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Hans v. Bülow, George Grantham Bain Collection

Hans von Bülow, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, holding cigarette in holder. George Grantham Bain Collection. Copyright by E. Bieber, Berlin u. Hamburg, photographer to the court.

Warszawa, Krakowskie- Przedmieście Varshava, Krakovskoe Predmı︠e︡sʹe.

Print shows people walking, driving horse-drawn wagons, and riding in horse-drawn street cars at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Libr... More

St. Manʹchzhurii︠a︡ - Bazarʺ. Kit. torgovli︠a︡

Print of shows Chinese street market at a train station in Manchuria, China. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011; (... More

A happy new year - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Moses preparing to smash the Ten Commandment tablets as, in the background, Israelites dance around the golden calf. No. 8. Item is a card for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Forms part of: Eph... More

Amman, the theatre from castle hill

Photograph showing aerial view of section of Jordan on a hillside. Original negative: LC-M31-3325. No. P-244. On verso - American Colony Photo Cards, copyrighted. On verso: American Colony Stores, Jerusalem. ... More

T︠S︡erkovʹ Trekhʺ Svi︠a︡titeleĭ. Krasnyi︠a︡ vorota Eglise des trois sa...

Print shows Three Saints church at Red Gates in Moscow. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:208). Acc... More

Boat landing at Oceanic, Isles of Shoals, N.H.

No. 6355. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Beatrice. Text reads: Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth. Aug. 20, 1905. Dear Beatrice. Thank you for your letter and for the greeting ... More

1904, a leap year valentine - Drawing. Public domain image.

Postcard showing a man, woman, and cupid and the year 1904 written in gold numbers. Copyright 1904 by G. T. Channing. Copyright registration records show claimant as George T. Channing, of Washington, D.C.

[New Jersey National Guard training camp]

Postcard photo showing artillery gun crews firing. Copyright by David Goldberg, Newark, N.J. No. 19. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New Jersey; Military tra... More

Custis Lee Mansion, Arlington, Virginia

Postcard shows the front of Arlington House, also known as the Custis Lee House in Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. F 34926 U.S. Copyright Office. P. A. 238a. Copyright 1905 by The Rotograph Co.

Public Library, Copley Sq., Boston, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows the Boston Public Library across Copley Square, the surrounding neighborhood, pedestrians, street cars, and horse and carriages. F40282 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 103.

Lake Harriett [i.e., Harriet], Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows road approaching Lake Harriet, side elevation of pavilion and boathouse. H99840 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 810.

Lake Calhoun Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minn.

Postcard shows an automobile traveling a dirt road along Lake Calhoun shoreline. H99730 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 807.

Stone Arch Bridge, milling district, St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, M...

Postcard shows view of arch bridge over Mississippi River below St. Anthony Falls, Milling district. H99841 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B17.

Main Street, High Street, Millville, N. J.

Ocean liners: Lusitania, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows panoramic view of the steamship Lusitania. Copyrighted 1907 by the American Photograph Company, New York.

Greetings from Coldwater, Mich. Chicago Avenue

Postcard shows Chicago Avenue in Coldwater, Michigan. Commercial street has pedestrians and horses and wagons. F58005 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1907117.

Alamogordo, N.M., Alameda Park, entrance

Greetings from Marshall, Mich. drive from Oak Ridge Cemetery

Postcard shows a long unpaved road into a cemetary, planters mark a crossroads. F65824 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 190798.

Avalon, Cal. / Lester Clement Barton.

View of college campas [i.e., campus], Fayette, Ia.

Postcard shows view "E" of Upper Iowa University campus from a green field, centered on Alexander Dickman Hall, church on the right, other buildings shown in the background. H112054 U.S. Copyright Office.

Minneopa Falls, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows view of the Lower Minneopa Falls on the Minneopa River, the stream below the falls, and wooden bridge. H111590 U.S. Copyright Office.

Adams St., Phoenix, Ariz. / Lester Clement Barton.

Postcard shows a commercial street in Phoenix, Arizona. A large hotel is on one corner. Other businesses on the street include the New York Life Insurance Co., Dwight B. Heard, and the Arizona Mercantile Compa... More

Docks at Arnolds Park - A black and white photo of a boat in the water

Postcard shows busy shoreline of Arnolds Park on West Lake Okoboji with pier on the right, various sizes of boats at piers and being used. Souvenir shops and buildings in the background with people engaged in a... More

Street scene Barnes City, Iowa - A black and white photo of a group of...

