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[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of Darüşşafaka] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of Darüşşafaka] /...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. School for orphans and needy students. Now called Özel Darüşşafaka Lisesi. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teache... More

Odd Fellow's orphans' home, Lincoln, Ill.

Odd Fellow's orphans' home, Lincoln, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Orphans going to Coney Island in Autos, 6/7/11

Orphans going to Coney Island in Autos, 6/7/11

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pour l'orphelin de la guerre souscrivons á l'Emprunt

Pour l'orphelin de la guerre souscrivons á l'Emprunt

People outside orphanage, with orphaned children. Translation of title: For the war orphan let us subscribe to the Loan. Signed: V. Prouvé, 1917. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1917. Item is no. 65 in a printed che... More

Portrait photo of Nursery / /photographs by J.P. King.

Portrait photo of Nursery / /photographs by J.P. King.

Room with beds, a crib and an attendant and children, Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans and Old Folks Home. J227787 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.P. King. No. 23.

[Man and boy wearing fezzes, driving horse-drawn cart filled with children]

[Man and boy wearing fezzes, driving horse-drawn cart filled with chil...

Photo shows children from the Christian Herald Orphanage (run by the American Colony in Jerusalem) on their way to Ain Karim. (Source: Photograph album, Christian Herald Orphanage, Library of Congress Manuscri... More

Star orphans excursion, Aug. 1923

Star orphans excursion, Aug. 1923

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Protestant Orphans' Asylum, 911 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Protestant Orphans' Asylum, 911 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Protestant Orphans' Asylum, 911 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

Protestant Orphans' Asylum, 911 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Mobile County,...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Al...

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

Loat's Female Orphan Home, 24 East Church Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Loat's Female Orphan Home, 24 East Church Street, Frederick, Frederick...

Survey number: HABS MD-489 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Save the survivors Campaign for $30,000,000.

Save the survivors Campaign for $30,000,000.

Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. Baltimore City Campaign February 9th - 17th. John E. Boisseau, Treas., 119 E. Baltimore St. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-... More

The two orphans, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

The two orphans, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 19...

K12759 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest...

Significance: In summation, the Auditorium also exemplifies the Institutional Mission Style in New Mexico. The most significant architectural features of the Auditorium's exterior are its fenestration details.... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

I.O.O.F. Orphans home, Lincoln, Ill.,  Panoramic Photograph

I.O.O.F. Orphans home, Lincoln, Ill., Panoramic Photograph

H128040 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; C. L. Wasson; June 5, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43822. Printed on image: "International Stereograph Co., general photographers, Decatur, Ill." Campus buildings labeled on image.

Scene in a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. These boys from seven years old upward pick cotton, helping this man outside of school hours. There are twenty children in this orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas. Location: Waxahachie vicinity, Texas

Scene in a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. Thes...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 3607. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Looking north from top of Rose Orphans Home

Looking north from top of Rose Orphans Home

J181951 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Frank J. Morton; May 15, 1913.

Orphans at horse show - N.Y., 11/13

Orphans at horse show - N.Y., 11/13

Photo shows orphans at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Yarrow allotting relief to Armenian orphans

Yarrow allotting relief to Armenian orphans

Photograph shows Ernest Alfred Yarrow (1876-1939), who served as head of the Near East Relief in Armenia with Armenian women and children. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Star orphans excursion, [Aug. 1923]

Star orphans excursion, [Aug. 1923]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...

Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, speaks of all the misfortune befalling any orphan, from lack of love and tenderness to being out on the street homeless. There is also a po... More

Scene is a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. These boys from seven years old upward pick cotton helping this man outside of school hours. There are twenty children, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas.  Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene is a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. Thes...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The two orphans, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

The two orphans, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 19...

K12759 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

A chilly Christmas for the outcast orphans / Gillam.

A chilly Christmas for the outcast orphans / Gillam.

Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler and Belva Lockwood as orphans wearing tattered clothing and standing in the snow outside a store labeled "G. Cleveland Holiday Goods" where a variety of foods are on displa... More

H. Morgenthau, Athens -- refugee orphans

H. Morgenthau, Athens -- refugee orphans

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CHIEF EXECUTIVE RECEIVES FIRST 'BUDDY' POPPY. LITTLE MURIEL MORGAN CAME FROM THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS HOME FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF EX-SERVICES MEN IN FATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, TO PRESENT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WITH THE FIRST BUDDY POPPY TO OFFICIALLY OPEN THE 1934 NATIONAL POPPY SALE CONDUCTED BY THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. JAMES E. VAN ZANDT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE VFW IS ALSO SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

CHIEF EXECUTIVE RECEIVES FIRST 'BUDDY' POPPY. LITTLE MURIEL MORGAN CAM...

