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Inner City, August 1973 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...

Original Caption: Inner City, August 1973..U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-7488..Photographer: Swanson, Dick...Subjects:.Environmental protection.Natural resources.Philadelphia (Philadelphia ... More

060721-N-8878B-133 (July 21, 2006)US Navy (USN) Equipment Operator 1ST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Point Loma State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Michael C. Barton, USN Release... More

060721-N-8878B-076 (July 21, 2006)US Navy (USN) CHIEF Steel Worker (SW...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Point Loma State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Michael C. Barton, USN Release... More

[The widows approach the chief]

Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.

A Race from Preston Pans to Berwick, British Cartoon Print

Print shows General Sir John Cope and two other British officers riding to the gates of Berwick and announcing the defeat of British forces at Prestonpans by the Scots under the leadership of Charles Edward Stu... More

Vorderseite des Marsfeldes, am 1 Vendemiaire des Jahres VII. Wettrenne...

German print shows an imaginary view of the festivities at the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on September 22, 1798. Includes a chariot race, captive balloon, and burning wooden castle, with spectators watchi... More

Fête de la fondation de la République, 1er Vendémiaire An 5 / Girardet...

Print shows a festival on the occasion of the founding of the Republic, with many spectators on the right watching simultaneous chariot races, horse races, and foot races; the Hôtel des Invalides dominates the ... More

Mammalia, order 1, primates ...

Classification by Linnaeus of man as an animal of genus Homo and species sapiens, with descriptions of known races of man. text in: A general system of nature / Carl von Linne. London : Lackington, Allen, and C... More

A cart race, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

Bath races, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing

The race appropriately starts from 'Cripple's Corner;' the halt, the maimed, and the lame are the competitors ; it is, in fact, a race of Bath chairs and crutches, all tearing and tumbling down hill and blowing... More

[Race.]

Public domain illustrated book page scan, British book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Race with a carriage.]

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A match between a race horse, and a hobby horse. engd. by Gebolidus Cr...

Print shows a man on a velocipede running to the left well ahead of a man on a race horse; several spectators comment on the race, which is closely followed by two barking dogs. Printed at bottom center: "Just... More

Match for the king's plate (A) - by Hacks : The Coalition Lamb carryin...

A caricature on the Westminster election, Feb 13th, 1819. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The aristocracy of color - Drawing. Public domain image.

Signed in stone: J. Cn. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

Family amalgamation among the men-stealers

African American children serving food to a white family. Illus. in: Picture of slavery in the United States of America / George Bourne. Middletown, Conn. : E. Hunt, 1834, p. 91. Reference copy in: LOT 4422-A-2.

Long tail blue / Willig's lith.

Music cover showing man wearing top hat and coat with tails, holding monocle and walking stick.

The three mares/mayors, New York course, spring races, 1838

A satire on the 1838 New York mayoralty contest, here shown as a horse race between (left to right) Whig candidate Aaron Clark, Democrat Richard Riker, and Loco Foco Democrat Isaac L. Varian. Clark is clearly i... More

An Indian encampment near Fort Niagra, in the time of the Revolution. ...

Illus. in: Priest, The Dutch Prisoner (Albany, 1839), opposite title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Torture; Races; Indians Warfare with whites; ... More

[Horses at auction or races?] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The fox chace. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The artist's portrayal of Harrison's rout of Van Buren reflects strong Whig confidence late in the presidential campaign of 1840. Van Buren is shown as a fox, with a bird (an albatross?) labeled "Treasury" aro... More

The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment...

A bitter vilification of the Van Buren administration's use of bloodhounds to hunt fugitive Indians during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The artist condemns the racism and inhumanity of the measure, as w... More

Slavery abolished by the laws of nature!!! Negroes not of the same spe...

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 155, Folder 24.

Ginger blue, a popular Negro melody, composed & sung by Mr. R.W. Pelha...

Music cover showing boy dancing in dilapidated room, with kettle in fireplace.

[Full-length portrait of American Indian man with short hair, wearing ...

Public domain photograph of portrait print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A sawney in Ireland trying to pass for an American gentleman

The "sawney" (i.e., fool or simpleton) is New York "Herald" editor James Gordon Bennett. The artist gives a comic portrayal of Bennett's celebrated public rebuff by O'Connell in the Corn Exchange in Dublin in A... More

Sold for want of use - Public domain book illustration, Library of Con...

