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Great Wisdom Sutra from the Chū sonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chūsonjikyō)

Great Wisdom Sutra from the Chū sonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chūsonj...

Public domain photo of Japanese scroll painting, classical or archaic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Plate 7: Alexander Attacking Tyre from the Sea, from The Deeds of Alexander the Great

Plate 7: Alexander Attacking Tyre from the Sea, from The Deeds of Alex...

Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome) Public domain photograph of 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Utagawa Toyoharu - New Great Bridge at Naka Zu in Edo

Utagawa Toyoharu - New Great Bridge at Naka Zu in Edo

Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More

Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Apelles

Alexander the Great Offering His Concubine Campaspe to the Painter Ape...

Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna) Public domain scan of 18th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marriage of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, with Roxana of Bacteriane

Marriage of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, with Roxana of Bac...

Public domain photograph of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The donation to the Great Central Fair of [blank] by [blank] is hereby thankfully acknowledged by the committee on [blank] chairman, Philadelphia [blank] 1864.

The donation to the Great Central Fair of [blank] by [blank] is hereby...

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 158, Folder 29n.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Switzerland from "Great waterfalls, cataracts, and geysers, described and illustrated, etc"

Switzerland from "Great waterfalls, cataracts, and geysers, described ...

This image has been taken from scan 000209 from "Great waterfalls, cataracts, and geysers, described and illustrated, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by us... More

Great Bird of Paradise, from the Birds of the Tropics series (N5) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Great Bird of Paradise, from the Birds of the Tropics series (N5) for ...

Trade cards from the "Birds of the Tropics" series (N5), issued in 1889 in a series of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

technology from "Guillotine the Great and her successors: some fresh memorials of the French Republic, “one and indivisible.”"

technology from "Guillotine the Great and her successors: some fresh m...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Guillotine the Great and her successors: some fresh memorials of the French Republic, “one and indivisible.”". The title and subject terms of this image have bee... More

The Great Sphinx, lantern slide

The Great Sphinx, lantern slide

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-120. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library o... More

cover from "Holiday Leaflets Illustrated. Great Northern Series ... Written and arranged by C. E. Pascoe, etc. no. 1-5"

cover from "Holiday Leaflets Illustrated. Great Northern Series ... Wr...

This image has been taken from scan 000079 from "Holiday Leaflets Illustrated. Great Northern Series ... Written and arranged by C. E. Pascoe, etc. no. 1-5". The title and subject terms of this image have been ... More

map from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage"

map from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage"

This image has been taken from scan 000094 from "Hannibal and the Great War between Rome and Carthage". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British L... More

Unveiling monument to Peter the Great, St. Petersburg

Unveiling monument to Peter the Great, St. Petersburg

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great pyramid and sphinx, Egypt / The Perry Pictures.

Great pyramid and sphinx, Egypt / The Perry Pictures.

K109831 (1917) U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1456. Copyright 1912 by Eugene A. Perry.

London coffee stall at the front, Flanders

London coffee stall at the front, Flanders

Soldiers is queuing at a mobile refreshment van. The van had belonged to H- Bros., established 1892 and still bears its pre-war signs for 'Tobaccos, Cigars, Sardines, Coffee, Tea and Bovril.'] It would have bee... More

Letter home!, Flanders during World War I

Letter home!, Flanders during World War I

A Scottish soldier writing a letter. He is sitting on the top step of a spiral staircase leading to nowhere. The staircase has either been taken from a building and placed outside, or it is the only remnant of ... More

War!, Flanders during World War I

War!, Flanders during World War I

The war experience of most ordinary soldiers is summed up in this image. The soldiers and their steel hats, tucked into their trench; the duckboards for access over the top; the donkeys and carriages transporti... More

Corner of the bread store - ready to be sent up the line

Corner of the bread store - ready to be sent up the line

An officer of the Army Service Corps in white uniform and black boots is standing beside massive racks full of bread. His cap badge appears to be the eight-pointed star of the Army Service Corps. In 1918 they b... More

Pathetic scene. A refugee with her dog, Flanders

Pathetic scene. A refugee with her dog, Flanders

Refugee woman and her dog, France, during World War I. This photograph, attributed to John Warwick Brooke, shows a woman and a small dog sitting on a horse-drawn cart which is loaded high with chairs, bedding a... More

Scene in a front line trench, Flanders

Scene in a front line trench, Flanders

This shows a section of trench about one metre deep, but built up with sandbags to about two metres height on the front side. Three soldiers in the foreground have turned to look at the camera. They have bayone... More

View of Amiens during World War I

View of Amiens during World War I

British soldier observing the skyline of Amiens, in France, during World War I. With the Cathedral dominating the skyline, this photograph shows a British soldier taking in a view of the town of Amiens with its... More

American troops in France resting by the roadside

American troops in France resting by the roadside

American soldiers resting at a roadside during a march, Western Front, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a large group of American soldiers resting at the road side during a march. Some of the m... More

Huge German raider brought down in France

Huge German raider brought down in France

Wrecked German aircraft, France, during World War I. This image would have made ideal propaganda material. Official war photographers were allocated to the Western Front by the propaganda office, with a remit t... More

German anti-tank rifle and a British rifle, France, during World War I

German anti-tank rifle and a British rifle, France, during World War I

This photograph contrasts a German anti-tank rifle with a British rifle. It seems likely that the British weapon is a Lee-Enfield rifle, which was issued to soldiers as a general infantry weapon. This German an... More

Homeward bound: a scout returning to her aerodrome

Homeward bound: a scout returning to her aerodrome

Plane flying over her aerodrome, France, during World War I. The quality of the light reflected in the puffy but menacing bank of clouds must have been a photographer's delight. The sense of grandeur and achiev... More

One of the tanks waiting to move forward

One of the tanks waiting to move forward

Fighting in Champagne. Troops with an Allied tank preparing to go into action, in France, during World War I. British and the French soldiers with one of the tanks that were at the cutting edge of new military ... More

Staff of the Director of Ordnance Services

Staff of the Director of Ordnance Services

Staff of Director of Ordnance Services, France, during World War I. This posed photograph of the staff of the Director of Ordnance services shows them ranged on the steps of a chateau. Large houses were requisi... More

Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when they were driven out of St. Pierre Divion

Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when t...

This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke shows a pile of helmets, bombs and ammunition stores abandoned by the German forces when the Allies captured St Pierre Divion on 13th November, 1916. After... More

Where Tommy's footwear is repaired, Flanders

Where Tommy's footwear is repaired, Flanders

In this photograph rows of men can be seen sitting on benches, repairing army boots. The standard issue boots had steel toecaps and heels and hobnailed soles. They were of little use in the waterlogged trenches... More

Where the yeast is stored, Flanders

Where the yeast is stored, Flanders

Bakers checking their yeast, Western Front, during World War I. Three bakers in white uniforms standing at the yeast store. The yeast is in sacks which appear to be laid on a wooden framework around an air vent... More

Group of German prisoners with the regimental pet that was captured at Poelcapple

Group of German prisoners with the regimental pet that was captured at...

German prisoners posing for the camera. In the middle of the group there is a dog, probably a pet or mascot. All of the men are in uniform. Whilst the majority of them look sombre, one or two manage a smile. ..... More

Scene in the Square at Bethune - A black and white photo of a ruined building

Scene in the Square at Bethune - A black and white photo of a ruined b...

The ruined square at Bethune, France. It is a scene of total devastation and destruction. Whilst a number of buildings have been left standing, none remain untouched. A clock tower leans precariously to one sid... More

Tanks attack on Thiepval, Flanders

Tanks attack on Thiepval, Flanders

Tank moving across a battlefield at Thiepval, France. The tank appears to be moving over the top of a trench. In the trench there is a group of soldiers carefully watching it, they are all wearing steel helmets... More

Watching the Boche trench through a periscope, Flanders

Watching the Boche trench through a periscope, Flanders

As this photograph shows, it was not only submarines that needed periscopes during World War I. This ingenious method of keeping watch on the enemys movements was certainly much safer than putting ones head abo... More

Mothers visit their sons in hospital, Flanders

Mothers visit their sons in hospital, Flanders

Wounded soldier lying in a hospital bed. According to the original caption the woman sitting next to him is his mother. She is reading, possibly aloud, from a magazine. Directly behind them, there is another wo... More

Control man points out to a driver an important notice

Control man points out to a driver an important notice

Caution notice for cars, France, during World War I. A soldier is pointing out a notice to the driver of an army car. The notice warns cars to drive slowly to avoid creating a dust cloud, which the enemy could ... More

Canadian forestry - skidding during World War I

Canadian forestry - skidding during World War I

A man wearing dungarees and a felt hat dominates the middle of the photograph. He is following two horses dragging a log towards the skeleton structure of a vast stack. Two men are standing watching him in the ... More

Once a German dugout where they had an ammunition depot

Once a German dugout where they had an ammunition depot

A captured German dugout that, according to this photographs original caption, was probably an ammunition depot. Note the brickwork supports to the tunnel entrance and shell-damaged concrete roof above the door... More

"TRIBUTE TO MARIE CURIE." WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MARIE CURIE "A GREAT SCIENTIST AND A GREAT WOMAN" WAS PAID TODAY BY A GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN, REPRESENTING THE 100,000 MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE CONTROL OF CANCER, WHO PRESENTED A SPECIALLY BOUND EDITION OF THE BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME CURIE, TO JULE HENRY, MINISTER PLENTIPOTENTIARY OF FRANCE, MARJORIE B. ILLIG, ONSET, MASS. NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE WOMEN'S FIELD ARMY MAKES THE PRESENTATION WHILE MRS. ROOSEVELT, WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT, LOOKS ON

"TRIBUTE TO MARIE CURIE." WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 11. A TRIBUTE TO TH...

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

STS108-704-022 - STS-108 - Earth observations of the Great Barrier Reef taken during STS-108

STS108-704-022 - STS-108 - Earth observations of the Great Barrier Ree...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia taken during the STS-108 mission. Image 020 was selected by the STS-108 crew for use in public ... More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies over the Great Pyramids near Cairo during BRIGHT STAR '83. Exact Date Shot Unknown

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies over the Great...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

Great River Road - Red Buttermilk Sunset

Great River Road - Red Buttermilk Sunset

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The sun sets, creating a piercing-red blanket of clouds along the Mississippi River on Mississippi's Great River Road. Location: Locati... More

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Boldt Castle and the 1000 Islands

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Boldt Castle and the 1000 Islands

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This aerial view of the verdant landscape around Boldt Castle demonstrates the large scale of nature, history, and culture along the Gre... More

Murmansk Russia - Various Images - Naval Yard, Submarine Dismantlement, Ships, Various Views of Murmansk City, Construction Equipment, Photo of crowded street in Murmansk, photo of metal worker cutting metal, "Alyosha of Murmansk"- the memorial to The Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War

Murmansk Russia - Various Images - Naval Yard, Submarine Dismantlement...

Murmansk Russia - Various Images - Naval Yard, Submarine Dismantlement, Ships, Various Views of Murmansk City, Construction Equipment, Photo of crowded street in Murmansk, photo of metal worker cutting metal, "... More

[Great Hall. Stair newel post. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. Stair newel post. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Bu...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

The Republic of Korea Navy Ship (ROKS) Munmu the Great (DDH 976) is alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) during a passing exercise.

The Republic of Korea Navy Ship (ROKS) Munmu the Great (DDH 976) is al...

