Library Collection

Verena, Chiquita and Minerva, 1889 July 13. Creator: Unknown
Verena, Chiquita and Minerva, 1889 July 13

Miss Greta Garbo, portrait photograph, 1925 July 27. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Greta Garbo, portrait photograph, 1925 July 27. Address: Commodore Hotel, New York City

Lawton, Mary, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Lawton, Mary, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915

Dolly sister, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Dolly sister, portrait photograph, 1916

The Burning of the Library of Alexandria, 1876. Artist: Anonymous
The Burning of the Library of Alexandria, 1876. Private Collection

The Bookworm, 1850. Found in the collection of Museum Georg Schafer, Schweinfurt

Engraving of the Ascent to Mount Carmel, by Saint Jean of the Cross, Madrid, 1694 edition

Sailing bicycles on the beach, Ormond, Fla. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Sailing bicycles on the beach, Ormond, Fla. between 1900 and 1910

Miss Ann Andrews, 1919 Sept. 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Ann Andrews, 1919 Sept. 3

Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, N.Y. ca. Feb. 1947

Before the storm, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Before the storm, c1906. Four Apaches on horseback under storm clouds

Judge Edward W. Keightley of Michigan, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Judge Edward W. Keightley of Michigan, 1865-1880. Keightley, Judge Ed. W. Michigan, between 1865 and 1880. [Politician and lawyer: Auditor of the United States Treasury Department]

Meeting between Pope Adrian I and Charlemagne, miniature in the incunabula Chronicles of France, printed by A. Verard, Paris, 1493

Reading Room of the Great Library at the British Museum seen from the Entrance, c1935. The circular Reading Room of the British Museum in central London was designed by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877)

Peterborough Guildhall, 2006. Creator: Ethel Davies
The Guildhall in Market Square where there are regular events and a Farmers Market, in Cathedral Square in the city center, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, east of England

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn

General Henry Warner Slocum, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Gen. Slocum [Senior], between 1855 and 1865. [Politician, Union general during the American Civil War]

Edwin M. Stanton, between 1862 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Stanton, Hon. Edwin M. Secty of War Lincolns Cabinet, between 1862 and 1865. [Politician and lawyer: US Attorney General and Secretary of War]

Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Girl welder in the NYA (National Youth Administration) school

Mrs. Cleaver is raising five sons on new farm, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mrs. Cleaver is raising five sons on new farm. Malheur County, Oregon

George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
George Cleaver who is trying to develop 177 acres of raw land. He has five sons. Malheur County, Oregon

"Pit and tools for rent--work on your own", U. S. 99, Fresno County, California, 1939
U.S. 99. Fresno County. " Pit and tools for rent--work on your own." California. [ Garage; Electric Welding ]

Grain elevator along railroad yard, North Platte, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grain elevator along railroad yard. North Platte, Nebraska. [Sign: T.B. Hord Grain Co. Coal Hay and Feed. Union Pacific steam locomotive]

William Morriss study, Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, 1901. From The Connoisseur magazine (December 1901)

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prep... North American Aviation, Inc, Inglewood, Calif. 1942
P-51 (" Mustang" ) fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the field of the North American Aviation, Inc. plant in Inglewood, Calif

The Governors Palace, Williamsburg, Va. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
The Governors Palace, Williamsburg, Va. The capitol of the Virginia colony during the 18th century which was reconstructed and restored to its original state by John D. Rockefeller, Jr

A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. A mother getting the children ready for a neighborhood birthday party

Mother and her daughter, Frederick Douglass housing project, Anacostia, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass housing project. Mother and her daughter

Margaret Warren, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Margaret Warren, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Margaret Warren, who married Shannon Lord Meany, and was later known as Margaret R. Warren Finlayson (1898-1971).

Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Pussyfoot Johnson, between 1919 and c1920. Shows William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson (1862-1945) who was an supporter of Prohibition and law enforcement officer

Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Shows man with a breeches buoy, a rope-based device to rescue people from wrecked ships

Harrison, Glenn, Shaw, James, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Harrison, Glenn, Shaw, James, between c1915 and c1920. Probably shows Charles W. Harrison, Wilfred Glenn, Elliot Shaw and Lewis James who performed as the musical quartet "The Shannon Four"

Ponselle, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ponselle, between c1915 and c1920. Shows soprano opera singer Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) with a child in a baby carriage.

Coney Isl., 1/3/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coney Isl., 1915.

British royal family, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
British royal family, between c1915 and c1920. Shows members of the British royal family including: (left to right) Albert (later George VI), George, Duke of Kent; Queen Mary of Teck, Henry

Chinatown, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chinatown, between c1910 and c1915.

Homer L. Ferguson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Homer L. Ferguson, between c1915 and c1920.

Sidonie Espero, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sidonie Espero, between c1915 and c1920. Shows actress Sidonie Espero.

Tsianina, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Tsianina, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (1882-1985), a singer and performer of Creek and Cherokee ancestry.

Dr. A. McL. Hamilton, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. A. McL. Hamilton, between c1915 and c1920.

Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920
Sims & Burrage, between c1915 and c1920. Shows William Sowden Sims (1858-1936), who was the leader of U.S. Naval forces in Europe during World War I.

Gen. Von Heeringen, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Von Heeringen, between c1910 and c1915.

Wm. Hayward, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Wm. Hayward, between c1915 and c1920.

Foch, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando, Sonnino, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Foch, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando, Sonnino, between c1915 and c1920. Shows French General Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), French Prime Minister Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (1841-1929)

Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Glynn & Whitman, 1/1/15, 1915. Shows Governor Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947) in a coach with his predecessor Martin Henry Glynn (1871-1924), at Whitman's inauguration, Albany, New York

A. Betti, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
A. Betti, between c1915 and c1920. Shows violinist Adolfo Betti (1875-1950) who was a member of the Flonzaley Quartet.

Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Possibly shows Brown University football player Theodore Chandler.

King Ludwig of Bavaria & Family, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
King Ludwig of Bavaria & Family, between c1915 and c1920.

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