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[Man's head, showing anatomy of brain; and surrounding text]

[Man's head, showing anatomy of brain; and surrounding text]

Illus. and text in: De humani corporis fabrica / Andreas Vesalius. Basileae :[Ex Officina I. Oporini], 1543, p. 605 Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congr... More

Bunkers Hill or America's head dress

Bunkers Hill or America's head dress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman, right profile, with exaggerated coiffure supporting three redoubts with infantry and artillery firing at close range, tents, an artillery train, and a sea battle i... More

Quarters of Emmons & Handerson, Hilton Head, S.C.

Quarters of Emmons & Handerson, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows officers George W. Emmons and Henry C. Handerson, sitting in front of a tent at the camp of the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry.

Head Quarters of General John P. Hatch, South Battery, Charleston, S.C.

Head Quarters of General John P. Hatch, South Battery, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing the headquarters of Union General John Porter Hatch. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. House on left is home of photographer George S. Cook. Copyright by E. & H.T... More

[Religious figure sitting on a lotus, facing front, with blue/green halo behind his head]

[Religious figure sitting on a lotus, facing front, with blue/green ha...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Outline of a head] - Public domain portrait drawing

[Outline of a head] - Public domain portrait drawing

Title devised by cataloger. Preparatory drawing for Life magazine. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Hendrik Theodorus Wilkens, head of Van Dulken Weiland Distillers, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / De Lavieter & Co., La Haye.

[Hendrik Theodorus Wilkens, head of Van Dulken Weiland Distillers, hea...

Written in ink on verso: H. G. Wilkins, Netherlands; Judge in A. 10/16/94. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested... More

Entrance to Coos Bay--Present extent of jetty--Coos Head on left; Cape Arago in distance--View from Fossil Point

Entrance to Coos Bay--Present extent of jetty--Coos Head on left; Cape...

Panorama of bay and jetty, Coos Bay, Oregon. No. 11. On recto: No. 146 and No. 147. Engineering Department 1892.

How did your husband find out? asked the head faintly

How did your husband find out? asked the head faintly

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Telegram" by Robert Livingston Beecher, Collier's weekly (July 1, 1905), p. 17.

[Harriet Silliman, head and shoulders]

[Harriet Silliman, head and shoulders]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Harriet Silliman was a friend of Katharine Wright. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilb... More

[Enlarged image of tramp's head and head-and-shoulders image of woman]

[Enlarged image of tramp's head and head-and-shoulders image of woman]

Title devised. Upper left corner missing. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Head of a boy - Public domain portrait drawing

Head of a boy - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crawford House from Elephant's Head, White Mountains

Crawford House from Elephant's Head, White Mountains

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

Loading alfalfa hay at the head of Resurrection Bay, Alaska

Loading alfalfa hay at the head of Resurrection Bay, Alaska

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Sarah Franklin Bache, head and shoulders portrait]

[Sarah Franklin Bache, head and shoulders portrait]

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head of Lake Louise, Alberta - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Head of Lake Louise, Alberta - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ethel Barrymore, 1879-1959, head and shoulders, facing slightly left; behind bouquet of flowers]

[Ethel Barrymore, 1879-1959, head and shoulders, facing slightly left;...

Photo copyrighted by Burr McIntosh. No. 23. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Actresses; Flowers; Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

Caricature, At the head of the class, public domain cartoon image

Caricature, At the head of the class, public domain cartoon image

Newspaper clipping of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt depicted as a schoolmaster holding a big stick behind his back, saying "Will the young lad at the head of the class tell me what he knows about railroads... More

Waterfall, head of central cascade, West Pavilion beyond, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A.

Waterfall, head of central cascade, West Pavilion beyond, Louisiana Pu...

H54641 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15146. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him]

[Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the ear...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 11. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Copy photograph ... More

Turk's Head Inn, Rockport, Massachusetts.

Turk's Head Inn, Rockport, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Theodore Roosevelt, portrait of head, full face view]

[Theodore Roosevelt, portrait of head, full face view]

G36317 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright registration. Copyright 1910 by H. P. Hausen, New York, N.Y.

[Albert Estopinal, 1845-1919, head and shoulders portrait, facing front. Cong. from Louisiana]

[Albert Estopinal, 1845-1919, head and shoulders portrait, facing fron...

Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

The Santa Fe elevator, head of the canal, Chicago, Ill..

The Santa Fe elevator, head of the canal, Chicago, Ill..