Postcard shows group of people on either side of a main street with a flag suspended above the street. The photo is taken from a street corner showing horses and wagons hitched to rails on the side street.

No. 2090. Giant Geyser Y[ellowstone].N[ational].P]ark.

Public domain photograph of Yellowstone National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view of Eureka Springs, Ark. / Gray, photographer and publi...

Postcard shows a panoramic view of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Public domain scan of the vintage Arkansas postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pale face no good / photo by Dedrick.

Full-length portrait of man wearing breast plate and blanket, holding rifle.

Grant Monument, Lincoln Park, Chicago

View south from Kimball St., Elgin, Ill.

Postcard shows a general panoramic view of Elgin, Illinois. J142307 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Leo P. Rider, Elgin, Ill.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Wilmar, Minn. / E. Elkjar, photographer.

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt speaking from the back of a railroad car. J145794 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by E. Elkjer, photographer.

Birdseye view, Aberdeen, S.D. postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of Aberdeen, South Dakota with a central commercial street. J170077 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 982. Copyright N. A. Brothers, Aberdeen, So. Dak.

Chautauqua boosters, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows automobiles with passengers, lined up in the court house plaza in Cresco, Iowa, most flying banners. J 170973 U.S. Copyright Office. Blind stamp: C.D. Taylor, Cresco, Iowa.

Foshay Tower dedication fireworks as seen from the parade, more than a...

Photograph shows fireworks above an illuminated skyscraper at night, designed by Leon Arnal. J13595 U.S. Copyright Office. Azo photographic postcard. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 57, Minnesota Minneapolis

Reg't camp 11th Inf., Texas City, Tex.

Postcard shows 11th Infantry regiment camp composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J1789472 U.S. Copyright Office. 149. Copr Maurer Photo.

Bird's eye view of Eureka Springs, Ark.

K75858 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Lucien Gray; July 1, 1914.

The remnants of the Serbian Armies at Tchakor = Les restants des Armée...

Photograph shows soldiers leading their houses across a snowy mountain landscape, probably in Albania. In album: Commet les Serbes abandonnèrent leur patrie, vu par Sampson Tchernoff.

An ammunition transport at Gramada, 1915 Transport de munitions à Gram...

Print shows a Serbian soldier leading oxen pulling a cart of ammunition along a muddy road in Serbia. Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff : The five-years war - The... More

The remnants of an army, Serbia, 1915 Les ombres de l'armée, Serbe, 19...

Print shows several Serbian soldiers marching through the snow in a mountainous area in Serbia. Illus. in: La guerre de cinq ans - Les Serbes in 1912-1916 par Sampson Tchernoff : The five-years war - The Serbs... More

Ellis Island. New York City postcard

Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 038, c17 Public domain scan of the vintage New York postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Postcards for sale near the market. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Public domain photograph related to Puerto Rico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gold dredge / from a photograph by Bradford Washburn.

Postcard shows a gold dredge in the valley of Goldstream Creek near Fairbanks, Alaska. J 38287 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 792425.

Giancarlo Pajetta, membro della direzione del P.C.I. - deputato alla c...

Giancarlo Pajetta, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Dirigenti Comunisti Uomini del Popolo. Exhibit loan 4225-L.

Nikolaevskʹ n. Amurʺ Kitaĭski︠a︡ shampīnʹki i gorodskoĭ nristani.

Print shows Chinese sampans in the harbor at Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia. Message on verso dated February 20, 1910. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congres... More

Antonʺ Chekhovʺ - Public domain portrait photograph

Photomechanical print shows portrait of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov seated in chair. Manuscript notation on recto. Manuscript address on verso. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postc... More

Russische grenzsoldaten in Sonntagsstimmung

Print shows six Russian border guards and one woman in dance poses with one border guard playing accordion. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purc... More

Mayo Indians with bows & arrows joining Obregon in Rio Mayo

Postcard shows a line of men with bows drawn. To the left a man beats a drum and another raises a sword. In the center of the photo a man dressed in dark clothing holds a case. Caption continues: These are all... More

The McKinley national memorial statue was modeled from this photograph...

