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Gruppa studentov. Samarkand - Public domain portrait print

Gruppa studentov. Samarkand - Public domain portrait print

Five men seated in courtyard of a mosque. Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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. Mother said she is very good hand at spinning. Been at it 3 years. Runs 4 and 5 sides, about 50 cents a day. Little sister Lettie helps. Mother said "she is learnin'." Looked 7 years old. Dec. 208. Witness Sara R. Hine. Location: Clinton, South Carolina Photo by Lewis W. Hine

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

Table boy carrying out drinks from a Montgomery drug store.  Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Table boy carrying out drinks from a Montgomery drug store. Location:...

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

Edward S. Curtis - Gathering Seeds--Coast Pomo

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

Woman to brighten drab rail travel / World Telegram & Sun photograph by C.M. Stieglitz.

Woman to brighten drab rail travel / World Telegram & Sun photograph b...

Mrs. Dorothy Draper, half-length portrait, standing behind chair, facing front.

Sneak preview at Astor - Manchurian Candidate / World Telegram & Sun photo by O. Fernandez.

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

Young worker in Merchants Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Young worker in Merchants Mill. Location: Fall River, Massachusetts /...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Queen of the wheel - Public domain  print

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.

[Caught in the act]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Caught in the act]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Santa Claus on top of chimney. D4847 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1.

Tie You, wife of Mock Duck, leader of Hip Sing Tong organization in Chinatown, New York City, New York

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 right]

[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.

Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches high. Beginning to sweep. Floyd Root, 10 years old. 50 inches high . Helps cousin spin every day after school. Witness S.R. Hine.  Location: Chester, South Carolina.

Eureka Cotton Mills. John Madison, 11 years old; 53 inches high. Begin...

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

Group of Newsboys on Frankfort Street near World Building. Witness, Fred McMurrry. Location: New York, New York (State) Photo by Lewis W. Hine

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

On right hand is Richard Fitzgerald, 53 Montgomery St., works in twisting room of Eclipse Mills, No. Adams. On left hand, Joseph Adams, 107 Front St., works in twisting room of Eclipse Mills,.  Location: North Adams, Massachusetts.

On right hand is Richard Fitzgerald, 53 Montgomery St., works in twist...

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

A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mill, Rock Hill,.  Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina.

A typical group of workers in the Aragon Mill, Rock Hill,. Location: ...

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

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

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. Juley & Son.

[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

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

Sister Alice Smith, hands extended / Samuel Kravitt.

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

In the Alexandria glass factories, negroes work side by side with the white workers. Also in Richmond. These are some of those working in the Alexandria (Virginia) Glass Factory. Location: Alexandria, Virginia

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

Diary in photos, vol. I, 1934-1935

Diary in photos, vol. I, 1934-1935

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushing into the doorway tried to avoid me.  Location: McComb, Mississippi.

Noon hour at Delta Cotton Mills, Mc Comb, Miss. The tiny spinner pushi...

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

Temple, Texas, the town which "commanded" the President's train to stop - greeting President Roosevelt

Temple, Texas, the town which "commanded" the President's train to sto...

Stereograph showing children and adults running down and around railroad tracks, some waving. H59489 Copyright Office.

5:00 A.M. Sunday, May 8th, 1910. Starting out from McIntyre's Branch 16th St. & Chestnut.  Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

5:00 A.M. Sunday, May 8th, 1910. Starting out from McIntyre's Branch 1...

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

Man carrying load of caps made at home to factory, 9-11 University Place, --- Feldstein's. Location: New York, New York (State)

Man carrying load of caps made at home to factory, 9-11 University Pla...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2863. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogr... More

Warburg [wedding] bridesmaids - Public domain portrait print

Warburg [wedding] bridesmaids - Public domain portrait print

J211094 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lemon boy. Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Lemon boy. Market. Location: Boston, Massachusetts Lewis W. Hine

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4684. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the ... More

Girl in machine (before 1920)

Girl in machine (before 1920)

Young woman at steering wheel of automobile. J251065 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F.C. Quimby.

