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[New Jersey National Guard training camp]

[New Jersey National Guard training camp]

Postcard photo of group of soldiers lying on grass in front of tents, facing camera. Copyright by David Goldberg, Newark, N.J. No. 6. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Russian-Japanese Peace Conference building -- Portsmouth, N.H.

Russian-Japanese Peace Conference building -- Portsmouth, N.H.

Written on image: AM Eng. Co., Boston. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his wife, Lydia. Text reads: Aug. 10, 7:30 a.m. Wentworth Hotel, Portsmouth. Dear Ma, The conference began yester... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Joseph Dead Feast Lodge--Nez Percé]

Edward S. Curtis - [Joseph Dead Feast Lodge--Nez Percé]

H67009 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1559-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 8, p. 40.

Till we forget / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Till we forget / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a person labeled "Bossism" sitting in a chair, with many bandages labeled "New York, New Jersey, Penn. [and] Ohio", on the table next to him is a medicine bottle labeled "Cashtoria"; he is be... More

The busy showman.--III - Political cartoon, public domain image

The busy showman.--III - Political cartoon, public domain image

Photograph of a cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt carrying a "big stick" as he leads a formation of armored elephants carrying cannons and naval personnel out of the sea; rock in foreground reads Morocco (via ... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Singing to the snakes, Shipolovi]

Edward S. Curtis - [Singing to the snakes, Shipolovi]

Three Hopi Indians with snakes, New Mexico. H87216 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2006-06. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S... More

Old stone mill, Newport, R. I. postcard

Old stone mill, Newport, R. I. postcard

Postcard shows a stone mill and a statue situated in a park in a residential neighborhood in Newport, Rhode Island. F 40267 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 220. Copyright 1906 by Blanchard, Young & Co.

Millville Mfg. Co., Millville, N. J.

Millville Mfg. Co., Millville, N. J.

Postcard shows view of Millville Manufacturing Company in Millville, New Jersey. H103305 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907, E. B. Garrison. No. 2.

Dr. Joseph, cheif [i.e. chief] medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swinomish Reservation / Photo by O.J. Wingren., La Conner, Wash.

Dr. Joseph, cheif [i.e. chief] medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swi...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97244 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 2."

Reverend F. M. Bristol, D.D., Pastor, Metropolitan Menorial [sic] M.E. Church, Wash., D.C.

Reverend F. M. Bristol, D.D., Pastor, Metropolitan Menorial [sic] M.E....

Postcard shows Rev. F.M. Bristol, pastor of Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, three-quarter length portrait. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (gift, John A. Logan 3rd); Dec. 1962. Written on ca... More

Viaduct and flour mills, Minneapolis, Minn.

Viaduct and flour mills, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows view of the Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, signage for Best Flour. H99733 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 804.

Sunset Lake City Park, Bridgeton, N. J.

Sunset Lake City Park, Bridgeton, N. J.

Postcard shows view of lake at sunset in Bridgeton, New Jersey. H100428 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907, E. B. Garrison.

Flight of Lord Dunmore / Ogden; American Colortype Co., N.Y.

Flight of Lord Dunmore / Ogden; American Colortype Co., N.Y.

Postcard showing passengers in rowboat with British flag at the stern as they near the British man-of-war ship "Fowey". Copyright by Jamestown A. & V. Co. No. 35.

Library building, State University, Minneapolis, Minn.

Library building, State University, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows campus grounds, Library. H99732 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 806.

Fraternal City Sanatorium, panoramic postcard

Fraternal City Sanatorium, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows sanatorium building at foot of mountain in Alamogordo, New Mexico. H102608 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907 R. F. Pollock.

Panorama view of Muskingum Valley, Marietta, O.

Panorama view of Muskingum Valley, Marietta, O.

Postcard shows general view of the Muskingum River valley near Marietta, Ohio. H104246 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907 by H. P. Fischer. From H. P. Fischer's Studio, Marietta, Ohio.

Old tavern signs, implement room, Deerfield, Massachusetts., museum

Old tavern signs, implement room, Deerfield, Massachusetts., museum

Postcard shows display at a museum with a variety of artifacts including tavern signs. H 103542 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2538 Old Deerfield Series. Made in Germany.

The tapeworm - Public domain  drawing

The tapeworm - Public domain drawing

Several ticker tapes stream from a machine, ensnaring unlucky investors, money bags, a ship, a house, and the entrance of a stock broker's office to which people frantically flock. One man supports a woman who... More

Third & Jackson, panoramic postcard

Third & Jackson, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows view of Mankato street scene at Third and Jackson Street with houses, Post Office. H111593 U.S. Copyright Office.

