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The next candidate for statehood / O'Neill.

Illustration shows Columbia handing a dress labeled "Statehood" to a young woman labeled "New Mexico." Illus. in: Puck, v. 50, no. 1294 (1901 December 18), cover. Copyright 1901 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

The guitar / D.G. Johnson, sc. - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a woman playing guitar as a man flirts with her. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 2. Library of Congress copy i... More

Family scene, group portrait with adults, child, and a dog, in a parlo...

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

The rival queens or a political heat for Rege & Grege, British Cartoon...

An encounter between two stout ladies, Mrs. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Schwellenberg, each with a second: the Prince of Wales, his hands on his lady's waist, and Pitt holding out a lemon to the furious German woman, ... More

[Sherard Osborn, lieut., Royal Navy, three-quarter length wood-engrave...

Photo shows a wood engraving of Serard Osborn. Although Osborn had no connection to the Northwest Boundary Survey, he did serve on Belcher's expedition to search for the Franklin Arctic expedition, 1852-1854, o... More

[Mary Wollstonecraft, half-length portrait, facing left]

Photograph of a stipple engraving by James Heath, ca. 1797, after a painting by John Opie. Stamped on verso: Sewall Coll. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

R.S. Ewell, C.S.A, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is avai... More

Ruins of bridge, across Potomac River at Shepherdstown

Photograph shows a man in the foreground overlooking the ruins of the bridge at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. No. 5077. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col.... More

[Head-and-shoulders portrait of Frederick Douglass]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The avant couriers of the coming man--Scene in Sampson's Shoe Manufact...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1870 July 9. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Raree Show at Lin-sin-choo - Public domain architecture engraving

after a drawing by Thomas Allom, architect and landscape painter, 1804-1872 (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just bene... More

Minnie Tate, of the Jubilee singers / negative by Black.

Photo shows Minnie Tate, three-quarter length studio portrait, facing slightly right, with arms folded and resting on a small table. Albumen photograph mounted on a cabinet card. Printed on verso: American Mis... More

Dr. George M. Mitch - Public domain portrait photograph

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on span of years for C.M. Bell collection of glass negatives. Notation ... More

[Baby in christening gown] - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slight...

Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Signed in pencil on lower right corner: H.B. Hall Jr. Stamped on verso: L.C. Hubbard Collection. Hubbard, p. 152 Forms part of: Gardiner Greene Hubbard co... More

Portrait photo of Beyrouth. Drogmans arabs / Dumas Ph.

Two Arab dragomen enjoying a meal. No. 2062. No. 536. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Unidentified young boy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

[A tropical flower] - Public domain portrait drawing

Signed on plate. Remarque proof: flower. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins... More

Restoring "prosperity" / Keppler, Jr., Political Cartoon

Print shows President Cleveland and five men using "Sound Policy Cement" to repair a statue labeled "Nat. Prosperity". Shown with Cleveland are John G. Carlisle, William L. Wilson, Daniel W. Voorhees, Charles T... More

Two gypsy women standing, full lgth., Palestine - Frank G. Carpenter c...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Palestine. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph by Sebah and Joaillier. No. 555. ... More

[Woman in ethnic or national costume]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edward Penfield - Harper's for May, Harpers magazine posters

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D42. 1894

The American Extravaganza Co. in Aladdin Jr. a tale of a wonderful lam...

Z35299 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti., N.Y." Mr. David Henderson, sole manager; the Chicago Opera House. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Librar... More

Caricature, Me and Jim, public domain cartoon image

Little nude black girl with mandolin, sitting on limb with crow. Photo copyrighted by E.C. Dana. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mus. instru. Mandolins; African Am... More

Koster & Bial's Music Hall W. 34th St. near Broadway.

B252629 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lithographing Co., Cin'ti & New-York." No. 7298. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

A trifle embarrassed / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows Uncle Sam and Columbia standing at the entrance to the "U.S. Foundling Asylum" as a basket of crying children labeled "Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii, [and] Philippine" is presented to them by arms label... More

Boulevard toward Los Banos Del Mar, Santa Barbara, Cal.

Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 071705. No original negative. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Ca... More

Hurly-Burly Extravaganza and Refined Vaudeville

64790 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Cook and Sorona. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2828. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Mrs. R.G. Mather - Public domain portrait print

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

Mrs. F.T. Frelinghuysen - A group of people standing around each other

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

Shirley Kelogg - Public domain portrait print

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

American beauties - Public domain portrait drawing

Young girl holding rose. Copyright by E.E. Seavy, New Castle, Pa.

