8,578 Islands Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Administration Buildin...

Significance: This served as the administrative center of the Naval Operations Base and is representative of the many structures which served a similar function, both on this base and other American bases durin... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Administration Buildin...

Significance: This served as the administrative center of the Naval Operations Base and is representative of the many structures which served a similar function, both on this base and other American bases durin... More

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Marine Barracks, Unala...

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Marine Barracks, Unala...

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

[Peche Island and Windmill Point, Lake St. Clair, Ont.]

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

Saint Paul Island, Saint Paul Island, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Survey number: HALS AK-1 Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Making islands - A painting of two children playing in the water

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Mind of a Child" by Edward S. Martin, Harper's magazine, 114:71 (Dec. 1906).

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Joint Command Post, Un...

Significance: As the center for the facilitation of administrative cooperation between the army and navy at Dutch Harbor, this building is representative of the many structures on American bases promoting coope... More

Looking toward Washington from Georgetown, D.C., taking in Mason's Isl...

Photograph shows an aerial view of Georgetown rooftops, the Potomac River, and Mason's Island, now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C. No. 253.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Naval Radio Station Po...

Significance: The Powerhouse generated power for the Naval Radio Station and housed the transmitter. It represents a fine example of a radio transmitter and generator facility built by the navy between the wor... More

[Apostle Islands, Grand Arch] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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

St. Paul, Minn. from high viaduct

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pacific Hut, Unalaska,...

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pacific Hut, Unalaska,...

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

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pacific Hut, Unalaska,...

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

Grand pleasure excursion around Lake Superior to Mackinac through the ...

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

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia...

ESTC T98231 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-06-14 update (1 card) digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

A relation of the late intended settlement of the islands of St. Lucia...

ESTC T98231 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-06-14 update (1 card) digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20

An exact draught of the island of New Providence one of the Bahama Isl...

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

A new map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch &...

Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, roads, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and vegetation. Also shows anchorages, currents, and route... More

[St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands]. - Public domain map

Shows aerial view of the port of Sint Eustatius in the northern Leeward Islands of the West Indies including buildings, ships, and fortifications. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Pen-and-ink and penc... More

[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... More

The enchanted island / painted by Danby ; engraved by J. Sartain.

Print shows an enchanted island in a cove with rocks and cliffs on the left and a beach strewn with sea shells in the foreground; there is a figure standing at the entrance to a cave on the island and a woman a... More

Emma, Queen of Sandwich Islands, Glass negative photograph, American C...

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

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1) Yuruk nomad of Bigha (Biga); (2) Christian resident of the Island of Chio (Chios); and (3) Christian of Lemnos. French caption from book: Iles: Figure 1: Yuruk (Nomade) de Bigha; Figure 2: Habitant Chrétie... More

Map of the Hawaiian Islands. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Enoshima in Sagami Province] - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers crossing a narrow strip of land to reach Enoshima, a small island in Sagami Bay, with view of buildings along the shoreline and of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, oth... More

[Calumet Island, Thousand Islands, N.Y.]

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

Temple Gate, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

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

Church at San Pedro Macati, used as a hospital, Philippine Islands / S...

Stereograph shows man sitting on grass, resting his arm on an urn, in front of church in Makati, Philippines. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto - Canada, Ottawa - Kansas. Copyright b... More

The Pasig River at San Pedro Macati, Philippine Islands

U.S. Soldiers in native boats. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Boats...; PI S- P- M-; Army, US Transportation; PI... More

Manila, Philippine Islands: Carrying a wounded Filipino from the opera...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood (Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, New York, N.Y.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Peche Island, Lake St. Clair] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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

Ceiba or silk cotton tree, Nassau, Bahama Islands

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

[Market on the wharf, Nassau, Bahama Islands]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lost Channel, Thousand Islands, N.Y.

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

[Philippine Islands - graduating class of student nurses from Philippi...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manila, Philippine Islands: General view of the suspension bridge over...

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 3538. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The 22nd U.S. Infantry at Camp Wallace, Philippine Islands

View of soldiers and tents at Camp Wallace. H23664 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 25. Universal Photo Art Co., Philadelphia.

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: The pirate Bluebeard's castle on the Islan...

Stereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. X4723. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Virgin Islands of the United States 1902; Castles; Pirates; Shelf.

Hopewell Hall, Thousand Islands

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

Philippine Islands: A modern Filipino mowing-machine

Man using sickle. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 65. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Famrs Harvesting; Ph.

