seas

Bowles's new and accurate map of the world, or Terrestrial globe : lai...

Shows various expedition routes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and col. ill. Ancillary maps: Solar system -- Northern hemisphere -- Southern hemisphere -- Astronomical latitude and longitude analemma ... More

Daimotsu kaijō no tsuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows a Musashibo Benkei praying to appease the gods and calm the rough seas so that his ship may cross Daimotsu Bay safely. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Fuji [mori]goe no ryū - Public domain drawing

Print shows a dragon, emerged from the sea, climbing Mount Fuji; sailing ships are about to get hit with rough seas. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Konen Uehara - Hatō zu - Public domain drawing

Print shows ocean waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. No. 437. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Puck Magazine Illustration - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A book with a picture of a man riding a horse, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington,... More

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American bu...

Photograph shows Catalina flying boats flying from Singapore to patrol the seas. Caption continues: Their work takes them on long distance patrols from the civilisation of Singapore to sparsely inhabited islan... More

Bathers in the breaking waves of the Atlantic, Coney Island

H81136 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C.

Choicest of summer's pastimes - bathing in the Atlantic at Coney Islan...

Stereograph showing female bathers in foreground holding onto rope in ocean. H41257 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H.,... More

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

Number assigned by photographer: solo006. Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas]. nautical ch...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a c... More

Nami ni chidori - Public domain drawing

Print shows birds standing on rocks and in flight above waves at the seashore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Same as FP 2 - JPD, no.... More

East end of Lyttleton Island with life boat cove in distance

Photograph showing sea with snow-covered land beyond during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 77.

Twilight - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title and date from Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a photographic print of a painting signed "Alex Harrison." "F 9" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 029791. Gift; State Historical So... More

The European Partingtons / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows John Bull, representing "England", and a line of European rulers with the attributes of the Nicholas II "Russia", William II "Germany", Franz Joseph I "Austria", Emile Loubet "France", Victor... More

Zakat solnt︠s︡a v Gagrakh - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The chariot] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Marvellous Munchausen" by William Rose Benet, Century, 86:564 (Aug. 1913).

Zakat na mori︠e︡ - Color separation negative, public domain

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

Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior (16th-19th centuries), ...

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mediterranean Sea divided into its Principall parts or seas.

Based on La Mer Mediterraneʹe divisee enses Principales Parties, ou Mers by Nicolas Sanson. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Kanagawa - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows travelers walking up steep street with shops and inns on the left offering view of the ocean where ships are anchored or under sail.

"Have ye beheld the young god of the seas" / Ward ; Sartain.

Print shows a young boy with wings borne across the sea by three female figures. The title is a line from John Keats' poem "Hyperion". (DLC/PP-1998:151.32) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Lib... More

Ship at sea, under full sail, with five men in a rowboat under a parti...

Print shows a Victorian trade card from a series of nautical scenes with space for text advertising a particular product or service. For an example of how these cards were used for advertising, see: LOT 14100, ... More

[The breakers] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Konen Uehara - Hatō zu - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows ocean waves. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print. No. 436. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

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George Woodward - The voice of the ocean / K.

Illustration shows President Taft sitting on the seashore with a cluster of seashells around him that are labeled "H. Taft, Sherman, Knox, Aldrich, Ballinger, Root, [and] Cannon"; he is holding two labeled "Cha... More

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the midship section of a new me...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association Inc. Exhibit in Statler ...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seven Seas Restaurant, Miami, Florida. Exterior, general view

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

After a northeaster - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Zakat solnt︠s︡a v Gagrakh - Color separation negative, public domain

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

Cycloramic birds-eye views of Belize, British Honduras

J191045 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Frank E. Read; March 5, 1914.

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the six printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the six printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

Nami ni chidori - Public domain drawing

Print shows birds standing on rocks and in flight above waves at the seashore. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color wood... More

Woman leaning against cross on rock in middle of stormy sea near a shi...

13463 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designat... More

The Wave, autochrome color photo

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

[Twilight] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Chernomorskoe poberezhʹe

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

Keep the American flag on the seas Join the Navy--Enlist now-your coun...

Poster showing battleships at sea. Issued by City of Boston Committee on Public Safety. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Ocean waves. From side of boat, looking at large wave

Flotation bag manufacturing. There are as many types of flotation bags...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Micro-fossils can play an i...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Seals in the Arctic region starting on their long swim to southern sea...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Design drawing for stained glass window for Christ Church in Ponte Ve...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Carl Ritter Bay -- north side. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Photograph showing sea with chunks of ice and mountains beyond during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.

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 from another copy, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Steamer in the Arabian Sea near Bombay (?)

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

In the surf, Coney Island, N. Y., U. S. A

H10405 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1901 by R. R. Whiting. No. 8069.

Zakat na mori︠e︡ - Color separation negative, public domain

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

The flying dutchman / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a ship labeled "Republican Machine" with Nelson W. Aldrich at the helm and Henry C. Lodge, Joseph G. Cannon, Boies Penrose, James S. Sherman and Chauncey M. Depew hanging on. The ship is star... More

"And the waters were divided" / Kep.

