834 History of boston Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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S.E. Prospect, from an eminence near the common, Boston / del. & engra...

Illustration showing man standing in foreground looking toward Boston Harbor and Charlestown, Mass. Illus. in: Massachusetts magazine, Nov. 1790, no. 1391.

The mansion of happiness, an instructive, moral & entertaining amuseme...

Gameboard showing people involved in moral and immoral situations. Copyright by W. & S.B. Ives.

Sgt. Boston Corbett, U.S.A., American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

[Banknote for $500 from the Boylston Bank, Boston, Massachusetts] / Am...

Banknote showing an explorer, possibly Columbus, a woman holding dividers to a globe, and the head of a woman with grapes in her hair.

Will. B. Dorman's original red cross bitters / New England Lith. Co., ...

Patent medicine label showing crusader in armor. Copyright by Will. B. Dorman.

Boston, after the fire, November 9th & 10th, 1872

12410C1 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joshua Smith; November 25, 1872. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago.

The city of Boston 1879. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 277 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 651/1... More

[Sam Wise, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Dick Conway, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

U.S.S. Boston, land drill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, main entrance

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[William Lawrence, three-quarter length portrait, facing front]

12026 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Boston Sunday Hearld - ladies want it Feb. 24 / Boston Eng. Co. ; ...

Print shows a portrait of a woman, half-length, right profile, sitting, reading a newspaper, with flowers in the background. Possibly a self-portrait by artist Ethel Reed. Exhibited: "Craft and Modernity : Pro... More

[Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96]

DLC/PP-1901:40297. Sitters labeled under image. Photographs of sitters mounted onto painted background and rephotographed. This item may have been mounted on same board as PAN SUBJECT - Groups, no. 251 or no. 2... More

The reading room -- Bates Hall

Illustration drawing shows the interior of the reading room of the Boston Public Library, Bates Hall, named in honor of donor Joshua Bates and designed by Charles Follen McKim. The barrel vault ceiling runs the... More

Elmer Chickering - James J. Corbett / Elmer Chickering, Boston.

James J. Corbett, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with fists raised. 41028Z U.S. Copyright Office No. 8.

Public Library, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

In Boston - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title continues: ... The girl from Detroit: I wrote home, Professor, that I had fallen in with so wise a lot of men that when one said "I don't know" it sounded like real news ... (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part... More

Board of Trade Building, Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Trinity Church, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Bridge, Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a french regular park, classical architecture, outdoors, France, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Jack Gardner's Venetian Palace, Boston

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

[Across Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[West Boston Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Medical building, New England Hospital for Women & Children, Dimock S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of the young girl facing slightly right. Caption continues: "Redeemed in Virginia, by Catharine S. Lawrence; baptized in Brooklyn, at Plymouth Church, by Henry Ward Beec... More

Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...

Print shows view of King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un de l'Academie... More

The grand new steamboat Pilgrim: the largest in the world: flagship of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2737

[Private Thomas Green of Co. B, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment i...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was killed on August 29, 1862, at the 2nd battle of Bull Run, Virginia.

Phillis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston

Phillis Wheatley, half-length portrait, seated at desk with pen and paper, facing left. Illus. in: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral / Phillis Wheatley. London : Printed for A. Bell, bookseller, Al... More

Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. / lithog. & published by J....

People ice skating on Jamaica Pond, West Roxbury, Mass. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[West End and Charles River from Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts.]

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

The return, or saved from the wreck / painted by Thomas Brooks ; Armst...

Print showing Impression 1: Gratis with The Citizen & Round Table. Impression 2: Given as a premium to "The Citizen & Round Table." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Armstrong & Co. in t... More

Robt. G. Shaw / Whipple, 96 Washington Street, Boston.

Photograph shows a three-quarter length portrait of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV226. Photographer: Whipple. "TD786" and "9... More

Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plat...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cathedral or church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of the young girl sitting, holding a hoop toy. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrenc... More

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 177...

A sensationalized portrayal of the skirmish, later to become known as the "Boston Massacre," between British soldiers and citizens of Boston on March 5, 1770. On the right a group of seven uniformed soldiers, o... More

Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desr...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Imprimeur; fondateur de la République des Etats unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale - mort à Philadel... More

Charleston [i.e. Charlestown] Navy Yard

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S.S. Niagara, Boston, Massachusetts., Sept., 1863

No. 5567. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp of the 37th Massachusetts. Vol's. near Brandy Station, Virginia /...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Jewish Quarter, Boston - A black and white drawing of a street sce...

Street scene in Boston showing peddlars, women carrying baskets, and men walking on the sidewalks and in street, shops with wares hanging outside. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustra... More

The Scotch Butchery, Boston, 1775, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Lords Bute and Mansfield conferring, to their right stands Simon Fraser and Lord Wedderburn, "Deputies" to the aforenamed. On the far right are soldiers wearing Highland dress (of the 71st Regiment ... More

A correct view of the late battle at Charlestown : June 17th, 1775 /

Shows troops in action, British ships, and the village of Charleston. Bird's-eye-view. Exhibited in G&M exhibit, May 1975. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Plantation melodies / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing two boys seated on bench, with one of them playing a flute, and the other holding book of music.

Katy Darling A favorite song / / J. H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.

Print showing title page illustration with man looking sadly at grave of "Katy Darling."

The Boston and Cambridge new horse railroad / .

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial (1856 June 7). Title and other information transcribed from unverified data in Pictorial Americana (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1955), p. 63.

Principal floor. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a floor plan for the Boston Public Library. Illus. in: Proceedings at the dedication of the building for the Public library of the city of Boston. Boston : prepared and printed by authority of the c... More

Sgt. Boston Corbett, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

[Unidentified man with hat] / Photographed by L. H. Hale, 293 Washingt...

