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"Prologue to glory" by E.P. Conkle / herzog.

"Prologue to glory" by E.P. Conkle / herzog.

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Prologue to Glory" at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 109 West 39 St., New York City, showing Abraham Lincoln in foreground holding book, man riding in carriage by ... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger - Public domain portrait

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger - Public domain portrait

Print shows a woman, dressed as the Virgin Mary, posed as though breast feeding the infant Jesus. In portfolio: American pictorial photography, series 2, plate 2. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Publishe... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking up]

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking up]

Published title: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." Model: F.H. Day. On mount (recto): Decorated border. People: Men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 199... More

[St. Sebastian in loincloth, tied to tree with rope, arrows in stomach and side, hands behind back]

[St. Sebastian in loincloth, tied to tree with rope, arrows in stomach...

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

Modern characters from Shakespeare. Macbeth, British Cartoon Print

Modern characters from Shakespeare. Macbeth, British Cartoon Print

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

[Lady MacBeth] [Act, 5th--'One, two; why then 'tis time to do't / / painted by H. Fuseli ; engrved by J.R. Smith].

[Lady MacBeth] [Act, 5th--'One, two; why then 'tis time to do't / / pa...

Lady MacBeth walking in her sleep, full-length view, carrying candle; a man and a woman observe from a bench on the right in the background.

Wake up America Day - April 19, 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg.

Wake up America Day - April 19, 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg.

Poster showing a woman, possibly Jean Earl Moehle (Möhle), dressed as Paul Revere carrying lantern and American flag. Moehle reenacted Paul Revere's ride for the Wake Up America Patriot's Day celebration in N... More

The Youth's Companion. Historic milestones. Kit Carson...hunter and trapper...

The Youth's Companion. Historic milestones. Kit Carson...hunter and tr...

[Kit Carson, full-length, on horseback, holding rifle with left arm, pointing with right arm, with troops behind him] H166325 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Perry Mason Company.

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

41735 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Sir Andy De Bric-a-Brac & his three muskeeters : the most hilarious burlesque of Cyrano de Bergerac. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New... More

Madeline of Fort Reno the sensation of the 19th century, Long Bro's, Pawnee Bill and May Lillie's great western military romantic play.

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

William H. West's great achievement, The storming of San Juan Hill

William H. West's great achievement, The storming of San Juan Hill

"The most stirring scene ever produced on any stage." Back cover of minstrel program. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Lib... More

Reponce à l'auteur de la chronique, qui appelle bombe la bulle du Pape / déssiné par un bon Chretien ; gravé par un bon Citoyen.

Reponce à l'auteur de la chronique, qui appelle bombe la bulle du Pape...

Print shows the Pope sitting on the right blowing bubbles representing Papal briefs condemning members of the clergy who took the oath to the new civil constitution, and on the left, an allegorical figure repre... More

Mr. Kean in Richard the Third Act IV Scene 4 / / painted by J.J. Halls ; engraved by C. Turner.

Mr. Kean in Richard the Third Act IV Scene 4 / / painted by J.J. Halls...

Edmund Kean, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, as Richard III.

[Richard Mansfield, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front and holding book, as King Richard III]

[Richard Mansfield, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing fron...

Photograph from London Stereoscopic Co. Reference copy filed in Prints & Photographs Division BIOG FILE under Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907.

Edwin Rostell as Richelieu - Public domain portrait print

Edwin Rostell as Richelieu - Public domain portrait print

Z62748 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 862. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger

Print shows a woman, dressed as the Virgin Mary, posed as though breast feeding the infant Jesus. In portfolio: American pictorial photography, series 2, plate 2. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Publishe... More

Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print

Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Thomas Paine, full-length, standing, facing left, holding scroll "rights of man", surrounded by injustices and standing on labels, representing morals and justices, defending measures taken in revol... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

Captions: Mr. West's new and original spectacular feature, "Remember the Maine" Wm. H. West as Captain Sigsbee. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Different imag... More

[Re-photograph of the series "The Seven Words" mounted in elaborately carved frame with classical columns and inscription on architrave]

[Re-photograph of the series "The Seven Words" mounted in elaborately ...

