snakes

Caricature, The temptation / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Print shows John Kelly as the serpent labeled "Tammany" in the Garden of Eden offering an apple labeled "Harmony" from a tree labeled "Bossism" to "H.O. Thompson", as Adam, labeled "County Democracy" and Alexan... More

The good St. Ingersoll calling the banished snakes back to the nationa...

"Free Whiskey" and "20 cents per gallon" on snakes. Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, person, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park I

Old negative number: 2111. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910... More

A black and white photo of a city street, Tennessee. Farm Security Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of people sitting on hay bales, Tennessee. Far...

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

Snakes have bad manners

Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Illmo. D.D. Rogerio du Plesseis Dno. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfor...

Frontispiece illustration shows nude elderly male angel holding scythe and appearing to eat a fragment of a sculpture as two putti stand nearby and hold a coat of arms and a snake bites its tail on the floor. I... More

Our Father who art in Heaven - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

4575 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. Crider, H. M. Hoen (A.... More

[Snakes in water] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Tel Aviv Zoo. Pair of serpent eagles (feed on snakes & lizards)

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dis-information / Valtman '92. - Public domain portrait drawing

Editorial cartoon drawing showing hands labeled "Russia" stuffing letters that spell "Human Rights in Estonia" into a meat grinder labeled "Dis-Information" and displaying a hammer & sickle "Brand Mark"; as one... More

[Snake coiled around the letter T]

Illustration of a snake with an apple in its mouth, coiled around the capital letter T.

Cotton snakes (waste cotton) on Cotton Row, Front Street, Memphis, Ten...

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

The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...

Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More

This is what the "freedom of worship" bill means - can we hold the evi...

Illustration shows a female figure with a shield labeled "Tolerance" and a sword labeled "Knowledge", using a cord labeled "Equality" to hold back a large snake labeled "Freedom Worship Bill" that has ensnared ... More

Carrying the snakes. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Pueblo Indians at snake dance, New Mexico. D19810 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman.

Perhaps if I feed him he'll go to sleep

Rabbit "Idealist" holding pail of "sweet stuff" to feed "Bolsheviki" snake in desolate landscape. Variant title on verso: Perhaps after he is fed he'll go to sleep. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of... More

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park V

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

In danger. Puck: "What are you going to do about it?" / Keppler.

Cartoon showing snake, representing monopolies involving senators, with tail wrapped around dome of the U.S. Capitol, facing personification of "Liberty", and "Puck" asking Uncle Sam, "What are you going to do ... More

Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More

Join or Die. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Benjamin Franklin's warning to the British colonies in America "join or die" exhorting them to unite against the French and the Natives, shows a segmented snake, "S.C., N.C., V., M., P., N.J., N.Y., [and] N.E."... More

[Flamingos and snake] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Il faut vaincre la tuberculose comme le plus malfaisant des reptiles

A hand squeezing the throat of a snake. The snake is dripping venom. Translation of title: We must conquer tuberculosis like the most wretched of reptiles. Signed: Géo Dorival, 18//G. Capon. Designed in appa... More

Tel Aviv Zoo. Rat nearly engulfed in snakes mouth

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man walking down a sidewalk. Great Depres...

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

New York's St. Patrick / F. Opper.

Print shows Mayor William L. Strong as St. Patrick standing outside "N.Y. City Hall", holding a long crosier labeled "Power to Remove", driving away snakes and frogs labeled "Tammany Office-Holder, Tammany Heel... More

[Anteater and snake] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938.0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More

Takezaiku no hebi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman and a man looking at a toy snake made out of bamboo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kogata Nishikie Surim... More

Portrait photo of Navajos - Public domain portrait print

Group of Pueblo Indians, three men in front holding snakes, two Caucasian men in center. H56693 U.S. Copyright Office. Title taken from item. Copyright by Gerhard Sisters. On verso: Faded image of girl reclining on sofa.

A whimsical pedestrian-crossing sign in the "ghost town," some of whic...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The brazen serpent / painted by Gustave Doré ; engraved by Alphonse Fr...

Serpent on cross and people being attacked by serpents. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and ...

Addressed to Mrs. A.C. Elsbree, Lewis Centre, Delaware Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Leopard and snake - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Snake dancer and "Hugger" [A]

Hopi men performing snake dance ceremony, others watch in background. Curtis no. 1098-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. C... More

Fredericksburg tour, black snake

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

Reptiles. Snake handling, Washington DC

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

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Patrick of Irelan...

