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Slavery abolished by the laws of nature!!! Negroes not of the same spe...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 155, Folder 24.

Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849

The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T... More

[Bryants Minstrels] - Public domain portrait print

Group portrait of nine members of Bryant's Minstrels, a group of white actors impersonating blacks, in particular "plantation life." Includes identification of members hand-written around mount. (DLC/PP-1997:1... More

Too heavily handicapped, Afghanistan, Political Cartoon

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Gloriana, Goelet Cup Race - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alcaea - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Vigilant - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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In old Kentucky, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 19...

Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." No. 5870B. Written by C.T. Dazey; Original Pickaninny Band, organized by J.H. Brister; directed by Walter Brister. Forms part of:... More

Instructing the jockey - Public domain carriage

Photograph shows posed scene of many well-dressed men and women atop large coach looking down at jockey on race horse; a woman holds the reins to the coach; background has painted backdrop of rural race track. ... More

Mistakes will happen written by Grant Stewart.

49717 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & New York." Jacob Litt, proprietor. N.Y. no. 8204. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Columbia - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Painting the town / C.M. Russell.

Cowboys on horseback shooting in air as they race through town. 37415 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by W. Ridgley.

Shamrock I and Columbia coming for the line

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[Boat races]: Finish of Cup Race

Photoprint copyrighted by C.E. Bolles. No. 1331. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Races; Yachts.

6 Day Bike Race, Madison Sq. Garden

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Breaking of the crowd at military review at Longchamps /

This picture shows thousands of people leaving their seats in the grand stand and going across the parade grounds toward Paris. A very sharp and clear picture. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog. D18580 U.S. Copyri... More

Curtiss Arrow for Gordon Bennett Race

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Early automobiles - Christie [racing automobile]

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Boats on river during race, New London, Conn.

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[The Red Man (Sioux Indian)] - Public domain portrait print

American Indian man, probably a member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, bust portrait, facing front, wrapped in blanket. Title from negative sleeve. Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's granddaughter ; 1964.

[Iron White Man, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Iron White Man, half-length portrait, facing front. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shamrock II before start - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Shamrock II before start - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Shamrock II and Columbia maneuvering for the start, Oct. 1, 1901

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Columbia just over the line - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Tying up mainsail on Shamrock II

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Reliance and Shamrock III maneuvering for the start, Aug. 20, 1903

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[Shamrock III at the finish] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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Reliance and Shamrock III nearing finish, Aug. 25, '03

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Between friends / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows an American yachtsman shaking hands with Sir Thomas Lipton, with the America's Cup between them. Caption: The American Sportsman If we can not keep both, we would rather lose the cup than l... More

[Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ...

H26198(?) U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Reliance and Shamrock III maneuvering for the start]

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A yacht race at Wildwood, N.J. - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Stereograph showing crowd watching four yachts racing. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[8-oar shell race between Harvard and Cambridge. Cambridge, Massachuse...

Crews engering shells. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fishing smacks - "Francis P. Mesquita," winner in second class]

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The republican hare and the democratic tortoise / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a turtle with the face of William Jennings Bryan and a rabbit with the face of William H. Taft in a race. Caption: The Tortoise If that chap only goes to sleep, I'll win out by a mile. Illu... More

[Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor,...

J139765 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3097-09.

Burman, Disbrow, Tower, Grenon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Photo shows race car drivers Bob Burman, Louis Disbrow, Jack Tower, and Joe Grennon. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Fred Scherer & Walt Wiley - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows bicyclists Fred J. Scherer and Walter Wiley in New York City at the start of a bicycle race from New York to San Francisco, May 3, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, May 4, 1913)

Syracuse 1st; Cornell 2nd; Wash. 3d Po'keepsie races

Photo shows rowing races, Poughkeepsie, New York, June 21, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Ed. Rauscher, Capt. William Dennis, Mate Harry Kleeve

Photograph shows Captain William Dennis, selected to skipper Alexander Smith Cochran's yacht Vanitie in America's Cup race in 1914, with others. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

The Mill Race in Winter, Beech, N.C.

Scene in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Photo by William A. Barnhill. 2A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Mountain whites... More

Kantner after finish - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows aviator Harold Dewolf Kantner (1886-1973) after winning a race above the Hudson River, New York on July 4, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, July 5, 1914)

Motor cycle races, Laurel, Md., Nov. 25, 1915

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[Side view of man and woman in Stutz Weightman Special no. 26 on Benni...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Women competing in low hurdle race, Washington, D.C.]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Sports, Misc. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). French Album no. 521 (Girls athletics). Captio... More

The Palestine Electric Corporation Power Plant, otherwise known as Rut...

