Map of the early settlements of Delaware County, Penna.
Shows landholders' names and townships (ca. 1790) as after the separation of Delaware County from Chester County in 1789. Does not show boundary lines of real-property tracts. Removed from textual publication: ... More
A plan of the island of Burlington : and a view of the city from the R...
Cadastral map showing buildings, lot lines, orchards, and gardens. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Includes index to points of interest and panoramic view at bottom of sheet. Available also through t... More
Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...
Scale ca 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton'... More
Front piazza of the Kittatinny [House], Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvan...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A0248-A0249--Unknown Location--Unidentified group of men [1905.09]
Picryl description: Public domain image of composite portrait page, or group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions
A0043--Scranton, PA--Hampton Coal Storage Yard--Barley Storage [1905.0...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Statue of David, Delaware Park, Buffalo, N.Y.
Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
William Lynch, 11 years of age, and Cornelius Lynch, 9 years of age, 6...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Fort DuPont Concert - National Parks Gallery
Fort DuPont was one of many forts that defended Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. Now one of its popular functions is a summer concert series.
Colleges and Universities - Ohio Wesleyan University - S.A.T.C., Ohio ...
Colleges and Universities - Ohio Wesleyan University Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Greetings from Delaware - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection
State flower the peach blossom. State capital in Dover. Nickname - Diamond State. 1940 population - 266,505. Area in sq. miles - 2,370. Entered the Union, Dec. 7, 1787, Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Nemours Building from Delaware Avenue and Washington Street, Wilmingto...
Public domain photograph of library building - Picryl description
Prominent society women to lead women's wet organization for next year...
Public domain portrait photograph, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
US military personnel and volunteers offload the remains of Jonestown ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Jose L. Sanchez Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More
US military personnel remove personnel remove body bag containing the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Pedro J. Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More
Crew members of the 436th Military Airlift Wing, dressed in chemical w...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dwight A. Jackson Release Status: ... More
Caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts Release Status: Re... More
A left side view of the restored B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft "Shoo ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Ken Hammond Release Status:... More
At the rollout ceremony for the restored B-17G aircraft"Shoo Shoo Shoo...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Releas... More
Delaware River Scenic Byway - Delaware River Scenic Byway Logo
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The byway logo has the outline of the Trenton capitol complex in the foreground followed by a sketch of the Delaware River, D&R Canal an... More
A C-5A Galaxy aircraft lands at the base
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT G. Dennis Plummer Release Status: ... More
An aerial view of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard looking southeast. T...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar Release Status: Released to... More
Nineteen flag draped caskets containing the remains of U.S. military s...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kimberly A. Ruebling Release Status... More
Mr. Elias Rigas (Left), Mechanical Engineer at the US Army Research La...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aberdeen Proving Grounds State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Douglas G.Lafon, USA Civilian Relea... More
Medium shot. Vincent Pacella adds body language to help sink a putt du...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr Release Status: Rel... More
AIRMAN Andy helps to recruit young race fans at Dover Down Internation...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr., USAF CIV. Release Status: Releas... More
Gazebo on Wagamons Pond in Milton, Delaware
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-1) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More
Cannon Hall at the University of Delaware in Newark (pronounced NEW-ar...
In this building, marine scientists conduct research on problems ranging from harmful algal blooms to global climate change and on organisms from archaea to blue crabs. Title, date and keywords based on informa... More
Rachel Johnson, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Rachel Johnson, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Department of Defense DNA Operations evidence custodian, accessions a sample at Dover Air Force Base, August 17, 2020. The process of accessing the samples a... More
Lynne Otis, 436th Wing Staff Agency key spouse, and
Lynne Otis, 436th Wing Staff Agency key spouse, and Jessica Hammer, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron key spouse, pose for a photo in the newly established food pantry at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. ... More
Founding fathers. Henry II, King of England.
Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Odd Fellows Cemetery Gate, Route 13 North of Route 12, Smyrna, Kent Co...
Significance: The Odd Fellows Cemetery Gate in Smyrna is believed to be the last surviving Odd Fellows cemetery gate on the east coast. Survey number: HABS DE-237 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Constr... More
Washington Crossing the Delaware, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Tug DELAWARE, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Saint Michaels, Talbot C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1373 Survey number: HAER MD-182
Curtis Paper Mill, Route 72, Newark, New Castle County, DE
Significance: In 1975, this paper mill continued to manufacture high-quality rag content papers using 19th-century Fourdrinier machinery. Survey number: HAER DE-1 Building/structure dates: before 1789 Initial... More
Walter-Kautz Farm, House, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on...
