32,072 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Fac-simile of Holmes-map of the province of Pennsylvania : with the na...

Shows rural landholders' names and lots in the Philadelphia region. Alternate title at top: A map of the improved part of the province of Pennsylvania in America : begun by William Penn, proprietor and governor... More

[Title page of Regeln fur die Ordnung und Disciplin der Truppen der Ve...

Illus. in: Regeln fur die Ordnung und Disciplin der Truppen der Vereinigten Staaten, Philadelphia, 1793, title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 4424. This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More

... An act to authorize the allowance of drawbacks on part of the carg...

Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday, the third of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fo... More

William Russell Birch - Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia

Print shows view of the Schuylkill Bridge with an inset showing the bridge covered.

Sir Walter Scott and his literary friends at Abbotsford / painted by T...

Scott, Mackenzie, Wilson, Crabbe, Lockhart, Wordsworth, Jeffrey, Ferguson, Moore, Allen, Campbell, Wilkie, and Constable seated at table. Engraved for the Eclectic magazine.

Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen / drawn an...

Print is a certificate of membership in the Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen which depicts a scene of firemen putting out a fire in a burning building and rescuing citizens from anoth... More

Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co

Print shows a specimen sheet of bank note vignettes depicting many female figures and some male figures as allegorical images representing commerce, industy, and abundance, also portraits, including George Wash... More

St. Crispin's celebrated vegetable paste blacking

Print shows six circular labels, possibly intended for the top of a round container of blacking paste, showing a man shielding his eyes as he reaches for a boot, freshly blacked with "St. Crispin's celebrated v... More

The ox "Pennsylvania" / T. McClelland pinxt. ; lith. of T. Sinclair, P...

Print showing a large ox, standing, right profile, and lying, facing front. 1285 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: Purchased & slaughtered at Philada. Feb. 2nd 1841 by John Drum, Michael D. Wartman, Da... More

Encampment of Piekann Indians, near Fort McKenzie on the Muscleshell s...

Print shows Piegan Indians standing and on horseback in front of large number of tipis at an encampment on the Musselshell River, Montana, with bluffs in the background, near Fort McKenzie. Signed on stone on ... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William Y. McAllister. Case: plain leather double case; pressure sensitive label attached to case: 22/23. Housed in case with DAG no. 1276. Printed on paper label on back of case: William Y. McAll... More

Dr. Roby's Brazilian hair curling liquid / Wagner & McGuigan lith., Ch...

Advertising or window display card showing a woman looking into a mirror, admiring the curls in her hair. Includes text advertising a Brazilian hair curling liquid.

[Print speciman of American Indian man on horseback killing bison] / A...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]

Philadelphia fire company mobile steam driven water pump

Photograph shows a piece of firefighting equipment on display in front of a firehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several men are standing around a horsedrawn steam driven water pump. (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More

Lady Suffolk and Lady Moscow: hunting park course, Philadelphia. June ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3659

Old Swedes Church - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of the Gloria Dei Church (Old Swedes') in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the cemetery in the foreground, with the masts of ships visible in the background. Inscribed or pri... More

The Sons of Columbia. A national song. Written for the Fourth of July ...

Music cover showing soldiers on parade, probably in Philadelphia, Pa. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J. Hall Rohrman, ornamental japanner and manufacturer of grocers' tea ...

Print shows an embossed and gilt print advertising "J. Hall Rohrman" ornamental japanning services and japanned-ware products. (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Print speciman of vignettes of Wincohocking Mills, Philadelphiadelphi...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 4]

Topographical view, seen from the Delaware River, of the Philadelphia ...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Arch Street Theatre. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photo shows an exterior view of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

East view of Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylva. and part of Camden, New J...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Camden, New Jersey in the foreground, with many buildings of commercial and residential nature, the Delaware River with steamboats and ships, and a view from the east of Philade... More

Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R.R. Car Manufactory, 21st & Hamilton St...

Print shows an advertisement for the Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R.R. Car Manufactory, with side views of a railroad passenger car and a city street-railroad passenger car that is passing P.S. Duval's lithogr... More

Dan Rice's great show. Sixth appearance of M'le Ella Zoyara in her unp...

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 157, Folder 2.

Hymn for the national funeral. By the Rev. T. H. Stockton. Tune--Old h...

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

To the patriotic women of Philadelphia. A meeting of the ladies of the...

Civil war posters. 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 157, Folder 25.

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphiadelphia / J. Queen, ...

Print shows Union troops during the American Civil War disembarking from ferries in Philadelphia, having been transported across the Delaware River from New Jersey. They march in formation toward the Union Volu... More

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital / J. Queen del. & lith...

Print shows receipt for donation of $20.00 from Master George Morton Moore to Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital in Philadelphia; decorated border shows soldiers marching past saloon and hospital a... More

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Interior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 286.

F. Moras' Lithographic Establishment, Philadelphia, 610 Jayne St. Plai...

Advertising or large business card shows two vignettes, on the left, a man is sitting at a table, drawing on a lithograph stone, and on the right, is an interior view of the lithographic establishment with men ... More

Liberty Bell [resting upon dais ringed with liberty caps and fasces to...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 13, (1869 July 10), p.437. Ref. copy in 4412LF. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Liberty Bell; Eagles; Geogr.

