194 Porters Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Ohan chōemon, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a porter carrying a woman across a stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: J... More

[Two men walking, one carrying a shoulder pole with barrel-like contai...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers fording a small river as others wait their opportunity to continue the journey; also shows some travelers with horses and many porters at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and... More

Nihonbashi [2nd edition], Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Saka no shita no zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting, playing a flute on a cloud outside an inn or large commercial building with porters and travelers passing in the street at the Sakano shita station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and ot... More

[Edo nihonbashi], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians and porters crossing the Nihon Bridge with view from the bridge of a canal and a temple and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled b... More

The porters dance in Roosevelt's honor as they bring up the hippo skin

J140253 U.S. Copyright Office. (back of mount). Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Porters headquarters camp in front of Yorktown, Virginia

Public domain photograph of American Civil War, 19th-century early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tōto nishiki gyōretsu ichigaya hatimannae no kei

Print shows a procession of women, some carrying a sedan chair, others carry packages (gifts?), with view of the Hachiman Shrine in the background.

Tōto nishiki gyōretsu ichigaya hatimannae no kei

Print shows a procession of women, some carrying a sedan chair, others carry packages (gifts?), with view of the Hachiman Shrine in the background.

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Ukie momotarō mukashibanashi no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print showing a procession of men wearing animal masks and hats with horns, carrying a warrior on a litter along the shore of a lake, with a temple in the background.

Shimada kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a long trail of travelers crossing the Oi River between the Shimada and Kanaya stations on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speci... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers, including a person riding in a basket on horseback, pass rice fields near the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive info... More

[Exterior view of fish market with several people, shoppers and mercha...

No. 1996. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 20] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some ma... More

[Porter with shoulder pole, full-length studio portrait, standing, fac...

Photograph shows a studio portrait of a man with a shoulder pole carrying large boxes. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict flowers in the upper right and a waterfront scene in the lower left. No. 1088. Ill... More

Tōkaidō kanaya no fuji - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows porters carrying litters, sedan chairs, and individual persons across the river near the Kanaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from another copy, other d... More

A Jerusalem porter carrying fifty empty petrol tins on his back

These were used as water containers, esp. during the war in Sinai Desert. No. 3983. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. Cap... More

[Turkish porter carrying tanks of kerosene on his back]

Filed in: Turkey Supplies & warehouses. No. RC-2236. On mount: Turkey Supplies & warehouses. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Hamals or porters are trained from infancy to carry great loads on the...

Photographs show porter with basket crossing the Galata Bridge and an imam carrying an umbrella walking down the street, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1392 (top... More

Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles s...

Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's arch... More

Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles s...

Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's arch... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

The porters who detect instantly the presence of sweet coin but have n...

Title on shelflist card: Competition for a tip. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Gates of the City" by Jesse Lynch Williams, Century,... More

Tōjin gyōretsu no ezu ichi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a procession of Chinese men on horseback and on foot, some carrying a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: h... More

[A lover's quarrel] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, scowling, with a shoulder pole and a basket full of jars and bowls, standing in front of a woman with a smug look on her face. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yoshiwara - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on the Tōkaidō Road with view of snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

[The dead hog] / Williamson & Howitt ; J. Clark etched.

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

Shōno, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers, including two porters carrying a litter, walking up an incline near the Shōno station on the Tōkaidō Road during a rain storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Fujieda, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows five travelers fording a stream, each carrying either a person or a bundle on their back, low buildings in the background, at the Fujieda station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive inf... More

Shunen ouigawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying passengers on litters across the Ōi River, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

[A woman riding in a palanquin]

Photograph shows a woman riding in an open palaquin or litter; also shows a porter with shoulder pole carrying small bundles. Inscribed in pencil on mount: Kango bearers. No. 2001. Illus. in: Views & costumes ... More

Agricultural laborer - Public domain print

Drawing shows a 19th century Japanese farm worker with shoulder pole carrying baskets of produce. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms p... More

A street in San Luis Potosi, the cargador

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

Bean-cake seller - Public domain drawing

Photograph shows a woman purchasing bean cakes from a peddler wearing straw outer garments and hat, and kneeling between two large containers, with shoulder pole leaning against one of the containers. Watercolo... More

[Tōkaidō hodogaya], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters with sedan chair, resting, and another traveler leading a horse with passenger near the Hodogaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online sourc... More

"A fairy moon and a lonely shore"

Print shows a man with a shoulder pole walking along a moonlite shore. Stamp on verso: Matsumoto print, no. 39. The Matsumoto Do, Ltd. Tokyo, Japan. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

In the absence of auto trucks, in Constantinople hamals, or porters, c...

