Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas
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Saying grace before the barbeque dinner at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fa...
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School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...
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[Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim, seated, three-quarter length portrait, f...
Date from related slide: LC-KAN05-072. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikk... More
Painting "Sir Walter Raleigh" at Court House Annex, Richmond, Virginia
Artist: Paul Cadmus, 1939. Oil, 83" x 36". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Pho... More
Painting copies for Robinson. Copy of a Renaissance painting II
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[Frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco, the Long Warrior, or King of t...
Frontispiece and title page in: Travels through North & South Carolina / William Bartram. Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libr... More
Elevation of a truck-carriage [and] plan of a truck carriage
Print shows two views of a "Truck carriage." Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXIV. Published in: The American Revolution... More
The Hon[ora]ble S[i]r William Howe, Knight of the Bath and commander i...
Print shows Sir William Howe, three-quarter length portrait, in uniform. Reference copy in BIOG. FILE. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5405.
Robert Rogers - commandeur der Americaner, engraving, Library of Congr...
Print shows Robert Rogers, half-length portrait, wearing military uniform, standing, facing slightly left, with musket nestled in crook of left elbow, and Native American standing in the background. Illus. in:... More
The gig / Wells del., British Cartoon Print
Print shows two British sailors waving banners labeled "Rodney," one smokes a long clay pipe, between them is a Dutchman, his hands behind his back, sitting in the bottom portion of a toy top, he says, "Mine he... More
The catch singers. Book illustration from Library of Congress, British...
Print shows Lord North, on the right, Lord Germain, and Lord Sandwich (or Richard Howe) sitting around a table, with William Howe standing at the end of the table on the left; they are toasting their financial ... More
Charles Henri Comte Destaing, né le 24 Novembre 1729
Charles Henri comte d'Estaing, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly right; in framed medallion. Illus. in: Extrait du journal d'un officier de la marine de l'escadre de M. le comte d'Es... More
1. Americanischer scharffschütz oder Jäger (rifleman) 2. regulaire inf...
Print shows German versions of an American rifleman and a soldier with the Pennsylvania infantry, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform, holding rifles. Illus. in: Allgemeines hist... More
1. General Washington's reitende leibgarde 2. die independent company,...
Print shows German versions of a member of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard and a company soldier under Washington's command, full-length, standing, facing each other, wearing military uniform.
William Henry Harrison, 9th Pres. of United States, head-and-shoulders...
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 447 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Vandeventers photograph family record, Defiance, Ohio
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Van Deventer, Judson W.
Thomas House, 229 Front Street, Beaufort, Carteret County, NC
Survey number: HABS NC-87 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
White Pillar, West side of State Route 7, South Shaftsbury, Bennington...
Survey number: HABS VT-82 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800- ca. 1825 Initial Construction
Robert Heysham, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 217 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Replacing a more modest structure that dated back to 1803, it was built in 1836 on land donated by George Washington's brother, Charle... More
John S. Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 483 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin - John Graham, head-and...
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 553 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
America guided by wisdom An allegorical representation of the United S...
Allegorical print shows America as a woman in Grecian dress and feathered helmut with Roman deities Minerva, Ceres, and Mercury to symbolize wisdom, commerce, and agriculture. To their right is a triumphal arch... More
... Washington canal & Rhode Island state lottery. Class No. one, for ...
At head of ticket. Authorized by acts of Congress, and of the Legislature of Rhode-Island. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML... More
Mr. Jefferson as Solus / engraved by D. Edwin from a painting by J. Ne...
Print shows Joseph Jefferson half-length portrait, facing right, in the role of the character "Solus" in Mrs. Inchbald's play "Every one has his fault; a comedy, in five acts." Printed below attribution statem... More
Erie & junction canal directory; containing a list of the principal pl...
On verso: Erie Junction Canal Directory, Filed April 7, 1828. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collectio... More
Emily Tenessee Donalson, niece of President Jackson and White House ho...
Photograph showing Emily Donelson, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait.