Framed series of seven images of F. Holland Day as Jesus Christ wearing crown of thorns. Published titles: The seven words (1 + 4); The seven last words (2-3). Model: F.H. Day. People: Men. Title and other data... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

41727 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The charge of San Juan Hill : Wm. H. West impersonating Col. Roosevelt, leading the famous "Rough Riders" to victory. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Lith Co, ... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Exhibit object number: 2. Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. On recto: "98" black, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatoria... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Exhibit object number: 2. Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. On recto: "98" black, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatoria... More

Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V

Theatrical portraiture no. 1 - Henry V

Illustration shows an actor portraying Henry V in Shakespear's play by the same name. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: H... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion with halo, frontal]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion with halo, frontal]

Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Published titles: The crucifixion or The tree of life. Cite as: The Louise Imogen Guiney Collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger

Photograph shows a woman, dressed as the Virgin Mary, posed as though breast feeding the infant Jesus. Published title. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Published in: Ambassadors of progress / edited by B... More

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in Spanish Town, British Cartoon Print

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in...

Print shows British transplants dancing and being served by Jamaicans at a ball in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Includes six lines of verse warning women against loose living. "Graciously dedicated to the Honble. Mr... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. On recto: "98" black, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking down to right]

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking down to right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: buff, green grey. On mount: top mount (recto) "last 7 #1" pencil, lower left (Day's hand). Title published: Woman, behold thy son, son, thy mother. Image content features: MODE... More

The senatorial puppet-show / J. Keppler.

The senatorial puppet-show / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows Puck peering behind a curtain to witness Joseph F. Keppler staging a puppet show labeled "U.S. Senate" showing a confrontation between Jefferson Davis, dressed as a woman, and General Sherman... More

The starboarder that funny show.

The starboarder that funny show.

Caption: Imitations of "Sousa" the march king in his latest poses by Charles H. Boyle. Created by the Enquirer Job Printing Co., Cin., O. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The martyr Lincoln - Public domain portrait

The martyr Lincoln - Public domain portrait

Person, portraying Abraham Lincoln, appearing to be lying dead on bed. J30285 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Elizabeth C. Nelson, West Orange, New Jersey.

Ringling Bros. tremendous 1200 character spectacle Joan of Arc--An inspiring, vivid picture ... the magnificent coronation of Charles VII

Ringling Bros. tremendous 1200 character spectacle Joan of Arc--An ins...

Circus poster showing a medieval street parade with King Charles and Joan of Arc. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati and New York. Exhibited: Joan of Arc, Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, ... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion in profile, left]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion in profile, left]

Left profile of F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ. Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, greenish buff, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. On recto: "98" black, lower righ... More

William H. West's great achievement, The storming of San Juan Hill

William H. West's great achievement, The storming of San Juan Hill

"The most stirring scene ever produced on any stage." Back cover of minstrel program. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Lib... More

T.J. Downs mammoth Uncle Tom's cabin

T.J. Downs mammoth Uncle Tom's cabin

"Grand transformation scene! Wonderful tableau productions! ... stage pictures of innate realism ...." Created by "Erie Litho. & Printing Co., Erie, Pa." Featuring the Magnolia Quartette, Jubilee Shouters, Buck... More

The ensign written by William Haworth.

The ensign written by William Haworth.

Attached to bottom of poster: Academy of Music - Washington, week beginning Monday, Feb. 1st. Caption: The President - "Stay - Captain Wilkes, I have reprieved your prisoner!" Created by "The Strobridge Lith. C... More

Edwin Rostell as Richelieu, Elsé Tourny as Julie

Edwin Rostell as Richelieu, Elsé Tourny as Julie

Z62749 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 863. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

F. Holland Day - [Christ's resurrection from the tomb]

F. Holland Day - [Christ's resurrection from the tomb]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: lt. grey, lt. grey, grey. Blind stamp, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in ... More

Trial of John Peter Zenger -  historical pageant

Trial of John Peter Zenger - historical pageant

Stereograph shows a parade float portraying the 1735 trial of German immigrant John Peter Zenger. The float is part of a large parade in New York City. No. 53. Copyright by Stereo Travel Co..

Standard Oil tanks in Roumania Roumania has a fleet of Black Sea boats operating from Constanza to Constantinople. This is the Emperor Trajan medallion on the bow of the bot [i.e., boat] which carried me to the Orient.

Standard Oil tanks in Roumania Roumania has a fleet of Black Sea boats...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including Standard Oil tanks and a medallion on the bow of a Romanian boat. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1305 (top image) and no. 1306 (bottom im... More

Hollywood Playhouse [presents] "Will Shakespeare" by Clemence Dane His life and loves.

