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Hans v. Bülow, George Grantham Bain Collection

Hans von Bülow, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding cigarette in holder. George Grantham Bain Collection. Copyright by E. Bieber, Berlin u. Hamburg, photographer to the court.

African American baseball team posing on front steps of building

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Amman, the theatre from castle hill

Photograph showing aerial view of section of Jordan on a hillside. Original negative: LC-M31-3325. No. P-244. On verso - American Colony Photo Cards, copyrighted. On verso: American Colony Stores, Jerusalem. ... More

Lake Harriett [i.e., Harriet], Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows road approaching Lake Harriet, side elevation of pavilion and boathouse. H99840 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 810.

Lake Calhoun Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows an automobile traveling a dirt road along Lake Calhoun shoreline. H99730 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 807.

Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, M...

Postcard shows view of arch bridge over Mississippi River below St. Anthony Falls, Milling district. H99841 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B17.

Main Street, High Street, Millville, N. J.

Alamogordo, N.M., Alameda Park, entrance

Avalon, Cal. / Lester Clement Barton.

View of college campas [i.e., campus], Fayette, Ia.

Postcard shows view "E" of Upper Iowa University campus from a green field, centered on Alexander Dickman Hall, church on the right, other buildings shown in the background. H112054 U.S. Copyright Office.

Minneopa Falls, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows view of the Lower Minneopa Falls on the Minneopa River, the stream below the falls, and wooden bridge. H111590 U.S. Copyright Office.

Adams St., Phoenix, Ariz. / Lester Clement Barton.

Postcard shows a commercial street in Phoenix, Arizona. A large hotel is on one corner. Other businesses on the street include the New York Life Insurance Co., Dwight B. Heard, and the Arizona Mercantile Compa... More

Docks at Arnolds Park - A black and white photo of a boat in the water

Postcard shows busy shoreline of Arnolds Park on West Lake Okoboji with pier on the right, various sizes of boats at piers and being used. Souvenir shops and buildings in the background with people engaged in a... More

Street scene Barnes City, Iowa - A black and white photo of a group of...

Postcard shows group of people on either side of a main street with a flag suspended above the street. The photo is taken from a street corner showing horses and wagons hitched to rails on the side street.

Bird's eye view of Eureka Springs, Ark. / Gray, photographer and publi...

Postcard shows a panoramic view of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Public domain scan of the vintage Arkansas postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pale face no good / photo by Dedrick.

Full-length portrait of man wearing breast plate and blanket, holding rifle.

Grant Monument, Lincoln Park, Chicago

View south from Kimball St., Elgin, Ill.

Postcard shows a general panoramic view of Elgin, Illinois. J142307 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Leo P. Rider, Elgin, Ill.

Birdseye view, Aberdeen, S.D. postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of Aberdeen, South Dakota with a central commercial street. J170077 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 982. Copyright N. A. Brothers, Aberdeen, So. Dak.

Chautauqua boosters, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows automobiles with passengers, lined up in the court house plaza in Cresco, Iowa, most flying banners. J 170973 U.S. Copyright Office. Blind stamp: C.D. Taylor, Cresco, Iowa.

Foshay Tower dedication fireworks as seen from the parade, more than a...

Photograph shows fireworks above an illuminated skyscraper at night, designed by Leon Arnal. J13595 U.S. Copyright Office. Azo photographic postcard. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 57, Minnesota Minneapolis

Reg't camp 11th Inf., Texas City, Tex.

Postcard shows 11th Infantry regiment camp composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J1789472 U.S. Copyright Office. 149. Copr Maurer Photo.

The remnants of the Serbian Armies at Tchakor = Les restants des Armée...

Photograph shows soldiers leading their houses across a snowy mountain landscape, probably in Albania. In album: Commet les Serbes abandonnèrent leur patrie, vu par Sampson Tchernoff.

Two unidentified sailors holding copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune wit...

Blind stamp on recto: Kiriacopulos, 1505 W. Madison St., Chicago. Donated with different edition from the same day of the Chicago Tribune processed as LOT 14183-5, no. 4. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073)... More

Mayo Indians with bows & arrows joining Obregon in Rio Mayo

Postcard shows a line of men with bows drawn. To the left a man beats a drum and another raises a sword. In the center of the photo a man dressed in dark clothing holds a case. Caption continues: These are all... More

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed... More

Alaska Indian baskets - Frank G. Carpenter collection

No. 821 LHP B. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

[Street in Riga, Latvia, with snow]

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

Training School, Vineland, N. J.

Sunday at "the Ranch" Vintage postcard

Five cowboys outdoors, with two of them getting haircuts. H116238 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrights by T. McQuillan.

Head of West Okoboji Lake postcard

Postcard shows lakeshore with shoreline reflections in the water. H116593 U.S. Copyright Office.

Swing bridge at Spirit Lake postcard

Postcard shows shoreline of lake with swing bridge, cabins, piers and small boats. H116597 U.S. Copyright Office.

