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Ski fun La Province de Québec.

Travel poster shows people skiing in the mountains. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mel Roy on the stage mid-nite, spook party talking skulls, spirit slat...

"Warning! This is a "scare" show. Not recommended for children under 12." At head of title: Oriel Theatre, Glencoe, Tues., May 14, 1 midnite show, only 11:15 p.m." Created by "Triangle Poster & Printing Co., Ch... More

Last Night of Don Juan - Public domain poster, Music division, Library...

Musart Theatre formerly Egan 1320 So. Figueroa Opens June 24th Last Night of Don Juan all seats reserved summer prices 25c Nites only 8:30pm Federal Theatres Attraction Div'n WPA (Content)

WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts...

Poster for New York City Federal Music Project presentation of free band concerts at the Brooklyn Museum, showing a man conducting. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters ... More

Skiing in the East The best trails and how to get there : A guide for ...

Poster for WPA Federal Writers' Project, 110 King Street, New York City, "American Guide Series" guide to winter sports in the East (from Pennsylvania to Maine), showing a man skiing. Date stamped on verso: Feb... More

Don't gum up a book - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

WPA poster shows a boy walking on a book with gummed up feet and hands. Purchase; Swann Galleries; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:157.05).

Balet Polski [2]

Teatr Wielki-Opera; Warsaw, Poland (venue) 1938 (date)

Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon, by William Du Bois, Lafayette Th...

Poster showing stylized black Napoleon. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 116

The Milky Way 1 - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Con...

Mason Opera House starts Tue Aug 2 Two Weeks Only The Milky Way by Lynn Root and Harry Clork (Content)

"Carmen" Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association and the Federa...

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Carmen," showing a matador. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - See you at the greatest sh...

Circus poster showing a clown face. Gift; Ringling Bros., 1945. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Enjoy summer more, read books - Public domain poster

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. G63. 1966

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. Wonderful performing geese...

Circus poster showing clowns with performing animals including geese, roosters, and a donkey. No. 1903 B 70. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co. Exchange; Hastings, R.B. 1944.

The freshman before and after, chromolithograph

Print shows an uneducated boy wearing unfashionable clothes changing into the sophisticated college man dressed in stylish clothes. Kern (W. C.) Co., copyright claimant.

The tango as standardized and taught by the representative dancing mas...

described by Miss Eileen Swepstone ... illustrated by Miss Swepstone and Mr. Bernard Tweedale. (statement of responsibility) Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and ... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, CBS-BBC, 1943, Transatlantic Call-...

"Rodeo Contest Rules of the Rodeo Association of America"

Mammy Jinny's jubilee - Public domain American sheet music

WPA Federal Theatre Project 891 presents "Horse eats hat" Maxine Ellio...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Horse Eats Hat" at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 109 West 39th St., showing a horse eating a hat. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congr... More

Jumbo Jum - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The horse is man's noblest companion - join the cavalry and have a cou...

Poster showing cavalrymen watering their horses. U.S. Army recruiting office: [blank]. Engineer Reproduction plant, U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C. 1920. No. 2686-1. A.G.O., R.S. No. 223, 2-7-20.

[1876 calendar for El Principe de Gales Key West Segars and G.H. Mumm ...

Lithograph by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, N.Y. Copyright by F. De Bary & Co.

Travel? Adventure? Answer - Join the Marines! Enlist to-day for 2-3 or...

Poster showing a smiling marine riding backwards on a wild cat, possibly a leopard. 418 9th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. RCTG. 87.

Report dog bites - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster for the Cleveland Division of Health encouraging dog bite victims to report dog bites to the proper authorities, showing dog and injured hand. Date stamped on verso: Mar 13 1941. Food and Drug Administra... More

[Rube Waddell, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

American Congress letter - Hollister, Taylor & Co., Springfield, Mass...

Advertising label for stationery showing U.S. Capitol. No. 83. LOT subject: Stationery. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. F. Bolles, Sc; M. Bradley, del. Copyright by M. Bradley.

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - Three friends, Movie Poster - Public domain lithograph

Motion picture poster for "Three Friends" shows three men clasping hands while sitting at a table in a bar.

Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader.

Includes portrait of Newmann, 8 vignettes of his performances with individual captions, and 2 small images of posters advertising his performances. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Divisio... More

"The first vote" / AW [monogram] ; drawn by A.R. Waud.

Print shows African American men, in dress indicative of their professions, in a queue waiting their turn to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 11, no. 568 (1867 November 16), title page (p. 721). Reference c... More

Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc....

Poster encouraging skilled laborers to join the Seabees as part of the war effort.

The best liniment on earth, cures all pain

Package of "Dr. Bruess' Powerful, Penetrating, Peerless remedy," superimposed across the globe of the world. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. No. 1880.

Wholesome - nutritious foods from corn / Lloyd Harrison.

