2,164 Waterfalls Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Cascade du Rio de Vinagre, près du volcan de Puracé / dessiné par Koch...

Illustration showing a waterfall on the Vinagre River near the Puracé volcano in Colombia. Illus. in: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / Alexander von Humboldt. Paris : F. S... More

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers looking at the Ono Falls on the Kiso Road, with two buildings set to the sides of the falls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Toranomon-soto aoizaka, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians, a porter or noodle vendor, and two men carrying lanterns on a walkway near waterfalls and the Aoi slope, beneath a cresent moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

American Fall and ice mountain. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosc...

People and horse on ice, Niagara Falls, New York. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Falls of Giesbach - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 36, lower left.

Shoshone Falls, Idaho / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing the falls. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, whic... More

Shoshone Falls, Idaho / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph shows cliffs and the right side of the southern half of Shoshone Falls from a point on the shore near the Snake River looking toward the Falls; O'Sullivan's camp, not visible in this photo, is beyond... More

Shoshone Falls, Idaho / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing the falls and the surrounding mountains. Plate 139 1/2 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Was... More

[Industrial building by waterfall with covered bridge spanning the fal...

Gift; Burton Historical Collection of Detroit Public Library; 1969; (DLC/PP-1969:020)

Snake River Cañon, Idaho / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing rock formations along the top of the falls. Plate no. 25. "Descriptive legend of view no. 25" on verso. Part of geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridia... More

Quinneseo [sic] Falls, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Horseshoe [Falls], Niagara - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The American Falls from below Cave of the Winds

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Huka Falls. NR Taupo Waikato River

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "New Zealand. Huka Falls. Taupo. Waikato River." Print no. "11634." Purchas... More

Waitakerei Upper Falls. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "New Zealand. ."Waitakerei Upper Falls Print no. "11661." Purchase; Marc Wa... More

[Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, N.Y.

Title devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 030962. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Covered bridge in a steep gorge, with waterfalls in the background, i...

A bridge over a mountain with a waterfall in the background. A bridge over a mountain with trees in the background. Public domain postcard scan.

Sanjūsangendō, Kioto. An image of Buddha (part 1)

Photograph shows an interior view of Sanjūsangendō, in Kyoto, with a large display of many of the 1001 statues of Kannon, a Buddhist goddess. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict a man carrying a large bundl... More

North Fork of the Blackwater - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01809. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Toughannock [sic] Falls, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Horse Pasture Falls, Sapphire, N.C.]

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

Pawtucket Falls / by R.E. Westcott.

Photograph showing rapids on the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illus. in: Picturesque Lowell. Copyright 1896, by T.H. Lawler, Bookseller and Stationer, Lowell, Mass.

The "Queen of the Canon" [Cañon], Cascade Canon [Cañon]

Title on inventory list: Queen of the Canyon, Cascade Canyon. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51070". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available... More

Box Cañon, Ouray, Colorado. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama Yosemite, gelatin silver print

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[American Falls, Niagara, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Niagara, Falls from b[elow?]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Raquette River, Buttermilk Falls, Adirondacks, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "WHJ 1005" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032940. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Roaring Brook Falls, Keene Valley, Adirondack Mountains

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Falls from Goat Island. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Waterfall] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Red Rock Falls, Henryville, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Montmorency Falls (near view from above), Quebec [sic], Quebec]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Kiarsarge [i.e. Mount Kearsarge] from Diana's Baths, North Conway,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Upper falls of the Ammonoosuc, White Mountains

Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29321. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011861. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cascadilla Gorge, Ithaca. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diana's Baths, North Conway, White Mts., N.H.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Falls of the narrows, Sapphire, N.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buttermilk Falls, Raquette River, Adirondack Mountains

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old Niagara guide--looking into the awe-inspiring Cave of the Winds...

H39847 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. 10. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Yosemite National Park

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Falls of the Genesee, Rochester, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rainbow Falls, distant view, Ausable Chasm, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "2450 A" and "dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033614. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Canadian Falls [i.e. Horseshoe Falls], Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Falls of Song, Ossipee Mt. Park, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Panorama of the Yoho Valley near Field, B.C., from Upper Lookout Point

H88706 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: S.F. No. 1514. Takakkaw Falls labeled on image. Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; January 5, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43104.

American Falls from Canadian shore, Niagara

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hooksett falls, Merrimack River, Hooksett, N.H.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with water, building, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Mitchell Reservation. Lower falls of the Linville River. Mitchell ...