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refused to be photo'd. The Supt. seemed worried about my photographing the workers. He said, "Now we observe the child labor law thoroughly, but there are lots of persons in the North who like nothing better than a chance to rap at the Southern Cotton Mills." Location: Cordova, Alabama.

Noon-hour, Indian Head Mills. All are workers. The very youngest refus...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Theodore Roosevelt : head up] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Theodore Roosevelt : head up] - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph showing cameo bust portrait of Theodore Roosevelt facing front. J170234 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright registration. Copyright 1912 by George Prince, New York. Prince Photo.

[Gaby Deslys, 1884-1920, full length portrait, standing, facing left, rt. hand on top of head, lt. hand grasping curtain]

[Gaby Deslys, 1884-1920, full length portrait, standing, facing left, ...

J179670R U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by White Studio, N.Y. No copyright renewals. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fashions [1913]; BI; Photog. In... More

[U.S. Army tent camp in Mexico, 1914: U.S. 15th Cavalry officer; head and shoulders]

[U.S. Army tent camp in Mexico, 1914: U.S. 15th Cavalry officer; head ...

J189857 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Mutual Film Corporation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; Army, U.S.; Mexico History 1... More

Head winds / Will Hammell. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Head winds / Will Hammell. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a well-dressed couple walking together on a windy day; many wind-blown hats fill the air around them, yet they manage to keep their's in place. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1931 (1914 March 7... More

[Group includes Josephus Daniels at head of table; and Franklin D. Roosevelt]

[Group includes Josephus Daniels at head of table; and Franklin D. Roo...

A group of men sitting around a conference table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. RESIDENCE OF GEORGE SWANN, DAMAGED BY 16' SHELL THAT HIT ANOTHER IN SANDBANK, AND WAS DEFLECTED OVER COUNTRYAT 3/4 ANGLE

INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. RESIDENCE OF GEORGE SWANN, DAMAG...

A black and white photo of a messy room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Geraldine Farrar, full-length portrait, seated at piano, facing right, head resting on left hand]

[Geraldine Farrar, full-length portrait, seated at piano, facing right...

J217734 U.S. Copyright Office. Hartsook photo S.F. - L.A. Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, in ... More

ISHII, KIKUJIRO. VISCOUNT HEAD OF JAPANESE MISION TO U.S.

ISHII, KIKUJIRO. VISCOUNT HEAD OF JAPANESE MISION TO U.S.

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. NAVY GUNS AT INDIAN HEAD

INDIAN HEAD, MD. NAVY PROVING GROUND. NAVY GUNS AT INDIAN HEAD

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

There is one class which feels competent to appraise social position; these are head waiters

There is one class which feels competent to appraise social position; ...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Society Woman" by Harrison Rhodes, Harper's magazine, 138:457 (March 1919).

Animals. Elephant (head with trunk twisted)

Animals. Elephant (head with trunk twisted)

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Large dog resting front paws and head on footstool, chicken perched on dog's collar, small child seated on fur rug gazing at them] / Abbe.

[Large dog resting front paws and head on footstool, chicken perched o...

Copyright by Mack Sennett Comedies. No. 360B. Picryl description: Public domain image of a dog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Woman standing with jar on head, Nazareth in distance]

[Woman standing with jar on head, Nazareth in distance]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick visit to American Colony. H.E.F. in center, with Dr. Hart, head of the Y.M.C.A.

Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick visit to American Colony. H.E.F. in center, ...

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, head of National Geographic Society, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left] / photo. by Bain News Service, New York.

[Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, head of National Geographic Society, half-le...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds. Peacock (head looking to left)

Birds. Peacock (head looking to left)

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds. Turkey (gobbler's head) I

Birds. Turkey (gobbler's head) I

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mellon honors first Treasury head. Observing an annual custom, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon placed a wreath on the statue of Alexander Hamilton which stands in front of the Treasury Building on the 174th birthdate of the first Secretary of the Treasury. 1/31

Mellon honors first Treasury head. Observing an annual custom, Secreta...

