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Rusco & Holland, sole proprietors and managers more money invested tha...

Portraits of W.A. Rusco and Jno. J. Holland. Captions: Rusco and Holland's Big Minstrel Festival : 55 people, 3 bands, traveling in their own train of cars Original Nashville Students and Colored Concert Co.,... More

Blanche Walsh and Melbourne MacDowell

Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2778. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Mamie Sheridan Wolford, American vaudeville and popular entertainment ...

19350 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co, Cin. U.S.A." No. 3658. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Hoyt's A hole in the ground - Public domain portrait print

Includes full length view of B. Maxwell in costume and head-and-shoulders portrait.

[Thomas Paine] - Public domain portrait engraving

Painting shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, bust portrait, facing left. Photographic reproduction of a ca. 1876 painting by Auguste Milliére, after an engraving by William Sharp, after a 1792 painting ... More

The Flints, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Mr. Herbert L. Flint. Created by Allied Printing, Cedar Rapids. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress) Forms... More

The Orpheum Show, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1...

D10457 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Jack Norworth. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 4580. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More

The Orpheum Show, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1...

D13515(?) U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Bertie Fowler. Created and "copyright 1900, The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, Martin Beck. No. 4578. Forms part of: Theatri... More

Edward VII, King of England / Etched by Franz Raubicheck, after a life...

Edward VII, King of Great Britain, half-length portrait, facing left. 10764 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Lea Brothers & Company.

[John Brown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

Public domain photo of man portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Christopher Columbus, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

41955 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G. Barrie & Sons. Watercolor facsimile after the painting by an unknown artist, in the Museo Naval at Madrid. No digital image for LC-USZ62-20219 (4/02)

Theodore Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

Reproduction of lithograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing holding a piece of paper in his right hand, facing slightly right. F21892 U.S. Copyright Office. Artist's name signed on bo... More

Andrew Mack in his new play, The way to Kenmare by Edward E. Rose.

Ralph Stuart in his great success By right of sword

Caption: Ralph Stuart as Richard Hamilton. Created and "copyright 1904 by The Courier Co., Lith. Dpt. of Buffalo, NY." Direction, Edward Thurnaer. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Fredrich von Schiller, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows bust portrait of Friedrich von Schiller. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbus returning to Spain in chains [on board ship]

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. ...

Irene, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a bust portrait of a young woman "Irene", facing right, wearing bonnet held in place with large pink ribbons, knotted with bows below the chin and at top of bonnet. 18194 (Class G) U.S. Copyright Of... More

Tolstoi l'homme de la vérité / Jan Styka.

Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi, half-length portrait, standing, facing front. J176324 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Jan Styka.

JACKSON, ANDREW - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain scan of portrait print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Das Geheimnis von Lüttich - Public domain scan / print

Poster showing a full-size artillery shell on which is a portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German national eagle, two images of bomb damage to French fortifications, and the inscriptions Unser Bombenerfolg; Lü... More

[Kościuszko, Pułaski - They fought for liberty in America [...] Eat le...

Poster showing a portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko. Text is in Polish. No. 9.

[Jewish man, seated] Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusale...

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

The last of the magicians, Powell dean of American magicians : the mas...

Includes portraits of Powell, Kellar, Blitz, De Kolta, Houdini, Herrmann, Anderson, and Heller. Signed: "Sincerely yours, Frederick Eugene Powell, May 5th, 1928." Signed: "To my good friend, Oscar L. Leale, pas... More

Edmund Burke, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in medallion S...

From a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1st state, proof before letters. Goodwin, 69 Smith, 20

Guillaume Thomas Reynal / JS [encircled monogram].

Print shows Guillaume-Thomas-François Reynal, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; in oval with lyre, map of Virginia, and a cherub in the foreground. Engraving attributed to Dupin. Published in: The Ame... More

[Jonathan Williams, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 152 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

B. Henry Lubicz Klimkiewicz, portrait print

Print shows Colonel B. Henry Lubicz Klimkiewicz, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing military uniform and holding sword, with a dog at his feet. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Pri... More

[John Dennis, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 499 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[George Michael Bedinger, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 480 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Henry Clay, late Speaker of the United States House of Representatives...

