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The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

C252451 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: As a lover, Harry is "out of sight!" Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7768. Forms part... More

Donor unveils tablet at new headquarters of Society of Cincinnati. Washington, D.C., April 19. The beautiful Anderson mansion on Massachusetts Ave. here, which was presented sometimes age by Mrs. Larz Anderson to the Society of Cincinnati for their national headquarters, was formally accepted by the society today at appropriate ceremonies. Mrs. Anderson, widow of the former U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and Japan, is pictured unveiling the tablet to dedicate the new headquarters which Lieut. Bryce Metcalf, President General of the society, looks on

Donor unveils tablet at new headquarters of Society of Cincinnati. Was...

A man and a woman standing next to an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. Savage ; original music by Franz Lehar ; book by George V. Hobart ; staged by Julian Mitchell.

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. ...

"From photo by Otto Sarony Co., N.Y." Caption: Peter F. Dailey as Caramel De Jollidog. Created and "copyright 1908 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 12753. Forms part of: Theatrical p... More

Mrs. Wallace Reid, widow of the former movie star called on President Coolidge today at the White House with her son, Wallace Reid, Jr.

Mrs. Wallace Reid, widow of the former movie star called on President ...

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

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six children who is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth, having her hair done after work

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow with six ch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Memorial services for a fisherman lost at sea. The fisherman's widow is tossing a bunch of flowers into the sea

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Memorial services for a fisherman lost at s...

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

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. The mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. The mother,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia.

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Former First Lady. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Seldom photographed, [Mrs.] William Howard Taft, widow of the late President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was snapped as she left the White House today after a call on President Roosevelt

Former First Lady. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Seldom photographed, [Mrs...

A woman sitting in the back seat of a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service any day, brother in the army. [She] used to be a clerk in a dep[artmen]t store. Unmasking and checking parts of the gasoline trailers that will be turned over to the Air Force

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factor...

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

Farmer (widow) husking corn. She lives on Black Canyon Project and has a FSA (Farm Security Administration) loan. Canyon County, Idaho

Farmer (widow) husking corn. She lives on Black Canyon Project and has...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, examining her omelette. She is disappointed with the results, it puffed up too much without browning. She is a good cook. Pasty and Mary, her sisters, look on. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, examining her omelette. ...

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

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, twenty-six year old widow operating a crane at the Pratt and Letchworth plant

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, twenty-six year old widow operating a c...

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

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family eating Sunday dinner. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. The two youngest children live in a foster home during the week

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm family eating Sunday dinner. Mrs. Grimm, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1988 event in which a time capsule holding some of Dr. King's possessions is lowered into the ground at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Saylesville, Kent County, RI

Widow Anthony Angell House, Louisquisset Pike (State Route 146), Sayle...

Significance: The mid eighteenth-century dwelling house is two stories in height and covered by a gable roof. A wing, one and one-half stories with a gambrel roof, is said to have been built earlier. There is a... More

A.Q. Scammon's The real Widow Brown

A.Q. Scammon's The real Widow Brown

"Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Am I dressed? Well, you wait a minute. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin. & N.Y." No. 4136. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. Savage ; original music by Franz Lehar ; book by George V. Hobart ; staged by Julian Mitchell.

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. ...

"From photo by F.G. Bangs, N.Y." Created and "copyright 1908 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 12754. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Admires plaque to late President Wilson. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Passing through the main corridor of the new Federal Reserve Board building today while on the way to attend the dedication ceremonies, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the War President paused to view the plaque in honor of her late husband, who founded the Federal Reserve System. 10/20/37

Admires plaque to late President Wilson. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Pa...

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

Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child. Ex-housewife, now [she is the] only woman welder at Heil and Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Enola O'Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child. Ex-housewife, ...

Public domain photograph of family portrait, mother and child, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Widow, tenant farmer, in her home in McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Widow, tenant farmer, in her home in McIntosh County, Oklahoma

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

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people, Kenntucky. Farm Security...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A woman standing in a field of corn. Office of War Information Photograph

A woman standing in a field of corn. Office of War Information Photogr...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Negro tenant farm woman. A widow. She runs the farm with the help of two children. FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower. Greene County, Georgia

Negro tenant farm woman. A widow. She runs the farm with the help of t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaves the two younger girls alone at home while she goes shopping. She is at the bank to cash her mother's check before buying the family food for Sunday. Her mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Beverly Ann Grimm, eleven, leaves the two younger g...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

The widow Jones John J. McNally's new comedy.

