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Background imageShelf Collection: Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A sobbing medieval child has been punished by his uncle for not being able to spell the word pie, to the horror of his aunt, Mrs Grace. The punishment involves sitting on the kitchen shelf

Background imageShelf Collection: Illustration of adults and children looking at books in a library

Illustration of adults and children looking at books in a library

Background imageShelf Collection: Instruments

Instruments
1923: Musical instruments belonging to the Savoy Orpheans Band, including saxophones, trumpets and a trombone. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageShelf Collection: Prospectors Weigh Gold Dust

Prospectors Weigh Gold Dust
Prospectors purchase merchandise at a store using gold dust during the Klondike Gold Rush

Background imageShelf Collection: Jane Darwell at Stove

Jane Darwell at Stove

Background imageShelf Collection: Karen Horney with Pet Dog

Karen Horney with Pet Dog
(Original Caption) Karen Horney: (1885-1952) eminent psychiatrist and professor, seated with her pet dog. Photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Ben Cardozo And Charles Hughes In Robes

Ben Cardozo And Charles Hughes In Robes
(Original Caption) Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870-1938) and Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) as Justices of the Supreme Court. Photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Thomas Edison In His Lab

Thomas Edison In His Lab
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison standing in his lab. Edison is standing behind a table that has various beakers and equipment. His hand is resting on the table. Undated Photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Richard Wright Seated at Typewriter

Richard Wright Seated at Typewriter
(Original Caption) Richard Wright, 1908-1960, American writer, shown at his desk in his home, using his old typewriter. Undated b/w photo

Background imageShelf Collection: Thomas Edison Desk And Sleeping Cot

Thomas Edison Desk And Sleeping Cot
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison's desk and sleeping cot in his lab in East Orange. Undated photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Interior of Roosevelt's Little White House

Interior of Roosevelt's Little White House
President Franklin D. Roosevelt died at home in the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, on April 12, 1945. The house was turned into a museum and state historic site in memory of its owner

Background imageShelf Collection: Guglielmo Marconi with a Radio Receiver

Guglielmo Marconi with a Radio Receiver
Guglielmo Marconi at St. John's, Newfoundland where he succeeded in receiving radio signals from Cornwall, England. It was the first transatlantic radio transmission

Background imageShelf Collection: Thomas Edison with the First Film Projector

Thomas Edison with the First Film Projector
(Original Caption) Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) experimenting with the first motion picture machine. B/W photo, 1905

Background imageShelf Collection: Girl Reaches For Medicine Shelve

Girl Reaches For Medicine Shelve
(Original Caption) 1915-"I feel like having a nice long drink." Girl reaches for medicine shelve. Photograph, 1915

Background imageShelf Collection: Portrait Of Margaret Sanger

Portrait Of Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger during her trial in Federal Court over her book The Woman Rebel

Background imageShelf Collection: Customers Enjoying Drinks at a Speakeasy

Customers Enjoying Drinks at a Speakeasy
View of four men drinking at the Speakeasy Bar. Undated photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Benjamin Cardozo

Benjamin Cardozo
(Original Caption) Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938), American jurist. Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court. Photograph, half-length, seated. Ca. 1920s-1930s

Background imageShelf Collection: FDR Taking Telephone Message

FDR Taking Telephone Message
Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits in an armchair and speaks on the phone in his office

Background imageShelf Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Dictating to His Secretary Louis Howe

Franklin D. Roosevelt Dictating to His Secretary Louis Howe
Franklin D. Roosevelt, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, has been named to manage the pre-convention campaign for Governor Alfred E. Smith

Background imageShelf Collection: Joseph P. Kennedy Relaxing at College

Joseph P. Kennedy Relaxing at College
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. son of the Ambassador to the Court of St. James, as a student at Harvard University

Background imageShelf Collection: Boy in Library Reading Book

Boy in Library Reading Book
(Original Caption) Picture shows a boy(Dick Campion) reading a math book in a library in front several shelves of books. He is wearing a shirt, tie, sweater and jacket. Undated photo circa 1940s

Background imageShelf Collection: Candidate Listening to Election Returns

Candidate Listening to Election Returns
Senate candidate Bruce Barton listens to election returns with his wife and son in their living room

Background imageShelf Collection: Joe McMichael Stocking Grocery Shelves

Joe McMichael Stocking Grocery Shelves
(Original Caption) 12/19/1940-Minneapolis, MN- Joe McMichael, who worked in a grocery store while practicing at night with his brothers, fellow members of the Merry Macs

Background imageShelf Collection: People Shopping at a General Store

People Shopping at a General Store
(Original Caption) 7/27/1944-Stow, MA- Among the institutions that are gradually disappearing from the American scene in this modern age is the general store

Background imageShelf Collection: Store Owner Putting Sign Up In Grocery

Store Owner Putting Sign Up In Grocery
(Original Caption) 8/1/1946-New York, NY: Charles Zobel in the grocery department of Al's Food Market, 468 Dean St. Brooklyn, tacks up new OPA sign as 12 year old John Kane looks on

