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Pershing cables: "The support of the united army of shipbuilders at ho...

Poster showing a bust portrait of General Pershing, with a quote from him. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Issued by Publications Section, Philadelphia, Pa.

Pergola at Beacon Hill House, Newport residence of Arthur Curtis James...

Illus. in: John Taylor Boyd, Jr. "The Work of Olmsted Brothers," Architectural Record, v. 44 (Dec. 1918): p. 508, bottom.

No longer out of a job during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A tin cutter ; A fountain pen maker ; By careful placement work, many disabled men can be assured of ... More

A new nation born of war during World War I

Image shows a group portrait of Czechoslovak men, women, and children in traditional dress at a fair at Camp Borglum, a recruitment camp for Czechoslovaks, in Stamford, Connecticut. Photomechanical reproduction... More

[Lloyd C. Stark, Governor, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facin...

K40559 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mauro Scoccimaro, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - ministro della f...

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

Valentine Dwornik, born 1949, died Vietnam, 1969 : moratorium, October...

Vietnam War protester holding up sign. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Big League Chewing Gum

A 128515 U.S. Copyright Office G.G. Co. c1933. On verso: No. 181. George Herman (Babe) Ruth, New York Yankees. On verso: This is one of a series of 240 Baseball Stars. On verso: Made by the originators of Indi... More

[Jim Ball, 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.

[Konetchey, St. Louis Cardinals, 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.

[Vive Lindaman, 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.

Leo XIII--Gioachimo Pecci - Public domain portrait print

Pope Leo XIII, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. 2975J U.S. Copyright Office. On Recto: Authentic portrait from the Vatican album of the Ecumenical Council.

[Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fr...

40025 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction from painting by E.A. Burbank, now in the collection of E.E. Ayer, Chicago.

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

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Annie Oakley - famous rifle shot and holder of the Police Gazette cham...

Portrait photograph of sharpshooter Annie Oakley, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding rifle, with many medals pinned across the top of her dress. 46279 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1899 (... More

Annie Oakley - famous rifle shot and holder of the Police Gazette cham...

Plymouth in 1622 / W.L. Williams.

Postcard showing Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1622, with buildings identified. Reproduction of painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank. No. 13997.

Democratic nominees for president William J. Bryan of Nebraska [and] A...

Print shows William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall, bust portraits in ovals on campaign broadside. In a reference to Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, Currier implied that Bryan and Sewall themselves are the u... More

Los Angeles in 1869. Main portion of Los Angeles, taken from the site ...

H40595 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. W. Hazard; May 21, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42884. Reproduction of image taken in 1869.

[Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga] / Percy Moran.

K34515 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Claude Ritchey, 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.

The ruse of the whistles - the guarded track, Corinth, Mississippi, 18...

Panoramic view of the train station in Corinth, Mississippi, shows a train departing and a large group of men standing on the platform at the station. Copyright 1911, Review of Reviews Co. Illus. from: The Pho... More

[Whitey Alperman, Brooklyn Superbas, 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 Boston Sunday Hearld - Easter / E. Reed.

Print shows a stylized portrait of a woman, half-length, facing front, wearing a white dress with large sleeves. Exhibited: "Craft and Modernity : Professional Women Artists in Boston" at the Boston University... More

A yard of the national game, Chicago baseball club, World's Champions ...

Copyright deposit; E.T. Johnson & Co.; December, 1907. On front under image: "Copyright 1907 by E.T. Johnson & Co. Published by E. T. Johnson & Co., 621 W. Harrison St., Chicago. Park view copyrighted by the G... More

[Mary A. Shanley, New York City detective - "pickpockets' captor fears...

Photograph (recto) shows Mary A. Shanley, New York City detective, half-length portrait, facing left, holding service revolver; the halftone (verso) shows (from the newspaper) the published version with two add... More

How the horses died for their country at Santiago / Frederic Remington...

Battlefield at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1899 July 15, pp. 698-699.

The leisurely pursuit. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Wagons and tents of General Mead's Army at the Potomac River, Berlin, Maryland, eighteen days after the Battle of Gettysburg. K25630 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Brady photo."

[Heinrich Schliemann, half-length portrait, facing front]

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

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing in garden, ...

Halftone reproduction of photograph by Gertrude Käsebier. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The souvenir banner. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Winchester Post 197, Brooklyn, present and past officers

Head-and-shoulders portraits of twelve G.A.R. officers. Illus. in: Souvenir, presented by Department of New York, to Department of California, Grand Army of the Republic, at National Encampment, San Francisco, ... More

Jean Sibelius, three quarter length portrait

Jean Sibelius, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. In : Portrait photographs and engravings of musical personalities. Illus. from: Die Musik, 1902-1903, supplement.

Bunschoten--Over de onderdeur / Foto.

