11585 Disaster Images: PICRYL Public Domain Search

The lady's disaster

Caricature of woman in public whose skirt is billowed up in a revealing position. Engraving by J. June. Forms British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from ... more

The Double Disaster, or New Cure for Love

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Flooding - Oakport, Minn. , May 19, 2009 -- Greg Ronning. Campus Pasto...

The original database describes this as: Title: Volunteers peroforming flood clean up in Minnesota Production Date: 05/19/2009 Caption: Oakport, Minn. , May 19, 2009 -- Greg Ronning. Campus Pastor of Texas L... more

Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London)

The Lawrence disaster. By Jason E. Cowden. Lowell, Jan. 20th 1860

The great railway disaster near Montreal, Canada

Railroad cars, which fell from Belaeil Bridge, on barge. Wood engraving after photoprint by a. Bazinet & Co. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1864. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Railroads Disasters 1864. This ... more

Den olycksaliga natten mot den 15 november 1875. Den här natten möttes...

Den olycksaliga natten mot den 15 november 1875. Den här natten möttes de båda nattsnälltågen mellan Stockholm och Malmö front mot front vid Lagerlunda. Olyckan inträffade strax före bron över Lagerlundaån.Det ... more

Tågolyckan vid Lagerlunda 15/11 1875. Båda inblandade loken, Statens J...

The Swedish State Railways (Swedish: Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board (Swedish: Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was Swedish government agency responsible for operating the state-owned rai... more

Den olycksaliga natten mot den 15 november 1875. Den här natten möttes...

Den olycksaliga natten mot den 15 november 1875. Den här natten möttes de båda nattsnälltågen mellan Stockholm och Malmö front mot front vid Lagerlunda. Olyckan inträffade strax före bron över Lagerlundaån.Det ... more

View of the great railroad wreck The most appalling railroad disaster ...

22482S U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2.

View of the great railroad wreck The most appalling railroad disaster ...

22485S U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5.

Den nedbrunna kyrkan Lovisa Ulrika från 1753 med kyrkogården i förgrun...

Den nedbrunna kyrkan Lovisa Ulrika från 1753 med kyrkogården i förgrunden. Brevkort.

Telescoped cars of Mud Run disaster, October 10, 1888

2 railroad cars rammed together lengthwise. Photo copyrighted by C.F. Cook. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RR Disasters; Ph. Ind.

The Hartford Hotel disaster

18 Feb. 1889 - The Park Central Hotel, Hartford, Conn., collapsed by bursting of a boiler. 23 lives lost. Wood engraving from a photograph by F.L. Hale, Manchester. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1889, p. 165. Ref... more

Kvart i 6 på kvällen den 1 augusti 1889 hörde linköpingsborna plötslig...

Kvart i 6 på kvällen den 1 augusti 1889 hörde linköpingsborna plötsligt domkyrkoklockorna ringa för brandlarm. Brand hade utbrutit i Linköpings Träförädlings övre fabrik och innan natten var till ända hade elde... more

Kvart i 6 på kvällen den 1 augusti 1889 hörde linköpingsborna plötslig...

Kvart i 6 på kvällen den 1 augusti 1889 hörde linköpingsborna plötsligt domkyrkoklockorna ringa för brandlarm. Brand hade utbrutit i Linköpings Träförädlings övre fabrik och innan natten var till ända hade elde... more

En man som ror i baktråg vid översvämmat dike. Adolf Broström

Marianna Mine Disaster, carrying the dead on stretchers, Marianna, PA.

Galveston disaster

Galveston, Texas, after the hurricane and flood of Sept. 8-9, 1900: Loading dead body on cart. Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tra... more

Cherry Mine disaster, mourners and coffins

Galveston disaster

Galveston, Texas, after the hurricane and flood of Sept. 8-9, 1900: Burning dead bodies. Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings:... more

Galveston disaster, trying to find where their home stood

Two African American women search through rubble following a violent hurricane which devasted most of Galveston and took more than 5,000 lives. D19960 U.S. Copyright Office.

Galveston Disaster, Texas: body in the ruins on wharf

St. Lucas Terrace, under ruins 80 bodies were found after this photogr...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Floods Tex. Galveston 1900; Geogr.; Disasters; Shelf.

Shelter for the homeless, Galveston's awful disaster

Row of tents set up to house survivors of the 1900 Galveston hurricane. D21479 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

Galveston Disaster, Texas: putting dead body on fire

D19933 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floods 1900; Storms Hurricanes; Texas G-; Shelf.

Marianna, PA. mine disaster, group waiting

Översvämning i Hamrånge.

