recreation

My.. Pasture. - A group of people sitting on a bench in a park

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

My.. Tree. - A lamp post in a park with a church in the background

Picryl description: Public domain image of trees, forest, park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

My.. Reflection.

My.. Reflection. - A man in a small boat on a lake

My.. Winter. - A man sitting in a chair talking on a cell phone

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My.. Nature. - A couple of people that are standing in the grass

Picryl description: Public domain image of trees, forest, park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bathing ...by Beechams - Victorian era public domain image

Dressed in the popular ''sailor suits'', the children in this photograph seem to be enjoying themselves in the waves. Behind them are the wheeled bathing huts, which judging by the large advertising boards tha... More

Olympische Spelen 1928 Amsterdam

Spaarnestad Photo/SFA002008742.Sport, Olympische Spelen Amsterdam, 1928. Wielrenner wordt omhelsd na wegwedstrijd.

Sarasota Sun-Debs at Lido Beach, Florida

Local call number: JJS0010..Title: Sarasota Sun-Debs at Lido Beach, Florida..Date: January 15, 1949..Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 5 x 4 in...Series Title: Joseph Janney Steinmetz Collection ( http:... More

Young women reading aboard the shantyboat Lazy Bones

Local call number: JJS0426..Title: Young women reading aboard the shantyboat Lazy Bones..Date: December 1947..General Note: Helen Schoonover (top bunk) and Lois Duncan Steinmetz reading on a trip up the Caloosa... More

Lois Duncan Steinmetz (left) and Polly Gaines in a motorboat: Sarasota...

Local call number: JJS0214..Title: Lois Duncan Steinmetz (left) and Polly Gaines in a motorboat: Sarasota, Florida..Date: 1950..Physical descrip: 1 transparency - col. - 4 x 5 in...Series Title: Joseph Janney S... More

People - Pottery Prep in the Lab

Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of Company F, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment,

Members of Company F, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd AAB, 4th Infantry Division, inspect sheet metal designs of the battalion crest. Sgt. Ricki French, a welder, from Louisville, Ill., made these plaqu... More

This gourd was designed and carved with a burning tool

This gourd was designed and carved with a burning tool by local artist Karin Bradshaw, a native of Glen Burnie, Md., one of the many crafts persons visited by participants in Fort Bliss MWR's Tour De Cruces tri... More

Personnel Specialist 1st Class Robyn Dixon, from Cincinnati, assigned ...

MUSCAT, Oman (Jan. 09, 2015) Personnel Specialist 1st Class Robyn Dixon, from Cincinnati, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), shops at a souk in Oman during a Morale, Welfare and Recr... More

A couple of men sitting in a room next to a stove. Game checkers men.

Two men sitting in a store with a large metal barrel. Two men sitting in a room with a table and a stove public domain stock photo.

Recreation in Cyprus from BL Add 24189, f. 5v

Miniature of recreation in Cyprus with, above, a deer hunt using leopards and, below, a feast. Image taken from f. 5v of Illustrations for Mandeville's Travels (index Voyage d'outre mer, Itinerarium).

[Exercises of the youths] - Public domain book illustration

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

Jacques Philippe le Bas - La récréation flamande

France Public domain scan of French 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cross-country skiing the Roller Coaster Trail

Roller Coaster Trail at Canyon Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le jeu des echecs C.D. Moor pinxit ; Lépicié sculpsit 1746

Print showing a game of chess, observed by a man with a glass of wine, and a young man surprised to realize his opponent is about to checkmate. Tiré du Cabinet de M. de Julienne, Ecuyer, Chevalier de l'Ordre de... More

Kiyomitsu Torii - Yukidama o tsukuru musume

Print shows a young woman, wearing high geta and a kimono with hat designs, rolling a large snowball. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006... More

Semitori - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman and a child catching crickets. Public domain photograph of 18th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Easter Monday at Greenwich, Thomas Rowlandson

Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known fo... More

The Jovial company / A. Brouner, pinxt. ; J. Williams, sculpt., pupil ...

Two men seated at small table, one holding glass of wine and decanter, and the other smoking pipe. "Engraved from the original picture in the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds." Copyright by W. Baynes, Moorfields.

Manzai o miru josei[fujo?] to kodomo

Print shows four women and a child watching two men dancing with a fan and a drum. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one page ... More

Fuyu no yanebune - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women on a houseboat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: probably one of a vertical Aiban Nishikie triptypch.... More

Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... More

Futamigaura, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women walking in the surf at the edge of a beach at Futamigaura, with view of one of the Meotoiwa (wedded rocks) and the knotted ropes in the background. Title and other descriptive informatio... More

Dōkanyama shinagawa oki ukie - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows view from shore of harbor with people sitting on a bluff in the foreground, others are seen walking along the beach, and ships moored in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Fêtes et illuminations aux Champs Elysées, le 18 Juillet 1790 Prieur i...

