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Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Group of men and a demon, Peru]

Public domain illustrated book page scan, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More

[Map of moon showing surface features, with four sets of cherubs and a...

Illus. in: Selengraphia / Johannesevelius. Gedani : Autoris Sumtibuss, Typis Hunefeldianus, 1647. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 44.

[Cellular structure of cork plant and cells of a honeycomb, with cork ...

Illus. in: Micrographia / Robert Hooke. London : J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 58.

Imprimerie en lettres, l'opération de la casse / AB s.

Print shows three printers in workshop setting type and examples of type and spacers set for printing. Illus. in: Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société ... More

General Putnam. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows Israel Putnam, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right and gesturing to the left with both arms, wearing military uniform and feathered cap with skull and crossbones over the words "or... More

[Child birth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Two images of childbirth: plate 23 (left) shows child in womb with umbilical cord and plate 24 (right) shows forceps being used to deliver child. Illus. in: An abridgement of the practice of midwifery : and a s... More

[An orrey or planetarium designed by George Adams showing relative pos...

Illus. in: Astronomical and geographical essay. 6th ed., cor. and enl. London : W. & S. Jones, 1812. This plate: London : Printed for & published by W. & S. Jones, Holborn, as the Act directs, 1799 Jany. 1st.,... More

A view of the city of the Havana, taken from the road near Colonel How...

Print shows distant view of Havana, Cuba, with the bay on the left, and a roadway past the battery and a palm tree in the foreground.

Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians

Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by P... More

View of the insulated table lands at the foot of the Rocky Mountains /...

Major Long's expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. Reference copy in LOT 4390-D. Illus. in: James, Edwin / Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains,..., 1822-1823.

Aries and Musca Borealis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a ram and a fly forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 16.

Draco and Ursa Minor / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a dragon and bear forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 1. Exhibited: World Treasures of the Library of Congress.

The pipe dance and the tomahawk dance / F. Barinsou ; painted at the t...

Native men performing the pipe dance and the tomahawk dance. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians / by J.O. Lewis. Philade... More

View from Mount Holyoke - A black and white drawing of a mountain scen...

Illustration showing view from the top of Mount Holyoke toward the valley and Connecticut River below.

Mansion House, Cheapside &c. / T. Shotter Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people walking in London streets, public coach, and buildings seen from corner of Lombard Street. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Th... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Sidon looking towards Lebanon

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. 11-13, p. 2. Surro... More

Mr. Clay taking a new view of the Texas question

Illustration shows Henry Clay, dressed in doublet and breast plate with a brace of pistols at his waist, holding a carving knife and fork, at an open door in which a tiny "Mexican" cowers on a shelf. Below the ... More

George III, King of Great Britain &c / Pollard sculp.

Print shows King George III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right wearing ermine robe and powdered wig, in oval topped with crown. After a Reynolds coronation portrait. Illus. in: An impartial hi... More

Cucumis sativus vulgaris, cucumern, engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a Cucumber plant. Public domain scan of drawing, 16th century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vue extérieure de la mosquée, prise de la cour du chadirvan

Print shows courtyard and exterior of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, ablution fountain to the right; with groups of men in traditional dress. Title from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, ... More

Desperate conflict of American seamen under Decatur, on boarding a Tri...

Illustration shows Stephen Decatur and his men fighting hand-to-hand fight on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the First Barbary War. Illus. in: Life and death on the ocean: a collection of extraordinary adve... More

A description of a view of the city of Moscow

Illustration shows the procession of Alexander II into the Kremlin. Illus. in: Description of a view of the city of Moscow, with the gorgeous entry of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Alexander II into the Krem... More

Burning of the Spanish camp at Chickasaw / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Burning of the Spanish camp at Chickasaw, Yalobusha Valley, Mississippi, by Indians.

Principal floor. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a floor plan for the Boston Public Library. Illus. in: Proceedings at the dedication of the building for the Public library of the city of Boston. Boston : prepared and printed by authority of the c... More

Halles centrales de Paris - façade latérale au sud / V. Baltard, archt...

Illustration shows south side vue of Les Halles. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Labrador]

Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 9] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black, ... More

[A kiln or furnace with fire heating coal in a retort to the point of ...

Illus. in: Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes, / par Louis Figuier. Paris : Furne, Jouvet et cie, [1867]-1870. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks ... More

Alice Barber Stephens - The red coat

Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Man with fallen bicycle looking up road]

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trevithick's first passenger-carrying common road locomotive, Camborne...

Print shows overhead, side, and front views of steam locomotive for use on roadways. Illus. in: Life of Richard Trevithick, with an account of his inventions / by Francis Trevithick, C.E. Illustrated with engr... More

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from İstanbul,...

