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[Portrait of an African American man, seated]

[Portrait of an African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Margaret Ann O'Brien, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences

Margaret Ann O'Brien, arrested for obtaining money by false pretences

Name: Margaret A O'Brien.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 6 August 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-35-Margaret O Brien..The Shields Daily Gazette for 6 Augu... More

[John Hay, half-length portrait, seated]

[John Hay, half-length portrait, seated]

Photo by Purdy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Éamonn Ceannt, full-length, facing front portrait, seated, holding pipes. Photo by Arnall

Éamonn Ceannt, full-length, facing front portrait, seated, holding pip...

Eamonn Ceannt sitting with a set of "uileann pipes" is today's offering. Eamonn Ceannt was of course one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising and apparently an exponent of that strange instrument the "el... More

Reading man, Sweden - Public domain portrait print

Reading man, Sweden - Public domain portrait print

A man reading a book. ..En man som läser en bok. ..Parish (socken): Unknown.Province (landskap): Unknown.Municipality (kommun): Unknown.County (län): Unknown..Photograph by: Einar Erici .Date: 1930s.Format: P... More

Jarrow Ladies Fire Brigade, 1916

Jarrow Ladies Fire Brigade, 1916

A postcard of the Jarrow Ladies Fire Brigade taken during the First World War in 1916 (TWAM ref. 5625)...The postcard is unused...This set celebrates the many postcards in our collections. The people, places an... More

Portrait of a Woman - Public domain portrait

Portrait of a Woman - Public domain portrait

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1856.Print Date: ca. 1856.Process: ambrotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Portrait of Two Men - Public domain portrait

Portrait of Two Men - Public domain portrait

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1860.Print Date: ca. 1860.Process: ambrotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Portrait of a Woman - Public domain portrait

Portrait of a Woman - Public domain portrait

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1865.Print Date: ca. 1865.Process: ambrotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

[Couple seated] - Daguerreotype, Public domain

[Couple seated] - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Sumo wrestler seated] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

[Sumo wrestler seated] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows sumo wrestler seated outdoors. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Matthew Walls, arrested for stealing money from children

Matthew Walls, arrested for stealing money from children

Name: Matthew Walls.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 24 February 1908.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-123-Matthew Walls..The Shields Daily News for 24 February... More

Horse Goes Ahead or Two Leggings

Horse Goes Ahead or Two Leggings

Artist: Richard Throssel.Artist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933.Creation Date: c. 1910.Process: gelatin silver print.Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash.Accession Number: 2003.003.052

New tractor at the Elswick Works

New tractor at the Elswick Works

New Tractor at the Elswick Works, 24 October 1949 (TWAM ref. DS.VA/9/PH/3/3). This appears to be a prototype of the Vickers VR180...‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufactu... More

[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing front, seated]

[Dolley Madison, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing fron...

Same image as DAG no. 064. Hallmark: [caduceus] Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Forms part of: Brady-Handy collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of C... More

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: Mathew B. Brady.Artist Bio: American, 1822 - 1896.Creation Date: 1845.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns.Accession Number: 1986.041.029

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: McIntyre.Artist Bio: American, active mid 19th century.Creation Date: 1847.Print Date: ca. 1847.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Mr. Henry Stedman - Early photography, Public domain image

Mr. Henry Stedman - Early photography, Public domain image

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: c. 1870.Process: carte-de-visite.Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Bellows.Accession Number: 1998.013.001

[President Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated]

[President Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated]

Photo shows Lincoln with short hair. "The short haircut was perhaps suggested by Lincoln's barber to facilitate the taking of his life mask by Clark Mills. Lincoln knew from experience how long hair could cling... More

Tatiana Riabouchinska darning the ballet shoes, Sydney, between 1938-1940 / photographer unknown

Tatiana Riabouchinska darning the ballet shoes, Sydney, between 1938-1...

Riabouchinska, one of the leading ballerinas of the 1930's, darns a ballet slipper, probably in Rushcutters Bay Park, on a warm Sydney day. She was one of the famous three "Baby Ballerinas"..Format: Photograph.... More

Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan

Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan

90-105, 8, Portraits Fri; "Billington; National Organization for Women (NOW) founder and president Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan (1921-2006); NOW co-chair and Washington, D.C., lobbyist Barbara Ireton; and femi... More

Arthur Henri Poole - Nun by Lily Pond

Arthur Henri Poole - Nun by Lily Pond

This photo was commissioned by a Mrs Walsh of Catherine Street, Waterford...Date: 6 October 1926.(A little suspicious of this date, as it would have to have been an unseasonably mild Autumn for waterlilies to b... More