Poster showing corn products, including corn oil, cornstarch and baked goods. Caption: Corn products are plentiful. Use them in cakes, candies, puddings, and preserving, for salads, shortening, and for frying. ... More

French laundry - Kendall Mfg. Co. Providence R.I.

Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Company's "French Laundry Soap" showing a young woman beating clothes on a rock.

Best & cheapest book on the management of horses, mules, &c. By Denton...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 197, Folder 34. Copy scanned: 1

Laird's bloom of youth, for perserving the complexion & skin or liquid...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Laird, James, copyright claimant. Category designa... More

The folly of secession. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving

Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.

Boy's reins with bells attached. Lunch boxes, all sizes and styles ......

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 71, Folder 59.

[Coupon made for Merchants Life Insurance Co. of New York City]

2 sculptors at work. Steel engraving by A.D. Holly. Copyrighted by American Bank Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Advert.; Occupations; Ind. Insurance; Publ. Ind.

Robson & Crane in Shakespeare's "Comedy of errors"

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Glycerine tooth paste -- Gellé Frères perfumers 6, Avenue de l'Opéra, ...

Poster showing a woman holding a toothbrush and a container of toothpaste. Caption continues: Always used once used - Process of Eug. Devers chemist laureate - Gold medal Paris 1878. Signed on stone, lower left .

Hennessy Leroyles big dramatic production, Linked by law

Z62745 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Col. Jelleby Jordan : his great original creation. Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 850. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... More

Poster - Bock Miranda no. 199 - Public domain lithograph

12640 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. [Schile (H.) & Sons, ... More

Puck magazine cover - 1895 Puck Christmas / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows Puck holding mistletoe over the head of a young woman who is reading a magazine or newspaper.

Popular lectures on human nature

A7104 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hart, Chas.

The famous deadwood coach free to every reader. Sunday, June 7th, 1896

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

Louis Rhead - James Pyle's pearline washing compund

Border lettering: Original and best and leading washing compound. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C1. 1896

New York Sunday Journal. You won't be happy till you read it

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896

Rossow Midgets, Star Speciality Co.

C257486 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Mlle. Chalet, the bounding queen. Created and "copyright 1897 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Herman Rossow, prop. & mgr. No. 5746. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... More

A United States Army surgeon attending wounded soldiers in a field hos...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War One, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bowery Burlesquers presenting an original burletta on the latest N...

Caption: Concert hall; A slumming party. Created and "copyright 1898, by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Direction of Hurtig and Semon. No. 6233. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Bon Ton Burlesquers 365 days ahead of them all.

Caption: Parisian sauce. Created by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co. Lower left corner missing; beginning of caption missing. No. 6086. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The greatest Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined. Carl Damann fa...

Circus poster showing acrobatic acts. 16296 U.S. Copyright Office No. 99-S. No. 70.

Puck magazine cover - "Through peace to happiness" / Keppler.

Print shows William McKinley as a circus ringmaster trying to coax a defiant Emilio Aguinaldo to jump through a hoop labeled "Peace"; standing in the background are three figures labeled "Cuba", "Porto Rico" [i... More

Lillian Russell - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great Arm & Hammer brand soda. Church & Co., New York

Advertisement for Arm & Hammer soda, showing a clown, and an acrobat on a horse.

C.R. Reno's successful comedy, Along the Kennebec a New England story ...

D8767 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: It is dangerous to leave that blast over night. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 3805. Forms part of... 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)

Forrest & Company man of many mysteries.

Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Newport, KY." No. 5785. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Chas. H. Yale's everlasting Devil's auction

G xxc 3213 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1902 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cin. & N.Y." No. 6020. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Scientific American. Automobile number (before 1920)

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D41. 1904.

There's plenty of room at the table. Why not ask the hungry little fel...

Illustration showing Uncle Sam sitting at a table, about to carve a large "Prosperity plum pudding"; sitting around the table are two dark-skinned children labeled "Porto [sic] Rico" and "Cuba", and standing at... More

Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels oldest 23rd year, best.

Includes portraits of Hamilton Alvin and Jack Alvin. "Fun at the Mardi Gras" pasted over caption. Caption: Alvin Brothers, pantomimists & acrobats, a circus nightmare. Created and "copyright 1908 by The Courier... More

Quo Vadis Vinitius makes love to Lygia.

Motion picture poster for "Quo Vadis" shows Vinitius and Lygia sitting on a bed of pillows; Vinitius, holds a goblet of wine as he looks at Lygia; party goers in the background.

Recruits wanted ... fall in boys!

Poster shows a soldier playing bagpipes. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selig presents hearts and masks Galloping Dick's waterloo, a sensation...

Motion picture poster for "Hearts and Masks" shows a man and woman in costumes, each holding a ten of hearts playing card. "A drama in three reels." Featuring Kathlyn Williams

The man-hater How the biter was bitten.