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 03, 2011) The Republic of Korea Navy Ship (ROKS) Munmu the Great (DDH 976) is alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) during a passing exercise. Chaf... More

Great cactus, 15 ft. high and its fruit, prickly pear, California, U.S.A.

Great cactus, 15 ft. high and its fruit, prickly pear, California, U.S...

California Stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who a... More

The new "Chicago Great Western Limited" daily between Chicago--Dubuque--St. Paul--Minneapolis--Des Moines--St. Joseph--Kansas City.

The new "Chicago Great Western Limited" daily between Chicago--Dubuque...

Photograph shows interior view of railroad dining car filled with passengers dining. Color reproduction of photo from a flash-light photograph of the dining car.

Great havoc wrought by a tornado, Louisville, Kentucky

Great havoc wrought by a tornado, Louisville, Kentucky

View of ruins on street. J179780 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 11216. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Disasters.

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U. S. Sanitary commission.].

[18 different tickets of admission to the Great Central fair for the U...

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 158, Folder 39.

The Great Wallace shows : colossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated stages

The Great Wallace shows : colossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated stages

Poster shows the Stirk Family performing acrobatics on bicycles. In upper left corner, portrait of B.E. Wallace. Captions: The renowned Stirk Family, whose "fame folds in the orb 'o this earth." The glass of f... More

The Great Fire of the City of New York, 16 December 1835

The Great Fire of the City of New York, 16 December 1835

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Richmond Turnpike, Tompkinsville, Staten Island,  N.Y.  [great view of street with people, markets, old car, trolley tracks, shops with awnings, Plaza Market on Corner]

Richmond Turnpike, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y. [great view of...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New York postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fig. 1. Entrance to the Great Pyramid ; Fig. 2. Central excavation in the northern front of the Great Pyramid.

Fig. 1. Entrance to the Great Pyramid ; Fig. 2. Central excavation in ...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Great lake traffic, grain elevators and lake steamboats [?].

Great lake traffic, grain elevators and lake steamboats [?].

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Poster - Newmann the Great - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Newmann the Great - Public domain lithograph

Includes small portrait of Newmann and 7 vignettes of his performances with individual captions.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Gatlinburg, Sevie...

Significance: The transportation system of Great Smoky Mountains is representative of NPS park road designs throughout the country. Much of the construction work was undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Cor... More

Aztec Ruins, Great Kiva, New Mexico 44 near junction of U.S. 550, Aztec, San Juan County, NM

Aztec Ruins, Great Kiva, New Mexico 44 near junction of U.S. 550, Azte...

Survey number: HABS NM-165-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1106 Initial Construction

General Joseph Dwight House, U.S. Route 7 & State Route 23, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA

General Joseph Dwight House, U.S. Route 7 & State Route 23, Great Barr...

Survey number: HABS MA-360 Building/structure dates: 1739 Initial Construction

"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of Our Rest and Signs of the Times, with illustrations

"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, related to Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great John Robinson's 4 Ring Circus...Our General Foreign Agent Mr. G.N. Robinson purchasing...a drove of black & white llamas

The Great John Robinson's 4 Ring Circus...Our General Foreign Agent Mr...

Man purchasing group of llamas from "native." Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Between French Creek & U.S. 6/19, South of Spring Street, Meadville, Crawford County, PA

Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, Meadville Repair Shops, Between Fre...

See also HAER PA-13 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. Survey number: HAER PA-11

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Clingmans Dome Road, Between Newfound Gap Road & Clingmans Dome, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, Clingmans Dome Ro...

Significance: Clingmans Dome Road provides access to Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at 6,642'. The road follows the main ridge of the Smokies, offering views into ... More

Alexander the Great from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 16

Alexander the Great from BL Royal 15 E VI, f. 16

Detail of a miniature of Alexander the Great battling against Porrus. Image taken from f. 16 of Poems and Romances (the 'Talbot Shrewsbury book'). Written in French.

Plate 3: Alexander Instructing his Soliders, from The Deeds of Alexander the Great

Plate 3: Alexander Instructing his Soliders, from The Deeds of Alexand...

Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome) Public domain scan of Italian 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Peter the Great, tsar of Russia

Peter the Great, tsar of Russia

Public domain image of 17th-18th century Dutch artwork, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catafalque of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Side Elevation).

Catafalque of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Side Elevatio...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Monday after the "Great St. Leger." or Heroes of the turf paying & recieving [sic] at Tattersalls / drawn & engraved by R. Cruikshank.

Monday after the "Great St. Leger." or Heroes of the turf paying & rec...

Quadrangle at Tattersalls filled with groups of betting men including Mr. Tanfield, Lord Sefton, Col. Hylton Jolliffe, Sir L. Skeffington, and John Gully, the ex-pugilist. A Jewish man sells wares from a basket... More

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry of All Nations in The Year '51, Showing What is to be Exhibited, Who is To Exhibit, in Short How Its All Going to Be Done

The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry ...

George Augustus Sala (British, London 1828–1895 Hove) Public domain photograph of Great Exhibition, London, England, 1851, Crystal palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Desire (from Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are Expressed in the Human Countenance: Drawn by that Great Master Monsieur Le Brun)

Desire (from Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as t...

Public domain image of an engraving, male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851

The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nash, J. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.

Crystal Palace from "Holmes's Great Metropolis: or, Views and history of London in the nineteenth century ... Edited by W. G. Fearnside ... and T. Harrel. Illustrated with ... engravings"

Crystal Palace from "Holmes's Great Metropolis: or, Views and history ...

This image has been taken from scan 000017 from "Holmes's Great Metropolis: or, Views and history of London in the nineteenth century ... Edited by W. G. Fearnside ... and T. Harrel. Illustrated with ... engrav... More

architecture from "Tallis's Illustrated London: in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of ... 1851. ... With historical and descriptive letter-press, by W. G"

architecture from "Tallis's Illustrated London: in commemoration of th...

This image has been taken from scan 000384 from volume 01 of "Tallis's Illustrated London: in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of ... 1851. ... With historical and descriptive letter-press, by W. G". The t... More

Catherine the Great from "[The Prophet of the Caucasus: an historical romance of Krim-Tatary.]"

Catherine the Great from "[The Prophet of the Caucasus: an historical ...

This image has been taken from scan 000520 from "[The Prophet of the Caucasus: an historical romance of Krim-Tatary.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users ... More

B.W. Alexander from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies of ... old settlers, etc"

B.W. Alexander from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000559 from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis ... With portraits and biographies ... More

[Great Falls of the Yellowstone River]

[Great Falls of the Yellowstone River]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Paddington, Great Western Hotel, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Paddington, Great Western Hotel, England] view, photochrome print pos...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Paddington, Great Western Hotel, London and suburbs, England." Print no. "11293". More in... More

To Sinai via the desert. The Great Pyramid of Cheops.

To Sinai via the desert. The Great Pyramid of Cheops.

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Administration Bldg. of the Great St. Louis  World's Fair of 1904.

Administration Bldg. of the Great St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.

H23359 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1260. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

China - [Pagoda] on the Great Wall at Shan-Hai-Kwan

China - [Pagoda] on the Great Wall at Shan-Hai-Kwan

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Pagodas; China Gt. Wall; China S-; G... More

Gas sentry, Flanders during World War I

Gas sentry, Flanders during World War I

A sentry watching for any sign of gas attacks. He is squatting beside a notice which reads, 'gas gong'. The gong appears to be a large metal drum, like an oil drum. The drumstick is hanging from a string tied t... More

Some jolly gunners and their pet, Flanders

Some jolly gunners and their pet, Flanders

Artillery team with their gun, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows a group of men from the Royal Regiment of Artillery, photographed alongside a long-barrelled field gun. For the occasion, ... More

