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Aaron Copland at work, Rock Hill

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of composer or musician, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Folger Library copy work. Shakespeare portrait by Zucchero

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of 17th-century male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The several methods of blowing and casting plate glass with the men at...

Illus. in: Universal Magazine, Nov. 1747, opp. p. 284. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gt. Brit. Eng. Misc.; Rare Bk. Div.... More

A Glass House. The Glass-Makers at Work

Engraving by Charles Grignion. Illus. in: Universal Magazine, June-Dec. 1747, opp. p. 149. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397-I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

[Family group - Smith, his wife and six children pointing at examples ...

(DLC/PP-1995:140.27) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 27. Title from Philadelphia Print Shop inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Arrangement of trellis work for ventilation in Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Side view of relief work of chair or bench]

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Trellis work for openings of ventilation in Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Trellis work for panels in ceiling of corridors

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Dome of U.S. Capitol, sketch of proposed hoisting arrangement for sett...

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol ... More

Dome of U.S. Capitol, sketch of proposed hoisting arrangement for sett...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Trellis work for openings of ventilation in Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Diploma Awarded By The American Institute. To J. & R. Lamb, For Churc...

Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sketch of plaster work in ceiling and interior wall]

Title devised. Inscribed below image: over the speaker on the wall. Formerly Waud no. B-119. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.883) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Trestle work (no. 1,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Photograph shows a trestle bridge over a creek. 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 whi... More

Trestle work (no. 2,) on City Point & Army R. R.

Photograph shows cut logs used in construction of a trestle bridge.

Fort Albany, Arlington Line, Virginia

Historic sketch of Fort Albany, part of the Arlington Line in Northern Virginia. General John G. Barnard described the work as such: “Fort Albany is a work partly bastioned, well built, and in admirable condit... More

The Army telegraph - setting up the wire during an action The Army tel...

3 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 24, p. 53. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Peasants going to work] / J.F. Millet.

Print shows a man carrying a hoe and a pitchfork, and a woman carrying a jug, headed for the fields.

The "Rail splitter" at work repairing the Union.

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David D. Porter / photographed by Brady, expressly for this work.

Half-length portrait, facing slightly left, in uniform, surrounded by nautical vignettes.

Fraternite Universelle, [Schultz work of Lincoln and other famous men]...

Public domain scan of a portrait print, bust portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vinnie Ream at work upon her Lincoln bust which rests upon the stand s...

Vinnie Ream, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to bust of Lincoln. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States /... More

Lessons for the uninitiated - pickpockets at work on the city railroad...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 25, 1867 Sept. 21, p. 1.

Work on the last mile of the Pacific Railroad--Mingling of European wi...

Men removing large rocks from hill for completion of the Pacific Railroad. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 13, no. 648 (1869 May 29), p. 348.

Patent Office, Washington, D.C. - examiners at work

Wood engraving after sketch by Theodore H. Davs. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 13 (1869), p. 445. Reference copy may be in LOT 4386-H. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card ... More

Patent-office, Washington, D.C.--examiners at work / sketched by Theo....

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 July 10, p. 445. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese cheap labor in Louisiana - Chinamen at work on the Milloudon S...

Illus. in: Every Saturday, Boston, July 29, 1871, p. 113. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Farms...; Chinese in U.S.; Sugar Ind.; Geogr.

"Chinese cheap labor" in Louisiana - Chinamen at work on the Milloudon...

Wood engraving by J.P. Davis. Illus. in: Every Saturday, vol. 3, Boston, 1871 July 29, p. 113. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - CHINESE-AMERICANS LOUISIANA 1871. This record contains unverified data from caption c... More

It is a bad rule that don't work both ways / Th. Nast.

Uncle Sam speaking to the Geneva court about Alabama claims. Liberty(?) sits in the seat of judgement. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 16, no. 813, 1872 July 27, cover illustration.

[Kitchen cabinets and work area]

Reference copy may be in LOT 4394. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: The New Housekeeper's Manual, 1873, by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, p. 34. Caption c... More

[Prisoners returning from work on Blackwell's Island, N.Y. C.]

