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A new method of macarony making, as practised at Boston

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of... More

View of the town of Boston from Breed's Hill, in Charlestown.

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... More

The Bunker Hill Monument. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A south east view of the great town of Boston in New England in Americ...

Public domain image of a historic vintage city view, cityscape, plan, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The tomb-stone. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British Ca...

Print shows several men, George Grenville, Lord Bute, the Duke of Bedford, and, as a small dog wearing clerical robes, Dr. W. Scott, labeled "AntiSejanus", dancing on a sarcophagus with bas-reliefs of "Britanni... More

The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...

Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More

The statue, or the adoration of the wise-men of the west, British Cart...

Print shows Dr. W. Scott on a pedestal, he is wearing clerical robes, a crown fashioned from tobacco leaves, and holding a branch from an apple tree in his right hand and a picture of the tax stamp; around the ... More

[A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope att...

Possibly from series published by Carrington Bowles; see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5232. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prin... More

The bloody massacre perpetrated in King Street, Boston, on March 5th, ...

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The Bostons paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering / copied on ...

Print shows a mob pouring tea into the mouth of a Loyalist who has been tarred and feathered. Behind the group, on the right, is the "Liberty Tree" from which hangs a noose and a sign "Stamp Act" written upside... More

To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress...

Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the min... More

Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage

Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. General Jo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

[Antietam, Md. President Lincoln with General George B. McClellan and ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862. 1. Col. Delos B. Sacket, I.G. 2. Capt. George Monteith. 3. Lt. Col. Nelson B. Sweitzer. 4. Gen. George W. Mor... More

Amunition waggon. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the elevation and plan of an amunition wagon with view of undercarriage and axels.

A New method of Macarony making as practised at Boston / copied on sto...

Print shows two American revolutionaries tarring and feathering the tax collector. In the background, a gallows.

Follow the flag, enlist in the Navy, U.S. Navy recruiting station, 146...

Sailor holding U.S. flag on shore. Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1917.

The Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, fought June 17th.

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Tory's day of judgment / E. Tisdale, del et sculpt.

Illustration shows colonists preparing to tar and feather a loyalist seated on the ground as another loyalist hangs from a gallows with a rope around his waist . Illus. in: M'Fingal : a modern epic poem, in fo... More

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Collection des prospec... More

A close up of a statue of abraham lincoln. Abraham lincoln memorial ab...

A close up of a statue of abraham lincoln

Anticipation; or, the contrast to the royal hunt / Britons fact., Brit...

Print shows the restoration of England under the new ministry; the pillars that supported the Temple of Fame are being righted and put back in place; a soldier with sword in hand protects a Native, representing... More

President and Cabinet: H. Hamlin, A. Lincoln, Edw'd Bates, E.M. Stanto...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monument washington dc george washington building. A group of people s...

Architecture stock photograph: A group of people sitting on top of a grass covered field / A group of people sitting on top of a lush green field.

The burning of Charlestown, June 17th, 1775.

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevation of a sling cart [and] plan of a sling cart

Print shows two views of a "sling cart." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIII. Published in: The American Revolution in... More

[Portrait of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, officer of the United Sta...

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[Colonel Robert Shaw, sitting, facing right] / Whipple, 96 Washington ...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of Col. Robert G. Shaw. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV26. Photographer: Whipple. "Col Shaw" and "AE985" written in pencil on back of the mount. Pur... More

Portrait of Washington at prayer, Print

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7052

[Portrait of Vice President Alexander Stephens, officer of the Confede...

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Adml. Kempenfelt, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows Admiral Richard Kempenfelt (1718-1782), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with nameplate.

Puck's own Yorktown celebration / J. Keppler.

Print shows Puck sitting on a wooden cut-out Pegasus reviewing a procession of soldiers, among whom are John A. Logan, Roscoe Conkling carrying a flag labeled "Third Term", Joseph W. Keifer, William M. Evarts, ... More

A park bench in front of the white house. White house washington dc po...

A park bench in front of the white house

Military costume of the Revolution

Picryl description: Public domain image of a costume accessory, fashion design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Assasination of President Lincoln, George A. Atzerolt [i.e. Atzerodt],...