Motion picture poster for "The Man-Hater" shows a woman helped off of a train by a conductor. She carries large bundles and two bird cages containing a cat and a parrot. "A farce comedy by James Oliver Curwood."

Buy fresh fish, save the meat for our soldiers and allies / E. Henders...

Poster shows a butcher pointing at fish while a customer looks on.

Lire dans L'Evenement. Coeurs virils . . . par Gabriel Mauriére

A nurse making an appeal to a wounded French soldier. In the background is Rheims Cathedral burning. Attributed to Castrez? Translation of title: Read in L'Evenement. 'Strong hearts . . .' by Gabriel Mauriére. ... More

Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve Overseas Division wants men age...

Poster showing, in silhouette, a sailor and gun turret on a battleship.

The winter supplies--The best ways of putting them up are described in...

Magazine cover showing woman in apron holding spoon and canning jar, pot and fruit on table in front of her. Illus. in: Woman's world. Chicago, Ill. : Currier-Boyce Co., 1915 September, cover. Published in: Ame... More

First to fight - "Democracy's vanguard" U.S. Marine Corps - Join now a...

Poster showing marines storming a beach. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stamp out syphilis and gonorrhea Have you had your blood test and exam...

Poster encouraging blood testing and examinations to identify persons with syphilis and gonorrhea, showing a man pointing at the viewer. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Co... More

The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "The pursuit of happiness"...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The pursuit of happiness" at the Waterloo Theater, showing outline of the liberty bell. Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster... More

War poster - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doll & buggy parade--W.P.A recreation project, Dist. No. 2 / Dusek.

Poster showing parade of girls pushing baby carriages. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrati...

Poster announcing activities related to home defense held at Adelphi College, Garden City, New York, showing figure of Liberty standing before American flag. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Ad... More

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Circus poster showing three monkeys dressed as clowns performing with an elephant. Copyright deposit.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey the greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing a man and woman with three performing seals. Copyright deposit.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey the greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing an elephant carrying a clown on his trunk. Copyright deposit.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. All new. 108th year

Circus poster showing man being shot out of a cannon. No copyright.

Lippincott's for January, Art Nouveau Poster

Poster advertisement showing young woman meditating on what she has just read in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Jan. 1895. Color poster by William L. Carqueville, 1871-1946. Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895. Th... More

Fred R. Hamlin's musical extravaganza, The wizard of Oz

Caption: The Tin Man. Created by "The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7007. Signed: To Spider Rathburn, now I'm oil-right. Dave Montgomery by Fred Stone. Jan. 14, 1936. Gi... More

The Bartlett sewing machine co's new patent sewing machines ... New Yo...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 127, Folder 1a.

Buy a United States government bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / ...

Poster showing Uncle Sam gesturing towards troops, ships, and planes around the Statue of Liberty. "Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our sons", W.G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treas... More

London life a new & original melo drama : by Martyn Field and Arthur S...

8268 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1899, The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Management, Murray & Long (J. Duke Murra, Howard Long). No. 6837. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on ...

Poster promoting proper child care, showing a baby picketing. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 297 Forms part of: Work Project... More

Denslow's Humpty Dumpty - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congres...

Cover title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Adv. on p. [4] of cover for Denslow's picture books for children: twelve books uniform in format rewritten to remove "all coarsen... More

The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. The Peerless Prodigies o...

98. B. No. 72. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[D. Jones, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Lippincott's series of select novels, issued monthly / J.J. Gould, Jr.

Advertisement poster for a series of novels shows a standing woman dressed in a hat and suit, carrying a Lippincott select novel. Exhibited: "Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and Sargent... More

Uncle Tom's Cabin featuring Irving Cummings

Motion picture poster for "Uncle Tom's cabin" shows an old white woman waving finger at an African American child with a book.

[Peaches Graham, Boston Rustlers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Up and going, Excelsior ginger ale...

Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Under the gaslight, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870...

K14809 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1879 by H.A. Thomas, N.Y." Oofty Gooft's New York Combination. Signed: Vic Arnold. Forms part of: Theatrical post... More

Devere's High Rollers Burlesque Co.

Caption: Dining a High Roller girl after the show. Created and "copyright 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 6156. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows united. The 7 wild wheel whi...

Circus poster showing The Seven Gaynells riding bicycles on an open fence track at an angle of 70 degrees. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati.

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.

"Made in U.S.A." Caption: Do the spirits come back? Created by "The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O." No. O-656. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic pos... More

The famous Rentz Santley Novelty and Burlesque Co. first time in Ameri...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mary A. Shanley, New York City detective - "pickpockets' captor fears...

Photograph (recto) shows Mary A. Shanley, New York City detective, half-length portrait, facing left, holding service revolver; the halftone (verso) shows (from the newspaper) the published version with two add... More