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Malay natives.  Penang. postcard

Malay natives. Penang. postcard

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destitute tenant farmer's family, Ozark Mountains, Arkansas

Destitute tenant farmer's family, Ozark Mountains, Arkansas

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene in New Orleans, Louisiana. A street tailor

Scene in New Orleans, Louisiana. A street tailor

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

American Fall, Niagara, from Goat Island. Winter Scene.

American Fall, Niagara, from Goat Island. Winter Scene.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photo of Sphinx at Gizeh, Ancient Egypt - Public domain dedication

Photo of Sphinx at Gizeh, Ancient Egypt - Public domain dedication

A black and white photo of a sphinx statue, Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan.

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan.

Public domain photograph - New York, art photography, artistic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people standing in front of a church, Linworth, Ohio. People leaving church

A group of people standing in front of a church, Linworth, Ohio. Peopl...

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

5th Avenue[street scene with automobiles and pedestrians].

5th Avenue[street scene with automobiles and pedestrians].

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lewis H. Hardwick; Mess Attendant, 3c., U.S.N.; Lost on U.S.S. Cyclops, June 14, 1918.

Lewis H. Hardwick; Mess Attendant, 3c., U.S.N.; Lost on U.S.S. Cyclops...

Picryl description: Public domain image from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Har... More

Receiving a rehabilitation check. Dona Ana Co., N.M.

Receiving a rehabilitation check. Dona Ana Co., N.M.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Triborough Bridge, East 125th Street approach, Manhattan.

Triborough Bridge, East 125th Street approach, Manhattan.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

San Francisco, California. In front of the local paper at Chinatown. Chinese reading news of the surrender of Canton to the Japanese. Most of San Francisco's Chinese are Cantonese.

San Francisco, California. In front of the local paper at Chinatown. C...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A couple of boys sitting next to each other, Puppeteers, Red House, West Virginia

A couple of boys sitting next to each other, Puppeteers, Red House, We...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan.
[Portrait of a child.] Connecticut. NYP Sterescope Card Collection.

[Portrait of a child.] Connecticut. NYP Sterescope Card Collection.

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Destitute Ozark family, Arkansas

Destitute Ozark family, Arkansas

Scan of the back side of the Farm Security Administration produced photograph.

Market place, Bethlehem, Israel, 19th century photo of Palestine and Jerusalem

Market place, Bethlehem, Israel, 19th century photo of Palestine and J...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a building with graffiti on it, Main street storefronts. Edwards, Mississippi

A black and white photo of a building with graffiti on it, Main street...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of people sitting on a curb next to a building, Religious meeting, Nashville, Tennessee

A group of people sitting on a curb next to a building, Religious meet...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people standing around a hula hoop, Square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

A group of people standing around a hula hoop, Square dance, Skyline F...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph through center hallway of the stacks
James Otis. - Public domain portrait engraving

James Otis. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain image of portrait painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Ex-farmer and children, now on W.P.A. (Work Projects Administration), central Ohio

Ex-farmer and children, now on W.P.A. (Work Projects Administration), ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sharecroppers' children on Sunday, near Little Rock, Arkansas

Sharecroppers' children on Sunday, near Little Rock, Arkansas

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, Palestine

Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, Palestine

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Pilger aus Baçrah [Ba.srah], Pilger aus Bahrain (in der Mitte ein Schêch aus Kabul), Pilger aus Zanzibar, Pilger aus Baghdad.

Pilger aus Baçrah [Ba.srah], Pilger aus Bahrain (in der Mitte ein Schê...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935.

Adobe school house. Bosque Farms Project, New Mexico. 1935.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A little boy standing next to a fire hydrant, Water. Fairbury Farmsteads, Nebraska.

A little boy standing next to a fire hydrant, Water. Fairbury Farmstea...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scene [shoe shiner] in Natchez, Mississippi

Scene [shoe shiner] in Natchez, Mississippi

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pillar of Absalom, Palestine - A black and white photo of a small building

Pillar of Absalom, Palestine - A black and white photo of a small buil...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

FHA (Federal Housing Administration) low income housing project. Holyoke, Massachusetts

FHA (Federal Housing Administration) low income housing project. Holyo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Church service in the Negro church, Woodville, Greene County, Georgia, October 1941.

Church service in the Negro church, Woodville, Greene County, Georgia,...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Radio Row, Cortlandt Street, Manhattan.
Oyster Houses, South Street and Pike Slip, Manhattan.

Oyster Houses, South Street and Pike Slip, Manhattan.

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

Members of the Musgrove family, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Members of the Musgrove family, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

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

Vicksburg Negroes and shop front. Mississippi

Vicksburg Negroes and shop front. Mississippi

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Icon Mrs. Howard and the baby., public domain photograph

Icon Mrs. Howard and the baby., public domain photograph

Public domain photograph of Dorothea Lange, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, widely recognized for ... More

Our honored ex-President Grover Cleveland, with his family at home, Princeton, N.J.

Our honored ex-President Grover Cleveland, with his family at home, Pr...

New Jersey stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who a... More

Farmhouse and family of resettlement client. Waldo County, Maine.

Farmhouse and family of resettlement client. Waldo County, Maine.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a group of children, New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana

A black and white photo of a group of children, New Orleans, Louisiana...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of people standing outside of a store, Along main street, Lancaster, Ohio

A group of people standing outside of a store, Along main street, Lanc...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saturday afternoon in London, Ohio, "the main street"

Saturday afternoon in London, Ohio, "the main street"

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ein mekkanischer Arzt, dessen Sohn, Kinder aus der Familie der Benî Schêbah [Bani Shaybî] (Thorhüter der Ka‘bah) und ein Sèjjid in Mekka.

Ein mekkanischer Arzt, dessen Sohn, Kinder aus der Familie der Benî Sc...

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

H.G. Wells, Sandgate, November 2nd, 1905.

H.G. Wells, Sandgate, November 2nd, 1905.

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

Migratory laborers cutting celery, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1941.

Migratory laborers cutting celery, Belle Glade, Florida, January 1941.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table, Miner's home. Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a table, Miner's home. P...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A couple of women picking cotton in a field, Cotton picking, Pulaski County, Arkansas

A couple of women picking cotton in a field, Cotton picking, Pulaski C...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, pedestrians and shoe-shine stand, March 23, 1939.

View of Lenox Avenue, Harlem, at 135th Street, showing businesses, ped...

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