Print shows Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, sitting at a table, facing right, holding a document dated "February 10th, 1821" presented to "Congress" as a resolution of support for the "Independence" ... More

Ne-Sou-A Quoit, a Fox chief / painted by C.B. King ; on stone by A New...

Print shows Ne-Sou-A Quoit, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing elaborate headdress, earrings, necklace, and fur shoulder garment, as well as a portrait medallion around his neck. Entered according to ... More

Me-Na-Wa. A Creek warrior / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithogr...

Print shows Me-Na-Wa, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing a hat with plume, a striped garment, and a shoulder bag. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1837, by E.C. Biddle, in the Clerks Of... More

Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibway / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Li...

Caa-Tou-See, half-length portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martin Van Buren, President of the United States / from life & on ston...

Print shows Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing front; includes facsimile signature. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Li... More

Nathaniel P. Tallmadge. Senator from New-York / from life & on stone b...

Print shows Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, half-length portrait, facing left; includes facsimile signature. 820 U.S. Copyright Office. No known restrictions on publication. Printed below title: "The Credit System is ... More

John Forsyth, Secretary of State, engraving, Library of Congress

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fenderich, Ch.

Henry Clay / A. Gibert del. from a daguerreotype by P. Haas ; lith. an...

Print shows Henry Clay, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding hat in left hand. Includes facsimile signature. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844, by Philip Haas, in the Clerks ... More

Hen. A. Muhlenberg / drawn from life & on stone by A.C. Smith.

Print shows Henry A. Muhlenberg, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. 141 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink on verso: No. 141. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1844, by Thomas De Si... More

Sam Houston / lith. of E.C. Kellogg, Hartford, Conn.

Print shows Sam Houston, full-length portrait, standing with arms crossed, facing front. Includes facsimile signature and quote "I wish no epitaph to be written to tell that I survived the ruin of this glorious... More

Reverend George Duffield D.D. / engraved by John Sartain ; the origina...

Rev. George Duffield, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. Copyright by A. Bradish.

Major Genl. Henry W. Halleck General in chief of the armies of the U.S...

Henry W. Halleck, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, seated on rearing horse. 456(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Currier & Ives. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Res... More

George Hunt - McClellan and Pendleton / Oakley & Tompson lith., Boston...

Campaign ephemera for Democratic presidential candidates George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton, showing head-and-shoulders portrait of George B. McClellan. Copyright by Francis Morandi. .

[Major General Ulysses S. Grant]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print shows Major General Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform. Accompanied by copyright notice adhered to verso: Warranted oil colors. Entered according to act of Congr... More

Walt Whitman, 1876 - Public domain portrait print

Whitman, wearing a white hat, half length portrait seated at small desk, facing left; leaning on desk and head resting on left hand. Photoprint by Pearsall. Saunders, no. 36 Similar: LC-USZ62-29506 made from an... More

This woman's place is in the house -- the House of Representatives! : ...

Poster showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Bella Abzug. Gift: Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

Souvenir Inaugural Ball, March 4th 1889

Forms part of Benjamin Harrison papers, 1780-1948; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009029 This is a souvenir program with heavy, textured cream-colored paper covers that con... More

Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡ : tuzemnoe naselenie ...

The illustrations are 491 mounted photographs. "Vidy iz Kokanskago khanstva sni︠a︡tye ... G.E. Kryvt︠s︡ovym": last 7 plates (15 photographs) Produced in 7 copies? Collection has been digitized and is available ... More

Major-General Zachary Taylor--President of the United States / from an...

Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, standing beside horse, facing front. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

For president John Bell. For vice president Edward Everett

Print shows a large campaign banner for Constitutional Union party presidential candidate John Bell and running mate Edward Everett. The banner consists of a printed, thirty-three star American flag pattern wit... More

The Presidents of the United States

Vignettes of head and shoulders portraits of the first twenty-five presidents of the United States; Capitol at Washington; and views of Yosemite Valley, Grand Falls, on Yellowstone River, Niagara Falls, Indepen... More

Mrs. Juliann Jane Tillman, preacher of the A.M.E. Church / from life b...

