Citizenship Literacy. Social Studies: Grade-2

Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin from The Sai...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels) Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Liberty Bell being moved on wagon with an escort of uniformed militia...

Photo copyrighted by Thomas E. Marr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Bells...; Geogr.; Militia Penna.; Ph. Ind.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.

The central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library system. Ludwig Miles van der Rohe designed the steel, brick, and glass structure. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photogra... More

Bust of Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, who, with his brother Aubrey, opened a fe...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Bo Pilgrim, wearing traditional Pilgrim dress, with a pet chicken named "Henrietta" under his arm, was featured in Pilgrim's Pride ad... More

In Praise of the Most Serene Ferdinand, King of Spain

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Pilgrim Exiles, Plymouth, Mass., Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishin...

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plymouth in 1622 / W.L. Williams.

Postcard showing Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1622, with buildings identified. Reproduction of painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank. No. 13997.

[Landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, 1620] / P.F. Rothermel pain...

Print showing a woman being helped ashore from a small boat held in position against a rock or ledge by men with ropes and poles; in the background on the right, other Pilgrims kneel in prayer. Entered Accordi... More

Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...

Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... More

[Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its ...

Addressed to Mrs. Sarah Ann Prall, Christianna, Lancaster County, Pa.; hand-canceled; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation: Post master, please forward soon. 1[?]th Penna. Regt. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-20... More

[Spanish caravel Santa Maria] - A black and white photo of a ship in t...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

140th flag day, 1777-1917 The birthday of the stars and stripes, June ...

Poster showing a man raising the American flag, with a minuteman cheering and an eagle flying above. Text continues: 'Tis the Star Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave, o'er the land of the free and the home o... More

George Washington- The Munro-Lenox Portrait

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three ...

Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown by hachur... More

Military map of the United States & territories showing the location o...

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Photo shows Lincoln in a print made from a negative taken by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Lincoln said of this portrait: "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever... More

Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 266, presents the flags during th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STAND DOWN Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott ... More

The Star spangled banner : national song / Stackpole, sc.

Music cover illustrated with U.S. flag. Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Landing of Columbus... in America, 1492

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. 1869." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robertson, Wm. C.

Thanksgiving scene in ye old Plymouth colony / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a Thanksgiving Day celebration at Plymouth Colony with a "Hot Dog" vendor in the foreground, a "Pink Firewater" booth on the upper left, where the Natives have congregated, and a large group ... More

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with shield and American flag and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Civil War envelope showing flag design with message "The Union and th...

Addressed to Mr. Jacob Guyer[?], No. 9 Maiden Lane, N.Y. City; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on recto: Care D. Colton. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of America 1492

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1176.

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Susanna Morin Swing [holding banner, "Democracy Should Begin at H...

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Suzanne Morin Swing posing with banner, "Democracy Should Begin At Home." Photograph publish... More

Force School, Pilgrim Day group, 1920

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

The landing of the Pilgrims, on Plymouth Rock, Dec. 11th 1620 / lith. ...

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

Landing of Christopher Columbus in America, at San Salvador, October 1...

A2984 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Leonhardt.

Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620

Print shows a Native man, hiding on the left, watching the Pilgrims around a campfire with small cauldron; a man with hatchet is gathering firewood and more Pilgrims are coming ashore from the Mayflower, in a w... More

Reynolds's political map of the United States, designed to exhibit the...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes statistics from the 1850 census and ill.

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, traditionally called "l...

Copy of photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo in Lincoln's last photo session from life was long thought to have been made on Apri... More

I pledge allegiance and silence about the war

Poster promoting patriotism and suggesting that careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing the American flag. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collect... More

So then, to every man his chance; to every man, regardless of his birt...

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the f...

"Entered in Sta. Hall, London - & according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by H.D. Rogers, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Publishers advertisements on cover panels pasted on ... More

General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the f...

Map of the United States of America.

Insets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Liberty Bell [resting upon dais ringed with liberty caps and fasces to...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 13, (1869 July 10), p.437. Ref. copy in 4412LF. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Liberty Bell; Eagles; Geogr.

[Abraham Lincoln, last portrait sitting in Springfield, Illinois, befo...

Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 59. Ostendorf, no. 43 Meserve, no. 35 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Ll... More

A statue of a lady justice holding a scale. Case-law lady justice just...

Statue of a lady holding a scales / A statue of a lady justice on top of a building sculpture.

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, P...

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The central scene ... More

[Christopher Columbus leaving Spain to go to America]

Public domain scan of 16th-17th century print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flag in its talon and ...

Addressed to Mrs. A.C. Elsbree, Lewis Centre, Delaware Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the F...

Scale ca. 1:7,400,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48 Indicates by color the territories "claimed by the confederates in 1861," "in the military possession of the Confederates in 1861," "reclaimed from rebelli... More

Landing of Columbus frieze in U.S. Capitol dome, Washington, D.C.

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Covering four acres, the memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011, after more than two decades of planning, fund-raising and construction. Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information pr... More

A bald eagle standing in front of an american flag. Eagle america flag...

Eagle bird photographs: Free images of eagles, available for commercial use and free download. Copyright-free, no attribution required. A bald eagle standing in front of an american flag

A happy thanksgiving card with pumpkins, bread, and wine. Happy thanks...

A happy thanksgiving card with pumpkins, bread, and wine

The star spangled banner / written by Francis S. Key, Esq. of Georgeto...

Print shows the text of the Star Spangled Banner within an oval design at center, surrounded by circular star-bursts that contain letters spelling "Bombardment of Fort M'Henry" within a frame that has a ship in... More

Thanksgiving scene in ye old Plymouth colony / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a Thanksgiving Day celebration at Plymouth Colony with a "Hot Dog" vendor in the foreground, a "Pink Firewater" booth on the upper left, where the Natives have congregated, and a large group ... More

Certificate of oath of allegiance

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Civil War envelope showing American flag with second stanza from Fran...

Addressed to Michael Fox Esq., Marlboro, Stark Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of C... More

[Silver statue of Justice in exhibit hall, Montana exhibit, World's Co...

55575Y1 U.S. Copyright Office. "Copyrighted 1893 by Souvenir Photo Co." Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To enjoy American opportunities become an American citizen

Educational poster showing group of people and hand pointing to sun radiating American prosperity. Copyright by the Stanley Service Co. No. 69.

Emblems and seals. Seal of the President of the United States

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

Reciting "I pledge allegiance," etc., public school. Norfolk, Virginia

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

Verona, New Jersey. Italian-American woman, with two sons in the Army,...

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

[Select views:] HUD historical highlights. [Secretaries, Presidents, ...

Photographer: HUD Staff; White House Photo Creation Date: 2/11/1961 - 10/13/2009 [Select views:] HUD historical highlights. [Secretaries, Presidents, events]

Boston Tea Party, State House Mural, Boston, Mass.

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Washington, Portrait, Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co...

Public domain photograph of vintage postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pledge of allegiance to the flag, 8th Division]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "8th Division."

"Boston tea-party." Three cargoes of tea destroyed. Dec. 16, 1773

G6078 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction based on engraving by D. Berger, 1784, after D. Chodowiecki. No. 8. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Remember! The flag of liberty - support it! Buy U.S. government bonds ...

Poster showing immigrants on a ship with the American flag. No. 6-A.

Carol M. Highsmith - The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Exercising their First Amendment right, patriotic civilians occupy a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

To everyone in this plant: This plant is engaged upon government work ...

Poster showing a small scene of work in a shipyard, above lengthy text. Issued by Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of W... More

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Civil War envelope showing eagle atop American flag and "American Con...

Addressed to Miss Marslin Blanchard, Keeseville, Essex County, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing eagle and American flags atop an arch list...

Addressed to Rev. C. L. Ehrenfeld, Altoona, Pa.; postmarked Johnstown, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photogr... More

Abolishing Slavery. Joint resolution of the thirty eight Congress of t...

Includes list of Congressmen voting aye. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...

Photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, 'There is the pec... More

Emblems and seals. Seal of the President of the United States

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pledge to the nation. "I pledge allegiance to the United States of Ame...

Carol M. Highsmith - The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Public domain stock image. United States flag american.

Caravels and Harbor, Jackson Park, Chicago, Ill.

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

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Tocsin of Liberty–Rung by the State House Bell, (Independence Hall...

Scene from American history. A man pulls a rope to ring the Liberty Bell in the tower above Independence Hall while a crowd cheers in the background. Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)

An american flag with white stars on a red background. United States u...

Copyright-free American Flag pictures. Free to use US flag images. An american flag with white stars on a red background

The departure of the pilgrim fathers, for America, A.D. 1620

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Burnet, John.

The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Mass.

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establishe...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620

Print shows a Native man, hiding on the left, watching the Pilgrims around a campfire with small cauldron; a man with hatchet is gathering firewood and more Pilgrims are coming ashore from the Mayflower, in a w... More

Map of America by Diego Ribero 1529.

Spanish; title in English. Pen-and-ink and blue watercolor, mounted on cloth, mounted on paper. Traced from a map by Diego Ribero. On label affixed in upper right corner: 41. Available also through the Library ... More

A new and complete rail road map of the United States compiled from re...

Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress." Scale ca. 1:4,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 35 Description derived from published b... More

Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Kelly Ingram Park, Birmi...

Kelly Ingram Park (formerly West Park) was a staging ground for civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s. It is located adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. Titl... More

President Kennedy Views the Liberty Bell prior to his Independence Day...

Original caption: President Kennedy views the Liberty Bell prior to his Independence Day address in Philadelphia. L-R: Philadelphia Mayor James Tate, President Kennedy, Sen. Joseph Clark, Governor David Lawrenc... More

Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the crowd during t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Caption: Civil Rights Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd during the March on Washington. It was during this address that he made his "... More

Detail, Wall of Remembrance, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington,...

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 and keywords provided by the photographer. Beginn... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Ostendorf, no. 77 (variant) Meserve, no. 59 Copyright deposit; 1891. Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 145. ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

"Copyright 1900 by M.P. Rice, Washn., D.C." bottom right. Original photograph by Alexander Gardner. Ostendorf, no. 77 (variant) Meserve, no. 59 Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complet... More

Are you 100% American? Prove it! Buy U.S. government bonds Third Liber...

Poster showing text bordered by flags, bunting, an eagle, and smoking cannons. No. 10-A.

Children from Sterling Heights Elementary school recite the pledge of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT C.E. Lewis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A view of the us capitol building from a distance. Capitol washington ...

A view of the us capitol building from a distance

A sailboat is sailing in the open water. Caravela tejo portugal.

A sailboat is sailing in the open water

A statue of liberty holding a torch in her hand. Statue of Liberty lan...

A statue of liberty holding a torch in her hand

A close up of the statue of liberty against a blue sky. Statue of Libe...

A close up of the statue of liberty against a blue sky

A close up of a bell with a sky background. Bell black and white histo...

A close up of a bell with a sky background

A close up of a bell in a building. Liberty bell philadelphia independ...

Free images of Philadelphia. Use free photos of Philadelphia without any copyright restrictions. A close up of a bell in a building

A large building with many american flags in front of it. Oklahoma bui...

Flags. Free images of flags. Use free pictures of flags without any copyright restrictions.