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Map of Pr. Edward Co., Virginia / - Public domain map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Originally printed on 2 sheets pasted together. "March 1st 1864." "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Ri... More

View of Johnson's Island, near Sandusky City, O.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 320 Perspective drawing showing fortifications, prison, buildings, and vegetation. Principal buildings are keyed by number to a list in the lower left corner. De... More

Map of Nelson County, Virginia / - Public domain old map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. At lower left: C.W. Oltmanns. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. In pencil in upper right corner: 219. In pencil i... More

Map of Antietam National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Maryland

Scale 1:600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.65 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by the Board of Trustees of the 'Antietam National Cemetary' in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Cou... More

Map of Cambria Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys & official reco...

County cadastral map showing townships, boroughs, rural buildings, real-property tracts, and landowners' names; borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), owners' names (save Johnstown inset), and buildin... More

Appomattox Court House. [1865] - Public domain old map

Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 525.2 Detailed map of the environs of Appomattox Court House showing roads, railroads, houses and names of residents, drainage, and woodlands. Troop positions are no... More

Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651

Map of the city of Washington (District of Columbia).

General street map showing ward numbers within original city boundary. In right-hand margin: Season of 1870-71 will open on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1870. Includes index of "Public buildings" and advertisements. Avai... More

Red River County, Texas / - Public domain vintage map

In upper right margin: Lands of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company are colored yellow. Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 1104 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compile...

Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the pr... More

Watson's new rail-road and distance map of the United States and Canad...

Eastern half of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroads with mileage and names of lines. Smithsonian Deposit May 27, 1931. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. "Special railroad maps... More

Colton's new map of the state of Texas : the Indian Territory and adjo...

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich... More

Map showing the route of the Continental Railway and its connecting li...

Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:2,217,600. LC Railroad maps, 392 Description derived... More

Railroad map of the state of Texas /

971302 U.S. Copyright Office Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Edward Vernon in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Available also thr... More

View of Naugatuck, Conn. 1877.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 85.4 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to point... More

Vicksburg and its defences - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 566 and 567. "Copyright 1877 by Virtue, Yorston." Caption in lower margin: A topogra... More

Plainville, Connecticut 1878. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 93 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Map of the county of Essex, Vermont.

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes business directories and insets. Bloomfield -- Canaan Corners -- Concor... More

Caldwell's illustrated, historical, combination atlas of Jefferson Cou...

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Map of Volusia County and vicinity Florida /

"Note - This map was compiled from the U.S. Land Maps, from the Coast Survey Charts, and from Private and Public Surveys made by D. D. Rogers, U.S. Deputy Surveyor in the past 8 years." LC Land ownership maps, ... More

Yreka & Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County, Cal., looking south east /

Birds-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 53.1 Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Dallas Co., Texas. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows land ownership. Blueprint "Dec - 1884." "Retraced March 1931." LC Land ownership maps, 944 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

City of Washington / Historic map, Library of Congress

View of the city of Tallahassee. State capital of Florida, county seat...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 118 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Map of the city of Washington showing the location of the sewers /

LC copy trimmed and torn along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Official map of Dallas County, Texas /

Shows landownership. "Dallas, Texas, November 1st, 1886. I, J.M. Strong, County Surveyor of Dallas County, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing map is the latest and most correct representation... More

Relative positions of forces at sunset, Aug. 28, 1862. [2nd Manassas C...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 581 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 31, Jan. 1886. p. 447. Map of the environs of Manassas Junction. Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Brattleboro, Vt. 1886. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 935 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Map of George Truesdell's addition to the city of Washington : being a...

Cadastral map. Has statement of certification by: W'm Forsyth, Surveyor Dist. of Columbia. Includes location map and ill. of houses. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, annotated in red ink and blue pencil, and moun... More

Official map of Modoc County, California /

Relief shown by shading. Cadastral map showing land ownership, landowners' names, drainage, township & section lines, judicial townships, school & road districts, etc. Stamped on: Colored by E.M. Sleator, 529 S... More

Bainbridge, N.Y. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 537 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Map showing the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in...

Relief shown by hachures. Panel title: Preserve this Montana map, it shows the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana and Idaho, and in part of North Dakota, and in part of eastern Washi... More

Drapery study for figure of Music Library of Congress

Study drawing shows the dress and drapery of the allegorical figure of Music, for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid... More

Corner of sculpture hall, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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

Map of Denton County / - Public domain vintage map

Blueprint Shows land ownership. "Traced September 1932 W.B. Smith." LC Land ownership maps, 953 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The gold and coal fields of Alaska : together with the principal steam...

Northern Pacific Railway 1900. - Public domain old map

Map of northern United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean showing reliief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forest and timber, Indian and military reservations. Scale not given. From Fourth... More

Plat showing proposed U.S. military reservation at Fort Stevens D.C. /

Partial cadastral map. Blueprint. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

"Home portraiture" - A black and white photo of a man and a little gir...

Boy photographing small child holding a cat. H28005 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Henry Hall, Dongan Hills, N.Y. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

Pharus-map World's Fair St. Louis, 1904.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Albright Art Gallery, Delaware Park, Buffalo, N.Y.

