[2 humorous sketches of daily life in London: "Going to the pantomime"...
Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 181853 Dec. 24, p. 580. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI WORKS; Humor; Gt. Brig. ... More
John T. Ford, age 24, Chas E. Ford [age] 2
Photograph shows theater manager John Thompson Ford, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding his child Charles. On mount: "Busey, Cor. Charles and Fayette Streets, Baltimore." Norval H. Busey (184... More
[William Sidney Mount, full length portrait, facing left, wearing top ...
Case: oval surrounded by flowers and scrolls. Embossed in velvet: Brady's Gallery 205 & 359 Broadway, New York. Alternately identified as: Alfred Jones, engraver. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:... More
The American falls, Niagara, from the steamboat
Drawing shows Niagara Falls on the American side from below. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873, hovers above the falls on the right. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office t... More
Harrison's flavoring extracts. Philadelphia
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bigot.
Hudson River above Albany - Public domain drawing
Sketch shows the Hudson River above Albany, New York. Ships and ships' masts rise above trees and buildings that line the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United Stat... More
Plateforme aérienne, cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Cha...
Design drawing shows a system for powering an airship with manually operated propellers. Includes longitudinal views of dirigible platform assembly and identification key. Tissandier collection.
The road,--summer - Print, Library of Congress collection
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5606
Patent drawing - Aèrostat système Vaussin Chardanne (brevetè). Moyens ...
Patent design drawing for a safe system to regulate the altitude of a balloon while preserving gas and ballast. Includes 9 detail views, cross section, elevation, and identification key. Tissandier collection.
Echizen, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing
Print shows a bird's-eye view of sailboats on a river, with mountains in the distance, at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More
Amazon Polka - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
Musical cover showing woman in long, red dress seated side-saddle on a jumping horse. LOT subdivision subject: Sports. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by M. Schmitz... More
Noto, taki no ura Andō Hiroshige
Print shows blossoming trees on cliffs, with waterfalls and caves at sea level. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokuj... More
[U.S. Marines, led by four musicians, marching in formation toward two...
Drawing is fourth scene on the "American Doll Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.
Ohio and Monongahila [i.e. Monongahela] Rivers from the suspension bri...
Drawing shows a view of the hills along the Ohio and Monogahela rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with buildings along the shore and a steamboat on the water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreig... More
Aki no tsuki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing
Print shows view across the landscape from a building of the full moon above a body of water with boats and a large hill. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
[Bishop Frederic Baraga, three-quarter length portrait, facing three-q...
Bishop of Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of Montgomery County, New York : from actual surveys /
General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. "Entered according to act of Congress in the ... More
The "White House" view in Washington.
Engraving showing a busy street filled with pedestrians and carriages in front of the Willard's City Hotel; the White House positioned on left side of hotel. On verso: Willard's City Hotel. Engraving in LOT 438... More
Caverned iceberg, Melville Bay, [Greenland, 1853?]
Lithograph by P.S. Duval from sketch by Kane. Illus. in: Elisha Kent Kane, The U.S. Grinnell Expedition ... New York : Harper, 1854. Reference copy may be in SSF - Arctic regions 1853. This record contains unve... More
City Hall, Washington - Public domain engraving
Shows District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Built 1820-1849, George Hadfield, architect. Wood engraving by Van Vranken in the Illustrated News, 1853 April 16, p. 252. Refere... More
[Morteotype of Mary Gideon, half-length portrait of a woman, facing fr...
Photographer unidentified. Encased in lead frame. Originally on monument in the Historic Congressional Cemetery. Gift; Historic Congressional Cemetery; 1994; (DLC/PP-1994:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype coll... More
[Norwich Church (Norwich, Connecticut). Sunday School. Seat. Elevation...
Architectural drawing showing seat for sunday school as end and front elevations, plan, and section. Signed. Item in PR 13 CN 1996:112.33
[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome and portico. East fron...