Photograph shows George A. Atzerodt, half-length portrait, seated, facing right. Photographer name from Swanson, J. Lincoln's assassins, 2001. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4136-L. Alexander Ga... More

A s.w. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I. / S. Hill s...

Print shows exterior view of Baptist meeting house. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 178... More

President's car, Alexandria - A black and white photo of a train

Photograph shows the president's rail car at the Alexandria station. Photograph probably taken in Jan. The car was later used as Lincoln's funeral car.

The dawn of peace. Morning of the surrender of Yorktown / designed & e...

20737 U.S. Copyright Office, 1881. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Campbell.

[Bunker Hill Monument, Bunker Hill Day, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's box at Ford's Theater]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

War of posts / T. Colley, fect., British Cartoon Print

Print shows the new ministers, Pitt, Keppel, Conway, Burke, Fox, and Richmond riding on wooden posts and cannon drive, with the aid of a devil, the old ministers, Nick, Sandwich, Amherst, North, and Mansfield i... More

A statue of abraham lincoln in the lincoln memorial. Abraham lincoln l...

Stock photography: The lincoln memorial in the lincoln memorial / A statue of abraham lincoln in the lincoln memorial.

U.S.S. Niagara, Boston, Massachusetts., Sept., 1863

No. 5567. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Public domain stock image. White house washington dc politics.

Vuë de Quebeck. Quebeck - eine stadt in Nord-America, in Canada, an de...

Print shows the wharf at the city of Québec with ship at dock and men working in small boats. (as characteristic of optical prints, series title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Printed at bot... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, March / Kronheim & Co....

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, March 1876, with illustration of Faneuil Hall in Boston; description of the role of Faneuil Hall in the American Revolution on verso. Pict... More

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple...

Photograph shows an oval portrait of Col. Robert Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Colored Volunteers Infantry.

The grand review at Washington May 23th 1865 The glorious Army of the ...

Copyright by Casimir Bohn. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Common-wealth - the colossus, British Cartoon Print

Print shows William Pitt walking on stilts; the right stilt, labeled "Sedition", points to New York, the left, labeled "Popularity", is firmly planted in London. He uses one crutch, labeled "Pension", for suppo... More

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller / design'd ...

Print shows Lord North and another minister with the Devil who has conjured a Native male figure, representing America, standing on a prostrate soldier and holding a building, representing Parliament, from whic... More

Perspective view of the country between Wilmington and the Delaware - ...

Print shows panoramic view of farms and farmland with the Delaware River in the background. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Tr... More

A view of a saw mill and block house upon Fort Anne Creek ...which on ...

Published in: Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters / Thomas Anburey. London : W. Lane, 1789.

Battle of Lexington / E. Tisdale delt. ; C. Tiebout sculpt.

Print shows Minute Men firing on the British in Lexington, Massachusetts. Exhibited: "Creating the United States," the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011-2012. Exhibited: "Revere's Ride and Longfellow... More

President and Cabinet: H. Hamlin, A. Lincoln, Edw'd Bates, E.M. Stanto...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Abraham lincoln preside...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard

[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. General Jo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.

A view of St. John's, upon the River Sorell, in Canada, with the redou...

Print shows a view looking across the Richelieu River at St. John, a cluster of buildings and fortifications used by the British. Illus. in: Travels through the interior parts of America : In a series of lette... More

A view of the of the Pierced Island, a remarkable rock in the Gulf of ...

Print shows a warship in the foreground approaching rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corne... More

Jefferson Davis, first president of the new Southern Confederacy / pho...

Jefferson Davis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, framed by wreath of corn, tobacco, and flowers.

[Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, three-quarter length...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Music cover showing a patriotic but fanciful portrayal of Union forces marching on the South at the opening of the Civil War. Led by a blue-uniformed officer with a drawn sword, a large troop of men march forwa... More

The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the Am...

Print shows John Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval frame. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / ... More

The Bostonians in distress, British Cartoon Print

Print shows Bostonians held captive in a cage suspended from the "Liberty Tree." Three British sailors standing in a boat feed them fish from a basket labeled "To -- from the Committee of --" in return for a b... More