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Cornelius & Baker, manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, & c.

Cornelius & Baker, manufacturers of lamps, chandeliers, gas fixtures, ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rease, W.H.

Fig. 10 -- verre du bec d'Argand

Fig. 10 -- verre du bec d'Argand

Print shows a lamp with glass chimney and circular, hollow wick designed by Ami Argand in 1784 that increased the amount of illumination. Illus. in: Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des i... More

Virgin lamps, full view - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Virgin lamps, full view - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Man sitting in courtyard. Arched tower in background]

[Man sitting in courtyard. Arched tower in background]

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

Electric Institute of Washington. Display of lamps and refrigerators

Electric Institute of Washington. Display of lamps and refrigerators

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.

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Floor lamp I

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Floor lamp I

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, including the District of Columbia and parts of ... More

New Orleans photographs. Pirate's Alley II, lamp post foreground

New Orleans photographs. Pirate's Alley II, lamp post foreground

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service. Working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service. ...

12002-22. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

I.E. Verrando, residence at 290 Park Ave., New York City. Living room lamp detail

I.E. Verrando, residence at 290 Park Ave., New York City. Living room ...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Montour Number Four mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners in the room where lamps are kept

Pittsburgh (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Montour Number Four mine of the P...

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

Martin Kahn, residence, Ritz Tower, 57th St., New York City. Lamp and chest

Martin Kahn, residence, Ritz Tower, 57th St., New York City. Lamp and ...

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

Maxson A. Eddy, residence in Vineland, New Jersey. Living room, to side table lamps

Maxson A. Eddy, residence in Vineland, New Jersey. Living room, to sid...

Public domain photograph of living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp I

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp I

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Ceremony room, all lamps lighted

Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Ceremony room, all ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lamp detail at the residence of the Ambassador of Turkey, Washington, D.C.

Lamp detail at the residence of the Ambassador of Turkey, Washington, ...

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

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! and day and night fete. Mr. Green will ascend, for the 283rd time, in his balloon ...

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! ...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, England, on Monday, September 5th, 1842. Text also describes concerts and other activities taking p... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing "I Am The Light Of The World;" with crenellated tower and lamps]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing "I Am The Light Of Th...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Alabaster lamps, vestibule, stairs, Chicago & North Western Railway station, Chicago, Ill.]

[Alabaster lamps, vestibule, stairs, Chicago & North Western Railway s...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Acheson and their daughter in the living room of their farm house near Watertown, Nebraska.

Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Acheson and their daughter in the living room of the...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - group portrait, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. Desk with lamp and other objects from Steinthal-Lubelski residence I

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and arc...

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

Father loafs while children work. He has no employment (Marion Zerpoli, 145 Hudson St., N.Y.) Mother picks nuts in Habicht, Braun Nut Factory, Hudson and Laight Sts., N.Y. Gets $4.00 a week. The children say they make $3.00 a week. Michael is 13 yrs. old. Madeline, 6 yrs. old and has cross eyes. Were working in a very dim light (no gas or lamp used except when most necessary).  Location: New York, New York (State)

Father loafs while children work. He has no employment (Marion Zerpoli...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lamp day, Friday, May 12th. Buy a lamp on lamp day for women's service in war time / Hudson & Kearns Ltd., Litho. London, S.E.

Lamp day, Friday, May 12th. Buy a lamp on lamp day for women's service...

Poster showing a lantern radiating light. Text continues: Help to sell the lamps. Apply 58 Victoria Street, S.W.

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Wall mounted lamp

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Wall mounted lamp

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. miscellaneous. Copy negative of old PEPCO pictures VII

Potomac Electric Power Co. miscellaneous. Copy negative of old PEPCO p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cosmopolitan Club, 122 E. 66th St., New York City. Detail of lamp and shadow

Cosmopolitan Club, 122 E. 66th St., New York City. Detail of lamp and ...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L. Alavoine & Co., Rockefeller Center exhibition. Library, side view of console and lamp

L. Alavoine & Co., Rockefeller Center exhibition. Library, side view o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a lamp on a nightstand, Louisiana. Farmers during Great Depression

A black and white photo of a lamp on a nightstand, Louisiana. Farmers ...

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

Pittsburgh (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Montour Number Four mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners in the room where lamps are kept

Pittsburgh (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Montour Number Four mine of the P...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

House & garden close-ups, Josephine Howell, 41 E. 57th St. Lamp, and pediment

House & garden close-ups, Josephine Howell, 41 E. 57th St. Lamp, and p...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman hanging out signal lamps on the caboose before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train pulls out

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman hanging out signal lamps on the caboo...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sterling Advertising Agency, Inc., 70 W. 40th St., New York City. Jordan Marsh lamp II

Sterling Advertising Agency, Inc., 70 W. 40th St., New York City. Jord...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp II

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp II

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Macy's, business in Jamaica, New York. Lamps

Macy's, business in Jamaica, New York. Lamps

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interior II

Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ira Suval, residence in Lawrence, Long Island. Lamp and porcelain figures II

Ira Suval, residence in Lawrence, Long Island. Lamp and porcelain figu...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man sitting in courtyard. Arched tower in background]

[Man sitting in courtyard. Arched tower in background]

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

Photographs of the E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Photographs of the E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse ...

