Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hamp...
Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore, also shows a Union ship sinking and rescue boats being put to sea from shore, as well as a Union artillery bunker, Union sold... More
The raft or part of the hurricane deck of the Central America--The liv...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1857 Oct. 17, p. 315.
![[He struggled to free himself] - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvaGUtc3RydWdnbGVkLXRvLWZyZWUtaGltc2VsZi02NDAuanBn/40/44/webp "[He struggled to free himself] - Drawing. Public domain image.")
[He struggled to free himself] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Rescue" by Eugene Wood, Harper's magazine, 103:101 (June 1901).
A life saving appliance to protect those who like to skate on thin ice
George Hanlon, foreman of parks in the Department of Parks of the borough of Queens, New York City, with apparatus to rescue people who have fallen through ice while ice skating. National Photo Company Collecti... More
Le Capne. Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen, sauvant l'equipage de ...
"Captain Aubert, Comt. le Jean Baptte de Caen," saving the crew of the American brig "Lydia." .
He came straight on up the terrace
No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Tiger's coat" by Elizabeth Dejeans, Pictorial review, 18:9 (Nov. 1916).
The return, or saved from the wreck / painted by Thomas Brooks ; Armst...
Print showing Impression 1: Gratis with The Citizen & Round Table. Impression 2: Given as a premium to "The Citizen & Round Table." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Armstrong & Co. in t... More
They're saved! They're saved! / engraved and published by John C. McRa...
Photograph shows night scene of a sailor rescuing a woman and her child from the sea . The picture is a companion piece to McRae's print "My child! My child!" Purchase; Hirschl & Adler Galleries; 1997; (DLC/P... More
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[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]
Men attempting to right a capsized boat. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 30. No. 86. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilit... More
![Winslow Homer - [Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvc2F2ZWQtZ3doLXJpdGNoaWUtaW1wLXdpbnNsb3ctaG9tZXItMjE3YTRlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Winslow Homer - [Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer.")
Winslow Homer - [Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer.
Woman being rescued from stormy sea. Copyright by C. Klackner, N.Y. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical ... More
Sailor on foc'sle: "Just 'old on a bit mate & we'll pick you up!"
A sailor on an oil tanker calls out and throws a life preserver to a man straddling a broken mast out in the open sea.
The marine Redowa--Dedicated to the brave, energetic and whole souled ...
Music sheet cover showing two ships and two lifeboats during storm at sea. Copyright by O. Ditson & Co.
The land of the living a strong drama : by Frank Harvey.
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The wreck of the Atlantic - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...
Print shows a large ship capsized with hundreds of people on board; groups of rescue workers on rocks are pulling people out of the water from the crashing waves; others are holding a long rope extending from t... More
Return of lifeboat /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
"Shows a life boat coming through the breakers. The surf is high and the stout boat is tossed about like a cork. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. "Pacific Coast Life Saving Service series: These subjects are ill... More
Saving a life - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Locale from negative D4-60021. Coney Island, N.Y. "G 1063" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 060022. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
He gained the shallows and began to pick his way way along the shore
Image blemish on digital file is not on actual item. (DLC/PP-1933:0096). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Three Experiences of Le Vieux" by Sherburne Har... More
Caricature, A stage whisper, public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows a handsome young man rescuing a beautiful young woman from drowning. Caption: Her Rescuer (soothingly) You're safe. I've got you, but I was just in the nick of time. / The Actress (weakly) ... More
![[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWxpZmVzYXZpbmctZXhlcmNpc2VzLWF0LXJpdmEtMy02NDAuanBn/40/34/webp "[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]")
[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]
Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 29. No. 83. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilities, Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Forms part o... More
Lincoln- "I'm sorry to have to drop you, Sambo, but this concern won't...
