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Frederic Remington - The opening of the fight at Wounded Knee

Frederic Remington - The opening of the fight at Wounded Knee

Seventh Cavalry in battle with Indians. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1891 Jan. 24, p. 65.

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a pri...

Words by Sidney D. Mitchell ; music by Archie Gottler. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language) 4002-2 (music plate)

Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued an order that bathing suits at the Wash[ington] bathing beach must not be over six inches above the knee ...

Col. Sherrell, Supt. of Public Buildings and Grounds, has issued an or...

Photo shows Bill Norton, the bathing beach "cop", using a tape measure to determine the distance between a woman's knee and the bottom of her bathing suit on a beach in Washington, D.C. In album: Washington, D... More

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29, 1890), with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background]

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29,...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information provided by Lise Broer, 2009. Copyrighted 1891 by Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Nebr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Exhibited: "Expa... More

Public Health Service Investigation Commission to the China-Burma Highway, Chefang Valley, China. Knee deep in mud. Ditches across the seepage area carry water direct to main drainage ditch

Public Health Service Investigation Commission to the China-Burma High...

Public domain photograph related to Chinese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'."  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.

Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with th...

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

"[T]hen upon one knee, uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow"

"[T]hen upon one knee, uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow"

A scene from "The song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow showing Hiawatha on one knee aiming an arrow at a deer in the wilderness. Illus. in: The song of Hiawatha / by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Bosto... More

Tries His Knee - Public domain portrait print

Tries His Knee - Public domain portrait print

Half-length portrait of Crow Man. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tries His Knee - Public domain portrait print

Tries His Knee - Public domain portrait print

Half-length portrait of Crow Man. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton stockings. Ilona Massey wearing bright red, knee socks, in ribbed lisle, which have been designed for active sports wear

Cotton stockings. Ilona Massey wearing bright red, knee socks, in ribb...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cotton pickers with knee pads, Lehi, Arkansas

Cotton pickers with knee pads, Lehi, Arkansas

Public domain photograph of worker, people working, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29, 1890), with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background]

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29,...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information provided by Lise Broer, 2009. Copyrighted 1891 by Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Nebr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Exhibited: "Expa... More

[Frontis illus. of books by Mason Locke "Parson" Weems (1759-1825): "he writhes. he gnashes his teeth. on bended knee he curses the author of his ruin" [gambler]]

[Frontis illus. of books by Mason Locke "Parson" Weems (1759-1825): "h...

Illus. in: God's Revenge against gambling ... (Philadelphia, 1812). No reference copies. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a pri...

Words by Sidney D. Mitchell ; music by Archie Gottler. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language) 4002-2 (music plate)

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private...

Words by Fred Fisher ; music by Leo Edwards. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus in the Temple as haloed child on scholar's knee]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus in the Temple a...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Remember Wounded Knee - A book with a picture of a man holding a knife

Remember Wounded Knee - A book with a picture of a man holding a knife

Poster showing Bobby Onco, a Kiowa, and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), holding up rifle. Photograph was taken after a ceasefire agreement between AIM forces and federal marshals at Wounded Knee, ... More

Big Foot, chief of the Bules [sic] taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee, S.D.

Big Foot, chief of the Bules [sic] taken at the Battle of Wounded Knee...

Body of Spotted Elk, chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux, lying in snow, after the Massacre at Wounded Knee, S.D., Dec. 29, 1890. Copyright by Northwestern Photo Co., Chadron, Nebraska. Title transcribed from... More

[Portrait of man wearing glasses, seated with elbow resting on right knee] / EW.

[Portrait of man wearing glasses, seated with elbow resting on right k...

Title devised by staff. Signed with photographer's monogram. Prior to 1901 photographer known as Eva Lawrence Watson. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Be... More

U.S. troops surrounding the Indians on Wounded Knee battle field / Miller Studio, Gordon, Neb.

U.S. troops surrounding the Indians on Wounded Knee battle field / Mil...

Photograph shows a Native encampment in the foreground with a short line of U.S. troops in the background.

Iraq. Mosul. Mosul bazaars and river scenes on the Tigris. The wool washing industry. Men knee deep in a weir along the river banks

Iraq. Mosul. Mosul bazaars and river scenes on the Tigris. The wool wa...

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

Wife and child of tobacco sharecropper. The littlest girl comes in from outside for something to eat while mother is doing her housework. The child next to the baby is called in this country the "knee baby". Person County, North Carolina

Wife and child of tobacco sharecropper. The littlest girl comes in fro...

Public domain photograph of family portrait, mother and child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private...

Words by Fred Fisher ; music by Leo Edwards. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

[Unidentified man and woman, both about 30 years of age, with a child about two years of age seated on woman's knee, full-length portraits, facing front, seated on chairs on carpet]

[Unidentified man and woman, both about 30 years of age, with a child ...

Scratched on back of plate: 178; 196. Two edges trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

She was seated on the hearth-rug before the fire, her head just touching his knee

She was seated on the hearth-rug before the fire, her head just touchi...

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Shandon Bells," Harper's magazine, 65:949 (Nov. 1882).

Birds-eye view of canyon at Wounded Knee, S.D.

Birds-eye view of canyon at Wounded Knee, S.D.

Dead horses and Indians. Photo copyrighted by Northwestern Photo Co. Not found in LOT 6/2005. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. South Dakota.

