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Popular Graphic Art Prints at the Library of Congress (1600s-1970s)

Sample Images

This selection of images gives a flavor for the variety of prints and printed ephemera in the PGA and PAGA 7 popular graphic arts collections.

Selections of art from the collection

J. Hale Powers & Co. Fraternity & Fine Art Publishers. Gift for the grangers. 1873. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Alfred M. Hoffy, artist. Mrs. Juliann Jane Tillman, preacher of the A.M.E. Church. 1844. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

José Guadalupe Posada, artist. Calaveras del montón, número 1. 1910. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Currier & Ives, publisher. The American fireman - always ready. 1858. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Schile, publisher. Bock beer. 1883. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Winters Art Lithographing Company. "American beauty." 1895. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Joseph Hoover, copyright claimant. Mother and children reading the bible. 1877. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

F. Earl Christy, artist. Man and woman sitting on giant football with a Yale flag. 1907. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

American fashions spring and summer 1852 by Genio C. Scott. 1852. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Currier & Ives, publisher. The national game. Three "outs" and one "run." 1860. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

G.F. Kahl, artist. The Fifteenth Amendment and its results. 1870. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

E. S. Yates, artist. Twentieth century transportation. 1910. Popular Graphic Arts Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Cosack & Co., lithographer. Battle of Shiloh - April 6th 1862. 1885. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Charles Zimmerling, copyright claimant. The donkey party game of putting the tail on the donkey. 1889. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

L. Prang & Co. El Capitan. 1871. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

La lanterne magique. Between 1650 and 1700. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Trump Bros., copyright claimant. Decorative fretwork design with birds and flowers. 1877. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

J.H. Bufford's Sons, copyright claimant. Bufford's banner show cards no. 25 snow scene. 1887. PAGA 7 Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Pastime Publishing Co. Pastime for little fingers. The Circus. 1881. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Currier & Ives, publisher. The pacing king, Hal Pointer, by Brown Hal, driven by Ed. Geers at Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 9, 1890. 1891. Popular Graphic Art Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Currier & Ives, publisher.The city of New Orleans, and the Mississippi River Lake Pontchartrain in distance. 1885. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Sachse. The great matrimonial admonisher and pacificator. Copyrighted 1861. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

L. Prang & Co., lithographer. Prang's Valentine cards. Copyrighted 1883. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.