The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zeeland [i.e. New Zealand] / Webber, de...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
Lava beds, Long's Peak - Public domain book illustration
Lava beds, Longs Peak, Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Illus. in: A Lady's life in the Rocky Mountains / by Isabella L. Bird. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882, oppos. p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 4390-B.
Reverend C.T.W. Davis on the banks of the Jordan, West Bank Palestine
D7412 U.S. Copyright Office. Coyright by Charles Thomas Woodbury Davis. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President McKinley's splendid welcome to General Wheeler's home city, ...
William McKinley on back of train, and crowd. H5331 U.S. Copyright Office.
Russians & newspaper men - Sergei Witte, Baron Rosen with their suite ...
Photograph autographed(?) by Witte and Rosen. Public domain photograph of an official meeting, group portrait of people, managers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On Silver Throne plateau at nearly 21,000 feet
Fanny Bullock Workman standing on Silver Throne plateau, Karakoram, Kashmir, Asia. Illus. in: Two summers in the ice-wilds of eastern Karakoram. The exploration of nineteen hundred square miles of mountain and... More
[Crowd at wharf saying goodby to Frank G. Carpenter and his party on s...
In album: European trip 1922; duplicates. Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Pres. Coolidge and Mr. Albright at Artists Point, Yellowstone National...
J295002 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27323. Public domain photograph related to President Calvin Coolidge, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
V.P. Johnson in Saigon, Vietnam. Arriving at textile mill and taking i...
Photograph shows Vice President Lyndon Johnson in textile mill with Vietnamese men standing in front of a large quantity of textiles with a "Texas Cotton U.S.A." banner. Title from contact sheet folder caption.... More
[Alice Kandell posing with guards at the Nathu La Pass, Sikkim]
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 015 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
An airplane is parked on the tarmac at the airport. Airport airplanes ...
Copyright-free airplane pictures. Free to use images of airplanes.
The First voyage - Print, Library of Congress collection
Christopher Columbus bidding farewell to the Queen of Spain on his departure for the New World, August 3, 1492. 40795Y U.S. Copyright Office.
[Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, C...
H82467 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York ... More
[Eleanor Roosevelt talking with woman machinist during her goodwill to...
Corresponding print filed under: LOT 12446, no. 17. Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Toni Frissell: Photographs, 1933-1967. New York, New York : Doubleday, 1994, p. 22. Published in... More
The flight into Egypt / lith. & pub. by J. Baillie.
The Virgin Mary and baby Jesus on donkey led by an angel, Joseph walking behind. No. 281. The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Mary and Joseph, with the infant Jesus, fled to Egypt to escape the ... More
Komura and Takahira arriving at peace conference building
Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First landing of Americans in Japan, under Commodore M.C. Perry at Gor...
Print showing sailors, officers, and members of the Japanese delegation in formations on the beach, also boats with dignitaries setting off from shore, and two American ships in the harbor.
[Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, with ot...
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
[Indians stalking Spaniards riding horses in swamp]
Wm. McCrea & Co., Stereotypers, Newburgh, N.Y. Illus. in: Ferdinand De Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi / by John S.C. Abbott. New York : Dodd & Mead, 1873, frontispiece. Reference copy also available in... More
The Author's first ride in Perak
Isabella L. Bird and two natives on elephant, with other elephants, in swamp, in Perak, Malaya.
[William Howard Taft seated at table playing cards with his wife and t...
Forms part of: William H. Taft papers (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1980:167
Sec. Taft and Gov. General Wright leaving landing place at Manila
H67079 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by Burr McIntosh. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Japanese envoys Kogoro Takhira (seated, left), Jutarō Komura (seated,...
Public domain photograph of Russian people, group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Witte leaving Wentworth Hotel. 1900s Japan, public domain image.
Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William Howard Taft, standing on back of railroad car and looking out...
H116751 U.S. Copyright Office. Underwood & Underwood photo. No. U-114989. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wilbur Wright, Pau, France, 1909
Photograph shows Wilbur Wright (left) and a photographer with a tripod-mounted camera, on a tree-lined lane in Pau, France. No. 22629.
Pres. Taft and Supt. Williams in Panama
William Howard Taft, half-length portrait, standing outdoors, facing left, with Supt. Williams and other men. J149425 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Press Assn., N.Y.
Camels are common sights in Constantinople starting on long journeys t...
Photographs show camels and pedestrians on the Galata Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1394 (top image) and no. 1395 (bottom image). In album: European pict... More
President's train in Alaska--Work, Hoover, Wallace, Steese, Bone, Mrs....
