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Stained glass in Neiman Marcus store, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This stain glass in Neiman Marcus on Union Square, was once in The City of Paris store. The architectural centerpiece of the building is the original rotu... More

Déesse 16, rue Halévy, Paris / / PAL.

Poster shows semi-nude goddess in flight holding bicycle above crowd of bicyclists from all over the world.

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

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

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0072. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 027 (color reference... More

[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[Hanging poems on a cherry tree]

Print shows a woman, full-length, standing, hanging poems in a blossoming cherry tree.

Kiyohiro Torii - [The harmonic couple] - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a flute, beneath a blossoming tree. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...

Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... More

[Vine with blossoms] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

The Farmers toast, British Cartoon Print

British cartoon showing six fat farmers eating and drinking at a table. The farmers are 'monopolists', accused of holding corn in hopes of a still higher price. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collectio... More

Suehirogari, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two dancers, one holding a fan and the other holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. One page from an illustrat... More

Mutamagawa senmen harimaze, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several fans with landscape scenes, a man traveling on horseback, and two women doing laundry or ironing. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Wakana tsumi - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows two women gathering spring greens. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Falls of Niagara. View of the great pitch taken from below, see Forest...

Drawing shows great volumes of water cascading over a cliff as seen from below at Niagara Falls. See: "The Foresters : A poem descriptive of a pedestrian journey to the falls of Niagara, in the Autumn of 1804"... More

Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows an older man and two young apprentices, possibly women, manually operating a stirring device, or possibly making pulp for paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imper...

Print showing panoramic view of St. Petersburg, including Academy of Arts, colleges, Cronstad (i.e., Kronshtadt), warehouses, and the Gottorp Globe. Title also in French. Plate 3 of 4. Includes key to building... More

Ukiyo bijin mitate sankyoku - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman playing a small stringed instrument (like a biwa) with a large bow. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: left p... More

[A man, bare-chested, sitting cross-legged with arms raised over his h...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

Kōyō saruhashi no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows steep cliffs with a bridge spanning the chasm above an inlet, with view of full moon between the cliffs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... More

Tōsei fū, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, holding a teapot. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: E... More

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows three travelers passing through the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road with view of snow-capped Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Kanbara, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers walking in the snow at night at the Kanbara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Koganeibashi no sekishō, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a bridge across a canal with flowering cherry trees along the banks, a small cluster of low buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Dog sledges of the Mandan Indians / ch. Bodmer pinx. ad nat. ; René Ro...

Mandan Indians using two dogs to drag a toboggan on the frozen Missouri River. Illus. in: Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 / von Maximilian Prinz zu Wied. Coblenz : J. Hoelscher, 183... More

Flower blossoms on stem with foliage and tendrils

Date based on paper and style of DRWG/US - Unattributed, no. 62. (DLC/PP-1998:151.38) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Li... More

The sylvic gas light B. Franklin Coston, patentee, Washington City, D....

Print showing a gas light generator for use in "Hotels, Light Houses, Steam Boats, Cottages, Factories, Churches" with vignettes of buildings, boats, and gas lights.

Tabarius (i.e., Tiberias) from the Walls Saffet (i.e., Safed) in the d...

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 5-6, p. 7. Surroga... More

Sumida gawa no tsuki Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a full moon shining on pedestrians crossing a bridge over inlet with boats and buildings nearby, and the Sumida River and mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Principal court of the convent of St. Catherine / David Roberts, R.A.

Painting drawn at the western end of the southern alley of the monastery, looking southeast and showing the dwellings of the monks in the foreground below the southwestern wall 'southern wall for simplification... More

Lord Mayor's day. Bringing the Baron of Beef into Guildhall

Several male kitchen servants carry beef on a litter and into a banquet hall. The two head cooks supervise the proceedings. Several men in offical dress watch. Inscribed below image: Mr. Young Husband the chi... More

Portrait of Two Boys - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of composite portrait page, or group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Schloss Windsor. Le château de Windsor. Windsor-Castle. Palazzo Windso...

Print showing the park-like grounds with Windsor Castle in the background. No. 84. Print torn at top right and bottom center. Stamped on verso: LC Division of Prints, 45970. Forms part of: Popular graphic art ... More

[Paris and Oenone]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Inscribed in ink on the tree: "ENONE." Van Dijsel (or Van Duyselen) Collection. Title, date, subject, and physical description devised by Diane de Grazia, 2014. Acquisition source unknown. Jacob de Wit's art wa... More

The night mare, British Cartoon Print

Cartoon shows a scantily clad woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers, as one of her arms hangs to the floor near a chamber pot written on it... "Source of N... More

Harrison's handkerchief extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th ...

Print shows a ballroom scene at a stately manor in a sylvan setting, the foreground overflowing with floral arrangements and there are two massive lampposts flanking the entrance. On the left and the right are ... More

Seki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of rural community with mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: ... More

Keystone marble works S.F. Jacoby & Co. Market St. betw: 20th & 21st P...

