Americae pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibu...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Public domain photo of a 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright ...
Public domain photo of a 3d object, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 d...
Relief shown pictorially. Based on a manuscript map drawn by John Farrer. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, portrait of ... More
Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year...
Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes cartouche, portait of Augustine Herrman, text, and ill. Vault
Borghese, Donna Maria Virginia - Public domain portrait engraving
Public domain image of 17th century portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
To the freeholders and freemen of the City and County of New-York. Gen...
Political campaign.; Imprint 2.; On verso: S; Jan. 19, 1769. 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... More
A new and accurate map of part of North-America, comprehending the pro...
Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Hand colored. Covers the area from Quebec to lower Chesapeake Bay and west along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to Fort Detroit. Shows provinces, towns and cities, forts, some... More
Mapa geográfico que comprehende la Nueva Inglaterra, Nueva York, Nueva...
Escalas gráficas de 70 millas comunes, 40 leguas del Canadá y 25 leguas marítimas. Coordenadas referidas al meridiano de Tenerife (O 61°45'-O 52°25'/N 45°00'-N 37°00'). Red geográfica de 1° en 1°
Gezichten op het gouvernementsgebouw en de markt van Batavia
Public domain scan of a Dutch or Flemish print, 18th-century castle, cathedral, architecture, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Keith Rocco - Yorktown Surrender Ceremony
British troops stack arms during the ceremonial surrender of Cornwallis' army marking the end of the siege of Yorktown, October 19, 1781 (Keith Rocco, artist).
Yorktown - Mid-18th Century - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...
By the middle of the 18th century, prosperous Yorktown, Virginia was the busies seaport in the Chesapeake Bay region (artist unknown).
Lord Cornwallis surrender, 1781. - Public domain old map
Shows Yorktown Virginia and the York River on conical powder horn. Relief shown by hachures. Manuscript: Engraved bovine horn, shellacked. Has wooden pouring spout inserted at narrow end and wooden hinged cap i... More
Adam Craig House [no title], Richmond Virginia
Description: 'Adam Craig House' Richmond, Virginia, Built ca. 1787, Owned by the A.P.V.A, Birthplace of Poe's 'Helen.'..Manufacturer: Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Conn...Date Postmarked: Not postmarked...R... More
The Folly, Dovecote, Folly Creek, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia
Significance: The date of erection of this dovecot is not known, but it is probably somewhat later than the main house which was built in stages between about 1759 and about 1800. It is a simple, wood structur... More
Thomas Claiborne, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 473 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
Hugh Nelson, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile
Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 602 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More
To the public. Whereas a number of hand bills have of late been thrown...
Political campaign.; Imprint 2.; Southwicj Samuel. 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... More
INDIAN POW-WOW AT STONY MAN CAMP
INDIAN POW-WOW AT STONY MAN CAMP Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cash! All persons that have slaves to dispose of, will do well by givi...
Slaves- Sale. 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 186, Folder 27.
View of Washington Monument from George Washington Memorial Parkway
View of Washington Monument from George Washington Memorial Parkway. The Washington Monument is an iconic obelisk located in Washington D.C., United States. It is located on the National Mall and is dedicated ... More
Forest Hill Park [no title], Richmond Virginia
Description: Forest Hill Stone House, Built 1843, In Forest Hill Park, Richmond, Va. Owned by the City and operated by the Forest Hill Park Association...Manufacturer: Everett Waddey Company, Richmond, Va...Dat... More
"Belmead", James River, Virginia, Residence of Philip St. George Cocke...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Richmond College, West Franklin St., Richmond, Va.
Description: Richmond College was chartered in 1849, known as the Va. Baptist Seminary, the same being established at the present location of the college in 1834, under the presidency of Rev. Robert Ryland. Th... More
[Virginia Louisa Minor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / p...
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Honorable W.T. Willey of Virginia, Glass negative photograph, American...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The natural bridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia from a sketch by Maj. ...
Print shows a view from a footpath next to a stream below the natural bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Stamped on lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Publication date based on ... More
[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window "Jamestown" showing ...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Design drawing for stained glass octagonal window with five-point sta...
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Hot Sprints, [Bath Co., West Virginia]
Illus. in: Album of Virginia, 1858. Reference copy may be in LOT 4387-B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
[William O. Goode, Representative from Virginia, 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 129. Each item includes subject's orig... More
[Views of ships and a mill] - Public domain architectural plan drawing
Broadside views of five ships. Titled devised. Inscribed below images: Minnesota Mill in Newport News Va. Hunter Woodis. Flagship of Butler. Inscribed vertically in right margin: Flagship of Buttler [sic] Gift,... More
[Portrait of Pvt. Hite Bird, Virginia Regiment, C.S.A.]
Public domain scan of American Civil War portrait, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Fauquier Co., Va. : northwestern part].
Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Oriented with north toward right. Each sheet pasted together in 6 sections, sectioned in 2, and mounted on cloth. "Map from the Confederate Engineer ... More
[Three sailboats on Chesapeake Bay]
Title devised. Inscribed below image: Chesapeake Bay. Inscribed below image: Turn over sketch of Sumerville [sic] Pond. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.58) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil Wa... More
[Charles Whittington, Sergeant Major, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, half-...
