2,882 Seattle Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Bird's eye view of the city of Seattle, W.T., Puget Sound, county seat...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 974 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and 2 views. AACR2

Native Americans - Strikes with Nose

Portrait, half length, facing left. Copyright by Heyn. Photo no. 431. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI (Indians); Shelf.

Katwachsnea (Mrs. Shotridge) - Public domain portrait print

An old photo of a native american man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bird's-eye view of waterfront, Seattle, Washington]

H41716 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [The mountain sheep hunter--Sioux]

Man standing holding a rifle and a bow. H66975 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X1457-05. Copyright under title "The Sentinel." Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Storytelling

Group of Apache men, two on horseback, others seated, listening and looking on as one member of the party is marking the ground with a stick. Curtis no. 131(?). Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Libr... More

Cutting down a street with a steam-shovel,-Seattle, Washington

Edward S. Curtis - Singing deeds of valor

Two Dakota men playing hand drums outside of a tipi. H112943 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2490-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian ... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Parley, portrait of american indian man

Dakota men on horseback, one dismounted. H112944 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2491-08. On verso: Wounded Knee. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Amer... More

A young Nez Perce, Native Americans

Indian posed, full lgth., standing, facing slightly right. Photoprint copyrighted by Edward S. Curtis. Illus. in: Curtis, North American Indian, v. 8, oppos. p. 36. No. X2909. Ref. copy may be in E77.C98. This ... More

SEATTLE Naval reserves at concert

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

Edward S. Curtis - The scout--Nez Percé

Nez Percé man, seated on horse in a rocky area holding coup stick. J150241 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2925-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Am... More

Second Ave. and Marion St., Seattle, Wash., July 1889

Copyright by McManus. No. 18. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - A mat house, Skokomish

J182576 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3473-12. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Cur... More

Dewitt Hare [In American Indian headdress]

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Detroit Electric going from Seattle to Mt. Rainier]

Photo of automobile on mountain road in Washington State. Copyright by Cress-Dale Photo Co., Seattle. No copyright renewal. No. 191465. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card ... More

Women who braved perils of Siberia. A group of American women who retu...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC N.W. Division. Group title: Personnel, Groups. Gift; American National Red Cr... More

Appeal to the Great Spirit - Drawing. Public domain image.

Indian on horseback, on cliff by river, with arms held out from his sides, looking up to sky. K160852 U.S. Copyright Office Repro. of painting of sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin. Copyrighted by John Drescher Co. T... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hupa trout trap

Hupa man with spear looking in a fish trap. J262597 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3825. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. ... More

C.E. Blethen, Pub. of Seattle Times, 11/2/25

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

Chief Spotted Crow of the Sioux tribe of Pine Ridge, S.D. and his five...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1927 to Feb. 1930, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of C... More

A black and white photo of an airplane factory. Great Depression FFSA ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Black Empire - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congre...

Text on Poster: Federal Theatre Rainier & Atlantic CA. 1522 The Black Magic of Haiti in the story of the only man Napoleon feared “Black Empire” By Christine Ames Prices 25c 40c plus tax Feb 15th to 19th... More

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A landing wheel, with its huge rubber "...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Wing sections, each containing two powe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. Tail sections of B-17F (Flying Fortress...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Seattle, Washington. Boeing aircraft plant. Production of B-17F (Flyin...

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

A couple of women working on some kind of thing. Office of War Informa...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Production. B-17 heavy bomber. A woman riveter at the Boeing plant in ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Octopus punching machine working on pa...

Public domain photograph of electronic equipment, processor, control panel, technology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bomber. Sharon Arnott, punch press operator at...

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

Celebrate a revolutionary New Year's Eve at Club La Femme Rouge

Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northwest film premiere : Viva Portugal : a prize winning documentary ...

Cf. POS 6 - U.S., nos. 874 and 789 (same photograph used). Gift: Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

University Chevrolet, NE 45th Street & Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, Wash...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Gas stations, pumps and signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Road... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Bob's barber pole, Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Barber shop signs and poles, and beauty shop signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit li... More

Duwamish Drive-in Theater, E. Marginal Way, Seattle, Washington

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Drive-in theater signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-4). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside Am... More

Ferry in service in the San Juan Islands off Seattle, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

One of more than 50 street clocks in Seattle, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Street clock, Seattle, Washington

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Coffee bar along the highway in the Pacific northwest in Washington st...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Girl scouts at program featuring Rosa Parks, Arizona Cactus-Pine Girl ...

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress). "Seattle filmworks 27Jan92" printed on back.

Art in the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Art in the U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

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

Smith Tower, Seattle, Washington

The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. C... More

A fishmonger dispays part of the catch of the day at Seattle, Washingt...

There's arguably nothing more original and entertaining than fish throwing [there] the Seattle Bloggers Web site has proclaimed. That's open to debate, but there's no doubt that the tosses of freshly caught fis... More

Aerial view of Seattle, Washington, with a focus on the Dumawish Water...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-13) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Is Zat So - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

J. C. Penney Department Store, 5403-5407 1/2 Ballard Avenue, Seattle,...

Significance: Category 1 building in the Ballard Avenue Landmark District, a well preserved commercial section of an historic neighborhood community. / The J.C. Penney Department Store is a typical brick buildi... More

Fort Lawton, Guard House, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The only non-residential building on the post that was always used for its original purpose. Architecturally intact. Demonstrates the most extensive use of embossed metal that remains on the pos... More

Sand Point Naval Station Puget Sound, Building No. 26 South, 7400 Sand...