Jocks at the window of their billets, Flanders

Jocks at the window of their billets, Flanders

Three soldiers in tammies are squeezed into a window embrasure to pose for the camera. They look quite chirpy and relaxed. Their uniforms appear to be fresh and clean unlike their surroundings. The building is ... More

Flooded dug-out in front line trench, Flanders

Flooded dug-out in front line trench, Flanders

Soldier in a flooded dug-out, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a smiling soldier stooping down outside the entrance to a flooded dugout. Adjoined to the trench, frontline dugouts such as these ... More

Outpost in front of our lines in the Ypres salient

Outpost in front of our lines in the Ypres salient

Four British soldiers on outpost duty. They are all in full uniform, including packs and steel helmets, and look fairly relaxed. One man is standing on a raised area looking over the edge. The outpost consists ... More

Anti-aircraft gun in action during the battle, Flanders

Anti-aircraft gun in action during the battle, Flanders

Soldiers silhouetted against the sky. They are preparing to fire an anti-aircraft gun. On the right of the photograph a soldier is being handed a large shell for the gun. ..The Battle of Broodseinde (October 19... More

Scenes near an advanced dressing station, Flanders

Scenes near an advanced dressing station, Flanders

This photograph was taken near an advanced dressing station. It is a busy scene of wounded men lying on stretchers on the ground and men sitting waiting to be tended to. A temporary shelter has been set up for ... More

British troops crossing the Marne, Flanders

British troops crossing the Marne, Flanders

Soldiers crossing a bridge over the Marne, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a company of soldiers, led by their officers, marching across a wide iron bridge over the Marne. The men are carrying... More

Barracks on wheels for accommodating railway

Barracks on wheels for accommodating railway

Rapid railway construction in France. Accommodation in railway carriages, Western Front, France, during World War I. A line of railway carriages stand on a track to the left. Each carriage has a set of wooden ... More

Australian and New Zealand during World War I

Australian and New Zealand during World War I

Photographs of the ANZACS and politicians...digital.nls.uk/75210000 ( http://digital.nls.uk/75210000 )

Army rations, Western Front, during World War I, Flanders

Army rations, Western Front, during World War I, Flanders

A smiling soldier sitting in the mud near the Front, eating a spoonful of hot food, possibly a potato, from a steaming food container. This would appear to be one of a series of photographs showing the soldiers... More

South African during World War I

South African during World War I

Photographs of South African soldiers, the South African Labour Contingent and South African civilians...digital.nls.uk/75208534 ( http://digital.nls.uk/75208534 )

Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance message

Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance m...

Army carrier pigeon ready to fly, France, during World War I. A man in British army uniform is attaching a message to a carrier pigeon. He is holding the bird against his chest with his left hand. With his righ... More

Captured German guns, France, after August 1918

Captured German guns, France, after August 1918

Allied officers, one with a bandaged head, examine lines of captured German guns. Several of the guns have been painted with a very basic camouflage. Painted on the guns are the names of the units which capture... More

County regiment marching past during World War I

County regiment marching past during World War I

His Royal Highness, Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) standing in the right foreground watching a march past of troops. Other senior officers stand behind him. The troops are marching with rifles with bayon... More

WAAC's in France find German helmets useful substitutes for market bags

WAAC's in France find German helmets useful substitutes for market bag...

Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, France, during World War I. The two women in this image seem happy and relaxed. They are laughing and joking with each other and seem to share a good rapport wit... More

Boche prisoner, wounded and muddy, coming in on the 13th

Boche prisoner, wounded and muddy, coming in on the 13th

A British soldier is helping a wounded German prisoner walk along a railway track away from a bridge. A man, possibly in French military uniform, is shown behind them, holding a camera and tripod. ..The derogat... More

Cooking his dinner, Flanders during World War I

Cooking his dinner, Flanders during World War I

A soldier has made himself comfortable on an old seat and is cooking on a very small open fire. Experienced soldiers were good at scrounging small luxuries, such as a few eggs or an odd chicken, to supplement t... More

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