Philippine Islands: The native Filipino prefers cock-fighting to work

Two cocks ready to fight. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Art Co.). No. 71. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I. (2); P.I. Misc. 1902; ... More

Among the Harbor Islands, Lake George, N.Y.

Copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Among the Harbor Islands, Lake George. Similar image (LC-D4-17797). Additional Detroit Publishing Co. no. in lower left corner: "017797". Det... More

Cannibal Tom (80 years old), the last relic of Fiji cannibalism -- Fij...

Stereograph shows an old man standing in front of lush vegetation, holding a long pole and a machette. H69311 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8107. U-86621. Copyright, 1906 [i.e., 1905], by Underwood & Underwood.

Thatcher's [sic] Island, Rockport, Massachusetts.

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Statue of Liberty - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 38 X. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photograph... More

East St., Nassau, Bahama Islands

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

Drying cocoa, one of the industries of Dominica, [British] West Indies...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Primitive manufacturing - natives making pottery, Fiji Islands

Stereograph shows four women sitting on the banks of a river making pottery. H74595 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8106. U-86613. Copyright, 1906, by Underwood & Underwood.

A crowded room in a cigar factory, women and girls making cigars, Mani...

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 3573. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Igorrote (wild Filipino) mother and child, Luzon, Philippine Islands

Stereograph shows a Filipino woman nursing her infant. H98933 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3591. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

Typical natives of the Fiji Islands, Suva

Stereograph shows two male Fijians standing among lush vegetation in Fiji. H120694 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15913. Copyright by Keystone View Company.

A tip to John Bull / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows five women suffragettes, wearing Napoleonic hats and great coats, standing on a tiny island. Caption: Send your militant suffragettes to Saint Helena. Illus. in: Puck, v. 73, no. 1884 (1913 ... More

PHILIPPINES. SIGNAL CORPS CONSTRUCTING LINES IN THE ISLANDS

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

A hula dancing girl, a native of the Hawaiian Islands

Stereograph showing portrait of topless native Hawaiian girl wearing lei and grass skirt. J238977 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 10164.

Statues and sculpture. Statue of Liberty II

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

Cultivating sugar cane on the Virgin Islands Company land, vicinity of...

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

In the old fort built by the French, Frederiksted, Saint Croix island,...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The harbor, Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands

A view of a town from a hill. A view of a town and the ocean from a hill. Public domain postcard scan.

Philippine Islands / Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

"Apr. 1933--Reissued 1940." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. In lower left margin: 33--4/28, 35--4/17, 40--2/17. In upper left margin: No. 4200. LC copy includes hand-writte... More

The freedom loving peoples of the Netherlands East Indies have long ha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Manila, the Philippine Islands. For extraordinary heroism during attac...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of people standing on top of a sandy beach. Office of War Info...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a group of people on the beach. Office of W...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a narrow street. Office of War Information ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of people standing around a boat on a beach. Office of War Inf...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of people sitting on top of a beach. Office of War Information...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

An old black and white photo of a woman and two children. Office of Wa...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Mrs. Mary N. Silveira, who is managing editor of the Portuguese Journa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mission San Jose, California. Tombstone of emigrant to California from...

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

Three of a group of Japanese prisoners brought back from the Solomon I...

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

Saint Philomena Church on Molokai island, the home church of Father Da...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Northern Mariana Islands (United States).

"Base 801314 (B00769) 5-89." Includes location map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Storm in the mountains, Hawaii - Drawing. Public domain image.

Date based on date of other Hawaii images in same group. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A map of New England, and Nova Scotia; with part of New York, Canada, ...

Scale ca. 1:4,800,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. From The London magazine, v. 27, Sept. 1758. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 80 Copy one annotated in upper right corner in black in... More

A map of the isle of Cuba, with the Bahama Islands, Gulf of Florida, a...

Scale ca. 1:2,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Hand colored. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1781 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... More

Portland harbor from Cushing's Island

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 06715, 06714. "2390" on left negative; "2391" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010819. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mackinac Island from Round Island

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-05814, 05817, 05816, 05815. Originally part of a five-part panorama; fifth photo (right end) is missing. For complete panorama see LOT 3886, n... More

The Mission, Madeline Isl., Panoramic Photograph

J206221 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Ashland, Wis. Copyright deposit; G.F. Johnson; September 2, 1915; DLC/PP-1915:44992.

Stono River Bridge, Spanning Stono River between James & Johns Islands...

Significance: The Stono River Bridge is identified as "Charleston 3) in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. The bridge is noteworthy in that it represents th... More

Hopewell Hall, 1000 Islands - Drawing. Public domain image.

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