132 Philada Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

The Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. For Presi...

Print shows a large, handsome campaign banner for Constitutional Union party candidates Bell and Everett. Predictably, the imagery stresses unity of the states under the Constitution. Oval bust portraits of the... More

Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam...

Edward B. White, constructing architect. Arranged & designed by Ammi B. Young, artist.

Theodore Roosevelt in his library at Oyster Bay N.Y. / William H. Rau,...

Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, seated, facing for the front. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green] / Magee, 316 Chestnut Str...

Picture shows a flag of the 4th Division, 9th Army Corps. "Copy right secured, 1864" printed left side. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 17. "E17" is inscribed on front of envelope in pencil. "GE... More

Catskill Mountain-House--A celebrated summer hotel about 12 miles S.W....

Print shows sightseers along a the side of a dirt road in the Catskill Mountains admiring the view and a carriage traveling up the road toward the Catskill Mountain-House hotel near the top. Philadelphia Print... More

The chaplet, a waltz by Flora / Kennedy & Lucas lithography, Philada.

Sheet music cover showing tree with branches containing lines of music, and bees denoting sharps.

John Adams, 2nd president of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...

John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martin Van Buren, President of the United States / from life & on ston...

Print shows Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing front; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Li... More

Nathaniel P. Tallmadge. Senator from New-York / from life & on stone b...

Print shows Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, half-length portrait, facing left; includes facsimile signature. 820 U.S. Copyright Office. No known restrictions on publication. Printed below title: "The Credit System is ... More

The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...

Print shows Chimney sweeps laughing at girl, who has dropped a pie on the street. The artist's residence and studio appear at left. Includes four line verse: The pye from Bake-house she had brought / But let it... More

Mrs. Wood as Amina in the opera La Sonnambula. From the original paint...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lehman & Duval.

John Q. Adams, 6th President of the United States / On stone by A. New...

John Quincy Adams, bust portrait, facing right. Copyright by C.S. Williams.

Hail! Glorious banner of our land Respectfully inscribed to Major Gene...

Music cover showing female personification of Columbia holding flag alongside eagle in foreground and sailing ships in background.

A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published...

Caricature of Frances "Fanny" Wright, British-born activist, exponent of female suffrage, and outspoken critic of slavery. The title's reference to Wright as a "gabbler" probably alludes to her sensational Ame... More

Andrew Jackson with the Tennessee forces on the Hickory Grounds (Ala) ...

Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing slightly right, in uniform, holding hat in right hand. Library has two impressions, one hand-colored and one b&w.

Catskill Mountain-House--A celebrated summer hotel about 12 miles S.W....

Print shows sightseers along a the side of a dirt road in the Catskill Mountains admiring the view and a carriage traveling up the road toward the Catskill Mountain-House hotel near the top. Philadelphia Print... More

Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox the present Chief of the Sauk tribe and...

Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress, at Prairie du Chien, 1825. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of th... More

James Madison - 4th President of the United States / on stone by A. Ne...

Print showing James Madison, bust portrait, facing right, in frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by C.S. Williams, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring & summer 1855, publ...

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, men, a woman, and two children standing in a large drawing room, and at bottom, men, a woman, and two children standing outdoors on a street at seaside. At bottom c... More

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi passing Punta Tristao. N. west point of...

Print shows the American side wheel steam frigate Mississippi on rough seas as it passes Tristram Point, Madeira. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ...... More

Citizens Volunteer Hospital - corner of Broad St. and Washington Ave. ...

Print shows an exterior view of the hospital building from the street across, beyond the railroad tracks, with locomotive approaching, and with pedestrians and soldiers standing on sidewalk on the side of the b... More

Elevation of the eastern front of the Capitol of the United States / d...

Print showing exterior of east front of the U.S. Capitol building with landscaped lawn in the foreground. Secondary support contains imprint and copyright statements, and scale. Entered according to act of Con... More

Elevation of the eastern front of the Capitol of the United States / d...

Print showing exterior of east front of the U.S. Capitol building with landscaped lawn in the foreground. Secondary support contains imprint and copyright statements, and scale. Entered according to act of Con... More

The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln o...

Print shows a campaign banner for the Republican ticket. Oval bust portraits of the two candidates are enclosed in rustic bent-twig frames, intended perhaps to recall Lincoln's much-publicized backwoods origins... More

The jail, Philada. / Malcolm delt. et sc.

