Sign in

Maps and History

@respectfully.bsky.social
353 followers 699 following 3.1K posts

Do you like maps, history, and libraries? Maps and History highlights historic maps and photos in the public domain from digital library collections. Analog copies for sale here: www.zazzle.com/collections/maps_and…

PostsRepliesMedia
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 16m
Middleborough, Massachusetts (1889) By: O.H. Bailey & Co #map #antiquemaps #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/item/95683334
Historical map. Middleborough, Massachusetts. By O.H. Bailey & Co. Dated 1889. From the Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 44m
Tooth And Rocky: Micro Mini Rovers (1991) By: NASA #foundfootage #vintagefilm #history archive.org/details/tooth_and_rocky…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 57m
Your tax dollars at work? Don't pay! (c. 1965-1980) By: War Resisters League #posterart #graphicdesign #oldphotos www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/yan…
Your tax dollars at work? Don't pay!. Photographed by War Resisters League. Dated c. 1965-1980. From the Library of Congress, diof.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 1h
THE FRAM (between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915) By: Bain News Service #photography #archives www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggb…
THE FRAM. Photographed by Bain News Service. Dated between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915. From the Library of Congress, diof.
020
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 1h
Nasby Building, Toledo, Ohio (c. 1905) By: Detroit Publishing Co. #cityscape #photochrom #history www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det…
Nasby Building, Toledo, Ohio. Photographed by Detroit Publishing Co. Dated c. 1905. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 2h
Dixfield, Maine, 1896 #map #antiquemaps #cartography www.loc.gov/item/91685205
Historical map. Dixfield, Maine, 1896. Dated 1896. From the Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 2h
Kennedy Tour. Calls For U.S. lead In Space, 1962/09/13 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #archives archive.org/details/1962-09-13_Kenn…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 3h
African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front (1899 or 1900) #AnselAdams #landscape #history www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ane…
African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographed by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Dated 1899 or 1900. From the Library of Congress, anedub.
0266
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 3h
Home Movie: 98600: New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Canada, Michigan (1958) #homemovies #foundfootage #archives archive.org/details/HMNewYorkConnec…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 4h
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. (1951) #map #cartography www.loc.gov/item/sanborn00015_014
Historical map. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. Dated 1951. From the Library of Congress, Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 4h
Bird's eye view of Whitefield, Coos County, N.H., 1883 By: Poole & Norris #map #antiquemaps #publicdomain www.loc.gov/item/75694704
Historical map. Bird's eye view of Whitefield, Coos County, N.H., 1883. By Poole & Norris. Dated 1883. From the Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 5h
Olympic Parade (1912] (date created or published later by Bain)) By: Bain News Service #photography #archives #historicalphotos www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggb…
Olympic Parade. Photographed by Bain News Service. Dated 1912] (date created or published later by Bain). From the Library of Congress, diof.
040
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 5h
Fire Department. City of Elizabeth, N.J. (no date recorded on shelflist card) #historicalphotos #archives www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pga…
Fire Department. City of Elizabeth, N.J. Dated no date recorded on shelflist card. From the Library of Congress, diof.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 6h
Elga Daniels, group at Senate ofc., 2/27 (1927 February) #1920s #photography #oldphotos www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/npc…
Elga Daniels, group at Senate ofc., 2/27. Dated 1927 February. From the Library of Congress, diof.
040
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 6h
Byrnes Wants All To Share Peacemaking, 1946/10/17 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #publicdomain archive.org/details/1946-10-17_Byrn…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 7h
GARAGE (BUILDING A) EAST WALL, BACK DOOR - Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK (1976) By: Taylor, Victoria L. #architecture #HABS #vintage www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/…
GARAGE (BUILDING A) EAST WALL, BACK DOOR - Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK. Photographed by Taylor, Victoria L. Dated 1976. From the Library of Congress, diof.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 7h
1936 Pittsburgh Flood (Part II) By: unknown #foundfootage #vintagefilm #vintage archive.org/details/1936Pittsburg
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 8h
Elias Teeple of C Co., 11th Indiana Cavalry Regiment in Union uniform with saber and Smith and Wesson revolver (c. 1861-1865) #CivilWar #portrait #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lil…
Elias Teeple of C Co., 11th Indiana Cavalry Regiment in Union uniform with saber and Smith and Wesson revolver. Dated c. 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress, 152.
020
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 9h
MacArthur Renews Vow, 1944/04/17 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #publicdomain archive.org/details/1944-04-17_MacA…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 9h
Berlin, 1961/08/31 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #history archive.org/details/1961-08-31_Berl…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 9h
African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right (1899 or 1900) #AnselAdams #landscape #history www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ane…
African American woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Photographed by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Dated 1899 or 1900. From the Library of Congress, anedub.
020
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 10h
Soviet Envoy Talks With Roosevelt, ca. 1933 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #history archive.org/details/1933_Soviet_Env…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 10h
Noticiencias NASA - El Movimiento By: NASA; Langley Research Center #foundfootage #vintagefilm #vintage archive.org/details/ksnn_es_9_movim…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 11h
Signs, Washington, D.C. (1937 Apr) By: Vachon, John, 1914-1975 #FSA #GreatDepression #history www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa…
Signs, Washington, D.C. Photographed by Vachon, John, 1914-1975. Dated 1937 Apr. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 11h
000715 #foundfootage #vintagefilm #archives archive.org/details/000715
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 12h
Expo 67 'Monument To Man' Opens In Canada (1967) By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #history archive.org/details/1967-05-02_Expo…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 12h