The widow Jones John J. McNally's new comedy.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

C252450 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The same old game! Simple but neat! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7753. Forms part of: Theat... More

Widow Kendall House, 10 North Ferry Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY

Widow Kendall House, 10 North Ferry Street, Schenectady, Schenectady C...

Significance: An early, remaining townhouse. Survey number: HABS NY-3282 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction

Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. Joe and Pearl Ste...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus Christ pointing out suffering; with architecture, scroll; with text "The Widow's Mite" and "Thy People Shall be my People" for Post Chapel in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus Christ pointing...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (widow of George Hearst) at 1400 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.]

[Home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (widow of George Hearst) at 1400 New H...

Interior (same room as LC-USZ62-56690, different angle). Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 2958. Cap... More

Widow & boy rolling papers for cigarettes in a dirty N.Y. tenement. Location: New York, New York (State)

Widow & boy rolling papers for cigarettes in a dirty N.Y. tenement. Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and... More

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. Savage ; original music by Franz Lehar ; book by George V. Hobart ; staged by Julian Mitchell.

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. ...

"From photo by F.C. Bangs, N.Y." Caption: Albert Hart as Baron Copoff. Created and "copyright 1908 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 12755. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collecti... More

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. Savage ; original music by Franz Lehar ; book by George V. Hobart ; staged by Julian Mitchell.

Joe Weber's burlesque of The merry widow by arrangement with Henry W. ...

Caption: Lois Ewell as The merry widow. Created and "copyright 1908 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 12756. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Wife of Agriculture secretary opens mum show. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4. The Annual Mum Show of the Department of Agriculture was officially opened today by Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary, who was hostess to the cabinet wives and other members of Capital society. In this photograph, Mrs. Wallace (left) is displaying the beautiful blooms to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, (right) widow of the War President, and Mrs. Edwin T. Meredith, widow of the Secretary of Agriculture during the Wilson Administration. 11/4/37

Wife of Agriculture secretary opens mum show. Washington, D.C., Nov. 4...

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

Throws oil comm. Ruto a real row. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow of the Oklahoma oil man, as she appeared before the Senate oil comm., April 29, where she was excused after a quarter of an hour waiting while members of the comm. wrangled over who had called her before the committee

Throws oil comm. Ruto a real row. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow of the Okl...

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein at the ranch of Frieda Lawrence, widow of the writer D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) in Taos, New Mexico, 1948. Photographer unidentified. (Music Division)

Bernstein at the ranch of Frieda Lawrence, widow of the writer D.H. La...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shocking bathing costumes. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. How times have changed! Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, widow of the author of the Pure Food Act, displaying the shocking bathing costume of 1895 while Marjorie Gunnels wears the sensible one of 1936. They will model in the "Gay Nineties" parade which will be a feature of the summer festival for the benefit of the Women's City Club in Washington, Aug. 28. Mrs. Wiley is president of the club

Shocking bathing costumes. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. How times have c...

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

Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land near Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land ...

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

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in a field, Kenntucky. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in a field, Kenntucky. Fa...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian, employed as a blacksmith's helper in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She is operating a half-ton steam hammer. Mrs. Sablejack is a widow and mother of two children

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outside Loblaw's grocery store for customers to ask him to deliver their groceries. This was a rainy day with few customers. Sometimes Peter makes as much as three dollars on a Saturday. He pays for all his school supplies and much of his clothing. His mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outsid...

