288 Vintage fashion, United states history Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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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

Detroit, Michigan. New method of making x-ray photographs size 4x5 inc...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Richard M. Tobin, residence in Syosset, New York. Bedroom, to win...

Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Ida B. Wells Housing Project. A childrens' rhythm b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Marian Anderson mural dedicated. Marian Anderson, noted contralto, at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wartime food demonstration. Winners of the butterless, sugarless cake ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

1920s-vintage advertising flier for the Bassett's Ice Cream stand in t...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Pennsylvania postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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.

Charles Batties. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows an African American man, Charles Batties(?), full-length portrait standing, facing front, wearing sailor uniform. Title from inscription below photograph. Gladstone's inventory number: CDV115. ... More

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.

General Burgoyne / Pollard sc., Head and Shoulders Portrait

General John Burgoyne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left; in medallion. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. in: An impartial history of the present war in America; containing an acc... More

General G.B. McClellan and wife, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

An old photo of a man and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. E.C. Wilson (Elsie Tilford)

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

Bundle boys. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

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

Bathing Beach, 1920 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Bare legs and scanty one piece bathing suits were very ... More

[Warren Harding and group at Cocolobo Cay Club, Adams Key, Florida]

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

Only woman to bring electoral vote. Miss Sharlot M. Hall of Prescott, ...

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

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman sitting on a porch, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architect... More

[Women with coffee or tea] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the D...

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

Migrant laborer packing celery in packing house. Belle Glade, Florida

Salesman displaying patent medicine to farmers who have brought tobacc...

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

A couple of kids standing in front of a movie theater, Louisiana. Farm...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a fish. Office of War Informa...

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, Louisiana, 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libr... More

In all his glory / A.C. - A drawing of a man in a suit and hat

African American in police uniform. (DLC/PP-1934:0209). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Washington as a spectacle," Century, 48:491 (Aug. 1894). BAR updated... More

[Portrait of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, officer of the Federal Navy]

Wilkes is not in uniform. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mlle. Boisso, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Colonel William A. Barstow, 3rd Wisc. Cavalry. U.S.A.

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

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42.) The Library's print is a copy of an ambrotype. As a result,... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with shotgun sitting next...

Case: Rinhart, no. 93. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Cal Packard, Lexington, Ohio, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congr... More

[Major John C. Pelham of Alburtis Light Artillery and 1st Co. Stuart H...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Handwritten name on recto bottom. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenqu... More

Ida (Saxton) McKinley, 1847-1907

Full lgth., standing, facing right. Photoprint copyrighted by George Prince. No. 1. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Clothing 1901; Photog. I.; Pres. I. (wives); Shelf.

Regina Rambo - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Regina Elizabeth Rambo Benson, the first woman to drive around the state of Georgia in a touring car. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Market, Wash. D.C., World War I period

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Indians. View of Indians and teepees with camera on tripod in foregrou...

Item title devised. Probably part of group of photographs related to Indian Sign Language Council of 1930, short film.

Army essay contest, 5420 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Winners in the Army Essay Writing Contest who are being entertained in Washington at the expense of the War Dept. Prizes are to be awarded on May 5th. Today th... More

[Eugene Debs, left] - Public domain portrait photograph

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

New Siamese Minister to the U.S. with Robert Woods Bliss [White House,...

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

Grace Newton, daughter of Cong. Walter H. Newton of Minn., pinning flo...

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dinner during wheat harvest time, central Ohio

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

An old black and white photo of a man cutting a woman's hair, West Vir...

Inside the cooperative grist mill. Prairie Farms, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican newsstand, San Antonio, Texas

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

Pregnant woman, the daughter of a migrant family. Imperial Valley, Cal...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Playing a swing game in the yard. Play party in McIntosh County, Oklah...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American farmer with his two sons, Trampas, New Mexico

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

Arlington, Virginia. Auto refinishing plant. Mechanical paint mixer

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

Libby's wedding, Capt. Paulter[?], Nov. 2, 1943

Public domain photo of wedding, engagement, groom and bride, loving couple, love, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Food in England. Smiling with health, this former London dressmaker wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gimbels, business in Valley Stream, Long Island. Bridal shop

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

President Abraham Lincoln seated next to small table From photographic...

Label for McAllister & Brother, 728 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia on verso. Ostendorf, no. 52 C Meserve, no. 69 Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvani... More

[Alice Paul, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, raising glas...

J243092 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Merely wants to know / F. Opper.

Print shows Uncle Sam with a feather in his hat labeled "Victory", holding America's Cup labeled "Yachting Champion", a cricket bat labeled "Cricket Champion", and a medal labeled "Athletic Champion", and with ... More

Another shotgun wedding, with neither party willing / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a shotgun wedding between Uncle Sam and a young woman labeled "Hawaii"; a former Confederate general labeled "Sen. Morgan" with a "Jingo" feather in his hat, stands behind them, holding a shotgun la... More

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.

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.

Photograph of Sylvia Pankhurst - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Holch, Anna, Miss, with Buzzer the cat, portrait photograph

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

[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of group of smiling women and two children standing with banners on sidewalk. Banner on left: "We demand an amendment to the United States Constit... More

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.

Portrait photograph of Elizabeth Arden

Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1920s, 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 suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Evangeline Booth with Harding [White House, Washington, D.C.]

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

Okla. Kilties [White House, Washington, D.C.]

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

[Woman with birds] - Public domain photograph

A woman standing next to a bird in a cage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Lady claims one seventh of property of U.S. Post office--posts her par...

A woman holding a sign in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil field worker, Saint Louis, Oklahoma

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

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

Women talk. Street scene at Holyoke, Massachusetts

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hemming a pilot parachute on a double needle sewing machine at the Pac...

Nurse training. Convalescent children in a hospital are allowed to sit...

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

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

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

[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)

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

[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

The coffee-house patriots, or news, from St. Eustatia / H. Bunbury Esq...

Print shows interior view of a coffeehouse, presumably in London, where several man of commerce appear disgruntled at the news of the successful campaign to capture Saint Eustatius, a port used by British merch... More

General C.C. Dodge, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information... More

Lt. Colonel B.H. Hill, 5th U.S. Artillery

General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864

No. B48. Alternate title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaign by William Frassanito. Incorrect information on negative sleeve: U.S. Grant at City Point. See also: LC-B8175-2, orig. glass negative with dif... More

Winston Churchill - 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

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

George W. Lederer's Belle of New York the rage of two continents : boo...

"65 people direct from Shaftesbury Theater, London and Casino Theater, New York." Caption: M'lle Fifi, come with us to Portico. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cinc... More

Navajo boy - Public domain portrait print

Indian, half length, facing front. H95205 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Fred Harvey. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Children; Photog. I... More

Arrival Envoys from San F[rancisco]. Parade arriving at Capitol.

Title transcribed from item. A similar photograph was published in The Suffragist, vol. 3, no. 50 (December 11, 1915). Summary: Photograph of large crowd of suffragists on Capitol steps, some with banners, one ... More

WOMAN SUFFRAGE GROUP OF SUFFRAGISTS

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

CAPITOL, U.S. - A group of people standing in front of a building

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

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

National Cathedral. Family group looking at nativity scene on top of m...

Old negative number: 222-110. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

[Evangeline Booth and Warren Harding at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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