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La daguerreotypomanie / Maurisset., Tissandier Collection, France

French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre revealed his process in 1839. Print shows long lines of people waiting to be photographed and others eager to support the craz... More

Photograph album. John F. DuComb, No. 27 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia

Print shows a design for a photograph album and a window card advertisement for photographer John F. DuComb, No. 27 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia. Includes print-registration marks on all sides of each print. St... More

[Unidentified Native American man] / Schreiber & Sons, photographers, ...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[French photographer in old Yokohama] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a photographer wearing western clothing adjusting a camera beneath a shoud; a woman stands behind him, also wearing western clothing, holding a plate or a photograph, also, photographic supplies are... More

National Association of California Pioneers of Washington, D.C., fourt...

Photograph shows a group portrait of members of the National Association of California Pioneers of Wash., D.C., gathered outside Marshall Hall, Maryland. Group includes a few girls; an African American woman ... More

The foremost women photographers in America, sixth article: Zaida Ben-...

Illustration showing a group of photographs, five portraits including one of the photographer, "showing what American women have done with the camera." Illus. in: Ladies Home Journal, Vol. XVIII, no. 12 (Nov. 1... More

Arnold Genthe seated by the window of his bungalow in Carmel, Californ...

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flood destruction on Hickory St. near Fourth St., Chillicothe, Ohio

J181223 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. L. Jones; May 7, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: Greenfield, Ohio.

[Crowd and photographers assembled at pier; Josephus Daniels? speaking...

A large group of people on a boat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boy's conference, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J201020 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; M. D. Hanson; March 10, 1915; DLC/PP-1915:44872. Probably in Maine because banners and band bear names of places in Maine. Hanson's other photos made in Maine.

Pres. Wilson arriving at U. S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, Cal., Sept. 19,...

J238200 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Baker-Vollmer; September 29, 1919.

Theodor Horydczak and family. Theodor Horydczak in uniform reclining o...

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

[Photographers taking picture of group on grounds of White House, Wash...

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

Picture postcard, "A Vernomito Jew in Jerusalem"

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

White House photographers, 8/6/22

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

White House photographers, 8/6/22

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

[President Harding with group of photographers near tents]

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

[Photographer with camera and pigeons in front of St. Mark's Basilica,...

On page: no. 1582 (top image) and no. 1583 (bottom image). In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [159]. Negative series code written on page: C262. Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels. Forms part of: ... More

Mr. Carpenter enters his private car for a sail through the canals of ...

Photographs show Frank Carpenter in a gondola, carrying a camera; a photographer photographing the pigeons in front of St Mark's Basilica, and a gondolier in his gondola, Venice, Italy. On page: no. 1550 (top ... More

C. Bascom Slemp, Secy. to the Pres. with [...] Series game, Oct. 8th, ...

A couple of men standing next to a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Surprise visit from Georgia. Gov. Eugene Talmadge, of Georgia, consist...

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

[Film crew and photographers shooting group (includes Joe Byrns) at Wh...

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

Delta Road, near New Orleans, La. Emile Riche, a farmer, has a small p...

Photograph shows sign with photographer and camera labelled I am taking the photogka [sic] of depression anp [sic] starvation at once. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection.

New York, New York. Photographic department of the New York Times news...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Prater in darkroom, portrait, photograph

Sidney Robertson Cowell notes on verso of photograph, 1938: "Mr. Prater, our wonderful Welsh photographer on the California Folk Music Project, who built the darkroom, did all our developing, printing, and enla... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child... / Kellog...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of the young girl standing behind a balustrade. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawren... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence / Kellogg Brothers, photographers, ...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of freed slave, Fannie Lawrence standing by a table holding a hat and a bouquet, facing front. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrenc... More

Photographing New York City - on a slender support 18 stories above pa...

Man seated on beam looking through camera. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 8288. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photogr.; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, a redeemed slave child, 5 years of...

Photograph shows full-length portrait of Fannie Lawrence, standing near a desk. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Photo caption continues: Redeemed in Virginia by Catharine S. Lawrence; baptized ... More

Hannibal Ferrari, Co. D, 51st N.Y. Vol. / Bell & Brother, photographer...