Hollywood Playhouse [presents] "Will Shakespeare" by Clemence Dane His...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during t... More

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in Spanish Town, British Cartoon Print

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in...

Print shows British transplants dancing and being served by Jamaicans at a ball in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Includes six lines of verse warning women against loose living. "Graciously dedicated to the Honble. Mr... More

John Robinson's 10 big shows combined--The meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba [...]

John Robinson's 10 big shows combined--The meeting of King Solomon and...

Circus poster showing large bust portrait of King Solomon surrounded by dancing girls. Copyright by The U.S. Printing Co. Copyright deposit.

F. Holland Day - [Saint Sebastian with wounded chest]

F. Holland Day - [Saint Sebastian with wounded chest]

Head-and-shoulders portrait of young man, Nicholas Giancola, facing right, portraying St. Sebastian. Image content features: MODEL Nicholas Giancola; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial wo... More

Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle ; a scene in the Academic Grove, No. 1 / Js. Gy., invt. & fect., British Cartoon Print

Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian ...

Allegorical British satire on the 'Venetian secret', or the secret of Titian's coloring, which Mary Ann Provis discovered, showing woman painting a goblin-like bearded figure intended as Titian, above group of ... More

Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat

Bréf du Pape en 1791 - A cartoon of a man in a blue coat and hat

Print shows a member of the Third Estate, with cockade on his hat and a big smile, using a Papal letter to clean himself after defecating on papers of Le Clerc de Juigné on the ground; Abbé Royou, with glass, a... More

F. Holland Day - [Dead Christ with halo]

F. Holland Day - [Dead Christ with halo]

Blind stamp: lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. ... More

Interior scene, Novelli [Julius Caesar] in center in black coat surrounded by four senators ...

Interior scene, Novelli [Julius Caesar] in center in black coat surrou...

J189552 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1914 by George Kleine. Public domain photograph of theatrical or movie production, scene, actors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amelia Rosser as Ireland - A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a tree

Amelia Rosser as Ireland - A black and white photo of a woman standing...

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

First anniversary Federal Theatre production and world premiere of "Rachel's man" A dramatization of the life of America's most colorful soldier-statesman Andrew Jackson.

First anniversary Federal Theatre production and world premiere of "Ra...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Rachel's Man" at the Savoy, showing silhouette of Andrew Jackson. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

41735 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Sir Andy De Bric-a-Brac & his three muskeeters : the most hilarious burlesque of Cyrano de Bergerac. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New... More

Thomas W. Keene as Louis XI - Public domain portrait engraving

Thomas W. Keene as Louis XI - Public domain portrait engraving

Created by "The A.S. Seer Print, 19 E. 17th St., N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

F. Holland Day - [Saint Sebastian with wounded chest]

F. Holland Day - [Saint Sebastian with wounded chest]

Head-and-shoulders portrait of young man, Nicholas Giancola, facing right, portraying St. Sebastian. Image content features: MODEL Nicholas Giancola; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial wo... More

A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre, British Cartoon Print

A parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre, British Cart...

Kemble as Macbeth, in Highland dress, declaims before the footlights; holding out a coin in his left hand, he staggers back, left leg forward. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Con... More

[Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra, full-length portrait, lying on sofa and looking in mirror]

[Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra, full-length portrait, lying on sofa and ...

Original cabinet photograph missing from file. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The little Corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.

The little Corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Engla...

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith, Cin'ti & New York." Francis Wilson and Company; Ariel Barney, manager. N.Y. no. 8257. Signed: To Francis Wilson from E.W. Kemble. Forms part of: Theatrical po... More

New portrait of Mrs. Coolidge likely to adorn White House Gallery

New portrait of Mrs. Coolidge likely to adorn White House Gallery

Miss Juliette Thompson, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with her portrait of Mrs. Coolidge. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 January to 23 May 1927, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p... More

Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print

Wha wants me, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Thomas Paine, full-length, standing, facing left, holding scroll "rights of man", surrounded by injustices and standing on labels, representing morals and justices, defending measures taken in revol... More

[Re-photograph of the series "The Seven Words" mounted in elaborately carved frame with classical columns and inscription on architrave]

[Re-photograph of the series "The Seven Words" mounted in elaborately ...