Preparing waxed thread by rolling thread between hand and knee. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas

Preparing waxed thread by rolling thread between hand and knee. Boot s...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Machine tool builders would be helpless without a great number and variety of machine tools for their own work. A special horizontal milling machine is here performing an operation on the column of what will become a knee and column type milling machine

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Machine tool builde...

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

But with her babe upon her knee / FES.

But with her babe upon her knee / FES.

Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus Christ. "B3957." No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse / Eugene Field. New ... More

Caught in the act - A black and white photo of a man dressed as santa claus

Caught in the act - A black and white photo of a man dressed as santa ...

Man dressed as Santa Claus seated on model of chimney smoking long pipe and blowing circles of smoke. D4849 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3.

Preparing waxed thread by rolling between thumb and knee. This thread will be used to sew the uppers of the boots together. Boot shop, Alpine, Texas

Preparing waxed thread by rolling between thumb and knee. This thread ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private...

Words by Fred Fisher ; music by Leo Edwards. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

But with her babe upon her knee / FES.

But with her babe upon her knee / FES.

Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus Christ. "B3957." No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse / Eugene Field. New ... More

Remember Wounded Knee - A black and white photo of a man holding a knife

Remember Wounded Knee - A black and white photo of a man holding a kni...

Poster showing Bobby Onco, a Kiowa, and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), holding up rifle. Photograph was taken after a ceasefire agreement between AIM forces and federal marshals at Wounded Knee, ... More

The fair maiden who sat on my knee. By R. B. Nicol. Andrews, 38 Chatham Street, N. Y

The fair maiden who sat on my knee. By R. B. Nicol. Andrews, 38 Chatha...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jake is ten yrs old, Marie is 13, but neither could spell own name. Scheler family, near Sterling. The boy said he had recently stuck the hook into his knee while topping. Six in the family, four work. Another family with them, 2 adults. Working 50 acres of beets. Farm near Sterling. Oct. 23/15.  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine.

Jake is ten yrs old, Marie is 13, but neither could spell own name. Sc...

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

Church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Church at Wounded Knee, South Dakota

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

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your arm than a private...

Words by Fred Fisher ; music by Leo Edwards. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus in the Temple as haloed child on scholar's knee]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus in the Temple a...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

SEC Ickes and bride return home. Olney, Md., June 22. Like a line from the song 'Knee Deep in Daisies and Head Over Heels in Love,' Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes and his bride of a few weeks pictured in the garden of the Ickes country home 'Headwaters' following their return from honeymoon in Europe

SEC Ickes and bride return home. Olney, Md., June 22. Like a line from...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee pants) said he had worked in mills for 7 years and some nights. At nights they work 12 hours, without any hour off for lunch. Eat when they can. Some of the[m] "eat a-workin'."  Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Daniel Mfg. Co., Lincolnton, N.C. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee ...

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

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with the beet-knife, but I jest went on a-workin'."  Location: Sterling [vicinity], Colorado / Photo by Hine, Oct 23/15.

Seven-year-old Alex Reiber topping. He said, "I hooked me knee with th...

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

A black and white photo of a pair of boots in a field, Arkansas. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a pair of boots in a field, Arkansas. Farme...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Knee brackets ready to be welded between the ship's deck beams and frames ( or ribs) at the start of the production line. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Knee brackets ready to be welded betwee...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a pri...

Words by Sidney D. Mitchell ; music by Archie Gottler. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language) 4002-2 (music plate)

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a private with a chicken on your knee?

Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a pri...

Words by Sidney D. Mitchell ; music by Archie Gottler. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language) 4002-2 (music plate)

Bending huge steel girders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. At the U.S. Bureau of Standards officials were witnessing the testing of rigid steel frame knees that are used in grade eliminations such as over-passes, under-passes, bridges, etc. This photo shows the girder or knee placed into the huge 600,000 lb. testing machine in preparation for the test. This welded rigid steel frame knee which was designed to withstand 50,000 pounds had a maximum load of 153,600 lbs placed on it before it buckled

Bending huge steel girders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. At the U.S. Bu...

A black and white photo of a man working in a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date from related adjacent... More

Hosiery testing machine. Washington, D.C., March 23. At the request of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the U.S. Bureau of Standards has developed a hosiery testing machine. The machine simulates the force acting on a stocking at the knee and garter clasps in use. A survey was made of women's full fashioned silk hosiery from retail stores throughout the U.S. to provide a basis for a performance specification. After a few pulls, a poor stocking will show runs and lose it's shape. C.J. Pope, of the Bureau of Standards is shown with machine, 3/23/38

Hosiery testing machine. Washington, D.C., March 23. At the request of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a pope, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Full-length portrait of American Indian man with short hair, wearing a blue striped tunic, knee bands, and a white cape]

[Full-length portrait of American Indian man with short hair, wearing ...

Public domain photograph of portrait print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Dance me on your knee, darling - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

A poster comes to life. Long awaited by Woolslayer, he celebrated the visit of the soldier and sailor with a party at his home. Friends, relatives and fellow workers made up the list of guests. No ordinary party, this one will be remembered by the Woolslayers for years to come. Festivities started at 8 p.m. and lasted well into the next morning. Proudly seated on Sergeant Vineyard's knee is Woolslayer's eight-year-old daughter, Georgia Ann, who stayed up long past her bedtime to take part in the fun. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Long awaited by Woolslayer, he celebrated the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a couple, husband and wife, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

Over her knee - Public domain American sheet music, 1875

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

O! God, we humbly bend the knee; Hymn

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)