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An Act for Punishment of Scandalous Persons

In: A Complete Collection of the Laws of Virginia at a Grand Assembly held at James City 23 March 1662. London, [between 1684 and 1687], p. 26. [LCCN: unk85000571]

[Child birth]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Two images of childbirth: plate 23 (left) shows child in womb with umbilical cord and plate 24 (right) shows forceps being used to deliver child. Illus. in: An abridgement of the practice of midwifery : and a s... More

[Cartouche from A map of the British Empire in America with the French...

Map of the world with the most recent discoveries.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 99-42

[Frontispiece and title page from "An affecting narrative of the capti...

Illus. in: An affecting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith. Providence, (R.I.) : printed by L. Scott, [1815], frontispiece and title page. Published in: American women : a Library of C... More

Carta esferica de los territorios de la alta y baja Californias y esta...

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Notice: I hereby forewarn all persons against crediting my wife, Delil...

Bilingual notice in English and Cherokee stating that William McConnell will no longer pay the debts of his wife Delilah McConnell as she has left him. Item in: Cherokee phoenix. New Echota [Ga.] : Isaac H. Har... More

[Title page from "Memoir of Ann Elizabeth Pierce" and frontispiece eng...

Illus. in: Memoir of Ann Elizabeth Pierce, who died in H n, Mass., aged nine years and seven months / Amos Augustus Phelps. Boston : Massachusetts Sabbath school society, 1833, frontispiece and cover. Published... More

[Guardian's notice by Abby Maxson for two children]

Notice by Abby Maxson who was appointed guardian of Ann C. Maxson and James N. Maxson, children of the deceased John S. Maxson, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printe... More

[Administratrix notice for estate of James Taylor and Ann Taylor, Adm'...

Administratrix notice for estate of James Taylor, "druggist and apothecary" by administratrix Ann Taylor, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, 1835... More

[Executor's notice for will of Anna Carpenter and administrator's noti...

Executor's notice for will of Anna Carpenter by executors Stephen Gould and Edward W. Lawton and administrator's notice for estate of Mrs. Frances Woodman by administrator John Stevens, both published in the Ne... More

[Executrix notice for Rev. Michael Eddy, deceased, Phebe Eddy, Exect'r...

Notice by Phebe Eddy, executrix of Rev. Michael Eddy, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, 1835? August 29. (Bound volume 9658). Published in: Amer... More

[Guardian's notice for determined to be Elizabeth Almy "incapable of m...

Notice by John Almy who was the guardian of Elizabeth Almy, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, 1835 July 25. (Bound volume 9658). Published in: A... More

[Probate notice for Mary Pitman, single woman]

Probate notice from the Court of Probate, Newport, Rhode Island, published in the Newport Mercury. Item in: Newport Mercury. Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, 1835 April 6. (Bound volume 9658). Published ... More

Margaret Fuller, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Margaret Fuller, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harve... More

To married women - Madame Restell, female physician

Advertisment in the New York herald newspaper for "preventative powders for married ladies, whose health forbids too rapid increase of family." Item in: New York Herald. New York [N.Y.] : James Gordon Bennett, ... More

Mrs. Bird, female physician To the Ladies--Madame Costello.

Two advertisments from the New York sun newspaper. Mrs. Bird offers pills for treatment of menstrual irregularity and Madame Costello offers help to women who want to be treated for "obstruction of their month... More

French periodical pills - Warranted to have the desired effect in all ...

Advertisment by Dr. L. Monroe in the Boston daily times newspaper for "French periodical pills" for regulation of "the monthly turns of females." Advertisement advises that "ladies married should not take them ... More

[The chief's daughter] / J. G. Chapman, del. ; Rawdon, Wright & Hatch...

Native woman standing in stream, clutching her clothes to her breast. Illus. in: The Evergreen. Philadelphia : Carey and Hart, 1847, title page. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for th... More

Diagram of the south part of Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Structures drawn in elevations, numbered, and identified by a legend. "The artist who drew this diagram, not being acquainted with any rules of drawing, hopes it will be sufficient ... More

Een waterplaats in Neder Californie

Mexican mestizo women washing clothes and carrying water jars on their heads, by a watering hole, as man stands next to them, California. Illus. in: Advonturen, gedurende een tweejarig verblijf in Califonië en ... More

