Saturday, January 31, 2009

Two Valentine's Hearts and Arrow

Two Valentine's Hearts and ArrowTwo Valentine's Hearts and Arrow, Valentine Hearts are linked by Cupid's arrow in a store's window display. New York City, January 30, 2008.
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Valentine's Day Glitter Heart

Valentine's Day Glitter HeartValentine's Day Glitter Heart, Valentine's Day display in a store window on Third avenue, New York City, Manhatten's eastside. January 30, 2008
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Empire State Building Tower and Mast

Empire State Building Tower and Mast

Empire State Building Tower and Mast

Empie State Building Tower and Mast
Empire State Building Tower and Mast.

A dirigible mast, now the base of the TV tower, was part of the original construction of the Building. One attempt to moor a privately owned blimp was successful for three minutes. But during a second attempt, in September 1931, a Navy Blimp was almost upended and nearly swept away celebrities attending the historic affair, while the water ballast drenched pedestrians several blocks away. The mooring mast idea was ultimately abandoned. Empire State Building: Official Internet Site

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Log Cabin in Winter

Digital ID: cph 3b21148 Source: b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-73867 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,730 kilobytes)
TITLE: [Two women in new Oldsmobile in front of log cabin, Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.; picture made for Oldsmobile Sales Co.]

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MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1920. NOTES: Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Automobiles.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

F-86 Sabres Jets in Korea

F-86 Sabres Jets in KoreaCol. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, leads a three-ship F-86F Sabre formation during the Korean War in 1954.
Col. Davis, a Tuskegee Airman, was one of the first African-American wing commanders. High Resolution Image

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Queen of Hearts River Boat

Queen of Hearts River Boat

Queen of Hearts River Boat
Queen of Hearts River Boat, three levels rear paddle river boat, Coast Guard Certified for 540 passengers, Hudson River Pier 40, New York City.

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Lunar New Year of the Ox

Lunar New Year of the OxAdult female of the East Greenland Musk Ox. From a photograph provided by the American Museum of Natural History
Musk-ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat. By Caspar Whitney, George Bird Grinnell, Owen Wister. Published by Macmillan, 1904. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Sep 13, 2007. 284 pages.

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Jefferson Memorial

Jefferson MemorialDigital ID: gsc 5a18757 Source: intermediary roll film. Reproduction Number: LC-G613-T-43406 (interpositive) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (218 kilobytes)
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Glenn Miller

Maj. Glenn Miller standing with hand in pocket. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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The Glenn Miller Orchestra was America's most popular band from 1939 to 1941. On the Feb. 10, 1942 Chesterfield radio broadcast, RCA Victor presented Miller the first gold record ever awarded, honoring the 1,200,000th sale of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."

The famous band leader supported the U.S. armed forces through radio broadcasts and performances nationwide. He also gave free records and radio-phonographs to U.S. military camps. At the peak of his civilian career, Miller decided he could better serve those in uniform by putting one on himself.

Too old to be drafted, Glenn Miller (age 38) volunteered for the Navy. The Navy could not use the band leader's services. Undaunted, Miller persuaded the Army to accept him so he could "put a little more spring into the feet of our marching men and a little more joy into their hearts... [and be] placed in charge of a modernized army band." Miller ultimately joined the Army Air Corps as a captain in the Army of the United States.

His distinguished Army Air Force Band was attached to the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, London, and was quartered at Milton Ernest near Bedford, England.

It is not an exaggeration to report that every band member owed his life to Glenn Miller. When the band arrived in London, they were quartered at 25 Sloane Court. Unfortunately, this was in the middle of "Buzz Bomb Alley," an area of sleepless nights because of the constant barrage of German V-1 bombs. Miller arranged for new quarters and transportation to move to Bedford on Sunday, July 2, 1944. The next morning, a buzz bomb landed in front of their old quarters, destroyed the building, and killed more than 100 people. None were Miller band members. Miller told band manager Lt. Don Haynes, "As long as [the Miller Luck] stays with us, we have nothing to worry about."

Glenn Miller wrote a friend that in one month "we played at 35 different bases and during our 'spare time' did 40 broadcasts." His Allied Expeditionary Forces Band spent 18 hours a day recording and performing. Miller's hard work was recognized when he was promoted to major July 24, 1944.

It was an honor for Miller to christen a B-17G bomber named after his famous theme song, "Moonlight Serenade" in Knettishall, England, Aug. 25, 1944. However, the aircraft was shot down Sept. 5, 1944.

