Bar de Cabaret, gelatin silver print
Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris) Eugene Atget, the French photographer, is best known for his photographs of the architecture and street scenes of Paris, France, late 19th and early 20th centuri... More
The Moon – Crater Aristarchus, Schroter's Valley
Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Emily Tenessee Donalson, niece of President Jackson and White House ho...
Photograph showing Emily Donelson, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait.
RT Hon. W.F. Premier Massey - Public domain portrait print
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Soldier with Rifle and Bugle] - Public domain dedication. Metropolita...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Renard. Pierre, Alfred. 46 ans, né à Flain (Haute-Saône) le 27/4/46.
Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) was a French criminologist and police officer who is... More
Evans Bay / James Walter Chapman-Taylor collection
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Untitled [two women seated under a tree], stereoscopic photograph
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
A June Carnival - dancing round the daisy pole, stereoscopic photograp...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Group of Federal soldiers - A black and white photo of a group of peop...
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Monitor Onondaga, gelatin silver print
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maj. General I. B. Richardson. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Sunday morning mass at Camp Cass, 1861. 9th Massachusetts. Infantry, U...
Photograph shows Rev. Gaslie Scully at Camp Cass, Arlington Heights, Virginia.
Arrival of Negro family in the lines
Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blue Springs, Tenn., October 1863, American Civil War Glass Negative.
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
City Point, Virginia, July 5, 1864 - A black and white photo of a harb...
No. 794. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More
15 in. gun near Wash., D.C. Aug. 1865
No. 659. Hand written on verso: see Miller, vol. 3, p. 145. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
The ruins of Richmond, Virginia 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows soldiers surveying the ruins. No. B466. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-466. FSA copy negative no. 40480-ZA, after a photographer working u... More
Landing supplies on the James River, Virginia 1865(?)
No. B416. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-416). FSA copy negative no., after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew (i.e. Mathew) B. Brady. Ha... More
Charleston, S.C. April 14, 1865. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Ma...
Photograph shows crowd at ceremony inside Fort Sumter watching the flag being raised.
[Snow Crystal], gelatin silver print
Wilson Alwyn Bentley (American, 1865–1931) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hanging conspirators (The drop) during American Civil War
Brady-Handy Collection. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States ... More
[Snow Crystal], gelatin silver print
Wilson Alwyn Bentley (American, 1865–1931) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Snow Crystal], gelatin silver print
Wilson Alwyn Bentley (American, 1865–1931) Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rushing Eagle--Sioux, gelatin silver print
Rushing Eagle, Dakota man, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing buckskin clothing with fur and bear claw necklace, and a medallion on leather cord. On his head is a cloth with three eagle feathers in bac... More
Columbus Ave., Boston Massachusetts
Columbus Ave. Anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill Courtesy of BPL
Devonshire Street east side corner of Milk
Devonshire St. east side, corner of Milk. Anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Istanbul Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A black and white photo of an old car parked in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, archi... More
[Chelsea Fire], gelatin silver print
Picryl description: Public domain image of historical building ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[The lead pipe factory]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 16. No. 43. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More
[The Imperial Police Station in Firuzağa which was recently built in t...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The ready and alert position of the old-fashioned steam fire engine o...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 29. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More
[Ruins of Chelsea Fire]. Getty Museum public domain dedication.
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
[A well just excavated and built in the Imperial Selimiye Barracks]
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Seated man and dog, Cabinet photograph
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
A New England sibyl - Public domain monumental decor print
Photograph shows Judith Allen (1811-1890), aunt of the Allen sisters, seated in a chair, reading a large book. Published title. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the ... More
[The soldiers of the Fire Brigade with carbines and axes]
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More
[The bugle soldiers of the Fire Brigade]
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More
[The three pronged pick machine]
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. No. 42. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More
[Iris], gelatin silver print - Public domain portrait print
Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Portrait of a man with sideburns and a beard]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Navy Printing House] - Public domain portrait print
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. No. 36. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More
French Fashion Photograph LACMA M.2008.40.1657
File:French_Fashion_Photograph_LACMA_M.2008.40.1657.jpg ) .Description..Title.French Fashion Photograph..Description..: France, 1895 circa, printed 1895 circa.: Photographs.: Gelatin-silver print.: Image: 10 1/... More
[The Şemsipaşa Imperial Police Station in Üsküdar]
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 13. No. 19. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II ... More
Kirkside, Wayland, Massachusetts, gelatin silver print
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Stereographic View of Statue of Simon Bolivar by R. de la Cora, Centr...