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

[Portrait of Oleg Briansky, as Prince Ianilo in The Merry Widow]

[Portrait of Oleg Briansky, as Prince Ianilo in The Merry Widow]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV OO 5. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

The merry widow - Public domain American sheet music

The merry widow - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus Christ pointing out suffering; with architecture, scroll; with text "The Widow's Mite" and "Thy People Shall be my People" for Post Chapel in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Jesus Christ pointing...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - The real Widow Brown - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The real Widow Brown - Public domain lithograph

37103 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The mask ball. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." Direction of A.Q. Scammon. No. 3906. Forms part of: Theatrical p... More

A.Q. Scammon's The real Widow Brown

A.Q. Scammon's The real Widow Brown

64502 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Miss May Wentworth. Created and "copyright 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cin. & N.Y." No. 4161. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library o... More

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girls attend school. Making garters for Liberty Garter works, 413 Broadway. Mother , a widow, earns 75 cents a day by working all day until 12 at night. Bessie works until 10 P.M. Sophie until 9 P.M. They expected to work until 10 P.M. to finish the job, although they did not know when more work would come in. Witness Mrs. Hosford. Location: New York, New York (State)

Mrs. Finkelstein, 127 Monroe St. Bessie (age 13), Sophie (age 7). Girl...

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

General Pershing and Mrs. Warren lead mourners at funeral of late Senator Warren. In the photograph, left to right: Francis E. Warren, Jr., son of the late Senator; Mrs. Francis E. Warren, the widow; General John J. Pershing; son of the late Senator; and Warren Pershing, grandson, as they followed the body of the late Senator Warren up the steps of the Capitol today where services were held in the Senate Chamber today. Immediately after the services, the body was carried to the late Senator's home in Wyoming

General Pershing and Mrs. Warren lead mourners at funeral of late Sena...

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

America's new envoy to Norway. Washington, D.C., April 21. A shrewd politician and a social leader as well, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman is expected to prove a popular envoy to Norway to which post she has just been named by President Roosevelt. Mrs. Harriman is the widow of J. Borden Harriman, New York banker who died in 1914. She is pictured at her home "Uplands" in Washington with her favorite pets, "Kim," a German police dog, and "Bart," a cocker spaniel, 4/21/1937

America's new envoy to Norway. Washington, D.C., April 21. A shrewd po...

A woman sitting on a bench with two dogs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Negro tenant farm woman. A widow. She runs the farm with the help of two children. FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. Greene County, Georgia

Negro tenant farm woman. A widow. She runs the farm with the help of t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manati, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Widow of a farm laborer living on land which FSA (Farm Security Administration) is buying for a tenant purchase project

Manati, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Widow of a farm laborer living on land...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A man holding a baby in a corn field. Office of War Information Photograph

A man holding a baby in a corn field. Office of War Information Photog...

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 Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1988 event in which a time capsule holding some of Dr. King's possessions is lowered into the ground at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The celebrated trotting mare Widow McChree, formerly called "Mary Hoyt": Owned by Capt. Isaiah Rynders, N.Y. sired by Old American Star, he by Sir Henry, by Sir Archy, by imp Diomed, her dam by Duroc, by Old Duroc, by imp Diomed

The celebrated trotting mare Widow McChree, formerly called "Mary Hoyt...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1017.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

C252452 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Well sir! What would you say? Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7769. Forms part of: Theatrical ... More

The pensioner's "widow" - An old book with a picture of a man and a woman

The pensioner's "widow" - An old book with a picture of a man and a wo...

Print shows a very old soldier labeled "Pensioner War of 1812" with a much younger woman wearing her wedding dress, on their way to the church in the background to get married; between them they hold a "Pension... More

Mrs. Streety (a widow) and family. West Point, Miss. The four children on the ground work in the mill. Oldest makes 90 cents a day, - the next, 70 cents, - the boy 30 cents, ("He's slow," they said.) and Eva makes 28 cents a day. Eva is learning to spin. Can run two sides soon. She is 12 now (which is doubtful) but said that she learned [to] spin before she was 12. Location: West Point, Mississippi.

Mrs. Streety (a widow) and family. West Point, Miss. The four children...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

LONGSTREET, MRS. JAMES B., WIDOW OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL

LONGSTREET, MRS. JAMES B., WIDOW OF CONFEDERATE GENERAL

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

Barn and silo on the owner-operated farm of two hundred thirty acres belonging to Mary Lah, widow. This farm, which has carried a small mortgage since the depression, lies west of Fowler, Indiana, near the state line of Illinois

Barn and silo on the owner-operated farm of two hundred thirty acres b...

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land near Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Mrs. Sophie Rudd, a widow who lives by herself on forty acres of land ...