Images show exterior and interior views of U.S. federal building, post office and courthouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Details include the courtroom, lobby, and decoration includeing lamps, ceilings, and sculpture.

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwauk...

Significance: The Lions Bridges formed the major vehicular entrance to Milwaukee's Lake Park. Four pairs of sandstone lions rest at the ends of the stone approach railings, giving the bridges their historic na... More

[Safety lamps designed by Humphry Davy for use by miners] / J. Basire sculpt.

[Safety lamps designed by Humphry Davy for use by miners] / J. Basire ...

Illus. in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. London : W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for Lockyer Davis, printer to the Royal Society, 1816 (vol. 106), plate 1, p. 22. Published in: The tradi... More

[The gas lamp], gelatin silver print

[The gas lamp], gelatin silver print

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 18. No. 101. In album: Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval facilities, ports, mines, and factories, Turkey and Greece, Ottoman ... More

Photo of Virgin lamps - Public domain dedication

Photo of Virgin lamps - Public domain dedication

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Commerce Commission Building. Lamp on entrance to Departmental Auditorium

U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Comm...

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

U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Commerce Commission Building. Lamp on entrance to Departmental Auditorium

U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Comm...

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

Old lamps in home of Jim Hardin. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South Dakota

Old lamps in home of Jim Hardin. Two Bit Creek, near Deadwood, South D...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men standing in front of a building, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of men standing in front of a building, West Virginia. Farm Se...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon

"The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" at the Mayan Theatre, showing light from a suspended lamp. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service. Working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service. ...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service, working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisc.

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service, ...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senator Ellender. Senatorial sweat! The steam bath, heated with electric lamps and wet steam, is just the thing to take off that bit of softness along the backà but the heat is terrific! 3-17-39

Senator Ellender. Senatorial sweat! The steam bath, heated with electr...

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a bunch of shoes. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a bunch of shoes. Great Depression Era, New...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sam H. Harris, residence at Arabian Ave. and Lakeway, Palm Beach, Florida. Mrs. Harris' bedroom lamps

Sam H. Harris, residence at Arabian Ave. and Lakeway, Palm Beach, Flor...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Aura window, Electric Institute II

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building....

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interior I

Rembrandt Lamps, business at 206 Lexington Ave., New York City. Interi...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Courtroom lamp, United States Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa

Courtroom lamp, United States Courthouse, Davenport, Iowa

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. This Courthouse is on the National Register. It was renovated in 2007. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. ... More

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 813 -- K-lamps and posts for approaches]

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 813 -- K-lamps and posts for ap...

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

Electric Institute of Washington. Window display of lamps and light fixtures II

Electric Institute of Washington. Window display of lamps and light fi...

Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yates Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. Detail and lamp, Yates Gardens

Yates Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. Detail and lamp, Yates Gardens

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

International Nickel Co. at the National Institute of Health. Ceiling lamps and table II, National Institute of Health

International Nickel Co. at the National Institute of Health. Ceiling ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office, workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Desk lamp

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Desk lamp

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, including the District of Columbia and parts of ... More

Miners' lamps. Williamson County, Illinois

Miners' lamps. Williamson County, Illinois

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. The heavy light streaks are caused by paths of locomotive headlights and the thin lines by lamps of switchmen working in the yard. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lig...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Besson, president of the literary society holds the lamp for Mrs. Caudill, secretary, during a song at the literary society. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mr. Besson, president of the literary society holds the lamp for Mrs. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view taken from above the cab-trim line in the huge Detroit plant where Dodge Army trucks are made. The camera was pointed toward the main assembly line and shows an overhead sheet metal delivery conveyor and a small portion of the parts stock, such as head lamps, tail lights, and so forth, encased in card-board

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). General view taken from above the cab-...

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners getting their head and safety lamps

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

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

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp I

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp I

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp V

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp V

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp III

America House, Goodheart furniture store, 2101 K St. Table lamp III

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B.B. Jennings, residence at 770 Park Ave., New York City. Living room corner, lamp and mirror

B.B. Jennings, residence at 770 Park Ave., New York City. Living room ...

Public domain photograph of living room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to...

Category label: "Prior to ceremony, prayers in monastery." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 004 (color refer... More

Initials etched with carbide lamps on John Rock, Bolt Mountain

Initials etched with carbide lamps on John Rock, Bolt Mountain

Event: Tour of rock shelters and camp rocks on Coal River drainage basin. "Archeological surveys on file at the Division of Environmental Protection make note of the "bedrock overhangs," sandstone outcroppings ... More

Exterior lamp, James A. Walsh U.S. Courthouse, Tucson, Arizona

Exterior lamp, James A. Walsh U.S. Courthouse, Tucson, Arizona

Architect: James A. Wetmore. Built between 1929-1930. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Phot... More

Exterior lamp. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas

Exterior lamp. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Tyler, Texas

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1934 by architect Shirley Simons. Neoclassical sty... More

Lamp detail, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Lamp detail, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

[The lamp]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

[The lamp]. 19th century Japan. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman sitting in a chair, relaxing, with a large lamp on a nearby end table. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Inscribed in pencil on bottom center: Edition de 25 epr... More

Musée arabe - Salle des vases et ornements en pieces / Bonfils.

