Free Offers Photos

Offering to the Gods

The National Archives UK
Description: "An offering to the Gods, Peking [China]." Photograph taken by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935). Date: c.1907 Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/507/186 This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.

Photograph of Rural Free Delivery wagon with horse in Osseo, Minnesota

Smithsonian Institution
Date: c. 1905 Object number: A.2009-52 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: The fancifully decorated horse-drawn wagon is marked "Rural Route No. 3, Osseo, Minn[esota]." Rural free delivery carriers did not more than just transport mail. This unidentified carrier would have offered a functioning post office on wheels to customers. The carrier would have brought along stamps and stamped envelopes, money orders and other postal products for sale along the route. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Place: United States of America Minnesota See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207616 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.

Every February on Brookfield Pond Area There Is a Traditional Ice-Cutting Festival ..., 02/1974

The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Every February on Brookfield Pond Area There Is a Traditional Ice-Cutting Festival Where Free Rides Are Offered in a Horse-Drawn Sleigh 02/1974 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-13087 Photographer: Cooper, Jane Subjects: Barre (Washington county, Vermont, United States) inhabited place Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA Persistent URL: http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=555539 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Buy copies of selected National Archives photographs and documents at the National Archives Print Shop online: http://gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/ Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

Rebecca Riots

The National Archives UK
Description: Edward Crompton Lloyd Hall, high sheriff of Cardiganshire, offers advice to "Rebecca and her daughters". In 1843 Welsh people rioted against expensive turnpike fees to use the roads, destroying tollgates set up to collect the charges. The name "Rebecca" comes from a biblical reference to in Genesis which suggests her descendants will take command of gates. Some of the rioters also wore women's clothing. Date: 20th June 1843 Our Catalogue Reference: HO 45/454 f.108 This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.

Grandview Grade School Students at Work, 1917

UA Archives | Upper Arlington History
A teacher in the Grandview schools leads a class of grade school students in their lessons. The Grandview school system had an enrollment of 529 students in 1917. There were 20 teachers; four in the high school and 16 in the lower grades. The Grandview school system consisted of three buildings; the Fifth Avenue Grade School, the Fairview Avenue Grade School, and the Fairview Avenue High School. The Fairview Avenue Grade School also had a 350-seat auditorium that offered frequent educational picture shows free to the community. This image available online at the UA Archives >> Read the related "Norwester" magazine article at the UA Archives >> ---------------------------------------- Identifier: hinw01p006i01 Date (yyyy-mm-dd): c. 1917-11 Original Dimensions: 12.8 cm x 5.2 cm Format: Black and White Halftone Photograph Source: Norwester, November 1917, page 8 Original Publisher: Upper Arlington Community (Ohio) Location/s: Grandview Heights (USA, Ohio, Franklin County) Repository: Upper Arlington Historical Society Digital Publisher: UA Archives - Upper Arlington Public Library Credit: UA Archives - Upper Arlington Public Library (Repository: UA Historical Society)

Corporal Jack Harris's Pierrot Troupe

The National Archives UK
Description: Prisoners of War interned at Rennbahn in Munster, North Germany, a converted racecourse. Amateur theatricals offered a distraction from gruelling conditions at the camp. The elaborate set here formed part of the "Rennbahn Empire" where prisoners regularly put on shows. Jack Harris served in the Rifle Brigade and was a music hall comedian before the war. Date: c.1916 Our Catalogue Reference: FO 383/196 This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.

Grandview Grade School Children at Play, 1917

UA Archives | Upper Arlington History
Students of the Grandview school system enjoy using the swing set on a playground on Oakland Avenue between First and West Third Avenues behind the Fairview Avenue Grade School. The two houses shown overlooking this playground are 1251 Oakland Avenue and 1263 Oakland Avenue. The southern side of 1271 Oakland Avenue is also visible at the far right of the photograph, and 1273 Ashland Avenue can be seen in the more distant background. The Grandview school system had an enrollment of 529 students in 1917. There were 20 teachers; four in the high school and 16 in the lower grades. The Grandview school system consisted of three buildings; the Fifth Avenue Grade School, the Fairview Avenue Grade School, and the Fairview Avenue High School. The Fairview Avenue Grade School also had a 350-seat auditorium that offered frequent educational picture shows free to the community. This image available online at the UA Archives >> Read the related "Norwester" magazine article at the UA Archives >> ---------------------------------------- Identifier: hinw01p006i02 Date (yyyy-mm-dd): c. 1917-11 Original Dimensions: 12.8 cm x 5.2 cm Format: Black and White Halftone Photograph Source: Norwester, November 1917, page 8 Original Publisher: Upper Arlington Community (Ohio) Location/s: Grandview Heights (USA, Ohio, Franklin County) Repository: Upper Arlington Historical Society Digital Publisher: UA Archives - Upper Arlington Public Library Credit: UA Archives - Upper Arlington Public Library (Repository: UA Historical Society)

Stephen Stokes' Master Plan

The National Archives UK
Description: In 1847 explorer Sir John Franklin set out on an expedition to find a Northwest Passage through the Arctic. Years later he still had not returned and the British Admiralty began to make plans to discover his fate. They offered a large reward for information as to the whereabouts of the expedition. Many people sent in complicated schemes to locate the explorers. This plan by Stephen Stokes suggests suspending a man with a telescope from a series of large kites. Date: 1849/50 Our Catalogue Reference: ADM 7/608 This image is from the collections of The National Archives. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library.

CO 1069-172-11

The National Archives UK
Description: December 30th. Manga Arabs in Procession. go to the Palace to offer their congratulations to the Sultan. Location: Zanzibar Date: 30 December Our Catalogue Reference: Part of CO 1069/172 This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project. Feel free to share it within the spirit of the Commons. Our records about many of these images are limited. If you have more information about the people, places or events shown in an image, please use the comments section below. We have attempted to provide place information for the images automatically but our software may not have found the correct location. Alternatively you could use the Suggestify tool to suggest the location of a picture. For high quality reproductions of any item from our collection please contact our image library

Volunteers at Mt. Sinai Gift Shop

Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
The Mt. Sinai Women's Auxiliary was formed a year prior to the opening of Mt Sinai Hospital, in 1950. The Auxiliary operated the snack shop and gift cart and provided volunteers offering care to participants and family members. The Auxiliary was also responsible for the Mt. Sinai Ball, a popular fundraiser for the hospital. The Free Bed Fund was used to subsidize care for patients unable to pay for their care. Date: 1954? Source: 4.25 x 5.5 Format: Black and white commercial photo Subject: Health and medicine; Mount Sinai Women's Auxiliary Collection; Levitt, Babe Coverage: Minneapolis; Hennepin; Minnesota; United States Local Identifier: MHS503 Link to our record: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,451 From the Steinfeldt Photography Collection of the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest.