![Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1910/01/01/frank-f-gibson-1305-linden-st-western-union-telegraph-co-messenger-no-7-14-640.jpg "Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.")
The Transcendent Buddha Vairochana (?) Seated in Western Fashion
Central Javanese period
Descent and Return of Amida to Western Paradise with a Believer's Soul...
This painting of Amida (Sanskrit: Amitâbha) receiving the soul of the warrior Kumagai Naozane (1141–1208) is based on a dream recorded by the founder of the Pure Land sect, Hōnen (1133–1212). Naozane's taking o... more
Vase with Coiling Dragon
The awe which Chinese ceramics inspired in the West is reflected in the use of an elaborate mount to restore the original shape of this vase. Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi mark and period (1662–1722)
Amitabha Buddha’s assembly in the Western Paradise
This work depicts an assembly of divine figures in the Western Paradise, the realm of the Amitabha Buddha (Korean: Amita). The central deity sits on a lotus flower atop a fabric-covered dais, surrounded by a su... more
![Letter to [Thomas Harwood, Treasurer, Western Shore.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1776/12/31/letter-to-thomas-harwood-treasurer-western-shore-4db092-640.jpg "Letter to [Thomas Harwood, Treasurer, Western Shore.]")
![Letter to [Thomas Harwood, Treasurer, Western Shore.]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1776/12/31/letter-to-thomas-harwood-treasurer-western-shore-a51292-640.jpg "Letter to [Thomas Harwood, Treasurer, Western Shore.]")
Thomas Jefferson, 1782, Notes on Virginia Claims in Western Territory
Notes on Virginia Claims in Western Territory
Encyclopedia of Western Art
Jiro Morishima Edo period (1615–1868)
![The Western Coast of Africa ; From Cape Blanco to Cape Visrga, eshibiting Senegambia proper [Mapa]](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1789/12/31/the-western-coast-of-africa-from-cape-blanco-to-cape-visrga-eshibiting-senegambia-1f131d-640.jpg "The Western Coast of Africa ; From Cape Blanco to Cape Visrga, eshibiting Senegambia proper [Mapa]")
The Western Coast of Africa ; From Cape Blanco to Cape Visrga, eshibit...
Escalas gráficas de 25 leguas inglesas de veinte al grado [= 7,4 cm] y 100 millas estatutarias inglesas de sesenta y nueve y medio al grado [= 8,6 cm]. Coordenadas referidas a los meridianos de Ferro (E 0°00'--... more
![A New Map of the Northern States containing the Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with the Western Parts of Russia, Livonia, Courland & ca. [Mapa]](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1794/12/31/a-new-map-of-the-northern-states-containing-the-kingdoms-of-sweden-denmark-d1f64d-640.jpg "A New Map of the Northern States containing the Kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with the Western Parts of Russia, Livonia, Courland & ca. [Mapa]")
A New Map of the Northern States containing the Kingdoms of Sweden, De...
Comprende además las costas de Alemania y Polonia, Escocia y gran parte de Inglaterra
Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland
On October 16, 1794, President George Washington called on the militia at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, to suppress a rebellion in western Pennsylvania. The conflict was precipitated by the 1792 excise laws regard... more
The Strange Tale of the Castaways: A Western Kabuki (Hyōryō kidan seiy...
Adachi (Shōsai) Ginkō (Japanese, active 1874–97) Meiji period (1868–1912)
![At a meeting of the Republican members of the Legislature and other citizens of the Western district, held at Wendell's hotel, in the City of Albany, on the 11th day of March, 1801. [Positive Photostat].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1801/01/01/at-a-meeting-of-the-republican-members-of-the-legislature-and-other-citizens-640.jpg "At a meeting of the Republican members of the Legislature and other citizens of the Western district, held at Wendell's hotel, in the City of Albany, on the 11th day of March, 1801. [Positive Photostat].")
![[A Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/a-chart-of-the-atlantic-or-western-ocean-7f9299-640.jpg "[A Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean]")
![[A Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1802/12/31/a-chart-of-the-atlantic-or-western-ocean-762355-640.jpg "[A Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean]")
A meeting of Methodists, in Western Oneida County. At a respectable me...
Imprint 2.; Politican campaign.; On verso: Apr 11, 1810. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Po... more
The first great Western empire: or, the United States of America
A patriotic broadside illustrated with emblems of the United States composed chiefly of typographic elements. A large central framework incorporates a small "Temple of Freedom" surmounted by a small Liberty fi... more
![Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter from Com. Perry to the Secretary of the Navy. U. S. Brig. Niagara, off the Western Sister, Head of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, 4 P. M. [Washington 1813].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/04/tuesday-september-21st-noon-most-glorious-news-copy-of-a-letter-from-com-perry-590ebb-640.jpg "Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter from Com. Perry to the Secretary of the Navy. U. S. Brig. Niagara, off the Western Sister, Head of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, 4 P. M. [Washington 1813].")
Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 190, Folder 26.