Washington crossing the Delaware, engraving, Library of Congress
Print shows George Washington on horseback. Copyright by Humphrey Phelps. From the collection of Sherman Adams. Original item not at LC. Reference print in Presidential File.
The carrier boy's address to its patrons. New Year 1834.
On verso: 534149. Ja 3, 38. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 56, Folder 6a.
On the way to Araby! - Political cartoon, public domain image
Satire on the Jackson administration's continuing battle against the Bank of the United States. The print was specifically occasioned by the re-chartering of the Bank by the Whig-controlled Pennsylvania Legisla... More
Eli Moore, representative from New York Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Ely Moore, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a quote by Moore. Published at the City of Washington. Caption continues: A purely democratic government must necessarily be ... More
Thomas H. Benton, senator from Missouri Chs. Fenderich del
Print shows Thomas Hart Benton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; includes a facsimile signature. Caption continues: Solitary & alone, and amidst the jeers and taunts of my opponents, I put this ball ... More
The Canada patriots. A public meeting of the citizens of Washington fr...
The Canada patriots.; On verso: 25 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 196, Folder 24.
Opothle Yoholo A Creek chief / / Drawn printed & coloured at I.T. Bowe...
Print shows portrait of Opothle Yoholo in traditional dress from painting by Charles Bird King for History of the Indian tribes of North America... / By Thomas L. M'Kenney and James Hall, 1836-1844.
Animal magnetism - A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair talking to an...
A swipe at President Van Buren's independent treasury system and his continuation of the monetary policies of predecessor Andrew Jackson. The artist, clearly in sympathy with the Whigs, links corruption in the ... More
Slavery abolished by the laws of nature!!! Negroes not of the same spe...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 155, Folder 24.
United States almanac, for the year 1841
Print shows the title page for the United States Almanac for the year 1841 showing the deity Mercury/Hermes soaring above the waterfront at Philadelphia with ships and boats on the Delaware River and two men mo... More
Clay Frelinghuysen Markle Stewart
Print shows a Whig campaign banner composed of a pattern of alternating red and white stripes reminiscent of the American flag. On each of the four white stripes appears the name of a Whig candidate for the 184... More
No annexation of Texas. It having been announced by the government org...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 119, Folder 26a.
James Madison - 4th President of the United States / on stone by A. Ne...
Print showing James Madison, bust portrait, facing right, in frame. From series: Portraits of the Presidents. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by C.S. Williams, in the Clerk's Office of th... More
[Election ballot for 1846]. - Public domain broadside, Library of Cong...
On verso: 30. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 198, Folder 6a.
The tree of liberty. The free population of the United States enjoyin...
A somewhat puzzling commentary on two issues: slavery and economic protectionism. The date of the print is uncertain, but it may have appeared as part of the reaction against the Walker Tariff of 1846. A Northe... More
Grand Presidential sweep-stakes for 1849
The Free Soil sympathies of the cartoonist are evident in his portrayal of the 1848 presidential contest as a race between the three major candidates. The contenders are on the course. Whig candidate Zachary T... More
Regular line of clipper ships for San Francisco. Elegant California Cl...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 44.
Unusual- interesting - patriotic and educational items regarding Thoma...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 134, Folder 23. Copy scanned: 1
Espérons que ce ballon d'essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif / A. ...
Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled "Suffrage Universel" with wings floating above the Pyrenees and headed toward a sign labeled "Espagne". Illus. from: Actualités, no. 248. Tissandier collection.
Grand state lottery, ninth class. highest prize. $25,000 .…
Lotteries. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 191, Folder 17a.
Lives of the presidents of the United States. By Robert W. Lincoln
Print shows trimmed frontispiece to one of the G.H. Salisbury edition's of Lives of the presidents of the United States ... / By Robert W. Lincoln with portrait of George Washington in front of soldiers. In al... More
The late auction at St. Eustatia - by R-- & V--
Print shows the interior of an auction house where Admiral Rodney and General John Vaughan are disposing property seized from citizens on the island of Saint Eustatius which the British captured from the Dutch.
Every body and his big grandmother are going to buy their valentines a...
Valentine. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 200, Folder 19.
Mural depicting Alabama history by Roderick McKenzie. State Capitol, M...
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama
The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More
Eclipse & no eclipse or two views of one object
Two scenes showing the differing perceptions of Franklin Pierce's stand on the issue of slavery, as viewed by the North and South. The cartoon is divided vertically by "Mason & Dixon's Line." An arrow identifie... More
A piercing piece of loco foco hocus pocus
The title plays on Franklin Pierce's last name, at the expense of Whig presidential hopefuls Millard Fillmore, Winfield Scott, and Daniel Webster. The print was probably published shortly after the June 1852 Wh... More
[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]
Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.
Genl. Franklin Pierce: fourteenth president of the United States
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Champion's double lever bridge. The engravings annexed, are illustrati...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 201, Folder 13a.
Ohio River at its juncture with the Aleghainy [i.e. Alleghany] and Mon...
Drawing shows a view of the hills around the Ohio, Alleghany and Monogahela rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally... More
The Hudson River from Poughkeepsie
Sketch shows the Hudson River from Poughkeepsie, New York. Sailboats dot the water and ships' masts rise along the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1... More
Sgt. John Clem, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil War ...
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General Ord, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil War tim...
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General R.B. Marcey, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil...
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General W.B. Hazen, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil ...
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Scene on the Macedonian after the battle
Print shows a busy scene in the physician's quarters below deck on the HMS Macedonian where wounded sailors are being attended to by medical staff, some are having limbs amputated. Illus. from: Life and death ... More
General E.W. Rice, U.S.A., Glass negative photograph, American Civil W...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General E.W. Rice, U.S.A. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil Wa...
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Colonel of 19th Iowa Regt. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and... More
Round Hill Water Cure Northampton M / Drawn by E.W. Farmer Jan: 17th 1...
Landscape drawing shows the building and grounds which housed the Round Hill Water Cure in Northampton, Massachusetts, a medical institution based on hydropathic principles, opened by Dr. E. E. Denniston in 184... More
The author from a photograph by Bingham (Paris)
Three-quarter length portrait of Alexis Sayer, seated, facing front. From a photograph by Bingham. Illus. in: Sayer's Culinary Campaign (London, 1857) frontis. Bitting Collection. No ref. copy. This record cont... More
Jamestown from "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia"
This image has been taken from scan 000123 from volume 01 of "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the ... More
Great western & south-western mail route to Cleveland Pittsburg, Colum...
Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 15.
Passengers from Washington for the West are reminded that they can pro...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 31, Folder 7a.
Atlantic cable celebration, Walpole. N. H., August 19, 1858. Hymn, to ...
Trans-Atlantic cable.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 233, Folder 24.
[5 labels from soap and perfume pasted on sheet of paper with copyrigh...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 29.
[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 18. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
Dog law. An act concerning dogs. Approved April 6th, 1859 ... The cons...
Dog law. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 15.
S.H. Perkins, 14th Conn., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
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[Construction of Treasury Building, Washington, D.C. With oxen in fore...
Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building. Microfilm in LOT 12364.
The bell and Everett schottisch
An illustrated sheet music cover for campaign music honoring Constitutional Union party candidates John Bell and Edward Everett. The candidates' bust portraits are framed in floral and acanthus tracery. In the... More
Capt. R.G. Prendergast, 1st New York Cavalry
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Lt. Colonel G.E. Chamberlain, 1st Vermont Artillery.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L. Schoff, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Martin L. Smith, CSA, Florida
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General J.G. Barnard, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Buxton, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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Schurz, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gabriel J. Rains, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...
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James Bowen, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colonel G.H. Biddle, 95th N.Y. Infantry.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Major (?) Schwartz, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Charles C. Walcutt, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...
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John Curtin, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Samuel K. Zook. Killed Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General D.H. Maury, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Milton Haxton, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Rufus Ingalls, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Maj. General Edward Otho Cresap Ord and family
A black and white photo of a man and a woman sitting on a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward Johnson, C.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
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