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De Oude Koekvrijer (The Old Cake Suitor)

after Jan Steen, genre painter, 1626-1679 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Steen, Jan, 1626-1679 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) J. Steen p... More

[Old woman scouring a cooking pot in front of large kitchen fire. Lady...

Illus. in: The Town and Country Cook; or, Young Woman's Best Guide in the Whole Art of Cookery, London, ca. 1780, frontispiece. Pennell Collection (Rare Book Division). Ref. copy may be in LOT 4638 E. This reco... More

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge 1777, with the proposed redoubts ...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north to the left LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1165 Available also through ... More

Inauguration of Washington at the Old City Hall 30th April 1789

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Colen.

James McNeill Whistler - [Old clothes shop, no. 1]

Kennedy, 257 (second state). Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. mark: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : ... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Old clothes shop, no. 2]

Kennedy, 258 (second state). Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. marks: Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342) and H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. American pr... More

William Berryman - View looking towards Old Harbor(?), Jamaica

Public domain image, 18th-19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought wi...

A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and "Old Price," a much smaller and weaker opponent. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library o... More

Old Q., British Cartoon Print - Public domain print

The "Q" of the title is a letter formed of acanthus scrolls surrounding the head in profile to the left of the Duke of Queensberry. The head, in which the right eyelid is visible, appears to copied and enlarged... More

Old Mother Hubbard [nursery rhyme]

Print shows Old Mother Hubbard and her dog in a series of vignettes corresponding to the text of the nursery rhyme.

The political drama. No. 61. Old grill among the paddies, British Cart...

Print shows William Cobbett riding on a large gridiron borne by a ragged troop of caricatured Irishmen in a procession following a man carrying a flag pole topped with a death's head labeled "Tom Pain" and flyi... More

Set to between Old Hickory and Bully Nick

Satire on the public conflict between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle over the future of the Bank of the United States, and the former's campaign to destroy it. The print is sympathetic to Jackson, portrayi... More

Old Iron Sides on a lee shore The U.S. Frigate Constitution Captn. Ell...

327 U.S. Copyright Office. "Illustrative of a sketch, in the Democratic Review, of May 1839, by the author of "the log of Old Ironsides"." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839, by Dow & Duval, ... More

The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...

Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More

Trouble in the Spartan ranks. Old Durham in the field

A complex and somewhat obscure satire celebrating the defeat of Dorrite Democrats in the Rhode Island state elections of spring 1843. The canvass was held the year following the successful suppression of the Do... More

The Old 76 still - Engraving, Public domain image

LOT subject: Liquor traffic. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by Strobridge & Co. No date on caption card. Date based on span dates for other prints by same lithography co.

The Old Constitution, the pride of our navy

LOT subdivision subject: U.S. Navy. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by George Stimpson, Jr. Lithograph by Tappan & Bradford's Lith.

Old houses near Bruges. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Stream in foreground.

Old Bob Ridley; composed and sung by Chas. White

African American songs, illustrated music covers. LOT subdivision subject: Negro Minstrels. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Plawson. Caption card tracings: Nego... More

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Old church on the Grand ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 45 (1856 Oct. 18), p. 292. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

[Design drawing for stained glass typical nave window showing Joshua a...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport Conn. and environs, from Old Mill Hill / WS ; drawn from n...

Print showing cityscape view of Bridgeport, Connecticut from a nearby hill. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by John Cornwall, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Connecticut.

U. S. Frigate Constitution, (Old Ironsides) ready for launching after ...

Photograph shows individuals, on long gang plank, leaving the U. S. Frigate Constitution; crew standing on top deck. Photograph was probably taken by Albert Gregory of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and rephotograph... More

Essence of Old Virginia Wheat Whiskey, A.M. Bininger & Co. / Sarony, M...

Whiskey advertising label showing African Americans in tavern dancing. Copyright by Rufus Watles & L.C. Sanger.

Bininger's "Old Times"family rye, distilled in 1848...designed for fam...

Farm harvesting and factory scenes. LOT subject: Rye. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by R. Wattles & Jas. W. Freeland of the firm of A. M. Bininger and Co. Caption... More

Old Winder Building, 17th St., N.W., below Pennsylvania Ave., Washingt...

Photograph shows the Winder Building in a state of disrepair with peeling paint and the street dug up. Forms part of: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Prague. Old bridge over the Moldau

View toward the Hradčany with the Charles Bridge in the foreground. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 148. No. 289.

