Woman working on an airplane motor at North American Aviation, Inc., p...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundho...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Sculpture "Temperance" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Depart...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More
Sculpture "Justice" located at second floor elevator, no. 9, Departmen...
Artist: Carl Paul Jennewein, 1935. Aluminum, dimensions: 36" x 19" x 16". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the... More
Courtroom, Federal Building, Anchorage, Alaska
Architect: Louis A. Simon and Gilbert. Stanley Underwood. Built in 1939. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer... More
One of 16 tempura-on canvas murals from Thomas Hart Benton's mural "A ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This piece of the Benton work is one of four Great Depression-era murals mounted in the historic Indiana University Auditorium, built ... More
Louis Rhead - Try vio-violet a new Lundborg perfume
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C83. 189- Purchase; 1985; (DLC//PP/1985:224).
The Quartier Latin. A magazine devoted to the arts / Louis Rhead.
Poster with art nouveau aspects showing a seated woman holding a palette and paint brushes. Promotional goal: Fr .D41 189-. Publication Artistique de La Plume.
The modern poster. no. 32 - Art nouveau public domain poster
J & ER Pennell collection. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K91. 1895
Contents, October 6, 1895: Newest Miss Conseulo Vanderbilt and the Duk...
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895 Gift; J.H. Corning estate.
Le Frou Frou 20', journal humoristique / L Capiello.
Poster showing a can-can dancer holding a copy of "Le Frou Frou" while she dances.
Auto accident - Automobiles of 1940s
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Color print by George Barbier of Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein in...
Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caricature, Snow-buntings / Will Hammell., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows a beautiful young woman standing on a small hill with wind and blowing snow, and a cluster of snow buntings; she is wearing a bright red fur-lined coat and hat. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1... More
The lure of the green eyes / painted by W.H. Barribal.
Illustration shows a half-length portrait, facing front, of a beautiful woman with green eyes. Illus. in: Puck, v. 75, no. 1937 (1914 April 18), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publishing Corporation.
Kaiser- und Volksdank für Heer und Flotte / F.H. Ehmcke.
Poster shows a kneeling knight with a sword in one hand and a dove of peace in the other. Text declares the Kaiser's and people's gratitude to the Army and Navy.
Marine-schauspiel 1918 ... vollständig neues Programm ... / Franz Grie...
Poster shows head of an Austrian sailor(?). Text announces a Naval play(?), stating that it is a completely new program. Details of performance are given. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
Poster - 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. - Public domain lithograph
Poster shows an altar (?) decorated with a cross in the form of a dagger; flames ascend from the altar dividing the date 1918. Text is a quotation emploring the holy flame to never extinguish and forever burn b... More
Marine-schauspiel in der Kriegsausstellung ... / Griessler.
Poster shows head of a sailor against a blue background which takes the shape of a ship at the top. Text announces a Navy play(?). Details are given. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
Poster - Zeichne! / Louis Oppenheim. - Public domain lithograph
Poster shows a hand holding a pen and signing a war bond certificate.
Wahr dich, Wehr dich, Wach auf. Melde dich zur Bayr. Reichswehr / Ludw...
Poster shows a German soldier holding a rifle. Text: Defend yourself, protect yourself, wake up. Enlist in the Bavarian Reichswehr. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
See him through--Help us to help the boys / Burton Rice ; American Lit...
Poster showing a man in Knights of Columbus uniform gesturing toward soldiers in battle. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11 - 1918. National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus.
Poster - 8. Kriegsanleihe / W. Kühn. - Public domain lithograph
Poster shows soldiers, some holding laurel wreaths, celebrating beneath two large columns decorated with laurel and having eternal flames(?) on top. Text: 8th War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgesch... More
Schütz eure Heimat! Tretet bei dem Freikorps Hülsen / Gipkens.
Poster shows stylized profile of German soldier. Text: Protect your homeland! Enlist in the Freikorps Hülsen.