Print shows Abraham Lincoln, in a life preserver labeled "Union", on a storm tossed sea, pushing away an African American man who had been clinging to him; next to them floats a hat with papers labeled "Fremont... More
Capsize of lifeboat / motion picture
"Daily practise [sic] of life boat crew, showing boat being upset purposely by the men. As these boats are self-righting and self-bailing, the scene is particularly interesting. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. ... More
Edward C. White's dramatic production, Two little vagrants
76683 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell Morgan Print." Caption: The lock on the Seine. Created and "copyright 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3630. Similar image on: POS - TH - 1898 .H37, no. 1 (C... More
Luxuries versus lifeboats / Kep., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows an ocean liner sinking amid icebergs with many passengers jumping into the sea for lack of enough lifeboats, as a few lifeboats loaded with passengers row clear of the ship. Caption: The Gri... More
The return, or saved from the wreck / painted by Thomas Brooks ; Armst...
Print showing Impression 1: Gratis with The Citizen & Round Table. Impression 2: Given as a premium to "The Citizen & Round Table." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by Armstrong & Co. in t... More
Life boat practice, West End, New Orleans
Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Saving a life - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saving a life - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of a small watercraft, canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Life rescue at Long Branch /
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Some deserving candidates for the hero fund / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a series of nine vignettes to the left and across the top of a main illustration. In each vignette a man puts himself at risk in one way or another; one man gets up in the middle of the night... More
"Dogs first!" / Albert Levering., Political Cartoon
Illustration shows a ship foundering at sea during a storm, with many passengers on deck, but the sailors, bowing to pressure from "anti-vivisectionists", are rescuing the dogs first.
Bobby Bumps starts a lodge / - movie film screenshot
Bobby Bumps plays a trick on his friend who wants to be initiated into his lodge. When his friend outsmarts him and saves his life, they both agree to be initiated into the lodge together. MP723 U.S. Copyright ... More
Oh don't wait! Don't lose any time! they may be drowning
(DLC/PP-1932:0051). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "On the South Shore" by Margaret Crosby, Harper's magazine, 80:577 (March 1890).
![[The inclined plane at Şile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWluY2xpbmVkLXBsYW5lLWF0LXNpbGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[The inclined plane at Şile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph")
[The inclined plane at Şile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Boat on ramp about to be released from dry dock, men seated inside with hands on oars. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 25. no. 82. In album: Ships, Black Sea li... More
![[The inclined plane at Şile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWluY2xpbmVkLXBsYW5lLWF0LXNpbGUtMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[The inclined plane at Şile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph")
[The inclined plane at Şile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Boat on ramp about to be released from dry dock, men seated inside with hands on oars. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 25. no. 82. In album: Ships, Black Sea li... More
![[Saved] / Winslow Homer, 1887.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODcvMDEvMDEvc2F2ZWQtd2luc2xvdy1ob21lci0xODg3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Saved] / Winslow Homer, 1887.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
[Saved] / Winslow Homer, 1887.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Woman being rescued from stormy sea. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Life boat practice, West End, New Orleans
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Southern Yacht Club in far right background. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05766. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Lost in the desert the great dramatic spectacle : written by Owen Davi...
D13751 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Last of the "Mary Jane." Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." No. 4719. Forms part of: Theatrical poster c... More
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hamp...
Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore, also shows a Union ship sinking and rescue boats being put to sea from shore, as well as a Union artillery bunker, Union sold... More
A Life saver on the lookout - A group of people standing on top of a b...
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The overcrowded raft / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows many young women trying to find space on a raft labeled "Living Wages" in a stormy sea labeled "Sea of Want" that is infested with sharks labeled "Prostitution" and "Disease"; a ship labeled ... More
The Captain started up the dune with the bedraggled body of the uncons...
Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Tides of Barnegat" by F. Hopkinson Smith, Scribner's magazine, 40:233 (Aug. 1906).
Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hamp...
Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore, also shows a Union ship sinking and rescue boats being put to sea from shore, as well as a Union artillery bunker, Union sold... More
Lifesavers on the lookout - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
4 years an international success, A guilty mother a play that reaches ...
10781 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Taint no ghost but a real, live lady. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." Direction, Henry Myers (i.e., Meyers). No. 3662. Forms part of: T... More
The wreck of the Atlantic - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...