Icon Tyne Bridge construction staff, public domain photograph

Icon Tyne Bridge construction staff, public domain photograph

Construction staff of the Tyne bridge, employed by Dorman Long & Co. Ltd, 2 March 1928 (TWAM ref. 3730/15/14). The men are identified below...standing left to right: J. Morgan (Foreman Mason), W. Kingston (Cash... More

Enjoying the Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Enjoying the Hoppings. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Children enjoying a slide at the Hoppings on Newcastle Town Moor, June 1973 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/61856F)...The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every ye... More

Sheriff on his horse at the Hoppings

Sheriff on his horse at the Hoppings

View of John Grantham, Sheriff of Newcastle at the Town Moor Temperance Festival (Hoppings), 26 June 1925 (TWAM ref. DF.GRA/1/3). He and Mrs Grantham were involved with a special fundraising day at the Festival... More

Arrested Ethel Penman, Mugshot photograph, England

Arrested Ethel Penman, Mugshot photograph, England

Name: Ethel Penman.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 16 July 1906.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-41-Ethel Penman..The Shields Daily News for 16 July 1906 repor... More

[Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing, and Harry Kellar, seated]

[Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing, and Harry Kellar, seat...

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988)

Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988)

Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5268]..Summary: Geneticist and cytologist Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988) earned a Ph.D. from University of Ca... More

[Willie Mays, standing, wearing baseball uniform, with arm around shoulders of Roy Campanella, seated] / World Telegram & Sun photo by William C. Greene.

[Willie Mays, standing, wearing baseball uniform, with arm around shou...

NYWT&S staff photo by William C. Greene. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Harrop Brothers Fashion Parade 1960

Harrop Brothers Fashion Parade 1960

This photograph was taken by Turners, entitled 'Harrop Brothers Fashion Parade at Station Hotel'...The Harrop brothers established the yarn company Sirdar, and here you can see some of their knitted designs bei... More

Elisa Wiborg portrait. Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway

Elisa Wiborg portrait. Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway

Artist: unknown..Date/place: unknown..Subject: Elisa Wiborg..Medium: photographic positive, B&W..Notes: Norwegian soprano..Written on the photo: "Til mine kjære [?].Nina og Edvard Grieg.Elisa Wiborg" ( to my de... More

Zombie-like he stares at the screen

Zombie-like he stares at the screen

A bored husband stares at his television screen (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/2/28465G)...You can read a blog relating to these images here www.twmuseums.org.uk/engage/blog/turners-saved-my-marriage/ ( http://www.twmuseums... More

Carden-Loyd Carriers at the Elswick Works, England

Carden-Loyd Carriers at the Elswick Works, England

Carden-Loyd Carriers at the Elswick Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, c1930 (TWAM ref 1027/9)...‘Workshop of the World’ is a phrase often used to describe Britain’s manufacturing dominance during the Nineteenth Centu... More

'Shh flopsy, it's time for my rest'

'Shh flopsy, it's time for my rest'

Model in the bath, March 1963 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/AG2313B)...To read a blog about Turners advertising techniques see www.twmuseums.org.uk/engage/blog/turners-saved-my-marriage/ ( http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/en... More

[Full-length portrait of unidentified African American man seated] / T. J. Trapp, Photographer, Williamsport, Pa.

[Full-length portrait of unidentified African American man seated] / T...

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

[Kahlil Gibran in Middle Eastern(?) costume with leopard skin and staff, seated]

[Kahlil Gibran in Middle Eastern(?) costume with leopard skin and staf...

Mounts are layered top to bottom: Tan and grey fiber. Model Kahlil Gibran; Props Staffs, leopard skin; Costume Med./Mid-East./N. African; People boys. Blind stamp: lower left. Title and other data comes from a ... More

George Burn, arrested for stealing brushes and a box

George Burn, arrested for stealing brushes and a box

Name: George Burn.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 10 November 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-9-George Burn..The Shields Daily News for 10 November 1902 re... More

Woman in satin dress holding mirror

Woman in satin dress holding mirror

Accession Number: 1980:0437:0001..Maker: Unidentified..Title: Woman in satin dress holding mirror..Date: ca. 1915..Medium: color plate, screen (Autochrome) process..Dimensions: Image: 10.6 x 8.1 cm Overall: 12... More

Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland (1892-1969)

Lemuel Roscoe Cleveland (1892-1969)

Subject: Cleveland, L. R (Lemuel Roscoe) b. 1892. Harvard University..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Protozoology. Zoology..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0152]..Summary: Lemuel Roscoe Clevel... More

Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957)

Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957)