Wood engraving in The Illustrated London News, February 19, 1876, p. 180. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Prisons; New York New York City; Shelf.

Grant to Hayes - I guess that reform bait wont work this side. Better ...

A crude but charming comic send-up of 1876 Republican campaign strategy. Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden and an unidentified man stand fishing on the left bank of a river, their basket overflowing with th... More

Carpenters at work - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows carpenters using a hand plane, adz, and a chalk line. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. '78. From the "Construction" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms ... More

Lattice work - Public domain architectural drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From the "Construction" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints an... More

Loafers and laborers. Uncle Sam--(At the end of his patience and his t...

Uncle Sam standing over Indians at edge of cliff, with workers behind him. Illus. in: Puck, 1880 Sept. 29, p. 53.

The Tile Club at work / Drawn by C.S. Reinhart.

Men around table drawing(?) and musicians playing instruments. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1880 Jan. 31, pp. 72-73.

The tables turned - how our streets will look next year as a result of...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 50 (1880 March 27), p. 64.

Peons at work near Rascon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. - the meteorological work of the United States Signal...

Wood engraving from sketches by H.A. Ogden. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Suppl., 1881 March 19, p. 56 bottom. Reference copies may be in SSF - Meteorology; LOT 4386-L. This record contains u... More

The Old Mechanic's Bell tower [erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Go...

Erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Goerck and Stanton streets near the East River, N.Y.C. The tolling of the bell marked the end of a ten-hour day, an act of protest against the employers' practice of compell... More

The Channel Tunnel Work at Dover [England]: view showing where the sha...

Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Caricature, Hyenas at work / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Print shows a pack of hyenas labeled "N.Y. Commercial, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Herald, Washtn. Post, The Rosecrans Letters, [and] 306" crowded around a sepulchral monument to James A. Garfield labeled "Fame"; those hyen... More

The Channel Tunnel Work at Dover [England]: view from the Admiralty Pi...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1882 March 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Steam-hammer in full work - Drawing. Public domain image.

Men forging iron with steam-hammer made by James Nasmyth. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 April 14, p. 236.

She used to read to me when I was at work

(DLC/PP-1932:0051). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Register," Harper's magazine, 68:78 (Dec. 1883).

Road making machine - at work on roads of St. James on Gulf, Florida

In album. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and from item.

Ohio - the mining troubles in Hocking Valley - scene in the town of Bu...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1884 Oct. 25, p. 152.

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

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

Making bessemer steel at Pittsburgh - the converters at work / drawn b...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 April 10, pp. 232-233. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The dummy at work - Public domain dedication image

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Automaton Dummy : Bovine Usher" by Wallace Peck, Life, 8:25 (July 8, 1886).

A day's work ended / drawn by Matt Morgan.

African Americans bringing cotton in from field, Alabama. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.65, 1887 Dec. 31, p. 333.

Firemen at work, 1733 (From an old Fire Certificate)

Illustration showing firemen on vehicle pumping water through hose onto burning building, as other firemen bring water from well in buckets and put it into vehicle. Illus. in: Our firemen: A history of the New ... More

"All Having to Work Together" Custer County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Army Engineer dredges at work on Ohio River; Three Brother's Isla...

Photo by E.J. Carpenter. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dams; Dikes (Engineering); Ohio River; Flood control; Dredges; Army, US Corps of Engineers; Shelf.

Dr. John Scott Mrs. Harrison's father, aged 89, at work in the Pension...

Dr. John Scott working at a desk in the Pension Office. In album: Pinkey's blue book, or, The indigo agonies of a photographic amateur, no. 17. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Central Dome, interior view, showing exhibit of art work and vases, P...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[History of Work diorama showing Samoyedes with tepee and reindeer pul...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit showing early Greek pottery ma...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit, demonstrating early bronze ca...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Diorama in the History of Work exhibit showing Stone Age people makin...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[History of Work exhibit showing diorama of people from the Polished S...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Richmond, sailors polishing bright work

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

East Custer County, Nebraska.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

summary: Note: An African-American is seated on the wagon at the left of the photograph. original size: 6x8

Miners of the Comstock, as they work under ground. Ophir mine. Gould...