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

NEW TELEGRAPH KEY FOR CEREMONIES INITIATED BY PRESIDENT TODAY. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 26. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TOUCHED A NEW TELEGRAPH KEY THIS MORNING TO OPEN A CELEBRATION AT OMAHA, NE, COMMEMORATING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF COMPLETION OF THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD. THE CHROMIUM PLATED INSTRUMENT RECENTLY REPLACED THE GOLD-PLATED KEY USED SINCE PRESIDENT TAFT'S ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT WAS REMOVED BY THE WIDOW OF THE LATE EDWARD SMITHERS, WHITE HOUSE TELEGRAPHER UPON HIS DEATH. L TO R: THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESSMAN CHARLES F. McLAUGHLIN OF NEBRASKA. THE CELEBRATION IS KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN SPIKE CELEBRATION AND LASTS FOUR DAYS

NEW TELEGRAPH KEY FOR CEREMONIES INITIATED BY PRESIDENT TODAY. WASHING...

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mother and widow and relatives weeping at the grave of deceased at memorial meeting near Jackson, Kentucky, Breathitt County. See general caption no. 1

Mother and widow and relatives weeping at the grave of deceased at mem...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mrs. Mary Willis, widow, who with two children runs a rented farm near Woodville. Greene County, Georgia

Mrs. Mary Willis, widow, who with two children runs a rented farm near...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, in the black dress, a twenty-six year old widow, with six children under twelve, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth. Her two youngest children, Mona, two, and Carol, five, live in a foster home during the week. Mrs. Hehr, holding the rabbit, is their foster mother, and is giving a birthday party for Mona

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, in the black dress, a twenty-six year o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Carol Grimm, five, getting ready to go to bed in the foster home where she and her sister Mona, two, live during the week. Sundays they are taken home to their mother's. She is a widow of twenty-six, with six children under twelve, and works as a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Carol Grimm, five, getting ready to go to bed in th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty during the Great Depression, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2213. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, for voice and piano, New York, Nov. 1942

The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs, for voice and piano, New York...

On transparent sheets (used for publication by Peters)

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Holy Spirit and symbols, attributes (widow, fortitude, etc.) emanating with light and flames from star, and blessing hands]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Holy Spirit and symbols,...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Under my merry widow hat - Public domain American sheet music

Under my merry widow hat - Public domain American sheet music

Odd Fellows Widow's & Orphan's Home, Corsicana, Texas

Odd Fellows Widow's & Orphan's Home, Corsicana, Texas

J149681 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Jno. J. Johnson; 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Ennis, Tex.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1988 event in which a time capsule holding some of Dr. King's possessions is lowered into the ground at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow, Coretta Scott King, speaks at a 1...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The widow's mite - L.M. Melander & Bro., Chicago

The widow's mite - L.M. Melander & Bro., Chicago

Stereograph shows a woman placing coin in box for the poor at church graveyard as ghost of woman watches. Stereo copyrighted by Melander & Bro. No. 94. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Ghosts; Death; Charity; Churches.

Coffin of Petrosino arriving at his widow's home

Coffin of Petrosino arriving at his widow's home

A group of men standing around a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Widow in the mill. Girl at home. The McFarland Family, Winona Miss. Cotton Mills. Mother and sons work in the mill. The girl keeps house. Youngest boy has been in the mill five years. Location: Winona, Mississippi.

Widow in the mill. Girl at home. The McFarland Family, Winona Miss. Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The widow's mite behind the soldier's might--A Liberty Bond

The widow's mite behind the soldier's might--A Liberty Bond

Poster is text only. Liberty Loan Committee, 2nd Federal Reserve District, 120 Broadway, New York. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

ARRIVE FOR DEDICATION OF JUSSERAND MEMORIAL BENCH. WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 7. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT WITH MME. JULES JUSSERAND, WIDOW OF THE FORMER FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, ARRIVE IN ROCK CREEK PARK FOR THE UNVEILING TODAY OF THE MEMORIAL BENCH TO THE LATE ENVOY. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DELIVERED THE ADDRESS DEDICATING THE MEMORIAL

ARRIVE FOR DEDICATION OF JUSSERAND MEMORIAL BENCH. WASHINGTON, D.C., N...

