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Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Vir...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-120 Survey number: HABS VA-185 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Fumiyomu onna. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a half-length portrait of a woman reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fujo ninsō juppon : T... More

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More

[Three children]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in album: Autograph etchings by American artists, copyright by John W. Ehninger, opposite poem entitled "Childhood."

A letter from home - on the Allenkaket River, Alaska

Man sitting outside tent(?) reading letter, shotgun across his lap, and a dog sitting at his feet. 64381 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11543. Copyright by B.L. Singley.

Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties Wordsworth Thompson - 77

Print shows a landscape with a monk reading a book and leaning to the left, pulling a stubborn donkey laden with a goose and other food items. Title from online source. Signed on stone on lower right "Wordswort... More

[Frog reading to winged fairy or butterfly on toadstool]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Hazy days / Brett Lith. Co., N.Y.

Print shows a scene on a decorative plate with a young child sitting in a chair, holding a large fan and a book or paper, with two kittens playing beneath the chair as the mother cat sits nearby. Copyright 188... More

[Woman with book sitting on desk]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Watercolor sketch of young woman on verso; not on digital file. Gift; Pearlman's; 1949. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Near Westerville, Custer County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Rhead - Century Magazine - Midsummer Holiday Number / Louis Rhea...

Art nouveau poster showing a woman seated under tree and reading Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1894.

Taking out the kinks / F.M. Howarth.

Illustration shows a series of eight vignettes with an African American woman sitting on a chair, reading a hair-raising "ghost story"; as she gets deeper into the story she becomes frightened and her hair begi... More

The New York Sunday World, Sunday, July 28.

Poster shows an illustration of a woman, standing at the bow of a sailboat, wearing a long dress with oversized puffy sleeves, extra long and pointy collar, and a sailor's cap with the word "World" written on t... More

Harper's Christmas / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows a man sitting on a settle bench reading a copy of Harper's. The bench has a rack holding clay smoking pipes.

[Male and female students reading in class, Carlisle Indian School, Ca...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family at J.A. Houston's farm, Poole, Buffalo County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Passenger holding his magazine upside down]

Photograph shows a couple sitting together in passenger car; woman holds an open book while man reads from Collier's the National Weekly; both book and magazine are held upside down; a porter stands behind them... More

Read it clear through while you played with the dog

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Circus Day" by Eugene Wood, McClure's magazine, 25:528 (Sept. 1905).

[Theodore Roosevelt, seated at desk, reading]

H84377 U.S. Copyright Office No. 2. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

#29 Recreation. Newsboys' Protective Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. Wi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 29. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

[Five U.S. soldiers in Y.M.C.A. library]

National Photo Company Collection. No. L.W.S. 8. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Children reading in roof garden of the Rivington St. Library, New Yor...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reading a salvage book by one of the Salvage men on the salvage truck ...

Photograph shows young man laying across the running board of a truck reading a book. Photograph by Amer. Library Assoc.

[Unidentified boy, seated on park bench, probably in Washington, D.C.,...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Story hour in the first grade - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Children listening to teacher read. J291367 U.S. Copyright Office. No. P18271.

[Four nuns in procession]

Photograph shows four nuns reading while walking together on a path. Photograph was probably taken in May or June 1931 when Ulmann photographed nuns in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gift; Doris Ulmann Foundation; 19... More

Dimmick Memorial Library, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5459 Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

Passports to adventure - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congres...

Poster promoting reading as an avenue to adventure, showing a knight in armor and fleur-de-lis. Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Will pinch-hit for president. Washington, D.C., Nov. 12. A.E. Cheffee,...

