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Der Uhrmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man making a small clock in a clock making shop.

[Farmer with scythe walking down road after livestock]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

American bank note company, Philadelphia, office 125 S. 5th St.

Print shows an advertisement for the American Bank Note Company with an engraved illustration showing the "Signing the Declaration of Independence" and on the verso the full text of the Declaration of Independe... More

[Donkey cropping grass]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Battle scene with line of bayonets]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

President Robert's house, Monrovia / Wagner & McGuigan's Lith. Phil.

President Joseph J. Roberts' house, Monrovia, Liberia. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Walking hunter with two hounds]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The forty thieves or the common scoundrels of New-York

The title continues: "Breaking up of a Grand Spree in the Tea Room & total abflustification of the common scoundrels." Weitenkampf calls the print a satirical look at members of the New York Common Council "aft... More

The Tippecanoe quick step / J.B.N. ; John Bufford's Lith. Boston.

Print shows a music sheet cover with an illustration for the Tippecanoe quick step showing William H. Harrison on horseback, leading troops against Native Americans at the Battle of Tipecanoe, Indiana, in 1811.

White slavery!! or selling white men for debt! ... [Lexington 1840].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 22, Folder 15.

White slavery!! or selling white men for debt! ... [Lexington 1840].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 22, Folder 15.

Wayne's defeat of the Indians / Lossing-Barritt.

Anthony Wayne's defeat of the Indians, at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, near Toledo, Ohio, August 20, 1794.

Attention!! Whigs! Democrats! and Conservatives!!! All who want to put...

Campaign.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 33.

Cooke's Circus, York Hotel, Nicolson St.

Poster for Cooke's Circus showing three illustrations with text: a man on a trapeze(?), "Gulliver and the Lilliputians", and an animal act with animals in human situations. James Brydone, printer.

Bushō no zu - miniature, medieval manuscript

Prints show paper samples of one before and two after illustrations; the before print shows a warrior wearing brightly colored garments, and the two after prints show this warrior and another warrior blending i... More

Genl. Harrison - from a picture of Benjamin Harrison of Berkley / R.T....

Print showing William H. Harrison, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform, and with arms folded across chest, holding sword in left hand. 158 or 1293 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed o... More

The sylvic gas light B. Franklin Coston, patentee, Washington City, D....

Print showing a gas light generator for use in "Hotels, Light Houses, Steam Boats, Cottages, Factories, Churches" with vignettes of buildings, boats, and gas lights.

[Lucy Stone, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait] / W. & F. Langenheim's ... Ph...

On original folder: "From W. & F. Langenheim's Talbotype and Daguerreotype Establishment. Exchange, 3rd Story, Rooms 25-27. Philadephia. Talbotypes on paper , or daguerreotypes on plates of all sizes." Purchas... More

The people's line--Take care of the locomotive

Incumbent President Martin Van Buren drives "Uncle Sam's Cab," a carriage pulled by a blindered horse, which wrecks on a pile of "Clay." The carriage founders in the path of a locomotive, really an assemblage o... More

The original silver medal presented by George Washington to Red Jacket

Etching of medallion: on recto: Red Jacket smoking long pipe, George Washington on left with right hand extended, below inscription: George Washington / President / 1792; on verso: presidential seal.

Notice!! Taken from the subscriber, on the night of April 16th, at Nut...

Reward.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 5.

[Full-length statue of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, standing faci...

Public domain photo of Italian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: [asterisk]. Case: back only, Rinhart 163. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, possibly John Bannister Gibson, head-and-shoulders ...

Case: front - Berg 44-55G; back - bouquet of mixed flowers. Label on case: 37. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.13). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part o... More

[Electoral ticket, "Jackson and liberty"; Maryland, 1840?]

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

[Unidentified man with cat, three-quarter length portrait, full face, ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, Rinhart 66; back, urn with leaves. Purchase; 1967; (DLC/PP-1967:040). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the ... More

[Lucy Stone, half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Case: bouquet of flowers. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Blackwell family papers. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Transfer; LC Manuscript Divi... More

Log cabin anecdotes. Illustrated incidents in the life of Gen. William...

A Whig campaign broadside, with text describing a series of 12 incidents in the life of William Henry Harrison, illustrated with wood-engravings. The incidents are (counterclockwise from upper left): "Harrison'... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

Case: Rinhart 195. Barboza number: 6019.057. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[John Sherman, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Republican Representative from Ohio, 1855-1861; Senator, 1861-1877, 1881-1897; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881. Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, oval frame design. Source unknown. Forms par... More

Slavery abolished by the laws of nature!!! Negroes not of the same spe...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 155, Folder 24.

