portrait of man wearing hat, and a pin with the caduceus on it.

The fall of New Amsterdam / J.L.G. Ferris.

Print shows Peter Stuyvesant, in 1664, standing on shore among residents of New Amsterdam who are pleading with him not to open fire on the British who have arrived in warships waiting in the harbor to claim th... More

The landing of William Penn / J.L.G. Ferris.

Print shows William Penn, in 1682, standing on shore greeted by large group of men and women, including Native Americans. K17399 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of oil painting from series: The Pageant of ... More

City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration

Print shows exterior view of the market. Illus. in: Public buildings : a survey of architecture of projects constructed by federal and other governmental bodies between the years 1933 and 1939 with the assistan... More

Tea from Nyasaland - A black and white photo of a group of people work...

Print shows men in single file with baskets of tea leaves on their heads, mountains in background. Note below photograph: 4. The bushes are pruned every three years to keep the leaves succulent and the bush si... More

Giancarlo Pajetta, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - deputato alla c...

Giancarlo Pajetta, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Dirigenti Comunisti Uomini del Popolo. Exhibit loan 4225-L.

Boston circa 1832 - Public domain engraving

Print shows a view of Boston Harbor as it may have looked in 1832 with sailboats and rowboats in the foreground, a windmill in the middle distance, and the city of Boston in the background. Reproduction of an ... More

Stalingradskaia pereprava

Print shows Russian soldiers on river-bank, preparing to cross river at Stalingrad during World War II. Reproduction of painting by V.K. Dmitrievskiĭ.

[Frank C. Bancroft, Cincinnati Reds, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The more women at work the sooner we win! Women are needed also as [.....

Woman working in an airplane factory. Based on a photograph by Alfred T. Palmer. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J71. 1943. OWI Poster No. 52. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study... More

The recent panic - scene in the New York Stock Exchange on the morning...

Photograph shows ship, the "W.B. Flint" at a dock in the East River, New York City. Copyrighted 1889 by the Albertype Co., 58 & 60 Reade St., New York.

[Art Devlin, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / Will...

Public domain photograph related to Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harvard University Team, 1904 - Public domain portrait print

Harvard University baseball team posed: Thornton, Asst. Mgr (#1); Frantz, Coach (#2); McMaster, Trainer (#3); Krumbhaar, Mgr. (#4); Fishel (#5); Randall (#6); Stephenson (#7); Coburn (#8); Kernan (#9); Carr, Ca... More

University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio, Panoramic Photograph

F67714 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Whitworth Bros. Co.; July 17, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43553. Case and Adelbert Colleges and other landmarks labeled under image.

Antonʺ Chekhovʺ - Public domain portrait photograph

Photomechanical print shows portrait of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov seated in chair. Manuscript notation on recto. Manuscript address on verso. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postc... More

Crispus Attucks - Public domain portrait painting

Memorial portrait, bust, facing left. "The brave soldier of the Revolutionary War, 1770." Half-tone reproduction of painting. Copyright by W.H. Curd, Chicago, Ill. This record contains unverified, old data from... More

[Joe Tinker, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Russische grenzsoldaten in Sonntagsstimmung

Print shows six Russian border guards and one woman in dance poses with one border guard playing accordion. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purc... More

Bird's eye view of Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

Stamped on front: "Isthmian Historical Society." Appears to form part of Panama Canal Commission collection transferred from LC Hispanic Division in 1983. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Panama Canal Commissi... More

A defense of fishermen - An open book with a picture of a man in a hat

Photographs illustrating article by Grover Cleveland show him fishing. Illus. in: Saturday Evening Post, v. 174, no. 16 (1901 October 19), front cover, pp. 3-4.

[Ed Kargar, Cincinnati Reds, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Three Finger Brown, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Betsy Ross, 1777 / J.L.G. Ferris., engraving, Library of Congress

Betsy Ross showing Major Ross and Robert Morris how she cut the stars for the American flag; George Washington sits in a chair on the left. K17407 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of oil painting from serie... More

[Bob Ganley, Washington Nationals, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

First steps to usefulness during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes of men in hospitals recovering from war wounds - "simple designing while still in bed" ; "an American soldier begins again to take an interest in life." Poster caption: Bedsid... More

Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men

Exhibit poster showing military personnel reading Braille and using typewriters. Poster caption: At the Military Hospital for Blinded Men at Baltimore, this soldier is learning to substitute touch for sight in... More

[Moose McCormick, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing f...

Reproduction of painting by John Singer Sargent. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Peaches Graham, Boston Doves, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

General Washington at Christ Church, Easter Sunday, 1795 / J.L.G. Ferr...

George Washington, full-length portrait, standing beside horse drawn carriage in front of church, while others gather around him.

The love affairs of Patricia - the inevitable

Photographs illustrating story by Lilian Quiller-Couch show a woman and man standing in front of a fountain and sitting at a restaurant. Illus. in: Saturday Evening Post, v. 174, no. 12 (1901 September 21), pp. 8-9.

Reaching out for the river - drill grounds of the defenders of Cairo, ...

Panoramic view of the parade grounds at Camp Defiance, Cairo, Illinois shows troops from several Illinois volunteer units engaged in drill practice; in the background is the Mississippi River. Copyright by Rev... More

Pietro Angelo Secchi, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Pietro Angelo Secchi, Jesuit priest and astronomer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing clerical robes.