Brown, Philadelphia, N.L. - Public domain monumental decor print

Brown, Philadelphia, N.L. - Public domain monumental decor print

Postcard showing a portrait of Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown of the Chicago Cubs. Portrait is incorrectly labelled as [Buster] Brown, Philadelphia, N. L. Portrait is surrounded by a decorative border with two... More

Old Ben dashing in for a fish, Avalon, Catalina Island / Lester Clement Barton.

Old Ben dashing in for a fish, Avalon, Catalina Island / Lester Clemen...

Postcard shows a seal on the shore moving toward a large fish tied to a rope. H 107820 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 176 Copyright 1908 by L. C. Barton.

[John Steel, full-length portrait, holding camera in a wooded area]

[John Steel, full-length portrait, holding camera in a wooded area]

Photograph by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts., panoramic postcard

Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts., panoramic postcard

Postcard shows a harbor of small boats and sailboats, a pier on the right with a woman in a long white dress shaded by an umbrella, large homes and lighthouse across the bay. F70873 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5... More

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Postcard shows corner view of two streets of commercial establishments in Twin Valley, Minn. H120375 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1.

Washington St., Phoenix, Ariz. / Lester Clement Barton.

Washington St., Phoenix, Ariz. / Lester Clement Barton.

Postcard shows commercial street in Phoenix, Arizona. Businesses include a second hand furniture store, H. Hamburger Everybody's Taylor, the Vendome Hotel, and the Phoenix Trunk Factory. Large posters on the wa... More

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Postcard shows view of commercial establishments from an intersection, focusing on one side, in Twin Valley, Minn. H120376 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2.

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, full-length portrait, facing left, in costume]

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, full-length portrait, facing left, in costu...

Copyright by A. Dupont. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Opera; Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

[Frances Hodgson Burnett, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with parasol]

[Frances Hodgson Burnett, full-length portrait, standing, facing front...

H110708 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Halloween party at State Normal School, Kearney, Nebraska.

Halloween party at State Normal School, Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain image of theatrical costume design, theater, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Upper Minneopa Falls, panoramic postcard

Upper Minneopa Falls, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows the water cascading at the top of Upper Minneopa Falls. H111594 U.S. Copyright Office.

Bellefonte Hatchery, Penna. State Fish Commission.

Bellefonte Hatchery, Penna. State Fish Commission.

Postcard shows a hatchery and surrounding area. H 110555 U.S. Copyright Office. View No. 1 Division of Prints No. 43449 Written on verso: sent by Ralph Lynn Mallory Bellefont, Pa. Claimant, same. Copyright 190... More

Washington Mo. looking south postcard

Washington Mo. looking south postcard

Postcard shows panoramic view of Washington, Missouri. H 109372 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1908 by J. F. Jaeger.

Jordan Lake, panoramic postcard

Jordan Lake, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows shores of a lake, a road with wooden fence follows the shore, horse and buggy, monuments on left, town beyond the other shoreline. H110453 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright title: Lake Odessa 1. C... More

Birdseye view of Wilmington, Del. / George A. Wolf.

Birdseye view of Wilmington, Del. / George A. Wolf.

Postcard shows panoramic view of Wilmington, Delaware. G 61845 U.S. Copyright Office.

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Postcard shows dam, generating plant and a paper mill in Beloit, Wisconsin. H 116539 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hamilton Bros., Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Greetings from Marshall, Mich. High School.

Greetings from Marshall, Mich. High School.

Postcard shows a view of the unpaved tree lined residential street, sidewalks and pathways to the main building of the Marshall High School. F65825 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1907100.

[Unidentified photographer with camera]

[Unidentified photographer with camera]

Public domain image of an early automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Oklahoma dugout Vintage postcard

Oklahoma dugout Vintage postcard

Seven people, dugout, horse-drawn wagon and cow. H122721 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Dedrick. No. 34.

[Emmy Destinn, 1878-1930, full-length portrait, facing right, in costume]

[Emmy Destinn, 1878-1930, full-length portrait, facing right, in costu...

H125944 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Mishkin, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Panorama of North Hudson County, New Jersey

Panorama of North Hudson County, New Jersey

H127262 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Jersey City, N.J. Probably photo of Jersey City. Copyright deposit; August Patzig; May 19, 1909.

Public Library. El Paso, Texas postcard

Public Library. El Paso, Texas postcard

Photograph shows view of Carnegie library in El Paso, Texas. Printed on recto: International Book & Stationery Co. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 037 c6

[Photographers with cameras on steps]

[Photographers with cameras on steps]

A group of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[One] of Custer's dispatch bearers and squaw / photo by Dedrick.

[One] of Custer's dispatch bearers and squaw / photo by Dedrick.

Native man and woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. H122723 U.S. Copyright Office. Title appears as it was written on the item. No. 113(?).

Wilbur Wright, Pau, France, 1909

Wilbur Wright, Pau, France, 1909

Photograph shows Wilbur Wright (left) and a photographer with a tripod-mounted camera, on a tree-lined lane in Pau, France. No. 22629.