The Belknap Mountains., panoramic postcard

Postcard shows view of Belknap Mountains near Laconia, New Hampshire. H114871 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Robert A. Foss, Laconia, N.H.

Marietta College, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows campus of Marietta College including Erwin Hall, Irvine Hall, Andrews Hall and Fayerweather Hall. H106624 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1908 by H. P. Fischer. From H. P. Fischer's Studio, Mar... More

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Postcard shows view of commercial establishments from an intersection, in Twin Valley, Minn. H120377 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1.

[Bethlehem Steel], panoramic postcard

Postcard shows a photographic reproduction of a drawing of the Bethlehem Steel factory, near the river and railroad tracks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. H 111707 U.S. Copyright Office. Division of Prints No. 4351... More

Drive way, North Sibley Park postcard

Postcard shows view of the North Sibley Park driveway with river and trees.

Greetings from Gary, Minn. postcard

Postcard shows rooftop view of small rural town in Minnesota with two churches, commercial street, lumber business, grain elevators, railroad tracks. H120373 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Airplane flying over water, Daytona, Florida]

Birdseye view, Aberdeen, S.D. postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of Aberdeen, South Dakota with a central commercial street in the center and the Brown County court house on the right. J171161 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 981. Copyright N... More

L.C. Smith building, Seattle, typifies Seattle spirit and growth 42 st...

Photograph shows towering building with street traffic below. J165245 U.S. Copyright Office. Azo photographic postcard. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 65, Washington Seattle

Ray, N. Dak., panoramic postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of the town of Ray, North Dakota. J189449 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by H. C. Miller, Ray, N.D.

Camp, Co. G., H & M, Texas City, Texas

Postcard shows men from Companies G, H and M eating in camp composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J178942 U.S. Copyright Office. 95. Copr Maurer Photo.

Unidentified African American military policeman in uniform and helmet...

Notation on verso: "One day back from the drive[?] don't I look hot. A policeman at that." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collec... More

Sophie Schreiber Freud, Alexander Freud, Doris Fleischman, and Edward ...

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (Edward L. Bernays estate); 1997, 2011; (DLC/PP-1997:001). Forms part of: Visual materials from the Edward L. Bernays papers (Library of Congress). Accession box no. PR 13 CN 1... More

Mayo Indians with bows & arrows joining Obregon in Rio Mayo

[Viktor Derjaba] - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of the postcard writer with two dogs. Postcard sent to Bedrich Kobr in Bohemia from Viktor Derjaba in Chernigov, Ukraine, April 14, 1913. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of ... More

Anice Terhune, three quarter length portrait

Postcard showing Anice Terhune, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right.

Baalbek, the modern village and the ruins

Photograph showing residential area before ruins of Baʻlabakk, mountains in background. Original negative: LC-M32-P-266. Title from: "Photographic subjects of Bible Lands", P-series negative list. On verso: The... More

[East of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Triumphal gate from the South]

Photograph showing ruins of a partially standing building at Gerasa, Jordan. Original negative: LC-M32-1187. Title from caption for no. 1187 in: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?] On verso: A... More

Millville Mfg. Co., Millville, N. J.

Dr. Joseph, cheif [i.e. chief] medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swi...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97244 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 2."

Court square, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Postcard shows Rockingham County courthouse and surrounding buildings in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Viaduct and flour mills, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows view of the Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, signage for Best Flour. H99733 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 804.

Sunset Lake City Park, Bridgeton, N. J.

Library building, State University, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows campus grounds, Library. H99732 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 806.

Fraternal City Sanatorium, panoramic postcard

Panorama view of Muskingum Valley, Marietta, O.

Banning's Cove, Catalina Island, Cal. / Lester Clement Barton.

Postcard shows a house nestled in a cove near a sandy beach.

Third & Jackson, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows view of Mankato street scene at Third and Jackson Street with houses, Post Office. H111593 U.S. Copyright Office.

Old Ben dashing in for a fish, Avalon, Catalina Island / Lester Clemen...

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Postcard shows corner view of two streets of commercial establishments in Twin Valley, Minn. H120375 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1.

Washington St., Phoenix, Ariz. / Lester Clement Barton.

Postcard shows commercial street in Phoenix, Arizona. Businesses include a second hand furniture store, H. Hamburger Everybody's Taylor, the Vendome Hotel, and the Phoenix Trunk Factory. Large posters on the wa... More

Greetings from Twin Valley, Minn.

Postcard shows view of commercial establishments from an intersection, focusing on one side, in Twin Valley, Minn. H120376 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2.

Upper Minneopa Falls, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows the water cascading at the top of Upper Minneopa Falls. H111594 U.S. Copyright Office.

Bellefonte Hatchery, Penna. State Fish Commission.

Postcard shows a hatchery and surrounding area. H 110555 U.S. Copyright Office. View No. 1 Division of Prints No. 43449 Written on verso: sent by Ralph Lynn Mallory Bellefont, Pa. Claimant, same. Copyright 190... More

Washington Mo. looking south postcard

Jordan Lake, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows shores of a lake, a road with wooden fence follows the shore, horse and buggy, monuments on left, town beyond the other shoreline. H110453 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright title: Lake Odessa 1. C... More

Paper mill, electric light plant and dam, Beloit, Wis.

