hides and skins

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Dizag [sic] i ego bazarnyia tipy. Prodavet...

Photograph shows a man with a donkey laden with hides. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Steamer loading hides, New Orleans, La.

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

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Eskimo fur dealer, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sorting raw hides and cutting off hoofs and ears / Underwood & Underwo...

Three men working in leather processing plant. J208489 U.S. Copyright Office. Leather series, no. 12027; no. C4628F.

Pratt Smokehouse, U.S. Route 13, Dover, Kent County, DE

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Finest fur parlar [sic] in the world, Quebec, Canada

Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. D8235 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2501.

Edward S. Curtis - Atsina Fly Dance

Five Atsina men, each covered with buffalo blankets, kneeling in a circle, feather-crowned staff in the center. H118644 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2972-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Lib... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hoop On the Forehead [E]

Hoop On the Forehead, full-length portrait, facing right, holding a tomahawk in his right hand and a rifle in the left, tipi and tents in background. H113047 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2719-08. Forms par... More

Grizzly-bear dancer--Qagyuhl, Native Americans

Indian wearing bearskin.

"Brushing" - cutting off the fat / Underwood & Underwood.

Three men working in leather processing plant. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[John Henry Fisher adobe, 765 West Highland Avenue, Redlands, Californ...

Site History. House and landscape: John Henry Fisher, circa 1915. Other: House and garden not extant. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens" as no. 30. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Kozhevennoe proizvodstvo (Chaarmgiari). Kopchenie kozh (dud daden)

Photograph shows men smoking leather hides. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 26. "Chaarmgiari" translated from Persian as: leather production; "Dud daden" translat... More

The Finest fur parlor in the world--Holt, Renfrew & Co., furriers to H...

H11594 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The crafty traders and the easy Indians / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich dressed as a frontiersman labeled "Licensed Trader[" offering trinkets labeled "Pauper-Competition Scare, Steady-Work Yarn, Prosperity-For-All Bluff, Ca... More

Edward S. Curtis - Raven Blanket--Nez Percé

Raven Blanket, half-length portrait, facing right, wearing several necklaces and warbonnet with ermine streamers. J150271 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2930-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (L... More

Frederick Bancroft, prince of magicians

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

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Louis Levy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

[Mohave man, half-length portrait, facing left wearing "primitive" rob...

Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2144-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 2, p. 50.

Edward S. Curtis - [Drying walrus hide, Diomede, Alaska]

Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 20, p. 124.

Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Kozhevennoe proizvodstvo (Chaarmgiari). Ochishchenie mezdry

Photograph shows a man cleaning the inner side of a hide of leather. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 26. "Chaarmgiari" translated from Persian as: leather production.

The old fox nailed up at last / F. Opper.

Illustration shows former Confederate general Fitzhugh Lee standing next to the fox hide labeled "The Old Virginia Fox, Mahone" that he has nailed to a door; behind the door is a saddle labeled "The Treason-Sta... More

Chatham, Fredericksburg vic., Stafford County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Photo taken on commission from Mrs. Devore to record the restoration of her estate near Fredericksburg, Va. Documenting the structures at Chatham led Johnston to undertake t... More

Edward S. Curtis - Waterproof parkas--Nunivak

Two Eskimo women, facing right, wearing knee-length animal skin parkas with hoods, looking out over a body of water. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Am... More

Pratt Smokehouse, U.S. Route 13, Dover, Kent County, DE

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

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More

Royal Lilliputians a new and original idea in comedy : the season's on...

Created and "copyright 1900, The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 4634. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Laliberte's fur parlor--the finest in the world, Quebec, Canada

Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. H78656 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1011. Copyright by W.S. Smith.

Edward S. Curtis - Hami--Koskimo

Koskimo person wearing full-body fur garment, oversized gloves and mask of Hami ("dangerous thing") during the numhlim ceremony. J197450 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3541. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis ... More

Stretching and drying loft / Underwood & Underwood.

Four men working in leather processing plant. J208485 U.S. Copyright Office. Leather series, no. 12035; no. C4628U.

Eskimo women wearing clothing made from eider duck skins - Frank G. Ca...

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

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

D. Meek, south of Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.

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

Edward S. Curtis - Mosquito Hawk--Assiniboin, Head and Shoulders Portr...

Assiniboine man, Mosquito Hawk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. H118512 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2449-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The N... More

Chatham, Fredericksburg vic., Stafford County, Virginia

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

Pratt Smokehouse, U.S. Route 13, Dover, Kent County, DE

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama des modes pour la saison d'hiver 1885-86

22583 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Gunther's (C. G.) Son... More

Women at the Matate, Moki pueblos

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51206". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Louis Levy with white fox pelts - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

"Singwa" - Public domain portrait print

Boy, facing front, crouched on animal pelt rug. H52245 U.S. Copyright Office. Subject may be from the Philippines.

O.N. Thacher, Hat, Cap & Fur Ware-House Wholesale & retail / / on ston...

