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Chief Joseph, Nez Perces - Public domain portrait drawing

Reproduction of bust-length portrait painting by E.A. Burbank. Copyright by W. Scott Thurber. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Photograph of Harriet Tubman - An old woman sitting in a chair with a ...

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

[Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella with manager Leo Durocher]

Front cover illustration showing baseball players Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, with manager Leo Durocher standing between them and pointing with his left hand.

A group of men standing around a table. President lyndon b johnson civ...

A night scene of the Marine Corps War Memorial with the Lincoln Memori...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

[Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fr...

40025 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction from painting by E.A. Burbank, now in the collection of E.E. Ayer, Chicago.

[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904] - An old black and white photo of a man

Half lgth., facing front. H18700 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint by Rudolph B. Scott, Spokane, Wash, 1899 Oct. 17. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, ...

Illus. in: Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller / Elizabeth Smith Miller. New York : Geneva, 1897-1911, section 16, no. 9, p. 47. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collectio... More

[Ice skating at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

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

Abigail Smith Adams [inaugural dress from First Ladies Collection], 9/...

[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

Eleanor Roosevelt Chatting with Injured Naval Man

This photograph depicts Eleanor Roosevelt chatting with Private First Class Robert Kiernam and Private First Class Robert Coles, who were joking about their injuries. Publicity Interviews

Close up of sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza is a park in downt...

The Plaza was laid out by settler John Sutter and named in honor of Chávez, the Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Cre... More

Francis Scott Key, 1780-1843 - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait, bust, facing front. Exchange 399 March 20, 1946, Free Library of Philadelphia. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams / photo of portrait by Gilbert ...

Photograph showing Mrs. John Adams, head and shoulder portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart; portrait at National Gallery. Photo by Chester A. Lawrence, Dorchester, Mass., of painting by ... More

[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

Dusk view of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capito...

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

[Front cover of Jackie Robinson comic book]

Shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn Dodgers cap; inset image shows Jackie Robinson covering a slide at second base. Illus. in: Jackie Robinson. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publication... More

Chief Joseph, from the Indian Chiefs series (N681) promoting Old Fashi...

Trade cards from the "Indian Chiefs" series (N681), issued ca. 1888 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.

[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

Equal Franchise Society Legislative Series; extract from a letter from...

Equal Franchise Society reproduces extract from famous Abigail Adams letter of March 31, 1776 in which she warns John to "Remember the Ladies" or they may rebel.

A night scene of the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial with Fourth of Jul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph2 Robert K. Hamilton Release Status: Released to... More

Live the dream, say no to alcohol and drug abuse

Contributor(s): .King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.) ..Publication: .Rockville, Md. : National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, [19--] ..L... More

The Star Spangled Banner - Public domain portrait painting

Francis Scott Key standing on boat, with right arm stretched out toward the United States flag flying over Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. K62984 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Percy E. Moran.

[Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, 1884-1962, bust portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Dorchester County Courthou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: An interpretive sign on the grounds of the Dorchester County Courthouse marks important moments in Underground Railroad history. Locati... More

Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Shad Polier at American Je...

Photographer: unknown..Date: 1963..Medium: Black and white photograph..Repository: American Jewish Historical Society ( http://www.ajhs.org ) ..Parent Collection: American Jewish Congress Collection (I-77)..... More

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. and ...

Title: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz pictured, 1963..Photographer: unknown..Date: 1963..Medium: Black and white photograph..Repository: American Jewish Hist... More

The Star Spangled Banner - A painting of a man standing on top of a bo...

Great River Road - The Montgomery Bus Where Rosa Parks Sat

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Indoors at the National Civil Rights Museum stands a recreation of the bright yellow Montgomery city bus where Rosa Parks defied the cit... More

Sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza in downtown Sacramento, Califo...

Chief Joseph, Nez Percé - Public domain portrait

Chief Joseph, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, wearing headdress. Photograph attributed to De Lancey Gill. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit... More

Mrs. John Adams (Abigail Smith).

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jackie Robinson and Louise Beavers in a scene from the motion picture ...

Public domain reproduction of still life painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Obituary notice. Died at Quincy, the 28th October, 1818, Mrs. Abigail ...

On verso: Transfer. Shaw Papers. Manuscript Div. 8 June 1951. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection... More

[Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth, holding umbrella, in auto...

Acme Newpictures, Inc. photo. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Ri...

Photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt Public domain photograph of US government agency official, meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

An aerial view of historic Fort McHenry guarding the harbor entrance. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marty Goppert/Don S. Montgomery Release Status: Re... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Entering James Webb's Cabi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A leafy branch hangs over James Webb's rustic log cabin, which a white-haired man enters. Location: Location: Maryland Status: Public ... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Running Through Mt. Pleasa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Among the graves of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, a Harriet Tubman re-enactor flees through the headstones and wet grass to freedom. Locat... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Leverton Safe House

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The lush but short crops surrounding Jacob Leverton's safe house would have offered little coverage for Underground Railroad travelers a... More

U.S. Captiol Building - A view of the capitol building at night

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen late in the evening from Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, Washington, DC. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed a...