Lt. Haynes was the last person to see Maj. Miller alive. Miller took his manager's place on the Dec. 15, 1944, flight from Twinwood Farm air field to Paris, France, to arrange for the band's appearance. Flight Officer John Morgan piloted the Norseman UC-64 with Miller and Lt. Col. Norman F. Baessell aboard. Morgan took off despite the foggy weather. The plane never reached France and was never found.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Statue of Freedom U.S. Capitol building

Statue of Freedom U.S. Capitol buildingStatue of Freedom, the original and formal name was Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace.

The Thomas Crawford bronze statue has topped the dome of the U.S. Capitol building Washington, D.C. since 1863.

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The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her right hand rests upon the hilt of a sheathed sword; her left holds a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes. Her helmet is encircled by stars and features a crest composed of an eagle's head, feathers, and talons, a reference to the costume of Native Americans. A brooch inscribed "U.S." secures her fringed robes. She stands on a cast-iron globe encircled with the words E Pluribus Unum, the national motto at the time of her placement atop the dome. The lower part of the base is decorated with fasces and wreaths. Ten bronze points tipped with platinum are attached to her headdress, shoulders, and shield for protection from lightning. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds. Her crest rises 288 feet above the east front plaza.

A monumental statue for the top of the national Capitol appeared in Architect Thomas U. Walter's original drawing for the new cast-iron dome, which was authorized in 1855. Walter's drawing showed the outline of a statue representing Liberty; Crawford proposed an allegorical figure of "Freedom triumphant in War and Peace." After Secretary of War Jefferson Davis objected to the sculptor's intention to include a liberty cap, the symbol of freed slaves, Crawford replaced it with a crested Roman helmet.

Crawford was commissioned to design the Statue of Freedom in 1855 and executed the plaster model for the statue in his studio in Rome. He died in 1857 before the model left his studio. The model, packed into six crates, was shipped from Italy in a small sailing vessel in the spring of 1858. During the voyage the ship began to leak and stopped in Gibraltar for repairs. After leaving Gibraltar, the ship began leaking again to the point that it could go no farther than Bermuda, where the model was stored until other transportation could be arranged. Half of the crates finally arrived in New York in December, but all sections were not in Washington until late March of 1859.

Beginning in 1860, the statue was cast in five main sections by Clark Mills, whose bronze foundry was located on the outskirts of Washington. Work was halted in 1861 because of the Civil War, but by the end of 1862 the statue was finished and temporarily displayed on the Capitol grounds. The cost of the statue, exclusive of installation, was $23,796.82. Late in 1863, construction of the dome was sufficiently advanced for the installation of the statue, which was hoisted in sections and assembled atop the cast-iron pedestal. The final section, the figure's head and shoulders, was raised on December 2, 1863, to a salute of 35 guns answered by the guns of the 12 forts around Washington.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Michelle and Barack Obama Inauguration.Day

Michelle and Barack Obama Inauguration.DayWith his family by his side, Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. Download High Resolution Image (1,751 KB)
More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Photographer's Name: MSgt Cecilio RicardoLocation: Washington. Date Shot: 1/20/2009Date Posted: 1/20/2009VIRIN: 090120-F-3961R-919.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Inauguration Day at the U.S. Capitol

Caption: A sea of onlookers witness the second swearing-in ceremony of President George W. Bush at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2005.
White House Photo. Inauguration Day, January 20, 2005. White House Photo (Paul Morse).

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address

Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, Washington, D.C. First Inaugural Address, Library ID: 48224291, Date: 03/04/1933.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum Photos of FDR, copyright free
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images. TITLE: [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing front] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. CALL NUMBER: NYWTS - BIOG--King, Martin L.--Religion [item] [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-126559 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No copyright restriction known. Staff photographer reproduction rights transferred to Library of Congress through Instrument of Gift.

MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1964. CREATOR: DeMarsico, Dick, photographer. NOTES: NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

SUBJECTS: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. FORMAT: Portrait photographs 1960-1970. Photographic prints 1960-1970. PART OF: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

President Reagan being sworn in on Inaugural Day

President Reagan being sworn in on Inaugural DayPhotograph of President Reagan being sworn in on Inaugural Day, U.S. Capitol, 01/20/1981 - 01/20/1981. ARC Identifier 198506. Item from Collection RR-WHPO: White House Photographic Collection, 01/20/1981 - 01/20/1989
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Friday, January 16, 2009

Inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

President Kennedy swears Oath of Office. Washington, D. C., United States Capitol. Date: January 20, 1961. Copyright: Public Domain. Credit: United States Army Signal Corps photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

Inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. Chief Justice Earl Warren administers the Oath of Office to President John F. Kennedy during ceremonies at the Capitol, 20 January 1961. United States Army Signal Corps photograph in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. PX 65-108-SC578830.

