1856

Utagawa Hiroshige - Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei

Print shows pedestrians on a commercial street at night beneath a full moon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho e... More

The morning after the election--November 1856

The victorious James Buchanan sits under a trellis of grape vines, holding reports of election returns on his lap. He reflects, "What a happy morning for my country and myself. Here I find returns for myself & ... More

Map of Hamilton County, Ohio : exhibiting th various divisions and sub...

LC Land ownership maps, 633 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes property tax statistical table, insets of Madisonville, Harrison, Sharon, Storrs Township, Mill Cr... More

Fallen Colossus. Memnonium - Public domain portrait print

Four headless statues standing before colonnade, on right bust of larger statue laying face down. No. 1864. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. The fallen Colossus.

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...

A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler... More

Henry Hudson descending the Hudson River

Illustration shows Henry Hudson and his companions trading with Indians on the shore; in background, Hudson's ship and a canoe. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10 (1856 April 12), p. 233. Reference copy avai... More

[The freshwater canal at Ismailia]

Small boats moored at water's edge in tributary to the Suez Canal. No. 1774.

Poster - Mind your lesson Fido - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4496

Maj. Genl. Philip H. Sheridan: U.S. Army

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4230

Frolicsome pets - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2331

The believer's vision - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0540

Theresa varsoviana - 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

Chicago, as it was - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1124 Exhibited: "A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry, 1860-1960" at the Yeshiva Univ... More

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

The soldier's bride - Public domain portrait drawing

Picryl description: Public domain image - 19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The soldier's bride - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

My little white kitties: playing dominoes

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4712

Music box waltz - 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

Memnonium. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Four headless statues standing before colonnades. No. 1861. On verso: The Ramesseum. Osiride Portico.

Reynolds's political map of the United States, designed to exhibit the...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes statistics from the 1850 census and ill.

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor.

Map of Middlesex County, Massachusetts /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 316 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map showing the location of the Charleston & Savannah R.R. May, 1856.

Map of the South Carolina tidewater area between Charleston and Savannah, Ga. "The red line represents the located line; the blue lines represent some of the principal experimental lines." Chartered December 20... More

John Eliot preaching to the Indians

Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 10, (1856), p. 232. Reference copy in LOT 4709 L.

S[outh] E[ast] corner. Koum Ombos

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Skandogh, the old Oneida chief [h/s, (3)]

Beautiful dreamer - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0509

Christ walking on the sea - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1191

Carlo's A.B.C. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0911

John Wesley preaching on his fathers grave: in the church yard at Epwo...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3549

Falls of the Ottawa River: Canada

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1988

Democratic platform illustrated, Political Cartoon

Another attack on the 1856 Democratic platform as pro-South and proslavery. The Buchanan-Breckenridge ticket is reviled on the basis of recent developments occurring during the outgoing Pierce administration. I... More

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

My little white kitties: playing dominoes

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4712

Kate - Public domain portrait painting

Picryl description: Public domain image - 19th-century female portrait, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Map of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys; from ...

Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, trails, and location of two railroad lines in the northern part of the state. Stated scale reads: 12 miles to an inch. It is corrected in ink to read 18 m... More

Mount Ararat, the resting place of the Ark after the flood

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 35 (1856 Aug. 9), p. 140. Reference copy may be in LOT 4702-B. Caption card tracings: Bibl... More

Ōji takinogawa, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Takino River near the Ōji station with steep cliff, waterfall, walkway along the river with torii at entrance to shrine, a wooden bridge spanning the river leading to cherry... More

Plan of the Fairhaven Slate Quarry estate, the property of the Allen S...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows roads, buildings, railroads, and quarries. Includes inset of "Angular view of the Lower North Quarry, partly in Section: shewing the mode of working by the Pithead and Gear chain... More

Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennesse... More

Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...

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 5.

Who are the ruffians, murderers, and robbers in Kansas? [1856?]

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 3.

Dr. Christie's Ague Balsam - a sure remedy for ague, fever and all bil...

Advertisement label with right profile of Dr. Christie's(?) head

Slave sale, Charleston, S.C.. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

From a sketch by Eyre Crowe. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Nov. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: S.C.; A... More

Statues of Memnon. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Twin reconstructed statues of Memnon seated on throne, people with animals resting at the base. No. 1857. On verso: Thebes. Statues of Memnon.

Just married - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3586

Blue Monday - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0646

The Irish beauty - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3367

Grandpapa's cane - Print, Library of Congress collection

Title and imprint statement appear faintly, as though removed through bleaching. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2741

John Martin & Co., Sheffield, England. File and steel manufacturers & ...

Wentworth Works, with busy street scene in foreground. Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gl. Jackson--At the Battle of New Orleans / comp. and on stone by C. S...