Print shows illuminated obelisks on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, during a celebration with a throng of revelers playing games, dancing, and enjoying the festive atmosphere of freedom. Illustration from... More

Teisai Hokuba (蹄斎北馬) - Matsu no sita no tōkei

Print shows a woman and two young men or boys watching a cockfight beneath a pine tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: part... More

Rural sports, or how to show off a well-shaped leg

This print introduces a rustic pleasure-ground. A rope thrown between two tall trees furnishes a swing for a well-developed and gaily apparelled hoyden ; another maiden is working the rope which swings her frie... More

Boy fishing beside a stream while a girl watches over his shoulder, al...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Spy Pond athletic field - Arlington Mass.

Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ice boating on Spy Pond - Arlington Mass.

Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spy Pond athletic field - Arlington Mass.

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Spy Pond field - Arlington Mass.

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Sports of the olden time engraved expressly for Godey's Lady's Book by...

Print shows a young woman sitting side-saddle on a horse, holding a bird on her right wrist; she is riding through countryside with two dogs and a man, possibly a servant, who is running nearby. Includes a ske... More

Tourists near vantage point, Landscape view print

Print shows several European(?) tourists, including children, at a scenic overlook offering views of the distant landscape; at center is a wooden structure that may provide accommodations or simply protection f... More

R W Park, Stereoscope Card. Rhode Island, 19th century.

Public domain photograph related to Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridges over Wissahickon Creek near Schuylkill

Drawing shows a boating party on "Wissahickon Creek", in a rowboat approaching the opposite shore; downstream, on the left are willow trees, and in the distance are two bridges. A large boulder fills much of th... More

Cottage R W Park, Stereoscope Card

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

David Octavius Hill - Captain Robert Barclay-Allardyce, 1779 - 1854. C...

Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill..Accession no. PGP HA 50 .Medium Calotype print .Size 19.50 x 14.70 cm .Credit Purchased from Howard Ricketts 1975, who purchased the Royal Scottish Academy albums . PGP HA 5... More

Niagara - coasting on the frozen spray, Prospect Park

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.

Sketching on the river bank, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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A bench sitting in front of a large building. Rosslyn rosslyn chapel f...

A large stone building with a bench in front of it / A large building with a bench in front of it public domain stock photo.

Picnic, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old Reservoir, Brookline Mass photograph collection

A July 16, 1853 illustration from Gleason's Pictorial depicting the Old Reservoir on Boylston Street. Courtesy of Public Library of Brookline

Turkish Ladies Recreating - Sketches of character and costume in Const...

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View of the Hudson River near Newburg [sic]

Print shows, on the right, a man and a woman standing on a portico of a building high above the Hudson River near Newburgh, New York; they are talking, a third person is sitting in a chair next to them; at cent... More

Shinobazu no ike - Public domain image related to music prformance, dr...

Print shows a comical scene with a group of people walking along the bank of the Shinobazu Pond, with cherry blossoms and dwellings in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibu... More

[Summer scene with an elderly man resting against a tree on the left, ...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 221. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[Three unidentified soldiers playing cards, smoking, and drinking in f...

Frame: Thermoplastic; grape and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Frank Picini, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

Cypress Street Playground, Brookline Mass photograph collection

Looking from Brookline High School, a winter scene of people ice skating at the Cypress Street playground. Courtesy of Public Library of Brookline

Charles W. Parker (in jacket and hat) with family at "Redgate," Marble...

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Charles W. Parker (standing) with others seated on the ground, Marbleh...

Public domain photograph of picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reservoir (from Gleason's Pictorial)

Illustration of people out for a stroll along the Old Reservoir on Boylston Street, Brookline. Courtesy of Public Library of Brookline

Lawrence School Playground, Brookline Mass photograph collection

Skaters on the Lawrence School Playground, some playing hockey. Courtesy of Public Library of Brookline

Ward's Pond looking toward Jamaica Plain

Winter scene looking toward Jamaica Plain of people ice skating on Ward's Pond. Courtesy of Public Library of Brookline

Making the scrap book copied by Louis Kurz, of the Chicago Lithographi...

Print shows a young girl sitting in a room, intently cutting out pictures to paste into a scrapbook. 5904 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Label on verso with title... More

Making the kite copied by Louis Kurz, of the Chicago Lithographing Com...

Print shows a young boy sitting on the edge of a table with his feet on a chair, making a kite; there are two cats playing on the floor, an open book with scissors resting on it, a portion of a page has been cu... More

Why don't they bite painted by W.H. Hilliard

Print shows a young man lying on the ground, fishing in a woodland stream with a long stick with string attached to the end. 5808 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on lower right: Colton, Zahm & Roberts. Publicat... More

Järleån 10 juni 1956., Örebro, Sweden

Järleån 10 juni 1956. Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Stadsparken Örebro, 21 september 1964.

