telephones

"Speak out" N.Y. Herald - Public domain dedication image

President-elect Grover Cleveland holds a telephone receiver to his ear. Behind him on the wall is a portrait of President Chester A. Arthur captioned, "Pres. of U.S. till March 4, 1885." No copyright informati... More

Caricature, A division of labor / Keppler., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows the British Lion labeled "England" lying in the foreground with a concerned look on its face, while in the background, a man labeled "France" is talking on the telephone to a man labeled "Russia", o... More

Society maid, no. 4 - Victorian era public domain image

G20122 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. Barrick, J., artist.... More

The Detroit news timely topics. Bell's first telephone

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

Hold it up a little for us : don't give it out to the newspapers until...

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Biography of a million dollars" by George Kibbe Turner, Saturday evening post, 190:20 (Dec. 29, 1917).

L.O. Schroeder - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephone. Disk type dial phone III

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

Demonstrates Bell Laboratory wonders. Sergius P. Grace, Vice-President...

A black and white photo of a man holding a microphone. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A rare sight in America late in 2012: a working payphone in a rural se...

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

Curtain's up a revue in one act and three scenes for Julian Eltinge

[Old couple looking at telephone while young couple watches]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Bell Telephone office at Hamburg, N. Y.

Photograph shows an interior view of telephone office with four workers; two women operators work at switchboard. Copyright by John Van Epps, Hamburg, N. Y.

Joshua W. Alexander - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Taft at the phone - Public domain portrait print

William Howard Taft, three-quarters length portrait, facing front, using telephone.

[Young woman posed with a telephone]

J208628 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hello! Hello! Is that so? Whitney Opera Co.? All right save me a box. ...

Public domain scan of French performing arts poster, burlesque, operetta, musical advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated facing lef...

Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephones. Man at telephone II

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington School for Secretaries. Woman at desk with telephones at Wa...

Public domain photograph of 1920s American woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alexander Graham Bell and Miss Liberty

"Possibly symbolizes the March 19, 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dolbear v. American Bell Tel. Co., 126 U.S. 1 (opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Waite) upholding the Bell telephone patents" on... More

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific...

Print shows the inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrating his experimental telephone, which had a connection between Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. Bell had given previous demonstrations in February 1877 a... More

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing fr...

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

Yes, this is Davenport Carstairs

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Shot with Crimson" by George Barr McCutcheon, Saturday evening post, 190:4 (April 6, 1918).

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Phones I

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

Tyson House, Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama

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[Pay telephone] Santa Barbara, the county seat of Santa Barbara County...

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

"At the telephone" - A woman sitting at a table with a phone in her ha...

Photograph shows young woman, wearing fancy dress, posed with hand holding onto telephone receiver on desk and transmitter (mouthpiece) to mouth. Copyright 1907 by Charles H. Davis, N. Y.

Francis H. Stephens - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephone. Disk type dial phone I

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Telephones are numerous and good service is rendered The caliph comes ...

Photographs show a telephone booth? with people and Caliph Abdülmecid walking with entourage of soldiers, officials and a brass band as women watch, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-... More

Curtain's up a revue in one act and three scenes for Julian Eltinge

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is a...

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

[Young girl playing with a wall telephone]

Photograph shows little girl sitting in chair with dog and holding telephone receiver to dog's ear.

[William Howard Taft, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing le...

Publication date based on copyright statement: "Copyright 1909 by Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC." Photograph from a series known as "The Evolution of a Smile." Forms part of: George W. Harris collection. Acce... More

[Signal station in the Rockies, showing telephone installation and sig...

National Photo Company Collection. No. 11903 A. Neg. no. 2183.

Good news - Public domain portrait engraving

Photograph shows a woman fancily dressed, seated at a table, holding an umbrella and posed using telephone. Copyright 1909 by Longaker Premier Engraving Co., Phila., Pa.

A live wire / Modest Stein ; painted by Modest Stein.

Illustration shows a fashionably dressed young woman talking on a telephone with multiple lines that are connected to twelve men. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1953 (1914 August 8), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck... More

[Installing telephone instrument]

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Francis H. Stephens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Miscellaneous subjects. Telephone, directory and globe

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

"Worth hearing". 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows a young woman, standing, posed using wall mounted telephone. Copyright 1900 by Flora Kaufman, of Dayton, Ohio.

[Hatted girl with telephone]

Photograph shows a woman, wearing large hat and fancy dress, seated, posed using telephone. Copyright by Rotograph Co., New York.

Birth place of telephone, 109 Court St., Boston, Massachusetts ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Talking to papa - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows toddler, standing in chair, listening to telephone receiver. Copyright 1915 by Paul O. Potter, Gibson City, Ill. Copyright registration title.

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Phones III

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

Television. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Deb's Dictionary / Oliver Herford. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1931.

Describes wire-tapping of government phones. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17...

A group of three men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hello! Santa Claus - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Girl speaking into telephone. 2206x U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.

"Hello" - A woman talking on a telephone with an umbrella on her head

Photograph shows young woman using wall mounted telephone.

Birth place of telephone, 109 Court St., Boston, Massachusetts ..