Edward S. Curtis - [The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front]

Edward S. Curtis - [The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, fa...

J150198s U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3232-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 6, p. 20.

Edward S. Curtis - Touch her dress--Kalispel

Edward S. Curtis - Touch her dress--Kalispel

Kalispel girl sitting on her knees, hands folded in lap. J139761 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3142-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Was... More

The flying dutchman / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The flying dutchman / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a ship labeled "Republican Machine" with Nelson W. Aldrich at the helm and Henry C. Lodge, Joseph G. Cannon, Boies Penrose, James S. Sherman and Chauncey M. Depew hanging on. The ship is star... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Day dreams--Piegan]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - [Day dreams--Piegan]. Book illustration from Librar...

Young Piegan Indian woman, wearing beaded dress, seated on hill. J150182 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3115-10. Published in: The North American Indian / E... More

Molly Bawn. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Molly Bawn. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life; reprinted in Other People. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

Prineville, Ore., panoramic postcard

Prineville, Ore., panoramic postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of Prineville, Oregon. J141708 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2745. Copyrighted by B. B. Bakowski, Bend, Or.

Photograph of Schéhérazade, with costume designs by Léon Bakst, 1910, no photographer

Photograph of Schéhérazade, with costume designs by Léon Bakst, 1910, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theo. Roosevelt, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Theo. Roosevelt, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Photograph shows Roosevelt standing in a touring car, waving his hat to spectators gathered in the street. J145058 U.S. Copyright Office. "C.C. Slack & Co., Sioux Falls, S.D." bottom left.

2nd meeting of the Panama Pacific Exposition at Merchants Exchange Building, S.F.

2nd meeting of the Panama Pacific Exposition at Merchants Exchange Bui...

Postcard shows large crowd of men attending a meeting in San Francisco, California. J 142814 U.S. Copyright Office.

Edward S. Curtis - Pounding fish--Wishham. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - Pounding fish--Wishham. Book illustration from Libr...

Tlakluit woman seated with mortar and pestle. J139721 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3024-09. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edwa... More

St. Mary's Hospital, panoramic postcard

St. Mary's Hospital, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows front and side elevation, front grounds and drive to entrance of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. J155497R U.S. Copyright Office.

"Senatorial courtesy" / Gordon Ross 1911., Political Cartoon

"Senatorial courtesy" / Gordon Ross 1911., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing behind a group of legislators and businessmen who are bowing before a large hog labeled "Greed" with its front feet in a trough labeled "Wall Street". Caption: Those who k... More

It was about time he woke up / Gordon Ross.

It was about time he woke up / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as Rip Van Winkle returning from his tariff sleep to discover that other countries now dominate foreign trade; his old rifle labeled "Monopoly Tariff" is outdated. John Bull sits wi... More

The monitors and the Merrimac / K.

The monitors and the Merrimac / K.

Illustration shows a battered ironclad labeled "High Cost of Living" being bombarded by several ironclads labeled "Berger, Shanks [sic], Sulzer, George, Jr., [and] Taft", their gunblasts labeled, respectively, ... More

Bantam Lake, Morris, Connecticut

Bantam Lake, Morris, Connecticut

Postcard shows panoramic view of Bantam Lake. K 51360 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1912, by Wales C. Brewster, Washington, D.C.

Reg't camp 22nd Inf., Texas City, Tex.

Reg't camp 22nd Inf., Texas City, Tex.

Postcard shows the regiment camp of the 22nd Infantry composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J17894734 U.S. Copyright Office. 283. Copr Maurer Photo.

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer, Cowichan. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer, Cowichan. Book illustration from Lib...

J182514 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3436-12. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 9, pl. 326.

Rue de Lille Lille street. - French postcard, Public domain image

Rue de Lille Lille street. - French postcard, Public domain image

Postcard shows Rue de Lille (Lille Street) in Yper, Belgium, with a ruined cathedral and other buildings during World War I. Caption also in English: "The ruins at Ypres, Lille Street." From a booklet of postc... More

He stooped to pick up the scourge which his constable had refused to wield / Victor Perard.

He stooped to pick up the scourge which his constable had refused to w...

Illus. in: A maid of old Virginia ... / William Sage. New York : Fleming H. Revell Company, [c1915], frontispiece.

A swell gent - Drawing. Public domain image.

A swell gent - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 1, 1916.

[Mountain side]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[Mountain side]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. Illustration for Watched by wild animals / Enos A. Mills, New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922; not published. (DLC/PP-1934:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (... More

Oh my dear! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Oh my dear! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration for Life, 78:20 (Oct. 27, 1921); not published. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Antelope dance--Hopi Indian dancers / Photo and c1920 Bostell.
Sydney Carton. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Sydney Carton. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: People from Dickens. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, p. 2.