A man sitting at a desk holding a piece of paper, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http:/... More

Women workers on the Reading Railroad

Public domain photograph of Pennsylvania in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Let's read, book week, Nov. 14-20

Poster shows three children, (two boys and a girl), reading. Signed: Lynd Ward. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. G63. 1959 Gift; Alice and Leslie Schre... More

It's a whole great big fun thing

Poster shows a frog wearing a suit, rowing a boat and reading a book; a fish in the water is also reading a book. Signed: T. Ungerer. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promoti... More

The politician. Dr. Benj. Franklin / painted by S. Elmer A. ; engraved...

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yanks in Germany want more books. Take good live fiction to the public...

Soldier sitting and reading book. Promotional goal: U.S. G63.J7. 191-. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C... More

Fanciful portrait of person referred to so often in print as "Gentle R...

Preliminary sketch; later version published in Life, 79:6 (Feb. 16, 1922); cf. CAI - Frost, no. 67 (A size). (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Philadelphia Sunday Press--Splendid portraits of Gov. McKinley and Mrs...

Tramp looking at newspaper. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arden H. Ballard House, 218 North Washington Street, Ypsilanti, Washte...

Significance: The Ladies Literary Club house is a surviving example of a 1840s Greek Revival house, with massive entry columns. The organization has owned the property since 1913 and was honored with a historic... More

Arden H. Ballard House, 218 North Washington Street, Ypsilanti, Washte...

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Town Hall, Main & Twenty-third Streets, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Children at Sunday school class, Manzanar Relocation Center, Californi...

Girls reading in a Sunday school class. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-5-M-30. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Cent... More

Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...

Significance: The property is architecturally significant as a well-preserved large-scale department store building. The Art Deco building represents the top-of-the-line store in the Sears, Roebuck and Company... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Mexican news. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Group of people on porch of American Hotel reading news of Mexican War.

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Spooner Hall was financed by William B. Spooner, a Boston merchant, with a bequest of $91,000. In 1893, "Van Brunt & Howe Architects" of Kansas City we... More

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...

Knights of Pythias Hall, West side B Street, between Union & Sutton St...

See also HABS NV-15-20 for related documentation. Significance: The picturesque Miners' Union and Knights of Pythias Halls are two of the few unaltered false-fronted buildings remaining in Virginia City. "Neva... More

[Man reading letter to old lady and man across a table]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Av...

Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features ... More

Selections from the poetry of Robert Herrick

Title page illustration shows a young woman wearing a long dress and cloak walking outdoors and reading a book, presumably poetry. (DLC/PP-1935:0076). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of... More

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Mr. and Mrs. Hirata at Y.M.C.A. building, Manzanar Relocation Center /...

Man and woman reading letter while standing on wooden stairs in front of YMCA building. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A351-3-M-7-A. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965... More

Spiegel Grove, 1337 Hayes Avenue, Fremont, Sandusky County, OH

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N634 Survey number: HABS OH-2416 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000624

Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Vir...

[Medieval book collector sitting at desk, reading]

Illus. in: Das Narrenschiff. Basel : Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 11 Feb. (Fastnacht) 1494. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : L... More

Jakuren Hōshi, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two figures, possibly the two lovers from the poem "Loving two people equally" based on the legend of Unai Otome; one lying on the floor reading (poetry?) is wearing a kimono with oragami cranes dep... More

Kyōka hachi taika sono ni - Public domain drawing

Print shows four men (poets) sitting around a table with an open book. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: color printed Kyōka b... More

Als nun Eulenspiegel mit dem Rector und etlichen Magistris kam, legte ...

Illustration for a story showing Eulenspiegel wearing the hat of a jester, standing in a stable with members of the clergy watching a donkey turning pages in a book that had been placed in its feeding trough, g... More

[Two women standing over seated reading woman]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Black man reading newspaper by candlelight]

Man reading a newspaper with headline, "Presidential Proclamation, Slavery," which refers to the Jan. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1985:0490). Forms part of: Cabinet of Am... More

Judith Shakespeare, Chap. XVI By the river / E.A. Abbey.

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of 19th century British drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

$300 reward. The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, in behalf of the t...

