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DCM 0104: Wünnenberg Dual-Use Flute Head Joint

Head joint with nearly 180 degree U-bend followed by a nearly right angle bend for vertical holding (patent no. 49789). The basic curved unit terminates in a tenon which fits into either a standard metal cylind... More

Bunker's Hill on N. York Island

Drawing shows distant view of wooded landscape with a few buildings. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. Inscribed in ink on the back: Montresor. Possibly owned or drawn by John Montrésor, British... More

View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...

Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.

William Guy Wall - Hudson / painted by W.G. Wall ; engraved by I. Hill...

Print shows a view of the Hudson River from the shore with a view across the river of Hudson, New York; also shows two men pulling a fishing nets ashore, men in a rowboat, sailboats, and on the right a steamboa... More

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More

Metropolitan polkas by Chas. Mueller

Print shows a street view of the front façade of "Strakosch Pianos. Sarles & Adey. Music Publishers" building at 629 Broadway, New York, N.Y., with carriage and pedestrian traffic in the foreground. Title from ... More

How illustrated newspapers are made

Ten illustrations showing editorial rooms, engravers' room, artists at work, engraving tools, etc., at offices of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, 185... More

View from the "Dead Rabbit" barricade in Bayard Street, taken at the h...

View of fight between two gangs, the "Dead Rabbits" and the "Bowery Boys" in the Sixth Ward, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 4, (1857 July 18), p. 108.

Looking up 5th Avenue, New York

Photograph shows the Fifth Avenue Hotel and Worth Monument in the distance, Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York. Card number: "358." Gottheim collection code: GNY 75. Publisher attribution based on provenanc... More

American Fall and ice mountain. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosc...

People and horse on ice, Niagara Falls, New York. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skating at the rink, skates at S.O. Barnum, Son & Co., No. 265 Main St...

No. 112. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Grand torch-light parade of the New York firemen in honor of the Princ...

Illustration showing firemen marching with torches and lights by hotel balcony where Prince of Wales watches with his retinue. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 199 (1860 Oct. 20), p. 660.

Trinity Church. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

On mount: American Views. New York City. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

Niagara Falls. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph showing two men, in the distance, standing on bridge overlooking waters flowing from Niagara Falls. On mount: American Views. No. 845. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library o... More

Presentation of colors to the Garibaldi Zouaves, New York, May, 1861 T...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, 1861 June 8, p. 362.

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The riots at New York - The rioters burning and sacking the colored or...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 344 (1863 August 1), p. 493.

Election day in New York. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Depicts election day in wealthy neighborhood and poor neighborhood. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Dec. 3, p. 560.

The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 345.

West wing. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Metropolitan Fair, New York, N.Y. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The swans on the lake Central Park

Photograph shows Bow Bridge, a boater and swans on the lake in Central Park, New York City, New York. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 97. Forms part of the Larry Gotthe... More

Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscop...

Photograph shows a gravesite at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Card number: "903." Gottheim collection code: GB 8. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Col... More

Bow Bridge Central Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Car...

Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GCP 66A. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotth... More

Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865

Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More

Goldsmith Maid and American Girl: in the "brush home" of their capital...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2625

[Interior of Sagamore Hill with elephant tusks, antlers and bison head...

Image in vol. 3, p. 48, bottom. Forms part of: Scrapbooks documenting the families of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Eleanor Butler Alexander Roosevelt.

Globe reflection, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George / G. S. Irish,...

Stereograph shows self-portrait of photographer with camera on tripod, hotel, and lake reflected in a shiny globe. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:123). Was AP 1005. Vender : Jeffrey Kraus.

Prospect Park. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

On mount: American Views. Popular Series. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Pr...

Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A. Oakey Hall, weathering a violent storm on a ledge with the picked-over remains of New York City. Tit... More

Fourth order light-house at Penfield Reef, Long Island Sound

Above print: U.S. Light-house establishment, 1874. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1874, plate opposite p. 29.

Ice gorge in the Catskill Creek above the "Old Bridge" Apr 1st 1875

Handwritten on mount: [F.] Allen, photographer. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Creedmoor - match between the Canadian and amateur rifle teams, Septem...

Print composed of four separate wood engravings shows a shooting match between a Canadian team and American amateur teams at Creedmoor on Long Island, New York, military officers testing the tension of the trig... More

Scene on a New York dock--Stevedores unloading a ship / drawn by I.P. ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 21, no. 1072 (1877 July 14), p. 540.

Pokeepsie [i.e. Poughkeepsie] Bridge

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chautauqua Lake from Long Point

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greenhurst, Lake Chautauqua - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

New York City, Irish depositors of the Emigrant Savings Bank withdrawi...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 50, no. 1275 (1880 March 13), p. 29.

Erie Canal at Little Falls - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Horseshoe [Falls], Niagara - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elizabeth L. Comstock, Union Springs, N.Y., and Laura S. Heaviland (Ch...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Studio portrait, full-length, seated, Elizabeth L. Comstock (left), wearing a cloak and lightweight bonnet and holding a second dress bonnet, and Laura S. Heaviland (right)... More

Chautauqua Lake, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows rendering of exterior façade. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of C... More

Athenaeum Hotel, Chautauqua - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

New York - a scene at Long Beach, the new and popular seaside resort /...

