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Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing right. Photo size 14 x 11 in. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

A Canadian Fisherman - A man holding a fish on a beach

Easton and MacLennan, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows opera singer Francis Maclennan (1873-1935) with his wife, opera singer Florence Easton (1882-1955), on board a ship. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms pa... More

Eva Watson Schutze - [Girl sitting with legs folded, reading a book] /...

Title devised by staff. Signed with photographer's monogram. FBJ label no. 121. Prior to 1901 photographer known as Eva Lawrence Watson. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnsto... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Minnesota State Fair: balloon vendor]

Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[A little angel] - A black and white photo of a young angel

Photo by Fitz W. Guerin. #19. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Children.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie - Public domain portrait print

Andrew Carnegie standing alongside his seated wife, full-length portrait. No. H-1902. Copyright by Frederic Bulkeley Hyde.

Grace Harper (Looked 10 years old). Works in Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 372. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More

Louise Homer and Baby Helen - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows opera singer Louise Beatty Homer (1871-1947) with her daughter Helen Joy Homer (1915-1946) who later was a medical relief worker in China. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data... More

Votes for women - Drawing. Public domain image.

Postcard showing girl holding up finger to boy and poem: For the work of a day, for the taxes we pay, for the laws we obey, we want something to say. No. 6342.

Italian opera singer Curci, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian coloratura soprano opera singer Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of:... More

[Myrtle Lind. A young woman posed with a Graflex camera on a beach]

J233786 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Evans, Los Angeles, California. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Beach scenes; Cameras; P.I.; Shelf.

Edward S. Curtis - Gathering Seeds--Coast Pomo

Cecilia Joaquin, Pomo woman, full-length portrait, standing, using seed beater to gather seeds into a burden basket. J268433 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3997. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (L... More

Kitchen scene in Spanish-American home near Taos, New Mexico, Taos Cou...

Title and other information from caption card. Woman in image identified as Ofelia Sandoval by her daughter, Ofelia Sandoval Rinaldi; Mar. 5, 1998. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas P... More

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat, Great Depression. FSA...

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

New FCC Commissioner takes oath. Washington, D.C., April 13. Frederick...

A man in a suit and tie talking to a woman in a dress, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More

Sneak preview at Astor - Manchurian Candidate / World Telegram & Sun p...

Photograph shows Anne Bancroft at a sneak preview of the Manchurian Candidate at the Astor Theatre, New York. NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Teleg... More

John Calvin - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sartain, John.

Naval Academy Midshipman Frederick Byron Hull in uniform Cartes de vis...

Photograph shows identified class of 1869 student at Naval Academy when it was located at Newport, Rhode Island, from 1861 to 1865. Notation on recto: "Yours truly, Byron." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP... More

[Students, private school Hadikatül-Maarif] / Abdullah Frères, photogr...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. In album: Portraits of schoolgirls, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

[Two unidentified portraits of girl and boy in locket]

Case: Metal locket with two soldiers firing a cannon. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljwoch

[Portrait of an African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen of the wheel - Public domain print

Photograph shows studio portrait of a partially nude young woman, dressed in white flowing material, sitting on a bicycle, holding a glass of wine. Copyright 1897 by Rose Studio.

[Young woman modeling: Half lgth., wearing broken straw hat]

Photo by Fitz W. Guerin. No. 42. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour; Hats.

Helen Keller, 1880-1968 - Public domain portrait print

Full lgth., kneeling, facing right; right hand on dog; left hand on book. Photoprint copyrighted by Whitman, Chelsea, Mass. No. 12. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings:... More

HOOVER, HERBERT C - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of Ha... More

Tie You, wife of Mock Duck, leader of Hip Sing Tong organization in Ch...

Photograph shows portrait of the wife of Sai Wing Mock, leader of Hip Sing Tong organization, which fought On Leong Tong for control of Chinatown. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper P... More

[Red Elk Woman, a Sioux girl, full-length portrait, seated, facing rig...

H184398 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2587-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 3, pl. 97.

Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building. Witness, Fr...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 33-A. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

C.A. Arthur as "Bearded Lady" - Society Circus, Long Branch

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

Raymonde Delaunois, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Raymonde Delaunois (1885-1984), a Belgian mezzo-soprano opera singer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Ge... More

Muratore & Cavalieri, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows French actor and opera singer Lucien Muratore (1876-1954) and his wife Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the B... More

Farrar as "Carmen", George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967), an American soprano opera singer and film actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More

Children playing with Campbell kid dolls. Location: New York, New York...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2889. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

[William Zorach and others, in costume, on a small stage] / Peter A. J...

Photograph shows, left to right: Julian Freedman, Luie(?) Earl, Marjorie Lacey-Baker, Norma Millay, William Zorach, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Kitty Cornell(?), and Alfred Kreymborg. On back of photo are names o... More

11 women and a little girl lined up for bathing beauty contest

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Clothing & Dress. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative no.: LC-F8-8993 [deterio... More

Photograph of Le Train Blue (photo 2), 1924

Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Citizenship lessons: American family at breakfast

Stereo by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Sister Alice Smith, hands extended / Samuel Kravitt.

Photograph shows Sister Alice Smith holding her hands, plams upward, in front of her, possibly demonstrating a dance routine, at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Photographer stamp on... More

Alice Longworth - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data on the negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift... More

A black and white photo of a group of children. Office of War Informat...

