View of Boston taken on the road leading to Dorchester showing the Gov...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Utagawa Toyoharu - Takasago - Public domain drawing
Print shows two travelers standing beneath a pine tree at the seashore at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Chu... More
Shichirigahama zu - Public domain drawing
Print shows a seacoast village and mountain, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Koga... More
Shakspeare. Winter's tale, act III, scene III
Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Genoa ; Venice. Fore edge painting.
Information from accompanying cards: Beneath the gilt fore-edges of each volume are fine detailed paintings. Volume II is divided into two parts: Genoa and Venice. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
View of the South End of Boston in New England America & of the neck t...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View of the North End of Boston in New England America and of Charles ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
View of the South End of Boston in New England America & of the neck t...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Hindu temples situated on the bank of a river, fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: With a very fine fore-edge painting depicting a series of Hindu temples situated on the bank of a river, with the domes and minarets of a Mohammedan mosque in the distance. ... More
Ishiyama no aki no tsuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows a temple(?) on a mountain on the coastline of Ishiyama in the Ōmi Province, with a shrine on the shore, pilgrims or travelers on stairway leading up the mountainside, and boats offshore.
Awazu no seiran, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More
Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Futamigaura
Print shows a woman in a sedan chair with porters and a male traveler stopping to admire the twin rock formations, also known as the Meoto-iwa or Wedded rocks, at Futamigaura in the Ise Province. Title and othe... More
Ishiyama no shūgetsu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with mountains and buildings, and of people in small boats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More
Enpo no kihan - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, sailboats laden with cargo approaching shore, and a bridge over an inlet.
Heisa rakugan - Public domain scan / drawing
Print shows a cluster of buildings in the shadow of mountains and along the shore of a body of water; a flock of geese has landed on the sandy shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More
Yabase no kihan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a bird's-eye view of a village and coastline with the sails of returning ships visible through the clouds. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More
Katada no rakugan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with a thatch-roofed structure at the end of a long pier, pilgrims standing at the entrance to the pier, and in a boat near shore, and geese on the water in the dist... More
Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Ishiyama no aki no tsuki
Print shows a temple on a mountain on the coastline of Ishiyama in the Ōmi Province, with a cluster of buildings and shrine along the shoreline, and pilgrims or travelers in boats coming ashore beneath an autum... More
Seta no sekisho - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows clusters of thatched-roof buildings, bridges spanning an inlet, boats in the harbor, during evening in Seta.
Bamborough Castle - watercolors fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: With a fine fore-edge painting on each volume. Vol. I bears a painting of Bamborough Castle. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Holy Island Castle and Lindesfarne Abbey, fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: With a very fine fore-edge painting beneath the gilt. It portrays Holy Island Castle and Lindesfarne Abbey, the monastery which was founded in the seventh century and made f... More
Indian river scene with Hindu temple, fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: A most unusual and appropriate painting appears under the gilt of the fore edge. It is a scene in India along the shore of a river with a Hindu Temple upon a high rock, palm... More
Carrick Castle - A painting of a castle on a rocky shore
Information from accompanying cards: With fore-edge painting of Carrick Castle. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Shiokumi
Print shows three women with buckets and shoulder poles gathering salt at dawn. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Oba... More
Scene at Folkstone, edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: With a painting concealed under the gilt of the fore-edge, depicting a scene at Folkstone, with a windmill, figures in the foreground, and in the distance a hill with a cast... More
Lower Village, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Ca... More
Ship sailing along a rocky coast, fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: With an interesting and appropriate fore-edge painting of a ship sailing along a rocky coast, intended, no doubt, to represent one of Captain Cook’s vessels off the coast of... More
The north eastern coast of North America, New York to Cape Canso, incl...
Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sunshū sattatōge, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows waves crashing on rocks at the base of a cliff on the coast, with ships in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More
Daishichi ihin kōgestu - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows rugged coastline with gate to shrine and mountains; no. 7 of the "eight scenic spots of Henan, China. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More
Daiichi - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a village along coastline with gate to shrine and mountains in the background; no. 1 of the "eight scenic spots of Henan, China." Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More
Seaport of Joppa, edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: An unusually fine fore-edge painting decorates the fore-edge of each volume. Vol. I shows a view of the seaport of Joppa. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Island of Corfu, fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: An unusually fine fore-edge painting decorates the fore-edge of each volume. Vol. II exhibits a view of the island of Corfu. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sesshū ajigawaguchi tenpōsan, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a coastal community with shrine, bridges over inlets, seawalls, and many pilgrims or travelers on the roadways, also boats moored offshore among pilings. Title and other descriptive information comp... More
Shimōsa nobuto, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print
Print shows several people digging for clams on the beach, with small village in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fro... More
Harbor entrance of Genoa, fore edge painting
Information from accompanying cards: With an excellent fore-edge painting of the harbor entrance of Genoa showing sailing ships, harbor lights and the city in the distance. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Buenos Aires J. Daufresne ; lit. de Ibarra
Print shows a coastline at Buenos Aires with a distant view of the city; also shows a sailboat and a horse-drawn cart just off shore, boats and another cart on the shore. Signed on stone on lower left corner: ... More
Man on horseback talking with a man carrying an oystering shovel on th...
Signed in pencil on lower left. Cochran, 119 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).
Harper - Public domain book scan / drawing
Drawing showing a small boat in the water off the coast of Cape Palmas, looking toward Harper, Liberia.
Buenos-Aires, Landscape view print, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows a coastline at Buenos Aires with a distant view of the city; also shows a sailboat unloading cargo onto a horse-drawn cart just off shore. Reference copies (stats) filed in LOT 4313. Presented by; ... More
The north coast of the Gulf of Mexico for St. Marks to Galveston
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Seascape with three pinnacles - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...
