32,546 Social life Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Hagi no tamagawa, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women, one holding a lantern, looking at bushclover on the banks of the Tama River. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. ... More

Hanami, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women and a young female student or attendant at the Yoshiwara looking at cherry blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005... More

Tales of wonder! / Js. Gillray, inv. & ft., British Cartoon Print

Print shows three women sitting at a round table listening intently to a fourth who reads from The Monk by M. G. Lewis, one volume of which lies beside her on the table. (Source: George) Catalogue of Political... More

Francois Seraphin Delpech - Les fumeurs L. Boilly ; G? lith. de Delpec...

Print shows two men, possibly porters, exchanging a light from one another's pipes; one man is seated on rocks or bundles and the other is seated on the frame for carrying bundles on his back. Forms part of: P... More

Yushima shōkintei, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women serving tea to men in a tearoom, drinking tea, reading, and writing; view of Edo through opening in rear. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Fumi yomu musume, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a young woman, full-length, standing, facing left, reading a letter. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby The keepsake / Steph...

Print shows Lady Ermengarde, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, holding two letters in her hands on her lap, she has her head tilted slightly forward and to her left as she ponders the content... More

The Christmas week - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card showing African Americans at Christmas party. No. 2, no. 58. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Evreikskie [sic] svadebnye obriady. Svidaniia zhenikha s neviestoi (ku...

Photograph shows the bride groom (second from left) and his father(?) meeting the bride's parents (on right). The bride is seated in the doorway. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡...... More

Portrait photo of Zaravshanskii okrug. Urok chistopisaniia

Photograph shows fourJewish men seated on the ground next to two large covered bundles. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 79.

Love letter - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young woman leaning over a balcony, handing an envelope to an unseen person. E7346 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright stamp with date and numb... More

[Two views of a paper lantern, full and with the paper collapsed]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and... More

Domestic cat - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows a Japanese Bobtail cat, full-length, standing, facing left. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Social life" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection.... More

The corner of the sofa, no. 3. 19th century Japan. Public domain image...

Print shows a woman, three-quarter length, seated on the edge of a sofa. Title from mount. Stamped on verso: Atelier Ed. Degas. Ex-coll.: Edgar Degas (Lugt 658), H.G. Wittemore (Lugt 1342). Breeskin, 16 America... More

Chair and cago - Public domain drawing

Photograph shows men carrying a woman in a sedan chair and a woman in a palanquin (or kago) on a street in front of a building. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in the upper right and a seated woma... More

Harper's August / Edward Penfield., Harpers magazine posters

Man with umbrella and copy of Harper's Monthly, standing in a plaza, facing left. Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1893.

The Boston Sunday Hearld - ladies want it Feb. 24 / Boston Eng. Co. ; ...

Print shows a portrait of a woman, half-length, right profile, sitting, reading a newspaper, with flowers in the background. Possibly a self-portrait by artist Ethel Reed. Exhibited: "Craft and Modernity : Pro... More

Ladies change - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Five African Americans, four women dancing and a man seated in a chair playing the accordian. Copyright by Alfred S. Campbell. No. 659.

Poster - Hoyt's A stranger in New York - Public domain lithograph

Caption: A woman is always as old as she looks, but a man is as old as he feels. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Hoyt & McKee, proprietors. N.Y. no. 7921. Forms ... More

Under the mistletoe - Public domain portrait print

Woman standing under mistletoe. Copyright by E.J. McCullag[...] Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of the causes / Keppler. - Public domain print

Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull ice skating with a young woman labeled "American Girl" skating between them. Caption: The American girl is drawing them closer together. Illus. from Puck, v. 44, no. 1138, (... More

[Interior view of "Dr. McDougald's Drug Store"]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 285. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in... More

[Interior view of unidentified auditorium in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 324. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Speculative / Gallaway.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows two young Irish women talking at a stand selling "Soda Water" next to a busy city street. Caption: Maggie He's going ter buy me an autermobile - dat's wat! / Katie An autermobile, eh? An' ... More

Street car chivalry / motion picture

"Scene shows interior of crowded street-car. A young lady enters and every man in the car offers her his seat. Presently an elderly stout lady with arm full of bundles enters. All male passengers immediately bu... More

Portrait photo of Oyouaku San (?) and her samisen

Japanese woman seated on floor holding a three-stringed Japanese instrument.

The President, Goff and Borah "sizing up" one of the dead bears after ...

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt and party hunting a bear in the woods. H62198 U.S. Copyright Office.

Theodore Roosevelt - The President rowing

Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt, facing front, rowing a canoe. H65280-85 U.S. Copyright Office. (back of mount).

Miss Roosevelt and the Royal Princesses

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and other women and men in formal clothing, on decorated lawn.

Edward S. Curtis - On the housetop--Hopi

Photo shows women seated and standing on pueblo buildings. H87185 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from caption card and item. Curtis no. 1974-06. On verso: Hopi life. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Li... More

Squaw dance Pine Ridge S.D. / photo made by S.D. Butcher & Son, Kearne...

Photograph shows a group of Sioux women, standing in the background, facing front, wearing headdresses, and a group of Sioux women sitting in the foreground turned away from the viewer; in the middle distance a... More

President Taft group at Allegheny Country Club

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe riding Chesty. Public domain artistic photography.