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

Narrow Falls, Gauley, West Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

"G 8930" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072933. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Gateway to Yosemite Valley, Panoramic Photograph

J208756 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; June 11, 1915.

1917-1918, reference prints from negatives. Series of small falls flow...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Water scenes, Great Falls, Virginia. View of Great Falls I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Herald Great Falls Tour - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Water scenes, Great Falls, Virginia. View of Great Falls II

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Unidentified garden. Pathway along a stream]

Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2011. Printed on slide: 176 Fulton Street, New York City. (Slide manufacturer: T.H. McAllister-Keller Co.) Forms part of: Garden and historic house ... More

Waterfalls. Pierce Mill in Rock Creek Park

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

Great Falls of the Potomac, Virginia. View down river at Great Falls I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of Great Falls on the Passaic River.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Desoto State Park, Fort Payne, Alabama

Desoto State Park is accented by rushing waterfalls and fragrant wildflowers. The atmosphere of the CCC further enhances the restaurant, lodge and cabin facilities. Nestled atop beautiful scenic Lookout Mountai... More

Tourist Attraction - Noccalula Falls, Gadsden, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fall Creek Falls, a waterfall deep in the woods near Idleyld Park, Ore...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Aerial view of the American Falls waterfall at Niagara Falls on the Ni...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Two Niagara Falls waterfalls that are popular tourist attractions and ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Niagara, Horshoe i.e. Horseshoe Falls

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28849. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04071. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tower Falls, Yellowstone National Park, mammoth plate negative

"W.H. Jackson Phot. Co., Denver." Listed in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Copyright deposit no. 44076. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 1093. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Ri︠e︡ka Suna pered vodopadom Kivach, color se...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the Murmansk Railway, Russian Empire, LOT 103... More

Falls of the Genessee River, Rochester, New York State

Blind stamp on mount: The London Stereoscopic Company. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

The Falls from Prospect Point - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

"W.H.J. Phot. Co." on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28827. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 4021. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Minnehaha Falls, Detroit publishing company photo

"98" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28886. Transparency copyrighted 1898. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04692. Gift; State Historical Society of C... More

St. Anthony's Falls and mills, Minneapolis, Minn

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06825, 06824, 06823. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 2178" on left negative; "G 2179" on center negative; "G 2180" on right negat... More

Kaaterskill Falls from Ulster and Delaware Railway, Catskill Mountains...

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06393 (or 06392), 06391, 06390. D4-10649 L A (VFID 06392) is a close variant of the left negative, and was also issued as separate image. "374 ... More

The falls of the Blackwater - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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

The upper falls of the Genesee at Rochester, N.Y., from the east / J. ...

Print shows a view from the east of waterfalls on the Genesee River with the city of Rochester in the distance.

[Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River]

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

[Joseph Avery stranded on rocks in the Niagara River]

Three men boating in the Niagara River were overwhelmed by the river's strong current, lost control of their boat, and crashed into a rock. The current carried two men immediately over the Falls to their deaths... More

American Falls from foot of incline

Copyright by the Detroit Publishing Co. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Falls from Goat Island, Niagara

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hains [i.e. Haines] Falls, Catskills

(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Catskills," Harper's magazine, 67:523 (Sept. 1883).

A black and white photo of a group of sheep in front of a building. Ph...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of an old kitchen. Photographs of Lebanon, Tur...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of a town with a mountain in the background. P...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of a mountain. Photographs of Lebanon, Turkey,...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A black and white photo of a tunnel on a cliff. Photographs of Lebanon...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

An old photo of a bathtub in a rocky area. Photographs of Lebanon, Tur...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

A book with two pictures of a river and a bridge. Photographs of Leban...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

An old photo of a church with a view of the ocean. Photographs of Leba...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

An old photo of a man working on a boat. Photographs of Lebanon, Turke...

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey in the 1930s. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Album pag... More

Nevada Falls [sic], gelatin silver print

Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; 1907. No. 3010. Vertical format. Known as Nevada Fall.

[View of a river leading to waterfall, bridge and buildings]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Falls from Goat Island

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dam, cascade, water stream, waterfall, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shoshone Falls, Idaho / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph shows the southern half of Shoshone Falls from a point near the Snake River looking toward the Falls to the left of O'Sullivan's camp. Plate 137 1/2 from: Geological exploration of the fortieth para... More

Great Falls, Virginia, site of historic mill built by George Washingto...

J237680 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. A. Fletcher; October 2, 1919; DLC/PP-1919:46026. Copyright claimant's address: 702 9 St., N.W., D.C. Photographed from Virginia side of Potomac. Neg. no. B1.