Background imageShelf Collection: A Girl with her Doll Collection

A Girl with her Doll Collection
11 year-old Charolgene Winterstein of Chicago with her doll collection

Background imageShelf Collection: Paul Muller at his Desk

Paul Muller at his Desk
(Original Caption) 12/13/1948Portrait of Paul Muller, inventor of DDT and winner of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine

Background imageShelf Collection: Adult Video Tapes On Shelf In Store

Adult Video Tapes On Shelf In Store
(Original Caption) 8/18/1986-Los Angeles, CA- Thanks to the home video market, the multibillion-dollar pornographic film industry is reaping record profits

Background imageShelf Collection: Charles Ives

Charles Ives
(Original Caption) Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), American composer. Undated photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Bakery Worker Placing Bread On Racks

Bakery Worker Placing Bread On Racks
(Original Caption) A bakery worker can be seen through shelves of loaves of bread placing bagged bread on the racks. Undated photogaph

Background imageShelf Collection: Heavily Stocked Grocery Store

Heavily Stocked Grocery Store
(Original Caption) Heavily stocked grocery store in the 1920's. Photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: Ira Gershwin Standing By Bookcase

Ira Gershwin Standing By Bookcase
(Original Caption) Ira Gershwin standing by bookcase taking book off shelf. Undated photgo

Background imageShelf Collection: Old Man Against Shelves

Old Man Against Shelves
(Original Caption) Photograph of an old man leaning against bookshelves. A pipe is in one hand and his other hand is propping up his head. White beard and hair. Undated photograph

Background imageShelf Collection: 15th-Century French Manuscript Illumination Depicting Aesculap in His Room

15th-Century French Manuscript Illumination Depicting Aesculap in His Room
This illustration was published in a manuscript by the first woman to work as a professional writer, Christine de Pisan

Background imageShelf Collection: Thomas Jefferson Reading To Franklin by Clyde Osmer de Land

Thomas Jefferson Reading To Franklin by Clyde Osmer de Land
(Original Caption) Thomas Jefferson reading the rough draft of the Declaration of Indepentence to Benjamin Franklin. Undated color slide of illustration after a painting by Clyde O. De Land

Background imageShelf Collection: French Military Uniforms on Shelves

French Military Uniforms on Shelves
(Original Caption) 12/1/1949-Paris, France- While the "brass hats" of 12 Atlantic Pact nations plan the allocation of $900, 000, 000 in U.S

Background imageShelf Collection: Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath
(Original Caption) Photo shows author Sylvia Plath seated in front of a bookshelf

Background imageShelf Collection: Woman Weighing Potatoes in Grocery Store

Woman Weighing Potatoes in Grocery Store
(Original Caption) Photo shows woman (Ruth McGoran) buying food in self-service store. Ca. 1950s-1960s

Background imageShelf Collection: Girl Pulling Matches Off Shelf

Girl Pulling Matches Off Shelf
(Original Caption) 10/9/1951- In line with Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7 through Oct

Background imageShelf Collection: William Faulkner in his Library

William Faulkner in his Library
American writer William Faulkner (1897 - 1962) in his library, circa 1955. Photograph by Phyllis Carf

Background imageShelf Collection: Child Grabbing Cans from Shelf at Supermarket

Child Grabbing Cans from Shelf at Supermarket
(Original Caption) It's bottoms up as an inquisitive toddler investigates the interesting manner in which the cans of soup are stored on the modern supermarket shelves

Background imageShelf Collection: Mamie Eisenhower with Fine China in White House

Mamie Eisenhower with Fine China in White House
(Original Caption) New Additions. Washington: Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower poses in the China Room of the White House Tuesday with new additions to the china collection

Background imageShelf Collection: Powner Family on a Bunkbed

Powner Family on a Bunkbed
"Project Hideway" ends for Thomas A. Powner (age 31), his wife Madge (age 31), sons Scott (age 6) and Torry (age 3 1/2), and daughter Hilary (age 2)

Background imageShelf Collection: Futuristic Stereo Prototype

Futuristic Stereo Prototype
(Original Caption) 10/16/1959-New York, NY- Not the latest satellite, this may be the stereophonic high fidelity system of the future, according to its designer, Lester Beall

Background imageShelf Collection: Supermarkets Halt Sale of Cranberries

Supermarkets Halt Sale of Cranberries
Clerk Tom Wainwright removes cans of cranberry from the shelves in an H. C. Bohack supermarket in Jackson Heights, Queens, Nov. 10th. The Bohack Co

Background imageShelf Collection: John F. Kennedy in Televised Debate

John F. Kennedy in Televised Debate
Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy speaks on New York set during the third Kennedy-Nixon televised debate

Background imageShelf Collection: Young Man Looknig at Antiques

Young Man Looknig at Antiques
(Original Caption) 12/31/1960- A young expert on things old, Bruce Chatwin, 20, examines some antiques in Sotheby's upstairs warehouse

Background imageShelf Collection: Woman Sits in Air Raid Shelter

Woman Sits in Air Raid Shelter
A government approved air raid shelter on display at Stern's department store

Background imageShelf Collection: Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg
(Original Caption) 1/5/1963-Flatrock, NC: The camera captures Carl Sandburg in a pensive mood as he smokes a cigar in his book-filled work room