Woman standing at Dutch door with baby and boy. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detained immigrants on Ellis Island, New York harbor / Drawn by M. Col...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1893 Aug. 26, p. 821. Public domain photograph - immigration to the United States, immigrants, Ellis Island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Far-Away-Moses. Jew / A. Zeese & Co., Chi.

Far-Away-Moses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in traditional Turkish costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Publishe... More

[Kid Nichols, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

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

The book-delivery system at the Congressional Library, Washington / dr...

Four illustrations showing: the distributing desk in the center of the rotunda; book-stack elevator; underground book trolley running from the Library to the Capitol; and sending and receiving station to the un... More

Hull's victory / R.F. Zogbaum. - A painting of a group of men on a shi...

American sailors and officers on deck of U.S.S. Constitution during engagement with the H.M.S. Gurrière off the coast of Nova Scotia. 64291 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Repro... More

Wounded comrades / Maud Humphrey, '98.

Little girl, in military uniform with arm in sling, holding cup for bandaged poodle. 59016 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company.

M'Kinley at nineteen years of age

William McKinley, bust portrait, facing front. 11280 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The foremost women photographers in America, sixth article: Zaida Ben-...

Illustration showing a group of photographs, five portraits including one of the photographer, "showing what American women have done with the camera." Illus. in: Ladies Home Journal, Vol. XVIII, no. 12 (Nov. 1... More

Doctor's inspection of suspects for skin diseases, etc.

Immigration officer examining immigrants at Ellis Island. Public domain photograph of the board of directors, managers, group of men, portrait, office, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

Reverend Ekai Kawaguchi, in Tibetan costume / from a photograph by Zai...

Illustration showing a half-length profile portrait photograph of Buddhist priest, Rev. Ekai Kawaguchi, accompanying his article "The Latest News from Lhasa: A Narrative of Personal Adventure in Tibet." Illus. ... More

Star bloomer girls base ball club, 627 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, I...

Post card showing ten members of the Star Bloomer Girls Base Ball Club, wearing baseball uniforms emblazoned with a star, posed in a line. Gift; Harry L. Katz; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008:039). Exhibited: "Baseball Ame... More

Vasco da Gama delivers the letter of King Manuel of Portugal to the Sa...

Public domain image - related to Portuguese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Napoleon B. Broward, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]

F37848 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by The Budget Company. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession ... opening exhibition, No...

Print shows two interior views of exhibit; decorations designed by E.J. Steichen. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 14, April 1906, p. [43].

Public library -- Lincoln City Library

Print showing exterior view of the front of the Lincoln City public library in Lincoln, Nebraska. A171977 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: Views of Lincoln : In and about the Capital City of Nebraska. Portlan... More

Keen morning buyers in the game section of the Paris Halles Centrales

Illus. in: A terminal market system, New York's most urgent need; some observations, comments, and comparisons of European markets / Mrs. Elmer Black. New York : Willett Press, c1912, p. 26.

The crowd celebrating at the Owensmouth Cascades, near Sylmar, on Nove...

Illustration showing bird's-eye view of mountainside, tunnel opening, canal forming Owensmouth Cascase, and crowd celebrating the opening of the gates releasing water from the Owens River into San Fernando Vall... More

Stand by! A campaign of comradeship.

Membership campaign poster for the Girls Division of the New York War Camp Community Service showing a painting by Albert Herter of Liberty standing behind a soldier and helping him hold up the American flag.

Ludendorff-Spende. German postcard

Postcard is a reproduction of Ludwig Hohlwein poster showing an injured soldier holding tools in one hand and a crutch in the other. Printed on back: Künstlerpostkarte nr.2 von Prof. Ludw. Hohlwein, München.

Sky line of Birmingham - Public domain city architecture engraving

K77442 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Alabama Engraving Co.; August 21, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: Birmingham. On front: "Engraved and presented by The Alabama Engraving Co., makers of the 'P... More

U.S. Marines - "Soldiers of the sea" Good pay - foreign travel - conge...

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing marines coming ashore with ships in the background; also shows a series of views of marines engaged in training, educational, and recreational activities, as well as the ... More

Lost in the snow! 1915 Egarés dans les neiges! 1915.

Print shows several Serbian soldiers searching through a pile of snow on a mountain, possibly after an avalanche.

Young women studying on the campus

Photomechanical print shows three young women studying outdoors at a desk.

Future members of the fourth estate

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial leg amputations are being taught to work in a printshop. Poster caption: Learning the operations of the monotype caster and the handling of type in th... More

Panoramic view of Camp Merritt, New Jersey, United States Army Cantonm...