Middleville, N.Y. (1890) By: Burleigh Litho #map #antiquemaps #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/item/75694798
Historical map. Middleville, N.Y. By Burleigh Litho. Dated 1890. From the Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 12h
GARAGE (BUILDING A) WEST END - Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK (1976) By: Taylor, Victoria L. #architecture #HABS #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/…
GARAGE (BUILDING A) WEST END - Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK. Photographed by Taylor, Victoria L. Dated 1976. From the Library of Congress, diof.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 12h
Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with shoulder scales and cavalry forage cap (c. 1861-1865) #CivilWar #portrait #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lil…
Unidentified young soldier in Union uniform with shoulder scales and cavalry forage cap. Dated c. 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress, ambtin.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 13h
Group on steps of State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C. (1930 March) By: Harris & Ewing #1930s #portrait #archives www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hec…
Group on steps of State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C. Photographed by Harris & Ewing. Dated 1930 March. From the Library of Congress, diof.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 14h
Lincoln Beachey (1912) #photography #archives www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggb…
Lincoln Beachey. Dated 1912. From the Library of Congress, diof.
050
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 14h
Elk Street, Albany, N.Y. (c. 1901) By: Detroit Publishing Co. #cityscape #photochrom #archives www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det…
Elk Street, Albany, N.Y. Photographed by Detroit Publishing Co. Dated c. 1901. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
040
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 15h
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - membership drive - join now (c. 1936-1941) #WPA #posterart #photography www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpa…
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - membership drive - join now. Dated c. 1936-1941. From the Library of Congress, diof.
030
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 15h
Home movie: 000506: 1940s Oregon family #foundfootage #vintagefilm #vintage archive.org/details/000506_202005
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 16h
Bird's eye view of the city of Little Rock, the capitol of Arkansas 1871 By: Ruger, A. #map #antiquemaps #cartography www.loc.gov/item/73693338
Historical map. Bird's eye view of the city of Little Rock, the capitol of Arkansas 1871. By Ruger, A. Dated 1871. From the Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps.
041
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 17h
Claflin Univ., Orangeburg, S.C. ca. 1900 (c. 1899) #AnselAdams #landscape #oldphotos www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ane…
Claflin Univ., Orangeburg, S.C. ca. 1900. Dated c. 1899. From the Library of Congress, anedub.
040
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 17h
Unidentified sailor in Union uniform (c. 1861-1865) #CivilWar #portrait #oldphotos www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lil…
Unidentified sailor in Union uniform. Dated c. 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress, 344.
011
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 18h
Hughes Plane Crash, 1946/07/11 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm archive.org/details/1946-07-11_Hugh…
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 18h
African American boy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right (1899 or 1900) #AnselAdams #landscape #vintage www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ane…
African American boy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Photographed by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Dated 1899 or 1900. From the Library of Congress, anedub.
021
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 18h
Landscape (c. 1900-1919) By: Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919 #cityscape #photochrom #photography www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det…
Landscape. Photographed by Blakelock, Ralph Albert, 1847-1919. Dated c. 1900-1919. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
022
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 19h
Understanding The Dollar (1953) By: Coronet Instructional Films #foundfootage #vintagefilm archive.org/details/Understandin_2
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 19h
Atlas of Athens county, Ohio, to which is added a township map of the state of Ohio, also an outline and railroad map of the United States (1875) By: Lake, D. J. #map #antiquemaps #archives www.loc.gov/item/98687205
Historical map. Atlas of Athens county, Ohio, to which is added a township map of the state of Ohio, also an outline and railroad map of the United States. By Lake, D. J. Dated 1875. From the Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 20h
Silver Springs, Fla. (c. 1911) By: Harris Co. #panorama #cityscape #archives www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan…
Silver Springs, Fla. Photographed by Harris Co. Dated c. 1911. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 20h
Mrs. James Garfield (c. 1870-1880) #baseball #baseballcards #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/brh…
Mrs. James Garfield. Dated c. 1870-1880. From the Library of Congress, brhc.
3529
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 20h
Loretta Young Trailer, 1942/11/23 By: Universal Studios #newsreel #vintagefilm #archives archive.org/details/1942-11-23_Lore…
011
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 21h
Home footage of the 1965 Indy 500 #homemovies #foundfootage #vintage archive.org/details/home-movie-indi…
011
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 21h
Wood River Refinery (c. 1908) By: Standard Oil Company (Indiana) #panorama #cityscape #libraryofcongress www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan…
Wood River Refinery. Photographed by Standard Oil Company (Indiana). Dated c. 1908. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
010
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 23h
Majestic Building, Detroit (c. 1880-1899) By: Detroit Publishing Co. #cityscape #photochrom #history www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det…
Majestic Building, Detroit. Photographed by Detroit Publishing Co. Dated c. 1880-1899. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
021
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
See America (c. 1936-1939) By: Dux, Alexander #WPA #posterart #vintage www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpa…
See America. Photographed by Dux, Alexander. Dated c. 1936-1939. From the Library of Congress, diof.
000
Maps and History @respectfully.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Ameer music by Victor Herbert ; book by Frederic Rankin & Kirke La Shelle. (c. 1900) By: U.S. Printing Co. #theatre #vaudeville #photography www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/var…
The Ameer music by Victor Herbert ; book by Frederic Rankin & Kirke La Shelle. Photographed by U.S. Printing Co. Dated c. 1900. From the Library of Congress, ammem.
010