236 Letterpress works Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More

Le tragedie del lavoro - Public domain document scan of drawing

Front page of newspaper, Il progresso Italo-Americano, with story about the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire. Includes list of Italian American victims, a drawing of a victim and photograph of police.

The miner's Ten Commandments / H. Eastman, del. ; Anthony & Baker.

Pictorial lettersheet shows vignettes illustrating each of the commandments and a scene with an elephant pointing to the commandments posted on a shed; verso and attached leaf contains manuscript letter from Mr... More

Tric-Trac, semanario humoristico, Año 1, Núm 7, Junio 7 de 1903

Formerly filed under call number: LOT 6659. Gift; Alice Lee Parker; 1952.

Autumn. No. 4. Gigantic sycamores, [...]

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

Reudy Cressman, dealer in imported and domestic segars of superior bra...

Print shows an advertisement in the form of a $100 denomination bank note for Reudy Cressman's establishment at "No. 318 Vine St., Below Ninth St., Philad'a", "dealer in imported and domestic" cigars and other ... More

Southwark foundry cor. 5th & Washington St. Philadelphia

Print shows a street level view of the Merrick & Sons Southwark Foundry at the corner of 5th & Washington streets in Philadelphia, with many chimneys billowing smoke. Caption continues: Merrick & Sons engineer... More

Books and stationery - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print of advertisement for books and stationary showing items related to the stationary trade and a list of available products. Copyright 1865 by Andrew Peck.

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Colmar" at the intersection of streets with a large building on the corner and a church behind, also shows activity on the streets, with remar... More

A model of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. / R.T. Sperry, del.

Print showing ground plan with instructions and 3 plates of cutouts, plus a single sheet of letterpress history of the Plymouth Church to be pasted on the bottom of the model. M19910 U.S. Copyright Office.

Greeley and Brown, portrait print

Print shows Horace Greeley, bust portrait, facing right, and B. Gratz Brown, bust portrait, left profile, with brief biographies of each, along with text of the "Platform Adopted at Cincinnati and endorsed by t... More

Cherokee Phoenix, New Echota, Georgia

Title page of the Cherokee Phoenix from April 10, 1828.

The Republican chart. The nation's choice in war and peace Ulysses S. ...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, above a smaller portrait of Henry Wilson, with brief biographies of each, also with text of the Republican Party platform, as we... More

Across! / Orr. - An open book with a drawing of a man sitting on a ben...

An old woman "Eliza Prohibition", carrying a baby "Constitutional Amendment", hops across ice floes labeled after U.S. states towards solid ground "Ratification"; in the background three dogs "brewer", "distill... More

[Title page and frontispiece to "Natural magick ... wherein are set fo...

Illus. in: Natural magick, / by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences. London : Printed for T. Young and S. Speed, 16... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

[Gutenberg Bible opened to the beginning of the Gospel of Luke]

Reproduction of two pages from the Gutenberg Bible. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 84.

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

[Page of text with articles: Commander Dahlgren and his guns; the Wash...

Page from: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 20, p. 246. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The battle of wild cat, Oct. 21st, 1861 sketched on the spot, by Alfre...

Print shows an engagement between Union and Confederate soldiers in a wilderness area of Kentucky, with the Confederate forces on the left at the edge of the forest and the Union forces in a clearing at center ... More

Robert Wood's ornamental iron works, Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia / Hinc...

Print shows an advertisement for Robert Wood's Ornamental Iron Works on "Ridge Avenue below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia" showing cast iron statues and fountains, the "Clay Monument, at Pottsville, Pa.", ... More

Art's airy shrine--Where "V.G." works, and how he does it / Donaghy.

Periodical page with text of article and an illustration showing Valerian Gribayédoff working at his desk with pen and paper. Illus. in: The journalist, 1886 July 10, vol. III, no. 16, p. 1. Wood engraving afte... More

Summer. No. 3. A road accident [...]

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, W.J. Check 050 and 245 field.

