[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
[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to right]
President of Liberia.
[James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
U.S. President.
[Rufus Blakeman, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, facing front, hands folded in lap]
Doctor and president of Fairfield County Medical Association, Greenfield, Connecticut.
[Edward John Phelps, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, arms folded]
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.
[Francis Lister Hawks, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front]
Reverend, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, church historian, first president of the University of Louisiana.
[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated, holding cane, tall hat on table with tablecloth]
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
[Charles Edwin West, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]
President of Rutger's College.
[John Van Buren, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]
Democratic congressman from New York, 1841-1843; son of President Martin Van Buren.
[Henry Grinnell, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile to the left]
Merchant; backer of polar expeditions; first President of the American Geographical Society.
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.
White House (South front, or rear).
Photograph shows White House with attached conservatory.
President's stables (White House in the background).
Photograph shows two men and a horse at stables adjacent to White House.
White House, S. front
Photograph shows view to northwest showing west side and south porch.
House of Representatives, XXXVI Congress, U.S., 1860 / M. B. Brady.
Composite photograph showing Representatives of the 36th Congress.
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking left, May 20,1860]
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42.)
[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 Jones, 2011)
Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams / photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart.
Photograph showing Mrs. John Adams, head and shoulder portrait, facing right.
Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad
Abraham Lincoln and his son Thad looking at album.
Key to House of Representatives, XXXVI Congress, U.S., 1860
Composite photograph with list of names identifying Representatives of the 36th Congress.
[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]
Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.)
Washington, D. C. Washington Navy Yard. First Japanese treaty commission to the U. S., 1860
Photograph shows Japanese samurai warriors posed with Navy and American representatives.
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
[Private Reggie T. Wingfield and Private Hamden T. Flay in Confederate uniforms]
Photograph shows two identified Confederate soldiers.
[Two unidentified sailors in Union uniforms]
Photograph shows older sailor and younger sailor holding hands; probably father and son.
Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C.
Twelve men posed in front of Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C.
[Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat with bayoneted musket next to infantry Hardee hat with plume on table]
Photograph shows headstand behind soldier's feet.
Headquarters of Gen. Thomas
Photograph shows a group of men posed on the front steps of the building.
Headquarters of Gen. Morell, Miners Hill, Va.
Photograph shows General George W. Morell standing with a group in camp.