Group of 14 to 16 year old weavers. See 4159.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Group of 14 to 16 year old weavers. See 4159. Location: Fall River, M...

Picryl description: Public domain portrait of a child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A regular worker (doffer) in Richmond Spinning Mills. Photo during work hours.  Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A regular worker (doffer) in Richmond Spinning Mills. Photo during wor...

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

Netselingmeut Eskimo woman holding snow shovel with child on her back on Boothia Peninsula, Canada

Netselingmeut Eskimo woman holding snow shovel with child on her back ...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in a mason's garb]

[William Howard Taft, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in...

Copyright Alex. Washn. Lodge #22, A.F.& A.M., Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodore Roosevelt as assemblyman in 1884

Theodore Roosevelt as assemblyman in 1884

Photograph showing a young Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, seated.

[Thomas Paine] - Public domain portrait engraving

[Thomas Paine] - Public domain portrait engraving

Painting shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, bust portrait, facing left. Photographic reproduction of a ca. 1876 painting by Auguste Milliére, after an engraving by William Sharp, after a 1792 painting ... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Joseph E. Johnston Camp No. 1 ribbon with his wife and daughter Monfort, Bardstown, Ky

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Jos...

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, Tennessee, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/lilj... More

[Young woman, full-length portrait, wearing lace dress, standing, facing right, waving handkerchief]

[Young woman, full-length portrait, wearing lace dress, standing, faci...

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

May Hosiery Mills. The boy is Harvey Curtis, 12 years old, turns stockings. Made $1.41 this week, out of which he paid sixty cents carfare.  Location: Nashville, Tennessee.

May Hosiery Mills. The boy is Harvey Curtis, 12 years old, turns stock...

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

Portrait photo of A beautiful camera fiend tempter

Portrait photo of A beautiful camera fiend tempter

Woman in bathing suit lying on beach. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allan Ryan & Wilbur Wright - Public domain portrait print

Allan Ryan & Wilbur Wright - Public domain portrait print

Allan Ryan and Wilbur Wright, full-length, standing, facing each other. J154596 U.S. Copyright Office. The Wright brothers sold Ryan their U.S. rights in 1909. Copyright by George G. Bain.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work in Riverside Mill, Olneyville, Providence.  Location: Providence, Rhode Island.

Would these cotton-mill boys stand a test for physical fitness? Work i...

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

William LeRoy Parker of USS Rosedale in uniform in front of painted backdrop

William LeRoy Parker of USS Rosedale in uniform in front of painted ba...

Photograph shows identified African American sailor who sailed on wooden paddle-wheel river steamship commissioned as USS Rosedale in the Delaware River area. Notation on verso: "W.L. Parker, S.S. Rosedale." M... More

[Back view of fashion models in swim suits, two kneeling wearing swim fins, and one seated]

[Back view of fashion models in swim suits, two kneeling wearing swim ...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in Harper's bazaar, January 1950. Original negative: LC-F9-01-4911-019-05. Image published in: Toni Frissell: Photographs, 1933-1967. New York, New Yor... More

Johnson family portrait - Public domain portrait

Johnson family portrait - Public domain portrait

Inscription on back of print: Love, Paul, Muriel[?], & Arly[?] Johnson. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Old City Hall, birth-place of independent government in America (1774), Charleston, S.C.

Old City Hall, birth-place of independent government in America (1774)...

H29799 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The "King of beasts," a lion in the "zoo", Central Park, New York

The "King of beasts," a lion in the "zoo", Central Park, New York

Stereograph showing both young children and adults at the Central Park zoo standing in front and looking at a lion in its cage. H41405 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by William H. Rau. On verso: American... More

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "An I don't make him pick; he picked some last year." Has about 20 pounds in his bag. See 4574.  Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

6-year old Warren Frakes. Mother said he picked 41 pounds yesterday "A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he is 13 years old now, but worked when he was 12, and in other mills for 2 years before that. "I got my hand caught in the cogs of the spinning machine last week, and lost part of my finger. It stopped the machine, and I tell you it hurt. It pains me a lot now. Don't you think they orter pat me wages while I'm out with this bad hand? No, I can't read or write, but I think my mammy knows how to spell my name." Not a member of the family could read or write.  Location: Weldon, North Carolina.

