Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]
An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More
The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the Kings son in Tongataboo [i.e. ...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
Fujisawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing
Print shows two travelers, a man and a women or both women, and a porter at a shrine on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More
Zaravshanskii okrug. Mazar sviatago Daniara (Daniila) v okrestnostiakh...
Photograph shows the porch(?) of the shrine. In the background, hills. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 107.
Sacrifice stone, court of the Muse[um, Mexico]
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Festivities after Ramadan in Moslem cemetery, Jaffa, Palestine
4871 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item.
The Ko-ya-ma-shi make merry after the dancing of the Shalako / Ben Wit...
Spectators watch dancers in plaza of pueblo. 3137-8 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Ben Wittick. No. 642.
[African American men, women and children outside of church]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 274. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
Edward S. Curtis - Snake priest / E.S. Curtis.
Native American man seated, three-quarter-length, facing front. No. 672.
A Southern baptism - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.
Locale and date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 09371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Preparing the pit of white-hot stones for the bare feet of the "fire-w...
Stereograph shows men with long poles arranging hot stones in a pit for "fire-walking" act, as spectators watch from above. H69308 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8105. U-86615. Copyright, 1906 [i.e., 1905], by Und... More
[Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexic...
H71007 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1736-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 17, pl. 584.
Edward S. Curtis - Placing kedan
Navajo man impersonating Yebichai, placing feather sticks around the sweat. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1062-04.
Receiving presents after a three days fast in the medicine lodge
Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward S. Curtis - Fasting, Native Americans
Teton Sioux Indian performing vision cry ceremony through fasting and chanting to the Great Mystery. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2504-07. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. ... More
School children in front of St. James Cathedral receiving the blessing...
15,000 to 20,000 children from parochial schools marching past the cathedral. J147595 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 16310.
Edward S. Curtis - Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot. Book illustration fro...
Nootka indian taking ceremonial bath, before whale hunt. J150302 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3366-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S.... More
The Men's Bible Class of the First M.E. Church of Vandalia, Ill., W. M...
J156292 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; De Witt Panoramic View Co.; May 27, 1911; DLC/PP-1911:44192. On front: "Panoramic photo taken be C. S. De Witt, May 7, 1911, De Witt Studio, Vandalia, Ill., bran... More
Ste. Genevive [sic], Missouri Porochial [sic] School
Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children group portrait, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Medicine lodge in winter - Public domain print
Photograph shows two Siksika (Blackfoot) men seated on blanket. J165151 U.S. Copyright Office.
Akdamar Monastery [i.e., Sourp Khatch, Church of the Holy Cross] in Va...
J264476 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Vartan A. Hampikian, New York. Title also in Armenian. No. 7.
Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...
Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Apache devil dancer. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More
Negro churches - Presbyterian Church, Wash., D.C
Photograph shows former building of 15th Street Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900.
Obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Obriezanie (batga [sic] buri)
Photograph shows a group of men seated on the ground near a small boy who is being circumcised. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 71. "Batga [sic] ... More
Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu
Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More
Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu
Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More
Aaron, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Aaron, half-length portrait, facing left, holding incense censer. E9446 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Schile.
Der Berg ʻArafah während der jährlichen Pilgerversammlung (von Süden a...
Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Pilgrims are wearing Ihrām clothing. After gathering at ʻArafah, pilgrim... More
The holy place / lith'y. of A. Kollner cor. of Dock & 2nd, Philadelphi...
Print shows, at center, a priest putting incense into a censer on "The Altar of Incense", a large portable stand with carrying rods on two sides; a small censer sits on the floor nearby. On the left is "The Gol... More
Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain drawing
Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More
The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...
Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... More
Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Samarkand. Evreiskaia molel'nia - (kenisa)
Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 77. "Kenisa" translated from Hebrew as "geniza.'
Exterior of the Haram-Ash-Shárif. Wailing place of the Jews / P. Bergh...
Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem / by Charles W. Wilson, under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, 1865, p. 15b.
Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnyia litsa pri mechet...
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 60.
Pogrebal'nye obychai Sredneaziiattsev. Indieiskie pokhorony
Photograph shows three men laying wood on top of a body lying on a wooden bier. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, pl. 75.
[Religious figure, possibly Buddha, standing on a lotus, facing slight...
Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Suffer little children to come unto me
Print shows two little girls placing flowers on a large stone cross entwinned with a banner that states "Suffer little children to come unto me." L1029 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyrigh... More
Faith, hope and purity - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows a young woman wearing a white dress, with her back to a cross decorated with flowers, and with her right arm raised, holding onto the cross. L1032 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George Stinson... More
A baptism of North American Indians - Mormons posing as the apostles o...