Cherry Mine disaster, crowd at mouth of shaft

Galveston disaster, merchants drying goods after flood

Textiles drying on makeshift clotheslines strung outside storefront.

Galveston Disaster, Texas: begining life anew after the storm

2 men and a woman in front of a partially constructed shack. D19966 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tra... more

Galveston disaster, interior St. Patrick's church

Three young men inside ruins of church, following a violent hurricane which devastated Galveston and took more than 5,000 lives. D19950 U.S. Copyright Office.

Dredge boat, driven eleven miles, and stranded three miles from the se...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Geogr.; Dredges; Floods.

Marianna, PA. mine disaster, wrecked tipple

Galveston disaster, public school 25th St. and Ave. P

Galveston, Tex., ruins after hurricane, Sept., 1900. Stereo copyrighted by M.H. Zahner, Niagara Falls, N.Y. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 86. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with sub... more

Floating wreckage near Texas City - typical scene for miles along the ...

DR1930 U.S. Copyright Office.

Galveston disaster, carrying dead body to fire to be burned

African American men carrying body on stretcher, surrounded by wreckage of the hurricane and flood, Galveston, Texas. D19989 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Galveston disaster, I'm glad Ise living

African American boy, sitting on debris in the wake of the 1900 hurricane, Galveston, Texas. D19941 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Galveston disaster, relief party working at Ave. P and Tremont St.

Wreckage after hurricane and flood of Sept. 8-9, 1900. Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Disasters; Ph. Ind.

Galveston disaster, getting a dead body from the ruins

Men searching through rubble for victims following a violent hurricane which devastated most of Galveston and took more than 5,000 lives. D19977 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.

Översvämning. Fyra byggnader.

Marianna mine disaster, crowd waiting at mouth of shaft

Galveston Disaster. House on Ave. N slightly moved with flood

Photograph shows a house tipped on side, with several boys standing in front, after a flood in Galveston, Texas D19982 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith.

Galveston Disaster, Texas: a slightly twisted house

D19940 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Storms Hurricanes; Texas G-; Floods 1900; Shelf.

Galveston disaster - Lucas Terrace where fifty lives were lost, lookin...

Copyright by Griffith & Griffith.

Utsikt fra Varbakk mot Kilsholmen etter bybrannen i Farsund. Fotografe...

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

Farsund etter bybrannen i 1901. Konsul Peter Sundts hus i Kirkegaten 1...

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

Utsikt fra Spind mot Farø og Farsund etter bybrannen. Fotografert 1901...

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

Utsikt fra sjøen mot Svinehagen etter bybrannen i Farsund. Et forsynin...

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

Brann i bygård, antagelig storbrannen i Kongens gate 20 i Kristiania. ...

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

Brann i Farsund. Fotografert 1903.

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

Tågurspårning.

Brann i bygård, antagelig storbrannen i Kongens gate 20 i Kristiania. ...

Fotoarkivet etter Rolf Sundt sr. (1881-1956) ble overlevert til Norsk Folkemuseum i 2010. Sundt hadde praksis som overrettssakfører i Oslo og var ivrig amatørfotograf. Fra ca. 1920 til sin død bodde han i Thoma... more

The Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor, June 15, 1904--Gen'l Slocum the ...

Stereograph shows men standing on the deck of a boat near the partially submerged wreckage of the destroyed steamboat the SS General Slocum.

Among the oil barrels where fire started, showing defective life prese...

Stereograph shows oil barrels and the burnt remains of lifeboats and life preservers at the harbor. H49054 U.S. Copyright Office No. 8401. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Copyright entry: Aug. 12, 1904, Class H; XX... more

The mass of burned timbers and ruined metal, showing broken paddle whe...

Stereograph shows the burnt out wreckage and debris of the steamboat SS General Slocum at the New York Harbor. H49054 U.S. Copyright Office No. 8400. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Copyright entry: Aug. 12, 1904, ... more

Camp scene, California National Guards in commission during panic [ear...

H77093 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo by the International Stereograph Co., copyrighted by C.L. Wasson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF; Natl. Guard

General Slocum Disaster, New York Harbor, June 15, 1904. Diver going d...

Stereograph shows several men and the police standing on the deck of a boat. A diver resurfaces after helping to recover bodies from the partiallysubmerged wreckage of the destroyed steamboat the SS General Slocum.

All that was left of the boat which carried over 1000 souls to destruc...

Stereograph shows two men standing on the mangled deck of the steamboat the SS General Slocum at the New York Harbor.

Nyåker olyckan, 4 st dödade och många skadade däribland lokeldaren som...

