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The Great Flood: the ark of Noah floating on the waters

The Great Flood: the ark of Noah floating on the waters

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, medieval, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The mass of St. Gregory the Great: Christ appears on the altar

The mass of St. Gregory the Great: Christ appears on the altar

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

St. James the Great - Public domain dedication museum photo

St. James the Great - Public domain dedication museum photo

A bronze statue of a monk, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

St. James the Great, from Christ,  the Apostles and St. Paul with the Creed

St. James the Great, from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul with the ...

Public domain photo of Dutch art print, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Portrait of The Great Teacher Marpa

Portrait of The Great Teacher Marpa

Public domain photo of Chinese sculpture, 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Catherine II (Catherine the Great)

Catherine II (Catherine the Great)

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A Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigorica viridissima Linneaeus), A Clioniona Spider, and a Beetle

A Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigorica viridissima Linneaeus), A Clio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of incest, natural history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plate 9: Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon, from The Deeds of Alexander the Great

Plate 9: Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon, from The Deeds of A...

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

Five Great Soldiers of Shoku, Yashima Gakutei

Five Great Soldiers of Shoku, Yashima Gakutei

Yashima Gakutei (Japanese, 1786?–1868) 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

Great hall, from 'Éloges et discours sur la triomphante réception du Roy en sa ville de Paris ...' by Jean-Baptiste de Machault

Great hall, from 'Éloges et discours sur la triomphante réception du R...

Melchior Tavernier (French (born Flanders), Antwerp 1564–1641 Paris) Public domain scan of French 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Lansquenet or Standard Bearer

The Great Lansquenet or Standard Bearer

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century Italian print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francesco I d'Este Provides for His People During the Great Plague of 1630, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]

Francesco I d'Este Provides for His People During the Great Plague of ...

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century Italian print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francesco I d'Este Sentencing the Guilty with Great Difficulty, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]

Francesco I d'Este Sentencing the Guilty with Great Difficulty, from L...

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Laughter (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)

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

Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Capt. Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Mogul's ships

Capt. Avery and his crew taking one of the Great Mogul's ships

Capt. Avery standing, holding sword; battle between 2 ships in background. Engraving by W. Pritchard after William Telt. Illus. in: Charles Johnson, History of Most Famous Highway Men, 1734. Reference copy may ... More

Oiran and Attendants at the Ō Mon or Great Gate of the Yoshiwara

Oiran and Attendants at the Ō Mon or Great Gate of the Yoshiwara

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

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head (The Great Bieri)

Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head (The Great Bieri)

Public domain photo of wooden sculpture, 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Crossing of the Great St. Bernard and Battle of Marengo, 1800.

Crossing of the Great St. Bernard and Battle of Marengo, 1800.

Public domain photo of bronze sculpture, 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

General view of the ruins of the Great Temple at Carnac [Karnak].

General view of the ruins of the Great Temple at Carnac [Karnak].

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Front elevation of the Great Temple of Aboosimble Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Front elevation of the Great Temple of Aboosimble Nubia / David Robert...

Text on verso of last leaf; frontispiece. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 1.

CaisterCastle from "Great Yarmouth illustrated in a series of twenty-four engravings ... with letter-press descriptions, etc"

CaisterCastle from "Great Yarmouth illustrated in a series of twenty-f...

This image has been taken from scan 000100 from "Great Yarmouth illustrated in a series of twenty-four engravings ... with letter-press descriptions, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been ge... More

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

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

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrated by a series of ... portraits, etc.]"

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfr...

This image has been taken from scan 000375 from volume 02 of "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrate... More

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrated by a series of ... portraits, etc.]"

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfr...

This image has been taken from scan 000558 from volume 04 of "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrate... More

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrated by a series of ... portraits, etc.]"

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfr...

