childhood and youth

HM the Gyalmo, HH Prince Palden, HH Princess Hope

Photograph shows Queen Hope Cooke with her children, Prince Palden and Princess Hope Leezum, Gangtok, Sikkim. Palden Thondup Namgyal was the hereditary ruler of the independent Kingdom of Sikkim, located in th... More

Queen and son in Palace playground

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Queen and Prince of Sikkim playing outdoors, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Prince Palden Gyumed and Princess Hope Leezum seated on white scarves...

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[King and Queen of Sikkim and their daughter Hope Leezum watch birthda...

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

Princess Hope & Queen Hope in the palace, Sikkim

Date from information on related slide: LC-KAN05-0072. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 027 (color reference... More

The Virgin, Child, and saints / Iacopo Ligozia Veronese pittore del Se...

Print shows Madonna and Child surrounded by saints. After Jacopo Ligozzi. Dedication: All [...] Signor Nicolo Gaadi in Fiorenze. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs D... More

The Virgin, Child, and a bishop / AC [monogram of Alessandro Casolani]...

Print shows Madonna and Child with bishop kneeling beside them. After Alessandro Casolani. Dedication: Al Sig. Mutis Peui Nobile senese. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photo... More

Albrecht Durer - Adoration of the Magi AD monogram

Print shows Madonna presenting infant Jesus to the Three Wise Men. Trimmed to image. Print no. 199 from Marsh Collection.

Albrecht Durer - Saint Christopher facing left AD monogram

Print shows Saint Christopher crossing a river carrying infant Jesus on his shoulders. Trimmed to plate mark. Print no. 53 from Marsh Collection.

[The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist] / Quidus Renus, inv [...] ...

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Simone Cantarini - [The Madonna of the Rose]

The subject of this drawing is unusual. One can see why there is a suggestion on the old mat that it is the Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine. Although the composition is much like the well-known one of the Chri... More

The infant saviour and St. John painted by Murillo ; engraved by T.B. ...

Print shows Jesus Christ offering St. John the Baptist a drink of water, both depicted as young boys; a lamb is resting on the ground on the lower left, and three putti hover above. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms par... More

Portrait photo of L'Aiglón - Public domain portrait

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 20, lower left. On verso: H. Tournier, 57, Rue de Seine, 57, Paris, Déposé. Aiglon, or eaglet was a nick... More

Albrecht Durer - Adoration of the Magi AD monogram

Print shows Madonna presenting infant Jesus to the Three Wise Men. Trimmed to image. Print no. 208 from Marsh Collection.

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, October 14, 1858

Public domain scan of a poetry manuscript, poem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, October 14, 1858

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Calvin, William T., and Mary Hornaday, taken about 1860

Photograph shows William T. Hornaday at age six with Mary and Calvin Hornaday. Case: Leather geometric scroll. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:007). Forms part of: William Temple Hornaday ... More

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861

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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

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861

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Marian Griswold Nevins - Public domain portrait drawing

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

William Howard Taft (seated center) and classmates at the Woodward Hig...

Photograph shows reproduction of group portrait of Taft and classmates. Forms part of: William H. Taft papers (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-1980:167 c2

George Washington in his boyhood

George Washington leading other boys with swords lifted in mock charge as another group of boys are advancing from background. The United States, p. 281.

[Woodrow Wilson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / Wearn & ...

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The birth of our saviour - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

5982 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Haasis & Lubrecht, cop... More

The dream of Cavalry - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

2877 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bridgman, E.C., copyri... More

Rose Isabel Greely / Rice, 1217 & 1219 Penna. Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Photograph shows Rose Greely as an infant on the lap of a woman, probably her mother. Forms part of: Visual materials from the A.W. Greely papers (Library of Congress). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:115 c4/f3

Dr. D. Jayne's tonic vermifuge. A sure remedy for worms

Advertisement for patent remedies, showing Moses held in a basket by a young woman. U4201 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption: The Child Moses. Knapp & Co. Lithographers, N.Y.

Venite adoremus - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Boussod, Jean, copyright claimant. Tommasi, Adolfo... More

A. Hamilton, drawn from life, Jan. 11, 1773

Photograph of miniature watercolor and ink portrait showing Hamilton at age 15. Gift; Charles F. Frank; Jan. 13, 1922.

[Quentin Roosevelt as a child in front of a flower garden and Roswell ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Roswell Pinckney was the son of White House steward, Henry Pinckney. (Source: K. Pinckney, 2008). Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Librar... More

[Eleanor Butler Roosevelt as a young girl, posed on a sidewalk with ha...

Page in a scrapbook showing Eleanor B. Roosevelt in five photos taken by her mother. Grace Green Alexander, and one photo showing her mother. The caption reads "E's mother had a large folding Kodak, taking 5x7 ... More

[Ellen Herndon Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / W....