Print shows a large ship capsized with hundreds of people on board; groups of rescue workers on rocks are pulling people out of the water from the crashing waves; others are holding a long rope extending from t... More
Launch of life boat /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
"Pacific Coast Life Saving Service series: These subjects are illustrative of the work performed by the Life Saving Corps of the United States Government, and show the methods in vogue at one of the most import... More
Life saving crew practice, Charlevoix, Mich
"G 4506" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070722. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Theodore Roosevelt - "Captains courageous" / Keppler., Political Carto...
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt firing a cannon to send a life-line to a ship in distress on rough seas with dark clouds labeled "Prejudice" forming overhead; the rope spells out the word "Toler... More
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[Streetcars - testing devices for saving lives on car fenders]
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Life saving crew practice, Charlevoix, Mich.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leggo! commanded the rescuer --
Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Life of Jeremiah Bartlett" by Wallace Irwin, Saturday evening post, 194:10... More
![[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWxpZmVzYXZpbmctZXhlcmNpc2VzLWF0LXJpdmEtNC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]")
[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]
Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 29. No. 83. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilities, Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Forms part o... More
The marine Redowa--Dedicated to the brave, energetic and whole souled ...
Music sheet cover showing two ships and two lifeboats during storm at sea. Copyright by O. Ditson & Co.
A volunteer crew wanted / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt putting a rescue boat labeled "National Honor" to sea, carrying lifesaving equipment and an oar labeled "Reciprocity"; out to sea a ship labeled "Cuba" is flounde... More
When you fire remember this - Enlist in the Navy / W. A. Rogers.
Poster showing a sailor reaching out to a young girl in a lifeboat labeled "Lusitania." Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress... More
He came straight on up the terrace
No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Tiger's coat" by Elizabeth Dejeans, Pictorial review, 18:9 (Nov. 1916).
The wreck of the Atlantic - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows a large ship capsized with hundreds of people on board; groups of rescue workers on rocks are pulling people out of the water from the crashing waves; others are holding a long rope extending from t... More
Loss of the Central America wood engraving, Library of Congress
Seven illustrations showing passengers bailing the ship and carrying coal; Capt. Herndon firing a rocket; lowering women into the boats; the brig Marine waiting for passengers of the boat Central America; portr... More
The terrible sufferings of Grant, Tice, Dawson and others
Seven illustrations showing them saving themselves after the sinking of the Central America. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1857 Oct. 17, p. 312.
Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. UV bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin
Print shows the letter "U" formed by the spirit of a man wearing a hat departing a grave marked with a post topped with a hat, and the letter "V" formed by a harlequin figure perched on his elbows with legs rai... More
![[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWxpZmVzYXZpbmctZXhlcmNpc2VzLWF0LXJpdmEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]")
[The lifesaving exercises at Riva]
Group of men clinging to hull of a capsized boat. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg w... More
They saw their "Flying Dutchman" - it crossed their path, and they wer...
Illustration shows the shipwreck of a ship that lost its course at the sight of the "Flying Dutchman" labeled "Speeches" with the face of James G. Blaine as the ship's figurehead and using the "Bloody Shirt" as... More
Launch of surf boat - movie film screenshot
"The crew of seven dressed in cork jackets, push the boat through the surf; they clamber in and row out to the wreck. 50 ft."--Edison films catalog. "Pacific Coast Life Saving Service series: These subjects are... More
Lifesavers on the lookout - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.
On shirts: A.C.B. Patrol. "G 5248" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062827. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
People on beach, probably simulating lifesaving, Atlantic City, N.J.
Title devised by cataloger. Steel Pier in background. "G 284" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068320. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The final rescue of Tice, Grant and Dawson by the bark Mary, after the...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1857 Oct. 17, title page.
If he hadn't broken into your room when he did, you'd have been dead
Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Life of Jeremiah Bartlett" by Wallace Irwin, Saturday evening post, 194:8 ... More
The land of the living a strong drama : by Frank Harvey.
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The conduct of the lifesaving exercises at Şile
Group of men in boat with oars raised. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Title translated from album caption. No. 27. No. 89. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilitie... More
The Bonner life-net - Public domain document scan of drawing
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.