Survey number: HABS PA-1169-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of the City of Wilmington, Delaware : engraved specially for Gopsi...
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Map of eastern Virginia : compiled from the best authorities and print...
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More
Thomas Bird House, (moved to Wilmington, DE), Wilmington, New Castle C...
Survey number: HABS DE-131 Building/structure dates: before 1726 Initial Construction
Dewitt Farm, Woodshed, (Middle Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Delawa...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Arnao family of berry pickers in the fields of Truitt's farm. This...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Bridge 60, Sp...
Significance: Bridge 60 stands at the west end of the Scranton yards. It controlled traffic between the yards and the D,L & W's mainline and Bloomsburg branch. Its construction is typical of D,L & W plate gir... More
John Dickinson Mansion, Feed Barn, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Dickinson Feed Barn is a reconstructed agricultural building erected as part of the Delaware Bureau of Museums' Dickinson Plantation Project. The design of the building and its construction ar... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Pier No. 6, Erie Lackawanna R...
Significance: The remains of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Pier No. 6: Grain Trestle are significant because of the information they provide about grain and coal loading techniques of a major ra... More
Richardson & Robbins Cannery, Kings Highway, Dover, Kent County, DE
Significance: Richardson & Robbins, founded in 1856, was the first cannery in the state of Delaware, and a pioneer in the American canning industry. Specializing in the processing and canning of food delicacie... More
Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, ...
Significance: Lock 13 was one of 14 locks in a canal totaling 65.5 miles in length, connecting the Raritan River at New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the Delaware River at Bordentown and at Raven Rock, New Jersey, ... More
A general map of the middle British colonies in America, viz. Virginia...
Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "West longitude from London" and "from Philadelphia." Differs from other copies in absence of Connecticut River north of "Great Falls." Also ... More
This map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays, with the ...
Scale ca. 1:650,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Inscribed "To the American Philosophical Society." Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1376 Availab... More
To the American Philosophical Society, this map of the peninsula betwe...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Washington on horseback, with others on horseback, on foot, and in boats with horses and equipment, Dec. 1776. B1414 U.S. Copyright Office Steel engraving by Duthie, of painting by Darley.
Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania - Glass negative photogrpah. Public d...
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[Virginia 1606] - Public domain engraving
Composite plate of reproductions of engravings featuring: John Smith, James I, Pocahontas, Capt. Newport, Bacon and Berkeley, Delaware, and Sandys. H46569 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified,... More
A0589-A0592--Edwardsville, PA--Woodward Mine and Breaker [1907.10.17]
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Early automobiles - Dupont camp auto
Photo shows a Stoddard-Dayton camping car built for engineer and politician Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930). Du Pont used the vehicle during his supervision of the construction of the DuPont Highway through... More
A group sorting peas at the table in Ross's Cannery, Seaford, Del. The...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1594. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More
A1372-A1375--Nanticoke, PA--Truesdale Breaker and Concrete City [1917....
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
German Hall, 205 East Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE
Survey number: HABS DE-41 Building/structure dates: after 1840 Initial Construction
Front view of a C-141 Starlifter aircraft taxiing and another one comi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dwight A. Jackson Release Status: ... More
A front underside view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft taking off
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mickey Sanborn Release Status: Released... More
An Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Co...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Davenport, Iowa is unloaded from ... More
US Air Force Captain Andrew Molner, Commander of the new Passenger Ter...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael Sanders, Civilian, USAF Release... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A pair of black-necked stilts protect th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A pair of black-necked stilts protect their grass-lined nest in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center. Stilts usually produ... More
The United States Navy Ceremonial Guard honors fallen members of USS C...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: John Sidoriak Jr., USAF CIV. Release Status: Released ... More
The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (2nd from right), U.S. Secretary of D...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert D. Ward, CIV Release Status: Rel... More
Mr. Alex Dorgan-Ross, a photographer with the Dover Air Force Base (AF...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: amc Scene Camera Operator: CIV Will... More
Figurehead of the Kalmar Nyckel
The Kalmar Nyckel, a replica of the ship that brought the first settlers from Sweden to Delaware in 1638, is highly decorated with carvings. This is the figurehead.
Demonstration Garden, National Parks gallery
Living Classrooms stoped by and helped pull some weeds
Aquatic frog (Anura), Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, 201...
The name amphibian is derived from the Greek amphibios meaning 'both kinds of life', referring to their ability to live on land and water. The order Anura comprises the frogs and toads. Anura comes from the Gre... More
Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), Blue Ridge Parkway, 2015.
