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Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. ...

Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.

Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. Mazar sviatago Daniara (Daniila) v okrestnostiakh...

Photograph shows the porch(?) of the shrine. In the background, hills. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 107.

Sacrifice stone, court of the Muse[um, Mexico]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Festivities after Ramadan in Moslem cemetery, Jaffa, Palestine

4871 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item.

The Ko-ya-ma-shi make merry after the dancing of the Shalako / Ben Wit...

Spectators watch dancers in plaza of pueblo. 3137-8 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. No. 642.

[African American men, women and children outside of church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 274. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Snake priest / E.S. Curtis.

Native American man seated, three-quarter-length, facing front. No. 672.

A Southern baptism - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Locale and date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Preparing the pit of white-hot stones for the bare feet of the "fire-w...

Stereograph shows men with long poles arranging hot stones in a pit for "fire-walking" act, as spectators watch from above. H69308 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8105. U-86615. Copyright, 1906 [i.e., 1905], by Und... More

[Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexic...

H71007 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1736-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 17, pl. 584.

Edward S. Curtis - Placing kedan

Navajo man impersonating Yebichai, placing feather sticks around the sweat. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1062-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Fasting, Native Americans

Teton Sioux Indian performing vision cry ceremony through fasting and chanting to the Great Mystery. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2504-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. ... More

Receiving presents after a three days fast in the medicine lodge

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

School children in front of St. James Cathedral receiving the blessing...

15,000 to 20,000 children from parochial schools marching past the cathedral. J147595 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16310.

Edward S. Curtis - Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot. Book illustration fro...

Nootka indian taking ceremonial bath, before whale hunt. J150302 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3366-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S.... More

The Men's Bible Class of the First M.E. Church of Vandalia, Ill., W. M...

J156292 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; De Witt Panoramic View Co.; May 27, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44192. On front: "Panoramic photo taken be C. S. De Witt, May 7, 1911, De Witt Studio, Vandalia, Ill., bran... More

Ste. Genevive [sic], Missouri Porochial [sic] School

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children group portrait, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Medicine lodge in winter - Public domain print

Photograph shows two Siksika (Blackfoot) men seated on blanket. J165151 U.S. Copyright Office.

Akdamar Monastery [i.e., Sourp Khatch, Church of the Holy Cross] in Va...

J264476 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Vartan A. Hampikian, New York. Title also in Armenian. No. 7.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Apache devil dancer. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More

Negro churches - Presbyterian Church, Wash., D.C

Photograph shows former building of 15th Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Obriezanie (batga [sic] buri)

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the ground near a small boy who is being circumcised. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 71. "Batga [sic] ... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

Aaron, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows Aaron, half-length portrait, facing left, holding incense censer. E9446 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Schile.

Der Berg ʻArafah während der jährlichen Pilgerversammlung (von Süden a...

Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Pilgrims are wearing Ihrām clothing. After gathering at ʻArafah, pilgrim... More

The holy place / lith'y. of A. Kollner cor. of Dock & 2nd, Philadelphi...

Print shows, at center, a priest putting incense into a censer on "The Altar of Incense", a large portable stand with carrying rods on two sides; a small censer sits on the floor nearby. On the left is "The Gol... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing

Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More

The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...

Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Evreiskaia molel'nia - (kenisa)

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77. "Kenisa" translated from Hebrew as "geniza.'

Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Wailing place of the Jews / P. Bergh...

Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 15b.

Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60.

Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Indieiskie pokhorony

Photograph shows three men laying wood on top of a body lying on a wooden bier. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 75.

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slight...

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

Suffer little children to come unto me

Print shows two little girls placing flowers on a large stone cross entwinned with a banner that states "Suffer little children to come unto me." L1029 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyrigh... More

Faith, hope and purity - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a young woman wearing a white dress, with her back to a cross decorated with flowers, and with her right arm raised, holding onto the cross. L1032 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George Stinson... More

A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles o...

