[Horatio Alger, bust portrait, facing slightly right]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Booker T. Washington, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing f...
Blind stamp on mount: Shepherd, 27 E. 7th St., St. Paul, Minn. Photograph possibly by Harry Shepherd. Booker T. Washington Collection (Library of Congress).
Native African boys, as they come to the Christian School House at Art...
Copyright by E.F. Hovey, Philadelphia. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly ...
J155450 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Alex.-Washn. Lodge #22 A.F. & A.M., Alexandria, Va. Photograph by Jameson Studio, Alexandria, Va.
[Canal dam, Lexington, Virginia]. 19th century, Library of Congress co...
Original glass plate negative from Miley's Gallery, Lexington, VA. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Interior view of the Sultanahmet Camii (mosque)]
Also known as the Blue Mosque. No. 35. Public domain photograph - historical image of Istanbul, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Matterhorn - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 045038. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Cour de la Grande Mosquée de Kairouan
Grand Mosque of Sidi Okba, Qayrawān, Tunisia. Caption on verso: Kairouan. Interior of the great courtyard of the Grand Mosque. Blind stamp: Reproduction interdite Soler, Tunis. No. 148. No. 26.
Hong Kong--Sedan chair and rickshaw - Frank G. Carpenter collection
One man being pulled in rickshaw and another man being carried on sedan chair, Hong Kong. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Chenini, troglodytes du Djebel-Charett
Berber cave dwellings on hill, Chenini, Tunisia.
[Grover Cleveland, bust portrait, seated, facing right]
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Carl Hagenbeck, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / ...
Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[John Alexander Logan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
Photo by Rockwood, New York City. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Alexander Johnston Cassatt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing sligh...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Book room, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts.]
Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Franz Liszt - Public domain portrait print
No. 1226. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virgnia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Venice, Italy--Panorama from the campanile of S. Marco towards S. Mari...
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Down Broadway from post office, New York
L13760 Copyright Office. On image lower right: Copyright 1880 by Charles Pollock, Boston.
English cairn on P.E. Cary Island, July, 1881 / G.W. Rice photo.
Photograph showing rock cairn during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 113.
Ice foot / G.W. Rice.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Photograph of ice dune during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 117.
Carl Ritter Bay -- north side. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...
Photograph showing sea with chunks of ice and mountains beyond during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.
[Members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition]
Photograph shows several members of the expedition with dogs and sledge. No. 68.
Lake Alexandra looking west, June, 1882 / G.W. Rice, photo.
Photograph shows snow-covered lake surrounded by rock formations during polar expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. No. 55.
[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...
Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Alexander Graham Bell photographs. Photograph of 1882 painting by Lobrichon, Paris.
[Frederick Marryat, British naval officer and novelist, head-and-shoul...
Public domain scan of portrait art print, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Home at Conger, West, March, 1882
Photograph shows building at Conger, during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 12.
[Head of Statue of Liberty on display in park in Paris]
Illus. in: Album des travaux de construction de la statue colossale de la Liberté, destinée au port de New-York / Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Reference copy U.S. GEOG FILE - New York New York City Statue of Liberty.
Margaret Mather no. 16 - Public domain portrait print
Margaret Mather, actress, three-quarter length studio portrait, facing slightly right, standing against a studio prop which is covered with tapestry. 13969-0 U.S. Copyright Office.
A Nimrod (Mr. W.S. Robinson) in the woods of Maine
W.S. Robinson, full-length portrait, facing front, holding gun. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Knowles' Ranch, Beaver Creek, Arizona, "a new cycle begins"
No. 265. Edgar A. Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The last of the Shinnecock Indians L.I. N.Y. / B.M. Franklin, Flushing...
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia
In album: Lot 7753-C, p. 71. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ludwig, Freiherr v. Holberg / E. Hader, pinxit. ; phot. u. verl. v. So...
Photograph of painting shows Ludwig, Freiherr von Holberg, Danish poet and dramatist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Home of Jefferson Davis. On the beach
No. 1506. Photographed by the Centennial Photographic Co., published and copyrighted as part of their International Exhibition in New Orleans, La., 1884-5.
Secondat du Montesquieu / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl. v. Sophus ...
Photograph of painting shows French political philosopher Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, head-and shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 265. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S.... More
"Chah" the beaver - Public domain monumental decor print
Chah, Warm Springs Apache leader, full-length portrait, seated, facing front. No. 6.
Big Sandy River, West Virginia. and Ky.--Lock at Louisa, Ky.--View fro...
View of construction of a lock on the Big Sandy River at Louisa, Kentucky. No. 422.
Portrait photo of Standing Holy (Sitting Bull's daughter)
Standing Holy, full-length portrait, standing, facing front. On mount: D.F. Barry, Bismarck. Copyright by D.F. Barry.
[Two soldiers and two women on porch, with Afro-American woman and man...
Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Florida-- the shell mounds--Ft. George Id. / George Barker, photograph...
Stereograph shows shells and vegetation, Fort George Island. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Florida - The city gates - St. Augustine
R15456 U.S. Copyright Office. Gems of American Scenery. Copyright by George Barker.
[Albert Pike, full-length portrait, seated, facing right]
Hoxie Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Florida - The Lovers Walk - Green Cove Spring
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Unidentified Civil War veterans and members of United Confederate Vete...
Unidentified veteran seated at left also depicted in photograph taken later; processed as LOT 14043-2, no. 1014. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee... More
[Lillie Langtry, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile] / Sarony, ...
75162S U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Horse race. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Photograph shows spectators on left of track watching horses racing. Im. of Am., no. 276.
