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[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kiyonobu Torii - [Two lovers under an umbrella]

Print shows a man and a woman, full-length, walking beneath an umbrella. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Reading a love letter], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows a young woman reading a love letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.

Kiyohiro Torii - [The harmonic couple] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a flute, beneath a blossoming tree. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kōyō saruhashi no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows steep cliffs with a bridge spanning the chasm above an inlet, with view of full moon between the cliffs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers walking in the snow at night at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Koganeibashi no sekishō, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bridge across a canal with flowering cherry trees along the banks, a small cluster of low buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

[Mrs. Maria Poe Clemm, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Reproduction from daguerreotype. Copyright by A.G. Learned. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]

From Brady daguerreotype. LC-BH821-6628. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benn Pitman in 1854 From a daguerreotype in the possession of his sist...

Cover illustration shows reproduction of daguerreotype portrait of Pittman, who popularized shorthand in the United States, with board and paint brush. Illus. in: The phonographic magazine, v. 25, no. 10 (1911 ... More

[William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton, three-quarter length po...

Public domain photo of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Government Hospital for the Insane (Saint Elizabeths Hospital), Washin...

Date from item; photostats were prevalent 1910-1950. Government document note: Sen:Ex:Doc: No. 1, 2d Sess., 36th Cong. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/... More

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... More

Your friend John Brown - "his soul is marching on" / enlarged and pain...

Photograph shows John Brown, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right with hands in pockets. Entered According to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.W. Dodge, in the Clerks Office of the Dist... More

Thomas Paine - Public domain portrait engraving

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left.

H. Berlioz / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl v. Sophus Williams, Berl...

Photograph of painting by Ernst Hader shows composer Hector Berlioz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Sarah Childress Polk, wife of President J.K. Polk / photo of portrait ...

Photograph showing Mrs. James K. Polk, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing slightly right. Photo of portrait.

[Plan of the first and second level of the Mekteb-i Sultani]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 8. School is now called Galatasaray Lisesi. In album: Mekteb-i Sultani, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, with student portraits, buildi... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a man walking.

[Winter landscape with small snow-covered building on the coast and vi...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sheffield Car Co., machine shop

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

[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat ...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Madonna from Burial of Christ - Public domain portrait painting

Title from jacket. "856. PZ. The Madonna della desposizione in sepoltura di ciseri (Madonna del Sasso a Locarno)." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032114. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left...

17386 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting(?). Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Leather goods store, Alex Freiberger, Ungaria]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The visit of the Ambassador of China / drawn by T. Dart Walker.

Three illustrations showing reception at ex-Secretary Whitney's house during which Li Hung-chang presents President Cleveland with a letter from the emperor of China; continuing celebration in Chinatown; and an... More

Portrait photograph of an unidentified woman

Title devised. Lantern slide reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a photograph by an unknown photographer. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

John Singleton Copley - Sam Adams / painted by John Singleton Copley.

Portrait print showing samuel Adams holding a rolled document in his right hand and pointing to other documents with his left hand. 7310 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1897 by W. Elson & Co., Boston.

Joseph Priestley, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Joseph Priestley, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. 74323 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Woman holding fruit basket] - Public domain monumental decor engravin...

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Bussende Magdalena - Public domain scenic engraving

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Joan of Arc in infancy] - Public domain weapon painting

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

Ave Maria - Public domain print

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

[Ave Maria] - Public domain print

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

[Nell Gwyn, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain reproduction of art print, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Portrait of a man - Public domain portrait painting

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

Samuel Adams - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert Frederick Blum - The ameyea or itinerant candy vender sic

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of painting signed "Blum" at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M385. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Wood gatherers - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

[A crucifixion in the time of the Romans]

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

[Saint, possibly Virgin Mary, standing on cloud surrounded by cherubs]

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

[Henry Leland (right) and Robert Faulconer (left), in office at Leland...

Photo shows the owners of the foundry and machine shop that produced automobile engines in 1903 and merged with Cadillac Motor Co. in 1905. (Source: R. Szudarek

[Sarah Bernhardt dans Gismonda]

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle of Bunker's [sic] Hill - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Mayflower - A black and white photo of a ship in the ocean

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

Chicago and Alton Railroad, engine

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042213. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tiger reclining - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Ocean liners: S.S. Potsdam - Public domain image of a steam boat

Title from jacket. "Lith. O. de Rycker & Mendel, Bruxelles" on mat. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043305. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Entering harbor - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of painting at Custom House, Baltimore. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M429. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The usurer - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Franklin's experiment with the kite]

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

[Unidentified grocery store, probably in Germany]

Public domain photograph of pharmacy, convenience store, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fūkeiga] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a moonlight night with small boats heading toward village and a flock of geese flying overhead.

Interior of the house of a rich Chinaman, Peking, China

Reproduction of half of stereograph shows group portrait of several generations of Chinese men. No. 3774. Copyright by 1901 by H.C. White Co. Original stereograph processed as STEREO FOREIGN GEOG FILE - China Peking.

[The bathers] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Taking the bull by the horns / Bart.

Photocopy of a cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt holding the railroad trust, as a bull, by his horns: a woman with "Northwest Trade" on her apron sits in a tree; a farmer with a rope runs towards them; in the ... More

Frederic Remington - [Russian infantry going to the front]

I10256 U.S. Copyright Office Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington. Public domain photograph - Military parade in Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Auguste Rodin - Rodin--Le penseur

Print shows Auguste Rodin, facing in silhouette with his sculpture "The Thinker" at right. Illus. in: Camera Work, no. 11, July 1905, plate I.

