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[A willing letter writer] - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man with two women, one of the women is writing a letter. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Yushima shōkintei, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women serving tea to men in a tearoom, drinking tea, reading, and writing; view of Edo through opening in rear. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

A hard student - Public domain dedication image

Boy seated, with finger on text, while writing with his other hand. 17537 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1599. Copyright by The Fellows Photographic Co.

Manuscript book, John W. Alexander, N.A., Library of Congress, Washing...

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

[Man in top hat jousting with quill at helmet and letter N]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Cha... More

The moment of imagination, British Cartoon Print

Edward Topham, a pen in his hand, has just kicked over his circular writing table in frenzied inspiration. He raises his clenched fist. An inkstand and fragments of paper inscribed Epilogue Mrs. W... [Wells] Ha... More

Fumi o kaku onoe tamizō, Shunsh Katsukawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Gyokkashi eimo, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows Gyokkashi Eimo, a young girl with a talent for calligraphy, and a young woman, her writing instructor, sitting next to a low table; fans and brushes hang in the background, more fans lie on the floo... More

The Manuscript [book] - Public domain dedication image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin the editor and writer - Public domain illustration painting

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

Immigrants in night school. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pupil, Teachers of the Steamer Class in the Washington School. Locatio...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 944. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

[Leopold Godowsky, three-quarter length portrait, seated at rattan tab...

J215283 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detalʹ Shir-Dora (vnutri napravo ot vkhoda). Samarkand

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

[Booker T. Washington, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing l...

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

Poster - Thurston the great magician - Public domain lithograph

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captain Robert F. Scott writing in his diary

Photograph shows Captain Robert F. Scott, sitting at a table in his quarters, writing in his diary, during the British Antarctic Expedition. J181351 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1913 May 12, by Herbert G. ... More

[Please wait a moment, said Miss Willmer hastily, making notes in a sm...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "On the Ridge" by Mary Stewart Cutting, McClure's magazine, 28:183 (Dec. 1906).

[Soldier writing letter] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows an American soldier in uniform holding a rifle and writing a love letter. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). ... More

The moment of imagination, British Cartoon Print

Kesagozen, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a domestic scene with a man sitting on the floor holding writing implements and Kesa Gozen standing nearby, her hair down, having just washed it, hanging a piece of cloth to dry, also a washbasin ne... More

Portrait photo of Zaravshanskii okrug. Urok chistopisaniia

Photograph shows a Jewish man surrounded by four young boys. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 78.

Etiquette letter writer being the complete art of fashionable correspo...

Print shows a floral design with putti for a book cover for an instructional guide on the art of letter writing and "fashionable correspondence"; in each of the corners a person is shown seated at a table or de... More

[Please wait a moment, said Miss Willmer hastily, making notes in a sm...

Jim Thorpe, the olympic hero - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Jim Thorpe, half-length portrait, facing left, sitting at a desk, writing. J179594 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1913, by Underwood & Underwood. Exhibited: "The Sports Show" at the Minneapo... More

[Charles, Duke of Vendosmoys, seated at desk, writing]

Illus. in: Nicole Gilles, Les Tres Elegantes...1527. Reference copy may be in LOT 4966. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, left profile, seated at his desk, writ...

Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill, New York. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Immigrants in night school. Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 894. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More

"Dearest Annie,-- to-morrow we move on toward Santiago where we expect...

American soldier writing a letter, during the Philippine Insurrection. 60317 U.S. Copyright Office.

Josephine and Mercie - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Detalʹ Uluk-Beka (snaruzhi u vkhoda). Samarka...

In album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 35. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Proku... More

Pupil, Teachers of the Steamer Class in the Washington School. Locati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teaching, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boy Scouts at Hunter's Island. Writing to the folks at home

Boy writing letter and three other boys in tent, Hunter's Island, New York.

Portrait photo of Rex Beach, Lake Hopatcong, N.J.

Rex Beach, full-length portrait, seated at table, facing slightly right, writing. J186043 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris.

Valerie was busy, exceedingly busy, arranging matters, in view of the ...

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Common Law" by Robert W. Chambers, Cosmopolitan, 50:543 (March 1911).

[Man in top hat jousting with quill at helmet and letter N]

[Manuscript Book mural in Evolution of the Book series, John W. Alexan...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts a monk illustrating a manuscript, with two monks in background. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyright ... More

Inu no koku, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a young woman sitting on a mat, holding a long scroll and writing materials, she has turned to the left to speak with a young servant or apprentice kneeling behind her. Title and other descriptive i... More

[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, seated at his desk writing]

H70091 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Situation wanted - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly (Sept. 1, 1906), pp. 14-15.

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

Print shows two women, one kneeling and writing on a scroll, the other standing nearby watching her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006.... More

Sayogoromo misa tatejima, Eizan Kikukawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with scroll and brush, writing; also, shows folded striped fabric in upper left corner. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Detalʹ Uluk-Beka (snaruzhi u vkhoda). Samarkand

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antiminsy. Orshskīĭ Voznesenskīĭ monastyrʹ v 22 verstakh ot Tveri

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

Are the folks at home backing us up? Are you[?] Buy more Liberty bonds

Poster showing a soldier writing a letter by candlelight. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skywriting. Let's skywriting II

The Theodor Horydczak Collection - architecture and social life of Washington DC in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Gratitude - Drawing. Public domain image., engraving, Library of Congr...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's young people, 9:876 (Oct. 9, 1888).

Jim Thorpe, the olympic hero - Public domain portrait print

Chidori no tamagawa, Utamaro ii, 1800-1820

[Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll...

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Evolution of the book, east corridor. Manuscript book / J.W. Alexander...