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Gen[eral] view of vineyards S.W. of Richon during grape picking

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Gen[eral] view of vin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. German immigrant girl of cultured family (Mrs. Levi) admiring a full cluster

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. German immigrant g...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. German immigrant girl of cultured family (Mrs. Levi), a luscious bunch in hand. Sampling grapes "Palestine grapes taste better"

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. German immigrant g...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Grape picker, close up study European immigrant girl

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Grape picker, close u...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Dora Schawrz's Recreation House, Zikhron Ya'akov

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Dora Schawrz's Rec...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Filling baskets of grapes (in the vineyards)

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Filling baskets of...

Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Grape picker, close up study European immigrant girl

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Grape picker, close u...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Group of grape pickers. Yemenite girl with European immigrant girl

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Group of grape picker...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Trolleys for carrying off the grape refuse

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Trolleys for carry...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Workers in camp under a limb

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Workers in camp un...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Water purification works, Cincinnati, Ohio

Water purification works, Cincinnati, Ohio

Photograph shows an aerial view of the water purification plant in Cincinnati, Ohio. Illus. in: Survey of the architecture of completed projects of the Public Works Administration / C.W. Short, Public Works Adm... More

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Distilled spirits storeroom (large concrete container & wooden barrel-)

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Distilled spirits ...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. German immigrant girl of cultured family (Mrs. Levi), a luscious bunch in hand

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. German immigrant g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of 1930s woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Graper crushers & presses, showing chute bringing grapes down from unloading platform

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Graper crushers & ...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Scene at the old Wigwam Motel "a complex of motel units built to resemble an Indian wigwam or teepee (often spelled tipi) "along old U.S. Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona. It was part of the "Wigwam Villages," a motel chain built during the 1930s and 1940s. There were seven locations: two in Kentucky and one each in Alabama, Florida, Arizona, Louisiana, and California

Scene at the old Wigwam Motel "a complex of motel units built to resem...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Katherine Dunham in costume for Tropical Revue (1945), at New York's Century Theatre

Katherine Dunham in costume for Tropical Revue (1945), at New York's C...

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Library of Congress (venue) Public domain image of theatrical costume design, theater, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cedars. Open mountain sweep below the Cedars

Cedars. Open mountain sweep below the Cedars

Photo shows skier with camera on tripod. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ani-Musa - the Well of Moses in the Sinai desert 8 miles south of Suez

Ani-Musa - the Well of Moses in the Sinai desert 8 miles south of Suez

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 304. Similar to lantern slide W7-143. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gu... More

Neckerchief. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Neckerchief. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Also called a "scarf," made of silk, ca. 1965 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Libra... More

Spurs. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Spurs. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

People in photograph: Hiller, Dave Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project ... More

Wasteland, a shop on San Francisco, California's Haight Street, once the center of the "hippie movement," selling vintage clothing and eclectic party supplies

Wasteland, a shop on San Francisco, California's Haight Street, once t...

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

Vintage motel sign on Freemont Street in Old Las Vegas, Nevada

Vintage motel sign on Freemont Street in Old Las Vegas, Nevada

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

Abandoned car along the road in southern United States

Abandoned car along the road in southern United States

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

1920s-vintage advertising flier for the Bassett's Ice Cream stand in the Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1920s-vintage advertising flier for the Bassett's Ice Cream stand in t...

Bassett's was one of the original tenants of the Reading Terminal Market. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and t... More

Hospital photographer Richard Green poses for photo with his cameras.

Hospital photographer Richard Green poses for photo with his cameras.

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at St. Joseph's Hospital, 703 Main Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 14, 1994.

After the success of the Bear Valley and Sweetwater dams, the structural tradition continued to attract interest among some western dam builders

After the success of the Bear Valley and Sweetwater dams, the structur...

Illustration showing Caption continues: The Upper Otay Dam south of San Diego featured a thin arch concrete design, with a height of 84 feet and a maximum thickness of only 14 feet; it was built under the dire... More

Judging from its license plate, and its general condition this once-fashionable Chrysler hasn't hit the road since 1942, though its tires look good as new

Judging from its license plate, and its general condition this once-fa...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A vintage truck, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining equipment near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

A vintage truck, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehic...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in El Paso, Texas, was restored by antiques business owner Rod Davenport

In 2008, nearly 90 years after it was built, this 1919 gas station in ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

[Mural "Murray Field Vintage 1930" by Duane Flatmo, Eureka, California]

[Mural "Murray Field Vintage 1930" by Duane Flatmo, Eureka, California...

Mural title and artist name from Redwoods info website, 2013. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs i... More

The Napa County wine train offers lunch and wine tasting aboard vintage coaches, and stops for one or two winery tours, during a three-hour ride between its base in Napa and the town of St. Helena, up the Napa Valley

The Napa County wine train offers lunch and wine tasting aboard vintag...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

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