"How a Braggart was Drowned in a Well", Folio 33v from a Haft Paikar (...
A painting of a man digging a hole in a tree, medieval or early renaissance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
"Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) o...
Public domain photo of a golden object, Afghanistan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Title page: Arnaud d'Andilly, Les Vies des saints pères des déserts
Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris) Public domain scan of French 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Les Deserts D'Egypte, De Thabaide D'Arabie, De Sirie, &c. : ou Sont ex...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
L'Ancienne Thebaide, ou, la Carta generale des lieux habitez par les S...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes two illustrations and text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
portrait from "Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and up the Red Sea; wit...
This image has been taken from scan 000016 from "Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and up the Red Sea; with travels in Egypt, through the Deserts, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generat... More
Desert near Alexandria - Daguerreotype portrait
Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Ruins of Old Pueblo Church, Taos Valley, New Mexico
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Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South ...
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Deuxième cataracte - vue générale prise du désert sur la rive gauche d...
General view of the desert at the second cataract taken from the left bank of the Nile. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teyna... More
Environs de Ouadi-Halfah - vue du désert sur la rive gauche du Nil [i....
General view of the desert at the second cataract near Wadi-Halfa. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et... More
Dromedaries halting in the Eastern desert
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
Wady Saboua - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Two statues and three sphinxes in the desert near the Sabou River. No. 1801. On verso: Colossi & Sphinxs.
Egypt el Kab - North Africa and Middle East
View of desert from inside a rock-cut tomb; hieroglyphics on cave walls.
Cairo. Cemetery in the desert - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...
In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 153. 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 ... More
[Man on camel next to a slanting palm tree, desert in background]
Title devised by library staff. No. 161. Possibly taken by Tancrède R. Dumas.
A camping-place in the wilderness of Sinai
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map from "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, throu...
This image has been taken from scan 000026 from "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc. [With maps and illustrations.]". The title and ... More
Map from "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, throu...
This image has been taken from scan 000449 from "The Siberian overland route from Peking to Petersburg, through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, etc. [With maps and illustrations.]". The title and ... More
Prière du désert, halte dans le désert et chameliers en prière / Bonfi...
Camels rest as men stop for prayer in the Egyptian desert.
[Western landscape] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
Stereograph showing sagebrush-covered desert landscape with mountain in background; person in foreground. Photograph attributed to Timothy O'Sullivan probably taken during the Geological Exploration of the Fort... More
Pyramide de Sakkarah / Bonfils.
Pyramid of Ṣaqqārah surrounded by desert. No. 117. Public domain photograph of Ghiza pyramids, Egypt archaeology, ancient Egypt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Salt Lake Desert [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.
Photograph showing a flat desert. Plate 175? from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. Publis... More
Navajo Indian home on the desert
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
Typical cacti of southern Arizona desert, Pima County
reverse side of stereoscopic card
Typical cacti of southern Arizona desert, Pima County
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Scene du desert: arrivée de chameliers a un campement de tubu / Bonfil...
Encampment in the Egyptian desert showing tents & camels. Public domain photograph - historical image of Egypt, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Members of the United States Geological Survey measuring a baseline ne...
Photograph showing men with surveying instruments in an arid landscape. ; handwritten on front of mount.
Verde Valley and Beaver Creek, from our quarters, Fort Verde, Arizona
No. 204. Edgar A. Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Excelsior, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920
P2170 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1883, by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy." Caption: The past The present. Created by "Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Blundering in a perilous position / Gillam.
Illustration shows a camel that has collasped under the weight of it's burden labeled "Amendments" and Samuel J. Randall who is riding on top; concerned travelers include John Kelly, Samuel J. Tilden, Henry Wat... More
Kismet Temple, Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y. Jan. 5, 1888 J. Ottman...
Print shows a group of men, members of the Kismet Temple, Oasis of Brooklyn, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, dressed as Arabs as part of a caravan, they are sitting an... More
Bicycling, Gobi desert. Book illustration from Library of Congress
"Eric Pape, after photo." Title on shelflist card: In the Gobi desert. Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Across Asia on a ... More
Ani-Musa - the Well of Moses in the Sinai desert 8 miles south of Sue
Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-143. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez to the south of the town of Suez at Uyun Musa (Biblical Twelve Springs of Moses), s... More
Yucca cactus at Hesperia, California view, photochrome print postcard.