People on beach and in the water, Long Beach, New York. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 54 (1882 Aug. 12), p. 389.

The electric light in houses--laying the electrical tubes / drawn by W...

Laying the tubes for electric wires in the streets of New York City. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1882 June 24, p. 393.

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The "early-and-often" voter preferred / F. Opper.

Illustration shows New York City Mayor Franklin Edson with his arm around an office seeker holding a paper that states "Application for Office - New York Ward Worker", while gesturing toward another office seek... More

Kik - kik - cock-a-doodle doo! Mr. Kelly, how are you? / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows New York City Mayor William R. Grace as a rooster crowing over a defeated and demoralized John Kelly, Tammany Hall boss; Grace, an anti-Tammany Hall politician, was just re-elected mayor of N... More

New York - the torch of the Statue of "Liberty," as it will appear whe...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1885 June 20, p. 288.

Making the most of it / Gillam.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Hill" holding a large magnifying glass labeled "Democratic Presss Magnifier" between a donkey with blinders labeled "N.Y. Democracy" and a tiny shock of hay labeled "Cleveland'... More

Panoramic map of Cambridge, N.Y. 1886.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 545 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and inset. AACR2

Windsor, N.Y. 1887. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 656 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Oxford, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 610 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710

Spectators on day of launching of U.S.S. Maine

"Hart" on negative. Negative broken and taped. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020522. Brooklyn, N.Y. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

The American Falls from below Cave of the Winds

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West Shore Railroad and Erie Canal at Little Falls, N.Y.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City ship canal, Buffalo - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chenango Valley near Greene, N.Y.

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York shop-girls buying Easter bonnets on Division Street / drawn b...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1890 April 5, p. 256. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the Italian quarter - Mulberry Street on a winter evening / drawn b...

People carrying their belongings in the Italian quarter, on Mulberry Street, on a winter evening, in New York City.

Statue of Liberty, New York harbor

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, N.Y., Morris-Jumel Mansion

Title from jacket. Listed in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 17538. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Valley of the Mohawk, east of Little Falls

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Steamer Argyle, 1000 Islands - Public domain image of a steam boat

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mess boys, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Boston, land drill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[W. V. Lawrence residence, 969 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Perspectiv...

Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:100, 79.3077.

[Chemung River, Elmira, N.Y.]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kristoffel. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Legend of Old New York," Century magazine, 41:45 (Nov. 1890).

Calumet Island, St. Lawrence River, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shanley Building, New York - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title devised by cataloger. "1493 1505" and "Shanley" on building. "Design #116" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30895. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Please mister take her tintype / George Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Stereograph showing African American children posing outside a house. 30915 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1891 by Geo. Barker.

Center Street from Park Row, New York, U.S.A

44352 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1892 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex.

Panoramic map of Gowanda, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Bird's-eye view. Imperfect: Darkened, color faded, stained at bottom. Accompanied by film negative photocopy of the original / Historical Graphic Arts Co. [1] sheet : plastic film ; 53 x 66 cm. -- Two positive ... More

Grand Canyon of the Genesee, near Portage, N.Y. / George Barker.

Stereograph shows trees, canyon, and river. 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 ... More

U.S.S. Dolphin in Columbian Naval Review, New York

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Viking ship - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date and locale based on negative D4-21179. "14" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021182. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[J. J. Astor residence, 840 Fifth Avenue, New York City]

[Battle Monument, West Point, N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of a column monument, city square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Toughannock [sic] Falls, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Theodore Roosevelt when he was a New York police commissioner

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, seated at his desk, facing left. Date stamped on verso: Sep 3 1966. Title newspaper clipping. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Colle... More

[Lake Mohonk Mountain House, N.Y., from near Sky Top]

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lake Mohonk Mountain House, N.Y., Sky Top from under porte cochere]

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

"In the interest of labor and morality" / Dalrymple.

Print shows, on the left, many businessmen and women in stocks and pillories for such offenses as serving guests wine on Sunday, "for shaving on Sunday", "for delivering ice on Sunday", "for selling a glass of ... More

[Garden path at Hotel Kaaterskill, Catskill Mts., N.Y.]

Public domain photograph of hotel resort, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Railroad scenes VI-B

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Railroad scenes VI-A

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Shadows on beach, Coney Island--colored girls bathing

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

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images from New York City II

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The New York Sunday Herald, March 29th 1896

Poster shows an advertisement for magazine illustrated four long stemmed flowers. Signed: Wright. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1896 Gift; J.H.... More

New York Bay. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

30869C2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Loeffler; May 21, 1897. Copyright claimant's address: Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 454.

The tug of war / Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows Thomas C. Platt as a crane and Richard Croker as a swan, tugging on a frog labeled "Greater New York". Illus. from Puck, v. 42, no. 1069, (1897 September 1), cover. Copyright 1897 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.

U.S.S. Iowa in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "3" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020436. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Company D, at military camp, Monta...

Photograph showing Company D troop, posing for group picture, Montauk Point, New York. "Montauk Point" written on front. "Co D" written on back of print. Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Company L, at military camp, Monta...

Photograph showing Company L troop, posing for group picture, Montauk Point, New York. "Montauk Point" written on front. "Co L" written on back of print. Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Company F, at military camp, Monta...

Photograph showing Company F troop, posing for a group picture. "Montauk Point" written on front. "Co F" written on back of print. Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

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