The "Know-nothings" & the "Savage" by "Timid" ... May 30 '54.
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 233, Folder 10.
Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
Drawing shows spires and buildings of Portland, Maine from across the harbor. Small figures of men and woman stand on the shore in the foreground, watching boats and ships sail. Three steamships travel up and d... More
Sontag concerts in New York
196 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hardtmuth.
$500 reward. A fraud was committed on the chemical bank, in this City,...
Reward. 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 121, Folder 19.
[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, as a young...
Title devised by Library staff. Signed by Whitman (Walt Whitman in 1855) across top. Saunders, no. 4 Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).
[Perry Davis, bust, facing right, on advertisement for Perry Davis' ve...
LOT subdivision subject: Portraits - male. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Wellstood, Hanks, Hay and Whitting. Caption card tracings: Davis, Perry; Patent medicines.
Battle of New Orleans - from a painting by Merritt
Print shows American forces defending their barricades against an assault by British soldiers during the battle of New Orleans. Title from item. Illus. from: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, vol. 7, ... More
Musicians' military & civic ball, complimentary to the Lowell cornet b...
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 61, Folder 36.
Steam or other communication with Liberia. An adjourned meeting to aid...
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 201, Folder 27.
City of Washington. Historic map, Library of Congress
Shows wards, built-up areas, and major buildings. Also covers Georgetown. Plate 16 from atlas by S.A. Mitchell: New universal atlas ... of the world. Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1854. G1019.M64 1... More
State of Maine. By the Governor: A proclamation for a day of public th...
Thanksgiving proclamation. 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 27, Folder 13.
Who shall be mayor? This is a question that must be answered by the vo...
On verso: 322114 23 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 156, Folder 14.
Map showing the location of Sacramento Valley Railroad, Cal. Sacrament...
Sketch map of the first railroad in California, with projected extensions to San Francisco, Sonora, and Tehama, made by the engineer who built the Sacramento Valley Railroad. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. From Report ... More
Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Island...
Outline map of the United States and Middle America showing proposed routes of the Pacific Rail Road and its branches in connection with the various systems of existing and unfinished rail roads from the Missis... More
No. 6. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church
Views of homes and residences: Dr. Lathrop, Paki, Washington Place, John Ji, Judge Andrews, Mr. Bishop, Capt. Luce, Rev. Mr. Damon, Dr. Hildebrand, Dr. Judd, Capt. Makee, A.B. Bates, Mr. Wood, J.H. Wood, John L... More
Shankland's American fashions for the fall and winter of 1854 & 5
This record contains data from the item.
Souvenir de Weber, romance
No publication info; piano score missing. 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... More
Roberts' Horse Powders
Advertisement label showing two horses. LOT subdivision subject: Cows/Horses. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Engraving by Boerum. Copyright by M. B. Roberts. Caption card tracings: ... More
Plat & dimensions of circle on Pennsylvania Avenue at intersection of ...
"18th Nov'r 1854." Includes survey notes. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
Map of Dinwiddie County, Virginia /
Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer. Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his o... More
[Title page of Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns with half...
Illus. in: Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns. Boston : Fetridge and company, 1854, title page. Published in: Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases / Paul Finkelman. ... More
[Notion Company's Works, California]
Gold mine. From Gleason's Pictorial, vol. 6, 1854. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California; Gold processing; Shelf.
Lipan - warrior / A. Schott del. ; lith. of Sarony & Co., New York.
Lipan warrior on horseback.
Ichimonjiya saibei, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print showing an actor in the role of Ichimonjiya Saibei standing next to a palanquin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... More
Nominations of the do-nothings of Washington, for 1856. for Mayor. Jas...
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 201, Folder 36.
Bonaventure Baes, Pres., Dominican Republic
Half, facing slightly left. Illus. in: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854 Sept. 9, p. 149. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport ...
Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name cha... More
[Ezo kōkyō yochi zenzu.
Scale ca. 1:360,000. Wood-block print. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 651/3
Lyon's copper lightning conductor! The subscriber. having secured the ...
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 209, Folder 35.
The man is not bought! He is still in the slave pen in the Court House...
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 61, Folder 42.
[Henry L. Abbot, bust-length portrait, in uniform]
Sitter is wearing a lieutenant's uniform. Case: curved octagon surrounded by a scroll design. Label pinned to case: Lieut. H. L. Abbot. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L.... More
The deck of an American line-of-battle ship The hull of an American ma...