A group of people standing around a statue. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Petra proper. Showing Kasr Bint Faraoun. El Habis, Wadi Musa and head of the Siyyagh Valley

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Petra proper. Show...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group; George Norris at head of table]

[Group; George Norris at head of table]

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Bethlehem from the south. Woman leaving well, water jar on head

View of Bethlehem from the south. Woman leaving well, water jar on hea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Big talk on little houses. These high officials of the New Deal's housing family photographed as they concluded a conference with President Roosevelt. From the left: Stewart McDonald, head of the [FHA?]; Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Morris L. Coske, head of Rural Electrification, and Peter Grimm, housing expert working in the Treasury Department. Grimm and his associates from New York are concluding a report on housing conditions east of the Mississippi which is expected to show only from 2 to 4 percent vacancies. His report to the President is expected to have a bearing on the future policy of both Federal Housing, Works Progress Administration, the Rural Electrification program and Rural Resettlement, 10/29/35

Big talk on little houses. These high officials of the New Deal's hous...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Jones boys. Jesse Jones, chairman of the RFC, left, is surprised by Rep. Marvin Jones, also of Texas, and the RFC head waited around the Capitol as action was taken on the extension of the RFC. Rep. Jones is Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee

The Jones boys. Jesse Jones, chairman of the RFC, left, is surprised b...

Two men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Louis educator opposes court plan. Washington, D.C., April 14. The president's court reorganization plan is "without precedent, without reason and without merit," Reverend Linus Lilly head of the St. Louis University Law School, told the Senate Judiciary Committee today, 4/14/1937

St. Louis educator opposes court plan. Washington, D.C., April 14. The...

A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate quizzes Wabash R.R. head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Before the Senate Rail Inquiry today, A.K. Atkinson, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Wabash Railroad, testified that from January 1926 through January 1927, the road secretly purchased 231,319 shares of Lehigh Valley stock at a cost of $23,263,571. These purchases were made, Atkinson said, without authority of the Board of Directors. Chairman Wheeler indicated the transactions a "shocking revelation" and urged immediate legislative action to curtail the "juggling of books," 12/20/37

Senate quizzes Wabash R.R. head. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Before the...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Incoming and outgoing. Washington, D.C., April 29. Harper Sibley (left), returning President, and George H. Davis, newly named head of the United States Chamber of Commerce, pictured as they lunched together between sessions of the annual meeting. Mr. Davis is a banker and farmer of Kansas City, Mo., 4/29/1937

Incoming and outgoing. Washington, D.C., April 29. Harper Sibley (left...

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head of National Maritime Union. Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union, was brought into the Nation's labor spotlight this week when he demanded the ouster of Joseph P. Kennedy, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, and Dan. S. Ring, of the Commissions Personnel Division. Kennedy for his order to put the striking seaman aboard the Algic in irons at Montevideo, and Ring for his "bias and prejudice" toward the Seaman's Union. 10/27/37

Head of National Maritime Union. Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. Joseph Cur...

A black and white photo of two men in suits and hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Army Chaplains elect new head. Washington, D.C., May 19. Adjouring their annual convention in Washington today the Chaplain Association of the U.S. Army elected as the new president, Nils M. Ylvisker (right) pictured with the retiring head Arlington McCallum, 51938

Army Chaplains elect new head. Washington, D.C., May 19. Adjouring the...

Two men standing next to each other in a room, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. G... More

FBI Head presents diplomas to graduates of National Police Academy. Washington, D.C., April 2. Graduates of the seventh session of the National Police Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were given their diplomas today at exercises held in the Department of Justice. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (left) is pictured presenting a diploma to Howard L. Pierce, Chief of the Raleigh (NC) Police Department. Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, who delivered an address at the exercises, is shown in the center, 4/2/38

FBI Head presents diplomas to graduates of National Police Academy. Wa...

A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro stevedore carrying lumber on his head, New Orleans, Louisiana

Negro stevedore carrying lumber on his head, New Orleans, Louisiana

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMW head addresses Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Convention. Washington, D.C., Jan. 24. John L. Lewis (center), President of the United Mine Workers today delivered the principal address at the opening session of the convention of the gas, by-product coke and chemical workers, an affiliate of the United Mine Workers. He is shown with James Nelson (left), President of the Union, and Martin Wagner, Vice President, 1/24/38

UMW head addresses Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Convention. Washingt...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C.I.O. Head attempts to settle automobile union fight. Washington, D.C., Aug. 24. C.I.O. Head John L. Lewis with three of his aides today met with Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers Union, to attempt an immediate settlement of the Union's factional fight. Martin's ouster has been demanded by other officials of the UAWA. Pictured, left to right are: Philip Murray, Chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee; Lee Pressman, Counsel for C.I.O.; R.J. Thomas, Vice President of UAWU; Homer Martin, John L. Lewis, and John Brophy, C.I.O. Director, 8/24/38

C.I.O. Head attempts to settle automobile union fight. Washington, D.C...

