516 Inventors, Library of congress Images: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search

516 media by topic ∙ page 1 of 6

[Head-and-shoulders portraits of Johann Gutenberg, Martin Luther, Pete...

Public domain reproduction of German art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A German mountebank blowing his own trumpet at a Dutch concert of 500 ...

"Logier, the music-master, is delivering one of his musical lectures with demonstrations by his pupils..." (Source: George); with integral text leaf. The title continues: or A natural [followed by A natural in ... More

The Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world!!...

"Logier, with two supporters, stands on a platform, drawing aside a curtain from irradiated woman's head, with classical features and a laurel wreath..." (Source: George)

Prof. Morse reading a newspaper / A.J.S.

Drawing shows Samuel F.B. Morse, head-and-shoulders portrait, with a newspaper in one hand. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.

[David and Ellen Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 131. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library o... More

[Samuel F. B. Morse, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Scratched on face of plate: 139. Scratched on back of plate: 15; 294 Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of... More

The telegraphic candidates - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... More

[Samuel F.B. Morse, half-length portrait, posing with left hand on a t...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexander Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, ...

Grandfather of Alexander Graham Bell. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: plain leather. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Phot... More

[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

Japanese print showing Heathcoat displaying the first successful result from his knitting machine to his wife. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 163; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 42; typescript cap... More

Samuel F.B. Morse. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War perio...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Inventor of the Telegraph. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and... More

Melville James Bell smiling - Public domain portrait print

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-13-18, no. 31. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 18... More

Samuel F.B. Morse, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Samuel F.B. Morse. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War perio...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Portrait photo of [Gertrude M. Hubbard with baby]

Woman holding baby. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of ... More

Samuel F.B. Morse, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander Graham Bell, Edward Charles Bell, and, as a ghost, Melville ...

Photograph taken by Alexander Melville Bell. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel]

Woman holding baby girl. Photographer unidentified. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Gertrude M. Hubbard, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Form... More

[Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell as a girl, half-length portrait, facing f...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the A... More

[Mabel Hubbard as a girl, full-length portrait, seated on chair]

Photographer unidentified. Case: central floral motif surrounded by scrolls. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor coll... More

[Mabel Hubbard as a young girl, half-length portrait]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard afterwards wife of Alexander Graham Bell. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-197... More

[Mabel Hubbard, half-length portrait of a girl, facing front, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, plain leather. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photogra... More

Portrait photo of Yours truly, Lorenzo Ling Businessman

Photograph shows Lorenzo Ling, iron manufacturer and inventor of improved clothes driers and plows, of Pulaski, New York.

Alexander Graham Bell at about the age of 14 or 15 [...]

Alexander Graham Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title transcribed from caption list in album. Photograph taken by Bell's father at Milton Cottage, Trinity, Edinburgh. In album: Photographs ... More

Elias Howe. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 11, 1867, p. 509. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Invention of printing - Gutenberg taking the first proof

Gutenberg with 3 other people and printing press. Steel engraving copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Printing...; Artists, Publ... More

Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of Gertrude M. Hubbard, mother of Mabel H. Bell. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selected by him for preservation in the Beinn Bhreagh Recorder. Another copy filed in... More

Statue of Morse, Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosco...

Stereograph showing a statue of Samuel F.B. Morse in Central Park, New York City, N.Y.

Roberta Hubbard, Tinytype - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a studio portrait of Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, sister-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selecte... More

E.B. in the room where he invented the microphone in 1877

Attached caption: "E.B. in the room where he invented the Microphone in 1877." Written on caption: "49 years later."

Group portrait of Emile Berliner and others

Mounted on cardboard. Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5.

Emile Berliner with the Health Committee including Dr. Harvey W. Wiley...

Attached caption: "Emile Berliner with the Health Committee including Fr. Harvey W. Wiley and Dr. Geo. M. Kober at a class of underfed children."

