historical photos

Frontispiece [Fox, Burke, and North, head-and-shoulders portrait, faci...

Title from item. Illus. in: The beauties of Fox, North, and Burke, selected from their speeches, from the passing of the Quebec act, in the year 1774, down to the present time ... / Charles James Fox. London : ... more

[Congress voting the Declaration of Independence]

Print shows men gathered in the Assembly Room in the Pennsylvania State House (now called Independence Hall), Philadelphia. Completed figures include John Adams, Roger Sherman, James Wilson and Thomas Jefferson... more

[Mrs. John Tyler, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Title devised by Library staff. Photo of portrait.

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to righ...

President of Liberia. Was part of LOT 8554. Case: central diamond surrounded by leaves. Stamped on brass mat: McCartey. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-... more

[Former President Martin Van Buren, half-length portrait, facing right...

LC-BH824-5239.

[James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

U.S. President. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Rufus Blakeman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, fa...

Doctor and president of Fairfield County Medical Association, Greenfield, Connecticut. Identification from reproduction of photograph in New England Medical Monthly, May 1892, opposite page 374. Scratched on fa... more

[Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right...

Lawyer; Second Comptroller of the Treasury, 1851-1853; U.S. Minister to Great Britain; President of the American Bar Association, 1880; Professor of law at Yale University. Alternative identification: E.J. Phil... more

[Francis Lister Hawks, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the rig...

Reverend, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, church historian, first president of the University of Louisiana. Alternative identifications: Rev. Hawkes (cat. 5); Thomas Ewing. Scratched on back of plate: 167; Rev.... more

[Henry Grinnell, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile to the left]

Merchant; backer of polar expeditions; first President of the American Geographical Society.

[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Democratic congressman from New York, 1841-1843; son of President Martin Van Buren. Scratched on back of plate: 75; 133. Hallmark: [asterisk] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of... more

[Charles Edwin West, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

President of Rutger's College. Scratched on face of plate: 4; West. Scratched on back of plate: 168; West, Rutgers Ins. NY. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype co... more

[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left...

Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for ... more

[Andrew Jackson, half length portrait, seated, facing left]

Title devised by Library staff.

[George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Title devised by Library staff.

[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff.

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

[President James K. Polk, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Reproduction of a daguerreotype taken between 1845 and 1849. LC-BH82-8.

[President Franklin Pierce, three-quarter length portrait, seated, fac...

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH82-5118.

White House (South front, or rear).

Photograph shows White House with attached conservatory. Title from item. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (D... more

President's stables (White House in the background).

Photograph shows two men and a horse at stables adjacent to White House. Title from item. Blind stamp on mount: Reynolds's Bristolboard. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Pu... more

White House, S. front

Photograph shows view to northwest showing west side and south porch. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 133. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2, White House.

A Presidential reception at the White House, Washington

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1858 March 13, p. 168.

[Two unidentified soldiers of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, later...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 1-39. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Ann... more

Gen. James W. McMillan and staff

[General Charles Griffin, full-length portrait, seated, with three aid...

Photograph possibly by Brady.

White House, earliest [sic] known view (made in 1860's)

Sunday Morning Mass. Camp of 69th N.Y. SM

[Zorn & Co. portrait of President Lincoln]

[White House, East Room]

Sherman & staff

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42.) The Library's print is a copy of an ambrotype. As a result,... more

General M.D. Leggett and Staff

[President John Tyler, half-length portrait, facing right]

Reproduction of a print(?). Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH824-5391.

House of Representatives, XXXVI Congress, U.S., 1860 / M. B. Brady.

Composite photograph showing Representatives of the 36th Congress. Title from item. Key to portraits is available in LOT 11507. Gift of; Mrs. J. H. Flannery; (DLC/PP-1972:277).

General Samuel S. Carroll and staff

[Unidentified group of three men, full-length portrait, two seated, on...

On verso: J.W. Hurn, 1319 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 101, surrogate p. 26 (upper left). Surr... more

Sherman & staff

Die letzten augenblicke des prasidenten Lincoln. The last moments of t...

General Francis Blair and staff, U.S.A.