(1) Mevlevi dervish; (2) Bektași dervish; and (3) Mullah (chief judge). French caption: Constantinople: Figure 1: Derviche Mevlevi; Figure 2: Derviche Bektachi; Figure 3: Mollah. Caption also in Ottoman Turkis... More

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1): A'alim (member of the Ulama) of Hudeı̈da; (2): bourgeois of Hudeı̈da; and (3): married Muslim woman of Sanaa (Ṣanʻāʾ).

Up in a balloon - Political cartoon, public domain image

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

Landing of the pilgrims / A. Bobbett sc.; F.O.C. Darley.

Illus. in: Our country. A household history ... from the discovery of America to the present time / by Benson J. Lossing, LL.D. New York : Johnson & Miles, 1877, opposite p. 206. Reference copy in LOT 4709-B.

[Father Time bowing to hatted woman]

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

[Two men and a woman in a theater balcony]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Bird's eye view of Golden, Colo. co. seat of Jefferson County, 1882

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 68 Available also through the Library of Congress We... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a woman carrying vessels up and down steps. 9544 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philade... More

Un missionnaire du moyen âge raconte qu'il avait trouvé le point où le...

Illustration shows a man on earth peering through the universe to what was believed in the middle ages to lie beyond. Illus. in: L'atmosphere; météorologie populaire / Camille Flammarion. Paris : Librairie Hach... More

Life of Mark Twain Cigarette Card

Cigarette card for W. Duke, Sons & Co. tobacco manufacturer shows portrait of Samuel Clemens also known as Mark Twain. On verso: Illustration of cherubs reading Roughing It. Issued by: W. Duke, Sons & Co., Dur... More

[Dressing up the cat] - Public domain book illustration

Title from typewritten caption on mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's first reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 24.

Caught! / Th. Nast.. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Girl in bed with arms around the neck of Santa Claus, who is holding a toy.

Mr. Muybridge showing his instantaneous photographs of animal motion a...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1889 May 25. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Vanity Fair - Public domain image related to music prformance, print

Ralph Meriman, artist. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D42. 189-

[Collie with pups in storm] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Waiter talking to man with woman at a restaurant table]

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

[Octopus with fish] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Reproduction of page from notebook of Leonardo da Vinci showing the o...

Illus. in: Il codice atlantico di Leonardo da Vinici nella Biblioteca ambrosiana di Milano. Milano : U. Hoepli, 1894-1904. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leon... More

The opening of the lower Mississippi and the capture of New Orleans. M...

"Clifton" and "Westfield," altered New York City ferry-boats. "Owasco." "Harriet Lane." Illus. in: Battles and leaders of the Civil War, p. 96.

Flower pot stands sold here - Public domain engraving

Poster made by the Illinois Engraving Co. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. C3. 1895.

Contents, October 6, 1895: Newest Miss Conseulo Vanderbilt and the Duk...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

"The street-preacher," a story of the Southeast

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.

The evolution of church music by the Reverend Frank Landon Humphreys w...

Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K9. 1896

[A three-horsepower internal combustion engine that ran on coal gas]

Illus. in: The gas and oil engine / by Dugald Clerk. New York : J. Wiley & sons, [1896]. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : L... More

Outing. Holiday number, Jan. 1896

Poster shows an illustration of Santa Claus skiing down a mountain in snow shoes while toasting champagne, by moonlight, with a young woman wearing skis. Signed: Hy. S. [V]atson. "Winter fishing, Moose hunting... More

Poster - The sidewalks of New York - Public domain lithograph

Caption: Sherlock's bold defiance : "you kick me, and I'll holler 'bloody murder!'" Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7388. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Li... More

Selden's funny farce, A spring chicken

Caption: Oh! Mama. Created and "copyright 1898 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." No. 6170. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The new musical comedy, Hotel Topsy Turvy

13516 U.S. Copyright Office "Herald Square Theatre." Caption: There's something going on in this house! Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8380. Forms part of: ... 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

On the beach - Public domain portrait print

Two girls wearing bathing clothing, posed in front of beach backdrop. H21477 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Ullman Mfg. Co., New York.

The only way out - fighting them with their own weapons / Keppler.

Illustration shows a larger-than-life-size man, the representative for the "Employers Union", who gestures toward a sign on a wall around a construction site, the sign states "Notice - The right to lock out is ... More

Acephala. - Muscheln. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing a variety of mollusks. Public domain scan of drawing of animal, zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Christmas call / Keppler. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows Mars, the Roman god of war, with bandages on his head, arm, and foot, sitting in his tent with a map of "Manchuria" on the small table next to him; hanging on the wall behind him are his helm... More

[Gathering hanamh - Papago woman picking cactus fruit with wooden stic...

H99558 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2298-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 2, pl. 49.

Edward S. Curtis - [Sioux maiden]. Book illustration from Library of C...