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

Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus...

Astronomical chart showing an owl, raven, ornate bowl, sextant, snake, cat, wolf, centaur, air pump, and a ship forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 32.

Cotton "snakes," waste cotton picked from floors of sampling and class...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Snake artist on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angles, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St Patrick with shamr...

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

La Nation française assisteé de Mr. De la Fayette terrasse le despotis...

Marquis de Lafayette assisting the French nation (Marie) trampling figure in sarcophagus with wings and hair of snakes while nude figure is attached by serpents. Possibly purchased by George IV from William Ho... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia holding American flag and cornuco...

Addressed to Miss Julia A. Barnes, Granville, Bradford Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Verse from song Starry Flag by John Savage: We must keep that flag where it e'er has stood; In front of the free, the wise, ... More

The infant Hercules and the Standard Oil serpents / Frank A. Nankivell...

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as the infant Hercules fighting large snakes with the heads of Nelson W. Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller. Illus. in: Puck, v. 59, no. 1525 (1906 May 23), cover. Copyright ... More

Hopi Indian study #22 - Public domain portrait print

Hopi Indian with three snakes around his shoulders. J267391R U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ralph Murphy, Ingleside Inn, Phoenix, Ariz.

New York's St. Patrick / F. Opper.

Print shows Mayor William L. Strong as St. Patrick standing outside "N.Y. City Hall", holding a long crosier labeled "Power to Remove", driving away snakes and frogs labeled "Tammany Office-Holder, Tammany Heel... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing St. Patrick of Irelan...

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

Until this monster is destroyed, there is no peace

Drawing shows an allegorical figure labeled "Civilization" holding a large sword and shield labeled "England, France, Russia, Italy, [and] U.S." facing a large serpent, possibly meant to represent Kaiser Wilhel... More

Join or Die - A newspaper with a picture of a snake on it

Benjamin Franklin's warning to the British colonies in America "join or die" exhorting them to unite against the French and the Natives, shows a segmented snake, "S.C., N.C., V., M., P., N.J., N.Y., [and] N.E."... More

[Title page of De magnete, with serpent wound about wooden T staff cla...

Title page in: De magnete / William Gilbert. Londini: Excudebat Petrus Short, 1600. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 15.

[Snake charmers, India] - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photo shows three men, one man squatting before a cobra in a pot, holding the snake with his right hand and making a fist with his left in front of the snake's head, the second man is standing with a large snak... More

[Samanthy kills the rattlesnake]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Kid" by Elizabeth B. Custer, St. Nicholas, 27:976 (Sept. 1900).

[Three Native American men, in traditional clothing, posed as if perfo...

H55951 U.S. Copyright Office. Written on photograph: Snake Dance, copyright by Gerhard Sisters, St. Louis, 1904. Photograph was taken at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.

Edward S. Curtis - [Singing to the snakes, Shipolovi]

Three Hopi Indians with snakes, New Mexico. H87216 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2006-06. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S... More

Laocoon in the toils / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Uncle Sam as Laocoön with two men, one labeled "Business" and the other labeled "Labor", entwined with snakes labeled "Tariff Uncertainty", with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Illus. in... More

The day - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lightning from Statue of Liberty torch striking snake with German helmet. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, July 4, 1918, p. 5.

Hopi Indian study #28 - Public domain portrait print

Hopi Indian with painted face and body and snake in mouth. J267397R U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ralph Murphy, Ingleside Inn, Phoenix, Ariz.

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park III

Public domain image related to botany, botanical artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swallowed! / J.S. Pughe. - Victorian era public domain image

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as a large snake labeled "Populist Party" entwined around a donkey labeled "Democratic Party" and about to swallow it. Illus. in: Puck, v. 47, no. 1218 (1900 July 11),... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in talon attackin...

Addressed to Samuel Raubensti[ne?], Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio; postmarked Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Phot... More

[Snake looking at nest] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Antoine-Louis Barye - Leopard and snake

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "Barye" at Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 43. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park IV

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

A pile of hay sitting on the side of a building. Great Depression FFSA...

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

A black and white photo of a pile of rocks. Great Depression FSA photo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

In danger. Puck: "What are you going to do about it?" / Keppler.

Cartoon showing snake, representing monopolies involving senators, with tail wrapped around dome of the U.S. Capitol, facing personification of "Liberty", and "Puck" asking Uncle Sam, "What are you going to do ... More

The brazen serpent / painted by Gustave Doré ; engraved by Alphonse Fr...