Panorama of Lincoln, Neb. - Public domain book illustration

Print showing panoramic view of Lincoln, Nebraska. 3346 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: Lincoln the Capital City of Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb : Kelley & Phileo, c1887. Copyright, 1887, by A. Wittemann, 58 & 60 ... More

The labor troubles at Homestead, Pennsylvania - Attack of the strikers...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated weekly, July 14, 1892, p. 41 (title page).

Hadji Abeet. (Greek brigand.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

Hadji Abeet, full-length portrait, facing left, in traditional Greek costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Tho... More

The great railway strikes - scenes in and about Chicago / from sketche...

Three bust portraits showing George Pullman, Cushman K. Davis, and Eugene Debs; and four illustrations showing "blockade of railroad cars, applicants for appointments as deputies at the marshal's office, roundh... More

Taylor, Princeton Mayo's Cut Plug is always good for chewing and smoki...

Cigarette card shows portrait of Knox Taylor, football player for Princeton University. Issued by: Mayo Tobacco Works.

King Debs / W.A. Rogers. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Caricature of Eugene Debs, wearing crown labelled "Deb's American railway union", seated on section of bridge "highway of trade", in body of water. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1894 July 14, p. 649.

India - Hindu family advertising card

Print shows a woman seated at a Singer sewing machine sewing a garment while her daughters look on. Advertisement for the specific model number of the machine is on the verso.

In the Senate, March 25, 1898--Reading the President's message on the ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 42 (1898 April 9), p. 344.

"The caravels had arrived" - Public domain book illustration

Juan d'Añasco with soldiers in a rowboat after arriving in the bay of Apalache, caravels in background. Illus. in: De Soto and his men in the land of Florida / Grace Elizabeth King. New York : The Macmillan Com... More

Uncle Sam's new cl[ass in] the art of self-government / W.A. Rogers.

Cartoon showing schoolroom in which teacher, Uncle Sam, hits two boys, "Cuban ex-patriot" and "guerrilla", who are fighting in classroom, with stick. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 Aug. 27, p. 833.

A hundred years ago - the surrender of the French frigate "L'Insurgent...

Print shows the aftermath of a battle between the USS Constellation and the French frigate "L'Insurgente" with the crew of the Constellation gathered on the starboard side cheering as the badly damaged "L'Insur... More

Birdseye view of the Union Stock Yards from transit house

2049 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. W. Irish; January 12, 1899. Photographer's address: Chicago.

Reverend William Duncan, Alaska - Public domain portrait print

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

Down at the island / from a photograph by Miss Zaida Ben-Yûsuf.

Illustration for article entitled "Patricia's last love affair," by Lilian Quiller-Couch, shows two women in a canoe near the shore of a lake(?). Illus. in: Saturday Evening Post, v. 174, no. 17 (1901 Oct. 26), p. 7.

Doctor's examination - stopping an emigrant suspected of defective eye...

Immigration officer examining emigrant at Ellis Island. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greetings from Portsmouth, N.H. -- Gov. Benning Wentworth mansion. Bui...

No. 223. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Lilly. Text reads: Aug. 17, 1905. Hotel Wentworth, New Hampshire. Dear Lilly, There's fine weather again after the rain. It is sa... More

Russia and Japanese peace envoys in session. Portsmouth Navy Yard, 190...

Photograph shows envoys seated around a table, left to right: Sato; Takahira; Komura; Otchai; Adachi; Korostovetz; De Rosen; Witte; Navohoff; and Plancon. On image: Copyright 1905 Nat'l. Press Association. Pos... More

House of Representatives, Alabama State Capitol. The room in which the...

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

[Signe Bergman, President of the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage, h...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Reproduction of photograph. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle of Bunker Hill / E. Percy Moran.

2998S U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to Great Britain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Muestras para bordados, plancha número 31, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Print shows embroidery patterns for elaborate letters ("A" through "M"), monograms, and decorative flowers. Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Santa Teresa Número 40. México, D.F. Gift; Joyce Bai... More

A visitor in the morning sky: an impression of Halley's Comet in the e...

Reproduction of drawing by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 54, 1910 May 21, p. 3. Freitag, no. 854. Published in: Halley's Comet: a bibliography / compiled by Ruth S. Freitag. Wa... More

The comet seekers: looking for Halley's

People looking for comet. Illus. in: Illustrated London news, v. 135, 1910 May 28, p. 819. Reproduction of drawing by G. D'Amato. Freitag, no. 696. Published in: Halley's Comet: a bibliography / compiled by Rut... More

The Last exchange. Camp Fisk, Four Mile Bridge (Vicksburg), April, 186...

One of the daily meetings of the officers on both sides for the exchange of prisoners captured during the operations of the armies in the West. Illus. in: The Photographic history of the Civil War in ten volume... More

Out-door portrait group--Mrs. Frank Vanderlip and her children / by Fr...

Illus. in: Wilson's Photographic Magazine, v. 50 (1913 June), p. 251. Part of the article, "Frances Benjamin Johnston, Mattie Edwards Hewitt," by Eva Vom Baur. Copyright 1913 by Wilson's Photographic Magazine.... More

Come men! Come! Fight for justice! ... Emulate the example of Bahamian...

Poster showing small portraits of President Poincare of France, President Woodrow Wilson, King George V of England, King Albert of Belgium, and Sir Douglas Haig.