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[Portrait of photographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf, seated]

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 85, no. 2207 (1897 Dec. 30), p. 437. Photograph possibly by Berthaud of Paris.

Miss Bessie O. Potter in her studio

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1897 Dec. 9, p. 373.

Frances E.W. Harper, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing f...

Illus. in: Poems / Frances E.W. Harper. Philadelphia : George S. Ferguson Co., 1898, frontispiece.

Spanish ship "Pedro," captured by U.S.S. "New York," April 22. Capture...

Steamships captured by U.S. ships three days before the start of the Spanish-American War. Two reproductions of drawings of battleships. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 May 7, p. 450.

Battle of the Brandywine F.C. Yohn ; drawn by F.C. Yohn

Revolutionary War battle at Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania, September 1777. Illus. in: Scribner's magazine, vol. 23, June 1898, p. 711. Reference copy also available in LOT 4412-EA.

View in the carpentry shop - the Morro boys are very quick to learn th...

Photomechanical print shows a group of male students at work in a school carpentry shop. Stamped on back: Gift, L.M. Scott, May 3, 1951. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of the Papers of Hugh Lenox Sc... More

Widoki z Kròlestwa Polskiego postcard

Photomechanical print shows rural scene in Poland with windmill, rustic shelter, and four men. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshal... More

Speaking on the cars. Public domain reproduction.

Halftone photomechanical reproduction of a photograph shows Theodore Roosevelt standing on the back of a railroad car.

The milkman El Lechero, Habana, Cuba.

Y36533 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12016a. Public domain photograph of Cuba, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Distant view of the pyramids with Nile

People and camel at the Nile River, and pyramids in background, Egypt. From Cosmos Pictures Co., New York. No. 3084.

Final discharge from Ellis Island--

Immigration officers examining documents and immigrants at Ellis Island Immigration Station. Halftone reproduction of photograph in Quarantine sketches, a pamphlet published as advertising by Maltine Co.

Idaho Springs. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J16998 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. Marchington; November 24, 1903. On front above image: "Yours very truly, the Fred G. Shaffer Investment Company, Idaho Springs, Colo.". On front below image: "... More

On the last portage of the Great Carrying-Place / drawn by Denman Fink...

Troops, under command of Benedict Arnold, portaging with boats, near Mount Bigelow, Maine, en route to invasion of Canada. Illus. in: The Century illustrated monthly magazine. New York : The Century Co., 1903 ... More

Masson Templier and Rondeau. No. 6. Gown of ivory chiffon velvet

Woman in evening gown. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senator Francis G. Newlands, on the far right, with Representative Fra...

Illus. in: The Bureau of Reclamation : Origins and Growth to 1945, v. 1 / William D. Rowley. Denver, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, 2006, p. 121 (3.16)

Branch at no. 328 East 67th Street, New York Public Library. Babb, Coo...

Print shows the exterior view of the New York Public Library branch at 67th Street. Illus. in: Architectural record, vol. 17, no. 3. New York : Architectural Record Co., March 1905, p. 240. Fig. 4.

Old state lock 50 years ago - Public domain book illustration

Photograph showing the Old State Lock on canal. Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Navy Yard -- Portsmouth, N.H.

On image: AM. Eng. Co., Boston. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Beatrice. Text reads: Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth. Aug. 24, 1905. Dear Beatrice, The conference is postpon... More

The Hotel Wentworth, New Castle, N.H.

No. 13500. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Beatrice. Text reads: Aug. 8, 1905. Annex [lines drawn on card to indicate which building is the annex] My dear Beatrice, A few... More

Wholesale markets, Baltimore, MD.- produce market

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bird's eye view of Lynchburg, Virginia

F68103 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Big Picture Co.; August 27, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Lynchburg, Va.

Pathfinder Dam in Wyoming under construction in June of 1908

Illus. in: The Bureau of Reclamation : Origins and Growth to 1945, v. 1 / William D. Rowley. Denver, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation, 2006, p. 121 (3.17)

Glimpses of Whistler. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows four photographs of Whistler. Illus. in: The life of James McNeill Whistler / by E. R. and J. Pennell. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, W. Heinemann, 1908, bet. pp. 266-267. Fo... More

River front, Cincinnati, U.S.A., Panoramic Photograph

F70811 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Kraemer Art Co.; November 19, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Cincinnati.