Serpent on cross and people being attacked by serpents. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversation with 16 year old white female, Arkansas (Transcript)

The air-serpent / Frank A. Nankivell 1909.

Illustration shows a large winged-serpent wearing a friendly mask, frightening the passengers aboard an airship. Caption: Which of our aerial navigators will report him first? Illus. in: Puck, v. 65, no. 1689 ... More

La calavera del cólera morbo, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Broadside shows a man with the body of a snake in the center of a group of skulls, representing the disease cholera, his arms are outstretched and tongue out. Flying insects surround him. The skulls that surrou... More

Nieder mit dem Bolschewismus. Bolschewismus bringt Krieg und Verderben...

Poster showing man struggling with a snake. Text: Down with Bolshevism. Bolshevism brings war and destruction, hunger and death.

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park II

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

A group of men standing next to each other on a sidewalk, Tennessee. F...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The mongoose / O. Herford. - Public domain book illustration

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A child's primer of natural history / Oliver Herford. New York : Charles Scr... More

Conversation with two eleven year old Native American males, New Mexi...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC Two 11 year old Native American males. Snakes, dogs, hunting, movies

[Anteater and snake] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938.0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Snake charmers handling the deadly hooded cobra - Delhi, India

H31364 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of ethnic groups in India, ethnography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - Attenti! ...veleno! / Zamo. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows a hand strangling a snake decorated with the German Iron Cross. Text: Attention! The German viper is taken. It is now necessary to pull out the poisonous teeth!

[The Brownies on Palawan] - Public domain book illustration

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Brownies in the Philippines / Palmer Cox. New York : The Century Co., 1904.

The Great Anaconda or Creature of the Woods McAllister & Bro. optician...

Photograph shows montage with photograph of Major General McClellan's head on cartoon body of a snake. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Macrafly, March 2016... More

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park I

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

Il sogno di Giacò Slonfer Grossi

Italian political cartoon shows an Austrian soldier asleep beneath a tree on the lower right, he is holding two cats labeled "Trieste" and "Tirolo" by their tails; a large snake labeled "Prussia" is coiled arou... More

Conversation with 16 year old white female, Arkansas (Transcript)

Conversation with 16 year old white female, Arkansas (Transcript)

Conversation with 16 year old white female, Arkansas (Transcript)

Conversation with 16 year old white female, Arkansas (Transcript)

The Lord's prayer - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Buttre, J. C. Croome, W. Category designation on o... More

The nation's ward / Hamilton. - Public domain dedication image

Cartoon showing a snake portrayed as a Native American coiled around a pioneer family, squeezing the life out of them, and around a tree; Uncle Sam is feeding the snake from a bowl of "Government Gruel"; in the... More

Puck magazine cover - Another Saint Patrick? / L. Glackens.

Illustration shows President William H. Taft as Saint Patrick wearing a miter with the spectacles and grin of Theodore Roosevelt on it, and carrying Roosevelt's big stick wrapped in "His Policies", striding ash... More

Fredericksburg tour, black snake

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Meet Sebastian and Julius - Public domain portrait print

Little Mary McDowell, 9 year old student of the Grant School, exhibiting a boa constrictor and a garter snake. National Photo Company Collection.

Oregon. - The new Indian war - attack by the Umatilla Indians upon hos...

Umatilla chief signalling, with mirror, from cliff, to Indians below. Public domain scan of the drawing or etching, riding horses, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spiral horse attacked by snake - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

Print shows a horse with spiral design body and a large snake coiled around its neck and forequarter. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on verso, obscured by linen backing. Forms part of: Popular graphi... More

Conversation with two eleven year old Native American males, New Mexi...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC Two 11 year old Native American males. Snakes, dogs, hunting, movies

Conversation with two eleven year old Native American males, New Mexi...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC Two 11 year old Native American males. Snakes, dogs, hunting, movies

The American rattle snake, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, Brit...

Cartoon shows "American" snake, the emblem used by Americans as a device on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes, with two of three coils around units of British soldiers, commanded by Burgoy... More

Mark Catesby - [Caffena vera Floridanorum, coffee plant with green sna...

Illus. in: The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands / Mark Catesby. London, 1731-1743. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1... More

Reptiles. Snakes in National Zoological Park III

Old negative number: 2111. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910... More

"Medicine men" with squirming rattlesnakes, odd homes of the Cliff Dwe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.