A Mormon baptizing an Indian in front of a group of Indians; photographer with camera in right foreground. Illus. from: Graphic, 1882 Sept. 2, p. 221.
Aztec calendar stone - Mammoth Plate Photograph
Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique stone sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
New Mexico. The Rain Dance. Zuni Pueblo
Photograph shows Zuni men doing the Rain Dance as people watch from surrounding pueblo buildings. No. 53299.
[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 223. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
Interior of the beautiful Armenian Church, Jerusalem, Palestine
H6612 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Title from recto of item. No. 1353. Exhibited: "1512 AD : Armenia" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April-June 2012.
Edward S. Curtis - Preparing the sweat
Four Navajo Indians preparing hot embers, covering them with brush and weeds on second day of Yebichai ceremony. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1054-04.
Feast march ceremony, portrait of american indian man
Several shirtless Apache men, standing with back to camera, wearing feathered headbands, and with body paintings.
Edward S. Curtis - Prayer to the Great Mystery, (Slow Bull)
Slow Bull, squatting, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe with mouthpiece pointing skyward, buffalo skull at his feet. H104320 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2507-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection... More
At prayer in the mosque, Damascus, Syria
Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward S. Curtis - [Arikara medicine ceremony--the Bears]
Photo shows six men standing in line in front of cedar tree, holding rattles and singing. H118588 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from published source. Curtis no. 2890-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collecti... More
Moqui (Hopi) snake dance, Walpi, Ariz.
Copyright by Elbridge Ayer Burbank. Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward S. Curtis - [Dancer with black deer effigy--Hupa]
Hupa Indian dancer holding head and skin of deer. J262666 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3820. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edwa... More
Edward S. Curtis - At the pool, animal dance--Cheyenne
Cheyenne people gathered along waterfront, some dipping hands in water, some carrying umbrellas. J293253 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North America... More
A Negro church in a corn field, Manning, S.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sōshu enoshima benzaiten kaichō sankei gunshū no zu
Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More
[Humorous picture showing Chinese religious practices (Raijin, the Jap...
Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon ban... More
Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu
Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More
From the rising unto the setting of the sun the Lord's name is to be p...
Two lions holding Magen David, with Hebrew text. 9448S U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: "From the Ends of the Earth : Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress" at the Library of Congress, 1988-1989. Exhibi... More
Die zwischen Muna und ʻArafah gelegene Pilgerstation Muzdalʾfah
Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah (Mount Arafat) east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. A mosque is in the background. After gathering at ʻArafah... More
Oestlicher Theil des Thales Muna
Photograph shows pilgrims with tents, camels and livestock gathered in the Miná Valley near Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Title from caption list in portfolio. Plate no. XI in portfolio: Bilder aus Mekka... More
Hanaarashi, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows on the left, two women consoling a third woman, in the center, one woman lifting another woman so she can attach a slip of paper to tree branch, and on the right, a woman standing on a bucket and ho... More
Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Vnutrennost' mecheti Kok Gumba...
Photograph shows three men seated inside the mosque of Kok Gumbaz in Ura Tyube. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 57.
Dritte Anischt desselben ; im Hintergrund windet sich der Weg nach Mek...
Photograph IXa depicts the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj near the tomb of Sittanā Mèymūnah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph IXb shows the tomb of... More
Miyamōde, Eishi Hosoda - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows a woman walking with a young woman or maid, returning from a visit to a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Ha... More
The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI...
Print shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the "First Division Camp of Judah" on the east side, the "Second Division Camp of Reuben" on ... More
Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. "Namazi Idi-Ramazan" translated from Persian as: prayer of Id of Ramadan.
Religioznye obriay i obychai Tadzhikov. Azan vozvieshchenie o vremeni ...
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 57.
Obshchaia molitva v godovye prazdniki i dolzhnostnye litsa pri mecheti...
Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 59. "Mutevali" translated from Arabic as: manager.
Creed crusher, or, spiritual mill for pulverizing creed &c., : God dwe...
Includes text and col. ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Front view of San Xavier del Bec [i.e., Bac]
Public domain image of a cathedral or church building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Mythological blue Buddhist or Hindu figure, full-length, standing on ...