Stadsparken Örebro, 21 september 1964. Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Paris. Lacs du Bois de Boulogne Charles Rivière del. et lith

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the lakes at the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France, with many people walking and riding in carriages, and some in boats, enjoying leisure time at the park. Printed on lower right... More

Golden Gate Park, Bounded by Fulton Street, Stanyan Street, Fell Stree...

2016 HALS Challenge Entry: Documenting National Register Listed Landscapes 2016 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: Golden Gate Park, begun in 1871, has national significance as one of the pioneerin... More

Delaware Water Gap / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood.

Print shows groups of men and women in boats on the Delaware River, standing on the shore, and sitting near a tree, possibly having a picnic at the Delaware Water Gap. Copyright statement printed below image. ... More

Delaware Water Gap / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood.

Print shows groups of men and women in boats on the Delaware River, standing on the shore, and sitting near a tree, possibly having a picnic at the Delaware Water Gap. C4932 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright st... More

The Catskills. Sunrise from South Mountain / Harry Fenn ; S.V. Hunt.

Print shows two people standing at the percipice of a cliff in the Catskill Mountains, high above rock formations and trees, with a distant view of the sunrise across a broad valley. Publication date based on ... More

Tourist Attraction - Glen Canyon Lees Ferry

Lees Ferry Fort was constructed on the north side of the Colorado River, upstream from the ferry crossing, in 1874. It also functioned as a trading post with local Navajos. Lees Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranch Land... More

Lees Ferry - National Parks Gallery

Lees Ferry Fort Lees Ferry Fort was constructed on the north side of the Colorado River in 1874, upstream from the ferry crossing. It was built by a crew from St. George, Utah. It served multiple purposes, incl... More

Wissahickon Falls - Print, Library of Congress collection

E6841 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright stamp on item. Copyright stamp, date, and number appear on lower left. Stamped and inscribed in pencil on lower left:... More

A spring day picnic ramble, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Village. Museum of New Zealand collection

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[The recreation hall facing the gate of the Ministry of War] / Constan...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 23. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments, and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II... More

Untitled, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio / Hardwicke Knight coll...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

1880's projectile near Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate...

This 1880's projectile was found near Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is the type that was used by the US Army at Fort Point during that time period.

The shores of old England / painted by G.E. Hicks ; engraved by T.L. S...

Print showing four young women standing in the water at a beach in England.

Snowcoach on North Rim Drive - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

Snowcoach with Low Pressure Tires on North Rim Drive Public domain photograph of a truck, military vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Always happy / Brett Lith. Co., N.Y.

Print shows a scene on a decorative plate with two young children playing badminton. Copyright 1882 by J.L. Blamire.

Tennis, portrait - Arlington Mass.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennis Arlington Lawn Tennis Club - Arlington Mass.

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Mr. Wilson, Miss Grant and Miss Townsend, on Moosehead

A man and two women in a boat on Moosehead Lake, Maine.

[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency, Thomas M. Waller, Gove...

State of New Hampshire. A proclamation for a day of public thanksgivin...

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 96, Folder 13.

Corey Hill Toboggan Slide. New England, 19th century

Winter scene of the Corey Hill toboggan slide. Courtesy of Public Library of Brookline

Miss Prall and Miss Chamberlain, William's Stream

Photograph shows two young women seated on the ground at William's Stream, near Kineo, Maine. In album: Travel photographs of Philadelphia physician Joseph John Kirkbride, volume 5, page 18. Exhibited as a dig... More

Dominic's daughter - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young woman with a dog on a foot path through a field, with a dwelling in the background. S23998 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright deposit file. Printed at top left: "Copyrighted by Hami... More

Site Plan of the Cultural Landscape

Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House. An overhead view shows the Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House cultural landscape, including the surrounding lands and some of the large features and structures within the lands... More

Club house and recreation ground at Kasauli.

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

Woman in a rowing boat - Victorian era public domain image

Woman in a rowing boat, about 1890..Collection of National Media Museum/Kodak Museum..We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Certain restrictions on high quality repro... More

[A "Peep" from the recreation grounds, Bedford, England]

Image shows the Ouse (Great Ouse) river in Bedford, at the recreation grounds, now known as The Embankment. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign sec... More

Photograph of Woodline Cottage, National Forest Service photograph.

Original caption: The gay nineties - woodline cottage, 1890, Submitted by A.G. Horn. Actual photo taken by F. Jacobi. Historic Photographs

The grape vine swing - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Print shows two young women, one sitting, the other standing, on a swing fashioned from a grapevine that hangs over the water of a river or pond; a young man is sitting in a canoe-like boat, in the foreground, ... More

A group of people playing a game of hockey. Comics golf street.

A cartoon of children playing outside a house / A group of people playing a game of hockey / Public domain stock illustration.

William Engles, Triumph Post Office, South Loup, west of Callaway, Cus...

summary: Note: The family is playing croquet. original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair]

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Visitors' day, Russian navy - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boating party, gelatin silver print

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.