Entered according to act of Congress AD 1844 by A. Hoffy, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Etn. Dist. of Pa. Purchase; Harris Auction; (DLC/PP-1974:208). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a v... More

Major Ridge, a Cherokee chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lit...

Print shows Major Ridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing a suit.

The Bartholdi Statue--Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor--Presented to t...

The Statue of Liberty with inset portrait of Bartholdi in upper left corner. R24533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.H. Bufford's Sons, New York, Boston & Chicago. Original, NOS 2-97; second copy available.

Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, 19th wife of Brigham Young / JB [monogram] ; Arm...

Ann Eliza Young, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). From D 024

Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency Gener...

Print shows Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing uniform and holding two swords in left hand while directing American troops during the battle at Yorktown; a black soldier... More

Hardeen inherits his brother's secrets Houdini's will makes possible t...

Created by "Carey and Sons Lith, N.Y." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Despite directions to the contrary, Hardeen passed on to others the legacy he had received. Today, ... More

Oliver Scott's Big Minstrel Carnival

52069 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: James White, vocal comedian. Created by "The Russell-Morgan Print; copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3820. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collecti... More

On l'a vu désarmer les Tirans et les Dieux - A.P.D.R. / L.C. de Carmon...

Print shows Benjamin Franklin, full-length portrait, left profile, seated at table, hat, book, and papers on table, in the background, through open doors, is view of ships at dock.

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major Genl. George B. McClellan, Commander of the U.S. Army / G.W. Sim...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right. Signed on stone: G.W. Simons. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by D.J. Byrnes, in the Clerk's Office of t... More

Mrs. J.K. Polk / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Mrs. James Knox Polk, half-length portrait, facing front. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3470. Lithograph after daguerreotype by John ... More

Major general John Sullivan, a distinguish'd officer in the Continenti...

Print shows John Sullivan, three-quarter length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing right, holding spear in right hand, left hand on hip. [Page or plate] 92. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Catal... More

George Washington / painted by G. Stuart ; engraved by H.S. Sadd, N.Y.

George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left.

Do spirits return? Houdini says no - and proves it 3 shows in one : ma...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budape... More

The Reverend M.J. Raphall, D.D. / lith. by F. D'Avignon, 323 Broadway ...

Print shows Rev. Morris J. Raphall, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. 162 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by P. Haas, in the Clerk's Office of the District... More

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Known as the first mezzotint portrait published in America, the portrait shows Cotton Mather, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Joseph Sabin made the restrike in 1860 using paper with Watermark of "J... More

Cottonus Matherus S. theologiae doctor regia societatis Londonensis .....

Col. John C. Fremont, Republican candidate for the President of the Un...

Proof for a large woodcut banner or poster for Republican presidential candidate John C. Fremont. Fremont, a distinguished soldier and explorer, is mounted on a rearing horse in a mountain setting. Dressed in b... More

[William Armisted Burwell, head-and shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 476 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Die Helden der Revolution / gest. von F. Girsch, N.Y.

General Washington standing with Johann De Kalb, Baron von Steuben, Kazimierz Pułaski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Lafayette, John Muhlenberg, and other officers during the Revolutionary War.

National Union Republican candidates / lith. of Kellogg & Bulkeley, Ha...

Print shows a campaign banner for the 1868 Republican presidential and vice presidential ticket. Presidential nominee Ulysses S. Grant and his running mate, former speaker of the house Schuyler Colfax, are show... More

Portrait photo of Obshchestvennyia uveseleniia Sredneaziiatsev. Muzyka...

Photograph shows a musician seated with a small, two-stringed instrument and a bow. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl.82.

Major Gen'l. George B. McClellan, wife, mother (Mrs. General Marcy), c...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, with building in the background, his wife and mother standing at the door, a nurse and child in an upstair... More

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Vincent Lunardi Esqr., secretary to the late Neapolitan ambassador, fi...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi. Tissandier collection.