Japanese(?) text inscribed to the left of the image. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More
Shishi (lion) placed in front of shinto temples
Japanese text appears on the right, outside the image box. Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Ja... More
Aztec calendar stone, City of Mexico
In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51150. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.
The last scene of the last act of the Sioux war / drawn by H.F. Farny.
Print shows a Native warrior laid to rest on a scaffold, with a Native seated and a horse lying on the ground beneath; to the right, in the background, wolves or coyotes have gathered. Illus. in: Harper's week... More
Icon A Southern baptism, public domain photograph
Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Interior view of chapel filled with female students at the Tuskegee I...
Corresponding photoprint is filed in LOT 2962. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Library of Congress).
Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai initiation outdoors
Group of Indians, most on horseback, watching initiation of young Indian man. No. 1051-04.
Edward S. Curtis - Yebichai, patient in sweat bath
Indian wrapped in blanket with medicine man and another man standing over him. No. 1058-04.
Edward S. Curtis - Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]--Navaho
Photo shows a Navajo man wearing mask of Ganaskidi, god of harvests, plenty, and of mists. H55592 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1070-04. On verso: Gaaskidi (i.e. Ganaskidi), the horn mask, God of harvest. ... More
Edward S. Curtis - Tonenili--Navaho
Navajo man bedecked in hemlock boughs and mask of a clown associated with the mischievous rain god Tonenili, "Water Sprinkler". H525859 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1067-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curti... More
Edward S. Curtis - Saliva, Slow Bull (in background), Picket Pin's arm
Three Dakota men, seated or kneeling on ground, one attending to bison skull. H104330 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2517-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Edward S. Curtis - Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony
Photograph shows Saliva, an Oglala Sioux priest, dressed for the Hu Kalowa Pi ceremony. H104336 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2524-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Publ... More
Edward S. Curtis - [Hu ka-lowa pifire-carrier bringing the skull]
Man in breechcloth, bending over buffalo skull. H118509 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 2446-08. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. ... More
Portrait photo of Substitute sacred head-dress--Piegan
Piegan woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing headdress made of ermine tails, feathers, and bunches of grass.
Edward S. Curtis - [Sun dance pledgers--Cheyenne]
Two young men in ceremonial paint. J150280 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3250-10. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis... More
Edward S. Curtis - Sweat lodge frame - Cheyenne
J150281 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3253-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curt... More
Monks from nearby monastery holding ceremony on the banks of the Jorda...
Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nuhlimkilaka--Koskimo, Native Americans of British Columbia
Kwakiutl person wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, ("bringer of confusion").
Old Jewish cemetery, Vilna, Russia - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Frank Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...
Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Pueblo turtle dancers. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of ... More
Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...
Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Eskimo mask.
Religious reliquary "stupa", woman turns prayer wheel in front of the ...
Photograph shows a woman monk, turning a prayer wheel in front of the Dro-dul Chorten, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in L... More
["Spirit" photograph, supposedly taken during a seance, actually a dou...
H4015 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by John K. Hallowell. Superimposed images are numbered in margin. No. 9. Annenberg batch 2
Idol, Teoyaomiqui i.e. Coatlicue
Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-31419. Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898) In courtyard of National Museum. "6295"... More
Mary Rawls interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. ...
Mary Frazier Rawls, born in 1927, shared experiences of her life-long circus career. She began trouping with her parents at a young age and would go on to perform on the high wire for much of her career. Mary t... More
Moki rain maker and chief in costume, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904
No. 5786. H52205 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau.
Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Invocation--Sioux
Photographs shows a Dakota man, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe, with right hand raised skyward. H104321 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2508-07. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congr... More
Edward S. Curtis - For strength and visions--Apsaroke
Photograph shows an Apsaroke man, leaning back slightly, with strips of leather attached to his chest and tethered to a pole secured by rocks, part of the piercing ritual of the sun dance. H118531 U.S. Copyrigh... More
Edward S. Curtis - At the shrine--Navaho
Three Navajos with horses, gathered before mound of rocks and vegetation. LC no. 80. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North Amer... More
[Humorous picture showing a monster on a boat or raft collecting Chine...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Sōshū enoshima benzaiten kaicyō sankei gunshū no zu
Japanese triptych print shows large groups of women pilgrims visiting Enoshima shrine to worship an image of Benzaiten, the Goddess of Good Fortune. They are walking towards an island on a causeway with sailboa... More
Obriady sovershaemye musul'manami pri molitvie (namaz). Omovenie pered...
Photograph shows a Muslim man washing his feet before prayer. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More