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

In the Alexandria glass factories, negroes work side by side with the ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 2270. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Oscar Wilde Sarony - Public domain

Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding book in right hand, left elbow on knee, hand to cheek. 684 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18. Copyright by N. Sarony. Exhibited: "O... More

Portrait photo of Geronimo - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows the famous Apache warrior Geronimo, photographed during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. The close-up view of his left eye reveals a reflection of the photographer. Pho... More

[Five Civil War soldiers gathered on dirt porch outside home. African ...

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

[Buffalo Soldier, 25th Infantry, Co.] / Goff, photographer, Fort Cust[...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American soldier in uniform, holding hat. Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M11. Purchase; William A. Gladsto... More

Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave children from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of freed slaves Rosina Downs, Charles Taylor, and Rebecca Huger, each wrapped in a portion of the U.S. flag. "Our protection" caption below image. "Entered, according to... More

Miss Chesney. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

General Robert E. Lee, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 565. Horan item no. 302; item no. 216. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

[Micah Jenkins, 1835-1864, half length, seated, facing slightly right,...

No. 4825. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Wilson, Honorable James Falconer of Iowa, Delegate to Democratic Nat. ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: 126;; scratched into emulsion: 4930, Hon. J.F. Wilson, 35 [crossed out], 499 [crossed out], 126 [crossed out], ... More

[Portrait of African American girl, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Meat market, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal]

Public domain image - related to Portuguese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Bartol, Alexander Melv...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Nellie Bly - Drawing. Public domain image.

Portrait, full length, standing, facing left slightly, holding hat in one hand and bag in the other. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings... More

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing slightly right; ...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

[African American school children and teacher, studying leaves out of ...

No. 351. In album: "7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Martinelli, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Italian opera singer Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Ba... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C. - stereocsopic card

A man and a woman sitting under an umbrella, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D... More

Bebe Daniels, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Phyllis Virginia Daniels (1901-1971), known professionally as Bebe Daniels, an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data prov... More

Ida (Saxton) McKinley, 1847-1907

Head and shoulders, facing front. Photo copyrighted by George Prince. No. 15. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Pres. I. (Wives); Shelf.

Lillies - Public domain portrait photograph

Young woman holding lilies. H16794 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helen Keller, full length portrait, seated in cap and gown

H40746 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - Alice (Roosevelt) Longworth, 1884-1980

Head and shoulders portrait, facing left, in her wedding gown. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracin... More

Syracuse freshmen at dinner, Poughkeepsie

Twelve men (a rowing team) around table. George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 412-2.

Weddings - Oelrich wedding, George Grantham Bain Collection

Four choir or altar boys, possibly at the wedding of Mrs. Charles de Loosey Oelrichs (Marjorie R. Trumbull). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title and other information transcribed from unverified, ol... More

Mery Horn, a hunchback. The doctor told her it was a severe case and w...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 591. The word "have" in "I have to go to the shows" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: Natio... More

Braslau, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1888-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Ency... More

Susan B. Anthony, 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

New York City. East Side Italian bread peddlers.

Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf; ... More

Convention of former slaves, Wash., D.C.

Two elderly African American women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photo shows, left to right, Elizabeth Berkeley and Sadie Thompson (based on identification provided in ima... More

Where Women Wear the Pants. Native women of Montenegro wearing the Bag...

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: Types, Montenegro. On caption card: 12848. Gift; ... More

Evening gown in all its splendor

Woman modeling evening gown by Lucile at the Spring Fashion Show of the National Retail Garment Association held at the Commodore Hotel by Lucile. J246918 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Lucile, from Underw... More

Mickey Travers, Rene leVox, and Edourd Mascart & others, 51925

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related negative LC-F8-35703. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the Nationa... More

Congressional children's party Washington, D.C. May 29. Photographed w...

A black and white photo of two little girls in dresses, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc... More

Social Security Board member. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Ellen S. Wood...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. ... More

Middle River, Maryland. FSA (Farm Security Administration) housing pro...

New Orleans, Louisiana. Truck drivers at the Herrin Company terminal

[Jeryl Johnson, Hillie Merritt, Gretchen Foster, Carol Toby, Myrna Fah...

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

Sennett girls in serpentine confetti

Photograph shows the Sennett Bathing Beauties draped with confetti. J229468 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 91-X. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Ann... More

An Old Southern Home, San Francisco Plantation, Louisiana

No. 33777. Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bury the Dead (5 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

[Portrait of Anna May Wong, in "Turandot" at Westport]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V L 3. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More

Tom sat upon the buoy long days

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916, p. 158. Exhibite... More

[Portrait of Diahann Carroll] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XII MM 18. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Virginia

Two African American men standing and an African American man and woman seated. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris... More

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier] / J.P. Bal...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GE786" and "1123" and "CDV418" written on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.50)

[Unidentified man in battleshirt with hunting rifle]

Photograph shows possible Confederate volunteer or hunter. Case: Leather quatrefoil and oval motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased ... More

Latest thing in flasks. Mlle. Rhea, dainty dancer who is now in the ci...

Mlle. Rhea seated with flask in garter on leg. National Photo Company Collection.

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

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

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).

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

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

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

American beauties - Public domain portrait drawing

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

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

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