Includes figure Liberty by Thomas Crawford. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Compl... More
Dewa, mogamigawa, gassan enbō Andō Hiroshige
Print shows a bird's-eye view of sailboats on the Mogami River, with Gassan Mountain in the distance, at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
[View of a Cheyenne village at Big Timbers, in present-day Colorado, w...
Identified as a daguerreotype by Solomon Carvalho of a Plains Indian village in Kansas Territory taken during the Frïemont Expedition in 1853, probably copied by the Mathew Brady studio. This identification was... More
[View of a Cheyenne village at Big Timbers, in present-day Colorado, w...
Identified as a daguerreotype by Solomon Carvalho of a Plains Indian village in Kansas Territory taken during the Frïemont Expedition in 1853, probably copied by the Mathew Brady studio. This identification was... More
The long, long weary day = Den lieben langen tag
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
Life of George Washington The Christian death / / painted by Stearns ;...
George Washington on his death bed attended by family and friends. Copyright by M. Knoedler, New York. "Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y. 1853." The Christian (Death) from series: The life of Geor... More
The joyful summer's come, ballad - American sheet music, 1870-1885
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
Paris polka - 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
Mexican news. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Group of people on porch of American Hotel reading news of Mexican War.
Ceremony of "Turning the Sod" of the New Masonic Temple, Thanksgiving ...
J245245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; December 15, 1920. Similar to PAN SUBJECT - Events, no. 11, street sign in foreground has been eliminated from negative.
American farm scenes: No. 1 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0146. Artist: Fanny Palmer.
Life of George Washington--The farmer / painted by Stearns ; lith. by ...
Washington standing among African-American field workers harvesting grain; Mt. Vernon in background. Reference copy in Presidential File. Reference copy in Lot 4434 B.
Art of dining.
Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Art of dining.
Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing
Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia looking across water. 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 t... More
White seaman and cold. [e.g. colored] man on board steamboat on Potoma...
Sketch shows side-view portraits of a white seaman and an African American man aboard the steamboat that Wallis took from Washington, DC to Aquia Creek, Virginia. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Fore... More
[Wood church with many added steeples] / R. Upjohn and son, archts.
Architectural drawing showing front, back and side elevations and a plan, with changes sketched over, and measurements computed in pencil. Gift ; Melvin A. Brosterman. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Libr... More
A wild cat banker or, a "circulating medium" secured by "public stocks...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7205
Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō no yosaburō - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More
Detroit 1852 / drawn and lith. by R. Bürger.
Print shows two views of Detroit, at top, "from the Canada Shore near Sandwich", and at bottom, "from M.I.R.R. Wheat Depot" showing sightseers on a rooftop viewing platform; with vignettes down the sides and ac... More
A scene of scenes for the year 1853, British Cartoon Print
Cartoon showing king on pedestal leaning on tablet of 10 commandments, at bottom of which lies broken statue of queen; hanged man, and people with various disagreements in square in front of St. Paul's, London.... More
The best picture of William Hornaday (father of W.T.H.) when about 35
Photograph shows portrait of William Temple Hornaday, Sr. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:007). Forms part of: William Temple Hornaday papers, 1866-1975 (Library of Congress). Forms part o... More
[Three unidentified men, all nearly full figures: man on left with sid...
Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Second street museum of living animals now exhibiting at 281 North 2d ...
Print shows an advertisement for the Second Street Museum of Living Animals depicting "Romulus, the fighting California grizzly bear" in a fight against "Napoleon 4th", a large bull, on April 8, 1853. The adver... More
Katy darling march - 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
Musical rockets. Maurice Strakosch - American sheet music, 1870-1885
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
My dark-blue-eyed maiden - 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
Thou fairest fishermaiden - 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
Dreams, a reverie - 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
Address delivered at Broadway Tabernacle, New York
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
Old dog Tray - 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
Kada hone o kezurite kan'u yakizu o ryōji suru zu
Ukiyo-e triptych showing the story of Chinese Baron Kan-u playing go while the famous Dr. Kada operates on his arm and the Baron Shujo looks on. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More
Pride polka - 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
Pacific polka - 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
La dolcessa valse - 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
La dolcessa valse - 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
My old Kentucky home good night, variations, op. 385. Charles Grobe
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
Signal march - 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
Oh boys carry me long, variations. Charles Grobe
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
Musical rockets, a brilliant caprisceio. Maurice Strakosch
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
Recollections, a set of waltzes - American sheet music, 1870-1885
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
The crystal schottisch - 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
A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work ...
