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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

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

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

[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.

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.

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.

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.

James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill

Photomechanical reproduction of the 1850(?) daguerreotype by R. H. Vance shows James Marshall standing in front of Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, California, where he discovered gold.

Imperial Opera house, Ringe-Strasse, Vienna

Exterior view of Austria's Ringe-Strasse opera house with busy street scene in foreground.

Cheap clothing - The slaves of the "sweaters" / drawn by W.A. Rogers.

Woman and two children in street carrying heavy loads of clothing for tenement homework, New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, April 26, 1890, p. 333.

George Washington - Public domain engraving

George Washington, full-length portrait, with right arm extended holding sword, on horseback. Reproduction of painting: "Washington receiving a salute on the field of Trenton"(?).

Walt Whitman in old age - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Plaster bust of Walt Whitman by S.H. Morse. Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress) Saunders, 301 LC-X12-5 (glass).

The mystic picture--The puzzle of the Century--Figure it out

Mechanical postcard showing face of man which changes to another man when tab is pulled down. On back: Manufactured under U.S. Patent No. 537,441 by Isaac H. Blanchard Co., New York. Patent No. 537,441 was is... More

The Foreign element in New York--the Chinese colony, Mott Street / Dra...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1896 Feb. 29, p. 209. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Scenes from a Yale vs. Carlisle Indians football game at Manhattan Fi...

Full page includes four illustrations showing football game and letter from the University of Pennsylvania explaining why their football team participates in preliminary practice.

William R. Hearst, Head and Shoulders Portrait

William Randolph Hearst, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. 42486 U.S. Copyright Office. William Randolph Hearst - American newspaper publisher active during the late 19th and early 20th centur... More

Quartz mine and mill - famous de Lamar mine and mill

Photograph shows mining facilities of the De Lamar Mine and Mill in Idaho. Illus. in: Boise, Idaho. #1 (left, on page with two other illustrations).

Brig.-General W.S. Featherstone; Brig.-General Richard Griffith; 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. 7, o... More

Fortifying Porto Rico. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Men renewing fortifications and preparing for the installation of modern artillery at forts in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Illus. in album: p. 32. Copyright by Albert S. Mohr.

The love affairs of Patricia - foiling fate / By Miss Zaida Ben-Yûsuf.

Photographs illustrating story by Lilian Quiller-Couch show women and men golfing and strolling together. Illus. in: Saturday Evening Post, v. 174, no. 7 (1901 August 17), p. 4.

Kissing gates of America--Friend greeting emigrant just discharged

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable William P. Dillingham, Head and Shoulders Portrait

William Paul Dillingham, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J21197 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Budger Co.

Paul Lawrence sic Dunbar - Public domain portrait print

Paul Laurence Dunbar, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. Illus. in: Lyrics of sunshine and shadow / by Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1905, frontispiece. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Pittsburgh Pirates who are playing for the 1905 pennant

F34221 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Index Co.; August 22, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:43055.15. Under title: "Supplement to the Index, August 19, 1905". On front at lower right: "Photograph taken expressly fo... More

Boomers entering Oklahoma Territory

F39291 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of drawing by Albert Richter. Copyright by John D. Morris & Company.

Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s Building (Retail)

Print shows the Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. department store, Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Souvenir of Chicago in colors. Chicago: Hammon Publishing Co., c1907, p. 35.

Seeing Halley's Comet--The chance of a lifetime

Young couple cuddling of rooftop.

[Using a street telescope, a newsboy glimpses Halley's Comet, which is...

Reproduction of drawing by Sidney H. Riesenberg. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1910 May 21, cover. Freitag, no. 2554. Published in: Halley's Comet: a bibliography / compiled by Ruth S. Freitag. Washington : Libra... More

Señor Don Adolfo Diaz, president of the Republic of Nicaragua

Adolfo Diaz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Halftone reproduction of photograph by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

My wife and my mother-in-law. They are both in this picture--find them...

Illus. in: Puck, week ending 1915 Nov. 6, p. 11. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia University Library, New York City. Snead Standard Stack in on...

Illus. in: Library planning, bookstacks and shelving, with contributions from the architects' and librarians' points of view. Illustrated. / Snead & Co. Iron Works. Jersey City, N.J. : The Snead & Company Iro... More

Arrowrock Dam in 1915, at completion, with the construction camp still...

Illustration showing bird's-eye view of downstream face of dam with spillway, river, and construction camp. Illus. in: The Bureau of Reclamation : Origins and Growth to 1945, v. 1 / William D. Rowley. Denver, ... More

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

Poster showing soldiers rushing to position at antiaircraft guns in an English town.

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. Text continues: Needed in overseas hospitals - soldiers' wives. Women whose husbands are in service abroad are eligible f... More

Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.; 82nd Division in review, honoring M...

Photograph shows Camp Gordon, which was established in Chamblee, northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. K121216 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; June 14, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45880. Copyright cl... More

At work again Back to the farm.

Exhibit poster showing two scenes "At work again" and "Back to the farm" in which men using "working protheses" perform manual labor in a woodworking shop and on a farm. Poster caption: Physical handicaps are m... More

312th Infantry, "Newark's Own", 78th Lightning Division

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Jersey postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Education - training Ordnance operations, maintenance & repair schools...

Recruiting poster showing ten "photographs of classes receiving instruction" at the Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N.J. Ordnance recruiting poster no. 6. AGO. R.S. no. 215, 12-20-19.

Good use of time in hospital - Public domain engraving

Exhibit poster showing a man recovering from war wounds at Walter Reed Hospital learning the craft of engraving. Poster caption: The period of treatment in hospital can be put to good use by men who will be dis... More

The great day at Versailles when France effaced the memory of 1871 / e...

Eight images taken on June 28, 1919 the day of the signing of the peace treaty ending World War I, at Versailles, France. Images show flags at the Place Vendome; crowds at the fountain, in the gardens and on th... More

The greatest moment in history / exclusive photographs by Helen Johns ...

Dignitaries gathered in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles to sign the peace treaty ending World War I, June 28, 1919. Photomechanical reproductions of photographs. Illus. in: Leslie's photographic review of the... More

Cutting a shine / drawing by J.D. Gleason.

Little girl in underclothes and woman's hat, standing on chair in front of mirror, powdering her face. Illus. in: Judge, 1920 Oct. 30, cover.

Panorama from Hairpin Turn, Mohawk Trail

K152598 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. R. Canedy; May 2, 1921; DLC/PP-1921:46321. Copyright claimant's address: North Adams, Mass. Landmarks labeled on image.

City market, Nashville, Tennessee

Print shows interior 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

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