rescues

Rescued? Nothing doing in the mercy line from the Bluebeard of bankrup...

Illustration shows Bluebeard wearing a hat labeled "Bankruptcy" and holding in his raised left hand a clock labeled "Obligations"; he is holding a sword in his right hand and is confronting a woman labeled "Rai... More

The American fireman: prompt to the rescue

Print shows a fire fighter carrying a young girl from her room filled with fire and smoke.

[Saved] / Winslow Homer, 1887.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Woman being rescued from stormy sea. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rescues from GREAT NORTHERN - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oxygen helmets in mine rescues - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Heart of the Klondike written by Scott Marble.

Caption: Thrilling rescue of the child and headlong fall of the villain into the depths of Chilkoot Canon [sic]. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y.-no. 7866. F... More

The last stroke a story [of] Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert K. Betts in a play of the golden west, An Arizona cowboy

Created and "copyright, 1910 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 422. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Lost in the desert the sensational event of the year : a drama on new ...

D14742 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Friends in need. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Theodore Roosevelt - "Captains courageous" / Keppler., Political Carto...

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt firing a cannon to send a life-line to a ship in distress on rough seas with dark clouds labeled "Prejudice" forming overhead; the rope spells out the word "Toler... More

Quo Vadis Ursus rescues Lygia., Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" shows Ursus, holding an unconscious Lygia, while fist raised ready to strike a crouching man.

Poster - The war of wealth - Public domain lithograph

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow.

Caption: A daring abduction and vain attempt at rescue. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8765. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Rescues from GREAT NORTHERN - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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

Life rescue at Long Branch /

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

"Dogs first!" / Albert Levering., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a ship foundering at sea during a storm, with many passengers on deck, but the sailors, bowing to pressure from "anti-vivisectionists", are rescuing the dogs first.

William Calder's spectacular production of John Martin's secret by Sut...

Caption: The rescue. Created and "copyright 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Direction of Wm. Calder. No. 6388. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The war of wealth - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Herbert K. Betts in a play of the golden west, An Arizona cowboy

Created and "copyright, 1910 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 422. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Rescues from GR'T [GREAT] NORTHERN

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fearful balloon adventure-- saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman m...

Front page of British illustrated newspaper shows two stories. Above, a man and woman (possibly balloonist Jules Duruof and his wife) cling to a balloon basket in a stormy sea, with rescue boat approaching. Bel... More

For the papoose /

A white man is tired of his Indian bride and falls in love with the daughter of a white settler. He escapes with the white girl and his child, but is pursued by his wife's brother, who in a desperate fight, kil... More

The American fireman: prompt to the rescue

Print shows a fire fighter carrying a young girl from her room filled with fire and smoke.

The great explosion in New-York, February 4th, 1850

Print shows firemen putting out a fire in the aftermath of an explosion in a building on Hague Street, New York City, and, with the help of other citizens, searching the ruins for victims. Includes a printed ac... More

Man, possibly a castaway or shipwrecked sailor, standing on rocky shor...

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

W.H. Power's Company in E.E. Kidder's dramatic comedy, Shannon of the ...

B245635 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1896 by W.H. Power." Created by "Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 1766. W.H. Power, proprietor; John Major, manager. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (L... More

Poster - The war of wealth - Public domain lithograph

A249582 U.S. Copyright Office By C.T. Dazey, author of "In old Kentucky." Caption: Warfield's daring rescue of Helen by the aid of the flag. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti N.Y." ... More

Fearful balloon adventure-- saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman m...

Front page of British illustrated newspaper shows two stories. Above, a man and woman (possibly balloonist Jules Duruof and his wife) cling to a balloon basket in a stormy sea, with rescue boat approaching. Bel... More

"A sail! A sail!!" / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows a woman labeled "Dem. Party" on the rocky coast of a deserted island, nearby is an empty jug labeled "Bourbonism the Only Subsistence for 16 Years (1860-76)" and a broken cask labeled "For 8 ... More

Women and children first - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Disasters... More

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic lost party on Elephant Island...

Photograph shows crew members, on icy shore, waving to distant boat on ocean. No. 212289.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A small boat rescues a seaman from the 31,800 to...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Poster - The war of wealth - Public domain lithograph

A249582 U.S. Copyright Office By C.T. Dazey, author of "In old Kentucky." Caption: Warfield's daring rescue of Helen by the aid of the flag. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti N.Y." ... More

The wreck of the Atlantic - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Print shows a large ship capsized with hundreds of people on board; groups of rescue workers on rocks are pulling people out of the water from the crashing waves; others are holding a long rope extending from t... More

Out of the silver flood / Dalrymple.

Uncle Sam pulling woman, "business interests" out of body of water "Sherman Silver Purchase Act", using rope "public opinion" over rock "repeal of the Sherman Law by the 53rd Congress." Illus. in: Puck, 1893 Se... More

Lost in the desert the dramatic event of the year.

Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cincinnati & New York." No. 4630. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Down went a window in the pilot-house, and a man waved his hand reassu...

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Runaway Dory" by Alfred Elden, St. Nicholas, 42:973 (Sept. 1915).

