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

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

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows pilgrims or travelers walking with a porter carrying a shoulder pole along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

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

Okitsu no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back and a tray with two cups appears to be walking on clouds; in the background, porters carrying a person in a sedan chair and a person on horseback are crossing th... More

Shimada no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman sitting in a small partially enclosed area on a cloud; in the background, porters and travelers are preparing to cross a river near the Shimada station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other d... More

Nihonbashi akebono no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and pedestrians crossing the Nihon Bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: ... More

Shijūhachi shin-yoshiwara emonzaka - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a full moon over the two porters carrying a sedan chair with passenger, the porter in the rear has slipped causing the passenger to tumble out of the chair onto the ground; another man, wearing get... More

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from İstanbul,...

(1) a cabman; (2) a water carrier; and (3) a porter. French caption from book: Constantinople: Figure 1: Caı̈kdji; Figure 2: Sakka; Figure 3: Hammal. Captions also in Ottoman Turkish. Part I, plate II. Illus. ... More

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

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

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

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

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Possibly old aqueduct in rear. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 5289. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cunninghame distributing the porters' loads

J140261 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Warrington Dawson. Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Porters carrying luggage on station platform, Uganda railroad, ca. 19...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. No. 645. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Arriving in the harbor of Constantinople the steamer is soon surrounde...

Photographs show a small boat in the water, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1364 (top image) and no. 1365 (bottom image). Text under image no. 1365: Same as 1364.... 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

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

[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

Peak residences on Mt. Gough, Hong Kong, China

Photograph shows a man being transported in a seat suspended from poles, in the background are dwellings set on the hillsides. H24472 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: The Universal Pho... More

Nihonzutsumi, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two porters carrying a sedan chair and a third person with an umbrella walking along embankment with city in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two people riding on the shoulders of porters, with other porters carrying large bags and trunks, in Shimada, possibly crossing the Ōi River, on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive informa... More

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two travelers and a porter next to a rice paddy with two herons and a view of Mount Fuji at the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying large containers and sedan chairs on street passing in front of a teahouse at the Kusatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows travelers and porters carrying a sedan chair passing shops on a street at the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers walking in the rain, two are using shoulder poles to carry parcels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Bikunibashi setchū, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a porter walking in ankle-deep snow at the approach to the Bikuni bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series:... More

[Studies of cargadors, Mexico City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Kōshū inume-tōge], Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters with two horses climbing the Inume Pass, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More

Sanjūsangendō, Kioto. An image of Buddha (part 1)

Photograph shows an interior view of Sanjūsangendō, in Kyoto, with a large display of many of the 1001 statues of Kannon, a Buddhist goddess. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a man carrying a large bundl... More

Chinese Manchu porter carrying tray on head, A

May not be in Russia. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

This Turkish woman in the bazaar keeps up with the modern styles in he...

Photographs show a woman wearing çarşaf without a face veil walking through a market and a porter carrying bags in front of the offices of "J. Chryssophos & Co., steamship agents and brokers", Istanbul, Turkey.

A Bucharest hotel is modern in every way except the elevators which ca...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including a large hotel (the Athenʹee Palace) in Bucharest and a porter carrying a large trunk from a boat on the Danube River. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. ... More

Chicago, Illinois. Porters, conductor, and brakeman at Union Station

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

General Porters headquarters camp in front of Yorktown, Virginia

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

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

Utagawa Toyokuni - Segawa Rokō to Bandō Mitsugorō

Print shows the actors Segawa Roko and Bando Mitsugoro as travelers, one carrying a large box suspended from a pole that rests on his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Nihonbashi, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying bundles across the Nihon Bridge on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōk... More

Kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

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

Mishima no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman standing next to a box on a cloud watching porters carrying a person in a sedan chair as they pass the Mishima Shrine, the 12th station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Kanaya, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows many porters carrying travelers on platforms, some on their back, fording a river, also some carrying bundles at the Kanaya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compi... More

Numazu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows travelers and porters with palanquin passing village at the Numazu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows porters carrying a sedan chair and one carrying a shoulder pole with bundles on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

Surugachō, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows men and women pedestrians and porters on a busy street, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Suruga-chō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows perspective view looking down commercial street with many pedestrians and porters, also shows Mount Fuji in the distance, above the clouds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Chinese coolies on the streets of Tien-tsin, China

Stereograph showing a group of men and boys standing next to buckets and carriers in Tianjin, China.

A romance of the rail / - movie film screenshot

From Edison films catalog: A series of railroad scenes of novel and amusing interest. It opens with a view of an imposing station showing a pretty girl, dressed in white, seated on a trunk awaiting the arrival ... More

Chicago, Illinois. Pullman porters receiving reservation diagrams for ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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

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

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

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 on the Pullman palace cars

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province]

Print shows porters carrying bundles and sedan chairs, and travelers departing at dawn, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title from online source, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... 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

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Porters carrying trunks on their back on a street in La Paz, Bolivia]

Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Tel Aviv Harbour. Porters carrying orange boxes

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

Fujieda - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers with two horses and porters at a rest stop at the Fujieda station on the Tōkaidō Road.

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

The Porters on the Pullman palace cars

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Tōto aoigaoka no taki - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers at a roadside rest stop with several buildings, possibly a tearoom, near a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Macao from Penha Hill W. Heine ; J. Queen delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co., Ph...

Print shows a view of the harbor at Macao, with buildings along the waterfront; also shows two porters with shoulder poles on a roadway at bottom center, and a group of women on the lower right who may be nuns.... More

Group of cargadores by old aqueduct, Mexico City, Mexico

Title devised by cataloger. Attribution to Jackson based on negative D418-8559. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30195. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The awakening of Turkey is evidenced by the unveiled women of Stamboul...

Photographs show women wearing a çarşaf without face veils and a porter with large basket on his back walking across the Galata Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: n... More

Landing at Constantinople requires a good nervous system. Porters, pir...

Photographs show crowds of men on a boat and a view of Istanbul from the Sea of Mamara, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1382 (top image) and no. 1383 (bottom image... 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

The Porters on the Pullman palace cars

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Yui no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a man carrying a large box on his back on a cloud in a mountainous area with large body of water and Mount Fuji in the background; Yui is the 17th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descri... More

Futagawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a man with a shoulder pole, travelers, and others outside a thatched-roof shop, the vendor sitting on a table in front, at the Futagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Includes shrine and old aqueduct. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8557. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Turkish porters - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Turkish porters carrying a large crate on a pole, at the World's Columbian Exposition.

Donkeys and men are the beasts of burden in this city of the east Hama...

Photographs show a man with a cart and donkey and porters carrying baskets on the Galata Bridge with Galata Tower in the background, Istanbul, Turkey.

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

Odawara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a woman standing next to a large trunk, possibly pondering an offer made by the other traveler or porter who is sitting next to the trunk, holding a small box in raised left hand; lar... More

Shimada, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain architecture drawing

Print shows pilgrims and porters fording a wide, narrow river at Shimada, the 24th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Mexico, street scenes, cargadores

Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8561. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Porters on the Pullman palace cars

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Kameyama - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two travelers, one possibly a porter, with luggage and shoulder pole at a rest stop, with large building, possibly a temple or castle in the background.

Ōiso, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women watching a man try to lift a large stone or bundle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Takanawa no zu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows porters carrying sedan chairs and travelers on foot and horseback along the waterfront of Takanawa, with ships coming into port and at anchor in the background, and a public house on the left. Title... More

Secchū sanbashi no geinin, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows two women, possibly geisha, and a male porter standing on a wharf on the edge of a river during a snow storm; they are holding umbrellas and wearing geta, there are boats on the river and a bridge i... More

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.

[Suzume uri to suzume odori] - Public domain portrait print

Drawing shows a porter sitting on the ground with shoulder pole and baskets; his hands are raised as he looks to the left at three fairy-like figures dancing. A stern-looking head-and-shoulders portrait of a ma... More

Totsuka, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows porters carrying a traveler in a sedan chair and carrying bundles on a shoulder pole as they follow the roadway through pine trees toward Totsuka station along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other desc... More

Mrs. Carol Porter setting out milk bottle. Shot shows small shack the ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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