Stony Point, near Gibraltar, on the Hudson River, U.S. July 24th 1846
Drawing shows a steamship on the Hudson River, with a view of the lighthouse at Stony Point, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Title from item. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086
Reindeer polka
Artist: G.E. Lewis (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5537
Design and model of the new steamer America, for the western lakes
Print showing port side view of the steamer America. Title from item. Caption continues: To be built and run between Buffalo and Cleveland. Invented, designed and drawn by Darius Davison, New York. Copyright 18... more
![[Ben Campbell, steamship at landing]](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/14/ben-campbell-steamship-at-landing-5a4c44-640.jpg "[Ben Campbell, steamship at landing]")
[Ben Campbell, steamship at landing]
Photographer unidentified. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 163; back, central spiral within rectangular border. Purchase; 1982; (DLC/PP-1982:095). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).
![[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1853/01/01/paddle-wheel-mechanism-of-side-wheel-steamer-640.jpg "[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]")
[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]
Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.
![[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1853/01/01/uss-susquehanna-commodore-perrys-flag-ship-full-starboard-view-640.jpg "[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]")
[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]
Drawing is on the "Susquehanna & Mississippil Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan. Watercolor drawing Taguchi Shumpei. Title devised by Library staff.
River boat on the Potomac
Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... more
![[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi understeam]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1853/01/01/port-views-of-the-uss-susquehanna-and-the-uss-mississippi-understeam-640.jpg "[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi understeam]")
[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi under...
Drawings are panels one and two of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.
Map of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Rail Road as located by W. Strickl...
Map of an area between Philadelphia and Baltimore showing drainage, cities and towns, post roads, and boundaries. Chartered in Maryland in May, 1852. [From published bibliography]. Oriented with north toward th... more
View of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company's premises, Aspinwall, N.G.
Colon, Panama Canal Zone. Busy dock activity - railroad mail cars and mail steamships. Copyrighted by F.N. Otis. Photoprint of lithograph by C. Parsons. Sketch by F.N. Otis. This record contains unverified data... more
Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 18...
Print shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." Title from item. At head of title: Souvenir of the cold... more
Battle of Bad Axe = Schlacht von Bad Axe / H. Lewis pinx ; Lith. Inst....
Illustration shows an American steamship, the Warrior, firing at Indians on a raft. In the background, other Indians in boats. Title from item. Illus. in: Das illustrirte Mississippithal: ... / von H. Lewis. Du... more
From Grays Ferry looking south / Jas. Queen.
Drawing shows two steamboats at dock and four riverboats or barges on the Schuylkill River, with marsh in the foreground. Title from item. Signed "Jas. Queen" on lower right. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... more
Transatlantic sketches--the Mississippi River
Wood engravings showing three views of the Mississippi River, captioned: 1. Down the lower Mississippi--from the Baton Rouge; 2. Voyageurs ascending the lower Mississippi; 3. Woodchopper's hut, lower Mississippi.
![View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, which commencing 43 miles below passes through the [c]ity forming its chief business depot, and extends 143 miles above, on the banks of the Mississippi / photographed by E.H. Nelson, Jun., N.O.](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/10/view-of-the-famous-levee-of-new-orleans-the-capital-of-louisiana-which-commencing-d8bdf8-640.jpg "View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, which commencing 43 miles below passes through the [c]ity forming its chief business depot, and extends 143 miles above, on the banks of the Mississippi / photographed by E.H. Nelson, Jun., N.O.")
View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...
Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.
Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi)
Two steamboats and raft in foreground.
Chesapeake & Patapsco
Four scenes of rivers, lighthouses, ships and boats.
U.S. Gun Boat "Fanny"
Broadside view of steamship.
![View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/view-of-st-louis-mo-levee-640.jpg "View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee]")
View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee]
Purchase; Christie's, South Kensington; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:260).
![[Broadside views of three steamships]](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/19/broadside-views-of-three-steamships-272e25-640.jpg "[Broadside views of three steamships]")
[Broadside views of three steamships]
Title devised. Inscribed below first image: U.S. Transport "Roanoke." Inscribed below the second image: U.S. GunBoat "Winfield Scott." The "Union" is the same style as the Scott. Inscribed below third image: 2 ... more
U.S. Gun Boat "Seminole"
Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: The "Wabash" is like the "Minnesota" of which you have a drawing. Formerly Waud no. C-44. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... more
![[Broadside views of three steamships]](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/12/10/broadside-views-of-three-steamships-761ae2-640.jpg "[Broadside views of three steamships]")
[Broadside views of three steamships]
Title devised. Inscribed below first image: U.S. Transport "Daniel Webster." N.B. The "Ariel" is precisely like the Webster only much longer. Inscribed below the second image: Transports "Parkersburgh" "Locust ... more
Captured steamer used as a picket boat St. Johns River
Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: 74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.341) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
U.S. Gun Boat "Daylight"
Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: has Latteen Sails (a sort of Bolucca rig). Formerly Waud no. C-43. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.970) Forms part of: ... more
![U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mississippi River Fleet](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/04/us-gunboats-dekalb-mound-city-and-cincinati-ie-cincinnati-mississippi-river-397baa-640.jpg "U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mississippi River Fleet")
U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...
No. 3123. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of the monitor Saugus, James River, Va.