Louis XVI, avoit mis le Bonnet rouge, il avoit crié vive la nation, .....

Louis XVI drinking toast to the nation after angry crowd invaded the palace and made the King put on the traditional revolutionary phrygian cap.

Our nation's choice--General James Abram Garfield, Republican candidat...

Campaign poster showing head-and-shoulders portraits of James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, with text and patriotic images including an American eagle and men gathered around flag.

[Head of a young lady] / Boucher f. ; Demarteau s.

After a drawing by François Boucher. No. 250. Béraldi, 37. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pedro Menendez de Aviles / Josef Camaron lo dibo. ; Franco. de Paula M...

Half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Exhibited: American Origins, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2006.

John C. Calhoun - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crehen, C.G.

Gen'l. George B. McClellan and staff, before Yorktown, Virginia, April...

Full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right, holding up sword. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research, Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2500.

C.B. Bishop, comedian, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1...

A836 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted 1870 by Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, New York. Created by "Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, 96 & 98 Fulton St., New. York." Signed: P. Kr mer. Forms part... More

Gorton's Minstrels, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870...

Caption: Chas. H. Larkin, lessee & manager. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." Joseph Gorton, originator & founder in 1867. No. 2056. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Libra... More

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Print showing D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell standing with group of 14 boys on street in front of a building. The "street names of the boys" are listed by number on the color impression; only no. 1 "Red Eye" (stan... More

Will it pay? D.L. Moody and J.V. Farwell's first Sunday school class, ...

Seijō kakkoku shaga teiō kagami - Public domain engraving

Two sections of a Japanese triptych print showing seated and standing world leaders gathered in a group. Signature: Yōshū Chikanobu fude. "Hori Kame," engraver. Seal date: Meiji, 12th month, 4th year. Incomple... More

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crispus Attucks - Public domain portrait painting

Memorial portrait, bust, facing left. "The brave soldier of the Revolutionary War, 1770." Half-tone reproduction of painting. Copyright by W.H. Curd, Chicago, Ill. This record contains unverified, old data from... More

America's master mentalist, Newmann the Great and his show of wonders

"The peer of psychics; the man who knows." Created by "Standard Printing Co., St. Paul." No. 384. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (L... More

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing an "Arab horsemen" performing on horseback; Buffalo Bill on horseback. No. 2600. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

Passmore Williamson, in Moyamensing Prison for alledged contempt of co...

An unusual informal portrait of the secretary of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, seated in a prison cell. Williamson was sentenced on July 22, 1855, to imprisonment for his "false return" (i.e., evasive tes... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Clay / Ino. Neagle, pinxit, 1843 ; engraved by John Sartain from...

A formal campaign portrait of Whig presidential candidate Henry Clay, after the painting by John Neagle done at Ashland, Clay's estate in Kentucky. As this print's legend states, the original was painted "by th... More

Charles Frohman presents John Drew and his company

Includes small portrait and blank area for stock printing. 58975 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8241. Forms part of: Theatrical ... More

Wm. H. Harrison, President of the United States / drawn on stone by Ch...

President William Henry Harrison, half-length portrait, facing right. 1289 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Chas. Fenderich & Co. P.S. Duval's Lith. Press, Phila. Library has two copies: no. 142 and no. 142a... More

Madeline of Fort Reno the sensation of the 19th century, Long Bro's, P...

Includes portrait of Pawnee Bill in upper left corner. C259350 U.S. Copyright Office Captions: "Pawnee Bill, you have just had a dangerous and perilous ride," Gen. Custer; Major Gordon W. Lillie, Pawnee Bill. C... More

Ralph Waldo Emerson, portrait print

Print shows Ralph Waldo Emerson, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Signed and dated on stone on lower left. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Stamped in lower right: 21 Jan. 1860. Form... More

Distinguished colored men, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown Elliott, Blanche K. Bruce, William Wells Brown, Md., Prof. R.T. Greener, Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, J.H. Rainey, E.D. Bassett, John Merc... More

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