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Inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

New York City Fire Fighters Fighting Fire

New York City Fire Fighters Fighting Fire

New York City Fire Fighters Fighting Fire

New York City Fire Fighters Fighting Fire

New York City Fire Fighters Fighting Fire
New York City Fire Fighters Fighting Fire. Firemen battle a multi alarm blaze and the elements on the westside of midtown Manhattan. As wind chills near zero, a burning 5 story building and store front offer a challenge to New York's Bravest. January 15, 2008 late morning.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Freedom Place New York City

Freedom Place New York City

Freedom Place New York City
Freedom Place "In memory of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, who on June 21, 1964 in Philadelphia, Mississippi gave their lives in the unending struggle for freedom and democracy." Dedicated by the West Side Civil Rights Committee November 18, 1967.

Andrew Goodman was born and raised on the Upper West Side of New York City, In 1964, Goodman volunteered with fellow activist Mickey Schwerner to work on the "Freedom Summer" project of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to register blacks to vote in Mississippi. Schwerner had been working closely with an assistant James Chaney, also a civil rights activist in Meridian.
On way to Meridian, they were stopped and arrested by Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price for allegedly driving over the speed limit and taken to jail in Neshoba County where Chaney was booked for speeding, Schwerner and Goodman were booked "for investigation."

Chaney was fined $20, they were released and told to leave the county. Price followed them on state route 19 to the county line, then turned around at approximately 10:30 p.m. On the way to Meridian, the men were stopped by two carloads of KKK members on a remote rural road. The men approached their car, shot and killed Schwerner, next Goodman, and finally Chaney.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Colonel Charles Young

Colonel Charles YoungColonel Charles Young: Black Cavalryman, Huachuca Commander, and Early Intelligence Officer.

Charles Young (March 12, 1864 - January 8, 1922) was the third African American graduate of West Point, first black U.S. national park superintendent, first African American military attaché, and highest ranking black officer in the United States Army until his death in 1922.
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In the world of military biography men there is no shortage of remarkable men. That may be why some of the more quiet heroes are slighted by history. One such man is Charles Young. He wore no pearl-handled revolvers, did not pin grenades to his lapels, nor did he design his own uniform. His distinguishing feature was his skin color in an American Army just after the turn of the century that had only a few dark skinned officers.

Both his mother and father were former slaves. His father, Gabriel, served in the Union Army and was discharged shortly after the Civil War. While waiting for her husband’s return from the war, Arminta Young gave birth to Charles in a humble log cabin in Mays Lick, Kentucky, on 12 March 1864. His father moved to Ripley, Ohio, when Charles was a young boy, opening a life-long livery business. Charles went to high school in Ripley and taught at the colored school there for three years.

Appointed from Ohio to the U.S. Military Academy in June 1884, he graduated in 1889, the third African-American to do so out of the nine that had entered the academy up until that time. Young graduated 49th in a class of 49. He graduated two months later than the rest of his class so that he could repeat the math test, a subject that gave him much trouble. He was hazed at the academy and referred to as the load of coal. Upon graduation, he was commissioned Additional Second Lieutenant, 10th Cavalry. His entire field career was spent in black regiments the 9th and 10th Cavalry, and the 25th Infantry.

Young was an accomplished linguist, speaking Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and German. He served as Professor of Military Science at Wilberforce University, Ohio. A friend who knew him at Wilberforce University, said he was popular as a musician, vocalist, violinist, pianist and composer. He wrote a drama entitled Toussaint L Ouverture, an essay entitled Military Moral of Races, and a collection of poetry called Long Wings. A musician and composer, he was accomplished at the piano, harp, cornet and ukelele. Among his musical compositions were eight Beatitudes, a collection of hymn arrangements called Offertory, and a number of Serenades. Colonel Charles Young FULL TEXT PDF
Source: History of the American Negro in the Great World War, Date: 1919, Author: W. Allison Sweeney

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Monday, January 12, 2009

GRAFFITI WITH A SUPERGRAPHIC

GRAFFITI WITH A SUPERGRAPHICcreator(s): Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - ) Type(s) of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials. Contact(s): Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S),
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Production Date(s): 07/1974, Part Of: Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental. Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972 - 1977. Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted. Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted.

Variant Control Number(s): Agency-Assigned Identifier: 225/47/013487 NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA-13487. Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials: Lyon, Danny, 1942-, Photographer.

