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--Cater ... an amateur of music well known at the Queen's Arms concert...

Print shows an elderly man sitting on a bench, holding a violin, with a music stand in front of him.

Lemuel Cook, aged 105, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

[Disturbed old man with firetongs clutching head with three onlookers]

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

A chairman - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "London Mock Parliament" by John Lillie, Harper's magazine, 79:620 (Sept. 1889).

The Republican schoolma'am and her pupils / Dalrymple.

Print shows an elderly woman sitting in a chair on a platform, instructing her students in lessons that have probably been taken from the "Republican Campaign Text Book" sitting on a table on the right, or from... More

"She has seen better days" / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows an old woman sitting alone by the side of a road, with a traveling bag labeled "Miss Democracy"; the U.S. Capitol is in the background, flying a flag that states "March 4th". Illus. from Puck, v. 4... More

Relics of an ancient race, pueblo of San Juan, N.M.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51236". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in the The last of the Rohans by Ram...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Higgins' idyl of the Tennessee mountains, At Piney Ridge

Caption: Act III. You scoundrel! Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." Management of Higgins & Co. N.Y. no. 8974. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Butler and old woman with cane looking at young woman]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Saturday evening post.

[Black Horse, head and shoulders portrait, facing right]

No. 532. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spitz & Nathanson present When women love a play true to life.

The gentlemen from New York / Keppler.

Illustration shows Thomas C. Platt and Chauncey M. Depew wearing 16th century theatrical costumes in a scene from Shakespeare's play Henry IV. Caption: Falstaff Depew (to Prince Hal Platt) I would to God thou... More

Padre Jose, gelatin silver print, Native American woman portrait

Photograph showing an elderly Pueblo Indian man. H102124 U.S. Copyright Office.

Cincinnatus Roosevelt - but no summons in sight! / Keppler.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as Cincinnatus, looking old and weary, full length, standing at a plow labeled "The Outlook", left hand at forehead, searching the distance for the call to serve his countr... More

Photograph--New York - Public domain portrait print

Print shows woman, half-length portrait, facing right. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 49/50, June 1917, plate IV. Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who be... More

William H. Honn - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the confusion that followed the debacle at Smyrna, many aged people...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Huggins House, Princess Anne Co., Virginia

Elderly African American man standing at door of house built in the 17th century, Lynn Haven Village, Princess Anne Co., Virginia. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). VA 2456. Johnston's... More

Port Tobacco Houses, Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s house, porch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Ellen Butler, ex-slave, Beaumont

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arron Russell, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420036. District no. 27. Picture no. 456. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Jas. Boyd, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

420039. District no. 27. Picture no. 426. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

[Old man warming his hands by the fire]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Cricket on the Hearth.

Old Aunt Julia Ann Jackson, age 102 and the corn crib where she lives

Additional caption: She uses the large battered tin can for a stove and does her cooking on it. Aunt Julia Ann is an ex-slave and was grown woman when the Civil "Wah broke out." Title transcribed from item. 30... More

Old Aunt Julia Ann Jackson, age 102 and the corn crib where she lives

Portrait photo of Louisa Adams, gelatin silver print

320152. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Green Cumby, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain portrait print

420076. District no. 27. Picture no. 274. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Portrait photo of Susan Merritt, ex-slave, Marshall

420053. District no. 27. Picture no. 353. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

John Barker, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain portrait print

420128. District no. 27. Picture no. 277. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Portrait photo of Katie Darling, ex-slave, Marshall

420015. District no. 27. Picture no. 354. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Felix Haywood, ex-slave, San Antonio

420082. District no. 27. Picture no. 140. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Margrett Nillin, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420123. District no. 27. Picture no. 222. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

C.B. McRay, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print

420100. District no. 27. Picture no. 67. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Annie Caborne, ex-slave, Marshall

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abbey's Humpty Dumpty Combination

"Entered according to Act of Congress by Henry E. Abbey." Abbey & Hickey, proprietors. Created by "Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cinti, O." Signed: Matt Morgan. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The Four seasons of life: old age "The season of rest" / / J.M. Ives, ...