"On February 28, 1857, Alexander Hesler took the famous photograph of Lincoln in Chicago. About seven months earlier, so the story went, Lincoln had posed for William H. Masters of Princeton, Illinois. No photo... More

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

Ostendorf, no. 29 Meserve, no. 27 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 49.

[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, standing with hands on back of ...

Title devised by library staff. Date of photograph based on years photographer Harvey B. Lindsley was active and Tubman's clothing. (Source: researcher A. Cohn, 2016) Original photo not found in LOT since at le... More

Abraham Lincoln as a father. [Portrait of Lincoln and Tad.]

'Yours truly A. Lincoln' [facsimile signature]. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Abigail Adams by Benjamin Blyth]

Public domain portrait photograph, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Harry Belafonte near podium at Montgomery ...

Photographer: unknown..Date: 1965..Medium: Black and white photograph..Repository: American Jewish Historical Society ( http://www.ajhs.org ) ..Parent Collection: American Jewish Congress Collection (I-77)..... More

[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

Chief Joseph, Nez Perces, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) ...

Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N2), issued in 1888 in a series of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904 half-length portrait, seated, facing fron...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Eleanor Roosevelt, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

J38008 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eleanor Roosevelt Visits U.S. Information Center in Stockholm, Sweden

Original caption: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt chatting with Miss Dorothy Spofford, librarian at the U.S. Information Center in Stockholm, Sweden. Photographs of Information Center Service Activities in Foreign Countries

[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]

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Montgomery March

[Gardner portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 59. A photograph made by Alexander Gardner in Washington November 15, 1863. (From the Photographic Portraits of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln Memorial University; The Meserve Collection, 1941.) Alexande... More

[Abraham Lincoln, seated in chair, full portrait]

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

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Standing Before the Harrie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The Harriet Tubman Organization's president, Donald Pinder, stands before a vibrant, folk art mural depicting Tubman's life. Location: ... More

Sculpture located in César Chávez Plaza in downtown Sacramento, Califo...

[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

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

Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More

Chief Joseph, Nez Perces, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36)...

Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size. Issued by Al... More

Our treasured monuments at night, Washington D.C.

An aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Deal Toney Release Status... More

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Harriet Tubman

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This black-and-white photo shows Harriet Tubman posed, standing with her hands perched on a chair. Tubman was the most famous conductor ... More

Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson in a scene from the motion picture The Ja...

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Statues by sculptor James Earle Fraser outside the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The one on the left, in the foreground, is a female fig... More

Public domain stock image. Washington monument monuments washington dc...

Lincoln memorial building aerial building. An aerial view of the linco...

An aerial view of the lincoln memorial

Tomb of Francis Scott Key at Frederick, Md., 4/27/25

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

Public domain stock image. Washington monument washington dc peace mov...

The Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol are...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Charles Reger Release Stat... More

White house mansion president building.

Washington dc city cities building.

Eleanor Roosevelt at United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York’s Person...

Description: Eleanor Roosevelt poses with United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York’s Person To Person fundraising event participants...Photographer: Emerich C. Gross..Date: June 21, 1960..Medium: Black a... More

The Star Spangled Banner - A painting of a man standing on top of a bo...

[Francis Scott Key] - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oldsmobile [in front of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

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

ER [i.e., Eleanor Roosevelt] with 2 women. Big hats

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

Fort McHenry, the place where Francis Scott Key observed that the "fla...

Interior of the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team members perform during Inaugurat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Joe Myeress, USN Release Status: ... More

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway - Choptank Settlement Plaque

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A sign details the native American history of the small garden park on the Choptank River. Location: Location: Maryland Status: Public... More

Abraham lincoln lincoln memorial washington dc building. A close up of...

A close up of a statue of abraham lincoln

Public domain stock image. White house washington dc politics.

Sunrise washington monument washington dc building.

A black and white cat sitting on top of a podium. Socks the cat pet wh...

Abigail Smith Adams - A black and white photo of a woman in a bonnet

1/2 length, facing right. 13831Cp2s-2 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by Chester A. Lawrence, Dorchester, Mass., of painting by Gilbert Stuart. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption c... More

[U.S. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

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

[Eleanor Roosevelt, full-length portrait, standing at bottom of the Gr...

Inscribed: To Ambassador Josephus Daniels with affectionate regard F Eleanor Roosevelt. Date and location based on White House Web site, Entrance Hall History. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.