Sam. A. Cooley, photographer Tenth Army Corps

Stereograph shows a group of men standing next to wagons labeled "Sam A. Cooley U.S. Photographer Department of the South", with a camera on the left, and two African American men employed as drivers. Caption ... More

[Page of text with advertisements including ad for E. & H.T. Anthony &...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Jan. 6, p. 14.

[Francis Watts Lee]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows Francis Watts Lee leaning on a table. Forms part of: Francis Watts Lee collection (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2015:052.556

[Dewey Arch, New York, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Briarcliff Auto Race - photographers and crowd

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photographers awaiting T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt]

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

Photographers shooting Cherry blossoms, Washington, D.C. 4722

Title devised by Library staff Date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve of related neg. LC-F81-44692. Caption torn off negative. Gift; Herbert A. Frenc... More

Atlantic City Day, 32d Annual Convention of the Photographers' Associa...

J172485 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; August 24, 1912; DLC/PP-1912:44504. On front: "Printed on "AZO" D. Hard D.W." No. 33376.

Figure work - A black and white photo of a group of people on a hill

Photograph shows F. Holland Day taking pictures of a nude Theodore Thibideaux at Little Good Harbor, Maine. In album: L.G.H. records, 1912-1913, II, p. 24 (lower left). Accession box no. DLC/PP-1993:151

Theodor Horydczak and family. Theodor Horydczak holding Norma

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

Theodor Horydczak. Theodor Horydczak lying on ground with camera II

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Theodor Horydczak and family. Theodor Horydczak in uniform I

Public domain image of a military portrait, uniform, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Visit to Ontario. Theodor Horydczak

Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) was a Polish-born American photographer. He worked in the Washington D.C. area from the 1910s to the 1950s, and captured images of the city and its residents during a period of sig... More

Picture postcard "A Bedouin in his happy mood"

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

[President Warren G. Harding and his cabinet posed on the White House ...

Photograph by National Photo Co. Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frank Carpenter in a gondola, Venice] [Photographer with camera and p...

Photographer's sign on one building. On page: no. 1580 (top image) and no. 1581 (bottom image). In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [158]. Negative series code written on page: C262. Copyright by Carpe... More

[Members of the Republican team of the House of Representatives paradi...

Photoprint by National Photo Co. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ready for the gong. Washington, D.C., Nov. 12. Speaker of the House Wi...

A man in a suit standing in front of an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, three-quarter length portrait, holding and...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Buffalo soldier, African American officer, Lt. 1st Infantry, four but...

Photograph shows head and shoulder portrait of an African American young man in uniform and hat. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M62. "Fine crayon a specialty" ... More

[African American man and child, full-length portrait, facing front] /...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV120; young black boy, seated elderly black man. "Negatives preserved" printed on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.214)

A typical group of Patagonians under their sheepskin tent - a race of ...

H60913 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.L. Wasson. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sgt. Johnny Clem / Schwing & Rudd, photographers, Army of the Cumberla...

Photograph shows identified young soldier in uniform; he served in Co. C, 22nd Michigan Infantry Regiment from May 1, 1863 to September 19, 1864. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate private's uniform] / Israel & Co....

Notation on verso: Conf. private. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt,... More

Headquarters U.S. Forces Brig. General Jno. W. Geary, commdg., Murfree...

Photograph shows house used as General John White Geary's command headquarters in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room.

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence / Kellogg Brothers, photographers, ...

Photograph shows a portrait of Fannie Lawrence, standing against a bannister holding a bouquet, facing front. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year... More

Photograph of home of Anna and Horatio Gates Spafford, Lake View (Chic...

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

[Unidentified woman] / Bell & Brother, photographers, 480 Pennsylvania...

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform] / Bell & Brother, photographer...

Solomon D. Butcher. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

summary: Subject: Portrait of the photographer with his camera original size: 3 1/4x2 1/4

The Photographer's assistant - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Title from jacket. "G 3812" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034361. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Frances Benjamin Johnston photographing a group of people, mostly chi...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Celebrities under the camera / By Zaida Ben-Yusuf.