![map from "[An account of the Empire of Marocco and the Districts of Suse and Tafilelt. ... To which is added an account of Shipwrecks on the Western Coast of Africa and an interesting account of Timbuctoo ... Second edition, corrected ... and considerably enlarged. Copious MS. notes [and additions by the author and others].]"](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1814/12/31/map-from-an-account-of-the-empire-of-marocco-and-the-districts-of-suse-and-027011-640.jpg "map from \"[An account of the Empire of Marocco and the Districts of Suse and Tafilelt. ... To which is added an account of Shipwrecks on the Western Coast of Africa and an interesting account of Timbuctoo ... Second edition, corrected ... and considerably enlarged. Copious MS. notes [and additions by the author and others].]\"")
map from "[An account of the Empire of Marocco and the Districts of Su...
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![Regent's Park from "Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western part of London, by the formation of the Regent's Park, the New Street ... Illustrated by plans [by J. White and others] and accompanied by critical observations"](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1814/12/31/regents-park-from-some-account-of-the-proposed-improvements-of-the-western-93693e-640.jpg "Regent's Park from \"Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western part of London, by the formation of the Regent's Park, the New Street ... Illustrated by plans [by J. White and others] and accompanied by critical observations\"")
Regent's Park from "Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the W...
This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western part of London, by the formation of the Regent's Park, the New Street ... Illustrated by plans [by J. Wh... more
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Regent's Park from "Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the W...
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map from "[An account of the Empire of Marocco and the Districts of Su...
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Regent's Park from "Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the W...
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![map from "The Narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor, who was wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1810 ... With a map, etc. [Edited by S. Cock.]"](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1816/12/31/map-from-the-narrative-of-robert-adams-a-sailor-who-was-wrecked-on-the-western-31ac34-640.jpg "map from \"The Narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor, who was wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1810 ... With a map, etc. [Edited by S. Cock.]\"")
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insect from "[An Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American Brig ...
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map from "[The Narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor, who was wrecked on...
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map from "An Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American Brig Comm...
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upside-down from "An Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American B...
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map from "[An Authentic Narrative of the loss of the American Brig Com...
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map from "Sketches of America. A narrative of a journey of five thousa...
This image has been taken from scan 000461 from "Sketches of America. A narrative of a journey of five thousand miles through the Eastern and Western States of America ... with remarks on Mr. Birkbeck's “Notes”... more
map from "A Description of the Island of St. Michael, comprising an ac...
This image has been taken from scan 000028 from "A Description of the Island of St. Michael, comprising an account of its geological structure; with remarks on the other Azores or Western Islands, etc". The tit... more
diagram from "Letters from America, containing observations on the cli...
This image has been taken from scan 000166 from "Letters from America, containing observations on the climate and agriculture of the Western States, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been gen... more
![map from "Narrative of an Expedition from Tripoli in Barbary, to the Western Frontier of Egypt, in 1817, by the Bey of Tripoli ... With an appendix, containing instructions for navigating the great Syrtis. Translated ... by Anthony Aufrere. [With a map.]"](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1822/12/31/map-from-narrative-of-an-expedition-from-tripoli-in-barbary-to-the-western-5a8ac8-640.jpg "map from \"Narrative of an Expedition from Tripoli in Barbary, to the Western Frontier of Egypt, in 1817, by the Bey of Tripoli ... With an appendix, containing instructions for navigating the great Syrtis. Translated ... by Anthony Aufrere. [With a map.]\"")
map from "Narrative of an Expedition from Tripoli in Barbary, to the W...
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Western Pocket Watch From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), v...
Surimono are privately published woodblock prints, usually commissioned by individual poets or poetry groups as a form of New Year’s greeting card. The poems, most commonly kyōka (witty thirty-one-syllable vers... more
![map from "Travels in Western Africa in the years 1819-21, from the river Gambia ... to the river Niger: by Major W. G., and ... Staff Surgeon Dochard. [With an appendix.-Edited by the former.]"](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1825/12/31/map-from-travels-in-western-africa-in-the-years-1819-21-from-the-river-gambia-abdb84-640.jpg "map from \"Travels in Western Africa in the years 1819-21, from the river Gambia ... to the river Niger: by Major W. G., and ... Staff Surgeon Dochard. [With an appendix.-Edited by the former.]\"")
map from "Travels in Western Africa in the years 1819-21, from the riv...
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map from "Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries in ...
This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Countries in Western Africa". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by ... more
fauna from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embra...
This image has been taken from scan 000517 from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embracing a geographical account of Iceland, Greenland, the islands of the frozen sea, and the northern part... more
map from "The Narrative of a voyage to the Swan River; ... containing ...
This image has been taken from scan 000006 from "The Narrative of a voyage to the Swan River; ... containing useful hints to those who contemplate an emigration to Western Australia; with a map and notes, etc".... more
map from "The Polar Regions of the Western Continent explored: embraci...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
This image has been taken from scan 000100 from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, accompanied with directions... more
map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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map from "The Western Pilot; containing charts of the Ohio River, and ...
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