american history

[Ironclad USS Essex at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]

Probably photographed by McPherson & Oliver. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: The Histor... More

Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway - Mass Indian Hanging in Mankato, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Drawn by W. H. Childs in 1862, this work illustrates the largest mass hanging in American history, when 36 Sioux Indians were executed, ... More

Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compile...

Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the pr... More

[Alexander Hamilton addressing three judges with others looking on in ...

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Colorado. The round up, "grub pile"

Title on inventory list: The round up, grub pile. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51057". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://h... More

Michigan, Quinnesec Falls. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Rocky Mountain "Canaries", Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51019". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Niagara Falls from Steel Arch Bridge

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Baxter Street in Mulberry Bend

Riis, Jacob .Mennesker i et gateparti, Lower East Side, New York. Fra publikasjon: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 1974.Positivkopi gelatin, barytt.NMFF.002170

The Mayflower in Plymouth harbor

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Phelps Hall and gateway, Yale College

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Phelps Hall & Gateway, Yale. Similar image in LOT 9071 and caption for (LC-D4-90102) lists title as: [Yale College, Phelps Hall and gateway].... More

Along the shore at Harbor Beach, Michigan

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[Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in canoe, with two other men, 1673...

TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917] /

TR entertains members of the Belgian Mission at Sagamore Hill, Aug. 22, 1917. The mission is headed by Baron Ludovic Moncheur, former Ambassador to the United States and includes General Mathieu Leclercq, Comma... More

Statue of Vice President of Confederacy unveiled in Washington. Scene ...

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Cambridge, Massachusetts. Historical marker with trash cans

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Houston artists in front of Project Row House, a public-art project in...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Full view of oil painting "New Amsterdam" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. C...

Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More

Historic courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, We...

Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More

Historic buildings in Stockton, Alabama

Historic buildings, 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Historic mural depicting the Harper Lee novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Petroglyphs at Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, high above Sa...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The walls of a single small cave carved from towering sandstone boulders contain some of the finest remaining rock art created by Chumash Native Americans... More

"Professor Thaddeus Schmidlap" (historical intrepreter Ross Nelson), t...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The historic S.T. Schaefer Building, housing offices of the Schulenbur...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Sigmund T. Schaefer built the brick building with fanciful, pinnacled rooflines in 1896 to house his hardware and buiding-supply stor... More

Longhorn cattle on the George Ranch Historical Park, a 20,000-acre wor...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch is a living-history partnership of the Fort Bend County Museum Association and The George Foundation that preserves and int... More

Carpenter's Hall, the place of the first Congress.

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Hart, John. Paper money. One shilling. Signed

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King George the Third.

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James Barton Longacre - Elbridge Gerry.

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William Williams. - Henry Bryan Hall

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Sir Joshua Reynolds - William Strahan Esqr.

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The shooting of Major Pitcairn (who had shed the first blood at Lexing...

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King Charles the Second.

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Governor's House and St. Mather's Meeting House in Holles Street, also...

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[City of Charleston S. Carolina looking across Cooper's River]

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George Washington; Martha Washington

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View of the City of New York, as it appeared from Weehawk...the Night ...

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Metropolitan Police Head Quarters, Mulberry Street, near Bleecker St.

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Old Bridewell

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Residnence of John Edwards, scale beam manufacturer west side of Green...

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Thomas Cranmer.

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Henry Bryan Hall - Rochambeau

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Richard Montgomery

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Stone Bridge Tavern and Garden, Canal St. and Broadway, N.Y. 1812.

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Pike's Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Lincoln Douglas Debates 1958 issue-4c

Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1958 American Civil War commemorative issue. The rectangular banner says, with quotation marks,"Westward the star of empire takes its way:The girls link on to LincolnTheir mothers wer... More

A first book in American history with European beginnings (1921) (1459...

Identifier: firstbookinameri01sout (find matches) Title: A first book in American history with European beginnings Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors: Southworth, Mrs. Gertrude Van Duyn, 1874- Subjects: Publisher: ... More

The journal of American history (1909) (14782437344)

Identifier: journalofamerica00mill (find matches) Title: The journal of American history Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abrah... More

Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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Genl. Andrew Jackson, 1828. Protector & defender of beauty & booty, Or...

Print shows a campaign portrait of Andrew Jackson issued during the presidential election of 1828. An oval bust portrait of Jackson is surrounded by the words "Protector & Defender of Beauty & Booty. Orleans," ... More

The Old State House, Boston. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. C... More

The Plains of Abraham, near Quebec.

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[John Adams.]

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The repeal, or the funeral procession of Miss America-Stamp.

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Elias Boudinot, L.L.D.

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James Barton Longacre - Andrew Jackson, President of the United States...

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Your most obedient and very humble servant Sam. Adams.

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Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan.

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Thomas Paine.

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The announcement of the Declaration of Independence [State House, Phil...

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The royal family of England in the year 1787.

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James Barton Longacre - William C. C. Claiborne.

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The Battle of Germantown (Chew's House).

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[George Walton.]

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Jacques Cartier.

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Major Gen. Eyre Massey, Baron Clarina Colonel of the 27th Foot, 1719-1...

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Col. Washington at the Battle of Cowpens

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Battle of Trenton

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Benjamin Franklin, David Martin

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[George III.]

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Lieut. Col. Tarlton

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Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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Court of the West India Company's House on the Cingal, Amsterdam

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Old Kennedy house (Washington's headquarters) and Watts mansion

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Cyrus W. Field

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Old Dutch house, Kips Bay, New-York.

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Yale College and state house, New Haven, Connecticut.

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Robert Morris.

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[Lord Baltimore.]

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Gov. Thomas Nelson, Yorktown, York County, Virginia. Signer of the Dec...

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Document, Thomas Addis Emmet collection

U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More

Mulberry Street, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

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[James River, Va. Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the bow ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

The death of General Wolfe / painted by B. West, historical painter to...

Print shows Gen. James Wolfe, lying mortally wounded on field, surrounded by soldiers and a Native, during the siege of Quebec in 1759. At head of title: To the King's most excellent Majesty. This plate.... Ca... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

Franklin, Benjamin

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Benjamin Franklin medal

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Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3169. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Six lectures by Mr. John Fiske, on scenes and characters in American h...

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Apache from "The Indian Wars of the United States from the first settl...

This image has been taken from scan 000415 from "The Indian Wars of the United States from the first settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the close of the great uprising of 1890-91 ... Illustrated". The title and... More

Cowboy throwing lariat view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51056". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

St. Philip's Church, Charleston, S.C. view, photochrome print postcard...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51295". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. General information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Homestake Mine, South Dakota view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Homestake Mine. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53472". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print C... More

The Walk at We-Que-Ton-Sing, Michigan

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NMFF_003388

Riis, Jacob .Skolebarn, New York. Fra publikasjon: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 1974.Positivkopi gelatin, barytt.12,0x15,8 cm.NMFF.003388

On the Miami River view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-5825) lists title as: [Miami River evening]. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53511". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More inf... More

"Sautig the flag in the Mott Street Industrial School"

Riis, Jacob .Skolejenter Mott Street Industriskole, New York. Fra publikasjon: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 1974.Positivkopi gelatin, barytt.12,1x15,8.NMFF.003386