2,547 Prairies Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Cottonwood Creek, Sunday April 10th 1859

Drawing shows a man sketching while seated on a saddle and horse blanket in a field. Cows and horses graze in the tall grass to the left. In the distance, upon the horizon, is a log cabin to the right and tents... More

(Scene near Tipton, on the Missouri Prairies,) Blacksmithing in the Ar...

A group of soldiers, one relaxing in foreground, one stoking a fire, and two putting shoes on horses. Signed lower left margin: A.S. Leclerc. Title inscribed below image. Note on mat indicates that A.S. Leclerc... More

Our artist, while painting his grand picture, "Sunset on the prairies,...

Indians painting themselves with artist's paint, as the artist runs away. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1867 Sept. 21, vol. 25, p. 16.

Camp of the Gros Ventres of the prairies on the upper Missouri Lager d...

Print shows a large Hidatsa Indians camp in the background; a group of Indians in the foreground are dancing on the shore while others are in the water boarding and attacking passengers on a ship. Tab. 38. Sam... More

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / ...

Print shows a settlement of log buildings, with school and church, on the edge of the prairie; a steam railroad train is headed west with many passengers and covered wagons are departing for the west as well; N... More

Composite of eight illustrations showing skyline view of St. Louis, Mi...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1857 July 4), p. 429. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Sarcees Indians on the prairies of the great Northwest, Alberta, Canad...

Three Sarsi Indians, two on horseback, tipis in background. D7432 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Coyote-clown of the prairies - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1934:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Watched by wild animals / Enos A. Mills. New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922, p. 69.

Restored prairie grasses and native-grass hay bales at the 1,600-acre ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Badlands, South Dakota - Drawing. Public domain image.

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles, and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United Stat... More

Branding cattle on the prairies of Texas - mirage in the background / ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, published 1867 June 29, p. 232. Date on image printed as June 25, 1867.

Fort Worth, Tex., "The Queen of the Prairies," county seat of Tarrant ...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 910 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and... More

The famous American Bison that once roamed in countless thousands over...

Photograph shows a close view of Bison grazing. Stereo by Keystone. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

"Pheasants on the Prairie," Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota

"Pheasants on the Prairie" was started the fall of 1996, with the buying of pipe to bend for the frame. The pattern was taken from a stuffed pheasant, from which a wire model was designed. This model was then t... More

Mural depicting area Indians, about 1865, burning grasslands to provid...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Part of artist Patrick Westphal's series of murals depicting the history of Kerr County. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection ... More

Cottonwood Creek, Sunday April 10th 1859

Drawing shows a man sketching while seated on a saddle and horse blanket in a field. Cows and horses graze in the tall grass to the left. In the distance, upon the horizon, is a log cabin to the right and tents... More

Across the continent, "Westward the course of empire takes its way" / ...

Print shows a settlement of log buildings, with school and church, on the edge of the prairie; a steam railroad train is headed west with many passengers and covered wagons are departing for the west as well; N... More