Poster - 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. - Public domain lithograph
Poster shows an altar or monument decorated with a cross in the form of a dagger; flames ascend from the altar dividing the date 1918. Text is a quotation imploring the holy flame to never extinguish and foreve... More
Poster - Venezia Travel Poster - Public domain lithograph
Poster showing the decorative prows of gondolas on a canal in Venice. Ente Nazionale per le Industrie Turistiche.
[Steel workers] / W.R. - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing shows two scenes: steel workers on a beam (above) and walking with lunch buckets (below).
After all - there is nothing like a good book! Book week November 8th ...
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. G68.192-
Murals in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the ...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Murals and details in Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, b...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Details of Avalon theater located at the Catalina Casino, built on the...
The rebuilt Catalina Casino opened in 1929 under the direction of William Wrigley, Jr. and David M. Renton. Designed by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, it is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean ... More
Skyscraper office building - Public domain architectural drawing
Architectural drawing shows building as perspective projection rendering. Drawing made when Adams was a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Purchase; GL & Abigail Adams Greenway; 2016; (DLC/PP-20... More
Books for everyone, Art Deco Poster
Robert E. Lee, artist. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. G6. 1929
Chrysler Building, New York, N.Y.
Title from jacket. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...
Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
World's greatest flyer... 5 cent Cigar
Poster shows "Spirit of St. Louis" flying over globe. Date of publication supplied by Library staff. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C82. 193- Exchang... More
Interior grill detail, James T. Foley U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,...
Built in 1931-1932. Art Deco style. Five-story building with 8' high sculptured marble frieze continuously wraps around the primary elevations. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Adm... More
Empire State Bld.. Cityscape photograph
JO 8932 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eddowes, New York. Public domain photograph of New York skyscraper building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogr... More
Empire State Building--"F" - Art nouveau public domain image - Art Dec...
J9058 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eddowes, New york. Public domain photograph of New York skyscraper building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograp... More
Das Volk wählt Liste 1 Nationalsozialisten Reichstagswahl 6.11.32 / WE...
Poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing a large number 1 (indicating first on the list) rising out of a huge swastika with throngs of people streaming toward the openings in ... More
Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalso...
Propaganda poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing two soldiers, one with a bandage around his head. The poster states that the National Socialists are creating a new Germany... More
Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen...
Poster shows a man with left arm raised calling out to students to become propagandists for the Führer; a large swastika in the lower left corner mirrors that on his lapel. The man also asks that universities a... More
Main lobby detail, David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse,...
Architect: Phineas E. Paist and Harold D. Steward. Mediterranean Renaissance Revival style. Built between 1931-1933. Primary material: Key Largo Coquina limestone. Photographed as part of an assignment for the ... More
The Dark Room, 5370 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Count...
Significance: The facade of this camera shop is a piece of architectural sculpture which functions as a three-dimensional advertisement for the services and products it houses. Buildings of this type were built... More
Mural by Carlo Ciampaglia at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, site of the 1...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Oil painting "Morgan's Raiders" at the Federal Building and U.S. Court...
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Artist: Daniel Boza, 1936. Dimensions: 6' 10" x 9' 2". Date... More
Safety comes first, Art Deco Poster
Poster promoting safety in the workplace, showing a wheel with spokes and a locomotive. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the W... More
WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts...
Poster for New York City Federal Music Project presentation of free band concerts at the Brooklyn Museum, showing a man conducting. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters ... More
Sculpture "Air mail pilot," by Oronzio Maldarelli at the Ariel Rios Fe...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 4' 3" x 1' 8" x 1'; material: aluminum. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photograp... More
The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.
Poster showing man wearing gas mask and men marching. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angel... More
Courtroom eagle at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas
Neoclassical/Art Deco design completed in 1936 by architect Charles H. Page. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More
Fire wrecks a forest, Art Deco Poster
Poster for forest fire prevention showing a burning cigarette and a forest fire. Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Ch... More
Fresco painting above room 5138 entrance, Department of Justice, Washi...
Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chambe...
Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More
Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster
Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing railroad freight cars at the Port of Philadelphia. Date stamped on verso: Nov 6 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domen... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Depression-era mural on the facade of a building at Fair Park in Dalla...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was the site of the Texas Centennial of 1936, when artists and artisans from around Texas, the nation, and the world created rema... More
Fresco painting above room 5137 entrance, Department of Justice, Washi...