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

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Bucks County, PA

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Buck...

Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined ma... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest...

Significance: In summation, the Auditorium also exemplifies the Institutional Mission Style in New Mexico. The most significant architectural features of the Auditorium's exterior are its fenestration details.... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

[Students, orphan school, Darüşşafaka] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan.

[Students, orphan school, Darüşşafaka] / Abdullah Frères, photographes...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. School for orphans and needy students. Now called Özel Darüşşafaka Lisesi. In album: Student portraits, Istanbul, Ottoman Em... More

[Darüşşafaka School] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan.

[Darüşşafaka School] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sult...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. School for orphans and needy students. Now called Özel Darüşşafaka Lisesi. In album: Schools, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Form... More

No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer

No welcome for the little stranger / Zimmerman. Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration shows at center Grover Cleveland holding an infant labeled "Civil Service Reform", they are surrounded by a bunch of angry old men as orphans labeled "Hube Thompson, Eddie Hedden, Davy Hill, Hugh, ... More

This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evil in check? / J. Keppler.

This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evi...

Illustration shows a female figure with a shield labeled "Tolerance" and a sword labeled "Knowledge", using a cord labeled "Equality" to hold back a large snake labeled "Freedom Worship Bill" that has ensnared ... More

Orphans of Sultan's victims, at the Cretan refugees' food kitchen, Athens, Greece

Orphans of Sultan's victims, at the Cretan refugees' food kitchen, Ath...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood (J.F. Jarvis, publisher). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Refugees, Cretan 1897; Orphans... Gr. Athens 1897; Greco... More

A trifle embarrassed / Keppler., Political Cartoon

A trifle embarrassed / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by arms label... More

Armenian Orphans deported - A black and white photo of a crowd of people

Armenian Orphans deported - A black and white photo of a crowd of peop...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orphans going to Coney Isl. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Orphans going to Coney Isl. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Texas State Orphan Home, Corsicana, Tex., June 10, 1914

Texas State Orphan Home, Corsicana, Tex., June 10, 1914

Musical band at right. J193499 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Dallas, Tex. Copyright deposit; Jno. J. Johnson; June 22, 1914.

At historic Marathon--A group of orphans in care of Near East Relief brought out of Asia Minor to safety in Greece

At historic Marathon--A group of orphans in care of Near East Relief b...

Armenian and Greek orphans on steps of building, Marathon, Greece. Photograph by Near East Relief. Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). No. 7009.

Like little French soldiers. Some of the children being moved from Turkey to Greece to the American Near East Relief

Like little French soldiers. Some of the children being moved from Tur...

Orphaned children wearing light blue uniforms in Constantinople. George Grantham Bain Collection. Photoprint by Near East Relief.

"The child at your door" 400,000 orphans starving, no state aid available--Campaign for $30,000,000.

"The child at your door" 400,000 orphans starving, no state aid availa...

Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia. 1 Madison Ave., New York, Cleveland H. Dodge Treas. Signed with unidentified monogram... More

Union des familles Françaises et Alliées. Aide aux méres veuves et orphelins des soldats morts au champ d'honneur. Frères et soeurs de guerre

Union des familles Françaises et Alliées. Aide aux méres veuves et orp...

A woman and girl comforting a grieving widow and an orphaned girl. Translation of title: Union of French and Allies' Families. Aid for widowed mothers and orphans of soldiers who died in the field of honor. B... More

Orphans at Tidal Basin - Sen. Jasper Post Amer. Leg. # 13, 8/21/24

Orphans at Tidal Basin - Sen. Jasper Post Amer. Leg. # 13, 8/21/24

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

The old palace of Athens, now the headquarters of the Near East Relief Commission which here cares for [space]  thousand orphans

The old palace of Athens, now the headquarters of the Near East Relief...

Photographs show the building which currently serves as the Parliament Building for the Hellenic Parliament, Syntagma Square, Athens. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1471 (top image... More

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...

Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, conveys the misfortunes befalling any orphan, from the lack of love and kindness to being in the street homeless. A poem titled "Maternal l... More

Who'll protect my children now - American Civil War sheet music
Save the survivors Campaign for $30,000,000.

Save the survivors Campaign for $30,000,000.

Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. Baltimore City Campaign February 9th - 17th. John E. Boisseau, Treas., 119 E. Baltimore St. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-... More

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Bucks County, PA

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Buck...

Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined ma... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest...