Print shows at top, a bird's-eye view of the deck of a battleship from near mid-ship looking toward the bow with sailors working a capstan or windlass, also shows cannon on the deck; at bottom, a cut-away view ... More
[John James Audubon, 1785-1851, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing ri...
Wood engraving from: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854 - 6:273. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Colton's illustrated & embellished steel plate map of the world on Mer...
Relief shown by hachures. Includes illustrations of cities and people along filigreed border. Inset: view of Antarctic Continent as seen by the U.S. Ship Peacock, January 19th, 1840. 4 x 29 cm. List of distance... More
Kanda myōjin keidai chōbō
Print shows people at the Kanda Myōjin shrine.
At a town meeting holden in South Kingstown, on Saturday, November 18,...
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 170, Folder 36.
Pres't Madison's Library at auction. at Orange Court House, Virginia o...
Auction. 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 186, Folder 42.
"View of the Pilot Knob" [Mo.]
Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review, History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Republi... More
Declaration, platform, and constitution of the Republican association ...
On verso: G.E.B. Dec. 21, 1910. 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 201, Folder 38.
Ōhashi nakazu mitsumata, Andō Hiroshige
Print shows two women in a boat with a man at the helm near the wooden structural supports for the bridge at Mitsumata. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More
Yushima tenmangū
Print shows people, mostly women, children, and elderly persons, near the torii at the entrance to the Tenman Shrine in Yushima.
Colton's railroad & township map of Arkansas complied from the U.S. Su...
Detailed general map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and canals. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854 by J. H. Colton. LC also has an 1860 edition, p... More
[Unidentified man, three-quarters length, seated, with arm resting on ...
Written on back: April 24, 1854. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)
Colton's railroad & township map of the state of Ohio, drawn by George...
Detailed map showing drainage, railroads under construction and completed, canals, post roads, towns, townships, villages, post offices, and county boundaries. Scale ca. 1:750,000. LC also has 1856 and 1859 edi... More
Map of North America from the latest authorities, showing the proposed...
Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." From the Nathaniel Prentice Ban... More
Railroad & township map of Ohio.
Detailed township map showing drainage, cities and towns, county and township boundaries, roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:580,000. LC also has 1879 edition measuring 92 x 84 cm., which includes a list of rail... More
Map of Rensselaer County, New York : from actual surveys /
General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, householders' names, and forested areas. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of ... More
Map of Putnam County, New-York /
General-content county map showing towns (townships), hills, rural buildings, and householders' names; the 3 village insets also show buildings and personal names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emph... More
Map of New London County, Connecticut.
LC Land ownership maps, 66 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Railroad reform, from the Providence Daily Post, September 5th, 1854.
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 170, Folder 34.
Secchū tokiwa zu
Print shows Tokiwa Gozen, wearing a large snow-covered hat, holding an infant, a young man appears to be calling to a boy; possibly represents Lady Tokiwa fleeing with her sons. Title and other descriptive info... More
The Max Sutaine polka
cover pg only 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: Copyrigh... More
Map of Albany County, New York : from actual surveys /
Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 473 Includes ancillary maps of Albany, Rennselaerville, Cohoes, and the village of West Troy, statistical chart, business directories and illu... More
Map of Loudoun County, Virginia /
Shows magisterial districts and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. "Edition A." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1853 by Robert Pearsall Smith in the Clerks Office of District C... More
Takanawa tsuki no kei
Print shows full moon shining on boats in harbor and many people walking between buildings on the beach.
Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor fr...
Title from item. Illus. in: Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering / ed. by Charles Tomlinson.... London : New York, G. Virtue & co., 1854. Published in: The t... More
No. 5. View of Honolulu, from the Catholic church
Views of homes and residences: Mr. Boullion, Mr. Dudois, Capt. Snow, Mr. Cartwright, T. Spencer, J.C. Spalding, Dr. Ford, Capt. Crab, H. Sea, Dr. Newcomb, Dr. Wood, Mr. Sommer, Macfarlane, Porter & Ogden, Mrs. ... More
Harrison's handkerchief extracts Apollos W. Harrison No. 10 South 7th ...
Print shows a ballroom scene at a stately manor in a sylvan setting, the foreground overflowing with floral arrangements and there are two massive lampposts flanking the entrance. On the left and the right are ... More
Map and profile of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road with its Warren...