Artist: Henry Varnum Poor, 1936. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs i... More
Protect your hands! You work with them.
Poster promoting safety in the workplace, showing hands grasping a rod. Date stamped on verso: Oct 31 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher... More
13 Grosse deutsche Rundfunkausstellung und Volkssender, Berlin 1936 / ...
Poster announcing large German exhibition, 28 August-6 September 1936, in Berlin of wireless radio broadcasting showing a stylized head of an eagle with beak open emitting circles like broadcast radio waves.
Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster
Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing ships at dock. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domenic Rotoli.
Mural "Sorting the Mail," by Reginald Marsh at the Ariel Rios Federal ...
Date: 1936; dimensions: 6' 7" x 12' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
A man standing next to a car with a rifle, Deer hunter. Huntingdon Cou...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Depa...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Close up of "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor lobby, Depar...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Murals "Louisville Murals - Coal Mining," by Frank Weathers Long at th...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 4" x 23' 5". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Public domain reproduction of art deco poster, cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Part of a carefully restored mural, one of dozens at Fair Park, site o...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mural "Consolidation of the West," by Ward Lockwood at the Ariel Rios ...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 6' x 13' 6". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photograp... More
Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Painting "Contemporary Justice and Man," second floor stairway, Depart...
Artist: John Ballator, 1937. Tempera, dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photog... More
Oil painting "Second Battle of Trenton" located in east lobby of Clark...
Artist: Charles Ward, 1937. Dimensions: 5' 9" x 19' 3". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cre... More
Oil painting "An Arrest" located on fifth floor, elevator no. 10, Depa...
Artist: Louis Bouche, 1937. Dimensions: 11' x 2' 8" approx. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer.... More
Murals "Louisville Murals - Fox Hunting," by Frank Weathers Long at th...
Date: 1937; dimensions: 3' 4" x 10' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photog... More
Close up of oil painting "Contemporary Justice and Woman," first floor...
Artist: Emil Bisttram, 1937. Dimensions: 11' 10" x 7' 4". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. C... More
Oil painting "Exports: Port of Philadelphia" located on east wall of l...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Please keep the park clean - Art Deco public domain image
Poster encouraging conservation of a natural resource area, showing a boy holding a butterfly net, sitting against a tree. Date stamped on verso: Oct 18 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Lib... More
A black and white photo of a car parked in front of a building, Politi...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Car advertising candidates for office, central Ohio
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Oil painting "Commerce of the East" located at center of Lobby, U.S. C...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Automobiles. Studebaker car, 1938 model II
Picryl description: Public domain image of an automobile, 1940s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Poster exhibition, 4300 Euclid, second floor
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of posters at the Cleveland Art Center, 4300 Euclid Ave., showing an eye with an arrow through it. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poste... More
Oil painting "Foreign Imports to Philadelphia" located on north wall, ...
Artist: George Harding, 1938. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More
Ohio WPA paintings through March
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of WPA artists from Ohio, at 4300 Euclid, showing column and birds. Date stamped on verso: Mar 3 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congre... More
Mural detail. U.S. Courthouse, El Paso, Texas
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1936 by architectural firm McGhee Frazer Lippincot... More
Two assembly line workers at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Opening Ottumwa Art Center, 122 E 3rd St. Saturday June 17
Poster announcing the opening of the Ottumwa Art Center, Ottumwa, Iowa, showing a fragment of a column and geometric shapes. Date stamped on verso: Jun 12 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (L... More
Higgins Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La., makes torpedo boats and ot...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Riveter at work on Consolidated bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., F...
12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant...
12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...
12002-19. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Even the gas stations are on an elaborate scale, often modern in desig...
Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A noontime rest for a full-fledged assembly worker at the Long Beach, ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidate...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Mural: "Science," by Millard Owen Sheets at the Department of Interior...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 107"x 77"; medium: oil. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line... More
Mural "Insular Possession: Virgin Islands," by James Michael Newell at...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More
Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael Newell at the Dep...
Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More