A group of men standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head of Republic Steel before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11. Tom M. Girdler; Chairman of the Board of the Republic Steel Corp., as he appeared before the Senate Liberties Committee today, 8/11/38

Head of Republic Steel before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washin...

A group of men sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

FIRST LADY CHATS WITH ACTING HEAD OF DIES COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 30. FOLLOWING HER UNANNOUNCED APPEARANCE AT THE DIES COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY, MRS. ROOSEVELT STAYED TO CHAT WITH ACTING CHAIRMAN REP. JOE STARNES, WHEN THE MORNING SESSION ADJOURNED. THE FIRST LADY LISTENED TO TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE AMERICAN YOUTH CONGRESS

FIRST LADY CHATS WITH ACTING HEAD OF DIES COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON, D.C. ...

A black and white photo of two people shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Betsy Head Play Center. Entering shower room

Betsy Head Play Center. Entering shower room

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

Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Shower room

Betsy Head Play Center, Hopkinson and Livonia Ave., Brooklyn, New York...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, 155 migrant families in camp. One-third had no work, two-thirds were finding part time work harvesting spring peas, earning on average (head of family) of four dollars twenty cents per week

Farm Security Administration (FSA) migratory labor camp, 155 migrant f...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

PRESIDENT DINES WITH 'LITTLE BUSINESSMEN.' WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 22. ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S RARE APPEARANCES BEFORE A BUSINESS GROUP OCCURED TONIGHT WHEN HE ATTENDED THE BANQUET OF THE AMERICAN RETAIL FEDERATION AT WASHINGTON'S MAYFLOWER HOTEL. IGNORING THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HE DROVE TO THE HOTEL TO MAKE A SPEECH WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SET FORTH HIS IDEAS ABOUT BUSINESS. HE IS SHOWN HERE GIVING A LITTLE ADVANCE INFORMATION TO THE FEDERATION'S HEAD, LOUIS E. KIRSTEIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OFTRUSTEES, BEFORE THE 9:30 BROADCAST

PRESIDENT DINES WITH 'LITTLE BUSINESSMEN.' WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 22. ON...

Two men sitting at a table talking to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man standing next to a tree in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A man standing next to a tree in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Admi...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. Donald H. Wallace. Head Economic Analyst, Office of Price Administration (OPA) and Civilian Supply

Dr. Donald H. Wallace. Head Economic Analyst, Office of Price Administ...

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

A black and white photo of a person in the snow, Vermont. Farm Security Administration photogrpaph.

A black and white photo of a person in the snow, Vermont. Farm Securit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend of having her hose blend in color with her evening dress. The dress she wears is of gold bugle beads, designed by the famous Hollywood designer, Edith Head. Her stockings are gold-colored sheer crepe lisle

Cotton stockings. Paulette Goddard illustrates the new fashion trend o...

Public domain photograph of model, woman, photo, fashion advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Purebred Hampshires feeding at the Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, a FSA (Farm Security Administration) co-op at Waterloo, Nebraska. There are 181 head of hogs, averaging 160 pounds. There are also 40 sows and 219 suckling pigs

Purebred Hampshires feeding at the Two River Non-Stock Cooperative, a ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Civilian protection. Member of a decontamination squad after a raid in which blister gas has been used. Unless chemically neutralized, the spots of this liquid vesicant will continue to give off a burning vapor for days. Specially treated clothing is needed to protect the men too. Note that the workers are covered from head to toe

Civilian protection. Member of a decontamination squad after a raid in...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Virgil Burns and Fred Ringler, members of co-op (FSA (Farm Security Administration)) in charge of hog department. Two Rivers Non-Stock Cooperative, Waterloo, Nebraska. There are 181 head of hogs, average weight 160 pounds. There are also 40 sows and 219 suckling pigs