Old man, old woman, and girl in front of fireplace. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Rose Fay, ex-slave, Bracketville

Seminole Negro. 60. District no. 27. Picture no. 246. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration... More

Portrait photo of Lucy Thomas, ex-slave, Marshall

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family record of [blank] / Chapman Bros. Lith. Chicago.

Print shows a chart for a family record with ovals for portraits and spaces for textual data; shows at bottom left children playing, at bottom right a young couple in a rowboat, at top right the birth of anothe... More

Portrait photo of Julia Williams Wadsworth, ex-slave

Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Felice Boudreaux, Beaumont, gelatin silver print

420115. District no. 27. Picture no. 229. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Willis Winn, Marshall, gelatin silver print

Photo shows Willis Winn standing outside of log cabin next to a slave horn. 420044. District no. 27. Picture no. 443. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African... More

Nelson Denson, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print

420257. District no. 27. Picture no. 562. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Nelson Denson, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain scan / print

Trelawny of the "Wells" by A.W. Pinero.

74290 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The ancient Gowers. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Company. N.Y. no. 8312. Forms part of: Theatrical pos... More

Litt Young, Marshall, gelatin silver print

420043. District no. 27. Picture no. 444. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Elsie Reece, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420227. District no. 27. Picture no. 507. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Lewis Jones, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420057. District no. 27. Picture no. 352. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Clara Brim, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain scan / print

District no. 27. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Written on back: rejected. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal W... More

James Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

District no. 27. Picture no. 182. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' P... More

Bill McRay, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain portrait print

420098. District no. 27. Picture no. 65. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Minerva & Edgar Bendy, Woodville

420114. District no. 27. Picture no. 82. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Jews in Cracow - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows two elderly Jewish men in the Polish city of Cracow. They are dressed in long robes or coats, have long hair and beards, wear round hats and lean against canes. Bayard Taylor may have traveled thr... More

[An old Chinese man with his pipe, half-length portrait, facing front,...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 40. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, ... F.B. Patterson, 27 Par...

Print shows an elderly woman in a shoe with many children; she is feeding some from a large can of "Nestlé's Milk Food", other children play outside the shoe, and another large can of "Nestlé's Milk Food" is on... More

Rip Van Winkle's return / Gillam., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a scene outside a building labeled "Washington Inn" with an image of the U.S. Capitol on the sign; a large group of Republican legislators, politicians, and others are laughing at an old man ... More

I'm a-lookin' for Hugh Gadsbury

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Mr. Gadsbury's Brother" by M. Frances Swann Williams, Century, 46:124 (May 1893).

Iz mo an a hundred Honey! / W.J. Chambers, Montgomery, Ala.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of an old African-American woman. H13218 U.S. Copyright Office.

Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels

G xxc 3986 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: De deacon. Created and "copyright 1903 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6539. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Li... More

A son of the ould sod. Galway, Ireland

Elderly man dressed in knickers and top hat in street. H44961 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 7674.

"Old Joe," of the Swinomish Indian tribe / Photo by O.J. Wingren., La ...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish man. H97242 U.S. Copyright Office.

Padre Jose, gelatin silver print, Native American woman portrait

Photograph showing an elderly Pueblo Indian man. H112056 U.S. Copyright Office.

Old home weak / Gordon Grant '13.

Illustration shows four elderly men and two elderly women watching a fashionably dressed young woman as she walks down the sidewalk. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1911 (1913 October 15), cover. Copyright 1913 by... More

J.S. Flannery - Public domain monumental decor photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a coat and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The creature snarled and squealed and showed its shrivelled old gums a...

(DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Instinct Primeval" by Gouverneur Morris, Hearst's International magazine, 42:65 (Dec. 1922).