United States slave trade, 1830 - Public domain engraving

An abolitionist print possibly engraved in 1830, but undocumented aside from the letterpress text which appears on an accompanying sheet. The text reads: "United States' slave trade, 1830. The Copper Plate from... More

[Probate notice for Mary Pitman, single woman]

Probate notice from the Court of Probate, Newport, Rhode Island, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, 1835 April 6. (Bound volume 9658). Published ... More

United States almanac, for the year 1841

Print shows the title page for the United States Almanac for the year 1841 showing the deity Mercury/Hermes soaring above the waterfront at Philadelphia with ships and boats on the Delaware River and two men mo... More

[Electromagnetism described and illustrated (with horseshoe magnet, ro...

Illus. in: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution...for the year 1857. Washington : The Institution, 1858, p. 105. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western... More

Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite, 691 Broadway

Business card used by photographer George Stacy listing his New York City studio address at 691 Broadway which he occupied from 1861 to 1865. Additional text on card: Every description of photography executed ... More

A burial party on the battle-field of Cold Harbor

Page of text describing the scene pictured in the accompanying plate. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 2, [94]. ... More

Robert Emmett, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Robert Emmett, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Includes excerpts from his address to the court during his trial for treason after the rebellion of 1803; also eight lines of verse from a po... More

[Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation]

Title page (cover) of the Constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation published in Cherokee; with seal of the Cherokee Nation. Illus. in: [Constitution and laws of the Cherokee nation. St. Louis : R. & T. A. E... More

Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].

Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.

We go hunting in Kashmir / World Wide Photos.

Page from scrapbook showing Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, and others standing next to an elephant lying on the ground with a ladder against it's side and a driver, with two others, sitting ... More

National Washington Monument - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows architect Robert Mills's original design for the Washington Monument with colonnade at the base; shows sightseers on the grounds and an artist seated at center of the foreground, sketching the monum... More

Baltischer Lloyd - dampfschifssabrt nach Stettin via Havre & Copenhage...

Broadside announcing departure of Baltischer LLoyd's iron steamship "Ernst Moritz Arndt" under the command of Captain F. Dreyer, which will sail on Saturday, 29 March 1873 at 2 P.M., from Pier 13 North River. ... More

[View of the battle near Chalmettes plantation, Jan. 8, 1815]

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the battlefield printed above a key identifying the essential features, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. This print is the key to illustration filed under: PGA - D... More

The last supper of our Lord / the drawings by G. Pfau ; written & engr...

Print showing a reproduction of the Last Supper surrounded by text and three angels. 234 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink: 234. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the Sn. Dist. of New York Dec. 30, 18... More

Now that everyone has advanced his little idea explaining their presen...

In the first of two illustrations a tall man "Mr. Hi Costo Living" and a short man "Mr. L.O. Wages" are singing "We're here because we're here because we're here..."; in the second illustration a man in tattere... More

Refugees in Russia during World War I

Poster showing an illustration by Boardman Robinson depicting scene in a refugee camp, also shows the emblem of czarist Russia, includes text about the plight of Russian citizens. Issued(?) by: International Re... More

Stull's patent stereoscope and self-angling camera, for producing stat...

Patent notice with explanatory text and two wood engraved illustrations showing camera and stereograph viewer.

A model of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. / R.T. Sperry, del.

Print showing ground plan with instructions and 3 plates of cutouts, plus a single sheet of letterpress history of the Plymouth Church to be pasted on the bottom of the model. M19910 U.S. Copyright Office.

Tarantula, México, Noviembre 2 de 1902, núm 49

Public domain photograph of political cartoon, comics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ten white men and two Negroes who defrauded the American people out of...

Print shows portraits of men thought to be involved in the controversial decision regarding the presidential election of 1876; shown are "S.M. Kenner, G. Casenave, T.C. Anderson, J. Madison Well, J.A. Garfield,... More

Winter. No. 5. Impeded travellers in a pine forest [...]

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

Mrs. Bird, female physician To the Ladies--Madame Costello.