[Entrances of moving picture theaters, (Chicago?), no. 6, Lyceum Theat...

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

Muestras para bordados, plancha número 29

Print shows embroidery patterns for large elaborate letters ("N" through "Z") and four examples of monograms. Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Calle de Santa Teresa Número 40. México, D.F. Gift; Joyce B... More

Muestras para bordado, cuaderno no. 8

Illustrated cover for a set of embroidery patterns, shows a woman sitting down at a frame, embroidering. Imprenta de la Test. de A. V. Arroyo, 2a de Santa Teresa 40, México. Signed in plate lower right: Posada.... More

Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga / Percy Moran.

Soldiers standing at bottom of stairs with Ethan Allen standing at top, with his sword raised, facing couple in their night clothes inside window. Reproduction of painting.

[Front page of the "Woman's journal and suffrage news" with the headli...

Pictures show General Rosalie Jones, Inez Milholland on a white horse, floats, and an aerial view of the parade. Illus. in: Woman's journal and suffrage news. Boston, Mass., 1913 Mar. 8, front page. National Am... More

View on the Teton in the Rockies

Panorama view of Niagara Falls, river and gorge, from Victoria Park, C...

J183984 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; David Ellis; July 23, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44639. Copyright claimant's address: Buffalo, N.Y.

U.S. Marines - "Soldiers of the sea" / Bruce Moore.

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing marines in a landing party. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The winter supplies--The best ways of putting them up are described in...

Magazine cover showing woman in apron holding spoon and canning jar, pot and fruit on table in front of her. Illus. in: Woman's world. Chicago, Ill. : Currier-Boyce Co., 1915 September, cover. Published in: Ame... More

One of the Diamond Square Market houses, Pittsburgh, PA., Rutan & Russ...

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

Keep him smiling! United War-Work Campaign, Nov. 11th to 18th.

Poster showing a close-up view of a soldier during a snowstorm, holding a mug from which steam is rising and eating a piece of pie, he has a big smile on his face. Also shown are emblems from the following orga... More

Cavalry life! In the U.S. Army "If you want to have a good time 'jine'...

U.S. Army cavalry recruiting poster showing fifteen scenes of the cavalry life "in the field" with "plenty of good sport" and "in the garrison." R.S.A.G.O., No. 226 4-26-20.

Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776 / J.L.G. Ferris.

Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams meet at Jefferson's lodgings, on the corner of Seventh and High (Market) streets in Philadelphia, to review a draft of the Declaration of Independence. K17406... More

The battle of Lexington April 1775 / A. Doolitle sculpt.

Print shows Minute Men being fired upon by British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. Includes a numbered key indicating: "1. Major Pitcarn, at the head of the Regular Granadiers" [sic], at center ; "2. The Pa... More

Eugenio Reale, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - deputato alla costi...

Eugenio Reale, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hieronymus Bosch - Death and the miser

Illustration showing a miser on his deathbed between an angel and Death who entreat the miser for his soul. Illus. in: The Smithsonian Institution; an establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge amo... More

A part of the "Chicago Great Western Limited" daily between Chicago--D...

Photograph shows interior view of railroad lounge car filled with men reading. The men's club or buffet car.

Doc Gessler, Boston Red Sox, 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.

--Because somebody talked! Wesley '43

Print shows the head of dog, with a sad-looking face, looking over the back of a chair over which is draped a part of a U.S. Navy uniform; in the background, hanging on a wall, is a banner with a red border and... More

[Washington at Valley Forge] / E. Percy Moran.

George Washington on horseback in snow at Valley Forge. K25716 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Edward P. Moran.

Japan through my camera / By Zaida Ben-Yûsuf.

Article and photographs by Zaida Ben Yusuf from journey to Japan. Photographs show boat launches leaving ship; temples at Nikko; steps leading to the grave of Ieyasu at Nikkō Tōshō-gū; street scene; and the Imp... More

Japan through my camera / By Zaida Ben-Yûsuf.

[Theodore Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left...

Hand written in ink at bottom of image: faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt, Oct. 20th, 1904.

[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.

Battle of Lake Erie - A painting of a group of people in a boat

Oliver Hazard Perry standing on front of small boat after abandoning his flagship, the Lawrence. K33650 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Clyde Milan, 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.