[Houd ini swims river in scene from "The man from beyond"]

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

Orient. The naval battle of Abukir

Print shows "L'Orient, the French flagship, catches fire and is destroyed" during the naval battle at Abu Qir Bay; French sailors are being rescued from the sea in the foreground as the L'Orient burns; also cap... More

Indians and cow-boys /

A captured Indian marauder is beaten by a gang of cowboys. Seeking vengeance, the Indians attack a stagecoach and abduct its passengers. The cowboys ride in pursuit and successfully rescue the captives. Copyrig... More

The last stroke a story [of] Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Under the gaslight, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870...

K14809 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1879 by H.A. Thomas, N.Y." Oofty Gooft's New York Combination. Signed: Vic Arnold. Forms part of: Theatrical post... More

Sauvetage du ballon "Le Tricolore" Monté par Monsieur et Madame Duruof...

Print shows Jules Duruof and his wife being rescued at sea from the sinking basket of their balloon "Le Tricolore" which lost altitude over the North Sea off the coast of England. Two fishermen help Mrs. Duruof... More

Heart of the Klondike written by Scott Marble.

Caption: Thrilling rescue of the child and headlong fall of the villain into the depths of Chilkoot Canon [sic]. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y.-no. 7866. F... More

[Rescue of Jules Duruof and his wife off the Skagerrak] / Lith. Lavau ...

Print shows Jules Duruof and his wife being rescued at sea from the sinking basket of their balloon "Le Tricolore" which lost altitude over the North Sea off the coast of England. Duruof holds his wife above th... More

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Under the gaslight, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870...

K14809 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1879 by H.A. Thomas, N.Y." Oofty Gooft's New York Combination. Signed: Vic Arnold. Forms part of: Theatrical post... More

The city of New York by Walter Fessler.

C253654 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Nell's danger. Tom's heroic slide down the lumber flume. Created and "copyright 1897 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 5684. Portrait of Walter Fessler in upper left... More

Relief at hand / Dalrymple. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a St. Bernard rescue dog with a blanket labeled "Tariff Reform" strapped to its back and a small barrel labeled "The Wilson Tariff Bill" under its chin, next to a man labeled "Labor" caught in snow ... More

Bronson Howard's greater Shenandoah during American Civil War

Caption: The shock, the shout, the groan of war. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti. & NY." Management, Jacob Litt. N.Y. 8133. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The queen of Chinatown by Joseph Jarrow.

Caption: Rescued from the highbinders' rat pit. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8770. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Blue jeans "will never wear out" : by Joseph Arthur, author of "The st...

Caption: The great saw mill scene. Created by "The Enquirer Job Printing Co., Cin., O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Barney Gilmore in the great comedy drama, Kidnapped in New York by How...

D7709 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Scene - 3rd Act, The kidnappers den; Dooley and his friend the actor make a rough house. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cinci... More

Pearl Harbor bombing. Seaman rescued. A small boat rescues a seaman fr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The war of wealth - Drawing. Public domain image.

A249582 U.S. Copyright Office By C.T. Dazey, author of "In old Kentucky." Caption: Warfield's daring rescue of Helen by the aid of the flag. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti N.Y." ... More

The American fireman: prompt to the rescue

Print shows a fire fighter carrying a young girl from her room filled with fire and smoke.

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain photograph of musical performance, musicians, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of the packet-ship John Rutledge by an iceburg, Feb. 20, 1...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, April 12, 1856.

Winslow Homer - [Saved] / G.W.H. Ritchie imp. ; Winslow Homer.

Woman being rescued from stormy sea. Copyright by C. Klackner, N.Y. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical ... More

Saved! / Gordon Ross. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a beautiful, partially nude, winged woman goddess rescuing an airman who has fallen out of an airplane, and giving him a kiss. Caption: An airmaid to the rescue! Illus. in: Puck, v. 68, no. ... More

Your Liberty Bond will help stop this - Sus bonos de la libertad ayuda...

Poster showing German soldiers nailing a man to a tree, as American soldiers come to his rescue.

Poster - The war of wealth - Public domain lithograph

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The wreck of the Atlantic - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Print shows a large ship capsized with hundreds of people on board; groups of rescue workers on rocks are pulling people out of the water from the crashing waves; others are holding a long rope extending from t... More

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Under the gaslight, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870...

K14809 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1879 by H.A. Thomas, N.Y." Oofty Gooft's New York Combination. Signed: Vic Arnold. Forms part of: Theatrical post... More

Rescue of Col. Thomas J. Kelly and Capt. Timothy Deacy, by members of ...

11858 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Lyrh, J., artist. O'B... More

Buckley's New Orleans Serenaders who have appeared with great success ...

Includes small portraits of James Buckley and his sons and vignettes of their performances and travels to other places. Written in ink in bottom margin: 519, Deposited in the Clerk's Office, S. Dist., N.Y., Aug... More

The Kin-der-Kids. Piemouth is rescued by kindhearted Pat

Five-panel Sunday comic strip in which an Irish chimney sweep rescues Piemouth from Aunty and her castor oil by sending his cleaner down the chimney for the boy to grab. Piemouth asks his rescuer to take him to... More

Dogs of St. Bernard rescuing a traveller, after a painting by Sir Edwi...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Dickes, William, lithographer. Category designatio... More

Early automobiles - Rescued - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's, 36:14-15 (Feb. 3, 1906).