This image has been taken from scan 000508 from volume 01 of "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrate... More

Albrecht Durer - The Great Triumphal Car third sheet

Albrecht Durer - The Great Triumphal Car third sheet

After Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Public domain photograph of 16th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrated by a series of ... portraits, etc.]"

portrait from "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfr...

This image has been taken from scan 000152 from volume 04 of "[Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times. On an original plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrate... More

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

map from "The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Southtown"

map from "The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Sout...

This image has been taken from scan 000085 from volume 01 of "The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth, with Gorleston and Southtown". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created... More

Lighthouse Great Duck Island -- Maine

Lighthouse Great Duck Island -- Maine

Caption: Great Duck Island Light Station, Maine. Date: 1925 District: 1 State: ME Maine -- Great Duck Island

Map of the Great Central Route and its connections, the most central, attractive, direct and reliable thoroughfare between the eastern and western states.

Map of the Great Central Route and its connections, the most central, ...

Outline map of the north-central and northeastern states indicating larger cities, county boundaries, and railroad network emphasizing the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway. Scale ca. 1:3,... More

[Runjeet Singh's Tomb and the Great Mosque at Lahore]

[Runjeet Singh's Tomb and the Great Mosque at Lahore]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural drawing from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene Lake.

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Henry von Phul 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"

Henry von Phul from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000055 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

St. Louis Steam Laundry 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"

St. Louis Steam Laundry from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial ...

This image has been taken from scan 000601 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

Thomas A. Buckland 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"

Thomas A. Buckland from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metro...

This image has been taken from scan 000463 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

Henry D. Bacon 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"

Henry D. Bacon from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropoli...

This image has been taken from scan 000097 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

Missouri Hemp Works 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"

Missouri Hemp Works from "Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metr...

This image has been taken from scan 000622 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

The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union Square, New York

The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 345.

[Nine views of the Great Aqueduct, Washington, D.C.]

[Nine views of the Great Aqueduct, Washington, D.C.]

Wood engraving by Alfred R. Waud, in Harper's Weekly, volume 8, 1864. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Aqueducts; Washington, D.C. Canals and aqueducts; 2; Shelf.

Grant's Great Campaign--Stevens's Battery at Cold Harbor.

Grant's Great Campaign--Stevens's Battery at Cold Harbor.

Wood engraving for DRWG/US A Waud, no. 426 (A size). Attributed to A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 25 June 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.426a) Form... More

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commis[sion]

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commis[sion]

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Launching the Buoy from the Bow of the Great Eastern on August 8th, 1865

Launching the Buoy from the Bow of the Great Eastern on August 8th, 18...

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

The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships, H.M.S. Terrible, H.M.S. Sphinx, The Hawk and Revised: The Caroline

The Great Eastern Under Weigh, July 23rd, 1865: Escort and other Ships...

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Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Bernard Palissy  (ca. 1510–ca.1589)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Bernard Palis...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Damascus. General interior view - court of Great Mosque / Bonfils.

Damascus. General interior view - court of Great Mosque / Bonfils.

"No. 216" written in image. In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 37A, pl. 73.

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682–1719)

Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Johann Friedr...

筆者不詳 Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great fire at Chicago. Scene in Wells Street - the terrified populace in front of the Briggs House, which has just caught fire / from a sketch by our special artist.

The Great fire at Chicago. Scene in Wells Street - the terrified popul...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1871 Oct. 28, p. 97. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Great Financial Panic of 1873 - Closing the door of the Stock Exchange on its members, Saturday, Sept. 20th

The Great Financial Panic of 1873 - Closing the door of the Stock Exch...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 37, no. 940 (1873 Oct. 4), p. 66. Reference copy may be in LOT 4402. Caption card tracings: NY NY... More

Equus quagga quagga from "Great African Travellers from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley, etc"

Equus quagga quagga from "Great African Travellers from Mungo Park to ...