Article with photographs by Zaida Ben Yusuf shows a self-portrait of Ben Yusuf and portraits of F. Marion Crawford, Ernest Seton-Thompson, Anthony Hope, and W.D. Howells. Illus. in: Saturday Evening Post, v. 1... More

[Photographers shooting Cherry blossoms, Washington, D.C. 4/7/22]

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

Arnold Genthe holding a camera - Public domain portrait photograph

Title devised. Photograph of Arnold Genthe by an unknown photographer. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Morgan funeral - newspaper photographers arrested in Stuyvesant Sq.

Photo shows funeral of financier John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) which took place on April 14, 1913 in New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Washington Monument. Horydczak on top of Washington Monument II

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Picture postcard "Foundations of Tower of Antonia"

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

White House photographers, 8/6/22

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

Photographers waiting for Lloyd George to leave the White House today

Group of photographers waiting on the steps of the north portico entrance to the White House. In album: 1 September 1923 to 31 October 1923, v. 7, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 56, no. 27019. Fo... More

Pres. Coolidge with ball team of White House reporters and photographe...

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

[Photographers on platform above crowd at Charles A. Lindbergh speech ...

National Photo Company Collection. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated to George Washington, the first Pr... More

[TALKS TO BANKERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ALLOWED PHOTOGRAPHERS 60 SECOND...

A couple of men standing on top of a train. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, half length, facing front, adju...

Date based on information in A Talent for Detail / Pete Daniel and Raymond Smock, 1974, p. 32-33. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Itinerant photographer in Columbus, Ohio

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

[President Gerald Ford being photographed while appearing at the House...

Contact sheet folder caption: President Ford appears before House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on pardoning of former Pres. Nixon. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet ... More

Nadar / A. Humbert ; relief Marchandeaux., Nadar Collection 1850-1910

French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar hanging onto his balloon, "Le Géant," as it drifts with the wind currents. The basket of the balloon is depicted as a camera. Illus. from unidentified per... More

Gertrude Käsebier, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

Photograph shows photographer Gertrude Käsebier, standing next to a tripod-mounted camera, an unidentified man is standing behind the camera. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Photographic portrait of Horatio Gates Spafford, Paris, France

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

[ Photographers backstage at the Palace Theater in New York City after...

The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More

[Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / [...] &...

Pencilled on front: "Prest. U.S. Grant." The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

[Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / [...] &...

Washakie Bad Lands, Wyoming - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photo shows the photographer Timothy O'Sullivan seated on rock in foreground; 2 buttes in background. Plate 39 from: Geological exploration of the fortieth parallel / U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers ; Clarence K... More

Photographing New York City - on a slender support 18 stories above pa...

Out for the last time - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Photograph shows photographers with equipment outside Mammoth Cave, Edmondson Co., Ky. Magnesium Light Views in Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave Views, No. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption ca... More

[Unidentified soldier in uniform] / Bell & Brother, photographers, 480...

Photographer Dwight Burnett of Olney, Illinois

Notation on recto: "Respectfully yours, D. Burnett." D. Burnett was the photographer of a carte de visite processed as LOT 14043-2, no. 988. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozows... More

Stacy's Photographic Carte de Visite, 691 Broadway

Business card used by photographer George Stacy listing his New York City studio address at 691 Broadway which he occupied from 1861 to 1865. Additional text on card: Every description of photography executed ... More

[Fisheries at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, with three ...

[New York Central Railway (Railroad) photographic car]

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt / Burke & Atwell, Press Photographers

Photograph shows Roosevelt standing on a platform with his finger pointed forward. Burke & Atwell, press photographers, Chicago. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collecti... More

Street photographers, Little Italy, New York

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

Camera men - Public domain politician photograph

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

The foremost women photographers of America A series of beautiful phot...

Includes article about Käsebier, portrait of Käsebier, and reproductions of four photographs by Käsebier. In: The ladies home journal. Philadelphia : Curtis Publishing Company, 1901, vol. 18, no. 6 (May), p. 1.

Fascinated by the Venetian-like charms of "Ivory City, " Louisiana Pur...

H62339 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15112. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert E. French, proprietor of the National Photo Co., posed in his ...

Herbert French, posed in front of studio background scene, dropping photographic equipment. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 93.

[Woman in canoe pointing camera]

Photograph shows young woman sitting in canoe pointing camera. Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description