Composite of five reproductions of photographic prints. Photographed and copyrighted, 1890, by Jas. H. Crockwell, Virginia City, Nevada. In album: Souvenir of the Comstock, p. 20.

Union pump engine. Burleigh drills at work, made by flashlight. Cham...

Photographed and copyrighted, 1890, by Jas. H. Crockwell, Virginia City, Nevada. Composite of four reproductions of photographic prints. In album: Souvenir of the Comstock, p. 12.

The growing field of woman's work. A short look ahead

Caricature showing women working as hotel clerk, examining physicians, train clerk and on jury duty. Color lithograph by F. Opper. Illus. in: Puck, 1891 March 4, p. 32. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - WOMEN EMPL... More

Doing their little best to spoil his work / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President Cleveland sculpting a statue labeled "Purity in Politics", but a group of legislators have resorted to mudslinging tactics to destroy Cleveland's efforts. Those identified with a hammer, i... More

[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: a lining stitcher (woman)...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts; Industry & manu.; Women Employment; Shelf.

Puck's labor-saving suggestion for Cupid's summer work / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a vignette cartoon with Puck, at top center, manipulating an electric bow-shooting device, which sends arrows toward couples in the surrounding vignettes, where they are sitting beneath trees on the... More

[Auguste Rodin observing work on the Monument to Victor Hugo, Lebossé'...

Public domain image of coupe, engagement, family, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Will the Trojan horse trick work? / Keppler.

Print shows a large Trojan Horse labeled "Sound Money" with many businessmen climbing out, carrying papers labeled "Tobacco, Steel, Wool, Coal Demands for More Protection, We Want More Protection Iron, Drugs We... More

Women at Work for the Right to Vote: Carrie Chapman Catt and Anna Howa...

Clipping illustration of woman on horseback marching toward a "Franchise" sunrise with photomechanical prints of Carrie Chapman Catt and Rev. Anna Howard Shaw

[Joaquin Miller, 1841?-1916, at work in bed, Christmas Day, 1896, full...

Photo copyrighted by G. Wharton James. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Photog. Index; PI.

Coppersmith at work - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MAINE wreck, forward looking aft - Spanish divers at work - Havana Har...

25541 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. War of 1898; Cuba Havana; Ships US Govt.; Shelf.

3 Gold Miners at Work - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereo by the Keystone View Co., copyrighted by B.L. Singley. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Mines... Gold; Shelf.

American divers at work,-coming up-"Maine" wreck, Havana Harbor

25559 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gamil [i.e. Jamil] and Najeb [i.e. Najib] Albina and Lewis Larson [i.e...

Photograph shows (left to right) Jamil and Najib Albina with Lewis Larsson developing film.

[Irishman in work clothes admiring well dressed Irishman's stickpin]

7584 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created by "U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3492. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Pressmen at work in printing shop, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virgin...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 4. Public domain photograph of industrial workers, factory building, work, assembly line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[African American school children at work on a craft project]

No. 352. In album: "Public Schools - 7th Division." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Kindergarten field work, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection

African American children learning gardening. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of a garden, agriculture, nursery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wood work shop of Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.

Photo shows African American using machinery in a woodworking shop at Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Title from caption card. Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the P... More

Eskimos doing carpenter work, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Revival of the famous faience work in Jerusalem. Kiln where the produc...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish troops leaving the ordnance store and work shop, Havana, Jan. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cabinet Work, Manual Training, Public Schools, N.Y.

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

Field work, Mexican military school

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

Hubert Work - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. ...

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

Police work over Silverstein at anarchist riot, Union Square, New York

A group of men standing around a man laying on the ground. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Revival of the famous faience work in Jerusalem. Girls decorating vase...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Field work with gas??] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Mrs. J. Clinton Work, with dog, Dufront / Dufront

A woman in a white dress standing next to a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women work on screw machines, General El. [i.e. Eectric] Co., Philadel...

Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To Bain I have found your work of mine satisfaction, Gigli

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

Rep. Bloom presents sculptress with check from anonymous New Yorker to...

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

To Bain I have found your work of mine satisfaction, Gigli -- full...

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