Two advertisments from the New York sun newspaper. Mrs. Bird offers pills for treatment of menstrual irregularity and Madame Costello offers help to women who want to be treated for "obstruction of their month... More

The great explosion in New-York, February 4th, 1850

Print shows firemen putting out a fire in the aftermath of an explosion in a building on Hague Street, New York City, and, with the help of other citizens, searching the ruins for victims. Includes a printed ac... More

Now ready - American slavery justified

Advertisement and short notice for "American slavery distinguished from the slavery of English theorists, and justified by the law of Nature" by Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D. and published by Mason Brothers, New Yo... More

[Printed mount for Civil War photograph]

Mount for photographic print by Alexander Gardner of negative by Timothy O'Sullivan published by Philip & Solomons, Washington [D.C.]. Printed on mount: Incidents of the war. Group of scouts and guides attatch... More

Ultimi avvenimenti della vita di Beatrice Cenci rappresentati nelle se...

Print shows title page to an edition of prints related to the life and death of Beatrice Cenci. Printed on lower right: Prezzo £.,20. Stamped on lower right: Library of Congress City of Washington 1870. (DLC/PP-43735)

Art's airy shrine--Where "V.G." works, and how he does it

Periodical page showing text of article about Valerian Gribayédoff and other articles.

The donkey party game of putting the tail on the donkey. The funniest ...

Print shows a donkey facing left with 28 tails to be cut out of the bottom half of the print; includes wood engraved illustration of the game in progress with printed "directions", metal pins, and cardboard "me... More

Poster - Acorn stoves and ranges - Public domain lithograph

Advertisement for Acorn Stoves and Ranges showing the portrait of a young woman wearing a bonnet and in the upper right corner the Acorn logo. Includes text of the advertisement for Acorn stoves and ranges manu... More

Greeley and Brown, portrait print

Print shows Horace Greeley, bust portrait, facing right, and B. Gratz Brown, bust portrait, left profile, with brief biographies of each, along with text of the "Platform Adopted at Cincinnati and endorsed by t... More

Baltischer Lloyd - dampfschifssabrt nach Stettin via Havre & Copenhage...

Broadside announcing departure of Baltischer LLoyd's iron steamship "Ernst Moritz Arndt" under the command of Captain F. Dreyer, which will sail on Saturday, 29 March 1873 at 2 P.M., from Pier 13 North River. ... More

Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the followin...

Title page from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Caption continues: I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of monarchy and hereditary succession... More

[Executrix notice for Rev. Michael Eddy, deceased, Phebe Eddy, Exect'r...

Notice by Phebe Eddy, executrix of Rev. Michael Eddy, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, 1835? August 29. (Bound volume 9658). Published in: Amer... More

Second street museum of living animals now exhibiting at 281 North 2d ...

Print shows an advertisement for the Second Street Museum of Living Animals depicting "Romulus, the fighting California grizzly bear" in a fight against "Napoleon 4th", a large bull, on April 8, 1853. The adver... More

[Page of text containing poem "Cato's Song" and three articles: "The R...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 28, no. 1419 (1884 March 1), p. 138.

Valeur des assignats et autres papiers monnoies / J. Benizy dit Dubuis...

Print shows a trompe-l'oeil presentation of many French revolutionary "assignats", or paper money, in various demoninations, issued between 1789 and 1795. Caption continues: Depuis l'époque de leur emission en... More

$100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham L...

Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lin... More

A model of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. / R.T. Sperry, del.

Print showing ground plan with instructions and 3 plates of cutouts, plus a single sheet of letterpress history of the Plymouth Church to be pasted on the bottom of the model. M19910 U.S. Copyright Office.

A model of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. / R.T. Sperry, del.

Print showing ground plan with instructions and 3 plates of cutouts, plus a single sheet of letterpress history of the Plymouth Church to be pasted on the bottom of the model. M19910 U.S. Copyright Office.

Colonel Colt - Public domain engraving

Print shows Samuel Colt, seated, facing slightly right, holding revolver; with text copied from the New York Journal of Commerce. Illus. from: Illustrated London News, 1856 November 29, p. 554.