Reward.; Title. 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 76, Folder 33.

Reading to her dolls - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: St. Nicholas, 16:622 (June 1889).

[Students reading in library at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory Scho...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 891. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sunday World Nov 15 - American Art Poster

Poster shows an illustration of people reading the "The Sunday World" newspaper. Artist not identified. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Signed with an unidentified pictograp... More

The New York Sunday World April 19th.

Poster shows an illustration of a woman, wearing a long black dress, lying on a chaise, reading "The Sunday World". Artist not identified. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Si... More

The evening chapter - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man seated and reading to four women in kitchen. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. No. 11527.

Senior class, High school, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Photograph shows classroom scene with some students doing work at the blackboard and the rest of the class at their desks reading.

Girl reading - Public domain dedication image

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin opening first subscription library in Philadelphia

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

Fairy tales, autochrome color photo

Photograph of a painting signed "J.J. Shannon." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050333. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fairy tales, autochrome color photo

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[He read and reread the letter]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Sacrament" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Harper's magazine, 112:23 (Dec. 1905).

Leffingwell, R.C. - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man reading a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cain' you read nuthin', Liza? - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Spoiling of Pharoah" by Frances Gilchrist Wood, Pictorial review 21:18 (Oct. 1919).

The poem / Doris Ulmann.

Photograph showing a girl or young woman sitting outdoors reading a book. Doris Ulmann was affiliated with the Clarence H. White School of Photography. Date, subject, and physical description data provided by d... More

Books on the out-of-doors - Public domain poster

Poster shows a silhouette of a man with dog on path handing flowers to a woman holding a book and parasol; a boy with book and fishing poles stands behind her. Signed: Ethel C. Taylor. Forms part of the Artist... More

Story hour W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / / Shari.

Poster showing a girl sitting at the knees of a woman holding an open book. Date stamped on verso: Apr 1 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

MRS. F.D. ROOSEVELT AT HER BIRTHDAY PARTY AT WOMENS PRESS CLUB. THE RE...

A group of people sitting around a table with a cake. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Bertice Reading] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI QQ 20. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Edward Penfield - Harper's September, Harpers magazine posters

Poster shows a woman holding a book. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1896. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

Arden H. Ballard House, 218 North Washington Street, Ypsilanti, Washte...

Children at Sunday school class, Manzanar Relocation Center, Californi...

Four girls reading in a Sunday school class. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The readers (Letitia Felix and Ada Follett), Newark, Ohio

Signed in pencil on mount: Clarence H. White. Media based on X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry examination, National Gallery of Art, July 25, 2007. Purchase; 1926. Exhibited: "Clarence White and His World : The ... More

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

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Town Hall, Main & Twenty-third Streets, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smith-Canfield House, East side of State Route 7, south of intersectio...

Survey number: HABS VT-83 Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction

News from home / EF. - Public domain drawing

Soldier lying on the ground reading letter or newspaper. "Culpepper [sic] Court House, Va." on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.175) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Janey's only accomplishment was reading aloud] / A. Williamson.

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Janey Peers Behind the Veil" by Inez Haynes Gilmore, Success, 14:28 (May 1911). BAR upda... More

Sears, Roebuck Department Store, West 906 Main Avenue, Spokane, Spokan...

The Lord's prayer - Engraving, Public domain image

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

Fumi yomu onna to nozoku wakashū

Seated woman reading a scroll as a young man emerges from behind a screen to read over her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

Sibyl reading a book / R. - Public domain portrait engraving

Print showing the Cumaean Sibyl, full-length, seated, facing right, reading a book by the light of a torch held by a child.

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

First Methodist Episcopal Church, East side of Fourth Avenue, Niobrara...

Significance: The Methodist Episcopal Church was built circa 1880 in the original waterfront town of Niobrara. In 1881-82, the church, along with many other structures, was moved to a "new" townsite after the ... More

Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More

Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas Coun...

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