Background imageShelf Collection: Anne Sexton in Her Library

Anne Sexton in Her Library
(Original Caption) Weston, Mass:Poet Mrs

Background imageShelf Collection: SI Hayakawa Examines Burnt Office

SI Hayakawa Examines Burnt Office
(Original Caption) SAN FRANCISCO-12/9/68-: Acting San Francisco State College Pres. S.I. Hayakawa examines 12/9 the charred and blackened office of Dr

Background imageShelf Collection: Actor Robert Duvall Has Some Fun W/Props

Actor Robert Duvall Has Some Fun W/Props
(Original Caption) NEW YORK: Actor Robert Duvall (center, of course) has some fun with some props during a rehearsal for "American Buffalo

Background imageShelf Collection: Jacqueline Onassis in Department of Viking Press

Jacqueline Onassis in Department of Viking Press
Christopher Holme, Gael Towey Dillon, Jacqueline Onassis and Bryan Holme (l to r) in the Studio Books Department at the Viking Press in New York

Background imageShelf Collection: Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault
(Original Caption) 11/5/1979: Closeup of Michel Foucault smiling, French philopsopher and historian. BPA2 #3668

Background imageShelf Collection: Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite
2/25/1981- Close-up of Walter Cronkite, US broadcast newsman

Background imageShelf Collection: President Reagan And Walter Cronkite

President Reagan And Walter Cronkite
(Original Caption) 3/3/1981- Washington

Background imageShelf Collection: Friends having drink and fun, smiling

Friends having drink and fun, smiling
1976, Medium Group Of People, Adults Only, Young Adult, Young Women, Young Men, Mid Adult, Mid Adult Women, Mid Adult Men, Caucasian Appearance, Indoors, Horizontal, Colour, Photography, Waist Up

Background imageShelf Collection: Person Reading a Book

Person Reading a Book
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Background imageShelf Collection: Sun Casting Shadow Shadows Shadowy Shel

Sun Casting Shadow Shadows Shadowy Shel
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Library books on shelves, in sunlight and shadows. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageShelf Collection: Illustration, mother and son standing in front of supermarket rack containing washing powders

Illustration, mother and son standing in front of supermarket rack containing washing powders, cleaners and canned products

Background imageShelf Collection: Open wardrobe showing a mirror

Open wardrobe showing a mirror, clothes, shoes, suitcases, bags and boxes arranged in order

Background imageShelf Collection: Type case

Type case
Illustration of a Type case

Background imageShelf Collection: Set shelf and font box

Set shelf and font box
Illustration of a Set shelf and font box

Background imageShelf Collection: Large Set shelf and font box

Large Set shelf and font box
Illustration of a Large Set shelf and font box

Background imageShelf Collection: Black and white illustration of dried flowers stored in a cupboard

Black and white illustration of dried flowers stored in a cupboard

Background imageShelf Collection: Roccella tinctoria

Roccella tinctoria
Antique illustration of Roccella tinctoria

Background imageShelf Collection: Digital illustration of wooden batten screwed to underside of shelf front

Digital illustration of wooden batten screwed to underside of shelf front

Background imageShelf Collection: Digital illustration of recessed glass plate screwed into shelf from below

Digital illustration of recessed glass plate screwed into shelf from below

Background imageShelf Collection: Black and white illustration of various bottles

Black and white illustration of various bottles, containers, sponge, folded cloths and sheets on rack

Background imageShelf Collection: Black and white illustration of cookery books on shelf

Black and white illustration of cookery books on shelf

Background imageShelf Collection: Black and white illustration of a sloping shelf containing cans

Black and white illustration of a sloping shelf containing cans

Background imageShelf Collection: Black and white illustration of freezer being stocked with meals in single portions

Black and white illustration of freezer being stocked with meals in single portions

Background imageShelf Collection: A shelf over a sink holding bottles and toothbrushes

A shelf over a sink holding bottles and toothbrushes

Background imageShelf Collection: Black and white illustration of hand placing bowl of bicarbonate of soda inside fridge

Black and white illustration of hand placing bowl of bicarbonate of soda inside fridge (cleaning a refrigerator of bad smells)

Background imageShelf Collection: Illustration of people shopping in a supermarket

Illustration of people shopping in a supermarket

Background imageShelf Collection: Wicker baskets and bowls on shelf

Wicker baskets and bowls on shelf

Background imageShelf Collection: Man with Golden Retriever sitting on a sofa

Man with Golden Retriever sitting on a sofa

Background imageShelf Collection: Kremser Tor gate and a wine store

Kremser Tor gate and a wine store, Duernstein, Wachau valley, Waldviertel region, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Background imageShelf Collection: Still life, old garden accessories, zinc pots and tools

Still life, old garden accessories, zinc pots and tools

Background imageShelf Collection: Old files, archive

Old files, archive

Background imageShelf Collection: Shelf with antique lasts for manufacturing shoes

Shelf with antique lasts for manufacturing shoes

Background imageShelf Collection: Xinjiang dried raisins

Xinjiang dried raisins



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