Sanitary Commission Group

General James B. Steedman and group

Sanitary Commission Group

General Joseph Anthony Mower and staff

General Slocum and Staff

[Gen'l. John W. Geary and staff - taken at Harper's Ferry]

Among the staff, the third man from left, holding a sword, has been identified as Captain Thomas Hollingsworth Elliot (Source: L. C. Wagner, 2007). The third man from the right is James Gillette (Source: Amy Jo... more

General Belknap and aides

Maj. Gen. Edward Otho Cresap Ord and family

Gen. R.E. Lee & Son

General Frank Blair and Staff

[Schuyler Colfax, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[President Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, seated, facing righ...

White House interior, Old Green Room (1st interior photo?) President's...

Gen. J.J. Peck & staff

Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams / photo of portrait by Gilbert ...

Photograph showing Mrs. John Adams, head and shoulder portrait, facing right. Title from item. Photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart; portrait at National Gallery. Photo by Chester A. Lawrence, Dorchester, Mass.,... more

Sanitary Commission Group

Sherman & staff

General Henry S. Briggs and staff

Members of the Military Commission for the trial of Lincoln Conspirato...

Union / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved by H.S. Sadd.

Print showing original image from 1852 with Henry Clay, sitting to the left of center, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster standing at center, except that the plate has been reworked so that Abraham Lincoln (with ... more

Sunday Morning Mass. Camp of 69th N.Y. SM

Washington, D. C. Washington Navy Yard. First Japanese treaty commissi...

Photograph shows Japanese samurai warriors posed with Navy and American representatives. No. 83705. Photo identified in Frank Leslie's vol. 10, June 9, 1860; photo identified in 77 Samurai by Lewis W. Bush, pp.... more

General Wm. T. Ward and staff

General Daniel Dustin and Staff

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... more

Gen. J.J. Peck & staff

Abraham Lincoln. The martyr President, Assassinated April 14, 1865, [C...

Sunday Morning Mass. Camp of 69th N.Y. SM

Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad

Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad looking at album.

Gen. John W. Sprague, U.S.A. and staff

Key to House of Representatives, XXXVI Congress, U.S., 1860

Composite photograph with list of names identifying Representatives of the 36th Congress. Title from item. Original photo in PH - Brady (M.), no. 6 (C size). "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 18... more

2d Rhode Island Infantry

No. 1035. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters of Gen. Thomas

Photograph shows a group of men posed on the front steps of the building. No. 5114. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry... more

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B900. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Four unidentified men including at least one Union officer, full-leng...

Title devised by Library staff. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 59. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and unidentified woman]

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B923. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters of Gen. Morell, Miners Hill, Va.

Photograph shows General George W. Morell standing with a group in camp. No. 4108. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat with bayoneted musket next t...

Photograph shows headstand behind soldier's feet. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... more

[Five unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms]

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 2-2. 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: Sou... more

[Two unidentified sailors in Union uniforms with rope and anchor]

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 1-18. 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: Fr... more

The cabinet at Washington

Group portrait of Lincoln's cabinet including (left to right) Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln, Secreta... more

2d Rhode Island Infantry

No. 817. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Fouth [i.e. Fourth] Regiment band

Photograph shows Union saxhorn and drum musicians from the 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in ... more

[Two unidentified soldiers and others at the front steps of a house]

Photograph shows two soldiers, two women, three girls, and an African American boy wearing an apron posing on or next to steps. Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Brady-Handy photograph collection (... more

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B948. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Two unidentified soldiers in Union cavalry uniforms with Sharps rifle...

Title devised by Library staff. Frame: Berg, no. 7-22. 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: L... more

Castle Pinkney [i.e. Pinckney], Charleston, S.C., August 1861, Federal...

No. 4375. Title from item. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 7, p. 27". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B921. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B906. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York Cavalry-- Gen. I. N. Palmer & staff in foreground-- camp ...

Photograph shows General Palmer and staff in the foreground, and military band, soldiers, and cavalry in the background.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B957. Title from item. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

[Group of 26 unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms with stacked bayo...

Temporary bridge across Pamunkey River, Va., near White House Landing

No. B1270. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Two unidentified sailors in Union uniforms seated outdoors]

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; Floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:180) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased f... more

2d Rhode Island Infantry

No. 766. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Camp Brightwood, D.C.--Contrabands in 2nd R.I. Camp

Capt. B.S. Brown (left); Lt. John P. Shaw, Co. F 2nd Regt. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry (center); and Lt. Fry (right) with African American men and boy. Title transcribed from item. Purchase; William A. Glad... more

2d Rhode Island Infantry

No. 1073. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

23d New York Infantry

No. B816. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.