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Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[High school route boys. Adolescents. Some in back row have been newsb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ford Motor Co. Marine Car at Dist. Bldg., 9/14/26

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

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Webcast available at: http://www.loc.go... More

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Compa...

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

A black and white photo of a train engine. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

A black and white photo of a tunnel in a building. Dodge Brothers Moto...

A group of people standing around a car in a factory. Dodge Brothers M...

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

[Farmer], 15th century - Public domain medieval manuscript

Illus. in: Latin ed. of Liber ruralium commodorum by Petrus de Crescentiis, printed at Spier by Peter Drach, 1493. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Pietro da Montagnana, a Paduan medical teacher surrounded by Greek an...

Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 130.

[Dancing peasant couple] / AD [monogram].

Bradley Collection (Library of Congress). Meder, 88 Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parmigianino - The virgin, child and St. John

Print shows the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus with his cousin in the background. After Francesco Mazzuoli who was called Il Parmigianino. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints a... More

[The Virgin holding the child seated on a cloud]

Title from shelflist card. Signed with initials on plate. Bartsch, 2. LeBlanc, 2. Nagler I: 280. Coll. mark of Bradley Collection on verso. Bradley Collection.

" Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genia...

Public domain image of a mythological scene, classic mythology, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Agostino Carracci - Dog A. Caraza

Trimmed to image. B259. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A standard bearer holding the banner of his regiment] / H. Goltzius f...

Title from shelflist card. Bartsch, 125. Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More

[Horse, drawn to show muscle structure and anatomy]

Illus. in: Dell' anotomia et dell' infirmita del cavallo / Carlo Ruini. Bologna : Presso gli heredi di G. Rossi, 1598, p. 295. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Flagellation / L'Agneau inv. ; June sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a man stepping through a door on the left to witness a woman with a handful of birch whipping the exposed buttocks of an elderly gentleman who appears to drive much pleasure from the punishment he i... More

The Female frizzler, British Cartoon Print

British cartoon showing woman, seated on huge hairdo of another woman, as she works on the hairdo. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...

1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More

[Images showing a shipwreck and people in a boat sailing toward the wr...

Illus. opposite p. 10. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Willemsz, 1646. "No. 2" upper right corner. This r... More

[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, right]

472_7351_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photo of DCM 0370c: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication

See DCM 366, Notes. See DCM 370a. Instrument type: Panpipes Medium: Bamboo.; 2.5 cm. x 24.5 cm. x 36.5 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Front of brace and one pipe cracked. Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Mila... More

Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Ta...

Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: (beneath image) Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Tartini geb: 1692. / Joh: Joach: Quanz geb: 1697. Christof Gluck geb: 1714. Nicolo Jomelli... More

Takenuki gorō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Tokimune Soga (Gorō), uprooting bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Pur... More

Mark Catesby - [Flamingo against bare tree and tropical waterfront]

Illus. in: The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands / Mark Catesby. London, 1731-1743. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1... More

[Teapot with cherry or plum blossoms]

Title and date devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Lucifer Nascere praeque diem veniens age Lucifer almum Virg. eglog. 8 ...

Print shows Lucifer as a young angel with wings sitting on a cloud, brandishing a torch in raised left hand, at the top of an arched entry way. Blind stamp on lower right corner of plate: Regia[?] Calcograf Di... More

The Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser - expiring: in hopes of...

Print shows the masthead for The Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser with a skull and crossbones representation of the official stamp required by the Stamp Act of 1765, "An emblem of the effects of the S... More

A new method of macarony making, as practised at Boston

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of... More

The conference between the brothers how to get rich, British Cartoon P...

Print shows Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe seated at a table discussing how to profit from the war in America. The Devil stands between them and answers their question, "... [H]ow shall we get ri... More

Shakspeare sic performing before Queen Elizabeth and her court

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fumiyomu onna. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujo ninsō juppon : T... More

Smelling out a rat; or the atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his ...

Print shows Richard Price seated at a desk, he turns to look over his right shoulder at a vision of an enormous Edmund Burke, his spectacles, nose, and hands emerge from the haze, a crown in one hand and a cros... More

Itsutomi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, turned slightly to the left, a shamisen at her feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

William Blake - [Aged Ignorance]. Book illustration from Library of Co...

Engraving by Wm. Blake. Illus. in: Gates of Paradise, v. 2, pl. 11. Reference copy may be in shelflist. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Allegory; Publ.; Aged.