[Two unidentified women seated on a sofa, two unidentified men standin...

Case: gold frame design. Accompanying label on case: "30." An inventory by Marian Carson attributes this daguerreotype to Collins. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:095.3). Forms part of: Daguerreo... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsubaki ni uguisu, Ando Hiroshige

Print shows a bird on a tree branch with camellia blossom. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Wakan rōei shū : Virile ... More

[View of an unidentified village with ship in background]

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Uncle Sam's pet pups! Or, Mother Bank's last refuge

A crude woodcut satire showing Harrison luring "Mother Bank," Jackson, and Van Buren into a barrel of "Hard Cider." Jack Downing chases Jackson and Van Buren toward the barrel as Mother Bank crawls into it. Whi... More

[The battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17th 1775] / [painted by J. Trumbul...

Print shows British and American soldiers in hand-to-hand combat during the Battle of Bunker Hill; among the soldiers depicted are Major General Joseph Warren, Captain Thomas Gardner, Major Andrew McClary, Colo... More

French laundry - Kendall Mfg. Co. Providence R.I.

Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Company's "French Laundry Soap" showing a young woman beating clothes on a rock.

Professor Cummings, the celebrated magician, vocalist, and comedian!!

"Piece-work!! Piece-work! Magic! ... Mystic arts! ... Dancing babies!" Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Der Böttcher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a cooper making a barrel. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

[Three hunters by a camp fire] - Public domain drawing

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le pilote, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows two men standing in basket of balloon, "Le Pilote". Tissandier collection.

U.S. Ship Pennsylvania. Charles Stewart Esq. Comr. / Drawn on stone by...

Print showing the sailing battleship Pennsylvania. Caption: Launched on the 18 of July 1837.

General William H. Harrison, at the Battle of Tippecanoe

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2476

A picture of slavery, for youth.

Author's name appears on p. 26. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

A view of the mansion of the late Lord Timothy Dexter in High Street, ...

View of mansion of Timothy Dexter, Newburyport, Massachusetts, with key to the statues and several lines of explanation below picture. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the... More

Map shewing the connection of the Baltimore and Ohio-Rail-Road with ot...

Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:4,900,000. LC Railroad maps, 334 Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... More

The philosopher & his kite / H.S. Sadd sc.

Print shows Benjamin Franklin and his son William flying a kite during an electrical storm.

Der Schumacher. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working in a shoe shop. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Marion's brigade crossing the Pedee River, S.C.. 1778. On their way to...

Image shows Francis Marion "the Swamp Fox" and his band of men in boats preparing to cross the Pee Dee River.

By permission and under the patronage of the worshipful the mayor ... ...

Broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Richard Gypson from the Gas Works, Daventry, England, 1840. Includes a picture of a balloon in flight. Tissandier collection.

Papier. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows three men making paper; one standing at a vat with a screen, one working a press, and in the background, the third appears to be sizing the hand-made paper in a small vat before drying. In album: O... More

[Bunker Hill] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Soldiers digging and pulling artillery, horse pulling, and battle scene. Title devised by cataloger. Purchase; Childs Gallery; (DLC/PP-1984:368). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to righ...

President of Liberia. Was part of LOT 8554. Case: central diamond surrounded by leaves. Stamped on brass mat: McCartey. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-... More

[Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing...

Grandmother and aunts of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: Rinhart 63. Accompanying note in case on stationery of the Arts Club of Washington, in handwriting... More

Der Gärber. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows men working in a shop tanning leather. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Gilbert Stuart - G. Washington, Head and Shoulders Portrait

George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. From the original portrait by Stuart in the Boston Atheneum.

[Robert Emmet, three-quarter length portrait, standing, turned to the ...

Printed at bottom: Copyrighted. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camp of the Gros Ventres of the prairies on the upper Missouri Lager d...

Print shows a large Hidatsa Indians camp in the background; a group of Indians in the foreground are dancing on the shore while others are in the water boarding and attacking passengers on a ship. Tab. 38. Sam... More

Jumbo Jum - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Alton Institute. A lecture will be delivered this evening, at the Bapt...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 3.

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Photographer unidentified. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:003). Forms part of: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, 1824-1979 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More

[Henry and William Pinkney Rodgers, three-quarter length portrait, sea...

