The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zeeland [i.e. New Zealand] / Webber, de...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
Lava beds, Long's Peak - Public domain book illustration
Lava beds, Longs Peak, Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Illus. in: A Lady's life in the Rocky Mountains / by Isabella L. Bird. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882, oppos. p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 4390-B.
Reverend C.T.W. Davis on the banks of the Jordan, West Bank Palestine
D7412 U.S. Copyright Office. Coyright by Charles Thomas Woodbury Davis. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President McKinley's splendid welcome to General Wheeler's home city, ...
William McKinley on back of train, and crowd. H5331 U.S. Copyright Office.
Russians & newspaper men - Sergei Witte, Baron Rosen with their suite ...
Photograph autographed(?) by Witte and Rosen. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On Silver Throne plateau at nearly 21,000 feet
Fanny Bullock Workman standing on Silver Throne plateau, Karakoram, Kashmir, Asia. Illus. in: Two summers in the ice-wilds of eastern Karakoram. The exploration of nineteen hundred square miles of mountain and... More
[Crowd at wharf saying goodby to Frank G. Carpenter and his party on s...
In album: European trip 1922; duplicates. Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Pres. Coolidge and Mr. Albright at Artists Point, Yellowstone National...
J295002 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27323. Public domain photograph related to President Calvin Coolidge, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
V.P. Johnson in Saigon, Vietnam. Arriving at textile mill and taking i...
Photograph shows Vice President Lyndon Johnson in textile mill with Vietnamese men standing in front of a large quantity of textiles with a "Texas Cotton U.S.A." banner. Title from contact sheet folder caption.... More
[Alice Kandell posing with guards at the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim]
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 015 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
The First voyage - Print, Library of Congress collection
Christopher Columbus bidding farewell to the Queen of Spain on his departure for the New World, August 3, 1492. 40795Y U.S. Copyright Office.
[Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, C...
H82467 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York ... More
[Eleanor Roosevelt talking with woman machinist during her goodwill to...
Corresponding print filed under: LOT 12446, no. 17. Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Toni Frissell: Photographs, 1933-1967. New York, New York : Doubleday, 1994, p. 22. Published in... More
The flight into Egypt / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie.
The Virgin Mary and baby Jesus on donkey led by an angel, Joseph walking behind. No. 281. The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Mary and Joseph, with the infant Jesus, fled to Egypt to escape the ... More
Komura and Takahira arriving at peace conference building
Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First landing of Americans in Japan, under Commodore M.C. Perry at Gor...
Print showing sailors, officers, and members of the Japanese delegation in formations on the beach, also boats with dignitaries setting off from shore, and two American ships in the harbor.
[Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with ot...
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
[Indians stalking Spaniards riding horses in swamp]
Wm. McCrea & Co., Stereotypers, Newburgh, N.Y. Illus. in: Ferdinand De Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi / by John S.C. Abbott. New York : Dodd & Mead, 1873, frontispiece. Reference copy also available in... More
The Author's first ride in Perak
Isabella L. Bird and two natives on elephant, with other elephants, in swamp, in Perak, Malaya.
[William Howard Taft seated at table playing cards with his wife and t...
Forms part of: William H. Taft papers (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1980:167
Sec. Taft and Gov. General Wright leaving landing place at Manila
H67079 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by Burr McIntosh. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Japanese envoys Kogoro Takhira (seated, left), Jutarō Komura (seated,...
Public domain photograph of Russian people, group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Witte leaving Wentworth Hotel. 1900s Japan, public domain image.
Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William Howard Taft, standing on back of railroad car and looking out...
H116751 U.S. Copyright Office. Underwood & Underwood photo. No. U-114989. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wilbur Wright, Pau, France, 1909
Photograph shows Wilbur Wright (left) and a photographer with a tripod-mounted camera, on a tree-lined lane in Pau, France. No. 22629.
Pres. Taft and Supt. Williams in Panama
William Howard Taft, half-length portrait, standing outdoors, facing left, with Supt. Williams and other men. J149425 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Press Assn., N.Y.
Camels are common sights in Constantinople starting on long journeys t...
Photographs show camels and pedestrians on the Galata Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1394 (top image) and no. 1395 (bottom image). In album: European pict... More
President's train in Alaska--Work, Hoover, Wallace, Steese, Bone, Mrs....
Nine people on back of train. J264118 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18549.
President Harding in the "cab" of Great St. Paul electric locomotive, ...