Description: British botanist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker (1901-1957), born in Leigh, Lancashire, is best known for her research on the edible seaweed Porphyra laciniata (nori). Her analysis of the nori lifecycle ... More

Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981)

Alma Whiffen Barksdale (1916-1981)

Subject: Barksdale, Alma Whiffen 1916-1981. University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Upjohn Company. New York Botanical Garden..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Date: 1948. 27-Oct-48..Topic: Botany. Women sc... More

The Holiday for all the Family

The Holiday for all the Family

This is a Cover of a holiday brochure from 1952 advertising South Shields and Marsden Bay...Reference: DX1377/1/1..This photograph is part of a set that has been created to celebrate the opening of South Tynesi... More

Untitled (Native American in buffalo headdress)

Untitled (Native American in buffalo headdress)

Artist: Richard Throssel.Artist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933.Creation Date: c. 1910.Process: gelatin silver print.Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash.Accession Number: 2003.003.053

Uncle James Appleby, London - Public domain portrait print

Uncle James Appleby, London - Public domain portrait print

Artist: Metropolitan Portrait Company.Artist Bio: British photography studio, active mid 19th century.Creation Date: 1860.Print Date: 1860.Process: carte-de-visite.Credit Line: Gift of E. Meadows ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]

[Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln with a badly swollen hand after shaking hands with thousands of people during his journey to Washington, DC. During most of the sitting he kept his right hand closed or out of view. ... More

[Portrait of African American girl, seated]

[Portrait of African American girl, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]

[Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, full-length portrait, seated]

Photo copyrighted by Pach Bros. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Sitting old lady portrait - Public domain portrait print

Sitting old lady portrait - Public domain portrait print

Artist: unknown..Date/place: unknown..Subject: Sitting old lady portrait..Medium: photographic positive, B&W..Notes: none..:..Original belongs to the Edvard Grieg Archives at Bergen Public Library ..Original r... More

Her training as a knight had been unconventional

Her training as a knight had been unconventional

Model posing for a Turners publicity shot, August 1958 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/1048/1)...To read a blog about Turners advertising techniques see www.twmuseums.org.uk/engage/blog/turners-saved-my-marriage/ ( http:/... More

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man, wearing suit, seated] / J. N. Ramsdill, Photographer, Bath Street, Ballston Spa, N.Y.

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "WE108" written in pencil on back of the mount. "Duplicates can be had at any time" printed on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; ... More

[Jenny Lind, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated]

[Jenny Lind, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, three-quarters ...

Identification based on a lithograph of Lind copyrighted in 1850 by D'avignon from a Brady daguerreotype." Date provided by researcher George Jones, 2007. Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. This daguerreotype h... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, seated]

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Penciled on back of plate: Albert G. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Queen Victoria - Public domain portrait

Queen Victoria - Public domain portrait

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 19th century.Process: carte-de-visite.Credit Line: Gift of E. Meadows ... More

[Houdini with Ira Davenport, full-length portrait, seated]

[Houdini with Ira Davenport, full-length portrait, seated]

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

June Howarth of Canterbury and Ray Shart of Bankstown dance to the band with drummer Peg Clark of Blackheath, on the ocean cruise to Broken Bay, South Steyne, December 1953 / Australian Women's Weekly photograph

June Howarth of Canterbury and Ray Shart of Bankstown dance to the ban...

Format: Photograph..Find more detailed information about this photographic collection: 845476 ( http://845476 ) ..Search for more great images in the State Library's collections: ( http:// ) ..From the collect... More

Sitting young woman portrait - Public domain portrait print

Sitting young woman portrait - Public domain portrait print

Artist: unknown..Date/place: unknown..Subject: Sitting young woman..Medium: photographic positive, B&W..Notes: none..:..Original belongs to the Edvard Grieg Archives at Bergen Public Library ..Original referen... More

TWCMS.1997.274. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

TWCMS.1997.274. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Photograph, black and white, studio portrait of young woman sitting on a rock with a backdrop of the sea. Wearing white long sleeved tunic worn over dark skirt with small brimmed hat and laced boots..Maker: pho... More

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Portrait of a Man - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1843.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Portrait of a Woman - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Portrait of a Woman - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: Richard Beard.Artist Bio: British, 1801 - 1885.Creation Date: 1854.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

Portrait of Young Girl - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Portrait of Young Girl - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: Unknown artist.Creation Date: 1855.Print Date: ca. 1855.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns.Accession Number: 1984.019.039

[Group of Bedouin women huddled together, two standing, others seated] / [D]umas.

[Group of Bedouin women huddled together, two standing, others seated]...

Title devised by library staff. On verso: Asia. Natives. Palestine. Hourani? Bedouins.

[Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

[Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson, three-quarter length portrait,...

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

Carries The War Staff - Crow - Public domain portrait

Carries The War Staff - Crow - Public domain portrait

Artist: Richard Throssel.Artist Bio: American, 1882 - 1933.Creation Date: c. 1910.Process: gelatin silver print.Credit Line: Gift of Graham and Susan Nash.Accession Number: 2002.040.007

Wyoming native June Etta Downey

Wyoming native June Etta Downey

90-105, 7, Portraits Dos-Doz; "Wyoming native June Etta Downey (1875-1932) was a professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Wyoming, 1915-1932. She became close friends with chemist E.E. Sloss... More

Gertrude Van Wagenen (1893-1978)

Gertrude Van Wagenen (1893-1978)

Subject: Van Wagenen, Gertrude 1893-. Yale University..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Biology. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-0354]..Summary: Biologist Gertrude Van Wagenen ... More

Jacob Kalich (second left) in Mezrach und Maarev, 1921

Jacob Kalich (second left) in Mezrach und Maarev, 1921

Description: Jacob Kalich (second left) in Mezrach und Maarev, 1921. The comedy Mezrach und Maarev was written by Sidney M. Goldin and Eugen Preiss. It was filmed as Ost und West in 1923 and was also known as M... More

Emile Zola - Early photography, Public domain image

Emile Zola - Early photography, Public domain image

Artist: Etienne Carjat.Artist Bio: French, 1828 - 1906.Creation Date: c. 1865.Process: carbon print.Credit Line: Gift of Stephen White.Accession Number: 2000.005.005

[Mary and Jesse, children of Jesse James; full, seated]

[Mary and Jesse, children of Jesse James; full, seated]

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Public domain scan - children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George H. Revell, tramp, arrested for being drunk and disorderly

George H. Revell, tramp, arrested for being drunk and disorderly

Name: George H Revell.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 10 November 1905.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-81-George H Revell..The Shields Daily News for 10 Novem... More

The Piki Maker - Hopi - Early photography, Public domain image

The Piki Maker - Hopi - Early photography, Public domain image

Artist: Edward Sheriff Curtis.Artist Bio: American, 1868 - 1952.Creation Date: 1906.Process: orotone on glass.Credit Line: Gift of the Schutz Family.Accession Number: 2001.022.003

Matilda Moldenhauer Brooks (b. 1890)

Matilda Moldenhauer Brooks (b. 1890)

Description: Botanist Matilda Moldenhauer (b. 1890) was completing graduate work at Harvard University (Ph.D., 1920) when she met biologist Sumner Cushing Brooks. During their marriage, Matilda and Sumner cond... More

[Harry and Beatrice Houdini, half-length portrait, seated]

[Harry and Beatrice Houdini, half-length portrait, seated]

Photograph by Smith, St. Louis. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spe... More

In The Stocks. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

In The Stocks. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Blind men who chose to sit in the stocks from Bishopwearmouth Green...“To them, their fingers are eyes”..From 1913, John Alfred Charlton Deas, a former curator at Sunderland Museum, organised several handling s... More

Synchronised Swimmers. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Synchronised Swimmers. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This is a photograph of the Local Synchronised Swimmers in Washington, UK. The photograph was taken at some point in the 1970's...Reference: 5417/470/5..This collection of images has been assembled in support o... More

Catherine Mackenzie, arrested for larceny

Catherine Mackenzie, arrested for larceny

Name: Catherine Mackenzie.Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 15th February 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-33-Catherine Mackenzie..The Shields Daily Gazette f... More

Samuel Sweet, convicted of stealing lead

Samuel Sweet, convicted of stealing lead

Samuel Sweet was convicted of stealing lead on 26 December 1872 and was given a sentence of two months hard labour...Age (on discharge): 24.Height: 5’ 5”.Hair: Brown.Eyes: Grey.Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Ty... More

[Two Women Wearing Striped Dresses, One Standing, the Other Seated]

[Two Women Wearing Striped Dresses, One Standing, the Other Seated]

Unknown (British) Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated]

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated]

Attribution to Brady and date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, p. 468. Ostendorf, no. 59 Meserve, no. 67 Published in: Linco... More

[Portrait of two young African American women, one standing, one seated]

[Portrait of two young African American women, one standing, one seate...

