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The hydrant-headed monster - Public domain book illustration

The hydrant-headed monster - Public domain book illustration

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Fairy godmother-in-Law / Oliver Herford. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.

You've quite possibly heard of Scotland's Loch Ness and its elusive, never-captured and perhaps barely photographed sea monster. This is a depiction of another such creature in Burlington, Vermont, far across the Atlantic Ocean. Called "Champ" by its devotees, it represents a similarly elusive and quite possibly fanciful monster said to prowl the depths of the area's most famous feature, Lake Champlain, separating Vermont and Upper New York State

You've quite possibly heard of Scotland's Loch Ness and its elusive, n...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-9). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chinese Buddhist worshippers in a river]

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862

Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1707

The Green eyed monster, Movie Poster

The Green eyed monster, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster text. The Norman Film Mfg. Co. presents "The Green Eyed Monster" with an all-colored cast. $1,000,000 worth of railroad equipment was used in the filming of the production. An $80,000 tra... More

Smithsonian rebuilding gigantic animal. Washington, D.C., March 24. One of the largest animals which ever walked the earth has been discovered and is being rebuilt by the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Charles Gilmor, Paleontologist, found in western Utah the bones of a Sauropod,-a species of the dinosaurs which ruled the earth 80,000,000 to 150,000,000 years ago. Dr. Gilmore is pictured fitting the 32-foot tail of the monster together, 3/24/38

Smithsonian rebuilding gigantic animal. Washington, D.C., March 24. On...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudeville show at the Laurel Theatre.

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudevi...

Poster announcing vaudeville show to raise funds for the needy through New York City Mayor Edwards' milk fund, showing a large bottle of milk. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by Mayor Edwards' Welf... More

Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace

Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace

Drawing shows an allegorical figure labeled "Civilization" holding a large sword and shield labeled "England, France, Russia, Italy, [and] U.S." facing a large serpent, possibly meant to represent Kaiser Wilhel... More

General Jackson slaying the many headed monster

General Jackson slaying the many headed monster

A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the... More

The monster sun fish caught by W.N. McMillan of E. Africa, at Santa Catalina Isl., Cal. April 1st, 1910. estimated wt. 3500 lbs.

The monster sun fish caught by W.N. McMillan of E. Africa, at Santa Ca...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fishing (sport); PI; Shelf. Big game fishing. California.

[Smoking monster engine destroying town]

[Smoking monster engine destroying town]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "What fool will follow us?" by Gen. Erich Ludendorff, Hearst's international,... More

Barrage balloon manufacture. Birthplace for air-whales--gigantic barrage balloons which look like monster whales-of-the-air, made in this huge room. Four are seen here: left rear is a balloon being folded into the shipping container at the extreme rear; next to it is an inflated balloon on which final inspection and checking is now complete, and ready for deflation and packing; at the right is a completed balloon in the process of being inflated for inspection; in the foreground is an assembled balloon awaiting final fitting and inflation. General Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio

Barrage balloon manufacture. Birthplace for air-whales--gigantic barra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Hydrarchos or Leviathan! of the Antediluvian world, as described in the Book of Job, Chapt. 41. This immense skeleton of a sea monster! exceeds 114 feet in length and weighs 7,500 pounds ... As this extraordinary creature will shortly leave

The Hydrarchos or Leviathan! of the Antediluvian world, as described i...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 119, Folder 33.

The American juggernaut Everything noble, patriotic, and progressive is crushed beneath the remorseless tread of that mammoth monster of corruption, cruelty, and fraud, the vampire rings of capital / / Matt Morgan.

The American juggernaut Everything noble, patriotic, and progressive i...

Financiers and politicians, on large train, crushing American working men; skeleton hovering above. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's budget of fun, 1873 April, no. 181, pp. 8-9.

Monster scaffolding about the Inner Chien Men (Gate) which was destroyed by the allies, now being restored, Peking, China

Monster scaffolding about the Inner Chien Men (Gate) which was destroy...

H97388 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Construction; China Misc.; Bridges Foreign China; China Pek... More

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Test is thorough at the proving grounds adjoining the Chrysler tank arsenal near Detroit. These are twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks, the steel monster which will make our mechanized forces the equal of any in the world in tank warfare. The lower of the two gun barrels is that of a 75 mm. gun, the upper of a 37 mm. anti-aircraft gun, both standard equipment on these tanks. In addition, four machine guns are mounted on each M-3

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Test is thorough at the proving grounds a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Hydrarchos or Leviathan! of the Antediluvian world, as described in the Book of Job, Chapt. 41. This immense skeleton of a sea monster! exceeds 114 feet in length and weighs 7,500 pounds ... As this extraordinary creature will shortly leave

The Hydrarchos or Leviathan! of the Antediluvian world, as described i...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 119, Folder 33.

Monster Democratic Torch-Light Procession Passing Through Union Square, N.Y.C.

Monster Democratic Torch-Light Procession Passing Through Union Square...

Crowd around statue of George Washington on horseback; fireworks in background; banners for Buchanan. New York City. Wood engraving of drawing by T. Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 S... More

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by huge propellers such as these. This four-bladed monster, cast in one place, is being inspected before it is installed on a warship

Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). The push for the navy is supplied by...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The grade crossing monster - Drawing. Public domain image.

The grade crossing monster - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, July 26, 1911.