Print shows an exterior view of the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ulysses S. Grant, Lieutenant-General, U.S.A. / F. Gutekunst, [...] Phi...

Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, wearing uniform.

James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States / On stone by A. Ne...

James K. Polk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco, 1850 / P.S. Duval's Steam Lith. Press, Philada.

View of San Francisco and bay. Copyright by Theodore T. Johnson.

William H. Harrison, 9th President of the United States / on stone by ...

Print shows William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in printed frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846, by C.S. Williams... More

Map representing the route of the Philada. & Erie Rail Road its connec...

Detailed map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, county boundaries in Pennsylvania, and major cities. Canals and railroads are annotated... More

Diploma awarded by the Lebanon County Agricultural and Horticultural S...

Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides and bottom showing farm animals (horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and a turkey), a man standing behind a plow drawn by two horses, the interior o... More

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph P...

Poster showing cranes in a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information.

The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...

Print shows Chimney sweeps laughing at girl, who has dropped a pie on the street. The artist's residence and studio appear at left. Includes four line verse: The pye from Bake-house she had brought / But let it... More

Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. / on stone by L. Crépon ; P...

Church with people, 2 men on horseback, and horse-drawn carriage in front, Washington, D.C. Copyright by Dr. Wm. M. D. Ryan.

Princeton College, Princeton, N.J. / designed by W.M. Radcliff ; lith....

Print showing bird's-eye view of Princeton College with many of the buildings identified. Copyrighted, 1875, by C.O. Hudnut.

Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia / des. & lith. by J. Queen ; ...

Print shows an exterior view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, with an interior view of a large hospital ward and vignette views of other hospital rooms,... More

Ch. D. Meigs, M.D. Prof. Med & Diseases of women & children in the Jef...

Charles Delucena Meigs, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bush-Hill, the seat of William Hamilton Esqr. near Philadelphia / J. H...

Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1793 (February). Reference copy in LOT 4384-O.

Life preserver. John Weik's (Philadelphia) Kochbuecher [cookbooks] ......

Advertisement for cookbooks published by John Weik, showing people cooking and eating. Copyright by J. Weik.

Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia / des. & lith. by J. Queen ; ...

Print shows an exterior view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, with an interior view of a large hospital ward and vignette views of other hospital rooms,... More

The jail, Philada. / Malcolm delt. et sc.

Print shows an exterior view of the Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarde...

Print shows two young men leading an ox team pulling a wagon loaded with hay on which a woman and children are riding; also shows farm animals and two female figures possibly representing Demeter, the goddess o... More

The director and prefect of the Sodality of St. Joseph's Church, Phila...

Print shows the Blessed Virgin Mary and scenes showing church services where young men and young women are "received into the Sodality" of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Includes pencil inscriptions that point out d... More

Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarded...

Print shows two young men leading an ox team pulling a wagon loaded with hay on which a woman and children are riding; also shows farm animals and two female figures possibly representing Demeter, the goddess o... More

A. Mouton. Senator from Louisiana / from life on stone by Chas. Fender...

Print shows Alexander Mouton, half-length portrait, facing left, with coat over right shoulder. 65 U.S. Copyright Office. No known restrictions on publication. Title and facsimile signature are printed on larg... More

A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published...

Caricature of Frances "Fanny" Wright, British-born activist, exponent of female suffrage, and outspoken critic of slavery. The title's reference to Wright as a "gabbler" probably alludes to her sensational Ame... More

Theodore Roosevelt in his library at Oyster Bay N.Y. / William H. Rau,...

Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, seated, facing for the front. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City of New Brunswick, New Jersey / Packard & Butler Lith. Philada.

Bird's-eye view of New Brunswick, New Jersey showing Raritan River the foreground; vignettes of prominent buildings, such as Rutgers College, form the top and bottom borders.

[African American man, possibly named "Small", full length studio port...

Inscribed in ink and pencil on verso: Small. On verso: No. 13185. Purchase; Marian Carson; 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...

Print shows Chimney sweeps laughing at girl, who has dropped a pie on the street. The artist's residence and studio appear at left. Includes four line verse: The pye from Bake-house she had brought / But let it... More

Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam...

