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A black and white photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Moto...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

[Title page - no illus. of Triyals of...Witches... by Cotton Mather]

Illus. in: Tryals of ... Witches... by Cotton Mather (Boston, 1693) No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Witchcraft; PI; Shelf.

Pettigrew House, State Route 1158, Creswell, Washington County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-35 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

[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

[Clark sisters, five women, three-quarter length portraits, all facing...

Grandmother and aunts of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: Rinhart 63. Accompanying note in case on stationery of the Arts Club of Washington, in handwriting... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Scratched on back of plate: 336. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Anna Bishop, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, se...

In oval brass mat. Identified by Owen Blevins 8/2014 based on similar daguerreotype of Bishop in the Harvard Theatre Collection. Alternative identification: Jenny Lind. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left...

Hallmark: J. Rousseau & Co. Penciled on back of plate: Albert G. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Gulf of Akaba. Wes...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Aerial photograph taken over the outlet of Wadi Taba (alluvial plain) into the Gulf of Aqaba, looking northwest and showing the west coast of ... More

[Obelisk erected at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome following its re...

Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: The tradition of technology : L... More

James Marshall, discoverer of gold, at Sutter's Mill

Photomechanical reproduction of the 1850(?) daguerreotype by R. H. Vance shows James Marshall standing in front of Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, California, where he discovered gold.

Philadelphia fire company mobile steam driven water pump

Photograph shows a piece of firefighting equipment on display in front of a firehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several men are standing around a horsedrawn steam driven water pump. (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More

Tomb - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sculpture of two women. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 20, right side.

Indian rubber boat, pontoons, & c.

Photograph shows the Charles Goodyear exhibit of vulcanized india-rubber products (boat, pontoons, and buoys). Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, Lon... More

[Hon. Andrew Johnson, half-length portrait, facing left]

Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Print reversed from original(?) LC-BH82-4437.

J.W. Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actor who played at Soldiers Home night Lincoln was to be kidnapped by Booth. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints an... More

Fallen Colossus. Memnonium - Public domain portrait print

Four headless statues standing before colonnade, on right bust of larger statue laying face down. No. 1864. On verso: Thebes. The Ramesseum. The fallen Colossus.

[The freshwater canal at Ismailia]

Small boats moored at water's edge in tributary to the Suez Canal. No. 1774.

[Illustrated cover and back page advertisement from Appleton's railway...

Illustration showing train coming out of mountain tunnel and advertisement for sale of farming and wood lands showing men threshing.

Constantinople. Mosque of Tophane

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 3A, pl. 5.

Edwin C. Mason 7th Maine Infantry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 1861; tape on emulsion: 848 [crossed out]. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photo... More

Rosenlaui. Grindelwald Glacier - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

View of Grindelwald Glacier; farm buildings and man in foreground. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 36, lower right.

[Soldier named Ewing in kepi displaying a wound to his arm] / Henry Ul...

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 and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Penrhyn slate quarries - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

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

Rigi Railway - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Railroad tracks on Rigi Mountain. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, lower right.

Vienna. The Belvidere [i.e., Belvedere]. Architecture of 1860s Europe

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 134. No. 261.

Senate Chamber U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C

Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Types Algériens. Famille d'une femme des Ouled Naı̈ls / ND.

Woman, seated on mat on ground, with young girl and two boys, Algeria. The woman and her daughter are wearing coin necklaces and elaborate headdresses. No. L. 170.

Constantinople. Mosque of Sultan Bayazid

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 2B, pl. 4.

Genova. Strada Nuora / C. Degoix, fotografo del Re.

Street scene, Geonoa, Italy. "Vedute d'Italia." "Via Carlo Felice, No. 10, Genoa." In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 96, back.

Edinburg. Holyrood Palace. Arthurs Seat

View of Edinburgh, showing Holyrood Palace, Arthur's Seat (a volcanic rock formation), and factories. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 195. No. 371.

Declaration of Independence - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

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

Vienna, the Polytechnicon. Architecture of 1860s Europe

View of the Technische Hochschule with Karlskirche in background. In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 130, back. No. 254.

Genoa. General view from N. West

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 95.

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

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery. No. 4110. Similar view in LC-B811-3479. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

1st Conn. Artillery, Ft. Richardson, Arlington Heights, Va. 20 pounder...

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 and salt, w... More

2d Rhode Island Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. 993. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Private William Baxter Ott of Co. I, 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment, ...

Photograph shows identified soldier killed at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is avail... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union Zouave uniform in front of painte...

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

Brig.-Gen. A.L. Long, Va., American Civil War.

Photograph shows Confederate General A.L. Long, in uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. No. 210. Reference print in BIOG FILE.

Major General P. H. Sheridan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B29. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 4, page 263". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Private Albert B. Martin of Co. 3, Washington Louisiana Light Artille...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purc... More

[Unidentified soldier of the 34th Indiana Infantry Regiment in zouave ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-274 The 34th Indiana Zouaves were also known as the "Morton Rifles." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/... More

View taken in 1861, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows group of men at the entrance of Fort Sumter. No. 4394. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 41. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. Pho... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate cavalry uniform and snake belt bu...

