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Lisboa. Belem. La Torre de São Vincente

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Portugal. Lisbon. Belem. Tower of St. Vincent." Print no. "15414. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Publi... More

Athènes. L' Acropole et le Temple de Thesée

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Greece. Athens. The Acropolis and Temple of Theseus". Print no. "17296. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Wa... More

East Beach outpost, San Roque - A black and white photo of a thatched ...

Guards and hut on beach, San Roque, Cavite Province, Philippines. Illus. from: The Philippines through a camera / George C. Dotter. Los Angeles, Ca. : [Kingsley-Barnes & Neuner Co.], 1899. (DS659.D72) No. 273.

South parapet, Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Charlotte, Nassau, Bahama Islds.

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the Brit...

Title from item. Re-engraving of earlier print shows the British fleet bombarding Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812. Purchase; Old Print Shop; 2012; (DLC/PP-2013:004).

Helft! Ostpreussen schützt eure Heimat. Zentralausschuss für den Ostde...

Poster shows a hand holding a sword superimposed on Königsburg Castle(?) tower which is surrounded by flames. Text: Help! East Prussians protect your homeland. Central Committee for the East German Homeland Ser... More

A glimpse of the defeat at Ellisons Mill June 26th

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Men lost in the smoke; Pennsylvania reserves; original; June, Kendrick. (Sat.) Virginia. June. Inscribed on verso: Knapsacks and blank... More

Fort Wagner, Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-368 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

A Confederate redoubt - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing an exterior view of a Confederate redoubt commanding Chesterfield Bridge on the North Anna River which was captured by Union 2nd Corps under General Hancock on May 23, 1864. The gun is in po... More

Fort Owen, U.S. Route 93, Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT

Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to Joh... More

Fort Owen, U.S. Route 93, Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT

Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to Joh... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

[District of Columbia. Gun crews of Company H, 3d Massachusetts Heavy ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Old Fort and Harbor, Mackinac Island, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Michigan postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The citdel of Saida, the ancient Sidon. Now called Kul'at el Mezzeh. I...

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

Pagus Hispanorum in Florida. - Public domain dedication image

Public domain scan of 17th-18th century cityscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plymouth Colony 1622, Plymouth, Mass., Vintage Postcard by Detroit Pub...

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fort Fincastle, Nassau, Bahamas, Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

Battery of mortars and light twelves. Lt. Jackson. 1st Connecticut hea...

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, pp. 504-505, as part of: General Grant's Campaign In the trenches before Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.170) R... More

Fort Gaines, Officers' Quarters & Barracks, Dauphin Island, Mobile Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[District of Columbia. Detachment of Company K, 3d Massachusetts Heavy...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

[Old Fort Mackinac from pasture field, Mackinac Island, Mich.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Amador, Pacific entrance to Panama Canal, Panama City, Former Pan...

Survey number: HABS CZ-3

Akka (Acre, Accho). The crusader castle. Now the Palestine penitentiar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs... More

Vue de la prise des forts et ville de Havane par les Anglois en 1762

Print shows a perspective rendering of the bombardment of Havana by British ships and the landing of English troops where the fortress wall has been breeched to capture the city. Caption continues: Vista presp... More

Morro and harbor entrance, Santiago de Cuba, El

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "59" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08860. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Villapol and Campo Elios, Orinoco, Venezuela

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Oglethorpe from Snodgrass Hill, Chickamauga, Ga.

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fortifications of town, woman looking out over landscape, and initial...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for: "The White People" by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Harper's magazin... More

District of Columbia. Gun crews of Company H, 3d Massachusetts Heavy A...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags for the anniversa...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Bird's-eye-view of the celebrated wall at Peking, China

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were bui... More

[Alexandria, Virginia Magazine in Battery Rodgers]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Fort Mason, Quarters No. 2, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-172 Survey number: HABS CA-1878

Fort Sheridan, 25 miles Northeast of Chicago, on Lake Michigan, Lake F...

Significance: Fort Sheridan is an important turn-of-the century military post planned and constructed during a period of transition in national policy which signaled the closing of temporary frontier posts and ... More

Fort Owen, U.S. Route 93, Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT

Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to Joh... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fortin de San Juan de la Cruz, El Canuelo, Isla de Cabras, San Juan, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N125 Survey number: HABS PR-52 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000930

[Fort Monroe, Virginia The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Monroe, Va.