Illustration shows Woodrow Wilson, as Moses, standing on a rock with left arm raised, at the parting of the seas labeled "Republican Split" through which a horde of Democrats labeled "Marshall, M'Combs, Bryan, ... More

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the midship section of a new me...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American bu...

British Official photo: K-1117. No. BO-698. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Young America in the surf, Coney Island

Stereograph showing children playing in the water. 63736Cp2s-2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1897 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Zakat solnt︠s︡a v Gagrakh, color separation n...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire,... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic... More

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

Boushū hota no kaigan - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers walking along the coastline at Hota, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More

Moonbeams dancing on the bosom of the deep

Stereograph showing moonlight on water, and sailing ships at anchor. aa24331 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Barker.

[Surf at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

If he has to take to water / Dalrymple.

Illustration showing John Bull as a sailor, floating in a life-preserver labeled "British Navy 800 War Ships", surrounded by huge waves labeled "Germany," "France," and "Russia." There are cannon barrels pointi... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Chernomorskoe poberezhʹe, photographic print

In album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire, LOT 10336, no. 319. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informa... More

[Flood tide]. Public domain reproduction.

A warm wave coming / Gordon Ross.

Illustration shows a beautiful young woman riding an ocean wave approaching the beach; also shows a lobster and a fish. Illus. in: Puck, v. 70, no. 1798 (1911 August 16), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

The close of the season - Public domain book illustration

Illustration shows a mermaid riding on the back of a sea serpent headed out to sea at the end of the summer season at a resort; she has turned to wave good bye to the resort staff on shore, who are in turn wavi... More

Seven Seas Restaurant, Miami, Florida. Detail of sign

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A new chart of the seas surrounding the island of Cuba with the soundi...

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. From The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. Oct. 1762, v. 21. In upper margin: For the London magazine 1762. LC Maps of North America, ... More

Suruga Satta no kaijō / Hiroshige-ga.

Japanese print shows a view of Mount Fuji from Satta Point in the Suruga Bay, with breaking waves in the foreground. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (in... More

Sunshū sattatōge, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows waves crashing on rocks at the base of a cliff on the coast, with ships in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Kazusa kuroto no ura Andō Hiroshige

Print shows small boats and large ships on large body of water, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Port Said, au clair de lune, photochrom print postcard

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Egypt. Port Said. By moonlight." Print no. "2173. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Walter; 2015; (DLC/PP-20... More

Just what might have been expected / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Willima McKinley sitting on the porch of a house labeled "Presidential Hopes", flying a banner that states "The Foreigner Pays the Tax", built on stilts on a sandy beach; a rising tide labeled "Busi... More

Hatō zu. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Print shows ocean waves. Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spectres of the north - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Surf near the Golden Gate, San Francisco

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image in (LOT 9062) lists title as: [San Francisco, Cal.] Surf near the Golden Gate. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53901". Forms part of: Photochrom... More

[The king of the seas in the hands of the Makahs, Neah Bay(?), Washing...

J151803 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The maid of the summer surf / Leon V. Solon.

Illustration shows a woman wearing a swimsuit, standing on a large fish that is splashing through waves. Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1788 (1911 June 7), cover. Copyright 1911 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Edward Penfield - [Men at sea in trawler]

"The ,500 prize story The Trawler by James B. Connolly in this number." Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Penfield, no. 54 (B size). Pen and ink drawing for color version with headings published in Collier... More

Miss Grace Gloria Ahr, chosen to be the modern emulator of Cleopatra i...

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

Tahiti Beach--a charming reminder of the South Seas, Coral Gables, Fla...

Thatched huts, palm trees by water, and sailboat. J283157 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26800.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This is the midship section of a new me...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the six printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the six printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935. F... More

[A rocky coast] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Design drawing for stained glass window for Christ Church in Ponte Ve...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yui, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on a street at the Yui station on the Tōkaidō Road, with cliffs and view of the sea in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

[Lifesaving crew at practice in the ocean, distant view]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Twilight - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Na ostrovi︠e︡ Kapri, Italy

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Seamen's Bank for Savings, 74 Wall St., New York City, ship models. So...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Zakat solnt︠s︡a v Gagrakh, color separation n...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire,... More

Tahiti Beach--a charming reminder of the South Seas, Coral Gables, Fla...

Three people on bridge in foreground. J283158 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26800-A.

Nami ni tsuru - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Sunrise on the coast - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. J.P. & L. E. is located on bottom left. Category d... More

General view to the north from point in Kane's Sea about 12 miles east...

Photograph showing sea with land beyond during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition.

"What are the wild waves saying, sister?" / Gillam.

Illustration shows James G. Blaine, dressed like a farmer with a patch labeled "Vindication" on his pants, standing next to John A. Logan who is dressed as a girl; they are on a beach looking out to sea, watchi... More

[Waves breaking on rocks] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0069.11). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

In distress, three children standing on a piece of shipwreck debris lo...

389[20] 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. Knapp Co., Lith., c... More