Carmel Myers - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph of movie actress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ponselle in "William Tell" - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows opera singer Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) in costume for the opera William Tell. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (... More

Harrold and father, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows musical theater and opera singer Orville Harrold (1878-1933) with his father, and a dog dressed in a military uniform. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bai... More

Vivienne Osborne - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Chalmers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Thomas Hardie Chalmers (1884-1966), American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More

Rosina Galli - Public domain portrait print

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

Berta Mills, White, N.Y. / White

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

Walton - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - female portrait, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. C.M. Depew - Public domain portrait print

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the shadow - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

[Young woman modeling: nude with garland of flowers]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artwork, female nude figure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

HOOVER, HERBERT C. - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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

Amputating the shattered leg of a wounded soldier, operating room the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Photograph shows young woman using wall mounted telephone.

VEEDER, HENRY - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

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

[Frances Hodgson Burnett, full-length portrait, seated, reading at a t...

H110711 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit; May 18, 1908. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking north from a housetop and over Tangier to the Kasaba (Citadel)...

H110127 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16313. Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Palestine, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bow River Valley from Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Canada

No. 1007. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910, full-length portrait, standing, f...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Immigrant children, Washington School. Location: Boston, Massachusett...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miss Mabel E. Sturtevant - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Czarina and Czarewitsch - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo shows Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (1872-1918), Empress consort of Russia and spouse of Nicholas II, with her son Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky in Schéhérazade, 1910, Emil Otto Hoppe

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, musical, theater, performance, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newsie, ten years old. Going into a moving picture theatre with his pa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Princess Maria of Sweden - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

On the q. t. Vintage postcard

Photograph shows a policeman, with back turned, reaching back and taking a mug of beer from a hand passing through a door.

Xmas Toys, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Capt. F.M. Passow, George Grantham Bain Collection

4th of July Parade, N.Y., 1911 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marcel Charlier - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows conductor and pianist Marcel Charlier. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

1ST PAN AMERICAN FINANCIAL CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 1915

A group of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection for similar negatives in same range. G... More

RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS COMMITTEE. W.S. CARTER; WILLIAM S. STONE; W. G. L...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. OLDEST SUFFRAGETTE

A woman standing in front of a curtain, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General ... More

Enfants adoptes, Boyle - Public domain portrait photograph

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: M. Guerin. Group title: Adopted children. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 ... More

When fortune smiles on Roumanian children. This is the that is develop...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Paris Office. Group title: Children. Roumania. On caption card: (11581) Used... More

Party watchfires burn outside White House, Jan. 1919.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party watchfire demonstrators standing with banners and fire in urn in front of White House. One banner reads, "President Wilson is deceiving... More

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. SUFFRAGETTES AT CAPITOL

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

[Woman with headphones listening to radio]

Photograph shows women sitting next to radio listening to radio broadcast by holding headphones to ears. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. No. 291488F.

Colby & Miles M. Shand - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Caption from caption list: Bainbridge Colby whose appointment as Secty of State was confirmed by the Senat... More

Dr. E. Moresco - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of beauties, 8/30/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jonkheer W.H. de Beaufort, 2/21/22

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

[Man at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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

Wallace golf, [5/19/24] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Farmers group, 1/7/24 - A group of men standing in front of a building

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

W.T. Galliher presents Coolidge with inaugural medallion, 6/19/25

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

Minnie P. Cunningham, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Minnie Fisher Cunningham, executive secretary of the League of Women Voters. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part... More

Portrait photographs. Man with tie

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

TOLSON, BERNARD R. PORTRAIT - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Glen Echo amusement park. Bathing girls at Glen Echo III

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children of Oklahoma drought refugees on highway near Bakersfield, Cal...

File print is reversed; printed backwards. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informati... More

Glen Echo amusement park. Bathing girls at Glen Echo VII

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

School scene at Skyline Farms, near Scottsboro, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Child of cut-over farmer, near Northome, Minnesota

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm family in town, Caruthersville, Missouri

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First aid class for members of volunteer fire department. Greenhills, ...

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

Thomas W. Beede and family. Resettlement borrowers. Western Slope Farm...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

Pre-WWII collection of Farm Security Administration - Office of War In...

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

Two of the children of Warren Franklin, FSA (Farm Security Administrat...

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

Brooklyn, New York. Red Hook housing project. Boy with a model airplan...

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

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill pub...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-72. Farm Security Administration an... More

Frank Sinatra lighting a cigarette World Telegram photo by Al Aumuller

Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Katherine Dunham, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / World ...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Date stamped on verso: Jan 25 1956. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Radiant-looking Grace Kelly waves good-bye to New York from the ocean ...

Title from note on verso. United Press photograph. No. NXP 1103145. Note on verso: The lone cameraman getting another angle on the departure is United Press staff photographer Joe Schuppe, who is accompanying t... More

Who does not recognize, as an old enemy, the adamantine pincushion

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Visiting in Country Houses" by Eliot Gregory, Century, 68:497 (Aug. 1904).

Mary Church Terrell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing fro...

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

Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, standing, head turned slightly to the left, wearing hat and cape. No. 26. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "Oscar Wilde : the Apostle of Beauty" a... More

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