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American woman, seated]

[African American woman, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hetty Howland Robinson Green, 1835-1916, half-length portrait, seated]

[Hetty Howland Robinson Green, 1835-1916, half-length portrait, seated...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, half-length, seated]

[Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, half-length, seated]

"A crafty and determined president photographed by Lewis E. Walker, Washington, D.C., about 1863. Observe the almost casual attire, with the unbuttoned coat and the familiar watch chain hanging from the side po... More

Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997)

Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997)

Subject: Wu, C. S (Chien-shiung) 1912-1997. Columbia University..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Physics. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-1509]..Summary: In 1963, Chien-shiung... More

Gudrun Friborg Waagen - Public domain historical image

Gudrun Friborg Waagen - Public domain historical image

SFFf-1989091.162702..Gudrun Friborg Waagen from Bergen worked as a clerk at A/S Stangfjorden Elektrokemiske Fabriker...Photographer: Paul Stang.

Ólafur Jónsson - Public domain portrait photograph

Ólafur Jónsson - Public domain portrait photograph

Ólafur Jónsson, Óli gossari, við rokkinn með prjóna sína. ..Ljósmyndari / Photographer: Magnús Ólafsson..Format: Glerplata / Glass negatives, 12 x 16 cm...Höfundarréttur / Rights Info: Enginn þekktur höfundarré... More

Adelina Hagerup portrait. Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway

Adelina Hagerup portrait. Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek, Norway

Artist: Hansen Schou & Weller..Date/place: unknown..Subject: Adelina Hagerup (Nina Griegs mother)..Medium: photographic positive, B&W..Notes: none..:..Original belongs to the Edvard Grieg Archives at Bergen Pub... More

[Kazakh man, a musician with a dombra, seated]

[Kazakh man, a musician with a dombra, seated]

Inscribed on verso: Kirghis improvisitor, Omsk. Photograph by Yermoline. Title devised by Library staff based on information from source: S. Satayeva, 2012. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers);... More

Portrait of a Woman - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Portrait of a Woman - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Artist: McIntyre.Artist Bio: American, active mid 19th century.Creation Date: 1847.Print Date: ca. 1847.Process: daguerreotype.Credit Line: Gift of Stanley B. Burns ... More

[Half-length portrait of Christiana Williams Freeman, seated]

[Half-length portrait of Christiana Williams Freeman, seated]

Daguerreotype shows Christiana Williams Freeman, mother of Isadora Noe and Mary Christiana Freeman. Photographer unidentified. Case: framed floral motif. Label on back of case: "Christiana Williams Freeman, mot... More

[Two Winnebago men, full-length portraits, seated] / photographed by W.H. Illingworth.

[Two Winnebago men, full-length portraits, seated] / photographed by W...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Florence Watson, domestic servant, arrested for stealing

Florence Watson, domestic servant, arrested for stealing

Name: Florence Watson.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 19 May 1906.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-41-Florence Watson..The Shields Daily News for 25 May 1906 r... More

[Portrait of African American man, seated]

[Portrait of African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of young African American man, seated]

[Portrait of young African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maud Leonora Menten (1879-1960)

Maud Leonora Menten (1879-1960)

Subject: Menten, Maud Leonora 1879-1960..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Biochemistry. Histochemistry. Medicine. Women scientists..Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5999]..Summary: Canadian-born ... More

A cabinet card of three children

A cabinet card of three children

J E Reeves; Cabinet Card..Collection of National Media Museum..A woman, probably their mother, can be seen behind them...We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Certain... More

Lion tamer. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Lion tamer. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This image comes from a collection of glass slides of fairground scenes found in the stores at Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne. twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ( twm_news/sets/72157627692102509/ ) ..We h... More

Nina Grieg & Percy Grainger - Norway. Public domain image

Nina Grieg & Percy Grainger - Norway. Public domain image

Artist: unknown..Date/place: unknown..Subject: Nina Grieg & Percy Grainger..Medium: photographic positive, B&W..Notes: none..:..Original belongs to the Edvard Grieg Archives at Bergen Public Library ..Original... More

Dear old Neddy - he never let her down!

Dear old Neddy - he never let her down!

Model poses for a Turners publicity shot, October 1958 (TWAM ref. DT.TUR/4/AG1083/1)...To read a blog about Turners advertising techniques see www.twmuseums.org.uk/engage/blog/turners-saved-my-marriage/ ( http... More

Mary Anne Blaids, arrested for sleeping out

Mary Anne Blaids, arrested for sleeping out

Name: Mary Anne Blaids.Arrested for: not given.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 17 June 1905.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-37-Mary Anne Blaids..The Shields Daily Gazette for 19 June... More

Ann Garrett, convicted of stealing money

Ann Garrett, convicted of stealing money

Ann Garrett was convicted of stealing money and served 1 month with hard labour. In the previous three years she had been convicted 6 times and had served 42 days in prison...Age (on discharge): 22.Height: 5’ 2... More

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