Nine people on back of train. J264118 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18549.
President Harding in the "cab" of Great St. Paul electric locomotive, ...
J263471 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18510. Public domain photograph related to President Warren G. Harding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Zora Neale Hurston and an unidentified man probably at a recording si...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Handwritten on back: Belle Glade, Fla., poss. 1935, Zora H. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Ge... More
[Mary Elizabeth Barnicle (first frame) and other unidentified people, ...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos probably taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on bac... More
[President John F. Kennedy and Mayor Willy Brandt of Berlin at the Whi...
Frame 13A of contact sheet. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Original negative not available for frames 8-12 of LC-U9-5789.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A, NASA A...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden announces that NASA has just signed a lease agreement with Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX of Hawthorne, C... More
Christophe Colomb parmi les Indiens / lith. de Turgis.
Christopher Columbus among Indians. Title also in Spanish. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir on Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, C...
H82467 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York ... More
[Secretary of State William Seward and a delegation of diplomats at Tr...
Purchase; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:085) On verso: 1. Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State; 2. Baron De Stoeckel, Russian Minister; 3. M. Molena, Nicaraguan Minister; 4. Lord Lyons, British Minister; 5. M. Mercier, Fren... More
Peri raikō - Public domain drawing
Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Depart de Christophe Colomb / lith. de Turgis ; Casse freres a St. Gau...
Christopher Columbus and his crew leaving the port of Palos, Spain, for the New World; crowd of well wishers looks on. Title also in Spanish. No. 2.
Columbus taking possession of the new country
Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More
Landing of Columbus - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Christopher Columbus and others showing objects to Native American men and women on shore.
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bay of Wodowara / from nature by Heine[,] shipping by Walke ; lith. of...
Print shows two American side wheel steam frigates and a large rowboat during rough seas in the Bay of Wodowara. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... ... More
Indian princess presenting a necklace of pearls to de Soto / J.W. Orr,...
Princess Xualla presenting a necklace of pearls to Hernando de Soto, at Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. W... More
woman from "[The Great South: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas...
This image has been taken from scan 000429 from "[The Great South: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia. ... Profusely illustrated fr... More
On the stool of repentance. Sitting Bull:--"Oh! if I could only be wit...
Sitting Bull seated on stool "Canada". Public domain photograph - historical image of Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Captain James Cook from "Zigzag Journeys in Australia; or, a Visit to ...
This image has been taken from scan 000020 from "Zigzag Journeys in Australia; or, a Visit to the Ocean World ... Fully illustrated". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cre... More
Chola cook - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Serge Witte at Portsmouth - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Sergei Witte, Russian envoy to the Portsmouth Peace Conference, three-quarter length portrait, facing front.
Minister of War's luncheon on arsenal grounds
William Howard Taft, seated, with Japanese dignitaries and others. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mending near the Pole - A black and white photo of two people on a sle...
Member of Frederick Cook's journey to Greenland near the North Pole, seated on dogsled and mending clothing.
"White Face Bear," "Chief Plenty Coos" and "Frost," Sioux and Crow chi...
J252212 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 23310. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Admiral Bristol the American High Commissioner in Constantinople tells...
Admiral Bristol (left) and Frank Carpenter, standing on terrace, talking, Istanbul, Turkey. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). In album: European Pictures (1923 Trip), no. 1336. Copyr... More
The presidential train at Girdwood, Alaska
Rear view of President Harding's train. J281028 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 21093.
The landing of Columbus at San Salvador, October 12, 1492
Columbus standing in bow of boat holding Spanish flag. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3699
The First voyage - Print, Library of Congress collection
Christopher Columbus bidding farewell to the Queen of Spain on his departure for the New World, August 3, 1492. 40795Y U.S. Copyright Office.
Pocahontas at the court of King James / Richard Rummels; American Colo...
Copyright by Jamestown A. & V. Co. No. 11. Public domain scan of the vintage New York postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mr. H. M. Flagler and party leaving first train to arrive at Key West,...
J166245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.