[Old man, seated on ground, full-length, smoking pipe, Tepelena, Alban...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - Sù̂-Donii ("Osier-Willow Blossom")--Pyramid Lake Pa...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Native American. J270885 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 4076. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward... More

[Old woman "ballet" seller of New Iberia, Louisiana with her daughter]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Typed on back: "2. An old woman "ballet" seller of New Iberia, La. with her daughter." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photogr... More

Wash Wilson, ex-slave, Eddy - Public domain portrait print

420252. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Patsy Moses, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain portrait print

420110. District no. 27. Picture no. 88. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900 (27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

John Barker, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain scan / print

420128. District no. 27. Picture no. 279. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Mrs. Mary Crane - 82 yrs. old ex-slave, Mitchell, Ind.

130001. Written on back of photo: Return to E.C. Turner, 714 Lincoln Ave., Bedford, Ind. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Proj... More

[Portrait of an elderly woman] - Public domain portrait print

Elderly woman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, in bedroom, with crutches on low piece of furniture in front of her. Charles Currier Collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... More

Cato Carter, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420216. District no. 27. Picture no. 416. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

William Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

420078. District no. 27. Picture no. 258. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

A consultation Eine consultation.

Print shows a rural setting with a young boy holding a broken kite up for examination by an old man sitting on a bench outside a dwelling, a young girl stands next to them, holding a pot of glue, and a small do... More

[Bearded man] - Public domain portrait painting

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Through Inland Waters," Harpers magazine, 93:69 (June 1896).

[Bearded man] - Public domain portrait painting

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Through Inland Waters," Harpers magazine, 93:69 (June 1896).

Uncle Van Moore, ex-slave - Public domain portrait drawing

420013. District no. 27. Picture no. 380. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Down in Dixie written by Scott Marble.

Caption: Proof against bribery. The honest squire geting his answer ready for the tempter. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cint'i & New York." N.Y.-No. 7845. Forms part of: Theatrical pos... More

Daniel Phillips, ex-slave - Public domain portrait print

420068. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Portrait photo of William Watkins, gelatin silver print

420072. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

John Barker, ex-slave, Abilene - Public domain scan / print

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A.M. Mount Moore, ex-slave, Marshall

420212. District no. 27. Picture no. 515. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Mother Anne Clark, ex-slave, El Paso

797. District no. 27. Picture no. 31. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(1). Written on back: not checked with ms. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Pr... More

Portrait photo of Mary Kindred, ex-slave, Beaumont

420048. District no. 27. Picture no. 203. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Mose Hursey, ex-slave, Dallas - Public domain portrait print

420226. District no. 27. Picture no. 580. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

Portrait photo of Mary Armstrong, ex-slave, Houston

420056. District no. 27. Picture no. 377. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(1)(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal ... More

John Smith, ex-slave, Waco - Public domain monumental decor print

420019. District no. 27. Picture no. 406. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

When Anne Mary reached the house, she found the old woman making a cup...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Ann Mary Her two Thanksgivings" by Mary E. Wilkins, St. Nicholas, 16:37 (Nov. 1888).

Penny Thompson, ex-slave, Ft. Worth

420127. District no. 27. Picture no. 171. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Bob Manchester's Cracker Jacks everything new.

80979 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3692. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Portrait photo of Mary Kindred, ex-slave, Beaumont

420048. District no. 27. Picture no. 204. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Orelia Alexia Franks, ex-slave, Beaumont

420002. District no. 27. Picture no. 231. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Bill McRay, ex-slave, Beaumont - Public domain portrait print

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

Mary Ellen Johnson, ex-slave, Dallas

420050. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Apprentices' library / A. Anderson sc.

Print shows an elderly man, holding a walking stick, directing two young boys to a library that glows on the top of a hill in the distance. Possibly a membership card or bookplate for Colonel James Anderson's M... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese laborer, a doctor, an elderly woman ca...

Captions on front of item: "A Japanese coolie" (upper left); "The Japanese doctor in indoor costume" (upper right); "Old countrywoman with vegetables" (lower left); and "A Yokohama Belle" (lower right). Captio... More

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