Printed topographic strip map with manuscript annotations to show the geologic structure along the route of the railroad. The Alexandria and the Chesapeake and Ohio canals and stage stable for horses used on th... More
Junction of Potomac and Anacostia rivers / nautical chart
Depths shown by contours and soundings. Title handwritten on original map. On original map in handwriting: Reduced by F. Fairfax 1854. Includes notes. LC copy accompanied by negative photocopy and annotated in ... More
[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, as a young...
Title devised by Library staff. Signed by Whitman across top. Saunders, no. 4 Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).
Histoire de la Sainte Russie
Page with 3 illustrations showing darkness, sketchy lines representing the beginning of Russian history, and polar bears illustrating that nothing of interest was occurring at that time; also includes quotes by... More
[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...
Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by L... More
[Block making machine that produced wooden blocks for block and tackle...
Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering / ed. by Charles Tomlinson.... London : New York, G. Virtue & co., 1854. Publ... More
Runnymede waltz
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
Calculator, showing the amount of paper required for printing a book o...
On verso: Filed Jan. 27, 1854. 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 121, Folder 21a.
Winner's improved method for the violin
Music cover showing four black people--couple dancing in front of fireplace, man playing violin, and man standing in doorway.
Scott's map of Rutland County, Vermont /
Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1190 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854 by James D. Scott in the ... More
Complete scale for Robertson's keyed stop violin
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
Representation of the Sand Key Light House, Florida / S.E. Brown.
Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 7, no. 10 (1854 Sept. 9), p. 152. Title from item.
Map of all the railroads in the United States in operation and progres...
Map of the eastern United States to about the 95th Meridian showing operating and projected railroads. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Insets: [Boston and vicinity] 20 x 23 cm.--Map of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunsw... More
Jenkins & Knight's patent spoke machine. Awarded the gold medal, at th...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 121, Folder 21. Copy scanned: 1
Map of Milford, Hillsboro' Co., New Hampshire /
General map showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. "[Lithography of] Friend & Aub, 80 Walnut St." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. I... More
Plat of triangular reservation on Pennsylvania Avenue between 20th & 2...
Covers triangular park bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue and I and 21 st streets N.W. "18th November 1854." Includes "Recapitulation" table. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of ... More
Map of Licking County, Ohio /
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by P. O'Beirne and Wm. Boell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District New York." Includes statistical table by townships. LC co... More
Frances Wright d'Arusmont / SW.
Frances Wright, half-length portrait, facing right. Title from caption on mount. Illus. from: Gleason's pictorial, v. 6, 1854, p. 388.
J. Q. A. Ward. / by H.K.B.
Drawing shows head-and-shoulders portrait of sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, who assisted Henry K. Brown with an equestrian statue of George Washington for Union Square in New York City. Title from item.
[Family of W.Y. McAllister]
Written on back: "4 of the children of W.Y. McAllister. Taken 1854 or 1855." Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Ma... More
Kansas. To those who desire that Kansas should be free ... Worcester, ...
Title. 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 20, Folder 1.
Rejoinder to Mr. Rives. Estimates for printing. Washington, May 27, 18...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 201, Folder 30. Copy scanned: 1
A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...
Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Railroad maps... More
Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō no sinie
Print shows actors kneeling on a stage before an audience and other figures on the stage that have horns. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More
[Henry L. Abbot, bust-length portrait, in uniform]
Sitter is wearing a lieutenant's uniform. Case: plain leather, push button. Label pinned to case: Capt.(?) Lt.(?) H. L. Abbot. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot fa... More
Odd-Fellow's Hall. Thursday Even'g, June 8. Last night Uncle Tom's Cab...
Previously uncataloged.
Important correspondence. [Letter from Allen McLane Robbinett to Com. ...
Stockton, R.F.; Robbinett, Allen McLane. 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 100, Folder 23.
The tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena
Illus. in: Gleason's Pictorial, 1854, v. 6, p. 352. Reference copy may be available in BIOG FILE - Napoleon I, emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Tomb. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.... More
Uncle Sam, an American song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a song "written and sung by Mr. Howard Paul, in his comic & musical entertainment 'Patch Work.'" Uncle Sam here is a young man in a wide-brimmed hat and patchwork jacket. He... More
Phrenology. This original and novel production on phrenology. by Ezra ...
On verso: Filed April 6, 1854. 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 121, Folder 22a.
1854. Buffalo, Brantford & Goderich railway. Freight tariff ... Buffal...
Transportation.; On verso: Freight Tariff of B.B. and G.R. Co., Jun. 1854. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephem... More