employment

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.

A red cup with white polka dots on it. Cup points red white.

A red cup with white dots on it / A cup of tea with a handle / Public domain stock photo of a food.

[Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita] Baker, La., August 17, 2006 - Durin...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Abraham Bosse - Employment Bureau, 17th century

Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604–1676 Paris) Public domain scan of French 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Bosse - Employment Bureau, 17th century

Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/1604–1676 Paris) Public domain scan of French 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The procuress - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a woman presenting a young woman to an elderly man in his bedchamber. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verner Reed 1949. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949. Forms part of: Popular graphic... More

["Building of the Griffin," Canada, ca. 1690]

Illus. in: Voyage curieux du R.P. Louis Hennepin / Louis Hennepin, 1704, oppos. p. 100.

Shigenaga Nishimura - Hanauri - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman selling flowers in pots on shelves suspended from a shoulder pole. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosob... More

Ito zukuri, Yoshifuji Utagawa - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women preparing silk thread. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Hōnen kaiko yōiku : Sericulture. Forma... More

Certificate of Employment (Arbeitsbescheinigung) of the Guild of Farri...

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Minazuki, Harunobu Suzuki, Woodblock Print, Japan

Print shows a man sitting on a bench at a teahouse overlooking the Sumida River, the waitress standing before him holding a fan and teapot, is looking over her left shoulder. Title and other descriptive informa... More

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

Shiokumi, print by Kiyonaga Torii - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women carrying buckets of salt suspended from shoulder poles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūzok... 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.

[A man engaged in metalwork, appears to be melting statues to reuse th...

Title and date devised by Library staff; other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fake attributed to Katsushika Hokusai. Forms part of: Japanese prints... More

I'll tell you what! That "such things are" we must allow, but such thi...

Print shows playwright Elizabeth Inchbald writing "puffs" at a table with a bottle of gin and the writings of Aristotle, Rochester, and Congreve as a dog defecates on a paper on the floor. The title refers to t... More

Minazuki, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows four men taking a break from washing the shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blo... More

James Madison Sr., February 11, 1796. Certified Copy of Oath of employ...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Oharame, Head and Shoulders Portrait - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman carrying bundle sticks on her head. The bundle appears to be bound by a small cut-out figure in the shape of a man. Title and other descriptive information... More

[Two men, one carrying a large axe, walking along a narrow mountain pa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

[A man carrying a shoulder pole with a trunk and bedding for a patron ...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ōiso, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women watching a man try to lift a large stone or bundle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Okabe, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a traveler taking his shoes off at a rest stop, his hat, sword, and a package are on the porch next to him, and a woman is offering him a bowl of soup or tea. Title and other descriptive information... More

Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows an older man and two young apprentices, possibly women, manually operating a stirring device, or possibly making pulp for paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Bagging cotton, Library of Congress drawings collection

Two Jamaicans on raised structure, with tall bag for cotton.

William Berryman - Bagging cotton, Reid's salt ponds

Drawing shows two men atop a scaffolding with a large bag suspended in the middle. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Shiokumi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows three women with buckets suspended from shoulder poles gathering salt from the sea with the sun setting behind them.

Shin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor in a brothel, followed by a man wearing a mask. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Unknown to James Madison, May 8, 1814. Letter from a "mechanick" regar...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Verlegenheiten. No. 13, Pack dich deine Blumen sind ja ganz welk Vas t...

Print shows a man and two well-dressed woman stopped while on a stroll by a young flower girl who offers fresh flowers to the women and gestures toward the man for payment. Parallel text in German and French.

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.

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. O lith. Anst. Winckelmann & Söhne in Berli...

Print shows the letter "O" formed by two women bending backward, touching fingers to fingers, toes to toes, with examples "Orgelspieler" showing a man playing an organ; "Obsthändlerinn" showing a woman selling ... More

[A man sweeping pine needles that have fallen from a tree near a stone...

Attributed to a group of drawings, formerly bound, referred to as the "Hokusai School sketchbook." Many of the drawings have a small tab of similar paper attached at a later date and numbered in pencil. Forms ... More

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

Tōtōmi sanchū, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two men sawing lumber from a large log and a man sharpening a saw while a woman, carrying an infant on her back, watches him, and distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information ... More

Old Nick's new patent plan to make Nova Scotia Tories, Federals coodie...

An attack on Nicholas Biddle and the New York newspaper editors friendly to the United States Bank. The print was evidently prompted by Biddle's 1834 attempt to create a financial crisis through an artificial t... More

Le collier de fer, châtiment des fugitifs ; Nègres en commission, par ...

Illustrations showing black fugitives wearing iron collars as punishment, two blacks wearing rain garments, and two slaves carrying tiles on their heads. Illus. in: Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, d... More

Letter from John Hitz to Alexander Graham Bell, undated

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.

Yushima shōkintei, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women serving tea to men in a tearoom, drinking tea, reading, and writing; view of Edo through opening in rear. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Akasaka no zu, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud outside an inn where women are serving and entertaining men at the Akasaka station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sp... More

Man driving a coach T.C.W - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Print shows a man, facing right, smoking a cigarette, sitting on the seat of a coach, holding the reins and a whip.

