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Scandia or Scandinavia Comprehending Sweden, and Norway, withn the Dan...

Comprende Suecia, Noruega, Finlandia, Dinamarca, las costas de Alemania y Polonia y una pequeña parte de la zona noroccidental de la URSS

Portrait of Kaneena, a chief of the Sandwich Islands in the North Paci...

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

map from "[The Voyages of Captain James Cook. Illustrated ... With an ...

This image has been taken from scan 000233 from volume 01 of "[The Voyages of Captain James Cook. Illustrated ... With an appendix, giving an account of the present condition of the South Sea Islands, &c.]". Th... More

New Zealand from "[The Voyages of Captain James Cook. Illustrated ... ...

This image has been taken from scan 000248 from volume 01 of "[The Voyages of Captain James Cook. Illustrated ... With an appendix, giving an account of the present condition of the South Sea Islands, &c.]". Th... More

seals from "Our Arctic Province. Alaska and the Seal Islands ... Illus...

This image has been taken from scan 000351 from "Our Arctic Province. Alaska and the Seal Islands ... Illustrated by ... drawings ... and maps". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated fro... More

Filipinos planting rice, Philippine Islands - Frank G. Carpenter colle...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Filipino prisoners of war, in old Manila, Philippine Islands

Bird's-eye view of prisoners and soldiers in courtyard. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood (Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, New York, N.Y.). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The 14th Regulars lining up for Mess, Pasay, Philippine Islands

Photograph shows soldier grinding coffee in foreground; others in line for food. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virgin Islands - St. Croix Mun...

1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Virgin Islands - St. Croix Municipality

Farm Security Administration borrower, vicinity of Frederiksted, St. C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Russian-American Architecture, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Significance: From the time the Russians discovered Alaska in 1741 until they sold it to the United States in 1867, they established numerous settlements, mostly along the coast in Alaska, plus one at Fort Ross... More

A right front view of an RF-4B Phantom II aircraft as it approaches fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEETEX '83 Base: USS Midway (CV 41) Country: Northern Pacific Ocean Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David B. Loveall Release Sta... More

An A-6 Intruder aircraft is serviced aboard the aircraft carrier USS M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FLEETEX '83 Base: USS Midway (CV 41) Country: Northern Pacific Ocean Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David B. Loveall Release Sta... More

Santa Claus (SSGT Michael Kunch) waves from the pilot's seat of a C-13...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Fs Micronesia (FM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Robert J. Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

Pacific Coast Scenic Byway - Oregon - Ecola Point State Park at Oregon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: The lush vegetation comes to an abrupt stop as the land becomes the sheer face of a cliff against a clear blue sky at Oregon Islands Nat... More

Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail - Lake Erie Islands

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Small groups of islands stretch into the horizon in Lake Erie. Location: Location: Ohio (41.588° N 82.712° W) Status: Public domain. P... More

Six pallets to offload and send to St. Thomas says LTC Daran Goolsby o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Status:... More

Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands

STS072-732-072 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- Three of the nineteen Galapagos Islands are visible in this image, photographed from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Endeavour. The Galapagos Islands are located 600 miles... More

The US Navy (USN) experimental High Speed Vehicle 2 (HSV 2) Swift prep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The US Navy (USN) experimental High Speed Vehicle 2 (HSV 2) Swift prepares to conduct a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the USN ... More

Aerial view of industrial area, Honolulu, Hawaii

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

A Utility Boat from the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Philippine Sea Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Edward G. Martens, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC), Hospital Shi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Scene Camera Operator: MCC Don Bray, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Diomede Islands, Bering Straight - NASA satellite images

The Diomede Islands consisting of the western island Big Diomede, and the eastern island Little Diomede are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska. This image was... More

Thimble Islands archipelago in the Long Island Sound, Branford, Connec...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Faroe Islands - NASA satellite images

This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows the Faroe Islands, an archipelago and autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, comprising 18 major islands. NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER... More

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Bachelor Officers Quar...

Significance: Briefly served as barracks for Marine personnel, 1941. Originally an L shaped building, remodeling in 1943 created this two story B.O.Q. It represents a fine example of comfortable living quarte... More

Hell Gate Bridge, inverted, Astoria, Queens.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An exact draught of the island of New Providence one of the Bahama Isl...

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

A new map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch &...

Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, roads, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and vegetation. Also shows anchorages, currents, and route... More

map from "The Sandwich Islands; progress of events since their discove...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from "The Sandwich Islands; progress of events since their discovery by Captain Cook. Their occupation by Lord G. Paulet. Their value and importance". The title and su... More

map from "The Sandwich Islands; progress of events since their discove...