Framed series of seven images of F. Holland Day as Jesus Christ wearing crown of thorns. Published titles: The seven words (1 + 4); The seven last words (2-3). Model: F.H. Day. People: Men. Title and other data... More

Charles I. Berg - [Mary], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Charles I. Berg - [Mary], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Woman posed as the Virgin Mary, head-and-shoulders with halo. Signed in pencil on back of mount: "Chas. I. Berg, N.Y." Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances ... More

Charles I. Berg - [Mary], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Charles I. Berg - [Mary], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Woman posed as the Virgin Mary, head-and-shoulders with halo. Signed in pencil on back of mount: "Chas. I. Berg, N.Y." Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances ... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking up]

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking up]

Published title: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." Model: F.H. Day. On mount (recto): Decorated border. People: Men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 199... More

Rough & ready twist--Greene T. Pace, Danville, Virginia

Rough & ready twist--Greene T. Pace, Danville, Virginia

Tobacco label, illustrated with equestrian portrait of Gen. Zachary Taylor on a Mexican War battlefield. Copyright by P.C. Van Schaick & Co.

Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents "It can't happen here" by Sinclair Lewis

Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration...

Poster for Detroit Federal Theatre Project presentation of "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis at the Lafayette Theatre, showing a stylized Adolf Hitler carrying a rifle standing behing a map of the United... More

Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents "It can't happen here" by Sinclair Lewis

Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration...

Poster for Detroit Federal Theatre Project presentation of "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis at the Lafayette Theatre, showing a stylized Adolf Hitler carrying a rifle standing behing a map of the United... More

The little corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.

The little corporal new comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Engla...

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith, Cin'ti & New York." Francis Wilson and Company; Ariel Barney, manager. Signed: By an Old Master, Th. Nast. 1898. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (... More

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(...

Photograph shows F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ attended by two women and two men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Mounts are layered top to bot... More

Bluebeard of New Orleans, Confederate States of America.

Bluebeard of New Orleans, Confederate States of America.

Carte-de-visite reproduction of a drawing shows a caricature of Gen. Benjamin Butler, military governor of New Orleans, May-Dec. 1862, as Bluebeard, for challenging the behavior of the city's Confederate women ... More

The "Strong" government 1869-1877--The "weak" government 1877-1881 / J.A. Wales.

The "Strong" government 1869-1877--The "weak" government 1877-1881 / J...

Two part cartoon showing: woman, "the Solid South", carrying Ulysses S. Grant in a carpet bag marked "carpet bag and bayonet rule"; Rutherford B. Hayes plowing under the carpet bag & bayonets with a plow marked... More

[Saint Sebastian tied to tree with rope, with arrow in side, elbow raised]

[Saint Sebastian tied to tree with rope, with arrow in side, elbow rai...

Public domain scan of 19th-century artistic photograph, platinum print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger

Frances Benjamin Johnston - The manger

Print shows a woman, dressed as the Virgin Mary, posed as though breast feeding the infant Jesus. In portfolio: American pictorial photography, series 2, plate 2. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948. Publishe... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, grey, greenish buff, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day and ?; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Fo... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. On recto: "98" black, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee

41727 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The charge of San Juan Hill : Wm. H. West impersonating Col. Roosevelt, leading the famous "Rough Riders" to victory. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Lith Co, ... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking down to right]

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking down to right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: buff, green grey. On mount: top mount (recto) "last 7 #1" pencil, lower left (Day's hand). Title published: Woman, behold thy son, son, thy mother. Image content features: MODE... More

[Christ with crown of thorns, frontal, head back]

[Christ with crown of thorns, frontal, head back]

On mount: (verso) "6" upper left, pencil - (modern?) (recto) decorative border. Title published in Seven Words series: Into thy hands I commend my spiritin Seven Words series. Image content features: MODEL F.H.... More

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(...

Photograph shows F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ attended by two women and two men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Mounts are layered top to bot... More

Ringling Bros. tremendous 1200 character spectacle Joan of Arc--An inspiring, vivid picture ... the magnificent coronation of Charles VII

Ringling Bros. tremendous 1200 character spectacle Joan of Arc--An ins...

Circus poster showing a medieval street parade with King Charles and Joan of Arc. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati and New York. Exhibited: Joan of Arc, Knights of Columbus Museum, New Haven, ... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, grey, greenish buff, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day and ?; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Fo... More

[Geraldine Farrar, dressed in costume as Joan of Arc, holding a flag] / Hartsook photo, S.F. - L.A.

