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New York City--the Chanucka celebration by the Young Men's Hebrew Asso...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1880 Jan. 3, p. 316.

Mexico, Aztec idol, Teoyaomiqui [Coatlicue (statue)]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pilgerlager in der Ebene östlich vom ʻArafah-berge

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. The camels are exhau... More

The Samaritan Synagogue, Shechem, Palestine - stereocsopic card

Man seated on carpet before scrolls in an alcove. 13151 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. Title from recto of item. No. 13040.

Funeral services for a Jewish Rabbi, Jerusalem

H37926 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. Title on recto of item. No. 41.

Edward S. Curtis - Ga askidi, Zahadolzha, Haschelti--Navaho

The God of Harvest, Fringe Mouth, and Talking God for a Yébĭchai healing ceremony or night chant. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edwa... More

Edward S. Curtis - Apache dancers

H87157 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1924-06.

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai prayer, C

Navajo men impersonating myth characters during Yebichai dance. H87253 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2064-06.

The patient on the 'sand-painting'

At Navajo Yébĭchai ceremony, patient sits on sand painting adjacent to Yébĭchai (mythical messenger from the gods in native costume); third person in background; ceremony takes place within hogan. H70232 U.S. C... More

Edward S. Curtis - The altar, Native American woman portrait

Arikara Indian and altar. H118561 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2862-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30... More

The mythic stone--Hidatsa North Dakota

Rock in field in the Missouri Valley of North Dakota. Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crying to the spirits - Public domain portrait print

Hidatsa Indian (Yellow Owl?) standing in field, full-length, wearing fur robe, facing right.

Edward S. Curtis - [Sun dance in progress--Cheyenne]

J150279 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1435-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 6, p. 128.

Edward S. Curtis - An incident of the Winter Dance--Nakoaktok

Kwakiutl people, some bowing before totem poles in background, others seated facing front as part of the nunhlim ceremony, the four days prior to the Winter Dance. J197495 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 360... More

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu mask--Tsawatenok, Head and Shoulders Po...

Kwakiutl man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a mask depicting a loon on top of a man's head to facilitate the loon changing into the form of a man. J197490 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from... More

Edward S. Curtis - Offering to the sun--San Ildefonso

Barechested Tewa man with hands raised skyward, each holding a feather, as he faces the sun. J288498 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The N... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Wolf, animal dance--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 19, p. 136.

Sacrificial stone, Detroit publishing company photo

Photo shows the Stone of Tizoc when it was located in the former National Musueum in the patio of north wing of the National Palace. (Source: Roberto Duarte, 2012) Corresponding glass transparency (with same se... More

Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chines...

Alternate title from online source. Signed on block by artist on right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai ... More

Mary Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. ...

Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her life-long circus career. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much of her career. Mary t... More

[Exterior view of wooden church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 361. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Baptist preacher, Alma Plantation, False River, Louisiana]

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: "Baptist Preacher, Alma Plantation, False River, La. July, 1934." Forms part of: Lomax collection of photog... More

[African American men and women standing outside church in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 338. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Incomenza el libro del glorioso doctore misier sa[n]cto Agustino chiam...

Caption title. Spuriously attributed to St. Augustine. Place and publication date from colophon; printer from Goff. "A partial text"--Goff. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Go... More

Edward S. Curtis - Arikara Medicine Ceremony--The Ducks

Photo shows three Arikara men, members of the medicine fraternity, dancing, painted to represent ducks and holding rushes. H118600 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2902-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Col... More

Moki corn festival, Indian camp, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

No. 5787. H52206 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.

[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

Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Omovenie pered...

Photograph shows a Muslim man washing his feet before prayer. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More

Edward S. Curtis - Giving the medicine--Navaho

Photograph shows aNavajo shaman giving medicine to participant sitting atop blanket(?) used in sweatbath, as two others look on. Curtis no. 1057-04. Inscribed on verso: Yebichai giving the medicine. Forms part... More

Edward S. Curtis - The offering--San Ildefonso

Photograph shows a barechested Tewa man, standing high on a cliff, arms stretched before him as he sprinkles cornmeal as an offering at the start of a day, to the sun, or some other deity, or to mundane daily e... More

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopav...

H29834 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Native American mortuary customs: row of Indians carrying bodies over...

Illus. in: Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains, comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps / Joseph Francois Lafitau. Paris : Saugrain l'aîné [etc.], 1724, v. 2, pl. 22, opp. p. 456.

Yokkaichi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women travelers smoking pipes, sitting in baskets on a horse, with a male attendant, at a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Evangelic measures. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No accession number; "1628F" and "Apr. 47" on verso. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Puck, June.

Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Vnutrennost' mecheti sviatogo ...

Photograph shows a group of men seated on the floor of the mausoleum of Sheikh Maslakhatdin (Sheikh Muslihiddin) in Khujand, Tajikistan. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, par... More

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.

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. E9446 U.S. C... More

In quiet prayer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a half-length portrait of a young woman in prayer in an outdoor setting. L1036 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, ... More

Aztec calendar stone - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Sacrifice stone, court of the Museum, Mexico

Part of title from jacket. Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Includes Aztec idol Teoyaomiqui, also known as Coatlicue. "No. 244" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negat... More

The wall of wailing - Public domain book illustration

Attributed to Frank Mason Good. Illus. in: Pathways of Palestine, a descriptive tour through the Holy Land / by H.B. Tristram, F.R.S. Canon of Durham. London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, [188... More

Cleanliness is part of Godliness with the Turk No matter how black his...

Filed in: Turkey General. No. RC-1625. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

What the colored race have to be thankful for / Th. Nast.

African American man preaching at pulpit in church. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 30, no. 1562 (1886 Nov. 27), p. 769.

[Monk, three-quarter length studio portrait, standing, facing left wit...

Photograph shows a studio portrait of a monk. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a box for scrolls in the upper right and a dwelling on a promontory in the lower left. No. 1015. Illus. in album: Japanese ... More

Ni-ha-poo-ma, an antelope priest, removing the A-wat-a-na-tci from the...

74973 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hartwell & Hamaker. No. 34. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African Americans arriving at church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 273. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African Americans standing outside of a church]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 277. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

Easter ceremony in the Armenian convent, Jerusalem, Palestine

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

Edward S. Curtis - [Flute dancers at Tureva Spring (B)]

Dancers preparing for ceremony on upper terrace. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1118-04.

Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai prayer, E

Navajo Indians in costumes, dancing. H87255 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2066-06.

Edward S. Curtis - [Hu Kalowa Pi-Removes the covering]

Interior of tepee, man kneeling on ground remouving buffalo hide around skull on ground, another male behind altar warming hands by fire. H104329 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2... More

Edward S. Curtis - The Medicine Man (Slow Bull)

Slow Bull, full-length portrait, facing front, holding pipe, buffalo skull at his feet. H104318 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2505-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publi... More

Edward S. Curtis - A burial platform--Apsaroke

H113092 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2764-08. On verso: The grave of Hairy Wolfs wife. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. ... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Incense--Atsina

Four Atsina men, each wrapped in a blanket, seated on ground, one with arm and fist raised skyward, one holding a wing. H118646 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2974-08. This photograph is similiar to the imag... More

Edward S. Curtis - Night medicine men

Photo shows Arikara medicine ceremony with four night men dancing. H118584 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2885-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North A... More

Front view of St. Cross Monastery of Varak [i.e, Varagavank], in Van

J264473 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Vartan A. Hampikian, New York. Title also in Armenian. No. 4.

Edward S. Curtis - Offering the pipe to the Earth--Cheyenne

Cheyenne woman holding pipe close to earth, during the sun dance ceremony. J150248 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3249-10. Published in: The North American ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer--Cowichan

Dancer wearing oversize mask, three rings of feathers in front of clothing, holding a rattle. J182513 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3434-12. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).... More

View of St. George's Monastery in Van

J264474 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Vartan A. Hampikian, New York. Title also in Armenian. No. 5.

Edward S. Curtis - The Clowns, animal dance--Cheyenne

J293356 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 19, p. 134.

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

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Chippewa picture writing and a Seneca Indian mask. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Libra... 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

Moki rain maker and chief in costume, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904

No. 5786. H52205 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.

Section no. 1, The International Religious Congress of Triumph, The Ch...

J237198 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. D. Smith; October 10, 1919. Photographer's address: Indianapolis, Ind.

[Two Jewish men and two women standing in front of the Wailing Wall, ...

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

[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A Moki group, including rain maker and chief, Indian camp, World's Fai...

No. 5785. H52204 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.

Edward S. Curtis - [Yebichai war gods]

Photograph shows three Natives: Tonenili, Tobadzischini, and Nayenezgani, in ceremonial dress, photographed against dark rock background. Curtis no. 1072-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library... More

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

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Grobnitsa sviatago Kussama ibni Abassa (Shak...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' arkheologicheskaia︢, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, pl. 62.

A Samaritan high priest and his sons with the most ancient copy of the...

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

[Preparatory drawing for "The teaching of the Indians" mural, Hispanic...

Gift; Cândido Portinari; 1942 April 6. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002-2003.

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

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