Edward B. White, constructing architect. Arranged & designed by Ammi B. Young, artist.

Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam...

Edward B. White, constructing architect. Arranged & designed by Ammi B. Young, artist.

Manufactured by McKeone, Van Haagen & Co., Philada. & N. York / L. N. ...

Print shows a variety of bath soaps. Printed on verso of Rosenthal's Camp "N. P. Banks," Col. Collis' regiment of Zouaves d'Afrique.

City of New Brunswick, New Jersey / Packard & Butler Lith. Philada.

Bird's-eye view of New Brunswick, New Jersey showing Raritan River the foreground; vignettes of prominent buildings, such as Rutgers College, form the top and bottom borders. Available also through the Library ... More

Dress, the most distinguishing mark of a military genius / designed an...

Caricature of a military officer, which appeared in "Advice to the Officers of the Army, to the Officers of Ordinance, and to the Secretary of War" (Philadelphia: Matthew McConnel, 1813). Title appears as writ... More

Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. / on stone by L. Crépon ; P...

Church with people, 2 men on horseback, and horse-drawn carriage in front, Washington, D.C. Copyright by Dr. Wm. M. D. Ryan.

Andrew Jackson with the Tennessee forces on the Hickory Grounds (Ala) ...

Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing slightly right, in uniform, holding hat in right hand. Library has two impressions, one hand-colored and one b&w.

First Baptist church, N.W. cor. of Broad & Arch Sts. Philada.

"Copyright Deposit, Eastern District of Penn.: 1853." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: *.

Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia / des. & lith. by J. Queen ; ...

Print shows an exterior view of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, with an interior view of a large hospital ward and vignette views of other hospital rooms,... More

William H. Harrison, 9th President of the United States / on stone by ...

Print shows William Henry Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in printed frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846, by C.S. Williams... More

A view of the new market from the corner of Shippen & Second-streets P...

Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1788 February, opp. p. 53. Fielding, 1569 Published in: The American Revolution in ... More

Hibernian Benevolent Institution, incorporated 1833 / design and on st...

Print shows at center, beneath an eagle perched on an Irish harp, is a woman attending to a sick man as two well-dressed men enter the room; on the left are two horses and a shield above the motto "Virtue Liber... More

Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan ...

Print shows a banquet given for the Japanese commissioners on board the U.S.S. Powhatan, possibly in the bay at Edo (Tokyo). Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas an... More

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph P...

Poster showing cranes in a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information.

A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed / Published...

Caricature of Frances "Fanny" Wright, British-born activist, exponent of female suffrage, and outspoken critic of slavery. The title's reference to Wright as a "gabbler" probably alludes to her sensational Ame... More

First Baptist church, N.W. cor. of Broad & Arch Sts. Philada.

"Copyright Deposit, Eastern District of Penn.: 1853." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: *.

Elevation of the eastern front of the Capitol of the United States / d...

Print showing exterior of east front of the U.S. Capitol building with landscaped lawn in the foreground. Secondary support contains imprint and copyright statements, and scale. Entered according to act of Con... More

Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory / Drawn & lithd....

Print shows interior of Jas. B. Smith & Co. Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, 207 Market St. above 5th Philadelphia, Ja[me]s B. Smith, Fred[eric]k Scofield (partners), with women and men working and var... More

Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 18...

Print shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." At head of title: Souvenir of the coldest winter on re... More

An evening at Oakland. Romance, composed & respectfully dedicated to t...

Print shows a view from the street of a large white building, the Oakland Female Institute, on the top of a hill, with sidewalk, pedestrians, and parkland in the foreground. Signed on stone in lower left corne... More

Portraits and autograph signatures of the framers and signers of the D...

Copyright 1874 by J. H. Hobart, Jr. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ships for Uncle Sam--Official United States war film / Ioseph Pennell ...

Poster illustrated with a Joseph Pennell drawing of a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Life preserver. John Weik's (Philadelphia) Kochbuecher [cookbooks] ......

Advertisement for cookbooks published by John Weik, showing people cooking and eating. Copyright by J. Weik.

Princeton College, Princeton, N.J. / designed by W.M. Radcliff ; lith....

Print showing bird's-eye view of Princeton College with many of the buildings identified. Copyrighted, 1875, by C.O. Hudnut.

