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Nativity with male saint and St. Elizabeth

Title from jacket. Photograph of Italian painting signed "And. Sarto fab. ... MDXVII." "Printed in Italy" on label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 28114. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Michel-Ange / Michel-Ange pinxt. ; J.L. Potrelle delt. et sculpt.

Michelangelo, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More

Ryōgokubashi no sekisho, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women on the Ryōgoku Bridge at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū edo hakkei : Modern vers... More

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The plundering of the King's cellar, Paris, 10th August, 1793 (i.e., ...

Engraving after contemporary history genre painting depicting events in Paris, France, on August 10th 1792 [date as given in title is incorrect], in particular, the aftermath of the storming of the Tuileries Pa... More

The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance betwee...

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

Taka no ha moyō no tachi bijin - Public domain drawing

Print shows a courtesan wearing feather-pattern kimono. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Ir... More

Takenuki gorō, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Tokimune Soga (Gorō), uprooting bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Pur... More

[Beauties of the three capitals triptych], Kiyomasu Torii

Print shows three courtesans, full-length, standing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Santo sanpukutsui. Adachi modern... More

[Two girls whispering], Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, sitting, embracing a young girl, and whispering to her. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Chōsui, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows two women struggling over a poem or letter scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū goshikizumi : Mo... More

Jūsan, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman offering a lighted pipe to her lover reclining on a bed nearby, also, from an adjoining room, a man (probably her husband) peeking from beneath a small table with a portion of a bird (rooste... More

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

Itsutomi, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, turned slightly to the left, a shamisen at her feet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

Yodaime matsumoto kōshirō [no yamato no yabodaijin to] shodai nakayama...

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

Inu no koku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a young woman sitting on a mat, holding a long scroll and writing materials, she has turned to the left to speak with a young servant or apprentice kneeling behind her. Title and other descriptive i... More

Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu

Ase o fuku onna, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman wiping her face. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Sho... More

Mrs. James Madison, (Dolly Payne) / from an original picture by Gilber...

Mrs. James Madison, three-quarter length portrait, facing right, holding fan.

La Transfiguration. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing Jesus Christ and two other men above group of people]. Illus. in: Galerie du Musee de France(?) ... / J. Lavallee. Paris, 1814, vol. 10, pl. 715. Engraving after Raphael.

Kanagawa oki nami ura - Public domain drawing

Print shows a huge wave bearing down on boats with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the se... More

Washū yoshino yoshitsune uma arai no taki

Print shows two men standing in a stream washing a horse next to a waterfall. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shoko... More

Yoshida, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows scaffolding around a temple building on the right and on the left people walking across a bridge spanning a river at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking during an evening snowfall at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Minamoto no muneyuki ason - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows five men warming themselves by a fire outside a hut covered with snow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Hy... More

Asukayama no bosetsu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking in the snow, one leading a horse, past a hillside with snow-covered trees and several small shrines, low buildings on the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nic... More

Fixed Dioptric light of the first order, vertical section

Illus. in: Plates Accompanying Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Improvements in the Lighthouse System and Collateral Aids to Navigation, detail of plate 4, (right). On title page: Senate Document... More

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

[Mr. Zina Hitchcock Benjamin family, posed left to right: Cornelia, Zi...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Cyanotype of a daguerreotype made between 1845 and 1858 (DAG - no. 1123). No. 8317.

Harriet Lane Johnston, White House hostess for President Buchanan

Photograph showing Harriet Johnston, head and shoulders portrait, left profile. Photo of engraving by J.C. Buttre. From Laura C. Holloway, The Ladies of the White House, 1881, opp. p. 442.

[Fanny Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

James Buchanan / daguerrotype by Brady ; engraved by J.C. Buttre.

James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Engraved for the U.S. Dem. Review.

Elevation of dome of U.S. Capitol

Architect of the Capitol item number: 003150.1290, Walter, no. 1902. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capi... More

Portrait of a Federal soldier. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 of tintype from unidentified source. American Memory edition timeline. No. 1059 Credit line: Civil war... More

[Portrait of Pvt. William T. Carter (2nd from right in white collar) a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ornament on pilasters of dome, second story / Tho. U. Walter, arch't.,...

Print shows front and profile views of detail of architectural ornament on the pilasters of the dome on the U.S. Capitol at Washington, D.C. No. 1941.

Maximiliano, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, facing left, after an engraving by Metzmacher. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Portrait of Pvt. Hite Bird, Virginia Regiment, C.S.A.]

Public domain scan of American Civil War portrait, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln and family looking at a book]

Photograph of a print. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Gift; Jennie A. Rhodes; 1949 Dec. 30.

Peace - burial of Wilkie / Turner ; F.E. Jones.

Print shows a steamship illuminated by flames during burial at sea of David Wilkie. Caption continues: Engraved expressly for the Ladies' Repository. Illus. from: The Ladies repository; a monthly periodical de... More

Late Indian outrages: Fort Wallace, Kansas

After a photograph by Major Calhoun and Dr. Bell. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 July 27, p. 468.

