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[Birds and turtles of the French West Indies; men spear-fishing from rowboat]

[Birds and turtles of the French West Indies; men spear-fishing from r...

Illus. in: Du Tertre, Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les François, Paris, 1667-1671, plate between pp. 246-247. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

Sea turtles at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

Sea turtles at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

Founded in 1984, it holds thousands of plants and animals, including stingrays, jellyfish, sea otters, and numerous other native marine species. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit li... More

Niwa Tokei - Tsuru kame to takarabune

Niwa Tokei - Tsuru kame to takarabune

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Surimono, folded. Surimono for the celebration of cutting the long slee... More

Fred. Opperman, Jr., Bock beer, Bock beer card no. 7

Fred. Opperman, Jr., Bock beer, Bock beer card no. 7

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Schile, H., lithographer. Oppermann, Fred, Jr., ad... More

Preparing for the trail

Preparing for the trail

Five men butchering huge turtles. H28006 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.H. Beck of Berryessa, Calif. No. 1.

The republican hare and the democratic tortoise / L.M. Glackens.

The republican hare and the democratic tortoise / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a turtle with the face of William Jennings Bryan and a rabbit with the face of William H. Taft in a race. Caption: The Tortoise If that chap only goes to sleep, I'll win out by a mile. Illu... More

Reptiles. Portrait of turtle, Washington DC

Reptiles. Portrait of turtle, Washington DC

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

Shichifukujin takarabune, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

Shichifukujin takarabune, Shigemasa Kitao - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the seven Japanese gods of good fortune (Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Jurōjin) in a dragon-headed treasure boat, accompanied by a heron and a turtle. Title and o... More

Saru no ikigimo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Saru no ikigimo - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman with two children standing on the seashore watching a monkey riding on a turtle (or jellyfish).

Prang's fine art pictures. What is it? by Miss Ida Waugh

Prang's fine art pictures. What is it? by Miss Ida Waugh

Print shows an infant crawling toward a turtle that has stopped to look up at the infant. X33727 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Printed on lower left corner: Copy... More

Sea turtles at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

Sea turtles at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

Founded in 1984, it holds thousands of plants and animals, including stingrays, jellyfish, sea otters, and numerous other native marine species. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit li... More

[Rum Cay, Bermuda] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Rum Cay, Bermuda] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Nude young man on rocks with tortoise and shepherd's staff, reclining] / FHD 1906.

[Nude young man on rocks with tortoise and shepherd's staff, reclining...

Mounts are layered top to bottom: tan & brown. Monogram on recto: "FHD 1906" red, lower right. Image content features: PROPS turtles, staffs; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet ... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Kame, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Kame, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows two turtles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Nishikie. Part of a Harimaze-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dr... More

[Sea tortoises coming ashore by night]

[Sea tortoises coming ashore by night]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938.0066). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Rum Cay, Bermuda, autochrome color photo

Rum Cay, Bermuda, autochrome color photo

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reptiles. Portrait of turtle - Theodor Horydczak collection

Reptiles. Portrait of turtle - Theodor Horydczak collection

Old negative number: 1271-3. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 19... More

Who'd ever have thought we'd go fishing to-gether?

Who'd ever have thought we'd go fishing to-gether?

"The Railroad Rate Bill" on turtle; "senatorial pool" on wall. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Feb. 25, ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Sea turtles at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

Sea turtles at Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California

Founded in 1984, it holds thousands of plants and animals, including stingrays, jellyfish, sea otters, and numerous other native marine species. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit li... More

Turtle at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California

Turtle at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Californi...

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

Urashima - Drawing. Public domain image. - Ukiyo e print

Urashima - Drawing. Public domain image. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Urashima Tarō, a fisherman, sitting on the back of a turtle headed for an undersea palace after rescuing the turtle from a group of children.

Illustrated catalogue of iron & zinc vases manufactured by J.W. Fiske

Illustrated catalogue of iron & zinc vases manufactured by J.W. Fiske

Photograph showing cover of trade catalog supplement with a planter in the shape of a tortoise. F1780 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: Illustrated catalogue of iron and zinc vases manufactured by J.W. Fiske. ... More

The hare and the tortoise - Public domain dedication image

The hare and the tortoise - Public domain dedication image

Purchase; (DLC/PP-1982:125.30). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Aesop's Fables, p. 61.

Unpleasant plight of the "advance agent of prosperity" / Dalrymple.

Unpleasant plight of the "advance agent of prosperity" / Dalrymple.

Print shows President McKinley riding on the back of a large tortise labeled "Congress", its body bound with ribbons labeled "Demands of Populists", "Concessions", "Demands, East, West, North, and South", "Dema... More

The turtle F. Ziegfeld Jr's production.

The turtle F. Ziegfeld Jr's production.

48685 U.S. Copyright Office At head of title: Manhattan Theatre, 33rd St. and Broadway. Brady & Ziegfeld, managers. Caption: I'm not so slow. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N... More

Shipping green turtle to New York, Key West, Fla. U.S.A.

Shipping green turtle to New York, Key West, Fla. U.S.A.

Stereograph showing two men pulling up a large turtle from cargo hold; several turtles laying shell side down on dock being loaded into horse drawn cart. Copyright, 1898, by B.L. Singley. No. 9142.

