3,535 Sailors Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Sailors in boat, coming ashore for Xmas leave

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

Boy sailors on the NEWPORT - Public domain photograph

A group of men standing on top of a boat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Enlist in the Navy follow the boys in blue for home and country / / G....

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing civilian men in queue receiving their navy gear and boarding a battleship.

Royal naval division. Handymen to fight on land & sea [...] Men wanted...

Poster showing a sailor posed with his rifle. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two orphans with Near East Relief workers and sailors on board the U....

George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 7060. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Star & Garter Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors / B.P. ; ...

Poster showing a robed allegorical figure of womanhood supporting an injured man as she helps him through a doorway, captioned, "Haven." Text continues: You can never repay these utterly broken men. But you can... 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.

War game - drill on the "Washington"; [Naval Reserve?]

Photograph showing sailors on deck engaged in physical exercise. Hand printed on image recto: War game - Range finding on the "Washington." Bain News Service photograph. Number on left side of image: 2271-5. F... More

GERMAN SAILORS INTERNED IN U.S.

A group of men standing next to a fence. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Navy needs you! Don't read American history - make it! / James Mon...

Poster showing a sailor taking a man in a suit by the shoulder, and gesturing toward battle ships at sea and a figure of Liberty waving the American flag. U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, 34 East 23rd St., New Yor... More

Look after my folks / Frank Brangwyn A.R.A. autolithograph ; American ...

Poster showing a sailor calling from the deck of a ship. Text continues: Navy Relief Society. Official relief organization of the U.S. Navy cares for the Navy's widows and orphans. Subscriptions received by any... More

Poster - Welcome home - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a soldier and a sailor holding a large star. Philadelphia Public Ledger supplement, Sunday, December 15, 1918.

Burial of A.E.F. (sailors), 5/22/20

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

Give you till I count ten - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Don Carlos Vittori" by Thomas Beer, Saturday evening post, 194:11 (Jan. 21, 1922).

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 92, Department of...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-X Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Capt. Paul Jones shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his col...

Original mezzotint in the collection of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Reference copy in LOT 4412 MA.

Sailors looking at painting entitled "Sailors Beware" at the fine arts...

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

Sailors talking in square in midtown. This square is a general gatheri...

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

Sailors and friends at Cherry Blossom Festival. Washinton, D.C.

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

Sailors lined up against chain-rail in square in midtown. San Diego, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Part of the line waiting to board one of the special ...

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

Washington, D.C. Two French sailors who missed their train explain the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. British officer and French sailors view display at...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soldiers & Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut

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

Soldiers & Sailors Arch in Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut

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

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 34, Department of...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-M Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Library, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Aven...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

State Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument, Monument Plaza, Indianapolis, Mar...

Significance: The monument commemorates the Mexican, Civil, and Spanish-American Wars with the ebullient national spirit of the late nineteenth century. Its architectural style is Classical, populated by sculp... More

Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Bridge, Spanning Paxton Creek & Cameron ...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a monumental bridge. Its militaristic decorative elements indicate its purpose as a memorial to all Pennsylvanians who have served in the armed forces. The ca... More

Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Bridge, Spanning Paxton Creek & Cameron ...

Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a monumental bridge. Its militaristic decorative elements indicate its purpose as a memorial to all Pennsylvanians who have served in the armed forces. The ca... More

Parliamentary "Liberty Men" return to H.M.S. "Loquacity"

Twelve members of Britain's governing body, dressed as sailors, dance on the deck of a ship. The sailors include: Sir Arthur James Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and a young Winsto... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Steam Plant, Department of Vet...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-K Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Captain's Cottage No. 2, Richmond Terrace, New B...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Cottage M, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Av...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Cottage M, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Av...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 29, Department of...

Significance: Originally Building 29 was a component of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The entire facility has been under Federal control since 1929 and is currently a Department of Veterans Af... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 29, Department of...