[Cat and kitten drinking milk] - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Date based on "Collection of Cats." Part of the series "Collection of Cats." 2 copies (one in color)

Single renuclus i.e., ranunculus, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a ranunculus with blossoms and leaves. Printed outside border at top right: 4. Watermark on right side showing a portion of letters. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at ... More

Minneapolis Brewing Cos., bock - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

21580 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More

Attaque de la convention nationale ; journée mémorable du 13 vendémiai...

Print shows battle scene on Paris street during the attack on the National Convention. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 129. de ... More

[Red peppers with plant growing in the background]

Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Société d'expériences aérostatiques Direction 24 rue Maubeuge, Paris.

Advertisement showing a balloon with several persons standing in the basket, one climbing the ropes just above the basket. Tricolor banners hanging from the balloon announce the "Société d'expériences aerostati... More

A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--in...

An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", ... More

Toussaint Louverture - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain image of a military forces, uniform, officer, military commander, European armies, free to use, no copyright restrictions -Picryl description

Pillage de la Maison de St. Lazare, le lundi 13 Juillet 1789 / Prieur ...

Print shows a mob of French citizens looting the Maison de St. Lazare at the beginning of the Revolution in 1789. Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Par... More

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows pilgrims and a porter with shoulder pole on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver, British Cartoon Print, James Gil...

King George III and Queen Charlotte seated on chairs of state, watch a small rectangular tank in which Napoleon as Gulliver sails his boat. Lord Salisbury stands behind king's chair. Four princesses and three p... More

Translation de Louis seize et de sa famille au temple le 13 Aoust 1792...

Print shows French soldiers and citizens escorting Louis XVI and the royal family in a carriage to the temple on August 13, 1792.

Triomphe de Voltaire, le 11 Juillet 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthaul...

Print shows a funeral procession moving Voltaire's remains to the Panthéon in Paris from an abbey in Champagne. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez ... More

Haiti - Revolution, 1791-1804 The mode of exterminating the Black Army...

Throwing Haitians to the sharks? M. Rainsford, del. Illus. in: Marcus Rainsford, An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410A. This record contains unverified, old data... More

Francis I of France / J. Chapman sculpt.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gotenyama no hanami migi - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows two women, one seated, holding a box and one holding onto the sedan chair (see FP 2 - JPD, no. 2289), also, a young girl holding an infant (or doll), with cherry blossoms above and sailboats in the ... More

Infant Liberty nursed by Mother Mob

Baby being breast-fed whiskey - political cartoon. Engraving by Leney after drawing by Tisdale. Illus. in: The Echo, with other Poems, N.Y., 1807, oppos. p. 7. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - CARTOONS AMERICAN 1... More

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bust portrait of unidentified child (girl?), facing front

Acquisition source unknown. Public domain photograph of 19th-century American painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tsuruya uchi kashiku - Public domain portrait painting

Print shows the courtesan Kashiku, full-length portrait, standing in front of a tree in blossom, facing slightly right, with young female attendant, both wearing numerous hairpins.

La Transfiguration. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing Jesus Christ and two other men above group of people]. Illus. in: Galerie du Musee de France(?) ... / J. Lavallee. Paris, 1814, vol. 10, pl. 715. Engraving after Raphael.

The ghost - a Christmas frolic - le revenant / I.M. Wright pinxt. ; W....

Print shows a boy with a mannequin ghost holding a candle frightens several guests at an intimate party. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

"Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814," mural ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photo... More

The Shawanese prophet and Tecumseh / Huyot.

Print shows Tenskwatawa, the Shawnee Prophet, and Tecumseh, with other Natives and tipis in the background. Printed below image: (See page 669). Erroneously inscribed on mount: From The romance and tragedy of ... More

Shiba atagoyama no zu - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows wide promenade and shrine buildings at the base of Mount Atago. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuba... More

Equites Achivi Machaon Swallowtail

Typed on label attached to verso: Painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary draw... More

[Domestic cat on a stool playing with three kittens]

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

Monday after the "Great St. Leger." or Heroes of the turf paying & rec...

Quadrangle at Tattersalls filled with groups of betting men including Mr. Tanfield, Lord Sefton, Col. Hylton Jolliffe, Sir L. Skeffington, and John Gully, the ex-pugilist. A Jewish man sells wares from a basket... More

Polygraph. Hawkins's machine for writing, drawing &c. / J. Pass sc.