K130143 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Davis Panoramic Photo Co.; 1919; DLC/PP-1919:45959. Contains three insets titled, left to right: "Camp Headquarters", "Col. L. S. Sorley, Commander, Camp Merritt... More

India restores her war cripples to self-support

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which disabled veterans learn trades. Poster captions: Automobile mechanics is a popular trade with the disabled men at Queen Mary's Technical School, Bombay, India ; The lo... More

Learning to walk for the second time

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with double leg amputations are being taught to walk with protheses.

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hos...

Poster features three photographs of men receiving aid, including letter writing and the projection of images on the ceiling for men who are confined to bed.

The first intercollegiate championship football game held in America

Print shows a late 19th century college football game between Yale University and Princeton University; it has more the appearance of a brawl than an organized sporting event. Spectators line the side of the fi... More

Chard Powers Smith, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Frontispiece showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Chard Powell Smith and a biography mentioning Smith's new book, Artillelry of Time.

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

Print shows women seated in single file removing coarse stalks from tea leaves. Note below photograph: 7. After rolling, the tea passes to the cool, humid fermentation rooms. When fermentation is completed th... More

Edoardo D'Onofrio, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - deputato alla c...

Edoardo D'Onofrio, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Dirigenti Comunisti Uomini del Popolo. Exhibit loan 4225-L.

Agostino Novella, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - deputato alla co...

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

Giuliano Pajetta, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - membro del consi...

Giuliano Pajetta, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Dirigenti Comunisti Uomini del Popolo. Exhibit loan 4225-L.

Our Bill of Rights is everybody's business / Stanley Dersh.

Print shows an early American courtroom scene labeled "Trial by Jury" with a man, possibly a jury foreman, standing next to the jury box, presenting a statement; another man sits in the foreground, at a desk on... More

Calvin Coolidge taking the oath of office

G71776 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by The Curtis Publishing Company. (Copyright record lists Arthur J. Keller as the "author.")

The Jap way - cold-blooded murder We'll make them pay if you keep up p...

Two Japanese soldiers with blindfolded, captured American pilot. Title transcribed from item. Promotional goal: U.S. J71. 1943. GPO no. 1943-O-556099. I.S.D. no. 101.

[Johnson, Norfolk Team, 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.

[Unglaub, Washington Nationals, baseball card portrait]

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

Crossing a lead on an ice cake as a ferry-boat

Men and dog sled crossing water on piece of an iceberg. K14586 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company.

[Art Fromme, 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.

Mrs. Murray's strategy / E. Percy Moran.

Mrs. Murray entertaining British soldiers, on porch, during the American Revolution.

[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.

[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.

[Jesse C. Burkett, Worcester Team, 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.

New battleship Maine, building at Cramp Works, Philadelphia / Fred Pan...

Supplement to the Marine Review, Cleveland, vol. XXI, no. 6, Feb. 8, 1900. Copyright by the Marine Review Pub. Co. Reproduction of painting by Fred Pansing.

[Tom Reilly, St. Louis Cardinals, 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.

[George Ferguson, 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.

[George Howard, 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.

Florence Nightingale - Public domain portrait photograph

Print show Florence Nightingale, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Printed on bottom left: "The Perry Pictures." No date recorded on item. Date based on dates of other items produced by Pe... More

Icon A defense of fishermen, public domain photograph

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.

[Walter Blair, New York Highlanders, 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.

Martin Luther, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Martin Luther, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain photograph of renaissance portrait painting, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Whitey Alperman, Brooklyn Superbas, 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.

Exhibit of the American negroes at the Paris exposition - Exposition U...

Photograph of the African American exhibit at the Paris exposition. An original photograph of this image is located in: W.E.B. Du Bois Papers (MS 312) Special Collections and University Archives, University of... More

I want you / James Montgomery Flagg.

Uncle Sam, half-length, facing front, pointing finger. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1917 Feb. 15, p. 173.

[John Hummel, Brooklyn Superbas, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. "John Hummell"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[John Knight, New York Highlanders, 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.

[John Knight, New York Highlanders, 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 period of Daikan. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Article and photographs by Zaida Ben Yusuf about the use of charcoal braziers in Japan. Photographs show a Japanese woman earthenware and bronze hibachis; bags of rice straw; and the burning of rice straw. Ill... More

The Birth of Old Glory / from painting by Moran.

Betsy Ross(?) and two girls showing United States flag to George Washington and three other men.

[Charlie Smith, 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.

The Star Spangled Banner - A painting of a man standing on top of a bo...

Francis Scott Key standing on boat, with right arm stretched out toward the United States flag flying over Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. K62984 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Percy E. Moran.

For the freedom of the world during World War I

President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany, April 2, 1917. K128218 U.S. Copyright Office. War message, Apr. 2, 1917.

Can vegetables, fruit, and the kaiser too--Write for free book to Nati...

Poster (reproduction) showing jars of canned goods, including "Tomatoes," "Peas," and "Monarch Brand Unsweetened" which contains a caricature of the Kaiser.

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.

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