GRAFFITI WITH A SUPERGRAPHIC "VAIL" AND OTHER WORDS ON A WALL IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY. THE INNER CITY TODAY IS AN ABSOLUTE CONTRADICTION TO THE MAIN STREAM AMERICA OF GAS STATIONS EXPRESSWAYS, SHOPPING CENTERS AND TRACT HOMES. IT IS POPULATED BY BLACKS, LATINS AND THE WHITE POOR. MOST OF ALL, THE INNER CITY ENVIRONMENT IS HUMAN BEINGS, AS BEAUTIFUL AND THREATENED AS THE 19TH CENTURY BUILDINGS THEY INHABIT, 07/1974. ARC Identifier 555939 / Local Identifier 412-DA-13487. Item from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2000.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander HamiltonDigital ID: cph 3a19741 Source: b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-17799 (digital file from original item) , LC-USZ62-17557 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

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TITLE: A Hamilton from the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers. CALL NUMBER: BIOG FILE [item] [P&P]

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, a Founding Father, economist, and political philosopher.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-17799 (digital file from original item)
LC-USZ62-17557 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Alexander Hamilton, half full. MEDIUM: 1 print : steel engraving ; 28.2 x 21.9 cm. (sheet) CREATED/PUBLISHED: New York : Johnson, Fry & Co., 1861.

NOTES: Title from item. Exhibited in: "A Hamilton from the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers", Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2000. Exhibited in: Creating the United States, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2008.

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Shaka, king of the Zulu

Shaka, king of the ZuluThis engraving by James Saunders King (1781 - 1828), who had been a british naval officer, is the only authentic portrait of Shaka, king of the Zulu. Standing with the long throwing assegai and the heavy shield in 1824 - four years before his death
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Friday, January 09, 2009

Thomas Paine

Thomas PaineThomas Paine. Copy of engraving after George Romney, ca. 1921 - ca. 1921.

January 10, 1776 – Common Sense by revolutionary Thomas Paine, a document denouncing British rule which contributed to fomenting the American Revolution among the Thirteen Colonies, was published.
ARC Identifier 530488 / Local Identifier 111-BA-1073, Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

Creator(s): War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (08/01/1866 - 09/18/1947)
Type(s) of Archival Materials: Photographs and other Graphic Materials
Contact(s):

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3530; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpixorder@nara.gov.

Coverage Dates: ca. 1921 - ca. 1921. Part Of: Series: Civil War-Era Photographs, compiled ca. 1921 - ca. 1921.

Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted. Use Restriction(s): Unrestricted.

General Note(s): Use War and Conflict Number 63 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Variant Control Number(s): NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-111-BA-1073. Index Terms: * Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials: o Romney, George, Artist.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)Title: California Condor. Alternative Title: Gymnogyps californianus. Contact history@fws.gov; Creator: Finley and Bolhman. Description: California Condor perched on post. Nest was near Los Angeles, California. FWS Resource
Links: California Condor site. Subject: Wildlife, Birds, Birds of prey, Endangered species, History

Location: California. Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Contributors: Audubon Society of Portland. Date: 1906. Type: Still Image. Format: jpg Item ID: MAFinley & Bohlman Slides001.jpg. Source: NCTC Archives/Museum. Language: English.

Rights: Public domain. Audience: General. File Size: 90.71 kb. Height: 480. Width: 598. Color space: RGB. Original Format: Glass plate. Full Resolution File Size: 8.00 x 10.00 inches, 300 dpi (high, print quality); Unedited High Resolution Image

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)Humpback whales in the singing position: Image ID: sanc0602, NOAA's Sanctuaries Collection. Location: Hawaiian Is. Humpback Whale NMS. Photographer: Dr. Louis M. Herman. High Resolution Image
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a Baleen whale. Adults range in length from 40–50 ft and weigh approximately 79,000 lb.

Restrictions for Using NOAA Images. Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted.

photos credit is requested and may be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Crow Common Raven (Corvus corax)

Crow Common Raven (Corvus corax) Format: JPEG image (image/jpeg) Dimensions: Screen: 1050px x 700px Print: 7.00 x 4.67 inches Resolution: 150 dpi (mid, presentation quality) Depth: Full Color/

Title: Raven. Alternative Title: Corvus corax. Creator: Karney, Lee. Source: WO-Lee Karney-2838. Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Language: EN - ENGLISH. Rights: (public domain). Audience: (general). Subject: Karney Birds Crows.

This image or file is a work of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain.

Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office.

Large bird with long, heavy bill and long, wedge-shaped tail, thicker shaggier throat feathers. Found in a variety of habitats, including mountains, deserts, and rugged coastal areas. Numerous in western and northern part of range; Harsh voice and agressive manner draw attention to these large, often gregarious birds.

Crow Common Raven (Corvus corax)


Crow on a Branch

Artist: Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889) Title: Crow on a Branch. Date: between 1873 and 1877. Medium Woodblock color print. Dimensions: 25.1 × 37.1 cm (9.9 × 14.6 in)

This image was uploaded as a donation by the Brooklyn Museum, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum. Note: While the Brooklyn Museum cannot make an absolute statement on copyright status for legal reasons. This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Elvis Aaron Presley January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

Elvis Aaron Presley January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977Elvis Aaron Presley January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977 Edited fragment of Image: 5364-18.jpg.

This image is a work of an employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
ALL PHOTOS, ARC Identifier: 1178
- Photographs of President Nixon and Elvis Presley, 12/21/1970
- There are 28 Elvis-Nixon photos, shot by Nixon's chief photographer, Ollie Atkins, on December 21, 1970.
- They are identified as Roll 5364, frames 02 through 23. and Roll 5369, frames 12a through 17a.
- The photos on Roll 5364 depict Nixon, Elvis, and Nixon staffer Egil Krogh.
- Roll 5369 photos depict Nixon, Elvis and Elvis' bodyguards.
- The famous photograph is item number 5364-18.

See all 28 Elvis Aaron Elvis, President Nixon photos, full documentation and disclaimer

also ELVIS PRESLEY. Photograph. 1957 Note: No copyright found; checked by The Library of Congress staff December 2000.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Saint Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's DayDigital ID: cph 3a51286 Source: digital file from b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-51243 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,893 kilobytes) unedited jpeg version 64.45 kb
TITLE: [Saint Valentine's Day] CALL NUMBER: LOT 4446 [item] [P&P] Check for an online group record (may link to related items) REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-51243 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Composite of scenes showing buying and reading of Valentine cards, and a mailman loaded with letters. MEDIUM: 1 print : wood engraving. CREATED, PUBLISHED: [1861]

NOTES: Illus. in: Harper's Weekly (1861). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Coutrship; Holidays; Shelf.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a51286 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a51286. CONTROL #: 2006679063

MARC Record Line 540 - No known restrictions on publication.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-51243]

Saturday, January 03, 2009

The James Lick Telescope

The James Lick TelescopeDigital ID: pga 02242 Source: digital file from original print Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-02242 (digital file from original print), LC-USZ62-11323 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve unedited JPEG version (139 kilobytes)
Additional versions and related images. Digital ID: cph 3a13718 Source: b&w film copy neg. Medium resolution JPEG version (64 kilobytes) Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,452 kilobytes).

TITLE: The lick telescope, length 57 feet. CALL NUMBER: PGA - Morgan--Lick telescope, length 57 feet (D size) [P&P]. REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-pga-02242 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-11323 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.

The James Lick Telescope is an antique refracting 36 inch (91.44 cm) telescope built in 1889 that can still be viewed through today. Also called the "Great Lick Refractor" or simply "Lick Refractor", it is the third-largest refracting telescope in the world,

MEDIUM: 1 print. CREATED, PUBLISHED: c1889 Apr. 8. NOTES: U6153 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Morgan.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original print) pga 02242 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.02242 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a13718 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a13718. CONTROL #: 2003672948

Friday, January 02, 2009

Checker Marathon

Checker MarathonThe Checker Marathon was an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan, between 1961 and 1982.
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If This image is subject to copyright in your jurisdiction, i (sookietex) the copyright holder have irrevocably released all rights to it, allowing it to be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited in any way by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without attribution of the author, as if in the public domain.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Times Square New Year's Ball

Times Square New Year's Ball

Times Square New Year's Ball
Times Square New Year's Ball. The 100th Anniversary New Year's Eve Ball on Display at the Times Square Information Center. Located between 46th and 47th Streets and 7th Avenue New York City.

That Centennial Ball is twice as bright as the previous one, with enhanced colors and LED lighting effects. Waterford Crystal create a new design for the crystal triangles on the Ball and Philips Lighting provided solid state technology that increased the brightness, energy efficiency, and color capabilities.
Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

If This image is subject to copyright in your jurisdiction, i (sookietex) the copyright holder have irrevocably released all rights to it, allowing it to be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited in any way by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without attribution of the author, as if in the public domain.