Musée arabe - Salle des vases et ornements en pieces / Bonfils.

Museum room with urns on floor and fragments of tablets on shelves, large lamp? hanging from ceiling. No. 1366.

Virgin lamps - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Virgin lamps - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

The Teddyfication of the White House / Albert Levering 09.

The Teddyfication of the White House / Albert Levering 09.

Illustration shows William H. Taft "Bill" standing in shock in a large room at the White House where all the furnishings, from animal skin rugs to lamp shades, andirons to woodcarvings and the faces in painting... More

Electric Institute of Washington. Window on 4th floor of light fixtures I

Electric Institute of Washington. Window on 4th floor of light fixture...

Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electric Institute of Washington. Window display of lamps and light fixtures III

Electric Institute of Washington. Window display of lamps and light fi...

Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

International Nickel Co. at the National Institute of Health. Ceiling lamps and table I, National Institute of Health

International Nickel Co. at the National Institute of Health. Ceiling ...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Close-up of lamp

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Close-up of lamp

Public domain photograph related to Potomac Electric Power Company, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Floor lamp II

Potomac Electric Power Co. electric appliances. Floor lamp II

Public domain photograph related to Potomac Electric Power Company, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pendleton House, Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina

Pendleton House, Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. Purchasing on an average of 4,000,000 electric light bulbs annually, Uncle Sam is probably one of the largest users of light in the country. The National Bureau of Standards sees that the government gets value received in purchases by continually testing the incandescent lamps to determine their life and the amount of light they give. Using a special machine designed by the Bureau, Louis Barbrow is shown measuring the amount of light given by a lamp, 32138

Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. P...

A man working on a machine in a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General... More

Son of migrant worker reaching for lamp atop cabinet in trailer home. Weslaco, Texas. See caption 32108-D

Son of migrant worker reaching for lamp atop cabinet in trailer home. ...

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

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. Aura window, Electric Institute I

Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building....

Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, including the District of Columbia and parts of ... More

Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Micro-fossils can play an important role in locating the proper spot to drill an oil well. A magnificent history of the flow of ancient seas, of climate, of the rise and fall of empires of primitive forms of life is preserved in stone. Students in defense training courses at a famous mining-engineering school learn to decipher and piece together for an engineering conclusion the facts contained in micro-fossils found in crushed rock. Here they are at work in the micropalenontological laboratory with binocular microscope using special lamps for horizontal illumination. A professor of the geophysics department stands at the far end of the table. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Micro-fossils can play an i...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Miners getting their head and safety lamps

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsbu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Cleaning lamps in the lamp room at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Cleaning lamps in the lamp room at the Union Statio...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Lawrence J. Ullman, Heritage House, business in Tarrytown, New York. Entrance room lamps and chest

Mrs. Lawrence J. Ullman, Heritage House, business in Tarrytown, New Yo...

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.

Mary Martin (Mrs. Richard Halliday), residence at 1022 5th Ave., New York City. Living room lamp

Mary Martin (Mrs. Richard Halliday), residence at 1022 5th Ave., New Y...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morris Lapidus, apartment at 209 E. 56th St., New York City. Living room view through lamps

Morris Lapidus, apartment at 209 E. 56th St., New York City. Living ro...

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

M. Gordon, residence on Anchorage Pl., Hewlett Bay Park, Long Island. Detail of lamp, statue, and shrubbery screen

M. Gordon, residence on Anchorage Pl., Hewlett Bay Park, Long Island. ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Exterior view. South entrance (Independence Avenue), sculpted stairway with stylized owl and elaborate lamp. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Exterior view. South entrance (Independence Avenue), sculpted stairwa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Historic courtroom lamp detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Virginia

Historic courtroom lamp detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...

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

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwauk...

Significance: The Lions Bridges formed the major vehicular entrance to Milwaukee's Lake Park. Four pairs of sandstone lions rest at the ends of the stone approach railings, giving the bridges their historic na... More

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Lake Park Lions Bridge, At Lighthouse in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Milwauk...

Significance: The Lions Bridges formed the major vehicular entrance to Milwaukee's Lake Park. Four pairs of sandstone lions rest at the ends of the stone approach railings, giving the bridges their historic na... More

Otōmyō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Otōmyō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows oil lamps on a tray and a ball. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bazar de Stamboul. Maison Sadullah & Cie / G. Berggren.

Bazar de Stamboul. Maison Sadullah & Cie / G. Berggren.

Store filled with lamps, water pipes, textiles, and other objects, possibly in the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul. No. 315.

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