No. B759. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 143". Negative at National Archives, B5044. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Scenes in the Brooklyn Navy-Yard: Gunboat on the Stocks
Men building gunboat. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861 Aug. 24, p. 534. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397-I (oversize). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NYC, N... more
U.S. gunboat Black Hawk
No. 3141. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
(Sailors on deck of warship)
Title from item. Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.
A gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Va.
Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Gunboat "Commodore Perry", James River, Va.
No. 4274. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.
No. 4957. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck on U.S. frigate Sabine
No. 4367. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers and crew on deck of gunboat Agawam, James River, Va.
No. B261. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The Gun-boat New Era, just built at St. Louis, Missouri / sketched by ...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 12, p. 646.
U.S. gunboat Pittsburg - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3136. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 148". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Views at Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.
No. 4242. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/20/ship-deck-with-sailors-and-cannons-29639e-640.jpg "[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]")
[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]
Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... more
Arrival of the Twenty-Second Indiana Volunteers, Colonel J.C. Davis, a...
Soldiers getting off steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 246 (1861 Sept. 14), p. 582.
On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.
No. 4956. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback
No. B708. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B889. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Crew on deck of monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.
No. B80. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 179". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat "47"
No. 3146. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Benton
No. 3148. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi RIver Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Milwaukee
No. 3139. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.
No. B768. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Lafayette, Mississippi River Fleet
No. 4584. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Steamboat dock, Morris Island, S.C.
No. 4295. No. 3531 etched on negative, lower left corner. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Peosta - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3133. Title from item. Cited in: The South Besieged: The Image of War, vol. 5, p. 49. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S.S. New Hampshire off Charleston, S.C.
No. 4954. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback
No. B675. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 315". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Wreck of U.S. gunboat Indianola - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3117. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![Gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Miami, [i.e. Mendota] James River, Va.](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/16/gun-crew-on-deck-of-uss-miami-ie-mendota-james-river-va-db90ef-640.jpg "Gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Miami, [i.e. Mendota] James River, Va.")
Gun crew on deck of U.S.S. Miami, [i.e. Mendota] James River, Va.
No. B504. Title from item. Additional information from similar image, 111-B-374, held at the National Archives. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, page 275". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Lafayette
No. 3143. Title from item. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Crew on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Va.
No. B343. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/10/sling-for-heavy-artillery-drewrys-bluff-virginia-28287a-640.jpg "[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]")
[Sling for heavy artillery. Drewry's Bluff, Virginia]
Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-1152.
U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud
No. 3149. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Essex - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3134. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Ozark - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3124. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Agawam and the monitor Saugus, James River, Va.
No. B81. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney
No. B115. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Black Hawk
No. 3140. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/10/01/us-gunboat-lexington-ie-tyler-mississippi-river-fleet-50953d-640.jpg "U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet")
U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet
Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3122. Title from item. Cited in Miller, vol. I, p. 203, as the U.S.S. Tyler. "U.S. Army Military History Institute also identifies it as (U.S.S) Tyler"... more
U.S. gunboat Kickopee
No. 3138. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Tyler - Mississippi River Fleet
Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3127. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 189". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Cricket
No. 3142. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S. Frigate Hartford
No. 3152. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 187 (bottom)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/01/navy-crewmen-on-the-deck-of-a-ship-106a87-640.jpg "[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]")
[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]
No. 5132. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Vindicator
No. 3144. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The United States gun-boat "Wyandotte" firing a salute on Washington's...
Shown are the gun-boat "Wyandotte," and in the background left to right Fort Barrancas, Barrancas barracks, and United States Marine Hospital. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 6, p. 212.
U.S. gunboat Queen City
No. 3147. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. hospital boat Red Rover - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3125. Title from item. Caption continues: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Va.
No. B239. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.
No. 4094. Title from item. Hand written on verso: Miller I, 276. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.
No. B517. Title from item. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 1, pp. 110-111. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B696. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Constitution at Annapolis [Battle on deck of ship]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/the-eighth-massachusetts-regiment-taking-possession-of-us-ship-constitution-640.jpg "The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Constitution at Annapolis [Battle on deck of ship]")
Confederate obstructions in James River at Drewry's Bluff
No. B470. Title from item. Similar to LC-B811-2475. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Gunboat "Mendota", Deep Bottom, James River, Va.
No. B241. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Osage - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3126. Title from item. Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. Thos. O. Selfridge". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of monitor Mahopac, James River, Virginia
No. B403. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 145". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
![U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/08/29/us-gunboat-meteor-ie-cricket-d69f83-640.jpg "U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket]")
U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket]
No. 3145. Title from item. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford
No. 3169. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The Mississippi River Fleet at Mound City, Illinois
No. 3132. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford
No. 3168. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B655. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. For information on the identification of the photographer see article: "Richmond Again Taken: Reappraising the Brady Legend through Photographs by... more
U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3131. Title from item. Caption continue: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va.
No. B596. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Confederate iron-clad Stonewall
No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B
Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney
No. B182. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Benton
No. 3137. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Choctaw - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3116. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
(Deck of warship)
Title from item. Part of Brady-Handy Collection.
On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Va.
No. B686. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Crew on deck of U.S.S. Colorado
No. 4455. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Miami
No. B82. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 199". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Drewry's Bluff, Va. (vicinity). Obstructions in James River
Sunken gunboats in James River, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 1116. Reproduced in The photographic history of the Civil War / Francis Trevelyan Miller. New York : T. Joseloff, 1957, v. 1, p. 10... more