Print shows three tall columns of rock rising from the sea just off shore, with large cliffs dominating the coastline. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105... More
Approaching the Port of Oswego, U.S. Lake Ontario, July 23rd 1846
Drawing showing a view of the landscape from a vantage point in the harbor of Oswego, New York, on Lake Ontario. Alternate title inscribed in pencil on lower center. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC... More
Chart of the coast of China, from the Canton River to the Yang Tze Kea...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Gay Head cliffs, Martha's Vineyard.-(Bird's-eye view.)
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
First Bass River Bridge, wooden
Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and... More
Dianah's baths, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
West Yarmouth on Cape Cod postcard
Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and... More
View at Brag Bead Co. Wicklow - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...
Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Nantucket Beach, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Near Giant's Grave, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Libr...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
Old saltworks, 1850-1860, South Dartmouth, Mass.
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was... More
On the coast of Antrim near Larne
Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
View at Marblehead, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Libr...
Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Naples, Stereoscope Card. Italy, 19th century.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
The old Cape Ann cedar, Stereoscope Card
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
First Bass River Bridge, Yarmouth
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and ... More
Giants' Causeway, Ireland. General view of the Causeway
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portland Head light, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Lib...
Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The old Cape Ann cedar, Stereoscope Card
reverse side of stereoscopic card Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
First Bass River Bridge, Yarmouth
Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More
Bass River Bridge, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More
First Bass River Bridge, Yarmouth
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape... More
At river's edge - Public domain drawing
Drawing shows four men in a rowboat docked at the edge of a river, with another rowboat moored nearby; the shoreline sweeps from right to left toward a distant city waterfront, with a sailing ship under sail an... More
A general chart of the southern Atlantic Ocean and western coast of So...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
General chart of the Mediterranean Sea and a portion of the Euxine or ...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Echigo, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows cliffs and caves on the coastline with people walking along the beach. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ro... More
Sketch A showing the progress of the survey in Section No. 1 from 1844...
Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
A rowboat sitting on logs on the shore of a river or bay with a derric...
Date inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1855. Inscribed in pencil above the offshore structure, illegible, but may be "develp". Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997... More
Ohiso, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows bird's-eye view of the coastline, pine trees, shrines or cemetery at the Ohiso station on the Tōkaidō Road, with view of ships off the coast in the background. Title and other descriptive informatio... More
Kanagawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows a view of ships in a harbor and an inn under a full moon on the coast at the Kanagawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More
Shibaura no fūkei, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a view of the bay at Shiba with birds flying above the water, sea walls on the right, and boats anchored in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More
Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More
Minami-shinagawa samezu kaigan Andō Hiroshige
Print shows a bird's-eye view of boats on the river and among the reeds, and buildings along the coastline of Samezu. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More
Fukagawa susaki jūmantsubo, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a hawk flying above a snowy landscape along the coastline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hya... More
Ise futamigaura, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the two large rocks just off the shore at Futamigaura, with a network of ropes, torii gate and shrine, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background.
Kazusa kuroto no ura Andō Hiroshige
Print shows small boats and large ships on large body of water, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More
Boushū hota no kaigan - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows travelers walking along the coastline at Hota, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06... More
Chart of the coast of Africa from the Strait of Gibraltar to Sierra Le...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Billingsgate Light, Wellfleet, Mass.
Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massac... More
Suruga satta no kaijō - Public domain drawing
Print shows waves crashing on rocks along the coast at Satta in the Suruga Province, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... More
Echigo niigata no kei - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows a bird's-eye view of village and coastline, with sailboats anchored in the harbor at Niigata in the Echigo Province. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More
Sketch B.No.2 showing the progress of the survey in New York Bay & Hud...
Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Near Timber Creek, Jersey shore 1859
Drawing shows, on left, a man with a rifle walking along the shore of Timber Creek or the Delaware River with his dog. At center are dead trees, one fallen, and two sailboats on the left, in the background. Big... More
Jersey shore near Beverley sic G.R. Bonfield 1859
Drawing shows the shoreline of the Delaware River near Beverly, New Jersey, with a dilapidated wharf at center and a sailboat just off shore. Signed and dated in pencil at bottom center. Inscribed in pencil on... More
City of Levuka, island of Ovalau. From the album: New Zealand Chiefs
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baie de Weymouth (Constable) / Lalanne sc. d'ap. Constable.
Print shows the coastline of Weymouth Bay under heavy clouds. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Laurie's general chart of the coasts of Brasil, &c. from the River Par...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Okitsu, Utagawa Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfor...
Print shows a man leading a horse carrying bundles of reeds along the shore of a bay at the Okitsu station on the Tōkaidō Road with a village in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More
New York Bay and Harbor - Public domain vintage map
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
James Richmond - White Rock Point, at the mouth of the Grey
Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Battersea Reach - Drawing. Public domain image.
In front, on the flat shore of the Thames, are a number of small figures, and near a float are men about to go out in a rowboat. Beyond, there are other rowboats, and cut in the stream there are barges under sa... More
Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. - A black and white photo of a cow in a ...
Photograph shows the Long Bridge across the Potomac River from the Virginia shore.
[Coastline of Labrador]. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 45] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black,... More
[Harbor on the coast of Labrador, with two wooden buildings on the roc...
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Coast of the United States from New York to Cape Ann
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[Castle Island, off the coast of Labrador]
Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 24] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black,... More
Sketch A, showing the primary triangulation in section I and the conne...
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Bass River, South Yarmouth, Mass. showing first Bass River bridge
Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled in the 1600s. The area has a rich history and maritime heritage. It was a major shipbuilding, whaling, ... More
Sketch showing the progress of the survey on the Atlantic, Gulf of Mex...
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