Emile Berliner in mirrors - Public domain portrait print

Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 19. Title taken from list description: "Emile Berliner in Mirrors"

Emile Berliner in laboratory working on gramophone disc

Copy 2. Verso: "Credit Line Rice Montreal (Please see that Credit Line is used when print is published otherwise publishing rights are reserved.)"

Two exposures of Emile Berliner holding child, standing in front of au...

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Public domain photograph of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emile Berliner, half-length portrait, standing in doorway, facing left

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Emile Berliner, half-length portrait, facing left

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Mounted on large presentation card labeled "Bachrach & Bro, Baltimore, Md. Washington D.C.

Emile Berliner, bust portrait, facing slightly right

Mounted on cardboard. Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5.

Emile Berliner, full length portrait, facing left

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Mounted on cardboard labeled Bachrach & Bro, Baltimore, Md, Washington, D.C.

Emile Berliner and veiled woman in automobile

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emile Berliner and family - Public domain image related to music prfor...

Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 15. Title taken from Brown Berliner photo box list.

George O. Squire, half-length portrait, in military uniform

Written on front: "Gen. Squire, inventor of Wired Wireless, chapter XXV, George O. Squire, Major General, U.S.A. Rtd." Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best... More

Emile Berliner, half-length portrait, wearing glasses

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Portrait of Emile Berliner - Public domain portrait print

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

Alexander Graham Bell, half-length portrait

Written on front: "Bell." Verso: "Alexander Graham Bell." Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best known for his development of the flat disc record and the Gr... More

Emile Berliner in laboratory working on disc, looking up from desk

Verso: "Credit Line Rice Montreal (Please see that Credit Line is used when print is published otherwise publishing rights are reserved.)"

Emile Berliner and others, including boy and man in uniform

Title taken from Brown Berliner photo box list. Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 23.

Emile Berliner, in later years, reading letter on porch

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Mounted on cardboard. Verso: "Steig & Brown, Inc. Commercial Photographers, Blue Printing, 931 F..."

Portrait of Emile Berliner as a young man

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

E. B. in U. S. National Museum holding the microphone used April 8, 18...

On front: "Underwood & Underwood, Inc. Washington". Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Emile Berliner in later years

Copy 1. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emile Berliner, seated and facing right in group portrait with two chi...

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Originally mounted cardboard and paper frame.

Emile and Cora Berliner - Public domain portrait print

Title taken from Brown Berliner photo box list. Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 17.

Emile Berliner, multiple portrait, seated at table

Verso: "The Myers Studios 1521 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N. J. Order Duplicates by this Number 1679" Mounted on post card.

Berliner family motion picture - Public domain historic place photogra...

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Mounted on card. Smaller print of item 120010303.

Emile Berliner, Cora(?), and others in a wicker chair

Originally housed in Joseph Sanders Collection Box 5. Small print of item 120010218. Stamped: "Metcalf? Palm Beach"

Charles Babbage, 1792-1871 - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1871 Nov. 4, v. 59, p. 424. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

E.B. in 1872 motion picture - Public domain portrait print

Written on front: "1872." Attached caption: "17. E.B. in 1872." Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Miss Lila L. Morse with kindest regards, Samuel I. Tilden"

Three-quarter length portrait of Samuel Tilden, standing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Alexander Graham Bell and Miss Liberty

"Possibly symbolizes the March 19, 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dolbear v. American Bell Tel. Co., 126 U.S. 1 (opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Waite) upholding the Bell telephone patents" on... More

Emile Berliner ca. 1875 - Public domain portrait photograph

Title taken from Brown Berliner photo box list. Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 21.

[Gardiner Green Hubbard, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Title on item: Gardiner Greene Hubbard on a trip to Russia, ca. 1875. Photo by Otto Renar. Neg no. LC-G9. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Libra... More

Photograph of Gardiner Greene Hubbard made in 1876

Title taken from attached caption: "Photograph of Gardiner Greene Hubbard made in 1876." Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best known for his development of ... More

Mabel Hubbard Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing front in st...

Stamped on card mount: Fraser & Sons, Toronto, Ont. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific...

Print shows the inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrating his experimental telephone, which had a connection between Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. Bell had given previous demonstrations in February 1877 a... More

Thomas Edison, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, with phonog...

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

[Commemorative portrait of balloonists Charles Renard, Dupuy de Lôme, ...

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

Prof. A. Graham Bell's induction-balance for ascertaining the location...

Print shows a diagram of the induction-balance device invented by Alexander Graham Bell, with parts labeled. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 52, no. 1351 (1881 August 20), p. 417.

Emile Berliner, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Mounted on card. Verso: "Emile Berliner e. 1881." Printed on front: "Bishop. 905 Penna. Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C."

[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Alexander Graham Bell photographs. Photograph of 1882 painting by Lobrichon, Paris.

Dolce far nientes in parlor - Public domain print

Mary True reclining and reading. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album: v. 5, p. 15.

Alexander Graham Bell and his Scott Circle School

Alexander Graham Bell with teachers and students of the Scott Circle School for deaf children, posed outdoors in Washington, D.C. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander... More

Mr. Hubbard's room in Fort House

Gardiner Greene Hubbard reclining and reading. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album: v. 5, p. 6.

[Alexander Graham Bell and family with a nurse (center) on a picnic at...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-5-32. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: ... More

[Alexander Melville Bell with his wife Eliza Grace Symonds and their g...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: selected from the collections of the L... More

Gardiner Greene Hubbard reclining and reading

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

The garden flag at half mast for General Grant

The Gardiner Greene Hubbard home, "The Homestead" in Manchester, Massachusetts. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album:... More

[Alexander Graham Bell, his wife and daughters, with Mr. and Mrs. Alex...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-5-28 (left image). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs... More

[Alexander Graham Bell with his wife Mabel and daughters Elsie (left) ...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Marian Hubbard "Daisy" Bell and Elsie May Bell with governess]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Bartol, Alexander Melv...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[An exacting housekeeper] - Public domain scan / drawing

President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneat... More

Ageria - Ryland - Morse, New South Wales

Photograph shows Edwin K. Morse, Samuel V. Ryland, and others aboard boat, probably to view the first span of the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia. In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury B... More

S. V. Rylands residence, New South Wales

Photograph shows home of Samuel V. Ryland and family at Dangar Island, Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. Australia, during the construction of the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge. In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridg... More

Thomas Alva Edison W. Duke, Sons & Co., the largest cigarette manufact...

Cigarette card for W. Duke, Sons & Co. tobacco manufacturer shows portrait of Thomas Edison in front of lightning. Issued by: W. Duke, Sons & Co., Durham & New York.

[Alexander Graham Bell swimming, his head above water, with cigar in h...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Marian Hubbard "Daisy" Bell, three-quarter length portrait, at eight ...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Rear view of Alexander Graham Bell entering ruins of Pompeii]

In album: v. 13, p. 5. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Aileen Bell, full-length portrait, facing left, playing a piano]

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell family. Aileen Bell used on a "no conflict" basis.

Alexander Graham Bell with his family and friends at the lodge, Baddec...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Marian "Daisy" Bell, left, and Elsie May Bell, right, standing, with a...

Photograph shows a studio portrait of three girls. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selected by him for preservation in the Beinn Bhreagh Recorder. ... More

Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, half-length portrait, facing lef...

Stamped on verso: From C.M. Bell's, Photographic Studio 463 & 465 Penna. Ave. Washington, D.C. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893.

Design drawing for a flying machine invented and patented by A.F. Bergqvist. Pat. no. 506,969. Sheet 1 of 3. Fig. 1. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Fa... More

[Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, three-quarter length portrait, standing...

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

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Alexander Graham Bell

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

E. Berliner & staff of U. S. Gramophone Co

Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 25. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

S.S. Samuel B. [sic] Morse - Public domain image of steamship

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

[Nils Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and winner of the 1912 Nobel Pri...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G. Marconi and E.W. Rice Jr - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General ... More

of 6

library of congress

science

photo

american

portrait photographs

alexander graham bell

telephone invention

inventors, library of congress