A Mormon baptizing an Indian in front of a group of Indians; photographer with camera in right foreground. Illus. from: Graphic, 1882 Sept. 2, p. 221.

Aztec calendar stone - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique stone sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New Mexico. The Rain Dance. Zuni Pueblo

Photograph shows Zuni men doing the Rain Dance as people watch from surrounding pueblo buildings. No. 53299.

[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 223. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Interior of the beautiful Armenian Church, Jerusalem, Palestine

H6612 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Title from recto of item. No. 1353. Exhibited: "1512 AD : Armenia" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April-June 2012.

Edward S. Curtis - Preparing the sweat

Four Navajo Indians preparing hot embers, covering them with brush and weeds on second day of Yebichai ceremony. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1054-04.

Feast march ceremony, portrait of american indian man

Several shirtless Apache men, standing with back to camera, wearing feathered headbands, and with body paintings.

Edward S. Curtis - Prayer to the Great Mystery, (Slow Bull)

Slow Bull, squatting, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe with mouthpiece pointing skyward, buffalo skull at his feet. H104320 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2507-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection... More

At prayer in the mosque, Damascus, Syria

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

Edward S. Curtis - [Arikara medicine ceremony--the Bears]

Photo shows six men standing in line in front of cedar tree, holding rattles and singing. H118588 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from published source. Curtis no. 2890-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collecti... More

Moqui (Hopi) snake dance, Walpi, Ariz.

Copyright by Elbridge Ayer Burbank. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Dancer with black deer effigy--Hupa]

Hupa Indian dancer holding head and skin of deer. J262666 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3820. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edwa... More

Edward S. Curtis - At the pool, animal dance--Cheyenne

Cheyenne people gathered along waterfront, some dipping hands in water, some carrying umbrellas. J293253 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North America... More

A Negro church in a corn field, Manning, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu

[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Jap...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu

From the rising unto the setting of the sun the Lord's name is to be p...

Two lions holding Magen David, with Hebrew text. 9448S U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: "From the Ends of the Earth : Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress" at the Library of Congress, 1988-1989. Exhibi... More

Die zwischen Muna und ʻArafah gelegene Pilgerstation Muzdalʾfah

Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah (Mount Arafat) east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. A mosque is in the background. After gathering at ʻArafah... More

Oestlicher Theil des Thales Muna

Photograph shows pilgrims with tents, camels and livestock gathered in the Miná Valley near Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Title from caption list in portfolio. Plate no. XI in portfolio: Bilder aus Mekka... More

Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain scenic drawing

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Vnutrennost' mecheti Kok Gumba...

Photograph shows three men seated inside the mosque of Kok Gumbaz in Ura Tyube. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 57.

Dritte Anischt desselben ; im Hintergrund windet sich der Weg nach Mek...

Photograph IXa depicts the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj near the tomb of Sittanā Mèymūnah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph IXb shows the tomb of... More

Yatsushi kōshohei - Public domain drawing

Print shows a Chinese sage as a woman holding a pipe, sitting in front of a screen. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata N... More

Shinpan kameido tenmangū keidai no zu

Print shows many people crossing the bridge to, and on the grounds of, the Kameido Tenmangū Shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... More

Ne no hi no komatsubiki - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women, one presenting pine boughs to a man holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie Su... More

Concomely's tomb, Astoria / drawn by A.T. Agate ; W.E. Tucker sc.

A carved and painted, raised, Native burial platform. Illus. in: Narrative of the United States exploring expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 / By Charles Wilkes... In five volumes, with t... More

[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, sitting on a lotus, facing front, ...

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

[Man, full-length, standing, facing left, wearing ornate hat]

Japanese(?) text inscribed to the right of the image. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanes... More

[Man wearing a sokutai, a long ceremonial robe, offering branches to a...

Japanese text inscribed on the left, outside the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Nov. '78. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: Dav... More

The calendar stone, Nat'l. Museum, City of Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique stone sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue statue], court of the museum, Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fountain, historic landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Westliche Seite des Berges ʻArafah

Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah (Mount Arafat) east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Pilgrims are wearing Ihrām clothing. After gathering at ʻ... More

A colored preacher / drawn by C. S. Reinhart.