Print shows five vignettes, at top, an exterior view, from the street, of the Keystone Marble Works, S.F. Jacoby & Co., with four interior views showing the "Cutting Room", "Machine Room", "Polishing Room", and... More

Fukagawa kiba, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the parasol of someone walking past the Fukagawa lumberyard during a snowfall at night. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 18...

Print shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." At head of title: Souvenir of the coldest winter on re... More

Kanda kon'ya-chō, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows long ribbons of dyed cloth hanging off rods to dry; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Fr... More

Horikiri no hanashōbu, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows irises growing in a large garden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views o... More

Casualties at Shiloh - Public domain historical image

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title and date on mat: War casualties at Shiloh, (Pittsburg Landing), April 7, 1862. "N.60" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): III-64. Fo... More

The story of Gettysburg Music composed for the piano, respectfully ded...

Drawing for sheet music cover, published as A Message from the Battlefield, composed by Mark Hassler, shows wounded soldier surrounded by man, women, and a boy, with a bottle of Buchu on the bedside table.

Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. New England kitchen / lith. of A. Brown ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Blomster, Agfa Color Neu film - U.S. National Archives Public Domain p...

Beskrivelse: Blomster i solveggen, ukjent sted i Norge.Fotograf: Thomas Neumann.År: 1937.Kamera: Leica.Film: Agfa color neu.Arkivreferanse: PA1456Ub1_1_2_26..Description: Flowers in the sun, unknown place in No... More

Our "favorite"--Manufactured "only" by J.E. Nicholson & Co.--Dealers i...

Tobacco label showing doll-like girl standing in a field, holding up an apple.

Dr. Perrin's fumigator For catarrh, for sore throat, for loss of voice...

Print shows a well dressed man sitting in a parlor smoking a long pipe; smoke streaming from his nose. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Can't be beat. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Bicycle race between a lady and a gentleman at a country fair. The background shows a tent with an American flag and a group of interested spectators. LOT subdivision subject: Bicycles and bicycling. Title and ... More

[Ronin, or masterless Samurai, fending off arrows]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Ronin deflecting arrows with a long-handled sword. Illus. in: Seichū gishi meimei gaden / Tsukioka (Utagawa) Yoshitoshi, 1869. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : s... More

Gossip. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Collier's weekly magazine.

[Aerial balloon performance with tents and audience below]

Bella C. Landauer collection. Appears to be one sheet from a larger poster. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

[Peach tree branches with leaves and blossoms] / Megata.

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

Flower drawing - Kiku - chrysanthemum / Megata.

Drawing shows the leaves and blossoms of a kiku (chrysanthemum). From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Libra... More

Female bareback act - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a female circus performer standing and riding on a bareback horse. C3384 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright number inscribed in pencil on lower ... More

Matthew VIII, 20 - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows birds at a birdnest on a flowering tree branch. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Copyright statement printed on bottom. Includes print-registration marks at bottom. Forms part... More

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 7. Obey your parents

Print shows a floral arrangement as a backdrop for the phrase "Obey Your Parents." D2375 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication, and copyright statemen... More

Map of Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory - Fort Laramie, Wyoming

This map shows structural changes made at Fort Laramie. It provides outlines and dimensions of structures, distances between structures, the structure's use, and construction method used (concrete, frame, or w... More

Wren's nest and ferns after Mrs. O.E. Whitney

Print shows two wrens at a nest with ferns and other plants and leaves around it; it may be made of moss. E10333 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower right: Copyright 1874 by L. Prang & Co. Boston. Publicat... More

Domestic sheep - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a left profile view of a "domestic sheep", full-length, standing, with another sheep lying on the ground, facing slightly right; also shows a ram skull. E10753 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication da... More

1. & 2. Red bat. Lasiurus noveboracensis 3. & 4. Little brown bat. Ves...

Print shows in figure 1. a "Red bat" with wings extended, full-length, and 2. at repose, and in figure 3. a "Little brown bat" with wings extended, full-length, and 4. at repose; also shows a skull. E14010 U.S.... More

Use Dalley's magical pain extractor, the great family ointment / Mayer...

Trade card, advertising Dalley's magical pain extractor, showing man, on ice skates, pushing woman on sled.

Leo XIII. Born March 2d 1810. Elected Febr. 20th 1878. Gioachimo sic P...

Print showing Gioacchino Vincenzo Pecci, Pope Leo XIII, three-quarter length portrait, seated on throne, facing front, with right hand raised, wearing papal robes and tiara. I2975 U.S. Copyright Office. Entere... More

Une expédition aérienne jeu instructif et amusant pour la jeunesse.

Gameboard shows a varied landscape and waterfront filled with 21 numbered balloons. Chart at right illustrates 17 different combinations of numbers on a pair of dice. Title from accompanying game instruction sh... More

Oliver Twist - Nancy Sikes - Victorian era public domain image

Theater poster showing full-length portrait of "Nancy Sikes." Purchase; Chisholm Larsson Gallery; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:032).

Dr. Price's cream baking powder Steele & Price, manufacturers, Chicago...