Broadside advertising the sale of postcards showing reproduction of Frances Benjamin Johnston's 1901 photograph of "President McKinley delivering his last address, Buffalo, September 5, 1901." Frances Benjamin ... More

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed... More

William Couhig, Dale (Dale Valley) , Custer County, Nebraska.

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vʺ Zavolzhskikhʺ li︠e︡sakh Raskolʹnichʹe kladbishche pri der. Karelʹsk...

Print shows Old Believer cemetery in the village of Karelskaia, Volga Region, Russia. No. 174. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshal... More

Helsingfors. Finland postcard. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Print shows train tracks in Helsinki, Finland. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:208). Accession bo... More

A happy new year - Public domain dedication image

Print shows Moses and Aaron. Moses holds the Ten Commandment tablets, Aaron an incense burner. Between them are two vignettes relating to Moses' life. No. 6. Item is a card for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Y... More

Chaliapin i Gorkīy - Public domain portrait print

Photomechanical print shows portrait of Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin and Maxim Gorky. No. 1005. Manuscript notation on recto. Manuscript address on verso. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian... More

Palace of Agriculture. German postcard

Postcard shows an ornate building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis. G 6750 U.S. Copyright Office. "A Glimpse of the World's Wonder #12" Copyright 1904, Lou. Pur. Exp. Co. Samuel Cupples Envel... More

Lighthouse The Nubble, York, ME.. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

No. 7554. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Lilly. Text reads: Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth. Aug. 21, 1905. Dear Lilly. Trust you are improving in health. Today I went for a... More

Palace of Manufactures. German postcard

Postcard shows an ornate building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis. G 6751 U.S. Copyright Office. "A Glimpse of the World's Wonder #17" Copyright 1904, Lou. Pur. Exp. Co. Samuel Cupples Envel... More

Park St. subway entrance, Boston, Massachusetts.

Postcard shows pedestrians and three entrances to the Boston subway on commercial area of Park Street. F34781 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7014a.

How many have you sent? / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with Uncle Sam at center drowning in the "Souvenir Post Card Craze", surrounded by scenes from the North Pole, North Africa, Hell, and with Robinson Crusoe on a desert isla... More

Panorama of the Hiawatha play, Ya-Way-Ga-Mug, Petoskey, Mich.

Postcard shows three canoes being paddled by American Indians, on the far shore is a village of tepees, on the near shore are canoes pulled onto a pier.

Panorama of Battle Creek, Mich.

Postcard shows panoramic view of intersection of three commercial streets in Battle Creek with horses and wagons, and pedestrians gathered at street corners. F58005 U.S. Copyright Office. Series 227.

Landis Ave., Vineland, N. J. postcard

"Dr. Joseph," chief medecine [i.e. medicine] man of the Swinomish Rese...

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish traditional healer. H97243 U.S. Copyright Office. "No. 1."

"Old Joe," Swinomish Indian / Photo by O.J. Wingren., La Conner, Wn.

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish man. H97241 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Claude Debussy, half-length portrait, seated, facing left] / portrait...

No. 552. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hunting Horse and daughters / photo by Dedrick, Taloga, Ok.

Group portrait of Indian family. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Ben grabbing an albacore, Avalon, Cal. / Lester Clement Barton.

Greetings from Hillsdale, Mich. Central Building, Hillsdale College

Vertical Postcard shows pathway through grounds towards the Central Building of Hillsdale College in rural southern Michigan. F65835 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1907109.

Greetings from Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pennsylvania...

View of college campas [i.e., campus], Fayette, Ia.

Postcard shows view "D." of Upper Iowa University campus from a green field, centered on four large brick buildings amongst the trees. H112053 U.S. Copyright Office.

Public Sqr [i.e., square], Commerce, Tex.

Postcard shows wagons parked in the public square in Commerce, Texas. H113852 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 08 by A. E. Bachman.

Capitol of Arizona, Phoenix / Lester Clement Barton.

[Women on stage at Daughters of the American Revolution convention, Wa...

