32,545 Social life Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Uzuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man serenading, holding a flute in one hand, standing outside a window through which two women are visible.

Kōkan Shiba - Tamagiku dōrō, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a woman and a young girl; the woman is pointing with her right hand toward a view of a busy street in a city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More

William Austin - [The Duchess of Queensberry and Soubise], British Car...

A fencing match between a Black man and the Duchess whose face is concealed by a fencing mask. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5120.... More

Sanbashi no danjo, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows two women standing at the end of a dock next to a young man sitting in a boat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ver... More

Niwa no hanami, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women resting in a park while viewing cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: part of a vertical Ob... More

Matsubaya uchi somenosuke, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows the courtesan Somenosuke with two young female attendants/apprentices. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical ... More

Yaoya oshichi koshō kichiza - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman looking at pictures(?). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Attributed to: Ko... More

Hojo Katei - Tori awase - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a large section of text and two men holding roosters and a woman feeding a rooster. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Form... More

Nidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the young samurai Rikiya placing a gift in front of Konami with her mother standing behind her and Honzo observing from behind a screen, from act 2 of the chushingura. Title and other descriptive in... More

Miyamōde suru bijin - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women and a young male attendant. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baika saru hiku musume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two women walking a monkey with a plum tree and mountains in the background.

[Two men playing a game or gambling, possibly involving dice of some s...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

The Sabbath among slaves - Public domain scan / engraving

Illustration showing Afro-American dancing, playing banjo, and resting. Illus. in: Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, New York, 1849, p. 38. Published in: The African-America... More

[Chinese and others on small bridge, with tower in background, Niagara...

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

Ball given by the City of New York to the Japan[es]e embassy at the Me...

Print shows many people seated and standing at a ball in the ballroom of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York City, New York. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 183 (1860 June 30), pp. 408-09.

[Men and women sitting around a table in a tearoom, eating and drinkin...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 265. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

The day of Jubelo / E. B. Bensell, pinxt ; photo. and pub. by Phil. Ph...

Photograph shows African Americans (freed slaves?) celebrating in a plantation house, includes couples dancing and children playing. The photograph reproduces a work by the artist Edward Bensell. Entered accor... More

Obshchestvennyia uveseleniia Sredneaziiatsev. Pliaska batchei mal'chik...

Photograph shows a group of male musicians posed with several young dancing boys. One boy is being dressed for a dance.

Portrait photo of Tadzhikskie svadebnye obriady. Brakosochetanie (hikk...

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the ground. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 72. "Hikkakh" translated from Arabic as "Islamic wedding ceremony."

[Japanese man, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing minister's ...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

The little musician / Brett Lith. Co., N.Y.

Print shows a scene on a decorative plate with a young man sitting next to a tree, playing a recorder, with a young girl leaning on this knee, her hat on the ground at his feet. Copyright 1882 by J.L. Blamire.

The Chinese picnic, Iona Island--celestial musicians / drawn by W.A. R...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 June 23, p. 385. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coffee garden, Damascus. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Four people in coffee garden, Damascus, with one woman using a water pipe. 16390, 16446(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Robert E.M. Bain.

The phœnix-like "summer girl" / Ehrhart.

Print shows a female figure with wings rising from the flames of summer romances that are burning out as the season comes to an end; she leaves behind many broken-hearted men on the beach at a summer resort. C... More

Seminary girls / motion picture

"A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic, and are interrupted by a teacher. One girl makes herself very conspicuous by crawling under a bed. 50 foot strip"--Edison films catalog. 248... More

Ko-se-Kaw-nuck, the gambling game of the squaws

6313 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The hired help "bugaboo" / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a series of vignettes illustrating how women's social life impacts their domestic life, their problems with servants, the troubles neglected children get into, and how home life can be improv... More

For the favored few / Ehrhart. - Public domain engraving

Illustration shows an attractive young woman talking to a handsome young man at the theater; they are discussing the benefits of marriage. Caption: Miss Blossom But a married man always has some one to share ... More

Concerning the American girl / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a priest standing on the left holding a paper that states "The steady decline of womanhood from its old ideals"; Puck pulls back a curtain to reveal women in many roles in society, such as do... More

The snowbound elopement / Stuart Travis '05.

Illustration shows a young couple and their driver standing in the snow outside the door to a building where a "stag" party is in progress; they are being invited in by two men at the door. Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

On Deep Red Creek - sitting around dead coyote #2

Group of hunters seated in circle around dead coyotes. H65328 U.S. Copyright Office.

President Roosevelt & Capt. Fitzhugh Lee

Dorothy Cambell, George Grantham Bain Collection

Dorothy Cambell, British golf champion, holding golf club. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Ladies' day at the club / Gordon Grant '10.

Illustration shows a crowded dining room with mostly women and a few men, the women are helping themselves to the table settings and other items that will fit into their purses; an insert shows the horrified re... More

Why girls leave home / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a mother sitting on a porch with a searchlight trained on her daughter and her boyfriend as they fly overhead in an airplane. Caption: The Maid-in-the-Air (to her Steady) I think it's awful... More

Arnold Genthe and a woman friend at a social event

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe riding Chesty - Public domain portrait photograph

Title devised. Photograph of Arnold Genthe by an unknown photographer. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943.