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

Fort Bowman, Frontage Road, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Significance: Built in 1753 for George Bowman, the gray limestone house is a significant example of the influence of Pennsylvania German building traditions on the architecture of the Shenandoah Valley. Survey... More

Fort Fred Steele, Fort Steele, Carbon County, WY

Significance: Named after Frederick Steele, a regular Army officer who had died early in 1868, Fort Fred Steele was formally established on 30 June 1868. It was one of three posts built in Wyoming along the Un... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

Fort Sheridan, Company Kitchens, Whistler Road, Lake Forest, Lake Coun...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, View of South East Angle

Interior view of Fort Sumter having undergone considerable damage. Soldiers sitting amongst rubble, hauling sacks, and climbing a ladder. Ripped flag flying. Exhibit caption: When Confederate forces under Gener... More

[Atlanta, Ga. Confederate palisades, on north side of city]

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Ditch and "Cheavaux de frise" in front of the Union Fort Sedgwick, cal...

Stereograph showing water-filled ditch and the chevaux-de-frise in front of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken th... More

Fort Hood, World War II Temporary Buildings, Cold Storage Building, Se...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More

Winter quarters of the rebel army, at Manassas, Virginia, 1862

Stereograph showing two men standing by one of the many log cabins at the military camp. No. 1045. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard, b... More

[District of Columbia. Men and gun of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

The fort where native chiefs held off the 16th century Spaniards, Cuzc...

Copyright by the American Stereoscopic Co. No. 2080. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The king before a besieged castle -- the battering-ram making a breach...

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

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and childr...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, p. 212.

Late Indian outrages: Fort Wallace, Kansas

After a photograph by Major Calhoun and Dr. Bell. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 July 27, p. 468.

[Istanbul walls] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. No. 277. In album: City walls and other views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library o... More

Fort Snelling watch tower - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Indians meeting with admiral and officers at stockade]

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Charleston, S.C. Guns of Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in distance

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

Fort Wagner, Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-368 Building/structure dates: 1750 Initial Construction

[District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort L...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Shows 27 African Americans in two lines with rifles resting on the ground.

Fort Pitt Blockhouse, 25 Penn Avenue, Point State Historic Park, Pitts...

Significance: The structure was erected on the west side of the ramparts of Fort Pitt as greater protection against Indian attacks. It is the only known remaining 18th century building in the Pittsburgh vicinit... More

Fort Owen, U.S. Route 93, Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT

Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to Joh... More

Group of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in natural costume, confined in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Storming Fort Wagner, Confederate States of America.

Print shows Union soldiers storming the walls of Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, and engaging some Confederate soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

Fort Sheridan, Water Tower, Leonard Wood Avenue, Lake Forest, Lake Cou...

Significance: The Water Tower is an impressive stone and brick structure, 167 feet high, which serves as a focal point for Fort Sheridan and the surrounding area. Its excellent design and construction are of in... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Tangier - view from Constantine Hotel, showing the old Moorish harbor ...

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 284. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Obsidio Vrbis Monasterii in Westphallis, Ao. M.D.C.LVII Eigentliche De...

Print shows birds eye view of Münster under siege from August until October 1657. Locations of different troops are numbered 1 through 51 and activities are labeled A-D and are identified along the left and rig... More

Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., American Civil War Glass Negative.

Print shows Fort ZacharyTaylor on the coast of Key West, Florida. No. 5817. Mounted with one print and two other photographs. Print is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fortifications on Little Round Top Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa

No. 383. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

[The great wall located between the second gate and Yedikule (Seven To...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. In album: City walls and other views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

Morro and harbor entrance, Santiago de Cuba, El

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The 11th regiment of infantry launch a general offensive on Tientsin, ...

Battle scene of the Boxer uprising. No. 1. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tower of London. The Wakefield Tower and Bloody Tower

Copyright by Crown. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the old fort built by the French, Frederiksted, Saint Croix island,...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Sheridan, Infantry Drill Hall, Whistler & Ronan Roads, Lake Fores...

Significance: The Infantry Drill Hall is a large edifice with the excellent architectural detailing that characterizes the Holabird and Roche designed buildings at Fort Sheridan. One of the more impressive of t... More

Fort Owen, U.S. Route 93, Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT

Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to Joh... More

Fort Owen, U.S. Route 93, Stevensville, Ravalli County, MT

Significance: St. Mary's Mission, founded in 1841 by Father Jean de Smet, owned the land upon which the ruins of Fort Owen are located. The Mission was abandoned by the Jesuits in 1850 and the land sold to Joh... More

Fort Proctor, Lake Borgne, Shell Beach, St. Bernard Parish, LA

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Fort Proctor (1856-1859) was partially constructed as part of the Third System of Defense (1816-Civil War) and although it was never completed or used a... More

Fort Proctor, Lake Borgne, Shell Beach, St. Bernard Parish, LA

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Fort Proctor (1856-1859) was partially constructed as part of the Third System of Defense (1816-Civil War) and although it was never completed or used a... More

Ft. Ericson, Newport News - Public domain portrait drawing

Seascape with ship, fort on shore. Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. B-118. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.882) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1830.

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indian guard, confined in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla.

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, military conflict, conscription, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

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