Postcard shows dam, generating plant and a paper mill in Beloit, Wisconsin. H 116539 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hamilton Bros., Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Oklahoma dugout Vintage postcard

Seven people, dugout, horse-drawn wagon and cow. H122721 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Dedrick. No. 34.

[One] of Custer's dispatch bearers and squaw / photo by Dedrick.

Native man and woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. H122723 U.S. Copyright Office. Title appears as it was written on the item. No. 113(?).

Theo. Roosevelt, Sioux Falls, S.D.

Photograph shows Roosevelt standing in a touring car, waving his hat to spectators gathered in the street. J145058 U.S. Copyright Office. "C.C. Slack & Co., Sioux Falls, S.D." bottom left.

2nd meeting of the Panama Pacific Exposition at Merchants Exchange Bui...

Postcard shows large crowd of men attending a meeting in San Francisco, California. J 142814 U.S. Copyright Office.

African American workers building a house

"Building of house RLP born in" on note with photograph. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Prineville, Ore., panoramic postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of Prineville, Oregon. J141708 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2745. Copyrighted by B. B. Bakowski, Bend, Or.

St. Mary's Hospital, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows front and side elevation, front grounds and drive to entrance of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. J155497R U.S. Copyright Office.

Reg't camp 22nd Inf., Texas City, Tex.

Postcard shows the regiment camp of the 22nd Infantry composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J17894734 U.S. Copyright Office. 283. Copr Maurer Photo.

The Antelope dance--Hopi Indian dancers / Photo and c1920 Bostell.

J246061 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 86.

[World War I Infantry soldiers, standing in front of photographers bac...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Panoramic birdseye view Canadian Boundary Canaan, Vt., Beecher Falls,...

Postcard shows panoramic view of mountainous landscape with three villages on the border of Vermont and New Hampshire just south of the border between the United States and Canada. J175744 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Cobblestone street in Riga, Latvia]

Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:208). Accession box no. PR 13 CN 2011:208 c4 Real Photo Postcds p... More

[Soldier saluting on iceberg, Enisei River, Siberia]

Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:208). Accession box no. PR 13 CN 2011:208 c40 Unid'd

Minnesota state capitol, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows grounds and front elevation of the state capitol building.

Panorama view of Marietta College and campus

Lake Harriett [i.e., Harriet], Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows Lake Harriet, shoreline road with lanterns, sailboat and pavilion across the lake. H99731 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 808.

Greetings from Gary, Minn. postcard

Postcard shows unpaved streets of small rural town, large brick building with horses and wagon hitched in front, buildings flanking the back and side of the building. H120374 U.S. Copyright Office.

Back view of the Squaw dance Pine Ridge S.D. / photo made by S.D. Butc...

Photograph shows a rear view of a group of Sioux women, standing, some wearing headdresses, also shows a wagon, a tent, and a young Sioux girl. H110627 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1908 by S.D. Butcher & Son.

The cotton planter and his pickers

Photograph shows Sam Williams (center, holding dog), his wife Diccie Williams (center in white), their youngest son Sidney Williams (in front of Sam), and other men, women, and children in a cotton field. (Sou... More

Pioneer hotel of Phoenix, Ariz., patronized by U.S. Army officers in t...

Avalon and bay, Catalina Island. / Lester Clement Barton.

C. M. & St. P. depot, Beloit, Wis.

Postcard shows a commercial street and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway depot in Beloit, Wisconsin. H 116533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hamilton Bros., Brodhead, Wisconsin.

View north on Minnesota St., St. Peter, Minn.

Postcard shows view of commercial establishments on Minnesota Street, from an intersection, in St. Peter, Minn. H109348 U.S. Copyright Office.

St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.

City Hall, Washington Street, Phoenix, Ariz. / Lester Clement Barton.

State Hospital, St. Peter, Minn.

Postcard shows grounds and exterior front elevation of the main building of the state hospital for the insane. H109347 U.S. Copyright Office.

Lucille Mullhall at 101 Ranche / view by Dedrick.

Postcard showing Lucille Mullhall standing on back of seated horse. H122720 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 42.

Corner of St. Joe & 7th Street looking east & south, Rapid City, S. Da...

Postcard shows interesection of two commercial streets in Rapid City, South Dakota with the U.S. Land Office on the left and the Reeves Mercantile Co. Cash Department Store on the opposite side of the street. H... More

The Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer, Virginia

Postcard showing Orville Wright flying biplane, Fort Myer, Va. 131162 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyright 1909, G.M.C." below photo. Copyright registration records show G.M. Cramer Co., in Washington, D.C.

Panoram[a] of the home of John Till, Almena, Wis.

Postcard shows a large house on the waterfront with a gathering of people and horse drawn sleighs in the foreground. H 124852 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H. H. Denison, Barron, Wisconsin.

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