Business section of the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Photocopy. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Modern American gallery, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences [Broo...

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

[Corcoran Gallery of Art, main gallery from balcony, Washington, D.C.]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Fairbanks Alaska region showing U.S. military telegraph line].

Opera House, Litchfield, Minn.

Crowd entering to view Edison one-reeler motion picture. H114155 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by W.O. Olson. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 337. This record contains unverified, old data from caption ... More

Farm line map of Marshall Co., West Virginia /

West picture gallery, Worcester Art Museum

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072176. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, West Virginia /

Shows coal mines, oil and gas wells, and the names of some residents. Blue-line print. "This map is fully protected by copyright. No part thereof can be copied without permission." Includes explanations. Copy i... More

Tracks - Drawing. Public domain image.

Leaving behind his sinking boat, Tammany boss Charles Murphy comes ashore at "Manhattan Island," dressed in hunting garb and carrying a rifle. He stares, distraught, at the sight of a trail of large footprints... More

Panoramic view of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies.

Offerle wheat market - A black and white photo of a bunch of horses

Photograph shows horse-drawn wagons lined up to deliver grain in Offerle, Kansas. J 219322 U.S. Copyright Office. On front of photo: Copyright applied for Jno. E. Cox, 10-16-1916.

General railway map engraved expressly for the Official guide of the r...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes nine inset maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

National Gallery of Art. Empty gallery room in National Gallery

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

Miscellaneous subjects. Hand with stein and map of United States of Am...

National Gallery of Art. Exhibit room in National Gallery XI

Item title devised. 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 1910s to th... More

Bert Williams #2 - A black and white photo of a man in a tuxedo

Portrait of Egbert "Bert" Williams (1874-1922) as black-face minstrel comedian. J 248421 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Samuel Lumiere. Title from copyright registration records. This record contains unverifie... More

Nueces County Chapter, Corpus Christi, Texas. Home Service Office

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: SW Div. Data: All Divs. Aug. 1921. Classification: Home Service. Gift; American N... More

Map of the city of San Antonio, Bexar County: including suburbs both n...

Shows named subdivisions, house numbering systems, and other localities. Shows radial distances. "Copyright 1924 by Nic Tengg." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Railroad map of Texas, 1926 / - Public domain map

Index of railroads and lines. Includes 3 insets of Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; H... More

National Gallery of Art. West end of National Gallery

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

National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art from southwest II

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

National Gallery of Art. Exhibit room in National Gallery VIII

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

National Gallery of Art. Cherub fountain with harp in east court of Na...

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

National Gallery of Art. Exhibit room in National Gallery VII

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

National Gallery of Art. Construction of ventilators, Mellon Gallery o...

Public domain photograph of manufacturing, industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Along the cloud lines - A black and white photo of a small plane in th...

Aerial view of airplane in flight. JO 8941 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by Neal van Possem(?). Photo copyrighted by Northrop Aircraft Corp. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ca... More

First Lady attends convention session of C.A.R. Mrs. Herbert Hoover wa...

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Driving cattle, Texas - A black and white photo of a herd of horses

Photograph shows cowboys driving cattle in an arid landscape. J15922 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by McCormick Co., Amarillo, Texas.

[Norman Thomas] - A black and white photo of a man in a suit

J22476 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Hakkerup Studio. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Federal Art exhibition WPA allocations / / Nason.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of WPA art allocations for public buildings, libraries, and schools, at the Federal Art Gallery, 77 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Dec 12 1938. Wo... More

National Gallery of Art. Exterior of National Gallery of Art from Madi...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tourist court. Corpus Christi, Texas

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soda jerker flipping ice cream into malted milk shakes. Corpus Christi...

Tourist courts. Corpus Christi, Texas

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street in North Beach district, Corpus Christi, Texas. This is the tou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Main street of North Beach tourist district, Corpus Christi, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyida Peaks riveting as part of her NYA training to become a mechanic ...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war work to carry on the fight with...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, tries out a 30-calibre machi...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NYA employees receiving training in the Assembly and Repair Dept., U.S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

As an NYA trainee working inside the nose of a PBY, Elmer J. Pace is l...

Public domain photograph related to navy, naval warfare, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a...

Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Mexico tours Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows vicinity of Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest with Raton, Taos, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque cities region, New Mexico. Attributed to Federal Writers' P... More

Family group, workman and his family. Corpus Christi, Texas

Public domain photograph of life in the USA during the 1930s-1940s, war, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. South facade, general view f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Business district of Corpus Christi, Texas, with the two million dolla...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Man working on foundation for new house in cheap residential section o...

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

Line-up of trucks at truckers' camp near naval air base. Corpus Christ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Vista

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

View of part of large trailer court Corpus Christi, Texas. This is on ...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was opened on May 22, 1927, by Thomas Barlow Walker as the first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest. The muse... More

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Entrance detail of west faca...

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

Work on Mellon's gift to National Capitol progressing rapidly. Washing...

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

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. South facade, general view f...

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

Sign announcing intending construction of new grocery store in communi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More