Unanimous Declaration of Independence, passed in the United States Con...
[At head of title:] General Congress, July Fourth, 1776; At end of text: "To their excellencies John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and the Honorable Charles Carroll, the only surviving signers of the Declaration ... More
Scene in Uncle Sam's Senate. 17th April 1850
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek dramatization of the moment during the heated debate in the Senate over the admission of California as a free state when Mississippi senator Henry S. Foote drew a pistol on Thomas Har... More
... The Tariff, English and American interests. Rejoicing in England. ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 159, Folder 41. Copy scanned: 1
Architectural drawing for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Fl...
Competition drawing showing library as plan. UNIT title devised. Library of Congress design competition proposal no. 11 (from Library of Congress Archives, Records of the Library of Congress, Buildings and Grou... More
[Main Reading Room under construction in the Library of Congress Thoma...
Shows circular central desk and reading room desks. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior elevation, D series]
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[Oral tradition, mural at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]
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House of Representatives Office Bulding
Photograph shows sinks in a Cannon Building lavatory. Public domain photograph of cabinet furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
School children in front of St. James Cathedral receiving the blessing...
15,000 to 20,000 children from parochial schools marching past the cathedral. J147595 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16310.
PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. VENEZUELA DELEGATION: MINISTER DOMIN...
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[Suffrage envoys from San Francisco greeted in New Jersey on their way...
Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of group of smiling women and two children standing with banners on sidewalk. Banner on left: "We demand an amendment to the United States Constit... More
Artists - Artists and publicity men in the Government's service. Charl...
Date Taken: 4/2/1918 Photographer: Harris & Ewing Artists Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Delegates to the first International Congress of Working Women to be h...
12 named women outside of building. Photograph by the National Photo Company. LC-F8-5563.
Untitled - Drawing. Public domain image.
Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Officers of the Nat'l Federation of Post Office employees called on Pr...
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Theo Roosevelt Jr. [shaking hands with Calvin Coolidge]
In album: Calvin Coolidge, First Administration, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 20, no. 32661. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass negativ... More
Congress Wields Axe at Taxes - Political cartoon, public domain image
Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Library of Congress (John Adams Building). North reading room, Library...
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U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters, ca....
Original Caption: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters. (1933 - 06/14/1933)..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Inve... More
ROOSEVELT PAYS LAFAYETTE GLOWING TRIBUTE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS HE LE...
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Photograph of Extraordinary Congress of the International Council on A...
This is a photograph from the Extraordinary Congress of the International Council on Archives. Pictured from left to right are: Enos Sewlal of Trinidad, Zemskov of the U.S.S.R (The Union of Soviet Socialist Rep... More
Photograph of Extraordinary Congress of the International Council on A...
This is a photograph from the International Council on Archives reception. Pictured from left to right are: E. W. Dadzie of Mauritania, J. M. Akita of Ghana, J. O. Sowoolu of Nigeria and Enos Sewlal of Trinidad... More
Photograph of Extraordinary Congress of the International Council on A...
This is a photograph from the Extraordinary Congress of the International Council on Archives. Pictured from left to right are: Arturo Valdes Oliva of Guatemala, Antal Szedo of Hungary, Dr. A. Bendana of Nica... More
Chairman senate Agriculture committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Sena...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit reading a piece of paper. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Was...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
[Alterations to the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Was...
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Townsend bill plan dishonest sponsor tells house committee. Washington...
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Republican House Leader praises Speaker Bankhead as 76th Congress conv...
A group of men in suits walking down a hallway. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A tip to a youngster. Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Senator Robert Taft f...
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FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] RECIEVES CHINESE SCROLL. WASHINGTON, D...
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Thanksgiving, 1942. Freedom to worship God in his own way--everywhere ...
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Washington, D.C. Microfilming Chinese documents. Library of Congress
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Washington, D.C. Pete Seeger, noted folk singer entertaining at the op...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a crowded sports competition or music festival event, spectators, people, audience, concert, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Bordeaux Journalists' Congress]
[Bordeaux Journalists' Congress] - [FRA-6941 through FRA-6987] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government
President Gerald R. Ford Delivering the 1975 State of the Union Addres...
Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, w... More
[President Jimmy Carter addresses a Joint Session of Congress, announc...
Contact sheet folder caption: Carter addressing Congress (Begin, Sadat present). WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.
Aaron Copland rehearsing his Nonet, Library of Congress, 1981
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of composer or musician, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hethu'shka Dancer at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concert
Pictured is Rudi Mitchell. Hethu'shka Society concert. Neptune Plaza, Library of Congress, Washington DC.
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION NORMAN Y. MINETA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17)--Norman Y. Mineta became the 14th U.S. Secretary of Transportation on January 25, 2001. In nominating him, President Bush said, "Norm made a reputation in the halls of Congress as som... More
[Great Hall, view of second floor with Minerva in distance. Library of...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Cha...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[Interior detail. Moulding in area between west elevator lobby and mai...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[African and Middle Eastern Reading Room (Area Studies). Library of Co...
Carol M. Highsmith made this digital image by scanning a color transparency or negative that she created in the 1990s. Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
[North Corridor, Great Hall. Religion mural in lunette from the Family...
Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
A Congress of Animals - Public domain portrait drawing
Public domain image, 16th-17th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jimmy Carter with Senator Birch Bayh - NARA - 182837
Picryl description: Public domain photograph related to the Jimmy Carter administration, 39th president of the United States, 1977-1981, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
American state papers : documents, legislative and executive, of the C...
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry
A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More
Continental Congress, July-August 1776, Printed Proposals for Articles...
Printed Proposals for Articles of Confederation
President Addressing Joint Session of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Washington DC postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Drapery study for figure of Botany Library of Congress
Study drawing shows the dress and drapery for the allegorical figure of "Botany" for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building.... More
By the United States in Congress assembled, a proclamation : Whereas t...
Signed: Cyrus Griffin, president. Charles Thomson, secretary. Imprint from Evans. Former attribution to John Dunlap rejected in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 34, p. 631. Recorded in Dunlap's acco... More
The first prayer in Congress / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved on ...
Print showing members of Congress with heads bowed, some kneeling on the floor, in prayer during session in September 1774. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by John Neale, in the Clerks Of... More
By the United States in Congress assembled. August 7, 1786 : An ordina...
The ordinance as passed Aug. 7, 1786. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 490-493. Imprint from Evans. Ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 31, p. 965... More
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and congress of rough riders of the world A c...
Circus poster showing American Indians leading attack against pioneers in covered wagons. Includes portrait of Buffalo Bill on horseback. 348 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2605. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Bu... More
[Wet block in Congress meets to plan for wet legislation. Rep. John Ph...
Twenty-four men posed standing on steps of the U.S. Capitol. National Photo Company Collection.
To the publick. New-York, October 5, 1774. By Mr. Rivere, who left Bos...
Evans 13674.; On verso: S; Oct 5, 1774; 00198.36C. 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; Portfoli... More
Declaration of American Independence [seal] in Congress, July 4th, 177...
On verso: 1300C 23N 60. 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; Portfolio 150, Folder 2a.
Lincoln as a member of Congress in 1847
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building]
Photograph of an engraving. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980, p. 60, no. 8.
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation]
Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Everything points to a Democratic victory this fall - Southern Papers...
African Americans being discriminated against at the polls by members of "White League".
Fair specimens of Pimas / Buehman & Hartwell, Congress Street, Tucson,...
Photograph shows half-length portrait of two Pima Indians, facing front, wearing bead necklaces. Caption continues on back: "Fair specimens of Pimas to whom lands are about to be allotted in severalty, as I ha... More
An Apache / Buehman & Hartwell, Congress Street, Tucson, A.T.
Photograph showing head-and-shoulders portrait of an Apache man, facing left, wearing a bandana around his head. Written in pencil on back: "Included in: 1890, Apr. 7 letter, D. Dorchien to E.W. Halford." On m... More
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Second story plan, D series]
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[Corrupt legislation mural by Elihu Vedder, Jefferson Building, Librar...