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 123; back, variant of Rinhart 125. Label on front of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893, Henry Rodgers, 1823-1854. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1... More

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with yellow sc...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 125. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rod... More

Langsdorffia hypogaea botanical illustration from Flora Brasiliensis

Português: Imagem do Fundo Obra Rara. Public domain scan of drawing, 19th century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mechanischer Welt Globus zum Gebrauche des kleinen Geographen /

Relief shown by hachures. Title from envelope. Gores for a 13 cm. globe. Six gores linked by a cloth strip and mounted on blue paper, attached at both poles to six brown cords bound with a cardboard strip. Glob... More

The star spangled banner

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bothwell Bridge, on the Clyde - Lithograph, public domain, Library of ...

Picturesque view of Scotland, with cattle in river in front of stone bridge with four arches.

The Ben Hur chariot race / E. Cameron.

Public domain image of classical or neoclassical art inspired by classical Greece, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A view of the mansion of the late Lord Timothy Dexter in High Street, ...

[Group portrait of an unidentified boy and girl, three-quarter length,...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: metal case with leather insert, variant of Rinhart 90, Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Der Schneider. Der Knopfmacher - Public domain book scan / engraving

Print shows a tailor cutting cloth and two female(?) assistants sewing; on the right is a man making buttons. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

[New York Harbor] - Public domain drawing

Landscape drawing shows men fishing off the pier, perhaps on Staten Island, looking across New York Harbor. Sailboats dot the water. Below the image, on the mount, various locations are identified in the drawin... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Case: front made by LC conservation office; back variant of Rinhart 131. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

The lament of the Irish emigrant - a ballad / W. Sharp, del. ; printed...

Sheet music cover shows a man wearing a top hat with sack and walking stick leaning on a stile. Reference copy may be in LOT 7010. Printed below image: The music composed and most cordially dedicated to Mrs. Is... More

[War of 1812 battle scene with soldiers and Indians]

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Snake game rules - Print, Library of Congress collection. Book illustr...

Print showing a game board with red, gold, and blue spaces, numbered between 1 and 122; on the board are illustrations that are numbered and correspond to the blue "starred" spaces, which are action spots, the ... More

O.N. Thacher, Hat, Cap & Fur Ware-House Wholesale & retail / / on ston...

Advertisement for Thacher's establishment at Nth. Third St., No. 40, opposite the City Hotel, Philadelphia, showing interior view of shop with hats piled on a counter and on shelves, an image of a beaver fellin... More

[Unidentified man with moustache, half-length portrait, full face]

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Li... More

[Unidentified man, possibly Lyman Fiske, head-and-shoulders portrait, ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: double case, variant of Rinhart 139. Scratched on back of plate: L.F. Accompanying note: Lyman Fiske, father, Harrison Grey Fiske. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1962; (DLC/PP-1... More

General William Henry Harrison / lith. of Endicott.

Print shows a campaign banner with Harrison on horseback; surrounded by 12 vignettes of his home, military service, and political activity.

Christophe Colomb a la cour d'Isabelle II / Pairs, Vve. Turgis ; Lith....

Christopher Columbus kneeling in front of Queen Isabella I. Title in French and Spanish.

White slavery!! or selling white men for debt! ... [Lexington 1840].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 22, Folder 15.

[Occupational portrait of a cooper, three-quarter length, with barrel ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, variant of Rinhart 114. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.19). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Lib... More

Elbridge Gerry / engraved by J.B. Longacre.

Elbridge Gerry, half-length portrait, seated, facing left. From a drawing by Vanderlyn.

[Former President Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right...

LC-BH824-5239. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Eugenie garter--Manufactured by the American Garter Company / Rae ...

Advertisement poster showing woman putting on garter. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, holding white ...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40 [asterisk]. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rodgers Family Papers, 1740-19... More

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg to Andrew Jackson, December 30, 1840

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A view of the mansion of the late Lord Timothy Dexter in High Street, ...

Native village - Drawing. Public domain image.

View of village showing traditional dwellings. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Collection (Library of Congress).

Map of Texas. Historic map, Library of Congress

Signed by W. Bollaert. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Die Weintraube und der Wein - Public domain book illustration, Library...

Print shows two men working a screw press for crushing grapes and a man pouring liquid through a mesh(?) into a barrel. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

[Autumn scene with castle] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Signed lower left: Gust. Jahn, Wien. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

[Mrs. Miller, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Winter scene] - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Otto Barth.

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Walt Whitman, Sr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval...

Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

North Bend game cock - Political cartoon, public domain image

A Whig campaign print glorifying presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The title derives from the candidate's farm on the North Bend of the Ohio River. The game cock has a dual significance: as an all... More

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...

Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More

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description and travel

manuscripts

canada

andrew jackson papers

american notes travels in america 1750 1920

andrew jackson

american revolution

1840