Camp Dennison : taken from Old Aunt Roady's Hill /

Bird's-eye view. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.) 318.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 19-87

Bininger's Old Kentucky Bourbon, A.M. Bininger & Co., N.Y. sole propri...

Whiskey advertising label showing woman carrying bundle of grain. Copyright by Rufus Watles & L.C. Sanger.

Crépuscule (Old Crome) / Lalanne.

Print shows a sylvan scene with deer at the edge of a pond near large trees at twilight.

Avignon. Old Roman bridge. Pont Rompu

Bridge in background with shoreline and docked boats in foreground. In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 106. No. 205.

Old War Dept. 17th St. side (1st photo?)

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nuremburg. Old Fosse - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of the old city wall and dry moat. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 167. No. 314.

Old Winder Bldg. 17th & F. St. N.W. Wash. D.C.

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

Old Navy Dept., Wash., D.C. (1st photo)

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old baths, Pfäffers - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Spa at Bad Pfäfers. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 43, lower left.

Old Navy Dept. (1st photo of Brady)

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Prague. Old synagogue--oldest in the world

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 151. No. 295.

Old Hickory - fabrica de tobacos - superiores de la vuelta abajo - Hab...

Print shows a tobacco labeled with Andrew Jackson, "Old Hickory", at the Battle of New Orleans, 1815, with other officers on horseback. Copyright by Thomas G. Little. Entered according to Act of congress in th... More

Route to Old Baths, Pfäffers. The "Peirced Rock"

Road along hot springs showing cliff which has been cut through for road. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 43, lower left.

[Old Swedes Church (Gloria Dei Church) and cemetery, Philadelphia, wit...

No. 51. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nuremburg. Old market. Cityscape photograph

View of the Hauptmarkt. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 165. No. 311.

Nuremburg. Old Fosse - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of the old city walls and dry moat. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 167. No. 315.

Old Naval Observatory (1st photo c. 1855)

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pisa. Campo Santo. Old chains which closed the Arno, bust of Cavour

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 99.

Old State Department Building, corner 15 Street and Pennsylvania Avenu...

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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, w... More

The Old Hampton Church, at Hampton, Virginia

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1862 July 12, p. 438. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Army of the Potomac passing the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old mill near Warrenton, Aug. 2, 1863

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.107) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Old bridge near Culpepper [sic] during American Civil War

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.163) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Old Capitol prison Washington, D.C. circa 1864

no. 103. See also variant of this image: LC-F8-1839. Photograph manipulated with the addition of two figures drawn in ink in the foreground.

Hurrah for the Old Flag!, written by W. Dexter Smith, Jr., music by M....

Music cover showing Union soldier holding U.S. flag. LOT subdivision subject: Flags. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by G.D. Russell. Engraving by H.F. Greene.

Old Spanish Bells at the Mission San Juan - Monterey County

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

French Lake, Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, Central Pacific Rai...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1278. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Old Soldiers' Home (summer residence of the President)

Part of series: Views of national buildings in the city of Washington, D.C. Gift; Louis M. Rabinowitz; 1952.

Indian squaws weaving a blanket / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. "Old...

Three illustrations with text: two Navajo women weaving a blanket; eagle standing on barrel of cannon; and people gathering moss. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Sept. 15, p. 580. Title transcribed from item.

Meadow Lake, Summit City, Knickerbocker Hill and Old Man Mountain, Sen...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1288. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

The Old Mission Church, San Juan, Monterey County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 38. LOT subdivision subject: Missions in Northern California. This record contains unverified old ... More

Interior of the Old Mission Church, Mission Dolores - Dedicated in 177...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cement Ridge, near Crystal Lake, on the Central Pacific Railroad - Old...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1266. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route... More

The woodpecker's Storehouse - Acorns in the Old Pine Tree

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 12. LOT subdivision subject: Miscellaneous. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

The Old Tree at Fallen Leaf Lake, Valley of Lake Tahoe

People view lake from bank where tree fell. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 648. LOT subdivision subject: Fallen Leaf Lake. This r... More

Exterior of the Old Mission Church, Mission Dolores, dedicated in 1776

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 461. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Mission Dolores. This record contains unverified old d... More

Old Man Mountain, near Meadow Lake - Altitude 7,800 feet - Central Pac...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1276. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

California. Old Spanish "Mission San José," Alameda County

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

The celebrated trotting mare Widow McChree, formerly called "Mary Hoyt...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1017.

Old Reliable - Engraving, Public domain image

Saint Bernard dog resting on a chest. He seems to be guarding a key suspended on the wall behind him. LOT subdivision subject: Animals. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card t... More

Lima. The River Rimac and Old Alemeda

Photograph shows aerial view of old promenade on the bank of Rimac River with mountains in the background. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Scoring,--coming up for the word: Little Fred, Needle Gun, Jessie Wale...