[Thomas Jonathan Jackson, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing l...

K62978 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting. Copyright by David Bendann.

The Proposed Nicaragua Canal, the country through which it will pass, ...

Composite of reproduction of map of the Nicaragua Canal, reproductions of photos of women and children by J.W.G. Walker, Lake Nicaragua, and the San Juan River. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1899 June 17, pp. 598 and 599.

[Fred Beebe, 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.

[Miller Huggins, 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.

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

[Cicotte, Boston Red Sox, baseball card portrait]

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Sirotki = Les orphelines / / D'après nature S...

Photomechanical print shows two orphan girls standing in snow. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:20... More

Betsy Ross, 1777 / J.L.G. Ferris.

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

No. 2, Panorama of the ruins in the valley that sweeps from Russian Hi...

F43920 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Theodore Kytka; July 17, 1906.

Christophorus Columbus, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Christopher Colombus, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lafayette's baptism of fire / E. Percy Moran.

Lafayette standing, on hill, in front of dead British soldier, alongside drummer boy, in front of his troops.

[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

In old world gardens, an exhibition of photographs by Frances Benjamin...

Catalog for exhibition of photographs of gardens in England, France, Italy, Spain, and other European locations, taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston and exhibited at the Ferargil Galleries, 37 East 57th Street, ... More

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

Van Dyck, Prinz Ruprecht von der Pfalz--Wien, Hofmuseum

Prince Rupert, full-length portrait, facing front, dog at his side. No. 1474. Reproduction of painting done 1631-1632.

John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902 - Public domain portrait print

John Wesley Powell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. from Smithsonian Report, 1902, plate I.

[European explorers arriving in the new world] / W.H. Lippincott.

Print shows an explorer, in a tropical locality, holding a flag and sword, pointing to a wooden cross and a carved pillar, claiming new lands in the name of king and Christianity; Native Americans stand among t... More

Boston national bloomer girl's base ball club, L.J. Galbreath, origina...

Post card showing nine members of the Boston National Bloomer Girls Base Ball Club, wearing baseball uniforms, posed with L.J. Galbreath in the center. Gift; Harry L. Katz; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008:039). DCRM(G) exa... More

A group of English socialists. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1894 June 23, p. 584.

The small-pox troubles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--residents of foreign b...

Moskva, Iverskai︠a︡ Chasovni︠i︡a Moscou, la Chapelle d'Yversky.

Print shows people at the entrance to the Chapel of the Iverian Mother of God, Red Square, Moscow. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Mar... More

San Mateo (Crystal Springs) Dam, a concrete curved gravity structure b...

Illustration showing horse-drawn carriages crossing the top of the dam with the reservoir on the left and the downstream face on the right. Caption continues: As shown in this 1895 photograph, the San Mateo Da... More

On a populistic basis. A forecast of the consequence of a popocratic v...

Cartoon showing "Gold Clause Mortgage Stewart", Altgeld, Tillman, "King Debs", "Coxey Army", and another man & Sylvester Pennoyer at bar of the Supreme Court, with book "Constitution of the United States" lying on floor.

The Lady of Cofachiqui / George Gibbs.

The Lady of Cofachiqui, chief of her village, showing Hernando de Soto and his soldiers contents in treasure chest. Illus. in: De Soto and his men in the land of Florida / Grace Elizabeth King. New York : The M... More

The home-coming of the fleet -- the naval parade, New York, August 20,...

Composite of four views of battleships in New York City Harbor : the New York, the Brooklyn, the Texas, and the Oregon. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 Sept. 3, p. 864. Edward H. Hart, American photographer a... More

Lieutenant-Colonel Rowan's exploit--the American delegate's visit to G...

Includes map of Cuba, image of Andrew S. Rowan and partial text of article. Page in Harper's weekly, July 2, 1898, p. 643.

Recent promotions in the U.S. Army-newly appointed general officers of...

Brig. Gen. Samuel S. Sumner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1898 May 21, p. 497.

Pattern making, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

A group of school children cutting paper into leaf shapes, as their teacher looks on. In pamphlet: The new education illustrated. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Miss Elsie de Wolfe / Photo by Miss Ben Yusuf.