Advertising card for Dr. Price's cream baking powder, showing two women, one of them stirring batter in bowl.

A winter morn - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a fashionably dressed young woman wearing a coat trimmed with fur, a hat, and carrying a muff, walking in the snow. M10358 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Stinson & Co., 1881. Copyright st... More

Puck's perplexing position - between two evils / D.K.

Print shows Puck standing between John Kelly, on the left, in front of "Tammany Hall", holding a flag that states "Down with the Bloated Monopolists!!", he has F.B. Thurber in his coat pocket, and on the right,... More

The anti-Chinese wall / F. Graetz.

Print shows Uncle Sam using "Congressional Mortar" and building blocks carried by ethnic workers to construct a wall with the stones are labeled "Law against Race, Prejudice, Jealousy, Competition, Fear, Anti L... More

By love's own messengers I send my heart's best wishes to my little fr...

Print shows a young girl dressed as a messenger-boy carrying valentine cards against a backdrop of wild roses; on verso is a floral landscape scene with the message "A token for my love." O25065 U.S. Copyright ... More

The universal church of the future - from the present religious outloo...

Illustration shows an interior view of a hall in a museum with four men sitting quietly beneath a shelf of "Books of Religious Reference"; there is a small crowd gathered before them. Further along the hall is ... More

Aztec calendar stone, City of Mexico

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51150. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

Easter greeting - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a birdnest with three eggs on branches of a tree, with blossoms, possibly intended to be a dogwood, and a large bee flying nearby. P18163 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower right: No. 1129. Pu... More

Flowers after E.T. Fisher - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright Nov. 20, 1884 by L. Prang & Co.

Puck magazine cover - The rival sandwich-men / Zimmerman.

Illustration shows David B. Hill placing a cap labeled "Gen'l Jones" on an old man's head and handing him a sword labeled "Baltimore Blade"; the old man is wearing a sandwich board that states "Hill & Jones Pol... More

The pig has the pull / Gillam. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration shows an Irish pig labeled "Parnell" carrying a shillelagh labeled "Obstruction", walking down a road with leashes attached to a nose ring on the Marquess of "Salisbury" and on the former British P... More

Battle of Shiloh - April 6th 1862 / Cosack & Co. Lith. Buffalo & Chica...

Print shows a roadway, possibly Corinth Road, separating the Union forces under the command of General U.S. Grant, on the right, and the Confederate forces on the left; in a shattered building, in the midst of ... More

Consistent civil service reform / F. Opper.

Illustration shows President Cleveland handing a paper that states "Re-appointment for Honesty and Efficiency" to Henry G. Pearson for his appointment as Postmaster in New York. Pearson is carrying a box labele... More

False weights and measures in the New York custom-house / Gillam.

Illustration shows Customs official Edward L. Hedden holding a balance scale labeled "H.O. Thompson's Pat. Scales" with a man wearing a pin-stripe suit, holding a bottle of "Rum", and with papers extending from... More

There's a new policeman on the beat / Gillam.

Illustration shows two crooks labeled "Robeson" and "Roach" walking down a sidewalk, whistling; they are being trailed by William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, as a policeman. Caption: "Cheese it!" Illus.... More

Oberne Hosick and Co. hard-water soap. Chicago, Ill.

Advertisement for Oberne Hosick & Co. soap, showing a woman at a well, using soap in a tub with a washboard. The Krebs Lith. Co., Cin., O.

New York Harbour with Brooklyn Bridge / Andrew Melrose.

Print showing view of New York Harbor with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background.

The Lord's prayer - Public domain portrait drawing

Calligraphic drawing conveys the Ten Commandments decorated with geometric flourishes. Copyright stamp dated Nov 12 1889, entry 31126. Companion piece is DRWG/US - Coaley, no. 1 (C size).

[South Park Restaurant, Breslau, Silesia, Germany (i.e., Wrocław, Pola...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16838". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[The Lodge of the Lancers (i.e. Loggia dei Lanzi), Florence, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8567". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

[Gornergrat Railway and Matterhorn, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16557". Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.

[Zackelklamm, Riesengebirge, Germany]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dresden. Frauenkirche mit Neumarkt view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Germany. Saxony. Dresden-Altstadt. New Market." Print no. "9660. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Publis... More

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing pictures of Barnum and Bailey. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General view, Boscastle, Cornwall, England]. Photochrom print, 1880-1...

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Perasto, with Stolievo, Dalmatia, Austro-Hungary]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Cave Hill. Belfast. County Antrim, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12077". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[The Pier from the east, Brighton, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10289". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Egern, Tegernsee, Upper Bavaria, Germany] view, photochrome print pos...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "8408". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Corn (i.e. wheat) exchange hall with tower of town hall, Leyden, (i.e...

Photo shows the Korenbrug bridge and grain exchange. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c190... More

[Irish colleen] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12121". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Ramsey, Sulby Bridge, Isle of Man]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10174". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Clock tower, Herne Bay, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11261". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[High Street, Maidstone, England]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The great clock, Rouen, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6954". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

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