[Large nude] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

A Bit of Atlantic surf - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Films changed / D'Artois & Cie., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 14." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title ... More

[Milk bottling assembly line] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Russell House, [Detroit] - A black and white photo of a large buil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Group of miners underground] - Public domain portrait print

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Benjamin Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence

Reproduction of painting. Copyright by Charles E. Mills. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellen Terry, at the age of sixteen / Julia Margaret Cameron.

Print shows Ellen Terry, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, leaning against wall, holding necklace. Photomechanical print made from a photograph taken in 1864 probably at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Engla... More

Lombaert Cyde Em. Dupuis - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows reproduction of watercolor portrait of man with dark skin, light eyes, and a beard, wearing a turban, who fought at the front for the French. Forms part of: Straight collection of French graphic ar... More

Prison yard, Jackson, [Michigan]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hauling coal] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Reproduction of print showing Parterre garden]

Photograph of a woodcut in John Worlidge, The Art of Flowers, 1677. On slide (handwritten): "Worlidge, Art of G. (?), 1677." Also, red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, da... More

Buhl building and Detroit cityscape

Title devised by cataloger; title on jacket: Washington Boulevard, 1898. Buhl building in center. Detroit Publishing Co. nos., 67276, K 2804. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Loading a mine car] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woodrow Wilson, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, Statue o...

G57834 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting signed Svensson, c1918. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Joan of Arc, three-quarter length portrait, standing in field, facing...

G60288 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freighter loading Ford cars - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Possibly made for Ford Motor Company automobile industry; cf. negatives D420-2851 to D420-2882 and D420-3041 to D420-3084. "Lackawanna Railroad" on building at right. Detroit Publishing Co. n... More

[Painting "War" by Sakari Suzuki, exhibited at the American Artists Co...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Was...

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

To be sold, on board the ship Bance Island, ... negroes, just arrived ...

Photograph of newspaper advertisement from the 1780s(?) for the sale of slaves at Ashley Ferry outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Title transcribed from item.

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. Mobile...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Theodor de Bry - [A chief of Roanoke] / T.B.

Full-length, front and back view of Native chief showing manner of dress; river scene in background. Illus. in: Americae / Theodor de Bry, ed. München : Konrad Kölbl, 1970 reprint of edition published 1600, par... More

Sino Tower, Hong Kong, China (project). Section Paul M. Rudolph, Archi...

Architectural drawing shows Rudolph's proposal for the Sino Tower, Hong Kong, China, in section view. Date from Rudolph office project list. Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

The Heart of Detroit, Mich - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10540, 10539. "McC 831" on right negative; left negative is a copy. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 015718. Gift; State Historical Society of Co... More

Skyscraper office building ("Sun Building") for A.S. Abell, 13th Stree...

Photograph of original print showing the Sun Building, Washington, D.C. J.N. Klemroth, del. ; A.B. Mullett, Arch't. ; Bell Bros. Photo-lithographers, Washington, D.C. Forms part of: A.B. Mullett & Co. Archive.

B'emsia my zdorovo, kolem otchaianno -- vnuki Suvorova, deti Chapaeva

Title summary: We will fight strongly, strike desperately -- grandsons of Suvorov, children of Chapaev. Inspiring Russian military leaders in background: Alexander Nevsky, Alexander Suvorov, and Vasily Ivanovi... More

[Florida Indians planting seeds of beans or maize]

Timucua men cultivating a field and Timucua women planting corn or beans. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Renato de Laudōn... More

[Christopher Columbus] - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776 / painted by J. Trumbull ;...

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

Medina : Haupttot (Bâb es salâm) der heiligen Moschee an der Südwestec...

Photograph shows the main gate (Bâb es salâm) of the Holy Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. No. 69 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress capti... More

Medina 1302 km von Damaskus, 619 m ü. M. Ansicht der Stadt von dem Ber...

Image shows view of Medina, Saudi Arabia, from Mount Sela' from the northwest. No. 63 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Translated title by Library staff.

Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge / painting by Dunsmore.

George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette on horseback at winter quarters in Valley Forge, Pa.; soldiers huddled around campfire in background. Copyright by Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul and Toronto. Reproduction ... More

Trial of George Jacobs of Salem for witchcraft

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

Karl Wilhelm Scheelf [i.e. Scheele]

Carl Wilhelm Scheele, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. 74323 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Floating Islands, Leesburg, Florida (project). Entrance. Rendering] /...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Published in: Paul Rudolph: the Florida houses / Christopher Domin and Joseph King. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2002, p. 223.

The Birth of Old Glory / from painting by Moran.

Betsy Ross(?) and two girls showing United States flag to George Washington and three other men.

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

Kiyonobu Torii - Rajōmon - Public domain drawing

Print shows a warrior fighting a demon, possibly Ibaraki, at the Rashomon gate. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Oban. Adachi m... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Fumi yomu yūjo - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman seated on a bench reading a scroll, one end of which a cat is playing with from under the bench. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[Two lovers in a boat] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a man and a woman in a boat; the man is holding a small drum and appears to be serenading the woman beneath the moon.

Fukagawa mannenbashi shita, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More

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