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Ellerson's Mill. Battle-field of Mechanicsville, Virginia

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 920. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pictorial print, 19th century - Public domain scan / print

Public domain photograph of textile design, fabric pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Autumn scene with castle] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Signed lower left: Gust. Jahn, Wien. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

[James McDowell, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Governor of Virginia. Scratched on face of plate: 236; McDowell. Scratched on back of plate: 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congr... More

Christ bearing his cross - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

273 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

The soldier's wife - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848,...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; Gt. Brit. Hist. 1848; Holiday... More

[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and ...

From portrait by Black. No. 8242-62. Saunders no. 2. Specimen Days no. 125. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

View of eastern nave - A black and white photo of an old factory

Photograph shows a slightly elevated view of the interior of the Crystal Palace exhibit hall with various items on display and international flags hanging from balcony railings. Salted paper photoprint by Claud... More

View of western nave - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows Crystal Palace interior. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer brothers, 1852, v. 4, frontis.

Panel in ceiling of colonnade of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of drum of dome - Public domain architectural drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

"View of the Pilot Knob" [Mo.] - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review, History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Republi... More

Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambrid...

Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, wearing suit, standing behind chair. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M.... More

[Panel details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wi...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing two panels from top of right valve, one depicting the battle of Bunker Hill and death of General Warren and the other depicting the battle of Monmouth and rebuke of Gen... More

The old Genoese Castle at Balaklava, from above the castle pier

View of ships in Balaklava harbor and hill with castle or fort ruins, conical tents, buildings, and animals. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crim... More

Officers of the 89th Regiment at Cathcart's Hill, in winter dress, Cap...

Captain Leslie Skynner, Lieutenant Francis Knatchbull, Captain Robert Rowland Conyers, Lieutenant John Longfield, and Captain Robert B. Hawley, full-length portrait, wearing uniforms, one standing, two leaning ... More

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

Field Marshall Lord Raglan - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lord Raglan, full-length portrait, seated on chair in doorway, facing slightly right, holding hat. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contempora... More

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Market place, Grand Plaz...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 50 (1856 Nov. 22), p. 369. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

A.B. Young (of Boston) Supervising Architect, Treasury Department.

Photograph shows portrait of Ammi B. Young. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens, engraving, Library of Congress

Two men cutting evergreen trees; one person carrying a tree; man kneeling alongside woman who is making wreaths. Engr. by Winslow Homer. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858), p. 820. This record contains un... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

[Corking bottles in Mr. Longworth's wine cellars near Cincinnati]

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 July 24), p. 473. Ref. copy SS Graphics - 4397 J - Industry -Brewery & Wine making Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Facto... More

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

The self-propelling steam fire-engine, "J.C. Cary"

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 November 20), p. 749. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[Samuel O. Peyton, Representative from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 218. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[William B. Maclay, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 49. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[William H. Kelsey, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 72. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Fenner Ferguson, Representative from Nebraska Territory], Thirty-fift...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 311. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James M. Mason, Senator from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-le...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 124. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Stephen R. Mallory, Senator from Florida, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...

[John A. Gilmer, Representative from North Carolina, Thirty-fifth Cong...

[James Craig, Representative from Missouri, Thirty-fifth Congress, hal...

Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln on horseback within a border of furled U...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Biegmann portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

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

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

The Five Points in 1859. View taken from the corner of Worth & Little...

Five Points being a house of industry--New York City. "For D.T. Valentine's Manual 1860." This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York (N.Y.); Streets; City & tow... More

[Balloon "Columba" flying with two passengers]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'Espérance en traversant l'espace vous portera mes plus douces pensée...

Collecting card shows balloon "L'Espérance" flying over a landscape with two birds carrying a flower and a letter as passengers. Tissandier collection.

J.P. McCown - Tenn. Brig. General. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Brigadier General John Porter McCown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. On verso: From Brady negative.

[Jacob Walter, half-length portrait, facing right]

LC-BH824-4679 (b&w glass neg. - missing) Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

François-Victor Hugo [graphic] / / Thiébault, Bd., Bonne Nouvellé, 31.

Bacard Fils was the son-in-law and successor to Thiébault. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Algeria. Algiers Mosque - North Africa and Middle East

Wall of a section of a mosque in Algiers, Algeria. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd Unit...

American eagle as emblem of the 3rd United States Colored Troops. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. army officers and other person... More

[Busy street scene in Beijing] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a crowded city street with porters, pedestrians, horse-drawn carts, horseback riders, possibly a street cleaner, pigs running loose, beggars, and two men who may be Korean based on the sytle of th... More

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 - Public domain portrait print

Head and shoulders, facing left; right hand under chin. Photoprint by W. Kurtz, N.Y.C. (Saunders 12). Feinberg/Whitman Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln attached to black ribbon]

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

[Composite of 8 bust photos of Brig. Generals Benjamin F. Coates, Geor...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865.

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Exterior, African American woman standing in foreground. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic History (no. 2300). LC-B811-2300 (half). This record contains ... More

Fortifications on Bermuda Hundred's Line near Point of Rocks, Virginia

No. B707. 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 a... More

Brigadier General Lander - Print, Library of Congress collection

72 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.