[Ballington Booth, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing S...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eiffel Tower, Tissandier Collection, France, Paris Exposition, 1889
Photograph shows lower section of Eiffel Tower and unconstructed plaza beneath. This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Exposition universelle d... More
Ageria - Ryland - Morse, New South Wales
Photograph shows Edwin K. Morse, Samuel V. Ryland, and others aboard boat, probably to view the first span of the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia. In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury B... More
Lakeside Ranch The superintendent's home; orchard and garden.
Photograph showing watermelon patch, fruit trees, and Lombardy poplars with house obscured by trees. No. 96. Forms part of: Kern County Survey Collection.
[Women baking bread outdoors, Caucasus, Georgia (Republic)]
James Guthrie Harbord Collection. Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kern River. A beautiful stream. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...
Photograph shows a view of the Kern River in the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern County, California. Watkins photo. no. 473.
[Corn barn, Ambar]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Two men putting corn in or taking corn out of corn crib on posts, Ambarchik (?), Transcaucasia, Russia. James Guthrie Harbord Collection. No. 2712.
U.S. commissioners and delegations of Sioux chiefs visiting Washington...
Group portrait of commissioners and Sioux Indians on steps of U.S. Capitol building. Copyright by C.M. Bell. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska n... More
[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]
Clara Barton Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee ...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 587. Published in: Presidential Pets / Niall Kelly (1992), p. 45. Original negative: LC-J698-81266.
White House, from War Department, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
14087 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5073. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Johnstown Calamity. The Valley of Death from Kern Hill, Showing ga...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gypsum formation - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
No. 1. Part of series: Views of Mammoth Cave and vicinity.
[Ruins at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, May 31, 1889]
Exterior of Catholic Church. Copyright by Langill & Darling, N.Y.C. No. 21.
"Alice Howard", Charlotte Harbor
Deck of boat, Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Ruins of viaduct bridge, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after the flood, Ma...
Copyright by Langill & Darling, N.Y.C. No. 7. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Life and nature - Drawing. Public domain image.
Photograph shows young girl photographing floral scene.
[Entrance to Indian Building, Albuquerque, New Mexico]
Indians selling goods along walkway to building with sign: "Indian Building, Fred Harvey" Wittemann Collection. No. 1411.
[Emil Blum, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Loescher & Pet...
Written on verso: Emil Blum, Germany. Judge in F. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection about judges and commissioners who served at the 1893 World's Colu... More
Railroad dining car of S.M. Railway, China. - Frank G. Carpenter colle...
Interior. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: China. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Transportation in India - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. - Frank G...
A group of people riding on the backs of elephants, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washin... More
U.S.S. Trenton, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publishing Comp...
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Photograph of a photo. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020107. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Firenze, R. Galleria Uffizi, La Cattedrale di Harlem (G. Berkeyden)
Photo of painting by G.A. Berckheyde in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Edne. Alinari pe. 2, no. 415.
The Empress Dowager of China - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: China. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
U.S.S. Canandaigua. United States warship photograph collection
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Market, Morgan City, LA. / Harry L. Squires.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Excursion steamer wharves, St. Louis, Missouri
Shows steamer City of Providence. No. 2426. Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Snake charmers, India] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Photo shows three men, one man squatting before a cobra in a pot, holding the snake with his right hand and making a fist with his left in front of the snake's head, the second man is standing with a large snak... More
Clara Barton. A war time photograph by Brady
Clara Barton, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left. Photographic print of halftone reproduction of photograph.
[Baguio Industrial School Band, Baguio, Philippine Islands]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
King of Uganda and royal drummer with his ears cut off by order of for...
Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[George Steck, piano manufacturer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...
Written on verso: George Steck, New York, N.Y. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection ... More
[Feast day at San Estevan del Rey Mission, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico]
35762 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishin... More
[Frances Benjamin Johnston and family on porch and in front of house]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). On verso: Chamberlain, artist, Woonsocket and Cottage City.
Style 17 - upright piano-forte designed and manufactured by Henry F. M...
Advertisement for pianos, showing piano in room. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Women washing laundry in stream, Korea] - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
China, Kiangsu Province, Soochow, water gate in city, which is called ...
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels, Washington, D.C. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Mrs. Krikorian, three quarter length portrait
Mrs. Krikorian, possibly wife of photographer Garabed Krikorian, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right. In album: Members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friends, and associates, [p. 21, top... More
Illinois, Monmouth. Buggies and wagons at Northeast corner of square
Photograph shows several horse and buggies and wagon hitched to post in a semi-circle surrounding town square and businesses.
[Button Gwinnett, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]
Photograph of a halftone. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man in blackface as minstrel - Public domain portrait print
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
[Five Maori men posing in traditional clothing doing haka dance (war d...
Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York.
Elizabeth Cameron, three quarter length portrait
Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capitol at Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
China - transportation by boats, ox carts, and feet - Frank G. Carpent...
Photograph shows pedestrian and ox-cart traffic alongside river or canal with numerous boats docked along the shore. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: V... More
[Urban H. Broughton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Maya...
Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection about judges and commissioners who served at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. John Boyd Thacher collection abo... More
[Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, with three male friends]
Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 8905.
Java - method of transportation - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Photograph shows a two-wheeled cart drawn by two buffalo. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of th... More
U.S.S. Merrimac, catching a shark, scene from the Texas
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hong Kong--Hong Kong Club - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Exterior of club building. Photo by Mee Fong Studio, Hong Kong. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). No. 157.
[Entrance of U.S. Capitol from west, view looking toward Washington Mo...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Casselton, North Dakota, business district]
No. 1184 Public domain photograph of North Dakota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Capes Trinity & Eternity, Saguenay River - photo by William Henry Jack...
River with hilly coastline in background, Quebec. Detroit Photographic Company photo. No. 08844.
[Mail carrier, Puerto Rico] - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Man on horse with box labeled "correo" outside wooden U.S. Post Office building. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.