2,562 Police Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Berdan's Sharps rifl...

Case: Leather; plain push-button. Soldier identified by seller as being from Forsyth County, North Carolina. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Cecil E. Jackson, Columbia, S.C., 20... More

Benjamin Franklin, Supt. P.N.D.A., Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 1873-18...

Photograph shows portrait of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency superintendant and former chief of detectives at the Philadelphia Police Department. Forms part of: Visual material from the records of Pinker... More

The Riot in New Orleans - the Freedmen's procession marching to the in...

2 Illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 25, p. 536. Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Illus. of story "Louisiana and the rule of terror: portr. of Julia Ha...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1874 Oct., p. 856-57. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons, US Oct. 1874; Justice (Allego... More

[The Imperial Police Station in Modaburnu]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 8. No. 24. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II C... More

"On a spree" - full dress acrobatic acts

Drunken woman at party; riding on man's shoulders and spilling champagne from bottle. Illus. in: National Police Gazette, v. 37-38, New York, 1880-1881; p. 16. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More

[The Ministry of Police] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

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

The Anarchist Riot in Chicago - A Dynamite Bomb exploding among the po...

Drawn by T. de Thulstrup from sketches and photos furnished by H. Jeaneret. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 30, (1886 May 15), p. 312-313. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

New York scenes in a Chinese gambling-house - 1. A game of "Fan-Tan" i...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 65, no. 1683 (1887 Dec. 17), p. 296. Reference copy may be in LOT 4242.

The police version of it / Dalrymple.

Print shows a large police officer turning the crank on a large press labeled "Blackmail", squeezing money out of a variety of merchants labeled "Boot Black, Gin Mill Keeper, Dive Keeper, Merchant, Green Goods,... More

Theodore Roosevelt when he was a New York police commissioner

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, seated at his desk, facing left. Date stamped on verso: Sep 3 1966. Title newspaper clipping. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Colle... More

The "Wangtown Bugle" sends its compliments and presents its clubbing l...

(DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's bazaar, 28:176 (March 2, 1895).

Rice's beautiful Evangeline, American vaudeville and popular entertain...

Caption: Chief of police. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati = New York." NY 7083. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Caricature, A new crime / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows New York City Mayor Robert Anderson Van Wyck as a judge and Richard Croker(?) as a policeman, holding a club labeled "Tammany", bringing a man labeled "Reform" before the judge in a courtroom. Capt... More

Medal Police, N.Y.C. - Color separation negative, public domain

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

5 Ave. Special Police - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Capt. Schmittberger of police escorts suffragettes from City Hall, New...

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

Police and crowd at scene after bomb explosion, Union Square, anarchis...

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

[Eleven women police receiving marksmanship training]

Photoprint by National Photo Co.

Training a policewoman--target practice under the direction of Inspect...

Inspector Cross and four women aiming pistols. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Group of workers from Indian Orchard Mfg. Co. including following name...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Suffragettes - London - Arrest of Suffragette - Oct. 1913

Policemen and plain clothesman escorting woman. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Libra... More

Naval recruits police, Paris - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photograph shows French naval recruits with a police officer, Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I.

Police Show -- Chariot Race - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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

[Men in discussion in police station]

Title devised by cataloger. Top drawing published in "An Incident in the Prefecture of Police" by Arthur Sherburne Hardy, Harpers' magazine, 133: (July 1916). Two versions on one sheet. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Form... More

Police guards. Police guard with motorcycle, White House in rear

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

International Ass'n of Police Women, [1/22/25]

A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Police Officer holding children]

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

In Italy the trains stop at the stations and the passengers get down t...

Photographs show passengers and a food vendor near a train station, police officers at a train station, and railroad workers closing doors of railway cars, Italy. On page: no. 1554 (top image), no. 1553 (middl... More

Police entry, 5/17/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, military conflict, conscription, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughte...

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

["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughte...

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

Police Com. Enright of New York, Maj. Sullivan & Col. R. Waldo, [7/30/...

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

The Araba (Southern end of the great Jordan rift). Akaba (Elath). Gulf...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of Br. [i.e., British] police at entrance into courtyard of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Champeen" indian club swinger. Washington, D.C., Sept. 13. After 35 y...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man using phone in Metropolitan Police D.C. automobile. Washington, D...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Given purse on retirement. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Retired today aft...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sees that Uncle Sam gets value in purchases. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2...

A black and white photo of a woman looking through a microscope. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America's new envoy to Norway. Washington, D.C., April 21. A shrewd po...

A woman sitting on a bench with two dogs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Insular police on a San Juan street. Puerto Rico

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Government defense measures on highway leading into Jerusalem from the...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hebron attack. Great boulders on the Hebron Highway placed by Arab ga...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Tucker, wife of the town police chief, preparing hot dogs and cof...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Beersheba, inspection of Camel Corps by H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) Si...

Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Urgent - volunteers needed at once! Join up at any police station, any...

Poster calling for volunteers for "air raid wardens, auxiliary firemen, auxiliary policemen, and other services in the civilian defense army." Sponsored by Philadelphia Council of Defense. Work Projects Adminis... More

A black and white photo of people on horses, Chicago mounted police, C...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Truckers bringing supplies, people performing essential services, anyo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civilian defense. Here is a portable electric power saw to cut floorin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Defense housing, Erie, Pennsylvania. Sewage pipes are placed for the 3...

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut....

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

Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee to Washington, D.C. Auxiliary MP (M...

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

George Metesky being brought from second to first floor to Waterbury p...

Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Rescue worker reaching into a New York Police car covered with debris...

Forms part of: Collection of unattributed photographs ... Public domain photograph related to airlines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibit showing the tan suit and orangish shoes worn by James Robert "...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The suit is displayed in sixth-floor storeroom of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Oswald was perched above D... More

The sidewalks of New York - Drawing. Public domain image.

Caption: A few of the characters shown on the sidewalks of New York. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8614. Vignette captions: Herald Square at midnight ... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Police Station, North of Main Gate on Fyf...

Significance: Building 17 is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places u... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Police Station, North of Main Gate on Fyf...

Maggie Cline, "On Broadway" written by Clay M. Greene & Ben Teal.

42041 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Management, Harry Williams. No. 4563. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Canine Kennel, Idaho Avenu...

Significance: The kennel was built in 1983. It provided space to house and care for military working dogs. It was designed to provide a beneficial environment for the dogs so that they could perform at peak eff... More

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

The main lobby leading from the old hall of the house of representativ...

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicators: Bronze doors very hard to see detail; Columbus in Middle see Treasury note border of emblems; Shields; Scrolls armour etc; Under part of gallery... More

Famous trotter Police Gazette Formerly Emma B: the property of Richard...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2022

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Constables the Des Moines Searchers and Advance Guard of the Fighting ...

Photograph shows group portrait of constables: Thomas Chapman, John Marian, Frank Blyler, Joseph Mercer, Frank Pierce, O.C. West, George Hanson, G.B. Hamilton, George Cleggett and G.W. Potts [posed with bloodho... More

To the members of the Metropolitan police force. New York, March 4th, ...

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

Bivac - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a group of Argentine police officers wearing uniform with hat, one has a sword; two are playing cards while six others watch the game; there is a row of small buildings in the background, each with ... More

New York Police, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crossing Broadway / drawn by Sol Eytinge.

Policeman escorting two women across Broadway, New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 March 12, p. 168.

Life sketches in the metropolis - our homeless poor - a midnight visit...

Two page spread showing police officer and civilian investigator arriving at crowded room in lodging house, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, March 9, 1872, p. 408-409.

The drinker's progress. Gets into trouble

Stereograph showing a studio scene of a policeman intervening in a fight, against a painted backdrop. 4525E U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7.

Dottie and Lottie. Heavens Dottie, how'd you lose your frock?

Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[The Imperial Şişhane Police Station in Beyoğlu]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 8. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II C... More

[Picture from the side of the Imperial Police Station at the Topkapı S...

Public domain image of palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Imperial Police Station, Papasköprüsü]

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illinois - the recent troubles in Chicago - the police capturing leadi...

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

Pennsylvania - the mining troubles in the Schuylkill region - attack o...

Striking Polish coal miners in battle with coal and iron police, near Shenandoah City, Pennsylvania. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 66, 1888 Feb. 18, p. 1.

He must be kept out / Keppler. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows Uncle Sam as a policeman using a billy club labeled "Votes" to prevent a diminutive figure labeled "Free Silver" and "16 to 1" from entering the White House with papers labeled "Populism" and "Disho... More

Arnold Genthe - Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. /

This film shows the arrest and conveyance of a Chinese man in Chinatown, watched by a crowd of onlookers. The precise date of this film and the arrest charge are uncertain. It is possible that the arrest was co... More

New York Police Band, New York - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photograph shows the New York Police Band marching in front of the Jackson Building, Union Square, New York City.

Police Parade - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Cells: New Tenderloin Police Station

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

The politician and his dupes / Gallaway.

Illustration shows a politician agreeing with a woman labeled "W.C.T.U." and a man holding a bible, who are standing on the right, behind them are the locked and barricaded doors to a cafe on which is a sign "C... More

Commander Bingham and Mayor McClellan pin medals on honor policeman in...

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

[New York City Police Dept. activities: taking Bertillon measurements-...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Bertillon syst... More

Gary police force - Public domain portrait print

Probably Gary, Indiana. H109523 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Grose Photo Co.

[New York City Police Dept. activities: taking Bertillon measurements-...

Surgeons and police working over Silverstein at anarchist riot, Union ...

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

Inspector Moses Cortwright on horse in police parade, New York

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Police searching Max Dolinger after anarchist bomb-throwing in Union ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo by Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

[Suffragette posed in police uniform to illustrate woman police concep...

George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 2605. A nut cracker

Photograph shows policeman holding a nightstick.

Police Show -- Polo Team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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