Printed by Boell & Michelin, N.Y. Copyright by C. Severin. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Col. Fremont planting the American standard on the Rocky Mountains

Proof for a large woodcut campaign banner or poster for John C. Fremont, Republican presidential contender in 1856. Fremont is shown in full-length on a mountain peak, planting an American flag. He is clad in f... More

Addio del passato bei sogni ridenti = Farewell ye bright visions, scen...

Bill of Complaint in Lindsay & Dresser v. Lamb & Lewis, [Law papers].

Summary: Alexander Lindsay and Morris Lindsay gave the State Bank of Illinois a promissory note for $1,600 and asked Lamb and Lewis to sign as sureties on the note. As security, Lindsay and Lindsay assigned Lam... More

Long, long weary day - 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

The great Republican Reform Party, calling on their candidate

Fremont is portrayed as the champion of a motley array of radicals and reformers. As he stands patiently at far right he is "called upon" by (left to right): a temperance advocate, a cigar-smoking, trousered su... More

Panoramic view of Washington City from the new dome of the Capitol, lo...

Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. looking west with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground.

[Freemasons membership certificate] - Print, Library of Congress colle...

75 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Menzel (G.A.) & Co.

Portuguese hymn -- Shirland, a favorite hymn -- Bright cherished star

Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Saratoga Co., New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings with householders' names; the Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa insets show building coverage and names of principal buildings. Hand colored to emphasize town ... More

Egypt - Beni Hassan - Entrance to Painted Tombs

No. 1909. On verso: Beni Hassan. Entrance to painted tombs. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

The cook. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

African American woman in kitchen. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1856. See LC-USZ62-2571. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsunohazu kumano jūnisha zokusyō jūnisō

Print shows a pond ringed with trees and small raised structures that provide some shelter for tea or meditation, and larger buildings in the lower left, in a pastoral setting. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Map of the Great Central Route and its connections, the most central, ...

Outline map of the north-central and northeastern states indicating larger cities, county boundaries, and railroad network emphasizing the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway. Scale ca. 1:3,... More

Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's rail road map of the United States showin...

Includes index to railroads and indexed "Plan of the New England States". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned into 45 sections and mounted on cloth for f... More

Ent[rance,] Rock Temple [of] Derr

No. 1799. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy ... More

Abou Simbel - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of colossal figures, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is part of the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt. No. 1794.

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Take your choice - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6417

Milano Duomo 1856, Italy, Galerie Bassenge

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Poster - Maiden rock: Mississippi River - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4217

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, weari...

Chaplain of the Senate of Liberia. Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Rev. Philip Koker, Chaplain of the Senate. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Transfer; Manuscript Division. For... More

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More

A drinking bout - Public domain portrait drawing

Humorous drawing shows four men seated a table, drinking. A fifth man smiles as he stands guard at the door. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 18... More

Map of Cattaraugus Co., New York : from the county records & actual su...

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town sections, some rural land tracts with owner's names, rural buildings, and householder's names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to empha... More

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.

Long, long weary day - 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

Map of Indiana County, Pennsylvania /

General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders names; borough insets show residential lots and building coverage. Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries. "Entered according ... More

Government map of Nicaragua : from the latest surveys ordered by Presi...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes location map ("Map of Central America"), Scale [1:1,550,000], and coat of arms of Nicaragua.

White slavery. The new "Democratic doctrine." ... Slavery not to be co...

On verso: B. Fleather Esq.; M.C. #09-82-038.180. 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 ... More

[Johannes Evangelista Purkinje, half-length portrait, facing front] / ...

From volume: Gallerie ausgezeichneter Naturforscher. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Market Place on Grand Plaza, Gr...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 28 (1856 June 21), p. 25.

The Memnonium - A group of people standing in front of a building

Four headless statues standing before colonnade. No. 1862. On verso: The Ramesseum. Osiride Portico.

[Philae - columns of Pharaoh's bed]

No. 1827. On verso: Egypt. Philae. Columns of Pharaohs Bed. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

The great fire at Philadelphia: Front page, illustration only

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 305.

Lismore Castle: County Waterford, engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua] Scene in the Battle of Rivas, fr...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 32 (1856 July 19), p. 89. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE.

Poster - The Bower of roses - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0714

Saint Bridget: Sta Brigida/ Ste. Brigitte

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rose and Lily - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5645

Good night! little playfellow - Drawing. Public domain image.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2645

Queen of love and beauty - Public domain portrait drawing

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5427

View on the Rhine, Landscape view print

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6967

Lieut. Genl. Ulysses S. Grant: General in Chief of the armies of the U...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3760

Daniel O'Connell: The champion of freedom

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1480

Siege and capture of Vicksburg, Miss. July 4th 1863

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5906

Gajō icchō, Ando Hiroshige - Public domain portrait drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More