storytelling

Joseph telling his dreams., Rembrandt van Rijn

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The grasshopper and the ant. Fable

The Book of Fables is a collection of Aesop's fables that has been compiled and transmitted through the ages in various forms. Many of Aesop's fables have become well-known and have been translated into multipl... More

A tale of terror!!!, Thomas Rowlandson

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Newspaper clipping - 'Quarrels'

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Letter from Zadoc Long to John D. Long and Persis Seaver Long Bartlett...

Alphonse Legros - Le conteur - Public domain portrait engraving

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Alphonse Legros - Le conteur - Public domain portrait print

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Cheer, boys, cheer or Morgan's war song

Music associated with the Confederate side

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Summoning the spirits - Drawing. Public domain image.

Includes cutout prints of three heads. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860221.

The stranger's story. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 21.

[Making a point, touching other man]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Good Story," Harper's Weekly, 34:75 (Jan. 25, 1890).

[Man standing and gesticulating with pipe to seated man]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Good Story," Harper's Weekly, 34:75 (Jan. 25, 1890).

[One-hundred-tale ghost story gathering]

Ukiyo-e print illustration showing people gathered around a charcoal brazier to tell ghost stories, as a man creeps towards a lamp to extinguish one wick after each story, making the room darker and darker. Ill... More

[The beginning of the story] - Public domain dedication image

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Good Story," Harper's Weekly, 34:75 (Jan. 25, 1890).

[Thinking of the story] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Good Story," Harper's Weekly, 34:75 (Jan. 25, 1890).

[Hearty laughter by both men]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Good Story," Harper's Weekly, 34:75 (Jan. 25, 1890).

[The punch line, both men laughing]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Good Story," Harper's Weekly, 34:75 (Jan. 25, 1890).

Telling the story of Gettysburg

Photograph shows man in uniform seated outdoors reading to a boy and a girl. Copyright by Heininger, Unger & Co., 310 Broadway, New York.

Story telling at the South End Branch. Boston Public Library

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Evolution of the book, east corridor. Oral tradition / J.W. Alexander,...

Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting Arabian storyteller recounting tales to a group of Arabs. Copyright 1896 by John W. Alexander. Copyright 1897 by Curtis & Cameron.

[Oral Tradition mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Alex...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts Arabian storyteller recounting tales to a group of Arabs. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyright by Joh... More

This is it, Johnny on the spot a "Bill Nye" musical farce.

"Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: A funny story. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin, U.S.A." Direction of Charles Marks. Lower right corner is missing. No. 3497. Forms part of: Theatrica... More

From the ranks / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Print shows American soldiers sitting around a campfire listening as one tells a story through verse of getting kissed by his girlfriend just before boarding the train. Includes a poem by Edwin L. Sabin. Illus... More

The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in the The last of the Rohans by Ram...

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Wounded soldier telling story to young woman and older man

Title devised by cataloger. Photograph of a drawing signed "F.O.C. Darley." "House" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The long story - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Oral tradition - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a mural signed "copyrighted 1896 by John W. Alexander" at the Library of Congress. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 709. Gift; State Historical Soci... More

[Wounded soldier telling story to young woman and older man]

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[The hero returned] - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Oral tradition - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Oral tradition, mural at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Title from Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of mural in the series "Evolution of the Book" at the Library of Congress. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 028016. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The long story. Dry plate negative. Museum object.

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "W.S. Mount, 1837" atCorcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. "Long Island Rail Road" on sign on wall. Detroit Publishing Co.... More

[Oral tradition, mural at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Benjamin West - The hero returned

Title and date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). "M 612" on transparency. Photograph of a painting. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048089. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

"A thrilling story". Public domain reproduction.

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The mysterious stranger's story, Political Cartoon

(DLC/PP-1933:0112). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Bird Center Cartoons / J.T. McCutcheon. Chicago : A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904.

What has happened is droll beyond imagining

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Recrudescence of Madame Vic" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper's magazine, 112:524 (March 1906).

Then, at last, Monsieur Poverel saw daylight

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Recrudescence of Madame Vic" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper's magazine, 112:525 (March 1906).

Edward S. Curtis - Storytelling

Group of Apache men, two on horseback, others seated, listening and looking on as one member of the party is marking the ground with a stick. Curtis no. 131(?). Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Libr... More

The two-part story - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Circulating Library" by Annie Hamilton Donnell, Harper's magazine, 117:698 (Oct. 1908).

[Mirthful man telling story to four people]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Rose and the Ring / George Barr. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1910.

La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 33-36

Four satirical vignettes. In the first vignette two women look at a newspaper headline about the pilot, Paulhan. One women wishes to marry him, but her companion tells her that he is already married and offer... More

Jewish children listening to A Legend of the Northern Lights (N. Ameri...

Photograph showing a librarian telling an Ojibwa legend to a roomful of children at the Queens Borough Public Library. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2008:111.02

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swift...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 2768. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Killing time. Boys and men (many of them workers) hanging around Swift...

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We were once young ourselves, said Martha with a touch of tenderness :...

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Casting out of Jacob" by Charles Moreau Harger, Housekeeper, 35:15 (Oct. 1912).

[Man in peruke smiling and ending story while three men sleep]

Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Herford, no. 46 (A size). Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as tailpiece for... More

Bedouins gathered for the evening storytelling in Moat [i.e., Moab]

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[Man in peruke smiling and beginning a story, while three men listen a...