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5832

[Old Jewish masonry. Exterior of ancient Tower of Antonia - cemetery] ...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 110. "No. 142" written in image.

South Dome, (6000 ft. above valley) and Old Man Mountain, from Mirror ...

4471 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1254. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

[Old woman opening box while three children watch]

Title devised by cataloger. Title in Cabinet of American Illustration shelflist: Unfinished drawing. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Old Man Mountain, from Mirror Lake

4472 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1255. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

[Old school teacher (sharpening feather pen?) and pupil]

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: School teachers; Teachers; Schools; Shelf.

Old Crow whiskey - Drawing. Public domain image.

Whiskey advertising label showing two women burlesque performers. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Ford's Theatre, 10th St. N.W. Washington D.C. (where Lincoln was s...

Photo shows Ford's Theater and, to the right, the Central Free Dispensary, which opened in 1871. (Source: D. Tooley, 2007)

"Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make" - Old Song. "No prison is big enoug...

Head of "Boss" Tweed sticking out of jail wall and his feet out another wall. Drawing by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1872 Jan. 6, p. 13. Ref. copy may be in LOT 4405 (1872). Th... More

Old curiosity shop / F.O.C. Darley, fecit. ; Balch, V., sc.

Book illustration showing old man holding girl (Nell), one man eating, another man looking on, and armor on floor. C8698D U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hurd and Houghton.

Canyon of South Dome, Washington Tower on the left, Old Man of the Mou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain landscape, rocks, mountains, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old Abe, the live war eagle of Wisconsin, from the Centennial

Photograph shows eagle mascot of Co. C, 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, at the time of the U.S. Centennial.

Old flax wheel from Plymouth, traced back 200 yrs., and the first cloc...

Fotofax copy of wood engraving by F.S. Church. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July 15, p. 585. Reference copy may be in LOT 4709M. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tra... More

[Old woman in apron and shawl] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Old post office. New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

Print shows a single-story addition to the Nassau Street side of the former Middle Dutch Church, now functioning as a post office; shows an oblique bird's-eye view from above Nassau Street at the rear of the ch... More

[The 'Adam and Eve', Old Chelsea]

Print shows cancellation proof of a row of buildings, including the Adam and Eve pub and J. Johnson Coal Merchant, overlooking the boats on the Thames River.

Old mill at Dingman's, Pennsylvania - Drawing. Public domain image.

Wuerth, 1. Signed and dated in pencil. Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore... More

[Composite of 4 photos: 1. Gen'l Grant; 2. New residence; 3. Grant's s...

Photoprint copyrighted by Pooley. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Ill. Galena 1860; Pres. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

James McNeill Whistler - [Old Battersea Bridge]

Print shows cancellation proof of Battersea Bridge in London before it was replaced in 1885. Title from the Whistler Etching Project website: http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. Kennedy, no. 177 (cancellation proof... More

Old mill on the Danube. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Old mill on Beaver Creek - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

K17622 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Krebs Litho. Co. Copyright deposit: no. 17622 IC[?] Check: Copyright deposit: no. 17622 IC[?]

Old City Gate, St. Augustine, Fla.

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

Old Fort [Mackinac] from pasture field, Macinac [sic] Island, Mich.

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

Old bridge at Tula - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Old church at Coyoacan - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Locomotive Old Acqueduct, Queretaro, Public domain image

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[The Eski Kaplıca (Old Thermal Spring) in Bursa] / Abdullah Frères.

Old Thermal Spring was built on the remains of an earlier building. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 39. No. 80. In album: Mausoleums, mosques and other building... More

Old bridge on the Cherubusco [i.e., Churubusco River]

Photo shows the Panzacola Bridge, on the Magdalena de los Viveros River, behind San Antonio de Panzacola Chapel, Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico. (Source: Roberto Duarte, 2012) Photo shows the Panzacola Bridge (S... More

[Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California]

Public domain photograph of church building, Christianity, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Old Bennings Bridge about 1880]

Print showing horse drawn buggy crossing a bridge with utility poles over a river as a man sits in a rowboat on shore. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cata... More

[Gertie]. Old Pew obeyed her -- : beat it now! cried Gertie, fast as ...

Title devised by cataloger. Preparatory sketch for "Gertie" cartoon strip. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Old woman seated, outside house, full-length, Russia] - Frank G. Carp...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description