[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol]

Photograph shows crowd of people viewing Lincoln's inauguration by the under-construction U.S. Capitol. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 1. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12... More

Bv't. Brig. General M. Churchill. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full-length portrait of Mendal Churchill, standing, facing front, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5453.

Potomac Creek Bridge - Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek and Fredericksburg R....

No. B457. 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 a... More

[Md. - Annapolis - U.S. Naval Academy: 3 scenes - "General..view of An...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 May 11), p. 294. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

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

No. 1033. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Fallen tree across Hazel River, Virginia] (Andrew J. Russel)

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

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first man wounded in t...

Photograph shows Nicholas Biddle, an African American Union soldier, in uniform, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographer's stamp on verso. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Captain Clark B. Lagow - Public domain portrait print

Photoprint taken at Cairo, Ill. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[William H. Rockwell, Pvt., North Carolina, 18th Infantry, Company H, ...

Written on negative sleeve: N.C.(?) Regt. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Drayton's negro quarters, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows soldiers and slaves in front of the slave quarters on Drayton's plantation. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.271).

[Group of Native Americans (possibly Winnebago) wearing blankets, some...

On verso: C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private E.T. Avory standing with bayoneted rifle. No. B959. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives. Mounted with fi... More

Co. - , 139th Pennsylvania Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. B1173. 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 ... More

The Union prisoners at Richmond, Virginia

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1862 Jan. 18. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Lieut. General Winfield Scott. General in Chief of the U.S. Army

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magee, J.

[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and soldiers across th...

No. 79 (handwritten) and 2580 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Detail of "Progress of Civilization," east pediment of the Senate win...

Photograph of maquette showing Indian mother and child. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 117. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Capitol Dome, Statue of Freedom model

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 23. Inscription: "Freedom. T. Crawford, Inv." Notations: Cast in bronze at Washington, D.C. by Clarke Mills, height of figure 19 feet 6 inches., weight 50000; ... More

[Two unidentified Civil War soldiers in Union uniforms, seated in a ph...

Photo by D.C. Bettison, Louisville, Ky. With revenue stamp on back of mount. Ink caption on album page, "Genl. J.B. McPherson at Memphis, Tenn." But, photo does not match known likenesses of McPherson. Transf... More

An incident of Gettysburg - the last thought of a dying father

Vultures over dead soldiers and horses. Dead volunteer from New York (Amos Humiston?) holding picture of his children. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1864 Jan. 2), p. 236. This record contain... More

Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864

Photograph shows two men in civilian dress seated and smoking pipes at camp in Brandy Station, Virginia. Print from stereograph glass negative LC-B811-61 in the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.

Vue du pensionnat des frères des écoles chrétiennes de Dijon, Côte-d'O...

Christian Brothers school complex, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France, bird's-eye view perspective rendering. Stamp: Les Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes de Dijon. Inscribed: Le prof. Fre. Raynnie. Item conserved and/or re... More

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Pres. Lincoln's funeral - removal of the body from the City Hall to th...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1865 May 13. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Memento mori. [Portrait of Lincoln within a black border containing 13...

Portrait of Lincoln within a black mourning border containing 13 stars.

[Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant (Julia Dent Grant), head-and-shoulders portrait...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Explosion of the steamer SULTANA, April 28, 1865

Burning steamer with many people on board and in water. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1865 May 20), p. 316. Ref. copy may be in 4427 B (R). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Detachment U.S. Engineers, Petersburg, Virginia, April, 1865

No. 434. 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 an... More

Ruins of the Catholic Cathedral, Charleston, S.C. Rear view

Stereograph showing ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar which was destroyed by fire in December 1861. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony &... More

Six mile Canyon, from office of Chollar Works, desert in the distance

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 733. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from... More

Snow Slide Mountain, Headwaters of the American River

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 633. LOT subdivision subject: Placerville Tahoe Route. This record contains unverified old data f... More

Placer Mining--Columbia, Tuolumne County - Mining out a ranch

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1014. LOT subdivision subject: Placer Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Falls on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake - Central Pacific Railroad

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1273. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express Office, Carson St., Carson City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 698. LOT subdivision subject: Nevada Cities and Towns. This record contains unverified data from o... More

Fallen Leaf Lake and Tahlac Mountain, Valley of Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 646. LOT subdivision subject: Fallen Leaf Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Catholic Burying Ground, Mission Dolores, California, 19th century ste...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 463. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Cemeteries. This record contains unverified old data f... More

Miner's Cabin, American [River], California, 19th century sterescope c...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 617. LOT subdivision subject: Miners' Cabins. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

San José, from Convent Notre Dame, looking South

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 56. LOT subdivision subject: San Jose. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Placer Mining at Volcano, Amador County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 946. LOT subdivision subject: Placer Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Cactus Giganta, 18 feet high - San Jose, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 73. LOT subdivision subject: Cactus. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Market Street, from Montgomery to the Bay, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 553. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Sacramento City from the new Capitol Building, looking East

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 212. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Telegraph Hill from North Beach, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 438. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

From corner California and Powell Streets looking Northeast, San Franc...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 355. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

South Beach from Steamboat Point, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 384. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Waterfront. This record contains unverified old data f... More

A home in the country (summer) - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

"Copyright Deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: 1867." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Robertson, Wm. C.

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