Title devised by cataloger. Cf. CAI - Herford, no. 49 (A size). Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for... More

Relating an experience, Native Americans

Two Navajo Indians and horse. 196377 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph copyrighted by Pennington (William M.) and Rowland (Wesley R.), 1914.

People's story-teller, Petrograd, Russia - stereocsopic card

J237358 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18126. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

We must have knocked seven bells out of 'em; and we didn't lose a sing...

(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Sure Shield" by Bartimeus, Metropolitan magazine, 47:34 (Feb. 1918).

Warren St. Branch story hour group. Mr. Cronan telling a story

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Warren Street Branch. Story hour group waiting to go in

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Story hour, Boston Massachusetts

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Faneuil Branch. Waiting for the story hour

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Story hour West End Branch - Boston pictorial archive

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The story hour. Roxbury Crossing Branch

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Story hour Charlestown Branch - Boston pictorial archive

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Faneuil Branch. Waiting for the story hour

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Faneuil Branch story hour, to show the need of more room

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Interview with approximately 65 year old black female, Northport, Alab...

Howard Miller telling a story about his 'coon hounds

In the mountains and elsewhere, hounds have long been used for hunting a variety of game, including fox, raccoon, squirrel, rabbit, and bear. Several well-known American breeds have developed in the mountains, ... More

At the home of Cuba Wiley. (L-R) Cuba Wiley, Dave Bailey, Mary Wiley (...

Cuba Wiley grew up in Honey Bottom at the mouth of Shumate's Branch and Hazy Creek, and worked in coal and timber much of his life. His CB handle, "the Trading Post," relates to his prolific trade in second han... More

Coal river. Jim Michael Wills. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Interview with Quentin and Ann Barrett. Jim Michael Wills is Vicky Jarrell's uncle.

Coal river. Cuba Wiley, Peytona, WV. Southern West Virginia.

Cuba Wiley grew up in Honey Bottom at the mouth of Shumate's Branch and Hazy Creek, and worked in coal and timber much of his life. His CB handle, "the Trading Post," relates to his prolific trade in second han... More

Jim Wills, Vicky Jarrell, Anne Barrett, and Quentin Barrett laughing o...

Event: Interview with Quentin and Ann Barrett. Quentin Barrett is descended from R.E. Barrett, who opened Raleigh County's oldest general store at the mouth of Dry Creek in the 1800s. Both Quentin and his wife,... More

Coal river. Cuba Wiley, Peytona, WV. Southern West Virginia.

Cuba Wiley grew up in Honey Bottom at the mouth of Shumate's Branch and Hazy Creek, and worked in coal and timber much of his life. His CB handle, "the Trading Post," relates to his prolific trade in second han... More

A "Liar's License" hanging behind the bar at the Sundial Tavern

Event: Visit to the Sundial Tavern. The license was presented to Kenny Pettry, proprietor of the tavern, by the "Mayor of Dry Creek." Kenny himself is known as the "Mayor" of Sundial.

History's Alive with Sheila Arnold

Sheila Arnold tells the story of Old Bess Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interacting with the teachers - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

Sheila Arnold gave the teachers themes to discuss in groups Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

History's Alive with Sheila Arnold

Sheila Arnold tells the Story of Old Bess Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

History's Alive with Sheila Arnold

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

Listening to the story - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Teachers listening to Sheila Arnold's story of Old Bess

History's Alive with Sheila Arnold

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National parks: Storytelling - public domain image

Storytelling is an honored tradition among Gullah people. Programs on Gullah culture are held periodically at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site.

Interacting with the teachers - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

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

Interacting with the teachers - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

Stories range in reading and age levels

Interacting with the teachers - Public domain dedication image

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

History's Alive with Sheila Arnold

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Interacting with the teachers - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

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Storytelling, US Army Photo

A Rangeview High School student writes down her thoughts about a recent photo in the media, at Rangeview High School, Aurora, Colo., Oct. 17, 2014. Sgt. Marcus Fichtl, public affairs, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat... More

The sun is shining through the trees in the woods. Bluebell forest eng...

Morning Landscape. Free images of mornings. Use free photos of nature without any copyright restrictions.

Public domain stock image. Microphone mic words, music.

A woman reading a book to a group of children. Child card storytelling...

A woman reading to a group of children / A picture of a woman reading to a group of children / Public domain art photo.

A figurine of a cat sitting on top of a box. Cheshire cat alice in won...

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Public domain stock image. Wood story story time.

Capt. Angelina Cillo, public affairs officer with the

Capt. Angelina Cillo, public affairs officer with the 649th Regional Support Group, 103d Expeditionary Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), stands ready Aug. 8, 2020, to tell the Army story for her organization... More

Fairy tales : a reminiscent song of childhood

And the verdict was! - Public domain sheet music scan

The Union, a national song - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

My old Kentucky home, good-night, Stephen Collins Foster

Music associated with the Confederate side

I'se gwine back to dixie, Confederate States of America.

Music associated with the Confederate side

An Ode to Washington (A Song for my countrymen)

Music associated with the Union side

Carolina, Confederate States of America., Confederate States of Americ...

Music associated with the Confederate side

Our Volunteers - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

We are going on to Richmond - American Civil War sheet music

Strike for our banner bright! national hymn

Music associated with the Union side

Strike for the flag - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side