Photo of semi-circular panel in five-part mural called "Government" shows man, woman, and child in classical garb, with woman seated and holding an unjust scale.
Congress - 14th Amendment 2nd section Kemble
Cartoon shows Congress as a fat man asleep in a hammock labeled "Law Enforcement." A broken blunderbuss, labeled "14th Amendment, 2nd Section," lies at his feet. A small black boy walks by holding a drum, but a... More
Second call for the peace congress / Hassman̄.
Illustration shows a large group of representatives from several nations, many carrying weapons and making threatening gestures to others, are arriving outside the "Palace of Peace" for the peace conference to ... More
The headsman / J.S. Pughe. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a large man wearing a red outfit, labeled "The Senate", and holding an axe above his head, about to chop a legislative bill, shown as rolled-up papers, labeled "Progressive Legislation", othe... More
[Two Congressional reporters at work at desk]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
CONGRESS, U.S. COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE
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[Procession of 2,000 women, including groups of women voters from the ...
Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of marchers and women on horseback in street at intersection bordering on landscaped grounds. Several women carry flags or banners, including one ... More
15th International Congress against alcoholism
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Congress would give full consideration to the Equal Rights Amendment. ...
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Ten National Woman's Party members from New England states in Washington, D.C. Left to R- Jessica Henderson, Anne Archbold, Mrs. William Draper, Sallie Hovey, Hazel Mac Kay... More
"Keep America Out of War" petitions presented to Congress. Washington,...
A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Heads of the International Road, Congress. The sixth congress of the p...
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Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D....
A group of people standing next to a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Discuss farm bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Chairman Ellison D. 'Cott...
A couple of men sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Number 13 proves lucky for New Mexico senator. Washington, D.C., July ...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
MEMBERS OF GREEK ORDER OF AHEPA GREETED BY PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE. W...
A group of men standing around a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congress as Hamlet, "To adjourn or not to adjourn?"
Berryman Political Cartoon Collection Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detroit, Michigan. Ford Local 600 of the Congress of Industrial Organi...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Detroit, Michigan. Members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) of t...
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Washington, D.C. Microfilming Chinese documents. Library of Congress
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Victory Book Campaign. Soldiers of Fort Myer, Virginia, in Statuary Ha...
Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution on ...
Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel Public domain photograph related to history of the US National Archives, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover (third from left), standing behind a g...
Contact sheet folder caption: "Admiral Hyman G. Rickover at Senate Preparedness Subcommittee hearings, with Ralph Flanders of Vermont, Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Leverett Saltonstall, 1/58. TOH" U.S. ... More
President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower Leave the Capitol after the Pr...
Numerical Photographs Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of President Gerald R. Ford Taking a Telephone Call in the ...
Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs Public domain photograph of US government agency official, meeting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Members' Room in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Wa...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mural painting "Discovery of Gold" by Candido Portinari, on the vestib...
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
Two Hethu'shka Dancers at the Library of Congress Neptune Plaza Concer...
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[North Reading Room, west wall. Mural by Ezra Winter illustrating the ...
According to the inscription, this mural on the west wall shows (left to right): "The Miller, in the lead, piping the band out of Southwark; the Host of Tabard Inn; the Knight, followed by his son, the young Sq... More
[Mural depicting events in ancient sports by Frederic C. Martin. Libra...
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Cyrus Griffin, president of the Continental Congress.
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Victory! Congress passes daylight saving bill
Poster showing Uncle Sam turning a clock to Daylight Savings time as a clock-headed figure throws his hat in the air. The clock face of the figure reads "One hour of extra daylight." Caption: "Get your hoe rea... More
The Senate chamber photographed and published by Bell & Bro., 319 Penn...
Entered according to an Act of Congress, A.D. 1867, by F. H. Bell, in the District Court of the District of Columbia. No. 49? Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.
Roberto Puno Official Portrait - 18th Congress
Official portrait of Antipolo 1st District Representative Roberto Puno during the 18th Congress.