Bucholzer again uses animal characterizations to poke fun at the respective faults of prominent Democrats in the 1844 presidential race. In an interior, Whig nominee Henry Clay conducts a livestock auction, off... More

Footrace, Pennsylvania Avenue. Stakes $25,000, Political Cartoon

The race for a $25,000 prize (the president's salary) is a metaphor for the 1844 campaign. The favored contender here is Henry Clay. The other runners are James K. Polk and John Tyler, while commentaries are of... More

Whitlock's collection of Ethiopian melodies. As sung with great applau...

Music cover showing two men on stage, one dancing and one playing banjo.

$200 reward. Ranaway from the subscriber on the night of Thursday, the...

The little magician & the modern witch of Endor

Another satire on Van Buren's alliance with extremists, here personified by radical abolitionist Abby Folsom. Van Buren's emergence as candidate of the Free Soil party in the 1848 presidential race was viewed a... More

Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849

The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T... More

Affiche de la première Ascension équestre de Poitevin au Champ de Mars...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Details from the Circensian games, Ancient Rome: fig. 1 procession on...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, 1851, v. 1, plate 14. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sports; It. Rome Hist.; Chariots; Roman games;Arch., Roman; Shelf.

The blessings of liberty or how to "hook" a "gentleman of color"

A diverse group of abolitionists try to drag an unwilling black man toward the left with a large gaff hook. Holding the hook are (left to right) an old hag, a Quaker man, and two other homely men. The hag dec... More

The game-cock & the goose - Political cartoon, public domain image

A pro-Whig cartoon showing rival candidates Winfield Scott and Franklin Pierce in a race for the presidency in 1852 before an audience of animated spectators. Scott, in uniform and looking uncharacteristically... More

Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y

A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More

Cheyenne Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...

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

Crow Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

An old black and white photo of a native man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cheyenne Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War t...

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

Crow Indian Chief, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

An old photo of a man dressed in native clothing. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lexington races! Spring meeting. Association course. Fourth day. Thurs...

Horse racing. 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 22, Folder 32.

Takata no baba, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows archers shooting at a target in the foreground, with riders on horseback, and a distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More

Takata no baba, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a large target for archery hanging in front of a tree and a horse racing track in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2... More

The political quadrille. Music by Dred Scott

A general parody on the 1860 presidential contest, highlighting the impact of the Dred Scott decision on the race. That controversial decision, handed down in 1857 by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, ruled that ne... More

The political race. Air,--"Dearest Maie."

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skedaddle: the celebrated walk round sung & danced by the Christy Mins...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The last race of the rail-splitter

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Race, Henry - State: [Blank] - Year: [Blank]

Papers Relating to Citizens

A rough road - Iceland - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows two men on horses or burros racing down a stone road on a hillside. Two burros or horses are before them. Taylor visited Iceland in 1862, perhaps en route to Russia. Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 192... More

The Riots at New York--the rioters burning and sacking the colored orp...

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

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More

George Hunt - Slow & steady wins the race

Another variation on McClellan trying to straddle two horses. (See "Little Mac's Double Feat of Equitation," no. 1864-25.) The artist here predicts the victory of incumbent President Abraham Lincoln over his ri... More

Race, Frank - State: Missouri - Year: 1864

Papers Relating to Citizens

Treasury rats - Sung by all the Minstrels

LOT subdivision subject: Money. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[Club house race course, where Federal officers were confined, Charles...

"Copyright." Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 6083. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Obshchestvenn'iia [sic] uveseleniia Kirgiz. Prigotovlenie k skachkie

Photograph shows a group of approximately 20 men on horseback. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 40.

Race, W H - State: [Blank] - Year: 1865

Papers Relating to Citizens

Group of Sioux Indians "Spotted Tail" (photo c. 1875) Standing: Joe M...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bryants Minstrels] - Public domain portrait print

Group portrait of nine members of Bryant's Minstrels, a group of white actors impersonating blacks, in particular "plantation life." Includes identification of members hand-written around mount. (DLC/PP-1997:1... More

Gray Eagle / J. Cameron. - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

Print showing the horse Gray Eagle pulling a four-wheel sulky with driver. Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1866 by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of District Court of the United States, for the... More

The celebrated trotting Stallions "Young Woful" and "Abdallah Chief": ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1032.

Rohrer's bitters still ahead - Drawing. Public domain image.

Advertisement showing horses with bottle-shaped bodies labeled "bitters" racing behind horse labeled "Rohrer's Wild Cherry Tonic". LOT subdivision subject: Caricatures and cartoons. Title and other information ... More

Ethan Allen and Mate and Dexter: In their wonderful race, over the fas...

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

We accept the situation / Th. Nast.

