8,182 Lake Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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North Carolina Route 126 Bridge, Spanning Lake James Canal, Linville, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rush Creek Hydroelectric System, Powerhouse Exciters, Rush Creek, June...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Springhill Lake Apartments, 9230 Edmonston Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geo...

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

Fort Sheridan, Forage Storehouse, Thorpe Road, Lake Forest, Lake Count...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Centre Harbor from Garnet Hill, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.

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

Glen Lake Sanatorium, County Road 4 at County Road 67, Minnetonka, Hen...

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

[Fairfield Lake and Chimney Top from Bald Face, Sapphire, N.C.]

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

Shadow Lake, Uintas (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 234-1. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha. No. 7. Uintah series.

Lake Geneva, Wis. from Kay's [sic] Park

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dock, harbor, boats, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Joe Louis, Greenwood Lake, N.Y.]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: X V 8. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More

Lake on Rock Creek, Lookout Mountain

Photograph shows a pool fed by a creek in a war damaged area on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee. Two men sit on a tree stump. No. 7. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3664. Forms part of: Visual materials f... More

Watkins' and Clouds' Rest, reflections in Mirror Lake

Part of series: American Views - Yosemite Valley, Cal. No. 7373. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Apache Lake, Summit of Sierra Blanca Mountains, about 35 miles east fr...

Original negative number: 4. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 30. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieu... More

Kirtland Temple (Mormon), 9020 Chillicoth Road, Kirtland, Lake County,...

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

Kirtland Temple (Mormon), 9020 Chillicoth Road, Kirtland, Lake County,...

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

Hurricane Gate Structure 3, Herbert Hoover Dike on Lake Okeechobee, Be...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lake in Conejos Cañon, Col. / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph shows Beaver Lake at an altitude of 9000 feet above sea level twenty miles from the mouth of Conejos Cañon. Plate no. 16. "Descriptive legend of view no. 16" on verso. Part of geographical and geolo... More

Whritenour House, 1293 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, West Milford, Passaic ...

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

Pine Grove Springs Hotel, Lake Spofford, N.H.

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

Duck Brook Bridge, Spanning Duck Brook between Witch Hole Loop & New E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brown's Hotel, Lake Pepin, Lake City, Wabasha County, MN

Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mystic Lake Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, Along West Rosebud Cre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lawnfield, 8095 Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lawnfield, 8095 Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lawnfield, 8095 Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lawnfield, 8095 Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH

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

Lawnfield, 8095 Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH

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

Narrative of a journey round Lake Yamdo (Palti), and in Lhokha, Yarlun...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC ael 2019-04-04 update (1 card)

[Tule Lake segregation center, Newell, California]

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

[Tule Lake segregation center, Newell, California]

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

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Sheridan, Workshops, Lyster Road, Lake Forest, Lake County, IL

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1069 Available also... More

From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy missing data on left side of map. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad ... More

A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St...

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

Central Park, the lake - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows people riding in carriages, on horseback, and strolling along paths at the lake in New York's Central Park. Copyright number possibly 21942. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale... More

Yuba River, near Crystal Lake. Central Pacific Railroad

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zephyr Cove, Eastern shore Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 668. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Donner Peak--from Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road, Western Summi...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 842. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Camp of the Mormons at Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 666. LOT subdivision subject: Mormon Emigrants en Route to the Hawaiian Islands. This record conta... More

Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe, looking North

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 672. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Pollard's Station, Donner Lake, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 846. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

French Lake, Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, Central Pacific Rai...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1278. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Nick of the Woods, near Yank's Station, A Curious Cedar Knot, Valley o...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 643. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

View on Crystal Lake-- Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 831. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

California Co.'s stages leaving International Hotel, Virginia City, fo...

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

Eagle Canyon, from Eckley's Island, Emerald Bay - Western Shore of Lak...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 659. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Washoe Indians--Valley of Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 602. LOT subdivision subject: Indians. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Elevator erected by the Ogdenburgh & Lake Champlain Rail Road Company ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.

Extinct volcano, Mono Lake, Cal. / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a volcano. Plate 103 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?].

Father of the forest, Calaveras Grove, Cal. / Clark, Lake & Co., publi...

Stereograph shows fallen giant sequoia tree. On verso: A six mule team and covered wagons drive in two hundred feet - and drive out a knot hole. Charles M. and James H. Clark of 408 North Fourth Street, Rockfo... More

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell ; engraved by T. Phillibr...

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Caption: "If a victory is to be gained, I'll gain it" Oliver H. Perry. Engrav... More

Bird's eye view of Leadville, Lake County, Colo. 1879.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 71 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

[Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake]

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

[Green Lake, Wis., Grey Rock cottage]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Green Lake from Pleasant Point, Wis.

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

Lake George from Caldwell - Public domain image of steamship

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

Lake Alexandra, south side, June, 1882 / G.W. Rice, photo.

Photograph shows snow-covered lake surrounded by rock formations, during polar expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. No. 56.

Standard American black bass and lake flies

O6813 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Co.

Picnic along shore of lake, near mouth of Socateau [River]

Group of men and women picnicing on shore of lake near the mouth of the Socateau River, Maine.

[Adirondack Mountains, N.Y.]: Lake George and Hundred Island House

Hotel in backgrd. and bridge in right foregrd. Photo copyrighted by S.R. Stoddard. No. 260. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Hotels.

View of the broken dam looking from bed of lake, Johnstown Flood, May ...

17846U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.

[Small steamboat TOWAHLOONDAH by pier on lake in the Adirondack Mtns.,...

Photo copyrighted by Seneca Ray Stoddard. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Resorts; Geogr.; Steamboats Misc.

Lake George, French Point, [N.Y.]

Group of people on bow of boat about to make landing; mountains in background. Photo copyrighted by S.R. Stoddard, Glens Falls, N.Y. No. 245. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 28. This record contains unverified, ol... More

[Lake and Faulhorn, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sunset from Sunset Camp, Raquette Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y.]

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

[Panorama of Rigi Kaltbad and the Lake of Four Cantons, from Rothstock...

Print no. "1139". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Isola Bella, general view, Lake Maggiore,, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16697". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Iseltwald and Brienz Lake, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brunnen and the Mythen, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]

Print no. "17019". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

Peking. Summerpalace, Marblebridge. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "China-Chine. Peking. Summerpalace. Marblebridge". Print no. "18804. P.Z." ... More

Lake Skaneateles, N.Y., shady beach

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

[The pier, Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Scotland]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The bay, Gardone, Lake Garda, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16464". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Profile Lake and Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, White Mountains

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

[Ambleside, stepping stones, Lake District, England]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a pond, trees in the park, reflection in the water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ullswater, Howtown Pier, Lake District, England]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver Lake, Marshall Creek, Pennsylvania

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

Lake George. Black Mountain from the southwest

Adirondack Mountains, New York. Photo copyrighted by S.R. Stoddard, Glens Falls, N.Y. No. 816. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY A- Mtns.; NY L- G-; Shelf.

[Lake George, N.Y., steamer leaving Rogers' Rock Landing]

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

[Albergo, general view, Arco, Lake Garda, Italy]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Loch Tummel, Queen's View, Scotland] view, photochrome print postcard...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "13159". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

[Derwentwater and Keswick, Friars' Crag, Lake District, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10033". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[On the lake, Titisee, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16598". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Map of Salt Lake County, Utah]. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing landowners' names and dates, school districts, voting precincts, and geographical features. Title supplied by cataloger. LC copy imperfect: Small portion of map c... More

[Urnersee and Pilatus, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "17626". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[On the lake, Titisee, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16599". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[St. Bernard Hospice and lake, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9289". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Isola Madre, Lake Maggiore, Italy] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16502". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[View from the Hotel Fasano, Fasano, Lake Garda, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16772". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Helvellyn and Thirlmere, Lake District, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10692". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Territet-Montreaux, (i.e., Montreux), funicular railway, Geneva Lake,...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "9398". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[In the Upper Lake, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12007". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, Italy] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6096". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

[A "Peep" from the recreation grounds, Bedford, England]

Image shows the Ouse (Great Ouse) river in Bedford, at the recreation grounds, now known as The Embankment. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign sec... More

[General view, Gargnano, Lake Garda, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8308". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

[St. Fillans from S.E. (i.e., southeast), Scotland]

Print shows town of St. Fillans on Loch (Lake) Earn. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 190... More

[Lake in the Park, Bremen, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "6680". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[General view, Riva, Lake Garda, Italy]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Grasmere Church, Lake District, England] view, photochrome print post...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10017". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

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