Een serenade in Uppen Californie

Mexican mestizo women and men listening to man play a stringed instrument next to door of a house, California. Illus. in: Advonturen, gedurende een tweejarig verblijf in Califonië en zijne mijnen / William Redm... More

Emigrant party on the road to California

Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains. Illus. in: California: its past history; its present position; its future prospects. London : The proprietors, 1850, frontispiece. Publishe... More

Limpia - Wild Rose Pass - A black and white drawing of a valley

Illus. in: United States. Dept. of the Interior. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey ... by William H. Emory. 34th Cong., 1st sess. House Ex Doc. 135. Washington: C. Wendell, printer, 1857-... More

Co-co-pas - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Diegeños - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Pimo women - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Marian MacDowell (right) and nurse Anna Baetz

MacDowell and Baetz pose together on the steps of Hillcrest, their property in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

International Sweethearts of Rhythm [album cover]

Public domain photograph of musical performance, musicians, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More

Marian Griswold Nevins - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Vinnie Ream at work upon her Lincoln bust which rests upon the stand s...

Vinnie Ream, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to bust of Lincoln. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States /... More

Deadly attack of a wolf upon a man, and heroic conduct of the man's wi...

Masthead, text of story and image of woman swinging ax at wolf, which is attacking her husband, near Lexington, Michigan in 1859. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's boys' and girls' weekly. New York : F. Leslie, v. 1, n... More

An Act to Grant to the Women of Wyoming Territory the Right of Suffrag...

In: General Laws, Memorials and Resolutions of the Territory of Wyoming, Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly, Convened at Cheyenne, October 12, 1869. Cheyenne, W.T.: S. Allan Bristol, Publi... More

Map of the old portion of the city surrounding the plaza, showing the ...

Manuscript map.

[Detail of calligraphy from the autograph album of Fannie R. Hale]

This detail of calligraphy with bird motif is from the autograph album of Fannie R. Hale. The earliest inscription in the album is dated October 25, 1879, and most inscriptions are from towns in Iowa.

The New Northwest - Newspaper, public domain, Library of Congress

Masthead for the New Northwest newspaper, Portland, Oregon. Item in: The New Northwest, Portland, Or. : Mrs. A. Duniway, 1879 Nov. 27. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of... More

[Lawyer Belva Lockwood, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.... More

Round the world with Nellie Bly--The Worlds globe circler

Board game about journalist Nellie Bly's trip around the world in 1889-1890. Game shows squares for each of the 73 days of her journey arranged in a circular pattern, flanked with images of Bly, Jules Verne, a ... More

Within sight of the White House : section of Washington, D.C., known a...

Cadastral map. Newspaper clipping. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, directory of unlicensed premises, and index to points of interest. LC copy mounted on... More

Wanted--Male help; Wanted--Female help

Help wanted advertisments from the Chicago Tribune arranged in separate sections by gender. Item in: Chicago tribune. Chicago, Ill. : Tribune Co., 1892 January 10 (Bound newspaper no. 7635). Published in: Ameri... More

View of San Gabriel, Cal. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 39 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

In possession - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoons showing women entering the offices of the Milwaukee Journal ("Invasion") and men leaving ("Retreat"); and woman working at desk in office as man waits at the door with flowers. Signs in office read "Po... More

The black list of states - Public domain book illustration

Listing of states which allowed girls younger than eighteen to legally marry. Includes Delaware (seven years) and North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama (eight years). Item in: The courier-journal. Louisvi... More

Women's edition (Buffalo) Courier / ARG ; the Courier Litho. Co., Buff...

Woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with roses in her hair and a ribbon encircling her head. Poster advertising the women's edition of the Buffalo Courier published May 8, 1895. Published in: Amer... More

Gaelic Symphony (first page of the fourth movement).

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Modelès de Madame Carlier] / Carlier.

Fashion plate showing three bust portraits of Jane Harding, Baronne de Carlsberg and Suzanne, actresses at the Gymnase theater, Paris, wearing hats designed in the Paris establishment of Madame Carlier. Illus. ... More

Marian MacDowell in the woods near the log cabin studio

Marian MacDowell had the studio built for her husband on their Peterborough, New Hampshire, property.

[Signed trade binding book cover for "The Queen's Twin" by Sarah Orne ...