Title on inventory list: Yucca at Hesperia Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51221". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.... More
A wilderness of sand--miles from human habitations, Painted Desert of ...
Couple on wagon drawn by pair of mules in foreground. H29886 U.S. Copyright Office.
A chance at last / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows Alton Parker, David Hill, John Williams, Arthur Groman, Richard Olney, and Grover Cleveland riding on a camel labeled "Reorganization" crossing the "Desert of Bryanism" with William Jennings ... More
Sir David Young Cameron - The desert
The fragment of Pyramid seen in the etching forms part of the great Gizeh group. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sir David Young Cameron - The desert
The fragment of Pyramid seen in the etching forms part of the great Gizeh group. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Sinaihalbinsel Ostseite, Ehemaliger ägyptischer Posten Nuwêbiʻ. 1914.
Plate 88 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from the outlet of W... More
Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, Mündung des Wâdi Firân in die Küstenebene. 1...
Photograph taken from the junction of Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area with El Qa'a Plain close to the Gulf of Suez, looking west and showing the mountain range of Gebel Hadhid in the background... More
The Nile Valley, near Assuan. From the album: Photograph album of Maj...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Valley of the Tomb of Kings, Egypt. From the album: Photograph album ...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Near Luxor. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st ...
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sinaihalbinsel Hochebene er Râḥa nördlich vom Sinaikloster; nach der T...
Photograph taken from the central vicinity of EL Raha Plain (Biblical encampment of the Israelites), looking northwest and showing the twin summits of Gebel Umm Gelekh to the right, from a 2km distance where E... More
Sandebene Ḥismā bei D̲ât el ḥaǧǧ, 608 km von Damaskus, 691 m ü. M..
Plate 50 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff.
Sinaihalbinsel Westseite, Küste des Roten Meeres bei Vorgebirge Abu Ze...
Plate 99 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from Sinai's narrow ... More
Piñon trees, New Mexico GB '20 monogram
Print shows piñon trees in a desert landscape with clouds and mountains in the background. (Cl. K) 152983 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed and dated on plate with monogram "GB" on lower right. Copyright stamp, da... More
Peter began moving his right hand toward his coat pocket --
Gift; Ernest Fuhr estate; (DLC/PP-1934:0111). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Yucca Bird" by William J. Neidig, Saturday evening post, 196:21 (Sept. 8, 1923).
Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley, California
No. UP 32663. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Salina pool, in the lowest part of Death Valley, California
No. UP 32666. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dining room at Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley, California
No. UP 32659. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Death Valley, California from Dante's View
No. UP 32657. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Death Valley, California, looking West of North from Dante's View
No. UP 32655. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A typical desert washboard, the Ole Southwest
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nevada desert landscape near Boulder City
In album: Boulder Dam: a portfolio of photographs prepared for Hon. Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, photographs and format by B.D. Glaha, Boulder City, Nevada, 1934.
Looking down from the Great Pyramid upon the Sphinx and the desert, Eg...
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The All-American Canal under construction, Imperial County, California...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
East bound track of the Santa Fe R.R. across desert country near South...
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Landscape, Northeast Utah
Photogrpah shows desert with mountains in background. Public domain photograph - historical image of Utah, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mojave Desert country, crossed by the Santa Fe R.R., Cadiz, Calif
12002-9. 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. Addi... More
Mojave Desert country, crossed by the Santa Fe R.R., Cadiz, Calif.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mojave Desert country, crossed by Santa Fe R.R., Cadiz, Calif
12002-9. 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. Addi... More
East bound track of the Santa Fe R.R. across desert country near South...
12002-7. 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. Addi... More
Landscape, Northeast Utah - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transpar...
Photogrpah shows desert with mountains in background. Lot 11671-28. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov... More
Mojave Desert country, crossed by Santa Fe R.R., Cadiz, Calif.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a dry desert landscape, sand, sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
German soldiers march forward, Stellenbosch South Africa
Photo shows German soldiers marching across desert area near Egyptian border.
