Taft Parade, Admiral Coghlan in auto, New York
A group of men riding on the back of a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adams, John Quincy - Public domain portrait engraving
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Jackson, Andrew - Public domain portrait print
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Fillmore, Millard - Public domain portrait print
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Pierce, Franklin - Public domain portrait engraving
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Photograph of President John F. Kennedy Speaking at the Opening of the...
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Golden sayings of Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln, Portrait Print
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Gems of art - Washington - Lincoln
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W.H. Taft - Print, Library of Congress collection
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[Abraham Lincoln], Portrait Print
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Biography of Abraham Lincoln, Portrait Print
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Banknote motif: Portrait on George Washington in a decorative panel
Attributed to Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey)
James Knox Polk et al. to Statement attesting to the good character of...
Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
To sweep the Augean Stable. For President, Andrew Jackson. For Vice-Pr...
Election ticket for Jackson delegates from various Ohio counties in the presidential contest of 1828, illustrated with an image of a straw broom. The broom, a traditional pictorial and literary symbol of reform... More
Uncle Sam sick with la grippe - Drawing. Public domain image.
A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia. The artist blames th... More
[Photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln.] Artifact in the museum collection, ...
; part of title devised by Library staff. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031). Forms p... More
Democratic simplicity or the arrival of our favourite son
A satirical attack on alleged excesses in the Van Buren administration and on the President's Loco Foco or radical Democratic supporters in New York. Martin Van Buren rides past New York's Tammany Hall in a lu... More
The political dancing Jack: a holiday fift for sucking Whigs!!
A rare anti-Whig satire, giving a cynical view of the party's image-building and manipulation of candidate William Henry Harrison. Two influential Whigs, Senator Henry Clay (left) and Congressman Henry A. Wise,... More
New England Convention Bunker Hill. September 10TH. 1840
Campaign badge produced for the New England Whig Convention in Boston, September 10-11, 1840. An aureole of light surrounds an oval bust portrait of Harrison, ringed by medallions of the arms of the states of... More
The North Bend farmer and his visitors
A slanderous portrayal of Democratic tactics against Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. The supposedly insidious and high-living Van Buren and his minions suffer by comparison to the Whig cand... More
John Quincy Adams / taken from a daguerreotype by P. Haas ; lith. & pu...
Print shows John Quincy Adams, full-length portrait, seated in a chair, facing front, with hands on a book in his lap and legs crossed, and with large book on the floor next to the chair.
The great American steeple chase for 1844
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More
Virtuous Harry, or set a thief to catch a thief!
A satire on the Whig party's anti-annexation platform. The question of whether or not to annex Texas was a large issue separating candidates in the 1844 campaign. Annexation's serious implications for the futur... More
John Adams, 2nd President of the United States / on stone by A. Newsam...
Print showing John Adams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in ornately framed oval.
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States / on stone by A. ...
Print showing Thomas Jefferson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in ornately framed oval.
Fording Salt River. Book illustration from Library of Congress
An election-year satire favoring Free Soil candidate Martin Van Buren in the 1848 presidential contest. A long-legged John Van Buren carries his father piggyback through Salt River, heading toward the White Ho... More
Patent drawing - Abraham Lincoln's for Improved Manner of Buoying Ves...
Utility Patent Drawings
[James Buchanan, bust portrait, facing right]
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pres. Millard Fillmore, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War ...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[President Franklin Pierce, three-quarter length portrait, seated, fac...
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). LC-BH82-5118. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed a...
"On February 28, 1857, Alexander Hesler took the famous photograph of Lincoln in Chicago. About seven months earlier, so the story went, Lincoln had posed for William H. Masters of Princeton, Illinois. No photo... More
[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More
Tyler, Pres. John, Glass Negative, 1860s
A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln's Gettysburg address at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Printed in black and orange ink.
[Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Reproduction print of Lincoln with signature insert at lower left.]
Meserve no. 29. An ambrotype, Springfield, Illinois. Aug 13, 1860, maker unknown.
Death of President Lincoln. - Public domain scan / engraving
Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
George Washington and his family [around table]
Black servant William Lee standing in background. Engraving from the Eclectic.
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 29 Meserve, no. 27 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 49.
[President Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, seated, facing righ...
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[Statue inscribed, "In memory of Abraham Lincoln."]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Abraham Lincoln], Tinytype - Public domain portrait photograph
Case: Leather framing scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion
The folly of secession. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
U.S. gunboat General Grant, Tennessee River
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln in thermoplastic case]
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper
[Currier & Ives portrait of Washington and Lincoln.]
Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Camillo portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen John A...
A black and white photo of two men standing next to a tent. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abraham Lincoln as a father. [Portrait of Lincoln and Tad.]
'Yours truly A. Lincoln' [facsimile signature]. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Death Bed of Abraham Lincoln, [Magee print].
Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, funeral, burial, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
President Wilson's Funeral Procession
Local Accession Number: 2368..Description: President Wilson's Funeral procession...Photographer: Mort Broffman?..Source: Washington National Cathedral..Size: 10x8..Medium: Print, Black and White..Date: 02-06-1924
Hayes, Rutherford B., President. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil ...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
President Wilson Boarding U.S.S. George Washington
Local Accession Number: CTG 00019..Description: President Wilson boarding the U.S.S. George Washington, likely leaving from the Paris Peace Conference...Photographer: Unknown..Source: Potomac Books, Cary T. Gra... More
Wilson Opening Air Mail Service
Local Accession Number: 872..Description: Photograph of President and Mrs. Wilson opening the Air Mail Service. ..Photographer: Unknown..Source: Howard E. Potter Collection..Size: 7.5x8..Medium: Print, Black an... More
Wilson Opening Air Mail Service
Local Accession Number: 872..Description: Photograph of President and Mrs. Wilson opening the Air Mail Service. ..Photographer: Unknown..Source: Howard E. Potter Collection..Size: 7.5x8..Medium: Print, Black an... More
Extract const. amend - Public domain dedication image
Uncle Sam (?) leaning on bar "For shattered constitutions" and offering Andrew Johnson a glass of medicine. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 513 (1866 Oct. 27), p. 688.
U.S. Grant. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, seated in camp, facing right. 21892 U.S. Copyright Office. "From the original painting by Nast in the possession of the publishers".
[The massacre at New Orleans] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows President Andrew Johnson "as a king, crowned and in velvet and ermine. His alleged royalist ambition had been the theme of much Radical rhetoric." Nast is attacking Johnson because he and others b... More
[Currier & Ives portrait of the Lincoln Family.]
Copy 2 uncolored. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[National Lincoln Monument Association donation in the form of a dolla...
National Lincoln Monument Association. Received from Charles H. Howe for subscription to the Lincoln Monument in the City of Washington, D. C. One Dollar. Washington, May 29, 868.
Formal notice of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, by the House Commi...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 14 March 1868. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Congress ; Pres.; B.I. (2); U.S. Hist. 1868.
[Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, ...
Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress). Date based on date of another photograph probably from the same sitting processed as LC-BH826-1429. Photograph is a cropped print from glass negative processed as ... More
[Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, facing front]
LC-BH8301-3582 similar. Hoxie Collection. Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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Ulysses S. Grant, Pres. U.S., 1822-1885
Half lgth., facing left. Photoprint copyrighted by Theodore Lilenthal. No. 4. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Pres. I.; Shelf.
General James A. Garfield, 20th president of the United States / W.J. ...
Print showing James A. Garfield, bust portrait, facing right. 13579 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1881 by W.J. Morgan & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Wash.
Theodore Roosevelt in the 1880's about the time he was a Columbia law ...
Photograph showing bust portrait of a youngTheodore Roosevelt with side whiskers and mustache.
The Great bridge - President Arthur and his party crossing the suspend...
President Arthur and his party on the Brooklyn Bridge. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 June 2, p. 341.
Leap-year / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Illustration shows a wetland labeled "Campaign Swamp" with William M. Evarts and John G. Carlisle as two cranes on the left and several frogs identified as "Lincoln, Arthur, Robeson, Edmunds, Cameron, Sherman, ... More
The new Democratic eucalyptus tree purifies a political morass / J. Ke...
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a large tree labeled "Eucalyptus Clevelandus" with roots labeled "Honor" and "Honesty", and branches that spread over swamp land from which rise gaseous ghosts labeled "St... More
One thing he can not shake off / Gillam.
Illustration shows Chester A. Arthur as a cat, with the spout labeled "'Soap' Campaign 1880", that has broken off a pitcher, around his neck; the pitcher labeled "N.Y. Ward Politics" lies on the ground nearby. ... More
The opening of the "aggressive" campaign / J.K.
Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid, in the dark shadows of a street, pouring alcohol from a large jug labeled "Tribune Tonic Crooked Campaign Brand" into the open mouth of an Irish man wearing a plumed hat, a cap... More
Our good ship "National Credit" in danger from a silver-spout / G & Z.
Illustration shows the bow of a ship approaching a waterspout labeled "80ct $" and "$2,000,000 a Month", and a shark labeled "Panic"; along the side of the ship are President Cleveland as captain, and several m... More
In memoriam U.S. Grant / J. Keppler.
Illustration shows the body of Ulysses S. Grant lying in state in front of an angel joining the hands of two female figures, one labeled "North" and the other labeled "South" under the heading "Let Us Have Peac... More
A civil service reform version of an old fable / Gillam.
Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as a shepherd standing among his flock labeled "Treasury, Supreme Bench, Office, [and] Post Office", telling a well-dressed wolf, who has a piece of paper in his pocket label... More
"Who dares give battle with me?"
Cartoon showing Grover Cleveland dressed as a gladiator holding sword and shield.
Grover Cleveland, Pres. U.S. - Public domain portrait print
Half lgth., facing right. Photo copyrighted by C.M. Bell. No. 5. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Pres. I.; Shelf.
You may break, you may shatter his name if you will; the administratio...
Cartoon showing Benjamin Harrison pulling "pension frauds" from mouth of dog "investigation of frauds" and Green Berry Raum pulling "Harrison" from chair "Rep administration".
The great ball-room, March 4 1889, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Photograph shows interior stereo view of the ballroom at the Pension Building (National Building Museum). 14069 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on verso: Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, N.H.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
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[Grover Cleveland, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]...
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The bounty jumper of 1894 / Dalrymple.
Print shows Benjamin Harrison standing on the deck of a ship labeled "Republican Party", under sails labeled "Prohibitory Protection"; he is holding a rope that leads to a rowboat labeled "McKinleyism" with Wil... More
Puck's presidential possibilities. No. II, Old-man-ready-to-be-struck ...
Print shows Benjamin Harrison sitting atop a chimney, holding rods with metal tips, several others are tied to his body and his hat, hoping to get struck by a lightning bolt labeled "Republican Presidential Nom... More
The American farmer - where he has to sell, and where he has to buy / ...
Print shows Uncle Sam as an American farmer trying to sell his products labeled "Pork, Wheat, Butter, Beef, Oats", and corn overseas where there is stiff "Open Competition" at the "Market of the World" represen... More
Some people who ought to "swear off" this new year's / F. Opper.
Print shows a vignette cartoon with President Cleveland at the center hounded by newspaper reporters who try to run the government; Puck suggests that they should resolve to leave the running of the government ... More
The dead issue / J.S. Pughe. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows President Cleveland standing on the steps of the "White House", watching a funeral procession with the hearse labeled "Calamity Cry killed by Business Revival" and a long line of Republican mourners... More
For their own good / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President Cleveland adding boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland" to a fence with boards labeled "Extension of Civil Service Reform under Pres. Harrison", "Exte... More
She has a presidential pet of her own / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows a motherly female figure sitting on a bench holding a diminutive Levi P. Morton on her lap; standing at her feet is a diminutive Benjamin Harrison holding his hat. Illus. from Puck, v. 37, no. 962,... More
Puck magazine cover - The neglected idol / Dalrymple.
Print shows William McKinley as Napoleon I, wearing the hat, coat, and sword in the style of Napoleon, standing on a pedestal labeled "Protection", with a tiny wreath labeled "From Southern Friends" lying on th... More
19th century - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.
A cartoon of a man sitting in a chair, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. an... More
The spring athletic meeting / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows Grover Cleveland lifting a heavy weight labeled "Silver Question", he has several medals pinned to his chest, with him are "W.E. Russell", David B. Hill, Robert E. Pattison, Adlai E. Stevenson, Jame... More
[William McKinley, head and shoulders portrait, and Garret A. Hobart, ...
Photo copyrighted by Doremus, Paterson, N.J. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Uncle Sam; Campaign Devices; Presidential contests 189... More
W-h-o-a!!! / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows William McKinley driving a large circus carriage labeled "McKinley's Presidential Band Wagon" being pulled by the Republican Elephant labeled "G.O.P." which has come to a stop at a sign at the edge ... More
Pioneer Cleveland / Dalrymple. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Print shows President Cleveland standing on the right, holding an axe labeled "Political Wisdom", in a forest where he has been cutting trees labeled "Gold Standard"; approaching from the left is a procession l... More
His foolish effort to raise the wind / Dalrymple.
Print shows President McKinley sitting in a sailboat labeled "Prosperity", using a bellows labeled "Tariff for Trusts" to generate enough wind to fill the sails and propel the boat. Illus. from Puck, v. 41, no... More
President McKinley making his inaugural address [March 4, 1897]
McKinley in inaugural stand, on ground level, near Senate wing of east portico of U.S. Capitol. Copyright by Geo. Prince.
He has one medicine for all ills / J.S. Pughe.
Print shows President McKinley as a physician dispensing strong "Tariff" medicine in the men's ward of a sanatorium where beds line the walls and are occupied by a "Business Man", a "Populist", a "Jingoist", a ... More
[Theodore Roosevelt, full-length portrait, facing front, in uniform]
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[Andrew Jackson, half length portrait, standing, facing right]
69811 U.S. Copyright Office. Repr. of painting by J.R. Lambdin, copyrighted by J.C. Tichenor. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Presidents.