Probably related to negatives D420-2578 to D420-2611. Title continues: On the top floor of this building in 1875, Professor Bell carried on his experiments and first succeeded in transmitting speech by electric... More

Hello! Hello! Is that so? Whitney Opera Co.? All right save me a box. ...

Created by "... rdson & Foos ... N.Y." Different version of poster: POS - TH OPT - .N65, no. 1a (C size). Lower left and right corners missing. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Woman using early home telephone]

Photograph shows a woman, wearing fancy hat and dress, seated at a small table in the parlor, holding a rose, and posed using telephone.

[Carrie Chapman Catt, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, on te...

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

Making a date, Harry Whittier Frees photo of dressed up animal

Photograph shows a puppy wearing a dress placed upon a miniature chair with a telephone. J193672 U.S. Copyright Office.

Telephone operator at work

Photograph shows young woman seated at switchboard working. Copyright 1922 by J. F. Anderson, St. Marie's, Idaho.

[Calvin Coolidge and group on telephones]

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephone. Disk type dial phone I

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

Signal man at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. He telephones to ...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Office of War Information P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Foster Dulles seated at desk in office, talking on the telephone

Contact sheet folder caption: "A day in the life of John Foster Dulles, Secretery [sic] of State at meetings, in office, speaking, traveling. 4/8/58. WKL". On contact sheet folder: cf. USNW&R, v. 44, 4/18/58, ... More

Outdoor pay phone along the road in Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

"Here's a health to the mugwumps, who helped in the strife, and have m...

Illustration shows Samuel J. Tilden sitting in a rocking chair, raising a glass of the "Elixir of Youth" over his head and holding a telephone receiver to his ear; hanging on the wall is a plaque that states "T... More

[Joshua W. Alexander, Democrat Congressman from Missouri, half-length ...

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

[Young woman talking into a telephone]

Photograph shows young woman, wearing lacy dress, posed using telephone. Copyright 1909 by Rochester Photo Press, Rochester, N. Y. No. 267.

[Early telephone] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephones. Dialing telephone number II

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Phones II

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

Start the presses going!!!, Washington, D.C. October 10. This photo sh...

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Robert Kirwan, 18, of Brooklyn--(electrical shop worker) calling his s...

NYWT&S staff photo by John Bottega. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Dottie and Lottie]. Come in out of the wet, kid : there's room enough...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Puck magazine cover - Divine right vs arbitration / K.

Print shows German Emperor William II talking on a telephone labeled "To the Hague", he is holding papers that state "Plan of Arbitration Submitted by the United States"; he is wearing armor and a robe, his swo... More

The telephone girl - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows young woman, wearing lacy dress, seated, posed using telephone. Copyright 1909 by Rotograph Co., New York.

[Young woman with telephone]

Photograph shows young woman, wearing lacy dress, seated, posed using telephone. Copyright 1909 by Rochester Photo Press, Rochester, N. Y. No. 105.

[Geophone] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

You must come, Kitty, they're the loveliest fellows, one has a twin si...

(DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 68:571 (Oct. 5, 1916).

Telephones. Dialing telephone number I

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beautiful but dumb - A woman sitting on a bed holding a hair dryer

Photograph shows woman sitting provocatively on bed in nightgown talking on telephone. Copyright 1926 by E. S. Co. (Exhibit Supply Company). 713.E.

Telephones. Man at telephone II

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

[John Foster Dulles seated at desk in office, talking on the telephone...

Contact sheet folder caption: "A day in the life of John Foster Dulles, Secretery [sic] of State at meetings, in office, speaking, traveling. 4/8/58. WKL". On contact sheet folder: cf. USNW&R, v. 44, 4/18/58, ... More

[Students constructing telephones at Hampton Institute]

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: "Photography in Virginia" at the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA., 2008-2009.

[A Russian general, shaking with fear, telephones the Czar(?) who is a...

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

[Dottie and Lottie]. Come in out of the wet, kid : there's room enough...

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

Superintendent of logging operation telephones. A network of telephone...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Various sections of construction work at Shasta Dam are connected by t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pay telephone in a small town motel in Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Alexander Graham Bell at the opening of the long-distance line from Ne...

Alexander Graham Bell seated at table, speaking into telephone while a group of men watch. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress)... More

The Irish American ex congressman a comedy vaudeville playlet introdu...

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

The Irish American ex congressman a comedy vaudeville playlet introdu...

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

Model of Bell's telephone - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Probably related to negatives D420-2578 to D420-2611. "This model of Bell's first telephone is a duplicate of the instrument through which speech sounds were firsttransmitted electrically, 18... More

He's out! he shouted. You're sure? this is no flivver? ... All right,...

(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Flash" by Guy W. Norton, Collier's weekly, 63:8 (Jan. 18, 1919).

Curtain's up a revue in one act and three scenes for Julian Eltinge

Curtain's up a revue in one act and three scenes for Julian Eltinge

The magazine man and the lady - Public domain theatrical script

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The magazine man and the lady - Public domain theatrical script

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The magazine man and the lady - Public domain theatrical script

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The magazine man and the lady - Public domain theatrical script

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Washington School for Secretaries. Woman at desk with telephones at Wa...

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