Significance: In summation, the Auditorium also exemplifies the Institutional Mission Style in New Mexico. The most significant architectural features of the Auditorium's exterior are its fenestration details.... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Armenian orphans - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Armenian orphans - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911

Orphans going to Coney Island, 1911

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

Guerre 1914-15-16. Journée nationale des orphelins

Guerre 1914-15-16. Journée nationale des orphelins

A small boy and girl standing over a grave. Translation of title: Orphans' Day. 1914-15-16. Signed: C.H. Foerster. Promotional goal: Fr. H59. 1916. Item is no. 108 in a printed checklist available in the Libra... More

"The child at your door" 400,000 orphans starving, no state aid available--Campaign for $30,000,000.

"The child at your door" 400,000 orphans starving, no state aid availa...

Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia. Baltimore Campaign February 9th to 17th. Signed with unidentified monogram (D. or H. P. ?).

Star orphans excursion, [Aug. 1923]

Star orphans excursion, [Aug. 1923]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Jesuit Orphanage, Shanghai, China - stereocsopic card

The Jesuit Orphanage, Shanghai, China - stereocsopic card

Large group of orphans and teachers. No. 14170. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

The secret garden - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web s... More

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres

Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mund...

Broadside shows a boy placing a wreath on a grave. The text, in verse, conveys the misfortunes befalling any orphan, from the lack of love and kindness to being in the street homeless. A poem titled "Maternal l... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Al...

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

St. Anthony's Orphanage, 1500 Indian School Road, Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, 1500 Indian School Road, Northwest, Albuquerq...

Significance: The Chapel, the Classroom-Dormitory Building and the Auditorium of St. Anthony's Orphanage stand as rare institutional examples of Mission Style architecture in New Mexico. They constitute a thre... More

Scene is a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. These boys from seven years old upward pick cotton helping this man outside of school hours. There are twenty children, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas.  Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene is a cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage near Waxahachie. Thes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Bucks County, PA

White Hall of Bristol College, 701-721 Shadyside Avenue, Croydon, Buck...

Significance: Architecturally significant as representative of the early work of a renowned architect. Last remaining structure of Bristol College- the first college in Bucks Co. with a program that combined ma... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Auditorium, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest...

Significance: In summation, the Auditorium also exemplifies the Institutional Mission Style in New Mexico. The most significant architectural features of the Auditorium's exterior are its fenestration details.... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Girard College, Founder's Hall, Girard & Corinthian Avenues, Philadelp...

Significance: Founder's Hall at Girard College is one of the greatest expressions of nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture in the United States. As a civic ensemble, it ranks among the most notable in ... More

[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day]

[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philad...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 June 24, p. 612. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death Cemeteries; Holidays; Orphans; Shelf.

Armenian Orphans deported - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Armenian Orphans deported - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nevada State Orphanage, Carson City, Carson City, NV

Nevada State Orphanage, Carson City, Carson City, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-13-21 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875- ca. 1900 Initial Construction

5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson's Hulling Station, Seaford, Del. Helen is an orphan, who one month after death of her widowed mother, was adopted by the Hope family of Seaford, Del. This is her 2d season at Johnson's Hulling Station. On the day of the investigation she started working at 6 A.M. and at 6 P.M. the same day Helen was still hulling strawberries.  Location: Seaford, Delaware.

5 year old Helen and her stepsisters "hulling" strawberries at Johnson...

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Near East relief: Armenian orphans being enloaded in barges from Constantinople, bound for Greece

Near East relief: Armenian orphans being enloaded in barges from Const...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Two orphans with Near East Relief workers and sailors on board the U.S. cruiser Pittsburgh as guests of the officers for a Christmas party in the Bosporus]

[Two orphans with Near East Relief workers and sailors on board the U....

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 7060. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The youngest children at dinner / photographs by J.P. King.

The youngest children at dinner / photographs by J.P. King.

Children seated at table, Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans and Old Folks Home, Mason City, Iowa. J227790 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.P. King. No. 23.

Orphans at Loews Palace - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Orphans at Loews Palace - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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City orphans at Ambassador Theatre, 11/24/25

City orphans at Ambassador Theatre, 11/24/25

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Ayes de dolor profundo que da un huérfano afligido que a sus padres ha perdido y queda solo en el mundo

Ayes de dolor profundo que da un huérfano afligido que a sus padres ha...

Broadside shows grief-stricken boy leaning against coffin. The text conveys the lamentations of a young man, who in losing his parents, finds himself in an orphanage. A second text in verse on the verso is tit... More

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

St. Anthony's Orphanage, Chapel, 1500 Indian School Road Northwest, Al...

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Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years and upwards, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours. There are 20 children in this Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas.  Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. T...

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Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. These boys, from seven years and upwards, pick cotton, helping this man, outside of school hours. There are 20 children in this Orphanage, mostly girls, and it is supported by the Baptists of Texas.  Location: Waxahachie [vicinity], Texas.

Scene in the cotton field of the Baptist Orphanage, near Waxahachie. T...

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