Guadalupe, Mexico (taken from a balloon)

Photographic print shows aerial view print of Guadalupe and surrounding mountains. Illus. in: A trip to Mexico : being notes of a journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and back... / By H.C.R. Becher. Toronto :... More

[Reproductions of three Confederate five dollar bills and a Confederat...

Plate IV. Nos. 9, 10, 11, and 12. Copyright by William Lee.

London central fruit and vegetable market - plan

Illus. in: The Builder ... vol. 38, January to June 1880 / conducted by George Godwin, F.R.S, F.S.A. London : Wyman & Sons, printers, 1880, p. 73

Old stone mill, Newport, R.I. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Above print: First Order L.H., Tillamook Rock, Oregon

Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1881, pl. 3. Perspective view from the north east, showing the station in process of construction. Sea at lowest stage, and very quiet. On lower left: Dra... More

Daniel Webster, from a daguerreotype / TJ ; engraved by T. Johnson.

Print shows Daniel Webster, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, wearing top hat. Includes facsimile signature. Signed "TJ" on plate. Photoengraving of engraving by T. Johnson after a daguerreot... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a nude girl crawling. 9511J U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge, Phi... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Twenty-four consecutive images of man distance jumping. 9203 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York... More

[Honjo tatekawa], depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man sawing a large piece of wood to make boards and two men removing tiles(?) from a tall stack at a lumberyard in Honjo, with distant view of Mount Fuji.

State House, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011337. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Uzuki no hototogisu, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows two women looking at a cuckoo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dra... More

[Fūkeiga], Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Painting shows a bird's-eye view of travelers on roadway outside the new Yoshiwara on the Tōkaidō Road, with a view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken... More

U.S.S. Yorktown - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shore of Lake Huron, Pointe aux Barques

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

U.S.S. Yale. United States warship photograph collection

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls, N.Y

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Photograph of photographic print. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 18296. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Pedestrians crossing a bridge during a rain storm]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Matsu no koi - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction, for another impression see: FP 2 - JPD, no. 1862. Forms part of: Japanese prints ... More

[Bath Abbey cathedral, England]

Public domain photograph of cathedral, church, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tipo Tib's fresh captives being sent into bondage - witnessed by Stanl...

Captives in African village being sent into slavery. Reproduction of a wood engraving from Heroes of the Dark Continent: and How Stanley found Emin Pasha by James W. Buel, 1890, c1899, p. 489 (possibly from a reprint).

Lichfield Cathedral, England - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Title from jacket. Similar number to series of English cathedrals in Detroit Catalogue J, Supplement (1901-1906). Videodisc image laterally reversed. "015309" and "E 4440" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no... More

U.S.S. Miantonomoh, 10 inch guns and forward turret

Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Popa do Nitheroy [sic] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

William Aeko. (Hawaiian.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

William Aeko, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Thompson Pub. Co... More

Charles XII at Bender / A. Tholey, pinx.

Charles XII and his soldiers fighting Moldavian soldiers. 13955Z U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Wm. Finley & Co.

[C. Schapski, Berlin, Germany] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

D.R. Pollak and Son, Wien, Austro-Hungary

Title from jacket. "Made especially for the National Cash Register Company" on jacket. "16" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043086. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Hardware, Crooks & Brooker, Adelaide, Australia]

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

Cow trunk fish, orange sea raven, common trunk fish (front view)

Jacket title: Charles Scribners & Sons, rugs. Photograph of a watercolor painting study of a rug, possibly for a book by Charles Scribner's Sons. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042393. Gift; State Historical Societ... More

[Heap of bones in cemetery, Necropolis Cristobal Colon, Havana]

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Pinter Synla Liquors, Austro-Hungary]

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

Great Rock-Island Route [Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway], vi...

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

Graves in the cemetery [Necropolis Cristobal Colon], Havana

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Madonna from Burial of Christ]

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

Remnants store, Berlin, Germany

Title from jacket. "Made especially for the National Cash Register Company" on jacket. "47" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043117. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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

The visit of the Ambassador of China

Five illustrations related to the visit of Li Hung-chang to New York City. Photomechanical reproduction of drawing by Edwin B. Child of kitchen at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1896 Sep... More

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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

The bird cage, lantern slide - Public domain photograph

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

Portrait painting of Arnold Genthe

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

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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

Detail of a screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

Title devised. Photographic reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a painting in his art collection. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Screen painting that belonged to Arnold Genthe

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

Portrait photograph of Lemuel Shaw, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts...

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, Bildnis des Admirals Tromp

Admiral Tromp, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front. On recto: München Pinakothek No. 317; V.A. Bruckmann, München, 1897.

Florence military prison series - "Fiddling for wood squad"

Prisoners of war carrying logs into camp, as another prisoner of war plays fiddle. 13466 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Hoisting the flag at Guantanamo, June 12, 1898

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021535. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Graves in the cemetery, Havana - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Florence military prison series--"On board the old transport" / J.E. T...

Large number of prisoners of war below deck of ship. 13489 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic reproduction of watercolor by James E. Taylor, 1897.

Explosion of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 1898

Public domain photograph of mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish prisoners an sic board collier Abarenda at Guantanamo, June 14...

Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021500. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More