Nyåker olyckan, 4 st dödade och många skadade däribland lokeldaren som blev fastklämd och fick högra benet avbränt och amputerat ovan knäet.

Stern view of the Slocum. What was left of the boat which had on board...

Stereograph shows two men in a small boat inspecting the burnt out wreckage of the steamboat the SS General Slocum at the New York Harbor. H49360 U.S. Copyright Office No. 8403. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Cop... more

Panorama of San Francisco disaster

H78405 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Kilborn & Burn; May 31, 1906. Copyright claimant's address: Sacramento, Cal. This image is a copy photograph.

Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San ...

Stereo shows a couple at a makeshift camp table outside of their tent in the Presidio after the San Francisco earthquake in 1906. H80899 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 20651. Title from item. Exhibited: Documenting... more

San Francisco disaster /

This film shows the partial burning of a small-scale model of downtown San Francisco in an early attempt at simulating the 1906 disaster. The model is seen in aerial view from above the South-of-Market district... more

Panoramic View of Nearly Total Devastation of San Francisco Other Effe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: San Francisco Examiner Release Status: Relea... more

San Francisco disaster, showing ruins of buildings: view of Larkin St....

Photo copyrighted by the Pillsbury Picture Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: City halls Ca.; Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, Sa...

View overlooking San Francisco, California, after earthquake and fire. H78140 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8701.

Market St., the business centre, after terrible earthquake and fire, S...

Low aerial panorama. Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California; Shelf.

Panoramic View of San Francisco in Flames Other Effects of the Disaste...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Noaa/Ngdc Release Status: Released to Public... more

San Francisco disaster - earthquake and fire - man and woman standing ...

H78483 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

Alcatraz Island from Russian Hill - looking across a sea of ruins - Sa...

Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; Ca. SF Alcatraz; Shelf.

End view of the magnificent City Hall, showing wreck caused by the fir...

Artist seated in rubble, painting scene. Stereo copyrighted by R.E. Steele. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Artists at work; Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

San Francisco disaster - earthquake and fire - several buildings in fo...

Homeless refugees tenting in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. D...

Woman and boy seated by campfire in foregr.; group around table in front of tent in backgr. Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson; International Stereograph Co. No. 20641. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF Earthquake; ... more

California St., to Fairmount Hotel, great Merchant's Exchange on left,...

Stereograph showing ruins following the earthquake and fire in San Francisco, 1906, with men and women walking along the center of California Street. H79780 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8722. Copyright by H.C. Wh... more

Soldiers at mess. Company D, 20th U.S. Regulars, stationed in burned d...

A relief dinner for disaster sufferers, San Francisco

After earthquake - people at tables in rows. Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley; Universal View Co. No. 7893. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cookery, Military... more

Repro. Stamme angrepet av furuspinnerlarver.

The archive by photographer Erling Syringen (b. 26.01.1907 - d. 01. 11. 1983) includes glass plate negatives, film negatives and paper prints and came to the Glomdals Museum in the early 1980s. The photo archiv... more

San Francisco disaster, showing ruins of buildings: view from Nob Hill...

Photo copyrighted by the Pillsbury Picture Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: City halls Ca.; Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

Where the earth sunk and cracked - on the waterfront, San Francisco Di...

H96791 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by the H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

Boulder, Colo. Disaster of Aug. 10, 1907

Train excursion stopping to allow passengers to view the ruins of fire which started in freight depot sheds. Stereo copyrighted by Ed Tangen. No. 250. No copyright renewal. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 85. This... more

Kearney St. and Hall of Justice after the great disaster, San Francisc...

Stereograph showing ruins following the earthquake and fire in 1906 in San Francisco, California. H96571 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 8773. Copyright 1907 by H.C. White Co. Exhibited: "Documentin... more

In temporary quarters - a barber at work, Fort Mason Relief Camp, San ...

H97381 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Barbers; Ca. SF Earthquake; Shelf.

Översvämning, Rättvik, Dalarna 1909

Group made orphans by Cherry Mine disaster where 400 men were entombed...

Photograph shows group portrait of girls and boys. Filed in: Disaster Relief Mine Disaster Illinois Cherry, 1909. Title from item. No. RC 29099 neg. made (1934). Forms part of: American National Red Cross photo... more

Översvämning, Rättvik, Dalarna 1909

Hurricane damage: Marathon, Florida

Local call number: PR06110..Title: [Hurricane damage: Marathon, Florida]..Date: Photographed in October of 1909...Physical descrip: 1 photonegative: b&w; 3 x 5 in...Series Title: (Print Collections)..Repositor... more