Baltischer Lloyd - dampfschifssabrt nach Stettin via Havre & Copenhage...

Broadside announcing departure of Baltischer LLoyd's iron steamship "Ernst Moritz Arndt" under the command of Captain F. Dreyer, which will sail on Saturday, 29 March 1873 at 2 P.M., from Pier 13 North River. ... More

In old world gardens, an exhibition of photographs by Frances Benjamin...

Catalog for exhibition of photographs of gardens in England, France, Italy, Spain, and other European locations, taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston and exhibited at the Ferargil Galleries, 37 East 57th Street, ... More

Advertisement Poster: Soapine. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Company's "Soapine" household and laundry soap product showing the portrait of a young girl holding a cat. Includes text of the advertisement on verso of the trade card. "For was... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

Old Mother Hubbard [nursery rhyme]

Print shows Old Mother Hubbard and her dog in a series of vignettes corresponding to the text of the nursery rhyme.

Now ready: the Dred Scott decision--Opinion of Chief-Justice Roger B. ...

Advertisement for pamphlet of the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision by Van Evrie, Horton & Co., No. 40 Ann Street, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 3, no. 134 (1859 July 23), p. 479.

R. Esterbrook & Cos. Lincoln Pen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paper wrapper for a box of R. Esterbrook's Lincoln Pen showing a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln, facing right, above laurel boughs and American flags. 734 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of C... More

[Page of advertisements and a cartoon from Frank Leslie's illustrated ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 28 (1869 June 4), p. 192.

John Robinson's ten enormous shows combined

A two-sided circus poster showing a large circus herald covered with text and pictures of acts: animals, acrobats, parades, horseback riding, novelty acts, etc. Copyright deposit.

Abbildung der prächtigen - und zwar trawrigen Leichbestattung - gehalt...

A mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. The procession begins in the lower right corner and advances across the bot... More

Explanation of a view of the siege of Antwerp exhibiting at the Panora...

Print shows a panorama of the seige in two panels with earth works, artillery batteries, and French soldiers in the foreground, and various buildings in the background. Buildings and French guns and soldiers ar... More

Baltischer Lloyd - dampfschifssabrt nach Stettin via Havre & Copenhage...

Broadside announcing departure of Baltischer LLoyd's iron steamship "Ernst Moritz Arndt" under the command of Captain F. Dreyer, which will sail on Saturday, 29 March 1873 at 2 P.M., from Pier 13 North River. ... More

Adam und Eva, im Paradies - Public domain book illustration, Library o...

Broadside with text, illustrated by image of Adam and Eve with the snake in the apple tree. Exhibit loan 4105-L.

In old world gardens, an exhibition of photographs by Frances Benjamin...

Catalog for exhibition of photographs of gardens in England, France, Italy, Spain, and other European locations, taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston and exhibited at the Ferargil Galleries, 37 East 57th Street, ... More

Frontispiece to the Middlesex Petition, British Cartoon Print

Broadside showing, above three columns of text (comprising the petition), George III seated on his throne receiving several men, one, kneeling before him, presents the petition, on May 24th 1769. Catalogue of ... More

Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, rema...

Title page from published response to Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

Incipit liber primus Theophili monachi, de diversis artibus The beginn...

Text, in Latin and English, on the mixing of pigments to produce certain colors in oil paint. Illus. in: Theophili, qui et Rugerus, presbyteri et monachi, libri III. de diversis artibus: seu, Diversarum artium... More

State of Louisiana wood engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows the title page to "Ballou's Pictorial" for "Saturday, December 22, 1855" showing, at top, a view of Boston Harbor with sailing ships, steamboats, a rowboat, and a view of the city of Boston in the b... More

Our national chart, a supplement to the "Cincinnati Weekly Times" for ...

Print showing right side illustration of "The soldier's dream" in which a soldier asleep on the ground during the Civil War dreams of returning home to loved ones; left side illustration shows bust portrait of ... More

The star spangled banner / written by Francis S. Key, Esq. of Georgeto...