[4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green] / Magee, 316 Chestnut Str...

Picture shows a flag of the 4th Division, 9th Army Corps. "Copy right secured, 1864" printed left side. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 17. "E17" is inscribed on front of envelope in pencil. "GE... More

Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory / Drawn & lithd....

Print shows interior of Jas. B. Smith & Co. Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, 207 Market St. above 5th Philadelphia, Ja[me]s B. Smith, Fred[eric]k Scofield (partners), with women and men working and var... More

A south east view of Merchants Hotel, nth Fourth St. Philadelphiada, J...

Print shows citizens engaged in a number of activities on a busy street. A carriage is dropping off or picking up luggage at the hotel while guests are relaxing on the balcony. (DLC/PP-1993:212.23) Stauffer, 1... More

[Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1...

Drawing shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." Title from lithograph published after this drawing. (... More

Portraits and autograph signatures of the framers and signers of the D...

Print showing bust portraits of most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, includes facsimile signatures, vignettes showing the Liberty Bell and military weapons, as well as views of the "State Hou... More

Ring it again Buy a United States Government bond of the Second Libert...

Poster showing the Liberty Bell. No. 3. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph E. Johnson [i.e., Johnston] / engraved & published by William S...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Confederate Civil War general Joseph E. Johnston in uniform.

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph P...

Poster showing cranes in a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information.

Hail! Glorious banner of our land Respectfully inscribed to Major Gene...

Music cover showing female personification of Columbia holding flag alongside eagle in foreground and sailing ships in background.

Andrew Jackson with the Tennessee forces on the Hickory Grounds (Ala) ...

Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing slightly right, in uniform, holding hat in right hand. Library has two impressions, one hand-colored and one b&w.

The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln o...

Print shows a campaign banner for the Republican ticket. Oval bust portraits of the two candidates are enclosed in rustic bent-twig frames, intended perhaps to recall Lincoln's much-publicized backwoods origins... More

State Capitol of New Jersey at Trenton. Built 1794. Altered & enlarged...

Print shows an exterior view of the right front and side of the State Capitol at Trenton, as seen from the street. Signed on stone on lower left: H. Whateley. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner: A69614.

The cot where I was born. Printed and for sale at G. S. Harris' card a...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diploma awarded by Farmers & Mechanics Institute of Northampton County...

Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides and bottom showing farm animals (horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and a turkey), a train on a trestle bridge departing from an industrial complex... More

Metropolitan M.E. Church, Washington, D.C. / on stone by L. Crépon ; P...

Church with people, 2 men on horseback, and horse-drawn carriage in front, Washington, D.C. Copyright by Dr. Wm. M. D. Ryan.

John Millington, civil engineer and machinist No. 207 Pine street. 10 ...

Page Order: Reverse Folder 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 153, Folder 22a.

A view of the Butte des Morts treaty ground with the arrival of the co...

The arrival by boat of Lewis Cass and Colonel McKenney at Butte des Morts, Wisconsin, 1827. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American I... More

Ellsworth's avengers. Johnson & Co. Song publishers, 18 North 10St. Ph...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Composed for the 13th Penn'a Cavalry at Fayettville, N. C. ... Air: Ho...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Clay / painted by G. Linen ; engraved by J. Sartain. Philada.

Print showing Henry Clay, full-length portrait, sitting with legs crossed, facing front, with right arm resting on a table, and holding papers in lap with left hand. Entered according to Act of Congress, in th... More

Reminiscences of a fancy dress ball, in Philadelphia, February 1850 / ...

Print shows a crowd at "Masonic Hall" during "Naylor's Grand Fancy Dress Party", a masquerade with an orchestra playing on the right as revelers mingle on the main floor and on the balconies. [Source: Library C... More

Reception at the castle of Shui / T. Sinclair's Lith., Philada.

Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under ... M.C. Perry ... / Matthew C. Perry ; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : A... More

A Quaker letter to Lincoln, words by Elmer Ruán Coates, music by E.M. ...

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John Millington, civil engineer and machinist No. 207 Pine street. 10 ...

Page Order: Reverse Folder 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 153, Folder 22a.

Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connection...

Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in Apr... More

Ellsworth's avengers, respectfully dedicated to the Excelsior Brigade,...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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