Which will win? the famer or the railroad monster?

Which will win? the famer or the railroad monster?

Political cartoon showing rr as monstrous serpent constricting the Capitol and threatening farmer armed with club of national authority. Wood engraving by Th.[?] Wust publ. in New York newspaper, Aug. 14, 1873... More

"The tribute to the Minotaur" - the interests of all other states sacrificed to the protection monster of Pennsylvania / Gillam with apologies to A. Gendron.

"The tribute to the Minotaur" - the interests of all other states sacr...

Illustration shows Samuel J. Randall seated at one end of a gondola and William D. Kelley standing at the other end calling out "to the Protection Minotaur of Pennsylvania", between them are several maiden wome... More

Mrs. Tooler-Monde, President of the Fortieth Century club, takes her husband to see the newly restored Prehistoric Monster

Mrs. Tooler-Monde, President of the Fortieth Century club, takes her h...

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 72:187 (Aug. 8, 1918).

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudeville show at the Laurel Theatre.

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudevi...

Poster announcing vaudeville show to raise funds for the needy through New York City Mayor Edwards' milk fund, showing a large bottle of milk. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by Mayor Edwards' Welf... More

Now on exhibition, the celebrated blood hounds. Here and spot. the monster blood hound hero ... Don't fail to see them!.

Now on exhibition, the celebrated blood hounds. Here and spot. the mon...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 73, Folder 26.

The cutting monster. The ladies copper bottom manufactory to prevent their being cut

The cutting monster. The ladies copper bottom manufactory to prevent t...

Public domain photograph of 18th019th-century cartoon print, satirical portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862

Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1707

Oliver introduces Skippy to the Hydra-headed monster

Oliver introduces Skippy to the Hydra-headed monster

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

Cartoon drawing shows a woman representing the state of Florida laying on the ground in the clutches of a monster labeled "Yellow Jack." Columbia, wearing a phrygian cap, stands above them, one arm upraised in ... More

Lo, the fell monster with the deadly sting who passes mountains, breaks through fenced walls and firm embattled spears, and with his filth taints all the world - Dante's Inferno

Lo, the fell monster with the deadly sting who passes mountains, break...

"Italy" on statue of Dante; dragon with German helmet possibly representing Austro-German army at the Battle of Caporetto. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Li... More

The cutter cut up, or, the monster at full length, British Cartoon Print

The cutter cut up, or, the monster at full length, British Cartoon Pri...

Philip Thicknesse standing with a rope (merit) round his neck, nude except for short breeches. His person is covered with defamatory inscriptions. His chest is cut open, revealing organs labeled cowardice, crue... More

[A horrible monster glared at them]

[A horrible monster glared at them]

A fierce, ogre-like man with spectacles and a book under his arm clenches his fist at a group of small, frightened children who are seated on the ground before him. Illustration for Chapter XX, "The Woog and th... More

Chrysler tank arsenal. The M-3 tank has an overall length of 18 feet, which means the track for one-side of this 28- ton monster is about 40 feet long. Each individual tread is made of solid rubber

Chrysler tank arsenal. The M-3 tank has an overall length of 18 feet, ...

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

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

Cartoon drawing shows a woman representing the state of Florida laying on the ground in the clutches of a monster labeled "Yellow Jack." Columbia, wearing a phrygian cap, stands above them, one arm upraised in ... More

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

[Yellow Jack monster] / Matt Morgan.

Cartoon drawing shows a woman representing the state of Florida laying on the ground in the clutches of a monster labeled "Yellow Jack." Columbia, wearing a phrygian cap, stands above them, one arm upraised in ... More

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chinese Buddhist worshippers in a river]

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

The Great monster, Republican, having traversed great part of Europe--but see Britania [sic] and roused her lion to give this monster, a proper reception, British Cartoon Print

The Great monster, Republican, having traversed great part of Europe--...

Political cartoon showing France as a monster, with one foot on Switzerland, facing Britannia with lion, saying, "All de nations in Europe has accepted de liberty, la François - ... We will come and plant the t... More

Lo, the fell monster with the deadly sting who passes mountains, breaks through fenced walls and firm embattled spears, and with his filth taints all the world - Dante's Inferno

Lo, the fell monster with the deadly sting who passes mountains, break...

"Italy" on statue of Dante; dragon with German helmet possibly representing Austro-German army at the Battle of Caporetto. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Li... More

The grade crossing monster - Drawing. Public domain image.

The grade crossing monster - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, July 26, 1911.

The Great monster, Republican, having traversed great part of Europe--but see Britania [sic] and roused her lion to give this monster, a proper reception, British Cartoon Print

The Great monster, Republican, having traversed great part of Europe--...

Political cartoon showing France as a monster, with one foot on Switzerland, facing Britannia with lion, saying, "All de nations in Europe has accepted de liberty, la François - ... We will come and plant the t... More

Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace

Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace

Drawing shows an allegorical figure labeled "Civilization" holding a large sword and shield labeled "England, France, Russia, Italy, [and] U.S." facing a large serpent, possibly meant to represent Kaiser Wilhel... More

Moses L. Lee to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 27, 1861  (Sends “monster turkey”)
Moses L. Lee to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 27, 1861  (Sends “monster turkey”)
Fenway Park and the 'Green Monster,' Boston, Massachusetts

Fenway Park and the 'Green Monster,' Boston, Massachusetts

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