J263471 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18510. Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Zora Neale Hurston and an unidentified man probably at a recording si...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: Belle Glade, Fla., poss. 1935, Zora H. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Ge... More
[Mary Elizabeth Barnicle (first frame) and other unidentified people, ...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos probably taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on bac... More
[President John F. Kennedy and Mayor Willy Brandt of Berlin at the Whi...
Frame 13A of contact sheet. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Original negative not available for frames 8-12 of LC-U9-5789.
Christophe Colomb parmi les Indiens / lith. de Turgis.
Christopher Columbus among Indians. Title also in Spanish. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, C...
H82467 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York ... More
[Secretary of State William Seward and a delegation of diplomats at Tr...
Purchase; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:085) On verso: 1. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State; 2. Baron De Stoeckel, Russian Minister; 3. M. Molena, Nicaraguan Minister; 4. Lord Lyons, British Minister; 5. M. Mercier, Fren... More
Peri raikō - Public domain drawing
Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Depart de Christophe Colomb / lith. de Turgis ; Casse freres a St. Gau...
Christopher Columbus and his crew leaving the port of Palos, Spain, for the New World; crowd of well wishers looks on. Title also in Spanish. No. 2.
Columbus taking possession of the new country
Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More
Landing of Columbus - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Christopher Columbus and others showing objects to Native American men and women on shore.
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The first ship / painted by Joshua Shaw ; engraved by J. Sartain.
Ship of Christopher Columbus in background, and three Indians in foreground.
Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...
Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... More
The Passport Bureau - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing shows a passport official examining a traveler's documentation, perhaps Taylor himself. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, ... More
Porcallo in the mire - Public domain book illustration
Vasco Porcallo pinned under horse in mud, as two Indians watch. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 18... More
Crossing on an Indian bridge / J.W. Orr, N.Y.
Hernando de Soto and his soldiers crossing a river on an Indian bridge. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer, Philadelphia : J.T. L... More
Miss Johnston & audience, Lake Como, Italy
Frances Benjamin Johnston, standing with her camera, and group of children. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. NB1094.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Eltinge - Public domain portrait print
Julian Eltinge and a woman identified as his wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, standing on the deck of the S.S. Siberia at dock in Yokohama-shi, Japan. Title from news agency caption on item. C... More
The presidential party and train, between Decatur and Tuscumbia, Ala.
President McKinley with others at back of train. H5301 U.S. Copyright Office.
Southeast from the barren slopes of Pelée above St. Pierre, Martinique...
H27075 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14344. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William H. Taft amidst dignitaries leaving the dock at Yokohama]
H66233 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Burr McIntosh. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miss Roosevelt waving "goodbye" at Kobe, on the way to Manchuria
Alice Roosevelt waving good-bye from boat at Kobe, Japan. H67762 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Burr McIntosh.
Lieut. Com. Takeshita and Mr. Sato
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Sergei Witte, three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows Sergei Witte, Russian envoy to the Portsmouth Peace Conference, three-quarter length portrait, seated at a table, facing front.
Arnold Genthe in the mountains of Japan
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More
A.J. Drexel in flight - A black and white photo of a plane flying in t...
Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Columbus reception by the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain a...
Columbus kneeling before the king and queen, Indians, and other people.
H[is] I[mperial] Highness the Grand Duke Alexis [right, front], at the...
Stereograph showing the Grand Duke Alexis posed with dignitaries on the steps of the G. V. Fox residence, Lowell, Massachusetts. S. Towle, Photographer, Lowell, Mass. Title from version of stereograph published... More
Peri raikō - Public domain print
Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Mr. H. M. Flagler and party leaving first train to arrive at Key West,...
J166245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.
The return of the "prodigal father" at the "Puck" office - drawn by hi...
Print shows Joseph F. Keppler returning to the "PUCK Office" after a vacation in Europe, laden with a string of "Frankfurt" sausages, "Paris" wine, "Neuchâtel" cheese from "Austria", an umbrella labeled "London... More
Russian plenipotentiaries on an outing
Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism. An aesthetic reception / fro...
Oscar Wilde at an "aesthetic reception". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1882 Jan. 21, p. 381.
Tipo Tib's fresh captives being sent into bondage - witnessed by Stanl...
Captives in African village being sent into slavery. Reproduction of a wood engraving from Heroes of the Dark Continent: and How Stanley found Emin Pasha by James W. Buel, 1890, c1899, p. 489 (possibly from a reprint).