This image has been taken from scan 000070 from "Great African Travellers from Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by us... More

The Great [railroad] Strike [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1877]: Burning of the Round-house at Pittsburgh; A funeral among the ruins... [2 scenes (single page)]

The Great [railroad] Strike [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1877]: Burning o...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 21, (1877 August 11), p. 628. Ref. copy in LOT 4403. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Riots 1877; Geogr.; Fires; Strikes...

[The mihrab of the Kebir Cami (Great Mosque) in Bursa] / Abdullah Frères.

[The mihrab of the Kebir Cami (Great Mosque) in Bursa] / Abdullah Frèr...

Also known as the Ulu Cami of Bursa. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. No. 3. In album: Ulu Cami (Great Mosque) and Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque), Bursa, Ottoman E... More

map from "History of the Great Civil War. 1642/1649. [Sixth series.]"

map from "History of the Great Civil War. 1642/1649. [Sixth series.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000479 from volume 03 of "History of the Great Civil War. 1642/1649. [Sixth series.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by use... More

Sénégal River from "Great waterfalls, cataracts, and geysers, described and illustrated, etc"

Sénégal River from "Great waterfalls, cataracts, and geysers, describe...

This image has been taken from scan 000007 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

Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, from the Great Generals series (N15) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, from the Great Generals series (N15) for A...

Trade cards from the "Great Generals" series (N15), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

Michel Ney, from the Great Generals series (N15) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Michel Ney, from the Great Generals series (N15) for Allen & Ginter Ci...

Trade cards from the "Great Generals" series (N15), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

Great Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt / Cosmos Pictures Co., New York.

Great Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt / Cosmos Pictures Co., New York.

No. 3085. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., Great Asquam [i.e. Squam] from Shepard Hill]

[Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., Great Asquam [i.e. Squam] from Shepard Hill...

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bad Neuheim (i.e. Bad Nauheim), the Great Fountain, Hesse-Nassau, Germany]

[Bad Neuheim (i.e. Bad Nauheim), the Great Fountain, Hesse-Nassau, Ger...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "8669". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Peter the Great Place, St. Petersburg, Russia]

[Peter the Great Place, St. Petersburg, Russia]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8897". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland,... More

Great philanthropists - Print, Library of Congress collection

Great philanthropists - Print, Library of Congress collection

X41390 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nelken, Joseph.

The Great railway strikes--miles of burned freight-cars in the railroad yards about Chicago

The Great railway strikes--miles of burned freight-cars in the railroa...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1894 July 28, p. 704. Public domain image of Swedish railroads works, train yard, workshop, tracks, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fauna from "Great Explorers of Africa. With illustrations and map"

Fauna from "Great Explorers of Africa. With illustrations and map"

This image has been taken from scan 000559 from volume 01 of "Great Explorers of Africa. With illustrations and map". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of... More

China well represented at Soviet Embassy. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Arm-in-arm Dr. Hu Shih, right, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, arrives for the reception at the Soviet Embassy with Dr. W.W. Yen. The reception was given to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Official Washington shunned the reception in droves

China well represented at Soviet Embassy. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Ar...

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

Sculptural fountain "Great God Pan"

Sculptural fountain "Great God Pan"

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unloading grain at Great Northern elevator, Buffalo, N.Y.

Unloading grain at Great Northern elevator, Buffalo, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Egyptian views; The pyramids of Gizeh. Great Pyramid of Kheops [i.e., Cheops] and sphinx

Egyptian views; The pyramids of Gizeh. Great Pyramid of Kheops [i.e., ...

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To Sinai via the desert. Entrance to the Geat [i.e., Great] Pyramid

To Sinai via the desert. Entrance to the Geat [i.e., Great] Pyramid

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

Egyptian views; The pyramids of Gizeh. Photographer [Lewis Larsson] near top of Great Pyramid

Egyptian views; The pyramids of Gizeh. Photographer [Lewis Larsson] ne...

Photograph shows American Colony Photo Department photographer Lewis Larsson with camera, looking down from near the top of the Great Pyramid, Jizah, Egypt. Photograph was probably taken by American Colony Phot... More

Wife of CIO leader attends Soviet Reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Mrs. John L. Lewis, wife of the CIO leader, was one of the few American of any recognition who today attended the reception given by the Soviet Charge d'Affaires Dmitri Chuvakhin in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Mr. Lewis was noticeably absent

Wife of CIO leader attends Soviet Reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7....

A black and white photo of a woman in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great crowds at Kansas City, Kansas, welcoming President Roosevelt

Great crowds at Kansas City, Kansas, welcoming President Roosevelt

H31885 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of Theodore Roosevelt political campaign, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great Steeplechase Park, Rockaway, L.I.

Great Steeplechase Park, Rockaway, L.I.

Photograph copyrighted by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 016861. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Khufu's sarcophagus, broken by robbers, in the sepulchre-chamber of the Great Pyramid, Egypt

Khufu's sarcophagus, broken by robbers, in the sepulchre-chamber of th...

Two men outside empty sarcophagus. Public domain photograph of Egypt, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Glacier National Park, Mountain. Great vertical wall of the north face of Goathaunt Mountain, 1,200 ft. high]

[Glacier National Park, Mountain. Great vertical wall of the north fac...

Photo includes pointer directing viewer to location on rock face. No. 2416. National Photo Company Collection.

Czar and military at unveiling of monument to Peter the Great, St. Petersburg

Czar and military at unveiling of monument to Peter the Great, St. Pet...

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Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Boy on right hand is Joseph Tanguay, 80 Depot Street. Left hand boy is Henry Labreck, 14 Chesley Av.  Location: Somersworth, New Hampshire.

Boys working in Great Falls Mfg. Co., Somersworth, N.H. Boy on right h...

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The Great Shaft in the Cave, Israel

The Great Shaft in the Cave, Israel

Jebel Usdum, Dead Sea, Jordan. No. 1248. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.; Geogr.; Caves.

London Strike gates of Great East India dock; closed

London Strike gates of Great East India dock; closed

Public domain photograph of military activity, parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Near view of Great Pyramids from S.E. Egypt

Near view of Great Pyramids from S.E. Egypt

J169624 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-29080. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tommies swimming and sailing a home-made boat whilst at rest

Tommies swimming and sailing a home-made boat whilst at rest

The background is composed of sparse woodland and flat enclosures. The field gives way to what appears to be a deep river. There is a half sunken home-made boat, with a man in it, in the middle of the river and... More

Transport horses going to water, Flanders

Transport horses going to water, Flanders

Given the bulk of these horses and the thick hair on their legs, it is quite likely that they belong to a category such as the Clydesdale breed. Originally, heavy horses such as these were used to carry armour-... More

Driver of wagon takes measures to keep the sun off him

Driver of wagon takes measures to keep the sun off him

Two horses harnessed to a wagon have halted on a dirt track, in open countryside. There is a soldier sitting on one of the horses. He is holding an umbrella to protect himself from the sun, and is glancing over... More

Scene on the outskirts of Peronne, Flanders

Scene on the outskirts of Peronne, Flanders

A soldier walks across a makeshift bridge, possibly over the River Somme. The town of Peronne is clearly visible in the background. The devastation to buildings and the surrounding landscape is apparent. Due to... More

Sacking onions in a store house for entrainment, Flanders

Sacking onions in a store house for entrainment, Flanders

This photograph shows a group of eight men in a warehouse shovelling onions into sacks from a huge pile on the floor. Two other men are watching. In the background there are stacks of boxes and sacks full of di... More

Watching a slight activity in a Boche trench, Flanders

Watching a slight activity in a Boche trench, Flanders

British soldiers using a periscope and an elevated mirror to watch troop movement on the German front line. Though the soldier in the immediate foreground appears to be looking in the wrong direction, he is in ... More

Staff officer discussing matters on a pile of bombs, Flanders

Staff officer discussing matters on a pile of bombs, Flanders

Two uniformed men, sitting on crates of explosives, having a conversation. The man on the right is wearing shorts as part of his uniform and both are wearing steel helmets. The man on the left is holding papers... More

Solid tyres for lorries during World War I

Solid tyres for lorries during World War I

Stacks of solid tyres, France, during World War I. The rowed-up stacks of tyres have created a pattern of horizontal lines which dominate the image. The eye is led through the composition by differing heights o... More

Queen and her party witnessing some explosions

Queen and her party witnessing some explosions

Queen Mary with a small party, watching an explosion in the distance. They appear to have paused momentarily to watch this spectacle, and are standing by the roadside at the edge of a grassy field. The party co... More

Men of the Dorsets cleaning their rifles in a ruined farm

Men of the Dorsets cleaning their rifles in a ruined farm

Soldiers sit outside a ruined building cleaning rifles. There is a large pile of rifles propped against the wall. There also appears to be some stretchers propped up against the building. ..'Men of the Dorsets'... More

Highlanders at work broadening a road, Flanders

Highlanders at work broadening a road, Flanders

Highlanders are widening a road with a high bank to one side. They have cut the bank into four terraces and are throwing the earth up from one terrace to the next, away from the road. A sign at the top points o... More

C.O. of the Royal Scots Greys with his staff

C.O. of the Royal Scots Greys with his staff

Seven cavalry officers are riding down a road through very flat countryside. There is a windmill in the background. The men are riding in a very relaxed manner. At their head is their commanding officer. The re... More

Machine for bevelling tubes for rejoining

Machine for bevelling tubes for rejoining

Two soldiers working at tyre tube machines, France, during World War I. This photograph focuses on two soldiers who are busy at their machinery. Although they are the centre of the scene, they are engrossed in ... More

Observers are highly trained men & when their balloons are shelled or attacked by enemy aircraft they are forced to make rapid descents in parachutes

Observers are highly trained men & when their balloons are shelled or ...

Due to the static and exposed position of balloon crews, they made excellent sitting targets. As a result balloon crews were the only airmen issued with parachutes during this period...[Original reads: 'OFFICIA... More

London battalion marching up to the trenches, Flanders

London battalion marching up to the trenches, Flanders

A long column of soldiers, four men wide, is marching passed the camera. As a result those at the front of the column seem to be at an odd angle. The road they are marching on is quite narrow and is lined with ... More

Drinking the King's health back in their billets, Flanders

Drinking the King's health back in their billets, Flanders

Soldiers at Christmas. The men are raising their glasses. ..The caption on the previous photograph in the sequence reveals that the glasses were filled with beer, not wine. There was not much cheer for the sold... More

C.O. with pilot and observer referring  to photos and maps prior to setting out for the German lines

C.O. with pilot and observer referring to photos and maps prior to se...

Fighter pilot and Commanding Officer checking a map, in France, during World War I. Standing in front of his two-seater biplane, this pilot refers to a map reference with the Commanding Officer of his company. ... More

Early automobiles - Lorry being landed

Early automobiles - Lorry being landed

Lorry being unloaded from a ship, France, during World War I. The right side of the photograph is a hive of busy dockside activity. ..Although this photograph does not make fantastic propaganda, it does make a ... More

First time round, Flanders during World War I

First time round, Flanders during World War I

The event is being held in a flat grassy field, bordered on the far side by a thin line of trees. Two long, dense lines of soldiers cross the picture at right angles to the trees in the background. On the far s... More

British, French and Italian wounded soldiers in a group, as cheery as ever

British, French and Italian wounded soldiers in a group, as cheery as ...

Allied wounded after a battle near Rheims, France, during World War I. Allied soldiers, many wearing slings or medical dressings, pose for the camera. Despite their injuries, most manage to appear cheerful. The... More

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