Edward Anthony (American, 1818–1888) Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nathaniel Reeves Jr. house, Wayland Massachusetts
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wm. Grout’s mill at the Mill Pond
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with water, building, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wilhelm von Gloeden - [Youths in Grotto]
Picryl description: Public domain erotic or nude photograph, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tikitapu Lake, after eruption, June 10 1886, New Zealand / Burton Brot...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait of D.O. Hill - Public domain portrait print
Thomas Annan (British, Dairsie, Fife, Scotland 1829–1887)
Portrait of a European (?) man in Eastern dress.
Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 81302. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
River and trees - Roland Searle photograph
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hall's Arm - looking down, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...
Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sutro Baths, Golden Gate Pk., San Francisco.
Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Man in white wig, dark moustache, holding papers]
Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[View of possibly a college dormitory with an American flag]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Countess M. Lavinia Magri formerly Mrs. Genl. Tom Thumb, Middleboro, M...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Interior view of Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C.]
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"St. Paul preaching at Athens" - A drawing of a man laying on a bed
Photograph shows a design by Edward P. Sperry for a stained glass window depicting Saint Paul in the center panel preaching to a crowd gathered at the sides; also shows a temple in the background. 92578 U.S. Co... More
Pain's Pyro Spectacle, Japan & China
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wilhelm von Gloeden - [Nude youth]
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle]
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arthur. [portrait of a young man]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96]
DLC/PP-1901:40297. Sitters labeled under image. Photographs of sitters mounted onto painted background and rephotographed. This item may have been mounted on same board as PAN SUBJECT - Groups, no. 251 or no. 2... More
New York Bay from Staten Island
Public domain photograph - 19th-century gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Young woman (Angela Grimké) in Middle Eastern costume and Tuareg trib...
Pencilled on verso: "black & yellow." Image content features: MODEL Angela Grimké; PROP cross?; COSTUME Jewelry; Mediterranean/Mid-east/N. African; PEOPLE Young women. Title and other data comes from a curatori... More
Illinois Senate in session, 40 General Assembly, May 6, 1897
Attributed to Geo. R. Lawrence Co. on basis of format, subject matter, and association with this LOT.
South Mt., Otis elevating railway, Catskill Mountain House, North Mt.
41100C2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Loeffler; July 15, 1897. Copyright claimant's address: Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 487.
Whare from road. From the album: Snapshot album - Ruatea
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Lee Moorhouse - Alompum and Tax-a-Iax, b. 1898. Twin grandnieces of Ch...
Photograph shows Alompum and Tax-a-Iax, twin grandnieces of Chief Joseph, full-length portrait, facing front, wrapped and held in craddelboards. On front: "Copyrighted 1898 by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted 1898 ... More
Foxton, Main street, gelatin silver print
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New Zealand postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Frances Benjamin Johnston's house and photography studio, 1332 V. Str...
Photo shows roses and bloom and the skylight and ivy-covered wall of the photography studio. Title devised by Library staff with date provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More
Ft. Independence, Castle Island, S. Boston
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Rough Riders at military camp, Montauk Point, New York]
Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Effluvia from a Hand Resting on a Photographic Plate]
Adrien Majewski (French) Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Taken at night (soldiers marching, Upper Hutt)
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Ruatea in the 19th century. From the album: Snapshot album - Ruatea
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing fro...
Print made by the Library of Congress from Johnston's original glass negative filed under: LC-J698-6635.
Construction. From the album: Snapshot album - Nga Mahanga
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lieutenant E. Mills, 57th regiment. New Zealand Wars period.
The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. Public domain vintage photo from New... More
Birdseye view of Elka Park, Panoramic Photograph
43087 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Conrad O. Bickelmann; July 18, 1898; DLC/PP-1898:9315. Printed on image: C. O. Bickelman, Tannersville & Brooklyn.
Découverte d’un tronc de femme en Seine, Aspect de la Valise renferman...
Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) was a French criminologist and police officer who is best known for developing the system of criminal identification known as "Bertillonage." Bertillonage was based on the measure... More
[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 82. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[Interior view of "Dr. McDougald's Drug Store"]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 285. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in... More
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 28. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 170. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American boy, three-quarter-length portrait, half-sitting on ...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 209. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 130. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 187. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American woman, half-length portrait, wearing hat, facing fro...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 89. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American girl, half-length portrait, standing at table with i...
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly le...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 29. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing left]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[African American man, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 112. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[Young African American man, half-length portrait, seated with arms cr...
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 184. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More
[African American man, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]
In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 52. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More
[Two African American children feeding chickens in a fenced-in yard]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 290. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More