Virgil Burns and Fred Ringler, members of co-op (FSA (Farm Security Ad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England whose normal product is electric dry shavers is now turning out parts for machine tools which will find their place in the war production effort. This bank of Norton grinders which formerly ground motor shafts are now grinding small parts for tools. Tolerances on the war work are only .002 inches whereas the former work demanded much closer tolerances up to .0002 inches. The conversion was accomplished by putting on new grinding wheels, by minor changes in the head and by increasing the feed of the cutting solution. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This New England whose normal produ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop of the Sparling Pulley Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan. He and his seventy-nine-year-old ex-lumberjack helper were recognized by Donald Nelson as the only two-man labor- management war production drive committee in the United States. The two work fifteen hours a day, seven days a week, and, unaided, have produced 18,000 steel flanges for war equipment in eighteen months

"Me and the old gent." Jake Sparling, sixty, head of the two-man shop ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, worker, factory, industrial equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Worker cuts head of cabbage. Imperial County, California

Worker cuts head of cabbage. Imperial County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. In the cable toom of head tower

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. In the cable toom of head tower

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. These women war workers at a Midwest supercharger plant are buffing small delicate airplane engine parts. Note protective head coverings and comfortable slack suits. Allis Chalmers Manufacture Company

Women in war. Supercharger plant workers. These women war workers at a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This milling machine head's tool casting is ready for machining. Location: a large Midwest tool plant

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This milling machin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners getting their head and safety lamps

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. The dam under construction, showing the head tower with cables leading from it

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. The dam under construction, sho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, works, 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Doctor O.R. Sweeney, head of chemical and mining engineering, has been at the college for twenty years. He has been outstanding in developing byproducts from agricultural wastes. Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa

Doctor O.R. Sweeney, head of chemical and mining engineering, has been...

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. In the cable toom of the head tower

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. In the cable toom of the head t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Charles Ruggiero, clerk in a grocery store in New York's Italian section, wishes the handful of spaghetti he is breaking were Mussolini's neck. The ceiling price sign above his head, printed in Italian, is helping to defeat Il Duce by controlling inflation, one of America's most dangerous enemies

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Charles Ruggiero, clerk i...

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Detroit, Michigan. Flag presentation ceremonies at Harper Hospital. Colonel Carstens, head of General Hospital number seventeen

Detroit, Michigan. Flag presentation ceremonies at Harper Hospital. Co...

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Detroit, Michigan. Flag presentation ceremonies at Harper Hospital. Colonel Carstens and Major Spaulding with the head nurse

Detroit, Michigan. Flag presentation ceremonies at Harper Hospital. Co...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. The engineer, or "hog head" of a freight locomotive hauling materials for the building of TVA's Watts Bar Dam, oils the guides of the main driving rods of his engine. Long mechanical experience, practical railroad training and common sense are required for the job of running one of the big "hogs"

Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. The engin...

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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen with picks "putting in rears," moving into the streambed logs that have been left behind after a "head" has passed

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. W...

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Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. Woodsmen with picks "putting in rears," moving into the stream bed logs that have been left behind after a "head" has passed

Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. W...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard motor car company. Removing a cylinder head from the sub-assembly line

Detroit, Michigan. Assembly of Rolls Royce engines at the Packard moto...

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Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. Lee High, the head brakeman

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

French journalists visit the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1945. Left to right: Pierre Denoyer; Rene Batigne, Curator of the French Section at the Gallery who guided the guests on their tour; M. Jacques Rabut, Head of the French Construction Mission in Washington; and Mme. Andree Viollis

French journalists visit the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C....

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[A wrestler holding Gorgeous George by the chin and back of the head, executing a maneuver during a wrestling match]

[A wrestler holding Gorgeous George by the chin and back of the head, ...

Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. General view to dining section

Indian Head Camp, Bushkill, Pennsylvania. General view to dining secti...

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Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, residence on Chicken Valley Rd., Glen Head, Long Island, New York. Gallery, to game room

Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, residence on Chicken Valley Rd., Glen Head, Lon...

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Bill Shea, head of the mayor's baseball committee, discusses a third league / World Telegram & Sun photo by William C. Greene.

Bill Shea, head of the mayor's baseball committee, discusses a third l...

William Alfred Shea, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor, seated at head of a table, with other men, during an interview] / TOH.

[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor, seated at head of a table, w...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 23816, frame 26A. On sheet of pape... More

[British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with President Jimmy Carter at the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with President Jimmy Carter ...

Contact sheet folder caption: Margaret Thatcher & Pres. Carter at White House. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George W... More

Altar boy with cross and men with banners at the head of the procession.

Altar boy with cross and men with banners at the head of the processio...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

Altar boy with cross on staff, and men with banners, walk at the head of the procession.

Altar boy with cross on staff, and men with banners, walk at the head ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

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