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

Arnold Genthe riding Chesty - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Arnold Genthe riding Chesty. Public domain artistic photography.

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

"Here, Jocko!" / Gordon Grant. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows two women and a child, along with other spectators, in front of a cage, offering a peanut to an unseen chimpanzee or ape named "Jocko". Illus. in: Puck, v. 69, no. 1773 (1911 February 22), c... More

The queen of hearts / painted by Walter Dean Godlbeck.

Illustration shows a playing card for the Queen of Hearts with the face of a woman, possibly Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who is holding in her hands a man wearing a tuxedo and top hat. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1934... More

"Safety first" / Rolf Armstrong 1914 ; painted by Rolf Armstrong.

Illustration shows a steely-faced young man driving an automobile and a beautiful young woman sitting next to him and looking up at him. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1974 (1915 January 2), cover. Copyright 1915... More

3rd Army carnival, Coblenz on the Rhine, Germany, April 23-27, 1919

Photographer's address: 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. No. 139. Gift; Breckenridge Long; 1953.

Washington Girl Scout Council - Public domain portrait print

Mrs. Frederick Brooke, Mrs. Frederick Delano, Mrs. Adolph Miller, Mrs. Roger Boyle, and Mrs. James Burling. National Photo Company Collection.

[Eleven girls seated around dining room table, probably a birthday par...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Out bright and early to get a grandstand seat along the parade route w...

Two brothers, full-length portrait, squatting, facing left, holding Erin Go Bragh banners, waiting for the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, New York City. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Teleg... More

Bock beer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows "Bock" goats upending Chinese men, to the amusement of several men sitting at tables drinking beer. 8533 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright and lith., 1879, by A.J. Maerz, Brooklyn, E.D. N.Y.

Chinamen eating chow in a restaurant, Canton, China

H24524 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. No. 168. Title transcribed from item.

Barbecue after the rabbit hunt - Secretary Loeb at the Burgess Brother...

Men outdoors, standing around a table drinking beer and eating barbecue. H62600 U.S. Copyright Office.

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

Views of society and manners in America : in a series of letters from ...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sagami shichirigahama, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman and two children walking along beach at Shichirigahama, and two women watching from a pavilion or porch, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More

[President and Mrs. Harding with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale McLean and ...

Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in...

Print shows British transplants dancing and being served by Jamaicans at a ball in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Includes six lines of verse warning women against loose living. "Graciously dedicated to the Honble. Mr... More

Fort McCoy, Building T-801, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building 801 is of interest on a local and regional basis as a nearly unaltered example of a building type that may have been erected only at Camp McCoy the combined company storehouse, administ... More

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

[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing on porch, facing f...

Copyright by H. Schervee. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edgar Degas - [Au Louvre: musée des antiques]

Two women viewing a statue in the Ancient History Museum at the Louvre. Stamp of Atelier ED Degas. Delteil, 30 (6th state)

Y.W.C.A. In service for the girls of the world / McMein.

Head-and-shoulders of young woman in front of Y.W.C.A. insignia. Copyright by Y.W.C.A. Promotional goal: U.S. F34. 1919.

The jolly flat boat men / painted by G.C. Bingham, esq. ; engraved by ...

Group of men on flatboat in river, playing musical instruments, relaxing, and dancing. "From the original painting, distributed by the American Art Union in 1847; published exclusively for the members of that y... More

Reitmeyer Tavern, 13840 U.S. Highway 10, Cato, Manitowoc County, WI

Significance: The tavern historically held commercial and social significance for the unincorporated community of Cato. The tavern was the first of only two licensed drinking establishments in the area. Its s... More

Feeding the carp - park at Fontainebleau / painted by P.C. Comte ; eng...

Two noble women feeding carp. 15007(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Friendship, unity and true Christian charity--Ancient Order of Hiberni...

Certificate of membership in Ancient Order of Hibernians of America. 53171Z U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by The Pilot Publishing Co., Boston, Mass.

Negro going in colored entrance of movie house on Saturday afternoon, ...

Photograph shows side of Crescent Theatre in Belzoni, Mississippi. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

[Theodore Roosevelt and another man carrying a canoe as a third man ca...

H65274-77 Copyright Office Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lunch at chuck wagon - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

H65325 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Alexander Lambert. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

On the Juniata / lith. of Currier & Ives.

Group of African-Americans picnicing on the banks of the Juniata River. No. 3770. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5001.

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.

Theodore Roosevelt - President rowing

Photograph showing Roosevelt seated in a canoe holding oar. H65274-79 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer based on copyright records. No. 42686.

Cragfont, Highway 25, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN

Significance: The largest of the native stone houses built in the Sumner County area, Cragfont was completed circa 1802. It was the home of General James Winchester, veteran of the Revolutionary War and the Wa... More

Cragfont, Highway 25, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN

Significance: The largest of the native stone houses built in the Sumner County area, Cragfont was completed circa 1802. It was the home of General James Winchester, veteran of the Revolutionary War and the Wa... More

Cragfont, Highway 25, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN

Significance: The largest of the native stone houses built in the Sumner County area, Cragfont was completed circa 1802. It was the home of General James Winchester, veteran of the Revolutionary War and the Wa... 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

Conversation with 76 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 76 year old white female. Ghost stories and general conditions of life.