Arnold Genthe riding Chesty. Public domain artistic photography.

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two Girl Scouts building a fire in camp]

J172893 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-143820.

Boy Scouts at Hunter's Island. Writing to the folks at home

Boy writing letter and three other boys in tent, Hunter's Island, New York.

Just between friends / J. Held ; painted by Jack Held.

Illustration shows two young women talking on a beach. Caption: "Julian has saved my life nine times this year." / "So that is what he meant when he called you a cat!" Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1956 (1914 Au... More

Just to be conspicuous / Nels. Greene '14.

Illustration shows a group of women colorfully dressed and with their hair in the latest fashions, and a couple who distinguishes themselves by their black and white clothing and conventional hairstyle. Captio... More

[Woman getting into back seat of car as chauffeur holds door, Washingt...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Orme Thornberry, balloon girl at the Near East Relief Benefit Gar...

Woman holding balloons. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Combat Team at dance, Camp Sh...

Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, War Department. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Louise Rosskam and others passing dishes at al fresco meal in Puerto ...

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nat King Cole - Public domain portrait photograph

Photographs show singer Nat King Cole performing and socializing. Includes Cole performing in a nightclub; performing for patients at a Chicago hospital; visiting a church and playing piano with choir member; d... More

Nat King Cole - Public domain portrait photograph

Photographs show singer Nat King Cole performing and socializing. Includes Cole performing in a nightclub; performing for patients at a Chicago hospital; visiting a church and playing piano with choir member; d... More

Caricature, A base hit / Thomas Worth., public domain cartoon image

Cartoon showing fat black man hit in the stomach by ball as three black players race for the ball. Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series.

Oral history with 16 year old white female, Jackson, Kentucky (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 18 year old (Appalachian) white female. Lives in Jackson, KY; freshman at Lees junior College. Interview at... More

Modern Sons of the Pharaohs: A Study of the Manners and Customs of the...

Because this book is tightly bound, the final letters are missing at the end of words in the inside margins on pages at the front and back of the book. (General) See especially Part II, chapters 1 and 2: "The O... More

[Prodigal son], British Cartoon Print

Print shows scene in a bordello where the Prince of Wales lounges on a sofa next to a large, bare-breasted woman, probably representing Charles James Fox. A second bare-breasted woman,lounges at the feet of the... More

Letters from a senator's wife, by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Picryl description: Public domain book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

How d'y do?. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph for book illustration shows two women, in mid-19th century period costumes, standing in a doorway greeting each other. Published title. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjam... 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

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from July 20, 1883 to October 6, 1884

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in the United States of America : containing an account of the ...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows scene in and around a yoshiwara with women playing musical instruments, eating & drinking, walking with their Chinese guests, and boating along the coastline.

Octagon House, Ice House, 1799 New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington,...

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Octagon, designed by Dr. WIlliam Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol Building and other Washington structures, was built by Colonel John Tayloe III be... More

Dai shichi, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print, possibly from act seven of the Chūshingura, shows a dinner party with several geishas and four men sitting around a table, one man telling an amusing tale and one woman, standing, uses chopsticks to meas... More

Kamoi Theater, Ala Malama Avenue & Kamoi Street, Kaunakakai, Maui Coun...

Significance: The Kamoi Theater is one of three buildings on the island of Molokai that were built expressly as movie theaters. Only the Kamoi, in the town of Kaunakakai, remains; the others, in the towns of M... More

Old Beersheba Inn, Armfield Avenue, Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, ...

Significance: The Beersheba Springs Hotel was constructed in stages under a succession of owners. The present form is the result of extensive additions made by Col. John Armfield in 1855-1856. His contributio... More

Old Beersheba Inn, Armfield Avenue, Beersheba Springs, Grundy County, ...

Significance: The Beersheba Springs Hotel was constructed in stages under a succession of owners. The present form is the result of extensive additions made by Col. John Armfield in 1855-1856. His contributio... More

Holiday Bowl, 3730 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: Constructed in 1958, and operated by Japanese businessmen, the Holiday Bowl became an ethically diverse community center to area residents. It was originally open 24 hours a day to accommodate the... More

Holiday Bowl, 3730 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: Constructed in 1958, and operated by Japanese businessmen, the Holiday Bowl became an ethically diverse community center to area residents. It was originally open 24 hours a day to accommodate the... More

Holiday Bowl, 3730 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: Constructed in 1958, and operated by Japanese businessmen, the Holiday Bowl became an ethically diverse community center to area residents. It was originally open 24 hours a day to accommodate the... More

Holiday Bowl, 3730 Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County...

Significance: Constructed in 1958, and operated by Japanese businessmen, the Holiday Bowl became an ethically diverse community center to area residents. It was originally open 24 hours a day to accommodate the... More