Print shows a duplicating device, or polygraph, for simultaneously producing two copies of a handwritten document. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Kanagawa oki nami ura - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a huge wave bearing down on boats with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Cardinal Grosbeak - Public domain portrait engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vols. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. II, Pl. 159. This record contains unverifi... More

Barn owl - John James Audubon, The Birds of America, 1827-1838

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Engraving by R. Havell after drawing by John James Audubon. Illus. in: Joh... More

Ume ni kabuto - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows the helmet of Kajiwara Genda Kagesue, a master horseman and samurai of the Minamoto clan, on a plum tree.

Flower arrangement with white rose, fuchsia, and petunia

(DLC/PP-1998:151.38) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Ben Jonson. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A half-length portrait of the seventeenth century playwright, Ben Jonson. No copyright information found with item. One item from album entitled: Collection of sketches and prints by R. Seymour. Printed on plat... More

[Butterfly and moth], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Poster - Irving's Giant Pain Curer - Public domain lithograph

LOT subdivision subject: Mythology. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Ed Mendel, Chicago. No date given on card. Date based on date range of other patent medicine labels.

The Colonel electioneering. How to get a vote, or going fixed for the ...

Print shows a man at center, assumed to be Davy Crockett, standing on a busy commercial street, offering one man a drink and another man tobacco, while campaigning for political office. Two dogs have stopped to... More

The bogle - Public domain dedication image

Optical illusion disc which is spun displaying the illusion of motion of a couple on a seesaw in a circle at the center of the disc and a man with an ax attempting to chop a lizard in a circle at the outer edge... More

The grand national caravan moving east. / drawn by Hassan Straightshan...

A burlesque parade, led by Andrew Jackson and satirizing various aspects of his administration. The procession moves from right to left. At its head is Jackson, seated on a horse with Martin Van Buren cross-le... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking during an evening snowfall at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

The wreck at sea - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows four men on wrecked boat being rescued by men in rowboat. Engraving by J.B. Neagle. Drawing by T. Birch. Illus. in: The Token and Atlantic Souvenir..., 1836, oppos. p. 151. Ref. copy may be in SSF (... More

Treasury note, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

A parody of the often worthless fractional currencies or "shinplasters" issued by banks, businesses, and municipalities in lieu of coin. These fractional notes proliferated during the Panic of 1837 with the eme... More

Hoch in der Luft umfuhr sie das Schloss dreimal und stiess jedesmal ei...

Illustration for a story showing Melusine with a serpent or dragon-like tail soaring above the castle where she lived with the nobleman Raymond. Illus. from: Volksbücher. 3 / Heransgegeben von G.O. Marbach. Le... More

Asukayama no bosetsu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking in the snow, one leading a horse, past a hillside with snow-covered trees and several small shrines, low buildings on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, Aug...

Broadside announcing Charles Green's ascension in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens, London. Includes a picture of passengers in a balloon basket. At head of title: Under the direct patronage of Her Ma... More

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens .....

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at night by Richard Gypson from the Royal Standard Tavern, England, on June 3, 1839. In addition, "Mr. Blanchard, a descendant of the celebrated Mons. Blanchar... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Photographer unidentified. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:003). Forms part of: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, 1824-1979 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More

[Henry and William Pinkney Rodgers, three-quarter length portrait, sea...

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 123; back, variant of Rinhart 125. Label on front of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893, Henry Rodgers, 1823-1854. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1... More

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with yellow sc...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 125. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rod... More

Branch of a shrub with needle-like foliage and small pink blossoms

Inscribed in pencil below drawing: Erica. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Table Mountain. Date inscribed in pencil on lower left. (DLC/PP-1998:151.38) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Native South Americans, Toldos J.D, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows a Native South American family sitting inside a wigwam-like structure, with a kettle next to a small fire just outside the entrance, and a small dog sitting on the right. Signed on stone "J.D." at ... More

Bivac - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a group of Argentine police officers wearing uniform with hat, one has a sword; two are playing cards while six others watch the game; there is a row of small buildings in the background, each with ... More

Portrait of Franklin, portrait print, Print

Print shows an embroidery pattern sheet showing Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, seated in a chair in an office or library, he holds a compass in his right hand and there is a large globe at his feet; w... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Jaffa March 26th 1839 / David Roberts, R...

Looking north. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. 9-1... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Same sitter as DAG no. 116. Hallmark: Rinhart 31. Scratched on back of plate: 304. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced ... More

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified person in theatrical costume, full-length portrait, faci...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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