Survey number: HABS WA-224-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sand Point Naval Station Puget Sound, Building No. 26 South, 7400 Sand...

Survey number: HABS WA-224-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sand Point Naval Station Puget Sound, Building No. 26 South, 7400 Sand...

Survey number: HABS WA-224-B Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Fox Theater, Seventh Avenue & Olive Way, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The Music Hall Theatre in Seattle was an outstanding example of the golden age of the American picture palace. Designed in an eclectic Spanish Renaissance idiom, the theatre was considered the fi... More

Edward S. Curtis - The lost trail--Apache

Five Apaches on horseback in a half circle, in open area with sparse vegetation. H33846 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 117. LC no. 28. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Li... More

[Bennett, Seattle Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Fort Lawton, Double Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Schooner WAWONA, 1018 Valley Street, Seattle, King County, WA

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

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Pacific Aero Products Company, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-154 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work

Pacific Aero Products Company, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-154 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work

Pacific Aero Products Company, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-154 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work

Pacific Aero Products Company, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, ...

Survey number: HABS WA-154 Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work

Train De Luxe from New York, en route N.E.L.A. convention at Seattle, ...

J170517 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Wagner Electric Mfg. Co.; June 18, 1912. Copyright claimant's address: St. Louis, Mo.

Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Floating Bridge, Spanning Lake Washington at ...

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

Fort Lawton, Double Barracks, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: The second of the two-company barracks constructed on the post. Defines the southeast end of the oval parade ground opposite Officers Row. Completed March 31, 1904, from QMGO Plan No. 75-H. Ori... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

U.S. Immigrant Station & Assay Office, 815 Airport Way, Seattle, King ...

Significance: The U.S. Immigrant Station and Assay Office (Federal Building, Immigration and Naturalization Service), is significant both architecturally and culturally. Built for the Immigration and Naturaliza... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Fort Lawton, Single Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: The only remaining single residence on Officers Row, the second of its type removed in 1956 for the Air Defense installation on Washington Avenue. Designed for use of one senior officer's family,... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter FIR, Puget Sound Area, Seattle, King County, W...

Photos 1-33 were taken while the FIR was mothballed at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in Benicia, California. Significance: Designed a National Historic Landmark for her exceptional national significance, the FIR... More

Fort Lawton, Band Barracks, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Band Barracks has undergone only superficial alteration, retaining a strong sense of original interior spaces and finish. Exterior remains virtually intact. Completed March 31, 1904, from QMGO P... More

Montlake Bridge, Spanning Montlake Cut at State Route 513, Seattle, Ki...

Significance: This bridge, a Seattle landmark, is one of six bascule bridges based on a design developed by the City of Seattle which was derived from the Chicago bascule bridge type. It is unique because of i... More

Hoo Hoo House, University of Washington Campus, Seattle, King County, ...

Significance: This building represented a pivotal phase of Seattle architectural development. Reflecting an awareness of the American tradition of wooden architectural forms (as well as the superabundance of t... More

Aurora Avenue Bridge, Spanning Lake Washington Ship Channel, Seattle, ...

Significance: The Aurora Avenue Bridge, a nearly 3,000-foot steel cantilever structure is one of Seattle's longest and tallest spans. It provided an important early crossing of the Lake Washington Ship Canal f... More

Fort Lawton, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Fort Lawton, Washington, Seattle's only army post, was carved out of a dense conifer forest on Magnolia Bluff in 1898-1900. Spurred on by their chamber of commerce, Seattle citizens donated some ... More

"Good-bye, good friends, good-bye, we go to do or die," steamer Rosali...

Photograph shows steamer Rosalie at dock. Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley - Keystone View Co. No. 9064. Caption card tracings: Gold Traveling to; Steamboats Misc. ROSALIE; Wash. Seattle.

R-Boat Pirate, The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, King County, WA

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Lawton, Quartermaster Storehouse, Discovery Park, Seattle, King C...

Significance: This building converted from warehouse to office use during World War II. Completed March 31, 1905, from QMGO Plan No. 116-A. Original cost: $11,997. One and one-half story plus basement frame ... More

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Lightship No. 83 is one of three surviving lightships and "the oldest on the West Coast." Of the three surviving lightships, "only No. 83 has retained her original marine steam engine and machine... More

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Lightship No. 83 is one of three surviving lightships and "the oldest on the West Coast." Of the three surviving lightships, "only No. 83 has retained her original marine steam engine and machine... More

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Lightship No. 83 is one of three surviving lightships and "the oldest on the West Coast." Of the three surviving lightships, "only No. 83 has retained her original marine steam engine and machine... More

Lightship No. 83, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Lightship No. 83 is one of three surviving lightships and "the oldest on the West Coast." Of the three surviving lightships, "only No. 83 has retained her original marine steam engine and machine... More