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting a monk illustrating a manuscript, with two monks in background. Copyright by John W. Alexander.

The letter - Public domain dedication image

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

Writing a letter, autochrome color photo

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

[Writing a letter] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Secty. Baker desk - Public domain dedication image

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Date from caption list. February 7th 1920. Caption from caption list: T... More

[Please wait a moment, said Miss Willmer hastily, making notes in a sm...

[Black children] / Steele, '07.

"Hyeah are naid an' is doing?" under boy at top left. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Sketches for: "The Entrance of Ezekie... More

Young America in the nursery - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

Three girls reading, writing, etc., at table, with boy lying under the table, stereograph viewer on table, and baby lying on floor. 2531 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by M.M. Griswold. Griswold's Compositions.

[Benjamin Franklin, editor and writer]

Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Year resolutions - till they melt! / Leighton Budd.

Illustration shows two young women stopping in the snow so that one of them can write her New Year's resolutions in the snow, "1913 No Jealousy No Anger No Flirt"; it is unclear whether she intends to say flirt... More

Louise Talma composing in her studio at the MacDowell Colony, Petersbo...

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[School children at the Paljor Namgyal Girls School, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 056 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

General U.S. Grant writing his memoirs, Mount McGregor, June 27th, 188...

Ulysses Grant, three-quarter length portrait, seated in rattan chair, writing memoirs, at Mount McGregor near Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 15684 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Howe, N.Y. Copyright Dec. 2, 1886.

Detalʹ Shir-Dora (vnutri napravo ot vkhoda). Samarkand

Public domain photograph of mosque building, Islam, Islamic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sikkim, Gangtok, early Buddhist scrip[t] written on palm leave[s]

Photograph shows palm leaves with Devanagari and Bengali script, on exhibit at the Namgyal Tibetology Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim. Caption below palm leaves: "Indian MSS 4 Medieval Devanagari & Old Bengali. Pro... More

Santō Kyōden - Cyōjiya cyōzan - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the courtesan Chōzan of Chōji-ya sitting next to a writing table with an attendant burning incense on a hibachi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... More

Sugawara no Michizane, Taiso Yoshitoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Sugawara Michizane, full-length, standing next to a tree beneath a full moon, writing poetry. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

One exception - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title continues: ... I feel it in my bones that I am going to be an old maid. (DLC/PP-1938:0086). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as title page in: Life, 31:201 ... More

[Harriot Stanton Blatch, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly...

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Photo by Montauk, from the Gilliams Press Syndicate.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Antiminsy. Orshskīĭ Voznesenskīĭ monastyrʹ v ...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the upper Volga River, from its source in the... More

Antiminsy. Orshskīĭ Voznesenskīĭ monastyrʹ v 22 verstakh ot Tveri

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War views. No. 1501, Camp life, Army of the Potomac - writing to frien...

Stereograph shows Boston Light Artillery soldiers in camp at Relay House in Maryland sitting at a long table, writing letters, as one soldier, in the foreground, appears to be sewing. No. 1501. Date of photogr... More

[An old man, possibly a monk or scholar, seated a low table writing on...

Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Education" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Peggy Lee writing] - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows the daughter of Francis Watts Lee and Agnes Lee. Forms part of: Francis Watts Lee collection (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2015:052.532

Writing a letter - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, at home in the White House, Washington, D.C.

H28926 Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[You are needed at home, I wrote to father. Mother is leading her own ...

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "It Is a Wise Daughter" by Bertha K. Mellett, Collier's weekly, Feb. 19, 1921, p. 8.

Lachung school - Public domain dedication image

Photograph shows young boys reading and writing in school, Lachung, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no.... More

Hands off! My person is sacred - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 573.

Manuscript book, John W. Alexander, N.A., Library of Congress, Washing...

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

Thomas Wilmer Dewing - Thomas Wilmer Dewing - The letter

Title in Thistle Publications: Writing a letter. Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "T.W. Dewing" at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 560... More

Detalʹ v prokhodi︠e︡ mertvykh s li︠e︡voĭ storony. Samarkand

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skywriting. Let's skywriting I. Horydczak collection.

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

The direction in which Mayan inscriptions should be read,

Cover-title. From the American anthropologist for May, 1897. Also available in digital form.

Algonquian Language - An Algonquin syllabary,

Cover title. [Reprinted from the Boas Memorial Volume.] Also available in digital form.

The direction in which Mayan inscriptions should be read,

Cover-title. From the American anthropologist for May, 1897. Also available in digital form.

Detalʹ Shir-Dora (vnutri napravo ot vkhoda). Samarkand

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

Learning to write - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a boy, seated at a low table, writing with a brush. Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: [K]ano Dec. 1878. From the ... More

The Manuscript book - Public domain dedication image

Date based in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a mural signed "copyrighted 1896 by John W. Alexander" at the Library of Congress. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 708. Gift; State Historical Soci... More

Raymond Dickey - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Barracks at Camp Devens, boys on hillside writing letter, Ayer, Mass

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V19223. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Algonquian Language - An Algonquin syllabary,

Cover title. [Reprinted from the Boas Memorial Volume.] Also available in digital form.

The direction in which Mayan inscriptions should be read,

Cover-title. From the American anthropologist for May, 1897. Also available in digital form.

Hands off! My person is sacred - Public domain book illustration

Thomas Jefferson - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Elson (A.W.) & Co., copyright claimant. From the p... More

The spirit of War Camp Community Service

Poster showing a large group of sailors and soldiers seated at a massive table, writing. Photo caption: Writing home.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Detalʹ Shir-Dora (vnutri napravo ot vkhoda). ...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 36.... More