This image has been taken from scan 000143 from "The Sandwich Islands; progress of events since their discovery by Captain Cook. Their occupation by Lord G. Paulet. Their value and importance". The title and su... More

map from "A Directory for the navigation of the Pacific Ocean; with de...

This image has been taken from scan 000007 from volume 01 of "A Directory for the navigation of the Pacific Ocean; with descriptions of its coasts, islands, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have ... More

portrait from "[The Voyages of Captain James Cook. Illustrated ... Wit...

This image has been taken from scan 000010 from volume 01 of "[The Voyages of Captain James Cook. Illustrated ... With an appendix, giving an account of the present condition of the South Sea Islands, &c.]". Th... More

map from "The Atlantic Navigator: being a nautical description of the ...

This image has been taken from scan 000459 from "The Atlantic Navigator: being a nautical description of the coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal, the West Coast of Africa, the coasts of Brazil and Patagonia, ... More

Map of the Hawaiian Islands. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Arbuckle Bros. - Drawing. Public domain image.

: tradecards,4226 ( tradecards,4226 ) .. Subject (TGM): Men; Women; Children; Oceans; Seas; Islands; Drums; Clothing & dress; Costumes; Aquatic animals; Alligator hunting; Alligators; Surfing; Imperialism;

The Pasig River at San Pedro Macati, Philippine Islands

U.S. Soldiers in native boats. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Boats...; PI S- P- M-; Army, US Transportation; PI... More

Ceiba or silk cotton tree, Nassau, Bahama Islands

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Market on the wharf, Nassau, Bahama Islands]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coral - Coral Islands. - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand

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

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: The pirate Bluebeard's castle on the Islan...

Stereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. X4723. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Virgin Islands of the United States 1902; Castles; Pirates; Shelf.

Philippine Islands: The native Filipino prefers cock-fighting to work

Two cocks ready to fight. Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Art Co.). No. 71. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I. (2); P.I. Misc. 1902; ... More

Statue of Liberty - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 38 X. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photograph... More

Cannibal Tom (80 years old), the last relic of Fiji cannibalism -- Fij...

Stereograph shows an old man standing in front of lush vegetation, holding a long pole and a machette. H69311 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8107. U-86621. Copyright, 1906 [i.e., 1905], by Underwood & Underwood.

A crowded room in a cigar factory, women and girls making cigars, Mani...

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 3573. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

A hula dancing girl, a native of the Hawaiian Islands

Stereograph showing portrait of topless native Hawaiian girl wearing lei and grass skirt. J238977 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 10164.

In the old fort built by the French, Frederiksted, Saint Croix island,...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Sailors Paying Tribute to Casualties of the Pearl Harbor...

Original caption: Sailors pay tribute to casualties of the Pearl Harbor attack at a Hawaiian Islands cemetery, circa Spring 1942, possibly Memorial Day. ... More

Philippine Islands / Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

"Apr. 1933--Reissued 1940." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. In lower left margin: 33--4/28, 35--4/17, 40--2/17. In upper left margin: No. 4200. LC copy includes hand-writte... More

Three of a group of Japanese prisoners brought back from the Solomon I...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Saint Philomena Church on Molokai island, the home church of Father Da...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

An A-7E Corsair II aircraft is reflected in the mirrored visor of Lieu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR John Leenhouts Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Northern Mariana Islands (United States).

"Base 801314 (B00769) 5-89." Includes location map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

STS050-11-010 - STS-050 - Earth observation scene of Bikar Atoll, Mars...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation scene of Bikar Atoll, Marshall Islands. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), ISLANDS, ATOLLS O... More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matt Haught, C-5 Galaxy Loadmaster, 3rd Airli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More

SRTM Stereo Pair: Fiji Islands. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Sovereign Democratic Republic of the Fiji Islands, commonly known as Fiji, is shown in this image acquired by NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM on February 19, 2000. NASA/JPL

Port bow view of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) DURANCE CLASS: Underw...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 2004 Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1) State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 J... More

Storm in the mountains, Hawaii - Drawing. Public domain image.

Date based on date of other Hawaii images in same group. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... More

The park includes both land and sea, National Park of American Samoa, ...

Located some 2,600 miles southwest of Hawai'i, this is one of the most remote national parks in the United States. You will not find the usual facilities of most national parks. Instead, with a bit of the explo... More

A map of New England, and Nova Scotia; with part of New York, Canada, ...

Scale ca. 1:4,800,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. From The London magazine, v. 27, Sept. 1758. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 80 Copy one annotated in upper right corner in black in... More

A map of the isle of Cuba, with the Bahama Islands, Gulf of Florida, a...

Scale ca. 1:2,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Hand colored. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1781 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... More

Hopewell Hall, 1000 Islands - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A chart of Islands Corfu, Pachfu and Antipachfu with channel and Rodds...