Print shows the text of the Star Spangled Banner within an oval design at center, surrounded by circular star-bursts that contain letters spelling "Bombardment of Fort M'Henry" within a frame that has a ship in... More

J.M. Newby & Co. dealers in ready made clothing, hats, caps, stocks, g...

Print shows an advertisement for J.M. Newby & Co., a clothing dealer operating at the United States Hotel in Augusta, Georgia, with view of the hotel and additional text about the goods they offer. Caption con... More

Dancing Academy Union Hall, Morrow, O., Tuesday evening, September 9th

Print announcing a dance academy under the direction of Prof. Erwin Thomas to commence Tuesday, September 9th, showing adult and children couples dancing, and a cameo portrait of Erwin Thomas. 2854 U.S. Copyrig... More

Les belles villes gauloises d'entre Rhin et Moselle, lithographies ori...

Folder containing original lithograph showing a bird's-eye view of "Colmar" at the intersection of streets with a large building on the corner and a church behind, also shows activity on the streets, with remar... More

Stull's patent stereoscope and self-angling camera, for producing stat...

Patent notice with explanatory text and two wood engraved illustrations showing camera and stereograph viewer.

Soapine. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Company's "Soapine" household and laundry soap product showing the portrait of a young girl holding a cat. Includes text of the advertisement on verso of the trade card. "For was... More

[Title page of An argument in the case of James Sommersett ...]

Text in: Hargrave, Francis. An argument in the case of James Sommersett,... London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Otridge ..., 1772, title page. Published in: Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bi... More

St. Crispin's celebrated vegetable paste blacking

Print shows six circular labels, possibly intended for the top of a round container of blacking paste, showing a man shielding his eyes as he reaches for a boot, freshly blacked with "St. Crispin's celebrated v... More

J. Hall Rohrman, ornamental japanner and manufacturer of grocers' tea ...

Print shows an embossed and gilt print advertising "J. Hall Rohrman" ornamental japanning services and japanned-ware products. (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

El coyote. Tomo I, Núm. 27 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

One issue of the weekly periodical "El Coyote", published in Mexico City, September 5, 1880. Artist's signature illegible.

The Republican chart. The nation's choice in war and peace Ulysses S. ...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, above a smaller portrait of Henry Wilson, with brief biographies of each, also with text of the Republican Party platform, as we... More

Slave market of America - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

A broadside condemning the sale and keeping of slaves in the District of Columbia. The work was issued during the 1835-36 petition campaign, waged by moderate abolitionists led by Theodore Dwight Weld and buttr... More

Abbildung der zwar hoch betrübten ...

Mock funeral procession for the heavy imperial taxes levied on the Protestants but lost after the Protestant victory at Breitenfeld. A similar copy, with different text, is filed under PC 6 - 1632 (B size).

Ein Neues Trauer-lied ... - Public domain book illustration

In German, a poem, entitled "A New lament," which tells the tale of Susanna Cox (1785?-1809), who was executed for the murder of her illegitimate child.

Weltausstellung 1873 in Wien / gezeichnet von F. Laufberger ; radirt v...

Print shows an ornamental certificate with allegorical figures presented to Joseph E. Holmes, a juror of "Group XIII" at the Vienna International Exhibition, Vienna, 1873. Caption: Der Präsident der Kaiserlich... More

Spolium! Album de quatorze eaux-fortes sur la guerre par Louis Jous

Front cover and title page to portfolio of 14 etchings about World War I. Edition of 100. Library has "3-100." Straight no. 966 Album V. Annotation: "5eme Japon." Forms part of: Straight collection of French g... More

Tarantula, México, Marzo 16 de 1902, núm 17

Director, F. Herrerias. Formerly filed under call number: LOT 6659. Gift; Alice Lee Parker; 1952.

$100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham L...

Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold. Reference copy in PRES FILE - Lin... More

library of congress

popular graphic arts

prints

lithographs

art print

free art prints

19th century

letterpress works