47 Shorts Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

47 media by topic ∙ page 1 of 1

As in a looking glass - movie film screenshot

Opens on a split stage set of two rooms with a door and wall between them. In the living or dining room on the left of the frame, an elderly, bearded man sits at a table, reading the newspaper. In the bedroom o... More

[Dr. B.F. Roller, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearin...

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

Clifford Shorts reading the evening paper. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Clifford Shorts leaving for work. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Duel scene, "By right of sword"

Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a lake surrounded by forest. A bearded man wrapped in a dark cloak and wearing a dark fur shako--apparently the novel's character of Major Devinsky--stands stage left... More

[Beatrice Baxter Ruyl in white and Ruth Ruyl in shorts on couch, holdi...

Image content features: MODELS Beatrice Baxter Ruyl and Ruth Ruyl; PROP books; PEOPLE women, girls, families. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the ... More

[Hick Cady of Boston Red Sox wins foot race with Jack O'Brien (Boston ...

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

The Shorts family at dinner. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Detroit, Michigan. Buying men's shorts in the Crowley-Milner departmen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Jack Johnson, full-length portrait, standing facing front, wearing bo...

J144582 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic postcard from Wagner and Caywood, Chicago. Plate 21. Copyright 1910, by E.S. Caywood. Exhibited: "The Sports Show" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis,... More

[Beatrice Baxter Ruyl in white, with Ruth Ruyl in shorts on couch, rea...

Model: Beatrice Baxter Ruyl & Ruth Ruyl. "=1" pencil, lower center. Props: Books. People: Women, girls, families. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of ... More

[Ruth Ruyl in shorts on divan (sofa w/out back), reclining, holding do...

Image content features: MODEL Ruth Ruyl; PEOPLE girls. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Louise Im... More

The Shorts family at dinner. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

The tramp's unexpected skate - movie film screenshot

On a stage with a painted backdrop of a terrace overlooking a park, a man identified as a tramp by his ragged costume and beard lies asleep against a potted palm tree. Two boys enter from screen right, each rol... More

Betsy Ross dance - vaudeville film

Opens on a bare stage with a painted backdrop of an interior theater wall and pillar. From screen right, a woman in a short, ruffled dress and sash, tights, and ballet slippers, with long, dark hair worn in cur... More

The extra turn motion picture - movie film screenshot

Camera is positioned as if in the audience of a vaudeville show. A man and two women, all in evening clothes, are seated in a theater box to the left of a stage with curtains and a painted backdrop of trees. A ... More

Clifford Shorts comes home from work. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Mrs. Shorts washing the dishes. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Clifford Shorts' children playing. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sandow motion picture - movie film screenshot

Strong-man Eugene (Eugen) Sandow poses in a long shot on a bare stage against a black background, wearing only tight trunks and laced sandals. He begins with his arms folded against his chest, looking off scree... More

The Shorts children playing on the steps of their home. Aliquippa, Pen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Shorts cooking dinner. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Asian woman in shorts, cape, and feathered hat]

X1254 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1892 by Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." Lower left corner missing. No. 21. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Dancing boxing match, Montgomery and Stone

Very short vaudeville turn from the well-known team of Montgomery and Stone. Appears to have been filmed outdoors in front of black paper taped up on a wall as a backdrop. Two men box in a comedic manner, with ... More

Clifford Shorts and family reading about homes for workers. Aliquippa,...

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

The Shorts family at dinner. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Jack Johnson, full-length portrait, standing facing front, wearing bo...

The Shorts family at dinner. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Shorts family on their front porch. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

The Shorts family in their living room. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

A wake in "Hell's Kitchen" - movie film screenshot

Takes place on a rather plain room set, with a single religious picture and a coat hanging from the plain, white walls. An open coffin sits in the center of the room, with its lid leaning against the back wall.... More

Eunice Morgan wearing shorts - Public domain portrait photograph

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

[Ruth Ruyl in shorts on divan, back to camera, examining Japanese prin...

On verso: "8̄" lower right, pencil. Image content features: MODELS Ruth Ruyl; PEOPLE girls. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guin... More

Kruger and Ward motion picture - movie film screenshot

Opening title introduces "Kruger and Ward, the tall and short of it." The camera iris opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a canyon and waterfall. Two clowns walk across the stage: a dwarf with a fake ba... More

The serenaders motion picture - movie film screenshot

Opens on a stage set of a two-story brick building. Two street serenaders in rather shabby clothes stand outside the building, one playing a trombone and the other what appears to be a clarinet. A young woman a... More

Clifford Shorts reading the funnies to his daughter. Aliquippa, Pennsy...

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

From show girl to burlesque queen

Opens on a dressing room set with a mirror, dressing table, and chair center stage and a folded dressing screen on the left. A smiling, dark-haired woman enters through the door on stage right, unbuttoning a fu... More

Toto Brothers motion picture - movie film screenshot

Opening title identifies this as a "balancing and iron jaw novelty act." Cuts to a long shot of a stage with a carpet and dark curtains as a backdrop, in front of which stand four chairs and a table. From stage... More

Animal act with baboon, dog and donkey

Opens on a closeup of a baboon "playing" a violin, then cuts to a medium shot of the same. The baboon wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a loose bow tie and tweed pants. Cuts to a closeup of the baboon in a... More

Clifford Shorts, a roller at the steel plant. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Alphonse and Gaston, no. 3 - movie film screenshot

Opens on a set of a saloon or tavern with a long bar and pictures on the wall that include boxers, a ballerina, and a reclining female. At the end of the bar stands the bartender, reading a newspaper. Two men d... More

Three jumping Tommies motion picture

Opening title introduces "Three jumping Tommies in their original acrobatic stunts," with "Tommies" apparently referring to the performers' British military uniform costumes of caps, shirts and ties, knickers t... More

Clifford Shorts and family. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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

Washington, D.C. Sally Dessez (in shorts), a student at Woodrow Wilson...

Public domain photograph related to Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tom Tinker's pony patter - movie film screenshot

Camera iris opens to six ponies with decorated harnesses and plumed halters, standing in the center of a stage with a painted backdrop of mountains. Cuts to two ponies on a seesaw, with a moustached man in a wh... More

Expert bag punching motion picture

A man stands on a stage with a painted backdrop of a forest, as if performing a vaudeville act. To the right of the frame is a sign on an easel identifying him as "Gus Keller, Novelty Bag Puncher, New Polo A.A.... More

Jumbo, the trained elephant - movie film screenshot

Camera iris opens from black to a smiling man standing in front of an elephant, who is seated on her haunches on a stool with her front legs raised in the air. They are apparently on a stage with a painted back... More

library of congress

aliquippa

aliquippa pa

beaver county

film

united states history

motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division

safety film negatives

vaudeville

shorts