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Quentin Roosevelt (left) and his little playmate

Quentin Roosevelt with Roswell Newcomb Pinckney smelling a flower, at the White House, Washington, D.C. Pinckney was the son of White House steward, Henry Pinckney. (Source: R. Pinckney identified by K. Pinckne... More

Jane White with Lewis and Maynard White at dining table

Gift; Kathleen B. White; 2003-2004; (DLC/PP-2004:027). Requested credit line: The White Family Collection in Memory of Clarence H. White, Jane Felix White, and Maynard Pressley White, Jr. Forms part of: Claren... More

[Quentin Roosevelt and Roswell Newcomb Pinckney as children]

(Source: K. Pinckney, 2008). Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 4273.

Jane White with sons Lewis and Maynard White seated at dining table wi...

Gift; Kathleen B. White; 2003-2004; (DLC/PP-2004:027). Requested credit line: The White Family Collection in Memory of Clarence H. White, Jane Felix White, and Maynard Pressley White, Jr. Forms part of: Claren... More

[Quentin Roosevelt and Roswell Newcomb Pinckney seated on steps]

Pinckney's name is misidentified as "Rosewell Flower Newcomb" on caption card or item. Roswell Pinckney was the son of White House steward, Henry Pinckney (Source: K. Pinckney, 2008). Frances Benjamin Johnston... More

Jane White with sons Lewis and Maynard White on a divan

Gift; Kathleen B. White; 2003-2004; (DLC/PP-2004:027). Requested credit line: The White Family Collection in Memory of Clarence H. White, Jane Felix White, and Maynard Pressley White, Jr. Forms part of: Claren... More

Abraham Lincoln when twenty-one. Elected president when fifty-one

F8757 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Coolidge, Cassius M.,... More

[Archie Roosevelt riding pony] - Public domain print

H33679 U.S. Copyright Office. By "Pach, N.Y.," possibly G.W. Pach. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Quentin Roosevelt in the strawberry patch

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt picking strawberries at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an die Rapperswiler Schulreise im Juli 190...

Postcard shows a group portrait of schoolgirls, including Helen Johns (later Helen Johns Kirtland), taken on a school trip to Rapperswil, Switzerland. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1981:339, container 1, folder 4.

Quentin Roosevelt at the birch tree

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt leaning on a birch tree at Sagamore Hill.

Edward S. Curtis - Quentin Roosevelt in the daisy field

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt standing in a field of daisies at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

Edward S. Curtis - Quentin in Smithfield

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt in a patch of daisies at Smith's Field, Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

Edward S. Curtis - Quentin picking daisies

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt in a patch of daisies at Smith's Field, Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

Edward S. Curtis - Quentin Roosevelt planting a tree

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt with sapling at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

[Quentin Roosevelt on pony beside White House policeman]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodore Roosevelt his career in pictures and biographical sketch

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Malcolm, Alexander, designer. Bureau of History an... More

Three year old Emperor of China, Pu Yi

Pu Yi, throne name Hsuantung, on the right. On the left is his father, Prince Chun, the Regent, holding a younger brother. From the Gilliams Press Syndicate. George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 737-1.

[Quentin Roosevelt, half-length portrait, facing front] / Pach Bros., ...

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[News photographers photographing Paulina Longworth, daughter of Nick ...

"Copyrighted and non-copyrighted prints must be credited National Photo" National Photo Company Collection.

[Princess Juliana, future queen of the Netherlands, full-length portra...

142952 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Press Association, N.Y. "Origineel Guy de Coral".

3rd Position, gelatin silver print

Photograph shows Maynard White, diving into water, Little Good Harbor, Maine.

F. Holland Day - 1st Position

Photograph shows a side view of Maynard White, on a diving board with his arms raised, preparing to dive, Little Good Harbor, Maine. In album: The seventh thousanth [sic] and eighth hundredth and sixty third ... More

F. Holland Day - 2d Position

Photograph shows a back view of Maynard White, on a diving board with his arms raised, preparing to dive, Little Good Harbor, Maine. In album: The seventh thousanth [sic] and eighth hundredth and sixty third ... More

The seventh thousanth [sic] and eighth hundredth and sixty third --- P...

Cover of album with title written in ink. Album includes images of Maynard White diving at Little Good Harbor, Maine. In album: The seventh thousanth [sic] and eighth hundredth and sixty third - Performance a... More

And up!, gelatin silver print - Public domain scan / print

Photograph shows Maynard White, in water after a dive, next to a boat, Little Good Harbor, Maine.

Photograph of Bess Wallace and Others Sitting on a Farm Fence

Caption: Sitting on a farm fence, with a planted field in the background, left to right: Bess Wallace, Mrs. Emma P. Southern (mother of May Wallace), and May Wallace. Photographs Relating to the Administration,... More

Lincoln as boy - Print, Library of Congress collection

K77522 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Elson (A.W.) & Co., ... More

Mrs. Harry K. Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit-Thaw, & child

Photograph shows Evelyn Nesbit, wearing a feathered bird hat, and her son Russell William Thaw. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Reproduction of print showing Virgin and Christ Child in a garden wit...