[Trucks loaded with line pipe, Arabian American Oil Co., Saudi Arabia]
Title: [Trucks loaded with line pipe, Arabian American Oil Co., Saudi Arabia]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: 1948..Place: Saudi Arabia..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..... More
[Connecting pipeline, Arabian American Oil Co., Saudi Arabia]
Title: [Connecting pipeline, Arabian American Oil Co., Saudi Arabia]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: 1948..Place: Saudi Arabia..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Physical ... More
[Oil well drilling rig in desert taken with airplane and men with came...
Title: [Oil well drilling rig in desert taken with airplane and men with camel, Arabian American Oil Co., Saudi Arabia]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: 1948..Place: Saudi Arabia..Part Of: Rob... More
Ani-Musa - the Well of Moses in the Sinai desert 8 miles south of Suez
Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 304. Similar to lantern slide W7-143. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gu... More
Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Sahara & Antarctica seen from Apollo 4
AS04-01-410 (9 Nov. 1967) --- Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, West Africa, Sahara, Antarctica, looking west, as photographed from the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, Earth-orbital space mission. ... More
Mexico, Arizona, Gulf of California as seen from Apollo 6 unmanned spa...
AS06-02-1436 (4 April 1968) --- View of the mouth of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico as photographed from the unmanned Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) space mission. Al... More
Lake Mead, NV. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-03-192 (22 June 1973) --- Lake Mead, Nevada, (36.0N, 114.5E) where the water from the Colorado River empties after it's 273 mile journey through the Grand Canyon of Arizona is the subject of this photo. Oth... More
Lake Powell, Colorado River, Utah and Grand Canyon, Arizona
SL2-04-018 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Arizona-Utah border area showing the Colorado River and Grand Canyon photographed from the Skylab 1/2 space station in Earth orbit. This picture was taken by on... More
Phoenix, AZ, USA. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-03-200 (22 June 1973) --- The city of Phoenix, AZ (33.5N, 112.0W) can be seen in good detail in this color infrared scene. Situated among truck crop agriculture fields, the color infrared photo depicts the ... More
Mojave Desert, California. NASA Skylab space station
SL2-03-126 (June 1973) --- A color infrared photograph of the Los Angeles County and Kern County area, taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit during its first manned Skylab mission. The Mojave Deser... More
White Sands, Carrizozo Lava Beds, NM
SL2-04-288 (22 June 1973) --- A truly remarkable view of White Sands and the nearby Carrizozo Lava Beds in southeast New Mexico (33.5N, 106.5W). White Sands, site of the WW II atomic bomb development and testin... More
Pacific Coast of Southern California including Los Angeles and San Die...
SL4-142-4542 (November 1973-February 1974) --- An oblique view of the Pacific Coast of Southern California, including the Los Angeles and San Diego areas, as seen from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. T... More
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-4 Tail Cone O...
Frame of color news-released stills. This was a Tail Cone Off Mission. Stack Enterprise and 747 in flight.
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-4 Tail Cone O...
Frame of color news-released stills. This was a Tail Cone Off Mission. Crew was made up of Astronauts Engle and Truly. Astronauts Engle, Truly egress Orbiter following flt. DFRC, CA
Stunning light shaft in Slot canyon, Page, Arizona
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Spring amid the Sahuaros, Arizona
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Some of what are many more than 29 palm trees in Twentynine Palms, Cal...
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Windswept desert of southwest Colorado
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Carol M. Highsmith - Southwest desert scene
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Carol M. Highsmith - Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
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Carol M. Highsmith - Desert southwest
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Carol M. Highsmith - Saguaro Sentinel, Arizona
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Mojave Desert, California - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transpar...
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Carol M. Highsmith - Desert desolation
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Cow skull in rural Wyoming - Drawing. Public domain image.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Monument Valley "Thumb," Arizona
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Carol M. Highsmith - Arizona's painted desert
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Carol M. Highsmith - Abandoned furniture, southwest desert
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Countryside, northern Arizona - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Farm and cabin, Utah - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Carol M. Highsmith - Formation in the Utah desert
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