Case: Berg, no. 3-175 Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Regimental Headquarters, Falmouth... More

(Sailors on deck of warship) - Public domain historical image

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with flintlock musket]

Case: Rinhart, no. 93. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Paul Reeder, Germantown, Tenness... More

[Unidentified young soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap]

Case: Leather geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj pp/liljunion

Fort Sumner - Fair Oaks, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Glass transparency stereograph shows Union cannoneers preparing for an attack as infantry soldiers line up in the distance by the Chickahominy River, near Fair Oaks, Virginia, in June, 1862. No. 2339. Glass is cracked.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. View of Little Round Top

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battlefield of Gettysburg, Little Round Top mountain. July 1863. Corresponding print is in LOT 4167-A. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union infantry sergeant's un...

Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collect... More

Samuel Houston, 1793-1863 portrait photograph, facing left

Half lgth., standing, facing left. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Gunboat COMMORDORE MCDONOUGH - Public domain image of a steam boat

Broadside view; Union soldiers sitting in rowboat in foregrd. Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1863. Photo by Haas & Peale. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil ... More

City Point, Virginia. General hospital at City Point. (South-east view...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: General Hospital at City Point, Va. (SE view). Sept. 1864. Corresponding print is in LOT 4180. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Li... More

Samuel Downing, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolution. Hartford:, N. A. & R. A. Moore, ... More

[Large iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Labrador]

Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 16] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black,... More

Abraham Lincoln, 16th president. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln's funeral - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph showing a wagon pulled by six white horses. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1995:149

Gray Wolf, Chief of Winnebagoes - stereocsopic card

Gray Wolf, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding rifle. Photo possibly by B.H. Gurnsey. No. 504.

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length, seated, facing front, with hand on arm ...

Copy or later print of carte de visite-size photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo session from life was long thought to have happe... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Kirgizskaia dorozhnaia kibitka. Dzhulani [sic...

Photograph shows men, their belongings, a camel and a horse by a kibitka, or yurt. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 92. "Dzhulani [sic.]" translat... More

C Street, Virginia City - Cedar Hill in the distance

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 708. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified data from old... More

The Gould and Curry Works - General view, from the South

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 723. LOT subdivision subject: Mining Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Scene on the summit of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Three men on horseback The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 640. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unver... More

Scene in Dutch Flat, Placer County. The pack train

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 826. LOT subdivision subject: Placer County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Palmyre. Arc de triomphe vue generale prise de face / Bonfils.

Remains of Triumphal arch in Palmyra, Syria. No. 1321. 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... More

Colonnade de l'église de la Nativité / Bonfils.

Colonnades inside the Church of the Nativity, Bethelem. Cloth- covered lamps(?) hang suspended by long chains from the ceiling. No. 333.

Winnebago squaws - Public domain portrait drawing

Two Winnebago women with infant in cradleboard across their knees. Title transcribed from item. Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton.

The boss of the ring prime quality smoking tobacco

Caricature bust of William Marcy "Boss" Tweed. LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Manufactured by Ch. Reinhardt. Caption card tracings: Tweed, W. M.;... More

The usual summer eruption - Public domain dedication image

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1980:080.3). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Charlotte Cushman Sarony & Co., 680 Broadway ; Sarony & Co., photograp...

Photograph shows portrait of Charlotte Cushman standing behind a chair and holding a fan. Autograph on recto. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Charlotte Cushman papers (Library of Congress). Accession ... More

[African American man, full-length portrait, standing by a plant]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Group of Chinese women - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows three Chinese women, two seated, one standing. Title from front and back of item. Caption on back of item: "Group of Chinese women. The gentler sex are all particularly fond of adorning their h... More

Sultan Ahmed vue intérieure / M. Iranian.

Interior view of the Sultanahmet Camii (mosque), Istanbul. Also known as the Blue Mosque. No. 115.

Extinct hot spring, east fork of the Yellowstone, hot spring series / ...

Stream with mountains in background. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. No. 307.

Unidentified child. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified group. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Mudd, Hon. S. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Nota... More

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Baseball player. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified man. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified child. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified child. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified child. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Howard, Lucy child. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by L... More

Unidentified man. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Harrison, W.H. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Unidentified group. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

McDonald, N.D. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on span of years for C.M. Bell collection of glass negatives. Gift; Ame... More

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More

Burnett, Vivian. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More

The drinkers progress. He is "cleaned out"

Drunk man with head on table. 4528E U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1118.

The drinkers progress. First intoxication--bachelor's carouse

Seven drunk men around table and on floor. 4522E U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1112.

Thomas Paine - Public domain portrait engraving

Painting shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, half-length portrait, facing left. Photographic reproduction of a ca. 1859 painting attributed to Bass Otis, possibly after the Thomas Thompson copy or from ... More

Los Pueblos de Taos - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of Taos pueblo with Taos people and beehive ovens in foreground. Reference copy in SPECIFIC SUBJ FILE - Indians of North America Dwellings. Transfer; U.S. Copyright Office; 1878.

[Benjamin Franklin, half-length portrait, facing right] / Etch. by H.B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Henry L. Dawes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / Clark's ...

Printed on verso in a design with escutcheon topped with large-format camera: Clark, Pittsfield, Mass. Gift; Estate of Miss Anna L. Dawes; 1944 July 4. Forms part of: Portraits of Henry Laurens Dawes, ... from... More

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