Photograph of an unidentified woodcut, fifteenth century, northern European. On slide "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subjec... More

[Reproduction of print showing Virgin and Christ Child in a garden wit...

Photograph of an unidentified woodcut, fifteenth century, northern European. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam ... More

[Reproduction of print showing Virgin and Christ Child in a garden wit...

Photograph of an unidentified woodcut, fifteenth century, northern European. On slide (printed): Red outline flower design, "Set no.," "Slide No.," and "Title" (all blank). Also, two black stroke marks. Possibl... More

[Reproduction of print showing Christ Child in a garden with basket of...

Photograph of a German woodcut, 1470, as reproduced in Manuel de l'amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au XV siècle, volume 1, Berlin, 1891. With verse based on the vision of Heinrich Seuse. On slide (... More

[Reproduction of print showing Virgin and Christ Child in a garden wit...

Photograph of an unidentified woodcut, fifteenth century, northern European. On slide: Red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam ... More

Portrait of a young boy, standing outside, possibly Sylvester McCauley...

"2 1/2" handwritten on back of print. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Little Adrienne Mayer pins the health ribbon on General [John J.] Pers...

Photoprint by National Photo Co. LC-F8-17006. Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodrow Wilson stops on his daily drive to purchase Tuberculosis Seals...

Girl standing on running board of Wilson's car, with Wilson seated in back. No. 27819. Photographic print by National Photo Co. Photograph of a composite photograph.

Katharine Meyer, daughter of Eugene Meyer, managing director of the Wa...

National Photo Company Collection. In album: Lot 12298, vol. 2, p. 21. No. 39743.

David Shepard--home movies - movie film screenshot

Home movie footage of David Shepard from 1942-43 when he's about 4 years old. David's brother Don confirmed identification of footage. In one scene young David is playing with a reel of film. Filmed on Kodachro... More

Winners in the annual award of the Original Amateur Hours Left to righ...

Notation on verso: Gladys hugs loving cup she won in Original Amateur Hour radio show. She also copped $2000 by singing "Too Young." NYWT&S staff photograph. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part o... More

Princess of Sikkim - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows princess Hope Lezzum, half-length portrait, facing front, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms par... More

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Photograph shows Jamyang Khyentse (Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche), a young lama, seated behind a table, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Con... More

Winston during early years - Public domain portrait print

During Churchill's final illness, early photographs of his life were published including: four year old Churchill, full-length, standing, held by his mother, Lady Randolph Churchill (left) three-quarter-length,... More

Royal baby playing with Queen Mother during ceremony

Photograph shows Prince Palden Gyumed Namgyal with his grandmother at the coronation of his father, King Palden Thondup Namgyal, Gangtok, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell ... More

Jean Balukas lines one up in Grand Central Station / World Telegram & ...

Photograph shows Jean Balukas, age six, playing pool in Grand Central Station. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Holiest reincarnate in Sikkim with teacher, Mt. Khangchondzonga [in] b...

Photograph shows a young lama, Jamyang Khyentse, with his teacher, in Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photog... More

[Jamyang Khyentse, full-length portrait, standing, mountains in backgr...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kande... More

[Prince Palden (left) and friend at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikk...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim; and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...

Label in color reference copy slide page: "Formal royal family shoot, 1971." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no... More

[Prince Palden (second from left) making silly faces with friends, Sik...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Palden Thondup Namgyal was the hereditary ruler of the independent Kingdom of Sikkim, locat... More

Peinture : Amounôph II et sa gouvernante : nécropole de Thèbes (XVIIIe...

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Childhood's happy days - Public domain sheet music scan

Sweet childhood's days - Public domain sheet music scan

Article by Alexander Graham Bell, undated

Poems by Alexander Graham Bell, from 1858 to 1859

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Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, November 13, 1859

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Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, March 1, 1864

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Letter from Eliza Symonds Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, May 26, 1877

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from January 6, 1879 to February 23, 18...

Journal by Mabel Hubbard Bell, from October 25, 1884 to November 21, 1...

Picryl description: Public domain document related to trials and litigations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Postcard from Ehrich Weiss to his mother

At the age of twelve, Ehrich Weiss ran away from home in an effort to earn money and to alleviate his family's grinding poverty. This is the earliest sample of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the L... More

Articles by Alexander Graham Bell, from April 7, 1887 to November 22, ...

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Edward S. Curtis - Archie & Quentin making the suds for soap bubbler

Photograph showing Archie and Quentin Roosevelt blowing bubbles at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

Edward S. Curtis - Listening to a story

Photograph showing Walter Russell sitting on a beach with Nicholas and Quentin Roosevelt as dog digs a hole in sand at Sagamore Hill. The identification of the newspaperman Russell (formerly thought to be Edwar... More

Edward S. Curtis - Nicholas, Archie & Quentin & the dog

Photograph showing boys and dog playing on the lawn at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.

Edward S. Curtis - Quentin Roosevelt catching June bugs

Photograph showing Quentin Roosevelt in a field of daisies at Sagamore Hill. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis.