Library of Congress photos from the 1900s
161 photos, in date order; 1–60 on this page. Each photo's page says why it is public domain: most were published before 1931 or are US government works. About the collection
Chicago Club
1900–1906
Chicago Club crop
1900–1906
Curtis - Snake priest
c. 1900
Edward S. Curtis, Piegan encampment, 1900
1900
Sacred Legacy
1900
Edward S. Curtis, Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch, British Columbia
1900
Moki melon eaters
c. 1900
Three chiefs Piegan p.39 horizontal
1900
Hopi walpi
1900
New York City: Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn
1901
Kitty hawk gross
1903-12-14
First flight2
1903-12-17
Wilbur Wright after unsuccessful flight trial
1903-12-14
1903 Wright Flyer and buildings at Kill Devil Hills
1903-11-24
1903 Wright Flyer on launch track before unsuccessful flight attempt 14 December 1903
1903-12-14
1903 Wright Flyer damaged on ground after final flight 17 December 1903
1903-12-17
1903 Wright Flyer front view
1903
1903 Wright Flyer end of final flight 17 December 1903
1903-12-17
1903 Wright Flyer third flight 17 December 1903
1903-12-17
1903-12-14 Kitty hawk gross detail
1903-12-14
First flight3
1903-12-17
Firstflight 2 cropped
1903-12-17
Brooklyn Bridge at Night New York City 1903 Aerial View
1903
Si Wa Wata Wa
1903
Apache mother and child
1903
Edward S. Curtis, Zuni girl, New Mexico, 1903
1903
Curtis - Apache babe in carrier
c. 1903
Zuni girl with jar
1903
Zuni girl with jar (cropped)
1903
Mosa, Mohave girl, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903
1903
Immigrants just arrived from Foreign Countries--Immigrant Building, Ellis Island, New York Harbor
1904
C.M. Gilbert. - John Hay, c. 1904
c. 1904
1904-11-16 WrightFlyerII OrvilleWright
1904-11-16
Ellis Island arrivals
1904
Edward S. Curtis, Navajo child, 1904
1904
Navajo weaver
c. 1904
Canyon de Chelly, Navajo-b
1904
Navajo girl
c. 1904
Edward S. Curtis, Canyon de Chelly, Navajo, 1904
1904
Yebichai, the beggar by Edward Curtis, 1904
1904
A Jicarilla Apache man
c. 1904
Cañon de Chelly
1904
Canyon de Chelly, Navajo
1904
Navajo-Curtis (cropped)
c. 1904
Edward S. Curtis, Navajo chief, 1904
1904
Wright flyer III gov
1905-10-04
Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a photograph.: Title based on: Wilbur & Orvil
1905-06-23
1905 Wright Flyer III (flight 46)
1905-10-04
Brooklyn Bridge seen from East River, New York City
1905
Curtis - Navaho child
c. 1905
Sanowa Poqui
c. 1905
Hopi Angel
c. 1905
Three Horses by Edward S. Curtis, 1905
1905
Acoma woman by Edward S. Curtis, 1905
1905
Edward S. Curtis, Jicarilla maiden, New Mexico, 1905
1905
Hopi girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front
c. 1905
A Taos girl, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front
c. 1905
Edward S. Curtis, Wyemah, Taos Indian, 1905
1905
A Nambe girl
1905
Edward S. Curtis Geronimo Apache cp01002v
1905-03