An African American man, a former Union soldier, proudly displays a slip of paper labeled "A vote" while a disgruntled former Confederate soldier, with a frown on his face, his hands in his pockets, and a torn ... More

The Curragh race course, County Kildare Ireland

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: 1867." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rau, J.

Blood will tell! - U.S. Presidential Elections

Election of 1868. Republicans U. S. Grant & Schuyler Colfax defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour. The popular vote was very close, but Grant won a heavy majority in the Electoral College. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Montauk man, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly l...

Copyright by A. Zeno Shindler. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving dinner / Th. Nast.

Uncle Sam carving turkey at large table surrounded by men, women and children of different races; centerpiece is labeled "self-government/universal suffrage". Wood engraving by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: Harper's ... More

Russian characteristics [3 illustrations]. 1. Outskirts of a village i...

Public domain scan of Russian book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of the Lighthouse at Race Rock, New York

Lighthouse Plans for Race Rock, New York Public domain photograph of a lighthouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Celebrated trotting mare Flora Temple, driven by James D. McMann: ...

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Murder of Powell / C.S.R . wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illustration shows a group of Irish immigrant workers with clubs standing over the body of African American laborer Denis Powell during the race riots near Patenburg, Hunterdon County, N.J. Illus. in: Harper'... More

The celebrated Paris crew of Saint John, N.B.

Print showing four men rowing a racing shell on a large body of water. Identifies the men and gives time and distances for several races between 1867 and 1873. From a photograph by Roberts.

Dexter, Ethan Allen and mate: In their wonderful race, over the fashio...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Everything points to a Democratic victory this fall - Southern Papers...

African Americans being discriminated against at the polls by members of "White League".

The celebrated trotting horse Gloster by volunteer, dam by Stockbridge...

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Plantation banjo player, American vaudeville and popular entertainment...

F9878 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1875 by Courier Co. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

Poster - Negro double song & dance - Public domain lithograph

F9879 U.S. Copyright Office Created by the Courier Co. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

Red Cloud and Indians. Standing - Red Bear (Sons Are?), Young Man Afra...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parole: brown gelding by Imp. Leamington, dam Maiden by Lexington

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush at the Start of an Easter...

Original caption: President George W. Bush is joined by Mrs. Laura Bush as he blows a whistle to start an Easter Egg Roll race on the South Lawn of the White House during the annual 2006 White House Easter Egg ... More

San Francisco minstrels - Print, Library of Congress collection

I5195 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Thomas.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

There's a holy race to run - Public domain American sheet music, 1880

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Too heavily handicapped, Afghanistan, Political Cartoon

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, cavalry, infantry, 18th-19th century war, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Puck magazine cover - Unwelcome passengers / J.A. Wales.

Print shows a coach labeled "Rural Democracy" filled with "Rural Regulars" carrying their farm tools, racing "To the State Convention", driven by Samuel J. Tilden, with John Kelly representing "Tammany Hall" an... More

Which color is to be tabooed next? / Th. Nast.

Cartoon concerning Irish and Chinese immigration to the United States, showing "Fritz" and "Pat" seated at table talking. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1882 March 25, p. 192.

The anti-Chinese wall / F. Graetz.

Print shows Uncle Sam using "Congressional Mortar" and building blocks carried by ethnic workers to construct a wall with the stones are labeled "Law against Race, Prejudice, Jealousy, Competition, Fear, Anti L... More

The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese origin...

A cartoon showing laborers, among whom are Irishmen, an African American, a Civil War veteran, Italian, Frenchman, and a Jew, building a wall against the Chinese. Congressional mortar is used to mount blocks of... More

Corinthian race: A low toned finish

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1374.

The political Courtney / Gillam., Confederate States of America.

Illustration shows a scene at a boathouse where an exhausted James G. Blaine, suffering from "Guano Gout", is being attended to by Jay Gould, Whitelaw Reid, George M. Robeson, William W. Phelps, and Stephen B. ... More

Trinket, by Princeps, dam Ouida, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian

4544 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6636

Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.

Illustration shows a camel that has collasped under the weight of it's burden labeled "Amendments" and Samuel J. Randall who is riding on top; concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Wat... More

Darktown fire brigade. The foreman on parade: "De gals all mire me so ...

Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The darktown banjo class-off the key: "If yous can't play de music, je...

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1498.

Darktown tourists - coming back on their dig

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coaches at Jerome Park on a race day

People, at annual spring meeting of the American Jockey Club, with coaches at race track, Jerome Park, New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 June 19, p. 389.

Mayflower [and] Galatea, the start

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