"Sober second thought". Book illustration from Library of Congress

Another of HD's portrayals of the New York tradesman's "sober second thoughts" about his support of Democratic hard-money fiscal policies. (See also "Specie Claws," no. 1838-14.) Both prints touch upon the the ... More

Der Uhrmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man making a small clock in a clock making shop.

Der Schneider. Der Knopfmacher - Public domain book scan / engraving

Print shows a tailor cutting cloth and two female(?) assistants sewing; on the right is a man making buttons. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Die Kunst Häringe einzusalzen - Public domain book illustration

Print shows men salting herring and packing in barrels on a wharf or the shore near a large sailing ship. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Gärber. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows men working in a shop tanning leather. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Das Oel. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working a screw press for extracting oil and a man with a horse working a stone press in the background. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Papier. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows three men making paper; one standing at a vat with a screen, one working a press, and in the background, the third appears to be sizing the hand-made paper in a small vat before drying. In album: O... More

Der Schumacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working in a shoe shop. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Wagenbauer. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working in a shop making a carriage. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Webstuhl. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man weaving on a loom. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Sattler. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man working in a shop making saddles and bridles. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Böttcher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a cooper making a barrel. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

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

Die Weintraube und der Wein - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Print shows two men working a screw press for crushing grapes and a man pouring liquid through a mesh(?) into a barrel. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Gärtner. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man, the gardner, holding a basket of produce, standing next to many baskets of various fruits and vegetables, with watering can, rake, shovel, and a view of orchard on the right, in the backgroun... More

Der Buchbinder. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working at a bookbindery. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Die Fischerei. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a fisherman holding oars, standing on the shore next to a lobster, eel, fish, and shellfish, with a man fishing from the opposite shore, a man with net in a boat, and large fishing boats in the bac... More

Seife, Kerzen, Lichte. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows four men working in a shop making soap and candles. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Kürschner. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working at a furrier's shop making fur coats and other garments. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Der Hutmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows three men working in a haberdashery or hat makers shop. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

An old hunker fishing for votes

Facing a relative lack of enthusiasm for his campaign in New York State, Lewis Cass hoped to muster Democratic rank-and-file support by endorsing for lieutenant-governor the popular lawyer Charles O'Conor. Her... More

[Milliner and her daughter] - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows woman and girl seated at table with bonnets and a doll. Krainik, no. 67 Gift/Purchase; William B. Becker; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:103). Forms part of: Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series (Li... More

technology from "The Manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remark...

This image has been taken from scan 000079 from "The Manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remarks on the employment of capital in iron-works and collieries". The title and subject terms of this image have... More

technology from "The Manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remark...

This image has been taken from scan 000054 from "The Manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remarks on the employment of capital in iron-works and collieries". The title and subject terms of this image have... More

[Proof for bank note vignette showing Afro-American men tapping sap fr...

Chickering Collection.

Mining life in California--Chinese miners

Chinese gold miners eating and attending to their hair among tents in camp. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 1, no. 40 (1857 Oct. 3), p. 632.

technology from "The Manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remark...

This image has been taken from scan 000080 from "The Manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remarks on the employment of capital in iron-works and collieries". The title and subject terms of this image have... More

Shibakari - Public domain scan / drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several men carrying bundles of wood. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Surimono, folded. Att... More

James McNeill Whistler - [La marchande de moutarde] / Whistler.

Print shows a young woman standing in the doorway of the shop that sells mustard; a woman stands in the interior of the shop, filling an order. Title from Beall. Signed on plate. American prints in the Library ... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Asakusa oumayagashi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two workmen, one standing on a scaffold applying plaster to a wall, the other has fallen into the tray of plaster as he attempted to pass some plaster on the end of a long pole to the other workman.... More

Negro dance on a Cuban plantation Coolies and Negroes ; Farm scene nea...

Three illustrations show laborers from Africa and China dancing, interacting, and working on a farm in Cuba. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. III, no. 109 (1859 January 29), p. 73.

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.

Working the monoliths, Washington, D.C.

Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including "S. Wing" and "Centre Building." The workmen include African Americans. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs", p. 41. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v.... More

[Young woman milking cow] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The "Lincoln column," first monolith raised, Nov. 1860, Presidential e...

Photo shows construction at U.S. Capitol, including African American workmen with a column named in the photograph to recognize Abraham Lincoln's election as president on Nov. 6, 1860. In album: Benjamin Brown... More

Cotton field, Retreat Plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C. / Photograph...

Stereograph shows African Americans, possibly slaves, working in a cotton field.

[Physician and educator Mary Putnam Jacobi as a young woman]

Photograph showing Mary Putnam Jacobi in a full-length studio portrait, facing slightly left, hand resting on chair. Forms part of: Portraits of Herbert Putnam's family ... from the Herbert Putnam Papers.

Henry F. Johns to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 01, 1861 (Petitio...

Map from "Private Diary of travels, personal services, and public even...

This image has been taken from scan 000180 from volume 02 of "Private Diary of travels, personal services, and public events, during mission and employment with the European armies in the campaigns of 1812, 181... More

[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

Man working - Icelandic women working

Drawing shows a man leisurely smoking a pipe as he leans against a fisherman's hut watching two women carry a load of dried fish on wooden poles in Iceland. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to R... More

Work statement by Rufus Lowes for William H. Lowes for years 1860-1861

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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

Contrabands building a levee on the Mississippi river, below Baton Rou...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 May 9, pp. 104-105.

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.