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 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consoli...

Circus poster showing fancy performers diving into pool. Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co. No. 2283.

[Map of northeastern coast of Venezuela including Trinidad and Tobago ...

Depths shown by soundings. Watermarks: IV, J. Kool, and Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and yellow ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 988 Available also through the Library of Congress W... More

[Coast of Maine showing entrances of Blue Hill Bay, Isle of Haut Bay, ...

Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along the bottom right edges... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Fujisawa, Yugio-ji

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

Kororareka in the Bay of Islands

Public domain photo of landscape art painting, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Islands - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows small log houses tucked along the shores of rocky islands of the Norwegian coast. Sailboats are in the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed ab... More

King of the Sandwich Islands, from World's Sovereigns series (N34) for...

Trade cards from the "World's Sovereigns" series (N34), issued in 1889 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

[Pound Island, St. Lawrence River, New York]

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. /

The film was photographed from a boat going around Riker's Island. Located on the East River north of Hell Gate between the Bronx and Queens, Riker's Island was the site of a massive, controversial New York Cit... More

Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y. /

This film was photographed from a boat heading south along the eastern shore of Blackwell's Island (known today as Roosevelt Island). The island lies in the East River, between Manhattan (which can be seen in t... More

[Ellis Island and harbor, New York]

Picryl description: Public domain image of Ellis Island, New York harbor, immigrants, immigration, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gathering sugar cane, Hawaiian Islands

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman on a beach] - Roland Searle photograph

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Divers confer aboard the salvage and rescue ship USS BRUNSWICK (ATS-3)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Marshall Islands (MHL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ted Koniares, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Northeast Coast, Hokkaido, Japan

The northeast coast of Hokkaido and Kunashir Island, Japan (44.0N, 143.0E) are seen bordered by drifting sea ice. The sea ice has formed a complex pattern of eddies in response to surface water currents and win... More

Exmouth Gulf, Australia as seen from STS-67 Endeavour

The Exmouth Gulf, western Australia, is bounded on the west by the Cape Ranges; near the base of the peninsula the Learmonth Airfield, site of a solar observatory, can be seen. Spit-accretion ridges formed on a... More

Over the South Pacific a US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter, 44th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: US Naval Forces, Marianas State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble, USAF Release Status:... More

Aerial view of peaks and valleys, Hawaii

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Public domain stock image. Swan brissago islands.

Map of the Austrian Empire, Italian States, Turkey in Europe, and Gree...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

The Hudson by daylight map, from New York Bay to the head of tide wate...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, marine...

Also available in digital form.

Stono River Bridge, Spanning Stono River between James & Johns Islands...

Significance: The Stono River Bridge is identified as "Charleston 3) in the South Carolina Department of Transportation's Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. The bridge is noteworthy in that it represents th... More

Gardens of Colonial Hotel and the harbor, Nassau, Bahama Islands

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

DINNER [held by] UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP RAINBOW [at] "CAVITE, PHILIPPI...

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

The history of Persia - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress ...

Pedro, not Antonio, Teixeira was the compiler of this work.--cf. Silva, Dicc. bibl. port., Hoefer, Nouv. biog. générale, and Brit. mus. Catalogue. A translation, with additions, of Pedro Teixeira's Relaciones... More

Map of Nova Scotia, or Acadia; with the islands of Cape Breton and St....

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

planet from "Modern Geography, a description of the Empires, states, a...

This image has been taken from scan 000045 from volume 01 of "Modern Geography, a description of the Empires, states, and colonies, with the oceans, seas and islands in all parts of the World ... The Astronomic... More

Map of the southern part of the state of New York including Long Islan...

Relief shown pictorially. Second state. LC copy mounted in sections on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

map from "Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the year...

This image has been taken from scan 000014 from "Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824-1825. Captain the Right Hon. Lord Byron Commander. [By Maria Graham. With plates, including a ... More

Sanuki kubodani no hama - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows torii gates offshore at the Kubodani beach, with many sailboats among the islands in the Sanuki Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

LeMemea, Honorable M.K. Embassador from Samoa Islands

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

fifth largest of the Greek islands from "Pen and Pencil in Asia Minor;...

This image has been taken from scan 000354 from "Pen and Pencil in Asia Minor; or, Notes from the Levant ... Illustrated with eighty-nine engravings, made chiefly from water-colour sketches by the author". The ... More

[Fly weight boxing champion of the world, Pancho Villa, on the left, b...

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[East coast at high water, Le Mont St. Michel, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9717". Printed at lower left: 9717. P.Z. - Mont Saint Michel. Cote de l'est. For... More

James Nairn - Titahi Bay - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

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