African American preacher reading from book. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 34, no. 1767 (1890 Nov. 1), p. 852. Title transcribed from item.

Images on Indian doctor's grave, Chilkat, Alaska

Photograph shows the grave of Shah, a Tlingit ixt (shaman), marked with carved wood totems. Copyright 1895 by Winter & Pond. No. 187.

Mohammedans starting for Mecca, Cairo, Egypt

Stereograph showing crowd watching a Muslim procession with banners, starting for the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. 59644-BB1 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Copyright by 1896 by Underwood & Underwood."

[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 224. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Exterior view of church]. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 276. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Scene in Magnolia (colored) cemetery, Aiken, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chinese funeral procession, lamp bearers leading, Peking

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Edward S. Curtis - [Haschelti and Haschebaad]

Two Navajo men impersonating two Yebichai, Haschelti (Talking God) and Haschebaad (Goddess) during the Yebichai ceremony. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1063-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Priests passing before the pipe--Cheyenne

Group of Cheyenne people, most seated in a semicircle during sun dance ceremony, woman in foreground is holding pipe, buffalo skull in foreground. J150264 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Lib... More

Edward S. Curtis - Group of Winter Dancers--Qagyuhl

Ceremonial dancers, in a circle during the Winter Dance ceremony, wearing masks and garments of fur, feathers, and other materials. J197414 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis n... More

Edward S. Curtis - Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl

Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods. J197489 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 356... More

Korea. Posts along road which were carved to prevent devils from passi...

Photograph shows two men with rifles and ammunition belts standing between two carved posts on a mountain road. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Edward S. Curtis - [Sia buffalo dancer. Full-length, standing, facing ...

J282695 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 16, pl. 560 .

Edward S. Curtis - [An offering at the waterfall--Nambe]

Nambe Indian placing prayer plume at waterfall. J288497 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-... More

Baptist congregation, Alma Plantation, False River, La.

Handwritten on back: "Baptist Congregation, Alma Plantation, False River, La., July, 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and t... More

Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...

Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More

["Spirit" photograph, supposedly taken during a seance, actually a dou...

H4015 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by John K. Hallowell. Superimposed images are numbered in margin. No. 9. Annenberg batch 2

[Indian council]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Moses, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Moses, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, holding a short staff in his right hand and the tablet with the ten commandments; rays of light appear to be issuing from his forehead. E9447 U.S. C... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Tobadzischini--Navaho

Navajo man in ceremonial dress as Tobadzischini, Yebichai war god. LC no. 22. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).

Le transport du grand soleil - Public domain dedication image

Native porters transporting the tribal leader whom they worshipped as the sun. Illus. in: Histoire de la Louisiane, contenant la découverte de ce vaste pays; sa description géographique; un voyage dans les terr... More

Washi myōjin, Yajima Gogaku - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing a young man holding a rake with slips of paper attached as a portable shrine or possibly prayer offerings to Buddha; page patterned with blossoms. Title and other desc... More

Nagata no baba sannōgū Andō Hiroshige

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōto meishi : Famous views of the capital. Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie. Forms ... More

An Offering before Captain Cook in the Sandwich Islands / Webber del. ...

Captain James Cook and four of his men with natives. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Detail of masonry at wailing place /...

Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 14b.

From the rising until the setting of the sun the name of the Lord is t...

Print shows (at top) Moses with Ten Commandment tablets and, at bottom, Jacob blessing children. A menorah is in the center and cherubs in each corner. The central text is written in Hebrew. H2464 U.S. Copyright Office

[Man wearing ceremonial costume, carrying a long staff (possibly a sma...

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

[Mythological Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing, facing ...

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

Shotoku Taishi - Public domain portrait painting

Drawing shows Shōtoku Taishi, full-length, standing, facing left. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part... More

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