An imaginative and biting satire on Harriet Beecher Stowe and her recently published antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Printed serially beginning in June 1851, the novel first appeared in book form in 1852... More
Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige
Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
Fūryū genji yuki no nagame, Japan Andō Hiroshige
Ukiyo-e triptych print showing a snowy landscape with a woman brandishing a broom and a man holding an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More
Map of Morris County, New Jersey : from original surveys /
General-content county wall map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries. Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined to form ... More
The Love Star Schottisch by Francis Brown
Music cover illustrated with praying angel over sun. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Religion. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by J.E. Gould & Co. Lithograph... More
Albany, N.Y. / on stone by Hatch & Severyn ; J.W Hill.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hatch & Severyn.
[Trinity Chapel (New York). Choir stalls. Elevations and plan. Renderi...
Architectural drawing showing choir stalls as elevations and plan; rendering. Signed. Item in PR 13 CN 1996:111.31.5
De Soto -- Tampa Bay, Florida--1539 / Drawn by Capt. S. Eastman, U.S.A...
Print shows Hernando De Soto and other soldiers at Tampa Bay. Illus. in: Information respecting the history, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States / Henry R. Schoolcraft. Philadelph... More
[The Library of Congress in the U.S. Capitol Building]
Photograph of an engraving. Title and date from Ten First Street, Southeast: Congress Builds a Library, 1886-1897 / Helen-Anne Hilker. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1980, p. 60, no. 8.
[Government building ("Custom House and Post Office"), Bath, Maine. Tr...
Drawing no. 7. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poughkeepsie - Public domain scan / drawing
Sketch shows Poughkeepsie, New York from the north across the Hudson River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with... More
Inside of the corvette Nedji Fesham, 24 guns - ILN 1854
Inside of the corvette Nedji Fesham, 24 guns The Nedge Jesan on shore dismasted After the Battle of Sinope, 30 November 1853 Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 4 February 1854. p.92
Napoléon III et Visconti - Public domain portrait painting
Public domain photograph of 19th-century French painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Luigi Piana, aereonauta Bolog̀nese / Corso 145.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Luigi Piana. Includes a map of his various balloon ascents from Rome, with a note that he was killed on his fifth ascent on November 27, 1853. A vignette showin... More
Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu
Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.
Gentoku mitabi secchū ni kōmei o otonou no zu
Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) with two samurai paying a night visit during a snow storm to Zhuge Liang (Kongming) to request that he become his advisor.
The long, long weary day = Den lieben langen tag
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
Riding on a rail - 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
Knickerbocker, musical notation - American sheet music, 1870-1885
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
Abstracts of Titles - Public domain document scan
You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More
"Centreville" and "Black Douglas": Centreville Course L.I. July 21st 1...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1049.
Paris polka - 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
Rail road gallop - 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
Emblematic chart and Masonic history of F[ree] and A[ccepted] M[asons]...
Depicts numerous emblems of masonry including all seeing eye, ark, beehive, lamb, globes on top of columns, square and compass, trowel, and anchor. 5697U(?) U.S. Copyright Office.
Gentoku uma o odorashite tankei o koeru zu
Print shows Liu Bei (Xuande) on horseback struggling to cross the swiftly flowing Caoqi river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptyc... More
The newsboy - Print, Library of Congress collection
56 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Winner, W. Title written in pencil 2 copies, 1 col. Published in: Viewpoints; a selecti... More
The last stroke a story of Cuba's fight for freedom : by I.N. Morris.
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