[Geraldine Farrar, dressed in costume as Joan of Arc, holding a flag] ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dress, costume accessory, fashion design, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 1... More

John Robinson's 10 big shows combined--The meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba [...]

John Robinson's 10 big shows combined--The meeting of King Solomon and...

Circus poster showing large bust portrait of King Solomon surrounded by dancing girls. Copyright by The U.S. Printing Co. Copyright deposit.

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion in profile, left]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion in profile, left]

Left profile of F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ. Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, greenish buff, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. On recto: "98" black, lower righ... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. On recto: "98" black, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC... More

The End of Pain. The last speech, dying words, and confession of T.P. / T.O. [Ovenden] fecit., British Cartoon Print

The End of Pain. The last speech, dying words, and confession of T.P. ...

Cartoon showing Thomas Paine being hanged. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

7th New York Cavalry-- General I. N. Palmer & staff in foreground-- camp near Washington, D. C.

7th New York Cavalry-- General I. N. Palmer & staff in foreground-- ca...

Photograph shows General Palmer and staff in the foreground, and military band, soldiers, and cavalry in the background.

F. Holland Day - [Young man with headband and necklace]

F. Holland Day - [Young man with headband and necklace]

On verso of mount: "..." pencil mark, l. side. Image content features: COSTUME headband, jewelry, African; PEOPLE boys? men?; NATIONALITY African? African American? Title and other data comes from a curatorial ... More

William H. Crane as Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam by Brander Matthews & Bronson Howard.

William H. Crane as Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam by Bra...

36257 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8505. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

William H. Crane as Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam by Brander Matthews & Bronson Howard.

William H. Crane as Peter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amsterdam by Bra...

44236 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." N.Y. no. 8559. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Death of Custer, portrait of american indian man

Death of Custer, portrait of american indian man

Dramatic portrayal of Native American man stabbing "Custer," with dead Native Americans lying on ground, in scene by Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show performers. Copyright by Siegel, Cooper & Co.

Puck magazine cover - The Lucrezia Borgia of journalism

Puck magazine cover - The Lucrezia Borgia of journalism

Illustration shows William Randolph Hearst, wearing a bright yellow dress, as Lucrezia Borgia painting poison from pots labeled "Slander, Riot, Scandal, Malice, [and] Spite" on various newspapers labeled "San F... More

The fight for the water-hole / Keppler.

The fight for the water-hole / Keppler.

Illustration shows a group of Natives, four are identified as "Dixon, Teddy, Perkins, [and] Pinchot", on horseback, circling a water hole labeled "The Presidency", which is being guarded by two men labeled "Taf... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West)

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West)

Caption: Wm. H. West as Captain Sigsbee. Captions: Mr. West's new and original spectacular feature, "Remember the Maine" Wm. H. West as Captain Sigsbee. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, ... More

The "Strong" government 1869-1877--The "weak" government 1877-1881 / J.A. Wales.

The "Strong" government 1869-1877--The "weak" government 1877-1881 / J...

Two part cartoon showing: woman, "the Solid South", carrying Ulysses S. Grant in a carpet bag marked "carpet bag and bayonet rule"; Rutherford B. Hayes plowing under the carpet bag & bayonets with a plow marked... More

Chas. Banks' original spectacular burlesque

Chas. Banks' original spectacular burlesque

K12902 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "F. Achert ... Cincinnati, O." Signed: F. Achert. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Theatrical portraiture no. 4 - King Dick

Theatrical portraiture no. 4 - King Dick

Illustration shows an actor portraying Richard III in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 2. Illus. in: The Attic miscellany or, characteristic mirror of men and things, vol. 1. London : Bently & Co., 1790. Caption: A... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, grey fiber, greenish buff, cream, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day, PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992... More

Passionsspiele Oberammergau--Kreuztragung

Passionsspiele Oberammergau--Kreuztragung

Man personifying Jesus Christ, wearing crown of thorns, and carrying cross. J141827 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F. Bruckmann A.-G., München.

The vision of Joan of Arc / J. Norman Lynd (after Jules Bastien Lepage).

The vision of Joan of Arc / J. Norman Lynd (after Jules Bastien Lepage...

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt in a grove of trees, as a young Joan of Arc experiencing a vision of himself wearing a suit of armor and receiving a large sword labeled "Third Term". Illus. in: Puck, v. ... More

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln. Attributed to Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(?)]

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(...

Photograph shows F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ attended by two women and two men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Mounts are layered top to bot... More

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