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

Minnesota River, panoramic postcard

Postcard shows Minnesota River bend, shorelines. Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a park, lake, pond... More

Greetings from Epworth Heights, Mich. The dummy

Postcard shows rail station along a shore lined with recreational boats. The train station is occupied by uniformed soldiers, the "Dummy train" is leaving the station filled with passengers. F65832 U.S. Copyri... More

Corner of Main and 6th Streets looking south & west, Rapid City, S. D.

Postcard shows intersection of two commercial streets in Rapid City, South Dakota with the Pennington County Bank at the corner of the intersection. H 126705 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. F. W. Farrar, Pho. Co... More

Indian School, Cantonment, Okla.

Postcard showing boys and girls, wearing uniforms, posed with teacher(?) in front of school. H122704 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.V. Dedrick.

Eureka College campus, Eureka, Ill.

Birdseye view of Kewaunee, Wis.

Postcard shows panoramic view of Kewaunee, Wisconsin. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Works of the New York Knife Co., Walden, N.Y.; Water Power Plant of th...

South-west trenches Major Francisco S. Peralta standing back to shack,...

Photograph shows soldiers aiming rifles over trenches. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic view of Grant Park & Michigan Ave., Chicago

Postcard shows a view of four automobiles driving through Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, with buildings on Michigan Avenue in the background. K 10249 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1910 by Max Rigot, Chicago.

Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club dock postcard

Postcard showing people on dock with boats in the water, Lake Hopatgong, New Jersey. J145009 U.S. Copyright Office. On photo: "Copyright Harris." On back: "W.J. Harris, Pubr., Genuine Photo Post Cards, Lake Ha... More

Bucking horse, gelatin silver print

Postcard showing a man riding a bucking bronco with spectators in the background. J146826 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted in 1910, claimant not identified on card. Title from inscription on back of card.

Bird's eye view, Wakefield, Neb.

Postcard shows bird's eye view of Wakefield, Nebraska. J140957 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by V.H.R. Hanson, Wakefield, Nebraska.

W. S. C. [i.e., Washington State College] in winter

Roosevelt at Reno - A group of men standing next to each other

Photograph shows Theodore Roosevelt standing in a crowd, probably in Reno, Nevada. J158902 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 532.

Birdseye view, Aberdeen, S.D. postcard

Postcard shows general panoramic view of Aberdeen, South Dakota. J169966 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 971. Copyright N. A. Brothers, Aberdeen, So. Dak.

Michigan Avenue facing Grant Park, Chicago

Postcard shows panoramic city view of Chicago with Grant Park in the foreground. Airplanes fly overhead. J176236 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1912 by Max Rigot, Chicago. Copyright and published by Max Rig... More

Hotel Chamberlin and Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia

Postcard shows a large hotel on the waterfront. To the left are ships in the water and to the right are U.S. military buildings at Fort Monroe near in Hampton, Virginia. K 37243 U.S. Copyright Office. "Photosti... More

Divide between Middy and Black Leaf, Rocky Mts.

Growers making delivery of fine cigar tobacco, Quincy, Fla. / Stuart, ...

Postcard shows wagons of tobacco lined up on a street. J 185112 U.S. Copyright Office.

Reg't camp 6th Cavalry postcard

Postcard shows 6th Cavalry regiment camp composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J178940 U.S. Copyright Office. 96. Copr Maurer Photo.

Dupuyer Canyon, Rocky Mts. postcard

Serbian retreat near Rougovo = La Retraite Serbe à Rougovo

Photograph shows soldiers leading their houses across a snowy mountain landscape. In album: Commet les Serbes abandonnèrent leur patrie, vu par Sampson Tchernoff.

Huff's automatic alleys postcard

Four bowling alleys with automatic pin setters and insert of building exterior. J205155 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H. Musch, Jr., Youngsville, N.Y.

"Alice sit by the fire" The Village Store in Greenwich Village.

Photograph shows shop manager Alice Palmer next to fireplace surrounded by shelves containing a variety of objects. J221318 U.S. Copyright Office. Accession box no. PR 03 Interiors, Box 20 X/F

President Woodrow Wilson and cabinet

Postcard showing head-and-shoulders portraits of Woodrow Wilson and his ten cabinet members. J225427 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Photo Card Co., N.Y.

Rockefeller Center, New York City The observation roofs are in reality...

Print shows people looking at New York City from the top of Rockefeller Center. Accession box no. PR 06 CN 038, Box 17, New York New York City Skyscrapers