The visit of the Ambassador of China
Five illustrations related to the visit of Li Hung-chang to New York City. Photomechanical reproduction of drawing by Edwin B. Child of kitchen at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1896 Sep... More
Our party at Zuni, N.M. Sept. 14th '82 / by Comrade Ben Wittick.
Group of men, women and children including General John Alexander Logan (12), John Alexander Logan, Jr. (14), artists of the U.S. Geological Survey (15 & 16), Army officers, and a Zuni man (9) seated and standi... More
Ferdinand Cortes and Hernando de Soto in the camp of the Inca at Caxam...
Illus. in: The Discovery and conquest of the new world. Conquest of Peru / Mexico and by W.W. Robertson. Cincinnati, O[hio]: W.H. Ferguson Company, c1902, p. 645. Reference copy in Lot 4409-D.
Lieut. Com. Takeshita - Public domain monumental decor print
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in canoe, with two other men, 1673...
Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Groups of people dancing, (Alan Lomax is seen making a film in one sh...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos probably taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on bac... More
[Portraits of people (including Mary Elizabeth Barnicle in first frame...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "Alan ... More
[Dr. Sukarno, president of Indonesia, during his trip to Washington, D...
Frame 27 of contact sheet. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Original negative not available for frames 22-25 of LC-U9-485.
[Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, C...
H82467 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York ... More
[Kita-Amerika gasshukoku: Peruri to yu mono Soshu Uraga ni torai su]
Japanese diptych print shows Perry's steamship in bottom right panel; map of the coast of Soshu in left panel; various Japanese coats of arms in upper half of both panels. Diptych matted in 2 sections: 2a (rig... More
[Houdini and the magic of flight]
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Entrée de Espagnols dans la Province de Chicaça]
Entry of the Spanish into the Province of Chicaça. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... / par Ferdinand de Soto; Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pie... More
Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan ...
Print shows a banquet given for the Japanese commissioners on board the U.S.S. Powhatan, possibly in the bay at Edo (Tokyo). Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas an... More
Ancient castle of Na-Ga-Gus-Ko, Lew Chew / from nature by Heine ; figu...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Welcome to the Prince of Wales wood engraving, Library of Congress
Masthead and illustration showing crowd of people gathered on balcony in Boston to greet the Prince of Wales. Illustration in oval on upper left labeled "Washington--Out rolled" showing woman hitting a strike ... More
[Bank note vignettes showing pilgrims, Christopher Columbus, and possi...
In album: Engravings of the American Banknote Company ... p. 2. Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Oscar Wilde on our cast-iron stoves. Another American institution sat...
Cartoon showing Oscar Wilde jumping from hot stove. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1882 Sept. 9, p. 575.
Round the world with Nellie Bly--The Worlds globe circler
Board game about journalist Nellie Bly's trip around the world in 1889-1890. Game shows squares for each of the 73 days of her journey arranged in a circular pattern, flanked with images of Bly, Jules Verne, a ... More
Pres't McKinley in Asheville (before 1920)
President McKinley and others posing in an open automobile with mountains and rustic structure in background. 37545C U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Copyright by J.H. (John H.) Tarbell, Asheville , N.C.
The Minnesota dog team on transcontinental trip, Seattle, Wash.
Wagon of Mr. D.C. Blandley, drawn by dog team, on street.
[Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, posing by a wall wit...
Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of the vintage postcard, Italy, view, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Crowd to greet William H. Taft, De Witt, Nebraska, 1908
Crowd running along railroad tracks to greet Taft during his campaign tour. George Grantham Bain Collection.
[Members of Frederick Cook's journey expedition at the North Pole, wit...
Copyright by the N.Y. Herald Co. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Chinese school children] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Photographs show groups of school children. Hand-written captions read: [top and bottom left] Peking school girls; [right] Peking school boy. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
[Pres. Warren G. Harding escorting Madame Curie down steps to south gr...
National Photo Company Collection. LC-F8-14071 (bad negative) Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In the terraced garden rising behind his home on the Bosphorus, the Ho...
Frank Carpenter (left) and American Consul General Gabriel Bie Ravndal, full-length portrait, standing on balcony, facing right, Bosporus, Turkey. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). I... More
Mr. H. M. Flagler and party leaving first train to arrive at Key West,...
J166245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.
Mrs. Mary Dewees's journal from Philadelphia to Kentucky
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.