Notation on verso: Mrs. Berry. 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 egg whites and salt, wh... More

[Unidentified man] / T. R. Burnham, photographer. 247 Washington Stree...

Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified man] / W. S. Warren, No. 41 Winter Street, Boston.

W. S. Warren worked as a photographer at 41 Winter from 1870-1874. (Source: A directory of Massachusetts photographers, 1839-1900 / research by Chris Steele & Ronald Polito ; edited by Ronald Polito, c1993, p. 133)

[Honest John Morrill, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

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

[Dick Johnston, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "R. F."- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Ezra Sutton, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Style 19. Upright piano-forte, designed and manufactured by Henry F. M...

Photo copyrighted by Henry F. Miller & Sons, Piano Co., Boston, Mass. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston Misc.; BI; Ads. Misc.; Music... Pianos; Adv... More

Old State House, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

U.S.S. Boston. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Charlesgate, Boston - Victorian era public domain image

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

Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts.. 19th century, Library of Congres...

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

U.S.S. Boston, riot drill at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, the Walker Building

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The delivery room / Boston Photogravure Co.

Print shows the Woburn (Mass.) Public Library delivery room. Illus. in: New England Magazine, an illustrated monthly, new series vol. 1, no. 6. Boston : New England Magazine Company, Feb.1890, p. 620.

Main entrance. Boston Public Library

Photograph shows the staircase corridor at the main entrance of the Boston Public Library. 26619 U.S. Copyright Office. 69479-B-1 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1895 by Charles Pollock, Boston.

Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96

37462B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Notman Photo Co.; June 27, 1896; DLC/PP-1901:42097. Sitters labeled under image. Photographs of sitters mounted onto painted background and rephotographed.

[Cover of souvenir album of historic sites of Boston, shaped as beanpo...

Cover of souvenir album, Boston Baked Beans, by L. Prang & Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mass. Boston Misc; Mass. Boston Faneuil Hall; Food.

Elmer Chickering - R.S. Allen - Boston base ball club

Photograph shows Robert Allen, shortstop for the Boston Beaneaters, full-length studio portrait, standing before backdrop, wearing baseball uniform and glove. C47042 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on mount: El... More

The champion of all champions--"Hoping to deserve your appreciation, I...

John L. Sullivan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with fists raised.

State House, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Fifth century altar, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a monument or sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Commonwealth Avenue (water called Muddy River), Boston, Massachusetts...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Crawford House, Boston, Massachusetts.]

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

The Bunker Hill Monument. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the bridge over Charles River

Print shows view from Atkins Wharf of the bridge across the Charles River, two couples sightseeing in the foreground, and buildings in the background. Engraved for the Massachusetts Magazine, Sept. 1789. Illus... More

George Hunt - McClellan and Pendleton / Oakley & Tompson lith., Boston...

Campaign ephemera for Democratic presidential candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, showing head-and-shoulders portrait of George B. McClellan. Copyright by Francis Morandi. .

Vuë de Boston. Prospect der Könnig Strasse gegen das land thor zu Bost...

[Ezra Sutton, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

The Great Eastern / photo. by Whipple & Black ; J.H. Bufford's lith., ...

Port view of the sidewheeler steamship Great Eastern. Copyright by Geo. Stimpson.

Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, N.H. On the line of the Boston, Concord ...

Train in front of the Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, New Hampshire. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, 19th wife of Brigham Young / JB [monogram] ; Arm...

Ann Eliza Young, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). From D 024

[John Morrill, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

North Terminal Station, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[View of fortifications around Dorchester, with the Dorchester steeple...

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washingto... More

[View of fortifications around Dorchester, with the Dorchester steeple...

Boston, from City Point near Sea Street / painted by W.J. Bennett ; en...

Print showing a view of Boston harbor with boats in the foreground and the city and a windmill in the background. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1833 by H.I Megarey, in the Clerks Office of t... More

Vuë de Boston. Prospect des plazes vor dem rath house zu Boston Vuë de...

Print shows view of street with the old statehouse and other buildings in Boston, Massachusetts. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á A... More

McClellan is the Man, by Henry Cromwell / Fabronius ; F.N. Carter, Lit...

Sheet music cover illustrated with half-length portrait of George B. McClellan by Fabronius after a photograph by Black & Case. Exhibited: Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial ... More

Return from the field / Armstrong & Co., Boston ; Joseph John painter ...

Print shows a farmer, carrying a pitchfork, standing at the steps of his home where he is greeted by his wife and children; also shows a doghouse, birdhouse, a dog and a cat, a boy holding a horse, and a hay wa... More

[William Douglas O'Connor, head-and-shoulders portrait, looking front]...

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

Ye old way / George H. Walker & Co. lith., Boston, Massachusetts.

Print shows seven men in barbershop, one is getting a shave. Q14475 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1885 by W.A. George. Copyright stamp and number appear on lower left corner.

Practical illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law / E.C. del.

A satire on the antagonism between Northern abolitionists on the one hand, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster and other supporters of enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Here abolitionist William ... More

Speak for it / Armstrong & Co. Lith., Boston.

Young girl holding up piece of food in front of begging dog. Copyright by J.C. Davis & Son. No. 27.

Speak for it / Armstrong & Co. Lith., Boston.

Young girl holding up piece of food in front of begging dog. Copyright by J.C. Davis & Son. No. 27.

Watch meeting, Dec. 31, 1862--Waiting for the hour / Heard & Moseley, ...

African American men, women, and children gathered around a man with a watch, waiting for the Emancipation Proclamation. Photograph of a painting(?). Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV68 ; Emancipation... More

National guards quick step / T. Moore's lithogy., Boston.

Sheet music cover advertisement for Henry Prentiss, importer and manufacturer of musical instruments, Boston, showing marching band and soldiers marching around his store.