Shaw Cotton Mills. An accident case. Alfred Padgett a doffer says he i...

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

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Contraband camp - Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Washington DC sterescope c...

Stereograph shows tent camp occupied by escaped slaves. No. 379. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

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

[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.

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

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

American beauties - Public domain portrait drawing

American beauties - Public domain portrait drawing

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

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

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

Photograph shows young woman using wall mounted telephone.

Bow River Valley from Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Canada

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

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

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

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

Newsie, ten years old. Going into a moving picture theatre with his papers.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

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.

On the q. t. Vintage postcard

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.

[Woman with headphones listening to radio]

[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.

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill public school in the so-called international section. Many children of Japanese ancestry like the boy shown here with his Caucasian chum, were evacuated with their parents from this neighborhood, to go to the War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

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

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 Telegram photo by Phyllis Twachtman.

[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).

Mary Church Terrell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front

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

Come to town to see the sights - A group of men standing next to a fountain

Come to town to see the sights - A group of men standing next to a fou...

Stereograph showing two children with man, holding an open umbrella sitting on the fountain's edge; an African American man standing nearby; Capitol in background. Entered according to act of Congress in the ye... More

Sealing their bliss - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Sealing their bliss - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Newlyweds kissing. H95295 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1058. Copyright by C.A. Richmond.

Diary in photos, vol. I, 1934-1935

Diary in photos, vol. I, 1934-1935

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - Walter Miller, 16 years, 812 Charles, works for father, a Painter; belongs to Junior Ball Team and Glee Club. James Conlon, 15 years, 679 Charles, Textile Tube Works - Tube Cutter. Harold Newman, 15 years, 910 Dwelly. Weaver at Osborn Mill.  Location: Fall River, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Working Boys' Glee Club and Minstrel Group - King Philip Settlement - ...

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

Interior Alaska costume - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Interior Alaska costume - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Women delegates to the 1886 convention of the Knights of Labor

Women delegates to the 1886 convention of the Knights of Labor

Photograph shows group portrait of eight women and a baby; Miss Mary Anderson, seated, hand on baby's head, and Miss Laura Graddick, standing, second from right.

[Battle in the Woods, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly right]

[Battle in the Woods, full-length portrait, seated, facing slightly ri...

Indian child in bone breast plate. No. 222. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman wearing corset, brushing her hair, half-length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Woman wearing corset, brushing her hair, half-length portrait, standi...

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

From State Department S. over Executive Grounds, Monument and Potomac River, Washington, U. S. A

From State Department S. over Executive Grounds, Monument and Potomac ...

H34060 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1903 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Washington, D.C., Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H.

Vice President Fairbanks and Secretary of War Taft, at the President's lawn party - White House

Vice President Fairbanks and Secretary of War Taft, at the President's...

Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks, and Secretary of War Taft, at White House lawn party. H62007 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.

Indian vanity - Public domain print

Indian vanity - Public domain print

Portrait of Indian man standing, wearing feather headdress and fringed and beaded clothing. H75432 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Karl E. Moon & Co.

[Aurelia H. Reinhardt, half-length portrait, wearing fur-trimmed coat and muff]

[Aurelia H. Reinhardt, half-length portrait, wearing fur-trimmed coat ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Olive Fremstad, half-length portrait, facing left]

[Olive Fremstad, half-length portrait, facing left]

No. 996. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, probably at her home in Auburn, New York]

[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, ...