Ambrose's lofty perch - A black and white photo of a group of people

King Ambrose chooses a queen from among the maidens of his kingdom. After they are married, Robin, a young man the queen had known earlier, attempts to steal her from her royal husband. Robin shoots arrows with... More

Puck magazine cover - "Fireman, save my child!" / Kep.

Illustration shows the Republican elephant lowering President Taft from a window in a burning building to Theodore Roosevelt as a fireman on a ladder. Billowing clouds of smoke labeled "Consumers Revolt" engulf... More

W.H. Power's Company in E.E. Kidder's dramatic comedy, Shannon of the ...

B245635 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1896 by W.H. Power." Created by "Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 1766. W.H. Power, proprietor; John Major, manager. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (L... More

The wreck of the Atlantic - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a large ship capsized with hundreds of people on board; groups of rescue workers on rocks are pulling people out of the water from the crashing waves; others are holding a long rope extending from t... More

Mazeppa - pl. 4 - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More

For the papoose /

A white man is tired of his Indian bride and falls in love with the daughter of a white settler. He escapes with the white girl and his child, but is pursued by his wife's brother, who in a desperate fight, kil... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. UV bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "U" formed by the spirit of a man wearing a hat departing a grave marked with a post topped with a hat, and the letter "V" formed by a harlequin figure perched on his elbows with legs rai... More

William Calder's spectacular production of John Martin's secret by Sut...

Caption: The rescue. Created and "copyright 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Direction of Wm. Calder. No. 6388. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The lonely villa - movie film screenshot

Mr. and Mrs. Cullison and their three daughters live in a beautiful, large home out in the country. When Mr. Cullison is called away, leaving his wife and daughters alone in the house, a gang of thieves break i... More

Mazeppa - pl. 4 - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Ivan Mazepa, naked, bound to the back of a wild horse as punishment for his affair with Countess Theresa, wife of a count who learns of the affair and settles upon this form of punishment for Mazepa... More

The departure, launching the life boat

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bakin?, J. E., artist. Armstrong & Co., lithograph... More

The Kin-der-Kids. Piemouth is rescued by kindhearted Pat

Five-panel Sunday comic strip in which an Irish chimney sweep rescues Piemouth from Aunty and her castor oil by sending his cleaner down the chimney for the boy to grab. Piemouth asks his rescuer to take him to... More

[Rescue of Jules Duruof and his wife off the Skagerrak] / Lith. Lavau ...

Print shows Jules Duruof and his wife being rescued at sea from the sinking basket of their balloon "Le Tricolore" which lost altitude over the North Sea off the coast of England. Duruof holds his wife above th... More

[Sailors and others in a lifeboat, as one sailor gestures to a submari...

Public domain photograph related to Great Britain in World War One, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buckley's New Orleans Serenaders who have appeared with great success ...

Includes small portraits of James Buckley and his sons and vignettes of their performances and travels to other places. Written in ink in bottom margin: 519, Deposited in the Clerk's Office, S. Dist., N.Y., Aug... More

Indians and cow-boys /

A captured Indian marauder is beaten by a gang of cowboys. Seeking vengeance, the Indians attack a stagecoach and abduct its passengers. The cowboys ride in pursuit and successfully rescue the captives. Copyrig... More

Soldiering in the Southwest--the rescue of Corporal Scott / Remington.

Two soldiers rescuing Corporal Scott, a black man who was shot by Apache Indians. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 Aug. 21, p. 529.

Nat'l First Aid Ass'n., Boston, Massachusetts., U.S.A. / George Brayto...

Photograph showing firefighter descending on ladder from second story window carrying person being rescued in practice drill. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Clara Barton papers); 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:023). Forms ... More

The Kin-der-Kids. Piemouth is rescued by kindhearted Pat

Five-panel Sunday comic strip in which an Irish chimney sweep rescues Piemouth from Aunty and her castor oil by sending his cleaner down the chimney for the boy to grab. Piemouth asks his rescuer to take him to... More

The Kin-der-Kids. Piemouth is rescued by kindhearted Pat

Five-panel Sunday comic strip in which an Irish chimney sweep rescues Piemouth from Aunty and her castor oil by sending his cleaner down the chimney for the boy to grab. Piemouth asks his rescuer to take him to... More

The Kin-der-Kids. Piemouth is rescued by kindhearted Pat

Five-panel Sunday comic strip in which an Irish chimney sweep rescues Piemouth from Aunty and her castor oil by sending his cleaner down the chimney for the boy to grab. Piemouth asks his rescuer to take him to... More

The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The city of New York by Walter Fessler.

C253654 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Nell's danger. Tom's heroic slide down the lumber flume. Created and "copyright 1897 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 5684. Portrait of Walter Fessler in upper left... More