Photographs show hamals (porters) standing in street, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1341 (left image) and no. 1342 (right image). Text under image no. 1342: Same a... More

More awakening of the Turks. New motor fire apparatus to replace the h...

Photographs show a fire truck in the street, half-length portrait of a porter, and a mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1412 (top left image), no. 1414 (top ... More

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Print shows pedestrians bowing in greeting to others on roadways leading to a walled city across a river, also several porters carrying bundles into the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Kusunoki masashige chihayajō rōjō no zu, Yoshifuji Utagawa

Print shows pedestrians bowing in greeting to others on roadways leading to a walled city across a river, also several porters carrying bundles into the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

The porters who detect instantly the presence of sweet coin but have n...

Title on shelflist card: Competition for a tip. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Gates of the City" by Jesse Lynch Williams, Century,... More

Fujikawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows several pilgrims, two on horseback, and a porter crossing a small bridge near Fukikawa, the 38th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers in sedan chairs, on horseback, and on foot passing a torii at Mishima shrine near the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Ishiyakushi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows three travelers (one on horseback) entering a village and two porters with shoulder pole walking on a berm between two fields with haystacks and laborers, and the village in the background at the Is... More

Tōkaidō kanaya no fuji - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying litters, sedan chairs, and individual persons across the river near the Kanaya station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive info... More

Otsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows porters carrying goods and palanquins near the Otsuka station of the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Sitaya hirokōji, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking in a procession down a street past clothing or drapery stores in Shitaya. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Pack horse - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a man sitting on the ground next to bundles and a packhorse standing next to him. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From "Travel and transportation" series.... More

Native town, Yokohama - Public domain historic place drawing

Photograph shows street scene in town with commercial and/or residential buildings along one side, and street lamps and utility poles; a couple, at center, standing in the middle of the street. Watercolor drawi... More

Bobbed hair has caught the youth of Roumania and jazz music was not fa...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: Peasant woman and girl with baskets and upper class girl with woman next to railroad car; hotel porter in uniform at the Palace Hotel, Sinaia, and a man weighing ob... More

Turkish girls no longer run from cameras and picture takers no longer ...

Photographs show pedestrians including women and a porter on the Galata Bridge and a ferryboat, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1398 (top image) and no. 1399 (bott... More

[A man carrying a shoulder pole with a trunk and bedding for a patron ...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Dainagon tsunenobu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two men carrying baskets suspended from a long shoulder pole approaching a building with an overflowing spring-fed fountain where two women have come to wash their containers, and further downstream... More

Mishima, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows porters carrying three palanquins near thatched roof buildings at the Mishima station on the Tōkaidō Road; view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More

Hakone, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers and porters crossing a steep pass in the mountains at the Hakone station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More

Shitaya hirokōji, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking in a procession down a street past buildings in Shitaya. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: M... More

[Stanley meets Livingstone] / H.H., Tanzania

Illustration showing Henry Morton Stanley greeting Dr. David Livingstone at a village in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present day Tanzania. Stanley's porters stand on the left, one at center carries an Americ... More

[Street and cargador, San Luis Potosi, Mexico]

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

Korean porters - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Korea. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

The burden of the Latin races / Dalrymple.

Print shows a man labeled "Latin Races" carrying a clergyman on his shoulders. Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1143, (1899 February 1), cover. Copyright 1899 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in Africa: Selecting head porters

Pres. Roosevelt inspecting those who are to command the natives of his expedition. Color halftone repro. of photoprint copyrighted by The Illustration Bureau. This record contains unverified, old data from capt... More

Nihonbashi uogashi, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a crowded fishmarket with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fujimi meisho :... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Fujibitai hana no gyōretsu

Print shows a procession of several women, some carrying a palanquin, with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles s...

Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's arch... More

Sakanoshita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man, smoking a pipe, and a porter resting on the mountain pass through Sakanoshita on the Tōkaidō Road; the porter gestures toward the view of mountains across the ravine. Title and other descript... More

Francois Seraphin Delpech - Les fumeurs L. Boilly ; G? lith. de Delpec...

Print shows two men, possibly porters, exchanging a light from one another's pipes; one man is seated on rocks or bundles and the other is seated on the frame for carrying bundles on his back. Forms part of: P... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers on a bridge across a river with buildings in the background at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Tori no machi no kaimono - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman with her head covered by cloth followed by a man carrying a sack on his back, possibly returning from the harvest festival on the day of the rooster. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Yoshiwara yuki no asa Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a snow covered community in the morning with porters carrying sedan chairs, probably containing male customers, down the main street leading away from the gated entrance to the yoshiwara. Title and ... More

Odawara, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows many travelers fording a stream at the Odawara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ser... More

Fujieda, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers crossing a stream, with men carrying women on their backs and two porters carrying a sedan chair. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

[Porter wearing protective outer garments made of straw]

Photograph shows a porter, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing a hat and outer garments made of straw for protection against rain and snow over his shoulders and around his waist, carrying shoulder pole... More

[Palanquins with porters] - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows two types of palanquins: a "Kago" or basket attached to a frame, and a "Norimbus"? or the traditional enclosed, box-like palanquin with sliding panels, complete with passenger and porters. Includ... More

Portrait photo of Farmer - Public domain drawing

Photograph shows a studio portrait of a farmer, full-length, standing, facing front, wearing straw outer garments, holding a hoe, from which Japanese radishes hang, over his right shoulder and a shallow basket ... More

Prime minister (?) - Public domain image related to music prformance, ...

Drawing shows four porters and two attendants carrying a first class nobleman or government official in an open sedan chair; the porters use straps from the chair's frame to distribute the weight over their sho... More

Darjeeling - Joseph G. Pangborn carried by 4 porters

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Raker on a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. With a swinging motion the prong...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Henry M. Stanley and party standing on back of train at Monterey, Cal...

W13493 U.S. Copyright Office. By Taber(?), San Francisco, California. Public domain photograph of train car, engine, locomotive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain image related to music pr...

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying a large sedan chair, pilgrims, and packages across a wide stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Hiratsuka, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows porters ladened with bundles walking past a small shrine near the Hiratsuka station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More

Okazaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath, British Cartoon Print

Print showing two porters carrying an elegantly dressed woman in a sedan chair. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8895 Forms part of:... More

[Men carrying ivory tusks, Kenya] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photo by Publishers Photo Service, N.Y.C. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

[Group of cargadores by old aqueduct, Mexico City, Mexico]

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Sōshū nakahara], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying bundles from a boat or warehouse (with thatched roof) at the end of a wharf, with distant view of Mount Fuji. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

At the Danube ports in Romania little men carry huge trunks on their b...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: a porter carrying a large load from a boat on the Danube River, the Romanian Athenaeum concert hall, Bucharest, and two women wearing kerchiefs on their heads. Neg... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Fujibitai hana no gyōretsu

Print shows a procession of several women, some carrying a palanquin, with Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-0... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Yui, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows low wooden walkways spanning a small stream and rough or muddy land areas, with two man carrying a palenquin, and others with burdens on shoulder poles, at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title... More

[Cairo. Porter] - Public domain portrait print

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 169B. 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... More

Shimada, Utagawa Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying travelers across a river at the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Portefaix / Abdullah Frères. - Public domain portrait print

Turkish porter, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, carrying luggage on his back. No. 812.

Closed chair of upper classes of nobles - used by men & women

Drawing shows four porters, two in front and two in the rear, holding the long poles through an enclosed palanquin. With (on verso): Soldier of the Royal Guard. Ancient dress not yet entirely obsolete - Coat &... More

A rocky road and a bad guide / Keppler.

Illustration shows Alton B. Parker sitting in a chair strapped to the back of David B. Hill, who is carrying him up a narrow, treacherous, rocky trail on the edge of a mountain "to [the] St. Louis Convention". ... More

Raker on a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. With a swinging motion the prong...

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

Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Powerhouse, Approximately 3 miles s...

Significance: The Powerhouse is a good example of an early high-head hydroelectric generating facility. The facility has maintained the integrity of its internal component design, as well as the building's arch... More

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