whale

[Fishermen cutting up whale for various by-products]

Illus. in: Thevet, La Cosmographie universelle ... (Paris, 1575), vol. 2., p. 1017. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A whale codfish, the fish that was probably...

Picryl description: Public domain image of fishing, fishing boat, river, lake, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A view of the whale fishery - Public domain engraving

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: View. Greenland. Etching with engraving.

[Man with side whiskers watching lady being lifted by a whale]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Peeling blubber from a beached whale]

Stereograph shows two men standing on top of whale using long handle spades to remove blubber from beached whale; men on beach use ropes to help peel away skin. Copyright 1907 by Underwood & Underwood. No. 98508.

Edward S. Curtis - Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot. Book illustration fro...

Nootka indian taking ceremonial bath, before whale hunt. J150302 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3366-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S.... More

[Men cutting up whale in water]

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. 98513. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pierre Tourtille Sangrain, May 8, 1785, Contract for Street Lighting w...

Contract for Street Lighting with Whale Oil; in French

[A whale and three fish sitting down to a formal dinner of Russian sai...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Harpoon hits humpback whale. The humpback whale has just been hit by t...

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

Bomb explodes on humpback. Explosion of bomb on head of harpoon marks ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frontier Department of France, November 10, 1788, Regulations on Whale...

Regulations on Whale Oil Trade; in French

Jonah and the whale - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Thomas Jefferson to William Macarty, May 9, 1786, American Whale Oil T...

American Whale Oil Trade Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Whale blubber sliced from body. The first process in cutting up a hump...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Psalterium Georgii, Fluvius Eridanus, Cetus, Officina Sculptoris, Forn...

Astronomical chart showing a whale, a harp, chemical apparatus, a mechanical device, and a table on which is a bust and sculpting tools forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 28.

The whale that swallowed Jonah - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

An election-year cartoon satirizing disharmony within the Whig ranks on the bank issue. The artist suggests a division of opinion between New England's Daniel Webster and presidential nominee Henry Clay on the ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Eskimos in Alaska: Drying whale meat, Hooper Bay

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edwa... More

[Saint Brendan, 484-577, figurative map of St. Brendan's legendary voy...

Repr. of engraving. Illus. in: Plautius, Caspar. Nova Typis ...1621, p. 13. Reference copy may be in LOT 4409A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Legends; Brend... More

"A whale female and the windlass whereby the whales are brought on sho...

Whale head, Alaska - 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.

[Whale skeleton and bird exhibits, East India Marine Hall, Peabody Mus...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[45 ft long shark (whale?) on trailer; 2 children on its back

by Hand Co., Miami Florida. Copyright by Charles Thompson [no copyright renewal]. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fla. Miami; Photog. I. (2); Sharks; Whales; ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Drying whale meat--Hooper Bay

Eskimo with whale meat on poles, Hooper Bay, Alaska. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 20, p. 94.

Whale fishery: attacking a right whale

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7158

[Whaling scenes at Skaaro. The "Nancy Grey" with a whale, Norway]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. 16414. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at htt... More

Whale back, No. 132 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Blubber removed from whale carcass. A workman, astride the whale, cont...

Image source: Coast Guard photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

Victims of the whale hunt. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Whales on beach. D21270 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Donald Hossack Bain, St. Paul, Minn.

Cutting up a blue whale, Alaska - 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.

[Men with poles and two large pieces of whale on shore]

H105562 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U98529. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skeleton of a whale, Alaska - 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.

Edward S. Curtis - Launching the whale boat--Cape Prince of Wales

Eskimos launching whale boat. J299964 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl. v. 20, pl. 707.

Humpback whale floats on surface. The head, tongue and fore part of th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a dolphin, seal, sea mammal, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Norfolk, Virginia. Impresario in a travelling railroad show, who prete...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Great Britain, 1789, List of Whale Fishing Ships

Cutting in a sperm whale. Mincing the "blubber" ready for the trying o...

Fourt Japanese crewmen working aboard the bark CALIFORNIA, off the coast of Japan. Photo copyrighted by H.S. Hutchinson & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A graveyard at Gloucester which holds the r...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Big Blue Whale, Route 66, Catoosa, Oklahoma

The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a waterfront structure, located just east of the town of Catoosa, Oklahoma, and it has become one of the most recognizable attractions on old Route 66. Hugh Davis built the Blue Wha... More

Great Britain, 1790, List of Ships in Whale Fisheries

List of Ships in Whale Fisheries

Torpedo and the whale [from] Olivette

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

"Letter from a person in London", June 26, 1788, Whale Fishing Industr...