Illustration showing a photograph of Elsie De Wolfe which forms a part of a portfolio called "Beautiful Women who Figure in the News of the Day." Illus. in: Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 13, no. 5 (May, 1901) p. ... More

Panoramic view of the city of Hartford, Conn., from the lantern of the...

F6312 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Henry F. Smith; February 1, 1902. On front: "Copyright 1901 by Henry F. Smith, City Clerk. Photographic work by Wm. H. Pease of the Warner Photograph Co. Half ton... More

[Miss Hartwell and bible women in the Foochow Mission]

Miss Emily Hartwell, standing with eight Chinese women, seated and standing, Fuzhou, Fujian Sheng, China. Illus. in: Life and light for woman. Boston : Press of Rand, Avery, & company, 1902 May. Published in: A... More

Resting on a brow of a hill, the house overlooks the neighboring count...

Exterior view of Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island. Reference copy in PRES FILE. Illus. in: Town & country, 1902 June 7, pp. 10-11.

The two paths--What will the girl become

Image of an African American girl of seven years old, flanked by two columns of illustrations showing on left: the girl reading bad literature, flirting, drinking with men, and as an outcast, and on right: the ... More

William Ramsay - Public domain portrait print

Full-length portrait, standing in laboratory, facing right. Y21262 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Munn & Co.

[Wilhelm II, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right] / ...

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

Branch at no. 224 E, 125th Street, New York Public Library. Babb, Cook...

Print shows the exterior view of the New York Public Library branch at 125th Street. Illus. in: Architectural record, vol. 17, no. 3. New York : Architectural Record Co., March 1905, p. 242. Fig. 6.

Muestras para bordados, plancha número 13, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Print shows embroidery patterns for large elaborate letters with floral motif ("A" through "G") and for smaller letters in cursive ("A" through "M"). Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Santa Tere... More

Muestras para bordados, plancha número 16, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Print shows embroidery patterns for large elaborate letters with floral motif ("U" through "Z"). A garland of flowers is also provided as an example. Testamentaría de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Calle de Santa Tere... More

[Joseph Chancellor, mug shot] - Public domain dedication image

Print shows mug shot of Joseph Chancellor, an African American man, on Pinkerton's National Dective Agency identification card. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Records of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency);... More

The Eastwood multiple arched dam, Big Bear Valley, San Bernadino Co., ...

Illustration showing multiple arch dam, with cameo portrait of John S. Eastwood. Caption: The upstream side of Big Bear Valley Dam, illustrating the characteristic shape of a multiple arch design; the portrait... More

November twilight / from painting by E. Lamasure.

Stone wall, stone barn, muddy country road, and house in background. K39552(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Edwin Lamasure. Copyright by Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, U.S.A. No. MY9111(?).

Join the U.S. Marine Corps Soldiers of the sea!

U.S. Marine Corps recruitment poster showing a soldier holding a rifle and standing in the bow of a small boat.

Refugees in Russia during World War I

Poster showing an illustration by Boardman Robinson depicting scene in a refugee camp, also shows the emblem of czarist Russia, includes text about the plight of Russian citizens. Issued(?) by: International Re... More

U.S. Marines - first to fight for democracy / L.A. Shafer 1917.

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing marines firing artillery from a ship. Enlist at 24 East 23rd Street, New York City.

Touques (Calvados). The market, XV century

Print shows exterior view of the market in Touques, France. Illus. in: Farm houses, manor houses, minor chateaux and small churches from the eleventh to the sixteenth centuries in Normandy, Brittany and other p... More

Typical municipal market, frequently located on rivers, the natural li...

Print shows Philippine market with canoes parked along the river side. Illus. in: Architectural record, v.16, no. 6, May, 1917. New York City : The Record and Guide, 1917, p. 431, top.

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

Poster showing German officers interrogating a British captive. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A successful workman - Public domain monumental decor print

Exhibit poster showing a portrait photograph of a man who lost his arm in an industrial accident, also shows a view of him at a machine in a woodworking shop. Poster caption: This man who lost an arm in an indu... More

What can the blinded man do in the world of commerce and industry

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A blinded workman, without special training, operating a drill press in a large electrical works ; Si... More

Rome par la voie du Mont-Cenis / Geo Dorival.

Poster showing the Roman Forum at dawn. Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée. Public domain scan of French poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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