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Motorcycle races - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Auto races, 9/5/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Edward S. Curtis - Cape Prince of Wales man

Eskimo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. J299917 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Was... More

Hamilton Watch Factory. View of towers from Race St.

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Longacres, Carpenter's Shop, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Renton, ...

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PRESIDENT GREETED AT ANNAPOLIS. REAR ADMIRAL D.F. SELLERS, COMMANDANT ...

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A group of people walking down a street, Vermont. Farm Security Admini...

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Keep fit ... get your test now / Kreger.

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two athletes hurdling barriers "malnutrition" and "heart disease" and a third athlete stumbling over the b... More

Crowds at races, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Parading horse before race, Lancaster, Ohio

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Horse races, Hialeah Park, Miami, Florida

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Sulky race, Central Iowa 4-H Club fair, Marshalltown, Iowa

Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. Mr. Lababidi & Toukau Eff. In...

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Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. Parading horses before the ra...

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Start of a soapbox auto race at July 4th celebration at Salisbury, Mar...

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A man riding a horse down a dirt track. Office of War Information Phot...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

The sulky races at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

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A black and white photo of a man on a horse. Office of War Information...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A black and white photo of a group of men, Vermont. Farm Security Admi...

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Spectators at the sulky races at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

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Judges at the horse races. Warrenton, Virginia

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A man walking a horse down a dirt road. Office of War Information Phot...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Spectators at horse races, Warrenton, Virginia

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A man riding a horse down a dirt road. Office of War Information Photo...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Virginia: A black and white photo of a group of people in a field, Gre...

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Judge at the horse races. Warrenton, Virginia

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Spectators at the Point-to-Point Cup race of the Maryland Hunt Club. W...

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Spectators at the sulky races at the Rutland Fair, Vermont

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War production drive. "Bomb Tokyo with More Mounts." This unusual disp...

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Race Point, Massachusetts. Portuguese surf boat crew, U.S. Coast Guard...

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A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...

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Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long Island. Fountains at night

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God would be displeased with the three girls for their meanness / Worl...

Photograph of drawing, by Karen Martin of Church of the Epiphany, showing three white girls in foreground and an isolated African American girl in background. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photo... More

Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Talladega Superspeedway Race, Talladega, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Barrel racing at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo....

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 P... More

The darktown bowling club: Bowled out

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1505.

Trotting stallion Nelson, by Young Rolfe: record 2:14 1/4

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6698

Second Lady Marilyn Quayle at a Race for the (Cancer) Cure run in 1990...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Edward S. Curtis - Black Hair, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Black Hair, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Curtis no. 221-05. LC no. 57. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...

Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More

Meetings of British, Arab, and Bedouin officials in Amman, Jordan, Apr...

Photographs show meetings between Arab, Bedouin, and British officials around April 17-27, 1921, at Amir Abdullah ibn Hussein's camp at Amman, Jordan. During these meetings British High Commissioner Herbert Sam... More

Primrose & West's Big Minstrels

Caption: W. H. Windom, the famous alto : author of "The fatal wedding" and other popular songs. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Upper right corner missing. Forms par... More

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Missile Launch Area, Within Ex...

Significance: The Missile Launch Area comprised the Spartan (facilities 501-530) and Sprint (facilities 541-556) Launch Stations, allowing for both long- and short-range defense against every Intercontinental B... More

[Man hailing seated man reading with horse race and crowd in backgroun...

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Columbia coming for the line - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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[Three men on horseback racing]

Copyright by the Jno. B. Jeffery Ptg. & Engr. Co., Chicago. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Ben-Hur Klaw & Erlanger's stupendous production.

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The great ocean yacht race - between the Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta ...

Print shows three double-masted schooners, "Fleetwing, 212 Tons, Vesta, 201 Tons, [and] Henrietta, 205 Tons", undersail, headed left to right. Caption: The "good bye" to the yacht club steamer "River Queen". 4... More

Longacres, Original Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Rento...

Survey number: HABS WA-201-1 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longacres, Original Grandstand, 1621 Southwest Sixteenth Street, Rento...

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Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127...

Significance: Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight (Minuteman II ICBM) is an important icon of the American participation in the arms race and the Cold War. When the Soviet Union began to expand its boundarie... More