Whale Fishing Industry; Extract from John Brown Cutting Letter to Thomas Jefferson, same date; with Copy

George III, King of England, 1788, Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations...

Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations; Printed Proceedings

George III, King of England, 1788, Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations...

Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations; Printed Proceedings

George III, King of England, 1788, Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations...

Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations; Printed Proceedings

George III, King of England, 1788, Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations...

Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations; Printed Proceedings

Hanseatic Treaty, September 28, 1716, Extract in French; Articles Conc...

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Jonah and the whale - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Humpback whale floats on surface. The head, tongue and fore part of th...

Image source: Coast Guard photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

Dance Whale's dance - Public domain musical sheets

Thomas Jefferson to Armand-Marc, Comte de Montmorin-Saint-Herem, July ...

Draft of Letter on Whale Oil Trade

White whale march - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

"Letter from a person in London", June 26, 1788, Whale Fishing Industr...

Whale Fishing Industry; Extract from John Brown Cutting Letter to Thomas Jefferson, same date; with Copy

Frontier Department of France, December 11, 1788, Regulations on Whale...

Regulations on Whale Oil Trade; in French

William Macarty to Thomas Jefferson, May 15, 1786, Whale Oil; with Rec...

Whale Oil; with Receipt in French

de Colonia, 1785, Explanation of Regulations Affecting American Whale ...

Explanation of Regulations Affecting American Whale Oil Trade; Extract in French

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

The Whale got Jonah down - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Whale got Jonah down - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[A whale and three fish sitting down to a formal dinner of Russian sai...

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More

Whale's [i.e. Whale] Back Light, Portsmouth, N.H.

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Jonah and the whale - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Blubber removed from whale carcass. A workman, astride the whale, cont...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some whale music is very much like cello music : note

In this document, Carl Sagan notes similarities between whale song and cello music. He suggests it "would be a good idea to position Mstislav Rostropovich on poop-deck of a fast Caribbean boat and have him harm... More

Torpedo and the whale [from] Olivette

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

George III, King of England, 1788, Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations...

Whale Fishing and Trade Regulations; Printed Proceedings

Pierre Tourtille Sangrain, May 8, 1785, Contract for Street Lighting w...

Contract for Street Lighting with Whale Oil; in French

Dance Whale's dance - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Torpedo and the whale - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

International Trade and Commerce, February 23, 1785, Whale Oil Account...

Whale Oil Account, in French Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Great Britain, 1789, List of Whale Fishing Ships

Great Britain, 1789, List of Whale Fishing Ships

John Brown Cutting to Thomas Jefferson, June 26, 1788, Whale Fishing I...

Whale Fishing Industry Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Great Britain, 1790, List of Ships in Whale Fisheries

List of Ships in Whale Fisheries

Dance Whale's dance - Public domain musical sheets

For piano

Thomas Jefferson to Armand-Marc, Comte de Montmorin-Saint-Herem, July ...

Draft of Letter on Whale Oil Trade

White whale march - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

Torpedo and the whale [from] Olivette

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Whale fishery: attacking a right whale

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7158

Dance Whale's dance - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Torpedo and the whale - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Whale got Jonah down - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Whale's [i.e. Whale] Back Light, Portsmouth, N.H.

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The wonderful whale. Smeeton, Printer, Tooley Street

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manila lines bring whale to surface. Two six-inch manila lines bring t...

Image source: Coast Guard photo from OWI. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

White whale march - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

Torpedo and the whale [from] Olivette

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Pierre Tourtille Sangrain, May 8, 1785, Contract for Street Lighting w...

Contract for Street Lighting with Whale Oil; in French

Frontier Department of France, December 11, 1788, Regulations on Whale...

Regulations on Whale Oil Trade; in French

Committee of Holland Whale Merchants to "the State General", 1775-91, ...

Extracts on Whale Fishing Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hanseatic Treaty, September 28, 1716, Extract in French; Articles Conc...

William Macarty to Thomas Jefferson, May 15, 1786, Whale Oil; with Rec...

Whale Oil; with Receipt in French

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy

Francois Rotch to "le Controleur-general des finances", December 5, 17...

Memorial on Whale Fisheries; in French; with Arret and Copy