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

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes for Uncle Sam's fighing flyers at a West Coast plant. Here, Mrs. Fern Evans, Pearl Harbor widow, works on a radio bracket for a bomber with a young mechanic. Mrs. Evans, who had no previous mechanical experience when she applied for work in February, now reads blueprints and is able to proceed with various accessory assemblies for bombers with little supervision from leadmen

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together training planes fo...

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

Women aircraft workers. She can't forget Pearl Harbor, and she's determined that Hitler and Hirohito shall have cause to remember it. Mrs. Evelyn J. W. Casola, Pearl Harbor widow, drills rivet holes in the belly gun door of a U.S. bomber, soon to storm over Axis lands, showing death to the aggressors

Women aircraft workers. She can't forget Pearl Harbor, and she's deter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. The Grimm children doing the housework. Their mothe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, with six children under twelve, is a crane operator in a war plant. Her two youngest children live in a foster home during the week. Their foster mother, Mrs. Hehr, gave a birthday party for Mona, two

Buffalo, New York. Mrs. Grimm, a twenty-six year old widow, with six c...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian, employed as a blacksmith's helper in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She is operating a half-ton steam hammer. Mrs. Sablejack is a widow and mother of two children

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the mill settlement at Matoaca, Virginia She has no children large enough for the cotton mill, so she is starting a little store in her home. Location: Matoaca, Virginia

A Suggestion for Dependent Widows. Mrs. Bessie Hicks, a widow in the m...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2213. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. Joe and Pearl Steading, 75 William St., make 44 cents a day each. Another sister works. Mother a widow. Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Twin spinners in Saxon Mill, Spartenberg [sic], S.C. Joe and Pearl Ste...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

Caption: Boy! You're lying! My husband is here! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7748. Forms part of: Theatrical poster colle... More

[Home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (widow of George Hearst) at 1400 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.]

[Home of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (widow of George Hearst) at 1400 New H...

Interior: detail of fireplace, in front of which is altarpiece with reproduction of Raphael's Sistene Madonna; Russian icons; table set for tea. (Same room as LC-USZ62-56690.) Title and other information transc... More

Widow of noted flyer receive medal. 12/13/30, Mrs. Florence Shaw Page receives the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded posthumously to the late Capt. Arthur H. Page, U.S. Marines, for this "pioneering" scientific [...] and successful accomplishment in the art of blind flying." The particular flight for which he received the medal was from Omaha to Anacostia, D.C., the distance of 1,000 miles having been made by flying blind the entire distance in one day. Capt. Page was also noted for having won the Curtiss Marine Trophy Race last spring, flying the 100-mile course at an average of 164 miles an hour. He died from injuries received when his plane crashed during the Thompson Trophy Race at Chicago last September. In the photograph, left to right: Maj. General Ben H. Fuller, Commandant of the Marine Corps.; Mrs. Page and Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Widow of noted flyer receive medal. 12/13/30, Mrs. Florence Shaw Page ...

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

Children of U.S. Presidents make good in GOP politics. Washington, D.C., Feb.. 16 Photographed together last night at a party given by Sen. and Mrs. Robert Taft for visiting GOP committeemen are two children of former presidents: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, widow of the former Speaker of the House and daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, left; Sen. Taft, son of former President Taft and Mrs. Robert Taft [...]

Children of U.S. Presidents make good in GOP politics. Washington, D.C...

A man in a tuxedo talking to two women. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outside Loblaw's grocery store for customers to ask him to deliver their groceries. This was a rainy day with few customers. Sometimes Peter makes as much as three dollars on a Saturday. He pays for all his school supplies and much of his clothing. His mother, a twenty-six year old widow, is a crane operator at Pratt and Letchworth

Buffalo, New York. Peter Grimm, age ten, waiting with his wagon outsid...

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

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Widow Smith House, 1706 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven, New Haven County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-21 Survey number: HABS CT-84 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Widow Kendall House, 10 North Ferry Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY

Widow Kendall House, 10 North Ferry Street, Schenectady, Schenectady C...

Significance: An early, remaining townhouse. Survey number: HABS NY-3282 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction

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