Illus. in: The queen's twin, and other stories / by Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's... More

[Group of young women reading in library of normal school, Washington,...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washi... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Getting his hair banged - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man being hit with broom by woman, as he cuts another woman's hair. D8488 U.S. Copyright Office. One of a series of images depicting a man harassing a woman as he cuts her hair. No. 2883-(b). Copyright by R.R. ... More

Getting her hair banged - Public domain dedication image

Man kissing woman as he cuts her hair. D8487 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2832-(a). Copyright by R.R. Whiting. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and cultu... More

[Miss Hartwell and bible women in the Foochow Mission]

Miss Emily Hartwell, standing with eight Chinese women, seated and standing, Fuzhou, Fujian Sheng, China. Illus. in: Life and light for woman. Boston : Press of Rand, Avery, & company, 1902 May. Published in: A... More

The two paths--What will the girl become

Image of an African American girl of seven years old, flanked by two columns of illustrations showing on left: the girl reading bad literature, flirting, drinking with men, and as an outcast, and on right: the ... More

Nature versus corsets, illustrated

Two pictures of a woman's torso; one showing a woman without a corset, the other showing the effects on the internal organs and bones when wearing a corset. Illus. in: Golden thoughts on chastity and procreatio... More

The two paths--What will the girl become?

Image of a seven year old white girl, flanked by two columns of illustrations showing on left: the girl reading bad literature, flirting, drinking with men, and as an outcast, and on right: the girl studying, i... More

A modern manual training school / Baker & Cornwall, photo.

Classroom with girls sewing and cooking on right and boys using tools on left. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edit... More

[Men's League for Woman Suffrage, Miller Scrapbook]

Two pages from the Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller, with a photograph of Nathaniel Schmidt, brochures, clippings and other ephemera related to the Men's League for Woman Suffrage a... More

[Harriet Tubman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front, ...

Illus. in: Scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller / Elizabeth Smith Miller. New York : Geneva, 1897-1911, section 16, no. 9, p. 47. National American Woman Suffrage Association Collectio... More

Looking backward / Laura E. Foster., Political Cartoon

Cartoon showing a woman at the top of a staircase with steps labeled "Loneliness," "Anxiety," "Suffrage" and "Career", approaching a stand labeled "Fame," as she looks back at children holding out flowers stand... More

[Front cover of Al-Alam al-jadid [al-nisa'iyah] 3:9 (September 1912)]

Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Streetcars - getting on Broadway car, July 11, 1913

Two women, one helping child, get on streetcar, New York City. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history ... More

Ancient history / Rea Irvin. - Public domain dedication image

Magazine cover showing a Susan B. Anthony-like figure in classical dress thrusting an umbrella at a man in a toga. Another woman holds sign reading "We want our rights." Illus. in: Life. New York : Life magazin... More

[Front page of the "Woman's journal and suffrage news" with the headli...

Pictures show General Rosalie Jones, Inez Milholland on a white horse, floats, and an aerial view of the parade. Illus. in: Woman's journal and suffrage news. Boston, Mass., 1913 Mar. 8, front page. National Am... More

Suffrage march line--How thousands of women parade today at Capitol

Women marchers organized by country, state, occupation, and organization, led by Miss Inez Milholland and Mrs. Richard Coke Burleson, during the suffrage march, March 3, 1913, Washington, D.C. Illus. in: New Yo... More

The march to Washington - Public domain drawing

Three cartoons depicting the National American Women's Suffrage Association march to Washington in March 1913 by women suffragists. Includes: "Spirit of 1913" by Berryman showing three women marching in snow an... More

Studio saunterings--Madame Blache rehearsing cast in "Fra Diavolo"

Page of article from "The Moving Picture World" by Louis Reeves Harrison, with picture showing Alice Guy-Blach ́e seated outdoors on an elevated platform, directing the cast of the comic opera "Fra Diavolo" who... More

The winter supplies--The best ways of putting them up are described in...

Magazine cover showing woman in apron holding spoon and canning jar, pot and fruit on table in front of her. Illus. in: Woman's world. Chicago, Ill. : Currier-Boyce Co., 1915 September, cover. Published in: Ame... More

This is the new fall style in camera "men" / Stagg photo.

Margery Ordway, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, with motion picture camera, at Camp Morosco. Illus. in: Photoplay. Chicago : Photoplay magazine publishing company, etc., 1916 Oct., p. 103. Caption... More

Potomac Boat Club - Public domain print

Nine young women in racing shell on river. Date from back of photograph; however, photograph may have been taken later because bridge in background (Key Bridge) was under construction from 1917 to 1923. Nationa... More

[The sky is now her limit] / Bushnell.

Cartoon shows a young woman carrying buckets on a yoke, looking up at ladder ascending up to the sky, bottom rungs labeled "Slavery," "House Drudgery," and "Shop Work." Top rungs labeled "Equal Suffrage," "Wage... More

Mrs. Edward MacDowell: piano recitals of MacDowell music (cover of pub...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Madam C.J. Walker--Preparations

Advertisement showing images of cold cream, and hair and complexion products. Illus. in: The New York age. New York [N.Y.] : Fortune & Peterson, 1920 Jan. 17. (Bound newspaper 10330). Title continues: If you w... More

Mary Pickford in "Little Lord Fauntleroy"

Lobby card showing Mary Pickford about to punch actor Francis Marion during a scene from the film "Little Lord Fauntleroy". Dwight Cleveland Lobby Card Collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Co... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hupa female shaman

Athapascan Hupa woman from northwestern California, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing shell headbands, necklace, and holding up two baskets. J262669 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis C... More

The fairy godmother of chamber music: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

Photo of bas relief sculpture by Henry Kitson showing profile of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.

Hallie Flanagan, director of the WPA Federal Theatre Project.

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the bombard...

Photo shows Phyllis Ann Marxson Clark, a North Dakota native who was eighteen at the time the photo was taken (Source: her grandson, S. Washburn, 2015) 12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 19... More

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mot...

Photograph shows Florence Thompson with two of her children as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/prin... More

Marian MacDowell at the piano with Nina Maud Richardson

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Set design for Holiday (act 2) by Philip Barry

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman carrying a child, possibly related ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A couple of women standing next to each other, possibly related to: Sp...

Jeannette Poirier looking at photographs in file cabinet drawer at the...

Title and other information from caption sheet and LOT card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1947. More information about the FSA/OWI Collecti... More

Fredrycka Weaver, Rachel Paczkowzki, and Katryna Lee Kritzer examining...

Jeannette Poirier looking at photograph of baking in file cabinet draw...

[Woman wearing tennis outfit, seated on wall, with one leg on top of w...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Toni Frissell: Photographs, 1933-1967. New York, New York : Doubleday, 1994, p. 22. Published in: Harpers Bazaar. [New York : Hearst Corp., etc.] (1... More

Louise Talma composing in her studio at the MacDowell Colony, Petersbo...

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marian MacDowell and pianist Lillian Steuber with the score to Edward ...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Uterine cancer rates in South Dakota, by county, 1953-1987

Produced from: The State Cancer Control Map and Data Program of the National Cancer Institute (GIS software package) from statistical data developed by the National Institutes of Health.

[Nuns clamming on Long Island] - safety film negatives, Library of Con...

Two nuns wearing habits, wading in water. Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United St... More

[Representative Martha Griffiths (D-Mich.), Washington, D.C.]

Martha Griffiths, half-length portrait, standing in front of the Capitol, facing front, holding paper. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Congre... More

[Senator Maurine B. Neuberger (D-Ore.), Washington, D.C.]

Senator Maurine B. Neuberger, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, in her office. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for th... More

Little Denise Davidson, 5 months old, sleeps peacefully while her moth...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of wom... More

Henrietta Yurchenco (right) and an unidentified woman, Johns Island, S...

Ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco speaks with an African American woman in front of a Methodist church that served as a focus for some of her field research on Johns Island, South Carolina, in 1970-71. The ... More

[Keynote address by Representative Barbara Jordan, Democratic National...

Barbara Jordan, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, giving keynote address before the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Publ... More

[Manuscript painting of Heezen-Tharp "World ocean floor" map by Berann...

Relief shown by land form drawings, shading, and gradient tints. Depths shown by land form drawings, shading, gradient tints, and soundings. Also covers land areas of the world. Title supplied by cataloger. Han... More

Fannie Lee Teals with her red, white, and blue American Revolution Bic...

Quilter Fannie Lee Teals from Tifton, Georgia, with her Bicentennial quilt.

Mary Higeko Hamano teaches the traditional art of Japanese flower arra...

Through the teaching of ikebana, the art of flower arranging, Mary Higeko Hamano brings a sense of traditional identity to her Japanese-American community in Chicago. This photo was taken at a flower arranging ... More

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