Advertisement for Thacher's establishment at Nth. Third St., No. 40, opposite the City Hotel, Philadelphia, showing interior view of shop with hats piled on a counter and on shelves, an image of a beaver fellin... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hide scraping--Apsaroke

Apsaroke woman scraping hide that is secured to the ground by numerous stakes, tipi in background. H113102 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2774-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congr... More

[John Henry Fisher adobe, 765 West Highland Avenue, Redlands, Californ...

Site History. House architecture and landscape: John Henry Fisher, circa 1915. Today: House and garden not extant. Slide used with lecture "California Gardens" as no. 31. Title, date, and subject information pr... More

The gramophone / Robert J. Flaherty, F.R.G.S.

An Eskimo seated with a phonograph, full-length, facing right, smiling, in front of hanging furs. K167699 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Revillon Freres, N.Y. Captioned in pen below image. Probably origina... More

Eskimo woman cleaning hair off hide - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

Edward S. Curtis - The drummer--Nunivak

Eskimo man, wearing fur parka, with a large hand-held drum, similiar in appearance to a tambourine, made of walrus stomach or bladder. J299926 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection... More

Frederick Bancroft, prince of magicians

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Season 1891-92 - Print, Library of Congress collection

24816 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Ruszits, John, copyri... More

Goose Creek, Cherry County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Esquimaux group - Public domain portrait print

H55955 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: Indians - Alaska A group of Esquimaux.

White River N.F. Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Govt. hunters in camp

Animal skins hanging on cabin walls, White River National Forest. No. 3346. National Photo Company Collection.

Edward S. Curtis - Country of the Kutenai [Flathead Lake, Montana]

Kootenai Indian standing an elk hide canoe which is beached on the rocky shore of Flathead Lake, Montana. J139641 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3186-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library ... More

A fur shop of Constantinople, Turkey

People watching dogs and chickens, next to animal pelts nailed on boards. J157732 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-121659.

General [view], Brazil, Rio São Francisco, Bom Jesus da Lapa

Photograph shows men and child looking at the skin of a jaguar, which is nailed between two doorways, Bom Jesus da Lapa, Brazil. Title from negative sleeve. Forms part of: Archive of Hispanic Culture Collection.

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

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

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Der Gärber. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows men working in a shop tanning leather. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Sketches in the far West--curing hides and bones / Frenzeny & Tavernie...

Men curing buffalo hides and bones at trader's store. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1874 April 4, suppl., p. 307.

Puck magazine cover - Another cause for thanksgiving / Keppler.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam holding a rifle labeled "Prosperity" in his right hand and a hammer in his left hand; he has just nailed a fox pelt labeled "Bryanism" to the wall of a log cabin. Illus. in: Puck, ... More

Skins of animals killed on Show River [i.e. Snow River] on line of A.C...

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[Bear's Belly, Arikara Indian half-length portrait, facing front, wear...

H118594 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2896-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Cur... More

[Indians hunting bison on horses covered with bisonskins]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

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

Trapper with hides and dogs in canoe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter coll...

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

Indian mother and baby-wigwam - Public domain book illustration

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's second reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 109.

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Promissory note from Hananiah Lincoln to Enos Atwater

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pratt Smokehouse, U.S. Route 13, Dover, Kent County, DE

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Steamer loading hides, New Orleans, La

"658 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016346. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Laliberte's fur parlor--the finest in the world, Quebec, Canada

Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. 11964 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9460. Copyright by B.L. Singley.

Edward S. Curtis - Kwahwumhl--Koskimo

Dancer wearing raven mask with coat of cormorant skins during the numhlin ceremony. J197463 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3596. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published i... More

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

Public domain photograph of a village, town, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Articles of agreement between John Lewis, James Wilkinson, and Abner M...

Slaughtered for the hide Frenzeny & Tavernier

Cover illustration shows hunters stripping the hide from buffalo carcasses across a plain. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. XVIII, no. 937 (1874 December 12), p. 1013.

Eskimo fur dealer - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

Indians hunting bison on horses covered with bisonskins

Title devised by cataloger. Photo of a painting signed "Frederic Remington, 1908" and "copyright 1908 by P.F. Col[lier?]" "McC 621" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 090473. Gift; State Historical Society... More

Promissory note from Hananiah Lincoln to Enos Atwater

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Dittman Building, 20 North First Stree...

Significance: The Dittman Building (American Hide and Fur Company) was built in 1913 as an income-producing property by George C. Dittman, a St. Paul eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. Its use in its first ... More

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

An old book with a picture of a man and a bear, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Coyotes caught by Ranger McEntire of Malheur National Forest, Winter 1...

Ranger McEntire sits, holding gun, amid the pelts of over 60 coyotes, his dog nearby. National Photo Company Collection. No. 3367. No. 99616.

Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Trapper with hides and dogs in canoe, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter coll...

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

Season 1891-92 - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Ruszits, John, copyright claimant. Sackett & Wilhe... More

Sealing Plant, St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Saint George, Aleu...

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

Ike Cleaver Muskrat Shed, Thomas Corner Road near Appoquinimink Creek,...

1987 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Originally a smokehouse, the building was later converted to a shed used for killing muskrats and processing the skins. Unprocessed Field note materia... More