Significance: Originally Building 29 was a component of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The entire facility has been under Federal control since 1929 and is currently a Department of Veterans Af... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 29, Department of...

Significance: Originally Building 29 was a component of the New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The entire facility has been under Federal control since 1929 and is currently a Department of Veterans Af... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Department of Veterans Affairs...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Department of Veterans Affairs...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339 Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Dormitory E, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Ric...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This building, completed in 1880, is one of an outstanding group of five Greek Revival dormitories which overloo... More

Reverend Stephen Chase House, 358 Court Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham...

Significance: Built in 1762 by John Underwood, mariner. Sold to Barlow Trecothic, Esq. of London (one time Mayor of the City of London) and his associate John Tomlinson. President Washington attended a ball h... More

Reverend Stephen Chase House, 358 Court Street, Portsmouth, Rockingham...

Significance: Built in 1762 by John Underwood, mariner. Sold to Barlow Trecothic, Esq. of London (one time Mayor of the City of London) and his associate John Tomlinson. President Washington attended a ball h... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Main Chapel, Department of Vet...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-P Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Main Chapel, Department of Vet...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-P Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group portrait of naval personnel including an African American hospi...

Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M14. "Geo. West" (?) -inscribed on back of mount in pencil. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.250).

Poster - A man in time is worth nine - Public domain lithograph

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing a man in Navy uniform, and nine small figures in civilian dress. Furnished by Federal Schools, Minneapolis. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 76, Department of...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-V Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified young sailor in Union uniform]

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

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New Brighton, R...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for aged seamen opened in 1833, occupies a spacious site on Staten Island overlooking the Kill Van Kull which leads into New York Harbor. Buildings on the property... More

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New Brighton, R...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for aged seamen opened in 1833, occupies a spacious site on Staten Island overlooking the Kill Van Kull which leads into New York Harbor. Buildings on the property... More

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Cottage L, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Av...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Cottage L, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Av...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

Charles Batties. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows an African American man, Charles Batties(?), full-length portrait standing, facing front, wearing sailor uniform. Title from inscription below photograph. Gladstone's inventory number: CDV115. ... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 78, Department of...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-W Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

All together! Enlist in the Navy

Poster showing an American sailor among sailors from various countries. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.... More

Sailors' Snug Harbor, Residences, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, Rich...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This group of residences, constructed during the last quarter of the 19th century, form part of the institution'... More

Enlist in the Navy To arms / / Milton Bancroft.

Poster showing a sailor blowing a bugle. U.S. Navy Recruiting Station.

[Two unidentified sailors in Union uniforms with rope and anchor]

Case: Berg, no. 1-18. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Frank Picini, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Co... More

U.S.S. "Hunchback." James River, Virginia Commanded by Act[in]g Master...

Photograph shows the officers and sailors of the steam-powered gunboat on its decks. Purchase; Gary Edwards Gallery 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:114). Was AP1003.

[Advertisement made for the Merchants Life Insurance Co. of New York C...

Sailor seated on wharf with nautical equipment looking out to sea. Copyrighted by American Bank Note Company. No. 7.

[The flag of the Imperial Battalion of Navy Fusiliers] / Abdullah Frèr...

Standard bearer holding standard, with guards. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 38. No. 25. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy and naval personnel, Istanbul an... More

[The cannon drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constan...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. No. 614. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More

[The crew of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constantinople,...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 8. No. 597. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - "This ship shall not turn b...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Christopher Columbus holding a map labeled "Route to Reform", aboard ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled "Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blac... More

U.S.S. San Francisco, a group of sailors

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

Group of sailors, Russian navy - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows sailors on the Russian cruiser Rynda, during the Columbian Naval Review, 1893. (Source: Charley Seavey, 2013)

Portrait photo of U.S.S. Indiana, group of sailors

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

[U.S.S. Olympia, view of the crew's quarters]

Photograph shows three sailors relaxing in their quarters, one man is in a hammock. Photo made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service from original glass or nitrate negative in series LC-J698. Gif... More

Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument [Lafayette Square],Buffalo, N.Y.

Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Indianapolis, Ind.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and arc...

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

Cribbage -- Sailors' Snug Harbor

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

Vera Cruz -- house of sick woman guarded by our sailors

Photo shows American sailors with Mexican family during the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, Mexico which took place during the Mexican Revolution. The U.S. troops entered the city on April 21, 1914 and stayed thro... More

I'm doing my duty are you? Your Navy needs you this minute / / Clinton...

U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing a sailor holding a rifle. Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety.

Your country needs you now - The Navy, our first line of defense / Nuy...

Poster showing a sailor holding a rifle, and a harbor with many ships. Enlist at [blank]. No. 33017.

Soldiers-sailors and women guests - Welcome to the Y.W.C.A. hostess ho...

Poster showing a soldier and a sailor shaking hands, as a woman looks on. Paste-on at bottom: 30 East 52nd St., New York ; 375 Lexington Ave., New York ; 245 Carlton Ave., Brooklyn ; 48 Boylston St., Boston.

Two unidentified sailors, African American and white

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017.

GERMAN SAILORS INTERNED IN U.S.

A group of men standing next to a fence. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The service for training and travel - Ages 17 to 35 - Join the Navy - ...

Poster showing a smiling sailor. Stamped twice: 1515 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe! / Willy Stöwer 1918.

Print shows a German sailor leaning out a porthole, looking directly at the viewer, and pointing to the text of the title (sign the war loan). An appeal for financial contributions to the war effort. Signed an... More

MACCHI DI CELLERE, V., COUNT. AMBASSADOR FROM ITALY. WITH ITALIAN SAIL...

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

[President Coolidge] decorating Henry Breault of the submarine 0-5 wit...

President Calvin Coolidge places the Congressional Medal of Honor around Henry Breault's neck, as military officers look on, with the White House in the background. In album: Calvin Coolidge, First Administrati... More

Augustus Butler Rowland, Aviation Chief Machinists Mate, decorated for...

President Calvin Coolidge afixing a medal on Augustus Butler Rowland, who holds the hand of a small boy. In album: Calvin Coolidge, Second Administration, v. 3, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 4, ... More

Jap[anese] sailors at salute for Chichibu

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

Sailors' Snug Harbor, East Gatehouse, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton, ...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This gatehouse is one of three on the grounds of the home and forms part of the institution's particularly rich ... More

Jacksonville, Florida. Fighting French sailors messing at the United S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production drive. Anthracite rallies. A soldier is shown how a min...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A couple of cranks--and let her...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Sailors lined up to board a bus at the Greyhound term...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Sailors posing for their picture under the cherry blo...

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Two French sailors who missed their train explain the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oswego, New York. Belgian and Greek sailors talking with a Negro worke...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Melbourne, Australia. United States Army hospital. Exterior view of ho...

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

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Building No. 34, Department of...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-M Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sailors' Snug Harbor, North Gatehouse, Richmond Terrace, New Brighton,...

Significance: The Sailors' Snug Harbor is a home for aged seamen opened on Staten Island in 1833. This gatehouse is one of three on the grounds of the home and forms part of the institution's particularly rich ... More

New York State Soldiers & Sailors Home, Catholic Chapel and Administra...

Survey number: HABS NY-6339-O Public domain photograph of a chapel interior, church altar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ohio Soldiers' & Sailors' Home, Library, U.S. Route 250 at DeWitt Aven...

Significance: The Ohio Veterans' Home was established in 1886 as the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, the result of efforts by the Grand Army of the Republic to ensure state care for sick and destitute Ohio Ci... More

[Unidentified sailor in Union master's uniform with Navy officer's hat...

Case: Berg, no. 3-95. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth, Va., 2004. Forms part of: Liljenquist ... More

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