Mrs. Mary Dewees's journal from Philadelphia to Kentucky
Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
[Alan Lomax (left) youngster on board boat, during Bahamas recording e...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "on bo... More
A Siberian posting sledge on a cold morning
The person inside the sledge is probably George Kennan. Photo taken by Kennan's traveling companion George A. Frost. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of:... More
Gasshukoku suishi teitoku kōjōgaki - Ukiyo e print
Japanese print shows three men, two seated and one standing, possibly Commander Anan, age 54; Perry, age 49; Captain Henry Adams, age 59. May be text of President Fillmore's letter to Emperor. Annotations, sta... More
[Houdini and the magic of flight]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874... More
Japanese plenipotentiaries arriving at Portsmouth
Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Commo. Perry meeting the imperial Commissioners at Yokuhama / from nat...
Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under...M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Perry; Francis L. Hawks, comp. Washington : Nicholson P... More
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The first ship / painted by Joshua Shaw ; engraved by J. Sartain.
Ship of Christopher Columbus in background, and three Indians in foreground.
Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...
Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... More
The Passport Bureau - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing shows a passport official examining a traveler's documentation, perhaps Taylor himself. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, ... More
Porcallo in the mire - Public domain book illustration
Vasco Porcallo pinned under horse in mud, as two Indians watch. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 18... More
Crossing on an Indian bridge / J.W. Orr, N.Y.
Hernando de Soto and his soldiers crossing a river on an Indian bridge. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer, Philadelphia : J.T. L... More
map from "Pioneering in the Far East, and journeys to California in 18...
This image has been taken from scan 000143 from "Pioneering in the Far East, and journeys to California in 1849 and to the White Sea in 1878 ... With illustrations, etc". The title and subject terms of this ima... More
Miss Johnston & audience, Lake Como, Italy
Frances Benjamin Johnston, standing with her camera, and group of children. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. NB1094.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Eltinge - Public domain portrait print
Julian Eltinge and a woman identified as his wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, standing on the deck of the S.S. Siberia at dock in Yokohama-shi, Japan. Title from news agency caption on item. C... More
The presidential party and train, between Decatur and Tuscumbia, Ala.
President McKinley with others at back of train. H5301 U.S. Copyright Office.
Southeast from the barren slopes of Pelée above St. Pierre, Martinique...
H27075 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14344. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William H. Taft amidst dignitaries leaving the dock at Yokohama]
H66233 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Burr McIntosh. Public domain photograph related to President William Howard Taft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miss Roosevelt waving "goodbye" at Kobe, on the way to Manchuria
Alice Roosevelt waving good-bye from boat at Kobe, Japan. H67762 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Burr McIntosh.
Lieut. Com. Takeshita and Mr. Sato
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Sergei Witte, three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows Sergei Witte, Russian envoy to the Portsmouth Peace Conference, three-quarter length portrait, seated at a table, facing front.
Arnold Genthe in the mountains of Japan
Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More
A.J. Drexel in flight - A black and white photo of a plane flying in t...
Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Silhouetted against the dark, early morning Florida sky, the STS-3 Spa...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More
Columbus reception by the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain a...
Columbus kneeling before the king and queen, Indians, and other people.
H[is] I[mperial] Highness the Grand Duke Alexis [right, front], at the...
Stereograph showing the Grand Duke Alexis posed with dignitaries on the steps of the G. V. Fox residence, Lowell, Massachusetts. S. Towle, Photographer, Lowell, Mass. Title from version of stereograph published... More
Peri raikō - Public domain print
Polyptych matted in 5 sections: left (430a), left center (430b), center (430c), right center (430d), right (430e). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Mr. H. M. Flagler and party leaving first train to arrive at Key West,...
J166245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Harris Co.; February 12, 1912.
Americvs Vespvccivs florentinvs portentosa navigatione ad occasum atqu...
Public domain photo of Dutch art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The return of the "prodigal father" at the "Puck" office - drawn by hi...
Print shows Joseph F. Keppler returning to the "PUCK Office" after a vacation in Europe, laden with a string of "Frankfurt" sausages, "Paris" wine, "Neuchâtel" cheese from "Austria", an umbrella labeled "London... More
Russian plenipotentiaries on an outing
Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clar...
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Entrée de Espagnols dans la Province de Chicaça]
Entry of the Spanish into the Province of Chicaça. Illus. in: Histoire de la conquete de la Floride ... / par Ferdinand de Soto; Composée en Espagnol par L'Inca Garcillasso de la Vega. Tome second. Aleide : Pie... More
Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan ...
Print shows a banquet given for the Japanese commissioners on board the U.S.S. Powhatan, possibly in the bay at Edo (Tokyo). Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas an... More
Ancient castle of Na-Ga-Gus-Ko, Lew Chew / from nature by Heine ; figu...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description