Portrait, full length, standing by tree, beaded headband, beaded buckskin dress. H112957 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2611-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward ... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Sun dance in progress--Cheyenne]

J150279 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1435-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 6, p. 128.

Drying meat--Flathead. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Two Salish women drying meat on a stick frame. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The forest ranger - Drawing. Public domain image.

Man on horseback with pack horse on mountain. Repro. of painting copyrighted by W. Herbert Dunton. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Cowboys; Forest Ranger.

What are the wild wives saying? / W.E. Hill '13.

Illustration shows a shapely, beautiful young woman standing on the beach between two male admirers, whose wives look on with disapproval from the background. Illus. in: Puck, v. 74, no. 1904 (1913 August 27),... More

Edward S. Curtis - Nimkish village at Alert Bay

Kwakiutl village, with totem poles, Alert Bay, British Columbia. J197421 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 12328-A. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seat... More

Canadiens-Francais! Le Prussien est encore sur le sol de France ... En...

Poster showing soldiers in various uniforms beneath Allied flags. DCRM(G) example 1B10.1 - abridgement of title

Wake up America Day - April 19, 1917 / James Montgomery Flagg.

Poster showing a woman, possibly Jean Earl Moehle (Möhle), dressed as Paul Revere carrying lantern and American flag. Moehle reenacted Paul Revere's ride for the Wake Up America Patriot's Day celebration in N... More

Carnegie Library, Atlanta, Georgia

Illus. in: A book of Carnegie libraries / byTheodore Wesley Koch. White Plains, N.Y. ; New York City : The H.W. Wilson Company, 1917, verso of first plate after page 108.

Read this, join now the 244th Overseas Battalion

Poster shows a soldier's letter superimposed on the British flag. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

140th flag day, 1777-1917 The birthday of the stars and stripes, June ...

Poster showing a man raising the American flag, with a minuteman cheering and an eagle flying above. Text continues: 'Tis the Star Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave, o'er the land of the free and the home o... More

It is nice in the surf but what about the men in the trenches. Go and ...

Poster shows a man swimming in the surf. On right side is emblem of Win the War League, I serve.

On the job for victory / Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., N.Y.

Poster showing a workman in a shipyard. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.

Victory Bonds will help stop this. Kulture vs. humanity

Poster shows a Canadian soldier holding a drowned Red Cross worker and raising his fist at the sailors on the nearby German submarine. Poster is a reference to the sinking of the Canadian Red Cross transport sh... More

Be patriotic--sign your country's pledge to save the food / Paul Stahr...

Woman, wearing hat and dress with stars and stripes, holding out her arms. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918? U.S. Food Administration poster.

Play time stuff! Exhibition, The Society of Illustrators at the Art Ce...

Paper watermark: P. Miliani Fabriano. William Oberhardt, artist. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. K6. K92. 19-

Echo Mountain grizzly. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1934:0119). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Watched by wild animals / Enos A. Mills. New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922, p. 197.

George Washington fire engine, 2/22/22

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

Edward S. Curtis - Datsolali, Washo basket-maker, Head and Shoulders P...

Datsolali, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. J270866 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 4129. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, ... More

Edward S. Curtis - [A Cheyenne Peyote leader]

Man, three-quarter length, seated, facing left. J293272 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-... More

Harlem Jamboree - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Con...

Text on Poster: Fairbury Fair Show Appears 26-28 Only New Show Each Day Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Aug. 25-26-27-28 Harlem jamboree 32 People 32 A Federal Theatre Unit Girls-Gowns Dancers-Music What A Show... More

Now I'm satisfied Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Departmen...

Poster shows a woman sitting in a rocking chair while sewing by hand near a table with a lamp. Gift; Lester Beall.

Curl. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Deb's Dictionary / Oliver Herford. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Co., 1931.

Das Volk wählt Liste 1 Nationalsozialisten Reichstagswahl 6.11.32 / WE...

Poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing a large number 1 (indicating first on the list) rising out of a huge swastika with throngs of people streaming toward the openings in ... More

Mary of Scotland. American Theatre Guild production, 1933-1934. Starri...

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

Good fortune arrived for the pair in the shape of a travelling Punch a...

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: People from Dickens. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, p. 140.

Mr. Bumble. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: People from Dickens. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, p. 142.

A lifelong job--the constant protection of their health--The Cook Coun...

Poster showing a woman and two children in the rain. Date stamped on verso: Jan 8 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Brookfield Zoo--By the "L" / Long.

Poster showing a panda bear hugging a tree. Date stamped on verso: Jun 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatl... More

Victory concerts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Free to the public ...

Poster for free "victory concerts" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York City, showing Nike of Samothrace. Sponsored by: The Juilliard School of Music, The New York Public Lib... More

Keeping up with science / Shari.

Poster promoting the study of science, showing a microscope, open book, and an eye. Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / ... More

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