The eastern newt is common in eastern North America in small lakes, ponds and streams or near-by wet forests. They have an amazing lifespand of 12-15 years in the wild. The bright orange individual in the photo... More
Kevin Fowler, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron center,
Kevin Fowler, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron center, waits to hike to quarterback Joshua Orick, Oct. 26, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 436th LRS played 436th Security Forces Squadron in an intramu... More
Kimberly Heine, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
Kimberly Heine, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Division of Forensic Toxicology analytical toxicologist, pipettes validation standards Jan. 24, 2017, at AFMES on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The Specia... More
11/11/16 - Veteran's Day Event Vice President Joe
11/11/16 - Veteran's Day Event Vice President Joe Biden at the Veteran's Day celebration at the Delaware Memorial Bridge as members of all services past and present honor those who have served, in Wilmington, ... More
Governor Jack Markell addresses the senior leaders
Governor Jack Markell addresses the senior leaders of the Delaware National Guard for the last time at this event. He expressed his sincere thanks for everything the Soldiers and Airmen do for their communitie... More
Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron move cargo
Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron move cargo onto an Indian air force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 20, 2020. The U.S. strengthens its international partnerships through ... More
Colton's map of the southern states : including Maryland, Delaware, Vi...
Relief shown by spot heights and hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 25.6 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "No. 6" in upper left mar... More
A plan of the city of Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, from ...
Scale ca. 1:5,000. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows name and location of important buildings and wharf facilities. Inset: A chart of Delaware Bay and River, from the original by Mr. Fisher of P... More
Old Drawyers Presbyterian Church, Route 13, Odessa, New Castle County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4, FN-8 - FN-11 Survey number: HABS DE-3 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73000533
Delaware, from the best authorities.
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More
[George Washington crossing the Delaware River]
George Washington standing up in boat. Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Customs House, King at Sixth Street, Wilmington, New Castle County...
Significance: Of national significance, not only because of its design, the recognized talents of its architect, but also for its role in the development of fire proof architecture and cast iron technology. Hou... More
House (Rural Farmhouse), Pleasant Hill Road, Corner Ketch, New Castle ...
Significance: A small rural structure, probably built in two stages and typical of the region's early farmhouses. The older portion of this structure may date from the late seventeenth century as suggested by ... More
James Lequlla, newsboy, 12 years of age. Selling newspapers 3 years. A...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alberta McNadd on Chester Truitt's farm at Cannon, Del. Alberta is 5 y...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Walter-Kautz Farm, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Delawa...
Significance: The Walter-Kautz farm is a good example of a nineteenth century farm in the Delaware Valley. The farm's prosperity and subsequent alterations and additions throughout the centuries demonstrates th... More
Walter-Kautz Farm, Barn, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on ...
Significance: It is representative of the barn structures found in the Delaware River Valley. It was part of a farm complex operated by a prosperous farmer. The barn is hewn and pegged with wood siding and slat... More
John Dickinson Mansion, Feed Barn, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Dickinson Feed Barn is a reconstructed agricultural building erected as part of the Delaware Bureau of Museums' Dickinson Plantation Project. The design of the building and its construction ar... More
John Dickinson Mansion, Feed Barn, Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, Kent Cou...
Significance: The Dickinson Feed Barn is a reconstructed agricultural building erected as part of the Delaware Bureau of Museums' Dickinson Plantation Project. The design of the building and its construction ar... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Multiple ...
Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Multiple Unit Light Inspection Shop (MU Shed) contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Historic District which is significant for its associatio... More
Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga R...
Significance: Constructed largely in 1718, Radnor is one of the oldest standing meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its form captures patterns of American Friends Meeting House development that are extant in... More
Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE
Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More
Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware cou...
Scale ca. 1:960,000. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. Includes descriptive notes and distance chart. LC Maps of North America, 1750-17... More
[Buffalo Historical Society Building, Delaware Park,Buffalo, N.Y.]
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A0217-A0218--Nanticoke, PA--Bliss Breaker--3/4 view [1905.08.29]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Capitol, Congressional Chamber, Washington, D.C., Stereoscope Card
Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
_060 403 North Delaware Street - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Lucy Branham protests the political imprisonment of Alice Paul with "...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Organizing the First Convention of Women Voters Since Suffrage Passed....
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Six National Woman's Party members gathered around a desk at National Woman's Party headquarters. Left to right: Mabel Vernon, Dora Lewis, Alice Paul (seated), Florence Bre... More
Scene at Indian River Inlet (Fisherman's Paradise) Rehoboth Beach, Del...
Public domain photograph of a postcard, historic place view, landmark - Picryl description