U.S. Government Building, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Par...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 14. Copyright by Schwarzmann & Pohl, architects.

[Illumination of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, during the Internati...

Wood engraving from a drawing by Schell and Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly (1876 July 22), p. 593. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent r... More

Philadelphia. Mint smelting room, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Stereograph showing interior view with smelting equipment. From series: Centennial Views. Philadelphia and Fairmount Park. No. 117. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

First steam fire engine, and trip hammer

2375H U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2775. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Centennial - Bits from our artist's sketch-book. "Spanish soldier,...

Frenchman exclaiming "Mon Dieu" at sight of model of Paris, and man too fat to fit thru entrance gate. Caricatures of people at the Phila. Centennial Exhibition.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Rodman Guns in ...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2038. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cannons; Horticulture; Agriculture; Photog. Hist.; Shelf.

[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial ...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876June 10, p. 573. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Exhibitions; Shelf.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Japanese Mirror...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2017. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Japan Misc.; Shelf.

Memorial certificate. United States centennial exhibition. In commemor...

On verso: {stamp} Property of the Library of Congress. 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; Por... More

The Centennial Fourth - Mr. Richard Henry Lee Reading the Declaration ...

Wood engraving drawn by J.B. Frost. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July 27, p. 527. Reference copy may be in LOT 4435 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI ... More

Horticultural Hall - Centennial international exhibition - 1876 L. Aub...

Print shows an exterior view of Horticultural Hall at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, with pedestrians in the foreground. Signed on stone on lower right : L. Aubrun. Signed on stone in blue ti... More

The permanent exhibition, Philadelphia--Opening day / drawn by F.B. Sc...

Crowd of people in the Main Building of the Centennial Fair, Philadelphia. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1065 (1877 May 26), p. 413.

Girard Avenue Bridge and surroundings

H5581 U.S. Copyright Office Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Another bombardment - the newspaper fleet firing on the Bedouins in Wa...

Print shows newspaper editors Charles A. Dana, James G. Bennett, Carl Schurz, Henry Watterson, George W. Curtis, and Whitelaw Reid, as well as Puck, with a fleet of paper gunboats labeled "N.Y. Times, N.Y. Sun,... More

[Cupid Childs, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Deacon McGuire, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Deacon McGuire, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Joe Mulvey, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Jim Fogarty, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Frank Fennelly, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Arthur Irwin, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

West End Trust Co. Building, Philadelphia

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29335. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011965. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fruit store at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elevator car made by Edw. Darby & Sons, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania

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

[Retinue attending Chinese statesman, Li Hung Chang, when he visited P...

Photograph shows Li Hung Chang and another man riding in a horse-drawn carriage with crowds on both sides of the street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 549. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the... More

Public Bldg., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photograph shows City Hall under construction. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the North American and Real Estate Trust ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the North American and Real Estate Trust B...

Title from jacket. Garrick Theatre at right. "325" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062074. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sky-scrapers of Philadelphia. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Public domain photograph of a tall building, skyscraper, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Digby Morton, Philadelphia. Boy Scout, and U.S. Jackies at "Eagle" hut...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Main building, Girard College, Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia

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

[Hamilton Court, front interior court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fountain, historic landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence

Title based on negative D419-174. Photograph of a painting by Charles Mills. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 28060. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Title from jacket. "H 404" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034766. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Old Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 10. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

University Hospital, U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Solitude, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Friends' Meeting House, interior, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Old Mennonite Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broad Street north from Locust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Police guard car barns, crowd stands nearby, Philadelphia

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Independence Hall from N.E., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

G.A.R. Reunion, Philadelphia., 1899; General view of encampment

No. 3753. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wissahickon Creek, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Japanese canal, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Title from jacket. "G 6114" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039130. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sing me a song of the sunny south

Band Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Ship Michigan, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 16, 1909

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Within a mile of Edinboro' town

Cornet solo Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

My Carolina lady - gramophone disc, record label

Male vocal solo Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schottische - gramophone disc, record label

Orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shepherd's dance - gramophone disc, record label

Violin solo, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Grover Cleveland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / F. Gut...

H28212 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Goodbye, Eliza Jane - Public domain dedication image

Male vocal solo, with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waltz from Faust - gramophone disc, record label

Violin solo, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I've got a feelin' for you - gramophone disc, record label

Male vocal solo, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Houston hall, University of Pennsylvania

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Entrance to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

My old Kentucky home, Stephen Collins Foster

Male vocal quartet, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mandy Lou - gramophone disc, record label

Male vocal quartet, with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Franklin's tomb, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Title from jacket. In Christ Church Burial Ground. "2671 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033869. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

On the Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa

In Fairmount Park. "2728 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018517. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Land Title Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30334. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018510. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Crossing the bar - Victorian era public domain image

Male vocal solo, with orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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pennsylvania

notated music

the library of congress celebrates the songs of america

library of congress

sheet music

music for the nation american sheet music ca 1870 1885

performing arts

philadelphia, pennsylvania