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  • The Metlive

    319 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    348 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "The Signal"12 records

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[Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946] by U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Operation Crossroads: 21 Kiloton "Baker" Bomb Detonated Ninety Feet Underwater, Bikini Atoll Lagoon, South Pacific, July 25, 1946]

U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps

1946 · Gelatin silver print

Cleared · Public Domain

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Figure of Spring from the Four Seasons by Bristol Porcelain Factory, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figure of Spring from the Four Seasons

Bristol Porcelain Factory

c. 1775 · Ceramic, hard-paste porcelain

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Signal

Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (d. 1904)

1845–66 · Wood engraving, proof

In copyright

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Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance

Unrecorded maker

1000s · Sculpture, Bronze

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Danger Signal

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1884 · Lithograph, printed in oil colors

In copyright

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Standing Female Figure by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Female Figure

Unrecorded maker

600–1000 · Sculpture, ceramic, pigment

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Danger Signal

Currier & Ives (d. 1907)

1884 · Lithograph, printed in oil colors

In copyright

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Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso) by Hunhar II, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Women enjoying the river at the forest’s edge (recto) and flowering marigold (verso)

Hunhar II

c. 1765 · Painting, Gum tempera and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Official photo of U.S. Army Signal Corps trade card (W500)

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1918–30 · Commercial photolithograph

In copyright

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The MetSimilar
Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto) by Hunhar II, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Women Enjoying the River at the Forest’s Edge (recto)

Hunhar II

c. 1765 · Painting, Gum tempera and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Osage, Smoke Signal, bakery card from the American Indian Tribes series (D39-1), issued by the Gordon Bread Company

Gordon Bread Company

1940s · Commercial color lithograph

In copyright

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Hunting near Hartenfels Castle by Lucas Cranach, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle

Lucas Cranach (d. 1553)

1540 · Painting, oil, originally on wood, transferred to masonite

Cleared · CC0

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Cleveland Museum of ArtSimilar

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