Carefully trained women inspectors check and inspect cargo transport i...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always...
Recruiting poster showing Uncle Sam. Public domain scan of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Avis au publico. To the Public. Oefentliche bekanntmachung. [Offering ...
Printed in three columns French, English and German.; Evans 15861. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... More
In the House of Delegates. December 15, 1789. Resolved, that the Execu...
Not in Evans.; On verso: 10 75 cents 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 179, Folder 16.
Annual report of the number of convicts in the Massachusetts state pri...
Imprint 3. 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 54, Folder 13.
National Calendar; containing a list of all the officers and agents, c...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 194, Folder 10. Copy scanned: 1
The National calendar, and annals of the United States; for MDCCCXXXIV...
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 195, Folder 14.
Federal-Abolition-Whig trap, to catch voters in
An illustrated anti-Whig broadside, designed to combat the "Log Cabin campaign" tactics of presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The text warns the people of New Orleans of Whig election propaganda: "P... More
Mary E. Walker. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Photograph showing Civil War surgeon Mary E. Walker in a full-length studio portrait, facing left, hand resting on a book.
[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men standing on ra...
No. 49 (handwritten) and 2548 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Harrison's Landing, James River, Virgin...
Nine soldiers and an African American cook posed in front of tent. Sitters identified on mount include: Major Kirkland, Col. Locke, Major Montieth, Dr. McMillan, Gen. Porter, Capt. McQuade, Col. Norton, Col. Ma... More
The Union League of Philadelphia has appointed a committee of its memb...
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 158, Folder 3.
General Rawlin's horse taken at Cold Harbor, Virginia
Photograph incorrectly captioned as being taken at Cold Harbor, Virginia, which is not located near a significant river (Source: Tim Ford, November 2018). If the rest of the caption is correct, the boy is seate... More
Union and liberty! And union and slavery!
An anti-McClellan broadside, contrasting Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln's advocacy of equality and free labor in the North to Democratic opponent McClellan's alleged support of the Southern slave system. ... More
The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism
The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More
Flower-sellers in the market at Washington, D.C. / drawn by A.L. Jacks...
Illustration showing on the top, African American women selling flowers outside a building in Washington, D.C.; and on the bottom, African American men registering to vote. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 14, n... More
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Possibly Baton Rouge; cf. negatives D418-8131 to 8133. "7434" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08134. Gift; State Historical So... More
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Locale based on negative D4-73047. "7433" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08133. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
A scene on the levee, New Orleans
Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Possibly Baton Rouge; cf. negatives D4-8131 to 8133. "7435" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08135. Gift; State Historical Soci... More
On the levee at New Orleans - Public domain image of steamship
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Loading cotton onto the steamer Warren. "7418" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A scene on the levee, New Orleans
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7421" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 8121. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Locale based on negative D4-73047. "7432" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08132. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Girls of the paper mills, Appleton, Wis.
Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cotton seed at the r.r. station
Public domain photograph - historical image of Mississippi, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Scene about a cotton plantation
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7443" on negative. "Dahomey" on sack, possibly in Dahomey, probably in Mississippi. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8144. Gift; State Hi... More
Cotton seed at the r.r. station
Attribution to Jackson and locale based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "7441" on negative. "Dahomey" on sacks; in Mississippi, possibly in Dahomey. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 8141. Gift; State... More
Scene about a cotton plantation
Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the levee at New Orleans - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of ship deck, boarding people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Girls of the paper mills, Appleton, Wis
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "477" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04784. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record.
Cutting sugar cane in Louisiana
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Know-nothingism in Brooklyn [cartoon showing Brooklyn Board of Alderme...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 51 (1881 Jan. 15), p. 340.
A skinner skinned / V. Ostenbach.
Print shows an African American man seated on a stool in a shoemaker's shop; while trying on a boot he puts his foot through the bottom, knocking over himself, the stove behind him, and the stereotyped Jewish c... More
A skin game / V. Ostenbach. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...
Print shows an African American man seated on a stool in a shoemaker's shop; the stereotyped Jewish cobbler tells the man that the boot he is examining, "Dot ish French calf hand sewed." P or D6119 U.S. Copyrig... More
[Women working in Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C....
Public domain photograph of office, auditorium, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bureau engraving & printing - stamp division, Washington, D.C
Photograph shows interior view with women working at machines in the stamp division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The mince meat department, Armour's great packing house, Chicago, U.S....
Woman and men weighing and packing mince meat at table. 2364y1 U.S. Copyright Office. Title also in Spanish.
U.S.S. Brooklyn, Japanese stewards, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Det...
Attribution based on negative D4-20231. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020243. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More
[Natural Food Company conservatory, girl's luncheon, Niagara, N.Y.]
Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Richmond & Backus Co. bindery, Detroit]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A Living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City
"Franklin's Dental Parlor" on coat. Negative cracked from left side. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033010. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Richmond & Backus Co. sewing room, Detroit
Title devised by cataloger. Jacket title: R & B. "Singer" on sewing machine; woman sewing paper. Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 40189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
A South Carolina huckster - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Locale and date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "763-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016460. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The caretakers, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley [i.e. Magnolia Gardens], Charle...
Public domain photograph of people in the park, outdoors, picnic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[News Tribune newsboys' plunge bath]
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sorting cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sorting cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Probably Atlantic Cotton Compress Company (Pensacola, Fla.); cf. negative D4-16282. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016272. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
News Tribune newsboys' plunge bath
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 42122. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St., New York
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "Byron" on negative. Original negative not on videodisc. Corresponding glass transparency (D4-13585) available on videodisc frame 1A-29640. Detroit Pub... More
Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073047. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Italian bread peddlers, Mulberry St., New York
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
S.C. huckster, South Carolina - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Title from jacket. Cf. negative D4-16460. "764 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033104. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
UAWU leaders urge President to appropriate $130,000,000 for Michigan r...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ise de happiest little coon in de cotton field
Boy picking cotton in cotton field. D8285 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. No. 961.
Sorting cotton - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from jacket. Probably Atlantic Cotton Compress Company, Pensacola, Fla. Cf. negative D4-16282. "590 G" and "67" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033047. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
UAWU leaders urge President to appropriate $130,000,000 for Michigan r...
Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Sorting cotton] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Girls' luncheon, Natural Food Conservatory, Niagara, N.Y
"G 1844" and "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017602. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
New York Board of Trade says 'nonsense' to charges on capital strike. ...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[S.C. huckster, South Carolina]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A South Carolina huckster - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Richmond & Backus Co. bindery, Detroit]
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Richmond & Backus Co. bindery, Detroit
Title devised by cataloger. Jacket title: R & B. Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 40188. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Richmond & Backus Co. sewing room, Detroit]
Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Girls' luncheon, Natural Food Conservatory, Niagara, N.Y.
Picryl description: Public domain image of catering, dinner table arrangement, caterer, restaurant, food, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cutting sugar cane, Baton Rouge, La.
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A Living sign on Fifth Avenue, New York City
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Natural Food Company conservatory, girl's luncheon, Niagara, N.Y.
Title from jacket. "G 1845" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033677. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Puck magazine cover - The Pullman porter's "kick" / Ehrhart.
Illustration shows a thin, tattered "Pullman Sleeping Car Porter" holding a piece of paper "Tips Daily Average on each Trip" which shows a 70% reduction in tips between 1890 and 1900, at the bottom it states "P... More
A sidewalk haberdashery view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: A sidewalk haberdashery (Hebrew peddler). Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13584) lists location as New York. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "513... More
Lock and drill dept., National Cash Register, Dayton, O[hio]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Indicator department, National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio
"WHJ 1290" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042932. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Lock and drill dept., National Cash Register, Dayton, Ohio
"WHJ-[...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 014756. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Stenographers' room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mi...
Photo shows 2 women working at foundry and machine shop that produced automobile engines and merged with Cadillac Motor Co. in 1905. Title from jacket. Date from wall calendar. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043033... More
[Stenographers' room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co., Detroit, M...
Photo shows 2 women working at foundry and machine shop that produced automobile engines and merged with Cadillac Motor Co. in 1905.
[Women inspecting printed currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Prin...
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Weighing cotton--in one of the large cotton fields in Texas, U.S.A.
H54516 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13774. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picking crabs for market, on banks of Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.
African Americans picking meat out of crabs. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 6893. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Shellfish; African Americans; Ph. Ind.
How to keep a servant girl - and keep her satisfied - in the country /...
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon that lightheartedly depicts Irish domestic servants being pampered and coddled by their employers in efforts to keep them happy and happily employed, chiefly, by taking the... More
[Woman operating machinery at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing]
Copyright deposit; Underwood & Underwood; 1908. Numbers: 359, 89202. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trimming room. Showing compressed air operated trimmers, Washington, D...
Photograph shows women at their workstations in a Bureau of Engraving trimming room. Number 4345. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
[Two women using check signing machine which signs checks issued by th...
No. 3369. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Packing sliced bacon in glass jars, Armours, Union Stock Yards, Chicag...
J134799 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial re... More
Miss Laura Eckels, chief of the Orders Division of the U.S. Bureau of ...
Photograph shows Miss Laura Eckels, chief of the Orders Division, seated at a desk at the Bureau of Engraving and printing. No. 4223. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
[Women putting checks in envelopes in the Veterans Bureau, Washington,...
No. 3392. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Bureau Ptg. & Eng. Machine for sizing and drying money, New Method
Photograph shows a woman at her workstation in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Neg. no. 405. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Bureau Ptg. & Eng. Trimming room, Examining Div., Washington, D.C
Photograph shows women at their workstations in a Bureau of Engraving trimming room. Neg. no. 388. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
Sign on Company store, Wheaton Glass Works. Location: Millville, New J...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 1014. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More
Sign on Company store, Wheaton Glass Works. Location: Millville, New ...
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Women eating in a lounge at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C....
National Photo Company Collection. No. 833. Public domain photograph of restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American Red Cross teaches Washington policewomen first aid work
Lieut. Nina Van Winkle, Head of the Women's Bureau of the D.C. Police Dept., and officers of her bureau, who were awarded Red Cross first aid brassards, after completing the Red Cross course of training, with W... More
Applicants for positions, Main office Postal Telegraph Co., N.Y., as m...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1689. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Anna Dazet (14 years old) 334 West 49th St. Girl unable to procure emp...
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description