Illus. in: Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller / Elizabeth Smith Miller. New York : Geneva, 1897-1911, section 16, no. 9, p. 47. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collectio... More

Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the papers as she worked. (For complete details see Miss E.C. Watson's report.)  Location: New York, New York (State)

Whole family rolling cigarette cases, the mother was licking the paper...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn about $15 a week, and this little one works steady and her six year old brother same. Lowden Canning Co.  Location: Bluffton, South Carolina.

7 year old oyster shucker. Speaks no English. Father and mother earn a...

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

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford and her ... More

President Roosevelt & cabinet - Public domain portrait print

President Roosevelt & cabinet - Public domain portrait print

Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt with members of his cabinet seated and standing around a table; depicted are Lyman J. Gage, Philander C. Knox, John D. Long, John Hay, James Wilson, Elihu Root, E... More

[Meat market, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal]

[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 Melville Bell, Eliza Grace Symonds, and Mary True with children, Daisy Bell, Gypsy Grossman, and Elsie Bell at the Hubbard home in Manchester, Massachusetts.]

[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).

Lillies - Public domain portrait photograph

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

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

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

Syracuse freshmen at dinner, Poughkeepsie

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

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 looms. 40 cts. to start, 60 cents a day now. Brother and mother in mill. Morris Small (boy with cap) "Reckon I been in mill 2 yrs. Don't remember." Witness S.R. Hine.  Location: Chester, South Carolina.

John Lewis (boy with hat) 12 years old. 1 year in mill. Weaver--4 loom...

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

Mery Horn, a hunchback. The doctor told her it was a severe case and was being aggravated by the heavy load of papers she carried and so she must stop. She replied "But I need the spending money. I have to go to shows." Location: Hartford, Connecticut

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

One of the young workers in Indian Head Mills. Going to work at noon-hour.  Location: Cordova, Alabama.

One of the young workers in Indian Head Mills. Going to work at noon-h...

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

A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including the mother totally illiterate. No one could read or write. The mother does mill work some. Alice, 17 years has steady job. Makes from $5 to $6 a week. Alfred, 13 years now, worked here when he was 12, and in other mills before that. Makes $4 a week. Recently crippled by getting his hand caught in the cogs of a spinning machine. Richard just reached 11. Been working here 1 year; began when he was 10. Makes $2.40 a week. "The work runs him down too." William, 6 years old, nearly blind. Lizzie, 5 years old. Home in utter neglect; filthy and bare. When investigator called the mother had been gone about an hour, leaving a roomer's 3 months old baby in the cradle before an open fire on the hearth, and only two children 5 and 6 years old - one nearly blind, playing around. She came back and fed them a lot of cheap candy. What will Society reap from its neglect of this family? Shaw Cotton Mills.  Location: South Weldon, North Carolina.

A menace to Society. The Padgett family. The entire family including t...

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

9-year old tobacco worker.  Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity], Kentucky / Lewis W. Hine.

9-year old tobacco worker. Location: Hardin County--Sonora [vicinity]...

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

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

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

Evening gown in all its splendor

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

[Jeryl Johnson, Hillie Merritt, Gretchen Foster, Carol Toby, Myrna Fahey, and Maggie Pierce, with their fingers crossed, standing below suspended crown as they vie for the Miss Rheingold 1956 title] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna.

[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

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

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

Officers of Tobacco Trade Union, Petersburg, Virginia

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

Six year old newsboy. Raymond Miller. Many of these here ranging from five to ten years old.  Location: San Antonio, Texas.

Six year old newsboy. Raymond Miller. Many of these here ranging from ...

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

Latest thing in flasks. Mlle. Rhea, dainty dancer who is now in the city as part of the Keiths program inaugurates the garter flask fad in Washington

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.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

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

Thomas Paine - Public domain portrait engraving

Thomas Paine - Public domain portrait engraving

Painting shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Photographic reproduction of a ca. 1859 painting attributed to Bass Otis, possibly after the Thomas Thompson copy or from ... More

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