Fukurokuju, Shibata Zeshin - Public domain  drawing

Fukurokuju, Shibata Zeshin - Public domain drawing

Print shows Fukurokuju, one of the seven lucky gods, with a turtle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: full color woodblock print... More

[Nude young man on rocks with tortoise and shepherd's staff, reclining] / FHD 1906.

[Nude young man on rocks with tortoise and shepherd's staff, reclining...

Mounts are layered top to bottom: tan & brown. Monogram on recto: "FHD 1906" red, lower right. Image content features: PROPS turtles, staffs; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet ... More

Fukagawa mannenbashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Fukagawa mannenbashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a turtle suspended from a beam on the Mannen Bridge with view of boats on a river and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

[Otter (?) and the turtle] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Otter (?) and the turtle] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. CAI shelflist title: panther and the turtle. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0071 or DLC/PP-1938:0075). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The hares and the tortoise (from Aesop, altered to suit) / J.S. Pughe.

The hares and the tortoise (from Aesop, altered to suit) / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows a race for the Republican presidential nomination between the tortoise labeled "Morton" and the hare(s) labeled "McKinley, Reed, [and] Harrison". Includes a revised version of the fable by Aesop. I... More

Large turtle at Busch Gardens theme park, Tampa, Florida

Large turtle at Busch Gardens theme park, Tampa, Florida

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Fukagawa mannenbashi - Public domain  drawing

Fukagawa mannenbashi - Public domain drawing

Print shows a turtle suspended from a beam on the Mannen Bridge with view of boats on a river and Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Two little fraid cats - Drawing. Public domain image.

Two little fraid cats - Drawing. Public domain image.

E6830 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on lower left. Stamped and inscribed in pencil on lower left:... More

Hans Hinrichs, residence in Quogue, Long Island, New York. Snapping turtles, with three

Hans Hinrichs, residence in Quogue, Long Island, New York. Snapping tu...

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

Who'd ever have thought we'd go fishing to-gether?

Who'd ever have thought we'd go fishing to-gether?

"The Railroad Rate Bill" on turtle; "senatorial pool" on wall. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, Feb. 25, ... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Remains of tortoises killed by oil(?) hunters

Remains of tortoises killed by oil(?) hunters

Many huge turtle shells scattered on ground. H28015 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.H. Beck of Berryessa, Calif. No. 10.

Turtle at Brookgreen Gardens, a vast complex of sculpture gardens, ecosystem trails, a wildlife preserve and a small zoo on four former rice plantations in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Turtle at Brookgreen Gardens, a vast complex of sculpture gardens, eco...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brookgreen, which opened in 1932, was founded by Archer Milton Huntington, stepson of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, and h... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Turtle at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina, near the geographic center of the state

Turtle at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Caroli...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This state-owned zoo is the largest walk-through zoo in the world with over 2,000 acres featuring more than 1,600 animals from more th... More

[Pelican eating baby turtles] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Pelican eating baby turtles] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Chelonia. - Schildkröten. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Chelonia. - Schildkröten. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows tortoises and turtles. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafel... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

[The green Aragon]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

[The green Aragon]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938.0066). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Le due Susanne Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Le due Susanne Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Italian political cartoon shows, on the left, a woman labeled "Austra" sitting on a park bench between two men, on her left is Aleksandr Gorchakov labeled "Russo" and on her right is a man labeled "Inglese"; sh... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Le due Susanne Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Le due Susanne Grossi - Political cartoon, public domain image

Italian political cartoon shows, on the left, a woman labeled "Austra" sitting on a park bench between two men, on her left is Aleksandr Gorchakov labeled "Russo" and on her right is a man labeled "Inglese"; sh... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Native men posed with mounds of food, including six giant turtles

Native men posed with mounds of food, including six giant turtles

Appears to be Fijian; food includes kavas and yams. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

A black-crowned night heron and a turtle at Brookgreen Gardens, a vast complex of sculpture gardens, ecosystem trails, a wildlife preserve and a small zoo on four former rice plantations in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

A black-crowned night heron and a turtle at Brookgreen Gardens, a vast...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brookgreen, which opened in 1932, was founded by Archer Milton Huntington, stepson of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, and h... More

Winslow Homer - Rum Cay, Bermuda

Winslow Homer - Rum Cay, Bermuda

"McC-388-389" on transparency. Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photo of watercolor study signed "Homer." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 48024. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript)

Oral history with 73 year old male, Concord, Massachusetts (Transcript...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Concord Historical Commission. Concord, MA 73 year old male. Irish. A self made man in the real estate business, his father came from Ireland. He is ... More

Doubtful : can the tedious old turtle be induced to move?

Doubtful : can the tedious old turtle be induced to move?

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Winslow Homer - Rum Cay, Bermuda

Winslow Homer - Rum Cay, Bermuda

Title and date from Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a watercolor study signed "Winslow Homer." "McCormick 389" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048024. Gift; State Historical Society ... More

Alligators by the hundreds are the featured attraction at Alligator Adventure, a fourteen-acre theme park of sorts that calls itself the "Reptile Capital of the World" in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. But the toothy beasts have company from some tamer species, such as this turtle

Alligators by the hundreds are the featured attraction at Alligator Ad...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-6). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Turtle in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor

Turtle in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:005) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Caro... More