Stamped on verso: Partridge's Gallery, Wheeling, W. Va. Inscribed on verso: Charles Whitington, Sergt. Maj. 7th Regt. Sc - Kelleys Mills Ohio.
Ft. Brady - Public domain scan / drawing
Landscapes with two shores of river. Title inscribed within image. Formerly Waud no. B-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.856) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
City Point, Virginia. Soldiers winter quarters. Inside first line of f...
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Officers and crew on deck of gunboat Agawam, James River, Virginia
No. B261. 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
Ruins of railroad bridge at Blackburn's Ford, Bull Run, Virginia
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
Factories at Manchester, Virginia, on south side of James River opposi...
No. B111. 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
Camp of 6th Vermont Infantry - Camp Griffin
No. 4118. 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
Secession exploded, Confederate States of America.
This strongly anti-Confederate satire is a fantastical vision of the Union defeat of the secessionist movement. A hideous monster representing secession emerges from the water at left. He is hit by a charge fro... More
Convalescent Camp near Alexandria, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virgi...
Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 14. Title d... More
Church in camp of 50th New York Engineers in front of Petersburg, Virg...
No. B62. 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
[Private Edward A. Cary of Company I, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment,...
Photograph shows identified soldier and woman; manuscript found with photograph. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/SoldierbiosCary.html Notation in ink on m... More
[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Virginia sword belt p...
Case: Leather, scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Published in: Even more Confederate fa... More
[Unidentified soldier in Virginia infantry uniform with Bowie knife] /...
Case: Berg, no. 1-99. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of ... More
[Private Joseph T. Rowland of Co. A, 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment i...
Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: The Virginia Confederate, Waldorf, Maryland, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenqui... More
[Unidentified cavalry soldier in Confederate uniform and Valley Ranger...
Case: Imitation Eichmeyer. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryland, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More
Grave of President Tyler (Hollywood) Richmond, Va.
Description: This eminent statesman, during his long and useful life, filled practically every office within the gift of the people of his native State, having been, successfully a member of the State Legislatu... More
The great 10,000 mile wall China
No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confederate iron-clad, Atlanta, James River, Virginia, after her captu...
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
White House of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va
Description: Purchased in 1862 by citizens of Richmond for the confederate Government, was occupied during the war by President Davis and his family. It was visited by President Abraham Lincoln a few days afte... More
Seige of Yorktown, Virginia: Confederate fortifications
6 men at sand-bagged cannon emplacement in right backgrd. Civil War Collection. No. 2364. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Forts; Geogr.; C.W. Artillery; C.W. Campa... More
Monitor in Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia showing torpedo finder...
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
Petersburg, Virginia, gelatin silver print during American Civil War
Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Dock on the south side of the James River, opposite Richmond, Virgini...
Title devised by Library staff from similar image in LOT 11486-C.
Fort Brady, Virginia - Early photography, Public domain image
Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) 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
Plan of the Battle of Dranesville Va Decr 20th 1861.
Shows Dranesville, Fairfax County, Va., and the area to the north. The locations of the Leesburg Turnpike, Centreville Road and Chain Bridge Road are indicated.
Fort Mahone (Confederate) in front of Petersburg, Virginia
No. B246. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).
Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows Long Bridge over the Potomac River from the Virginia shore. No. 275.
Interior views of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Can...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsylvania] Court House during American Civil Wa...
Photograph shows three African American men at the water pump in front of the Spotsylvania County Court House. No. 5041. Mounted with one other photograph. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. ... More
Soldiers' Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Neg...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia, Confederate States of ...
No. B140. 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
Camp of Capt. Wiley, Stoneman Station, Virginia
No. B330. 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
Confederate entrenchments at edge of woods, Palmer's field, on Orange ...
No. 5009. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Officers on deck of the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B759. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 143". Negative at National Archives, B5044. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fortifications on the Petersburg lines during American Civil War
No. B197. Hand written on verso: Image of War, vol. 6, pg. 240. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 3, pg. 192. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).
Signal tower at Point of Rocks, Appomattox River, Virginia
No. B678. Mounted with 1 other photograph with the same caption. Record for corresponding negative for this image gives location as Bermuda Hundred, Va. Hand written on mount: "Bermuda Hundred". Gift; Col. God... More
White House of the Confederacy Richmond, Virginia
Description: The White House of the Confederacy - 1861-1865 now the Confederate Museum where can be seen uniforms, swords, camp equipment and many other relics of Generals Robt. E. Lee, Thomas J., (Stonewall) J... More
Johnston-Willis Hospital, Richmond, Va.
Description: Johnston-Willis Hospital, located at Kensington and Colonial Avenues, overlooking the well known Confederate Memorial Institute, is only one of Richmond's many beautiful hospitals. This building i... More
Aiken's House, James River, Virginia, American Civil War Glass Negativ...
African American men, women, and children seated on a pile of lumber. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2997.
Gunboat "Perry" on the James River
Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Camp of 44th New York Infantry near Alexandria, Virginia
Photograph shows an aerial view of Alexandria looking East with King Street on the left. No. B172. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. Military Railroad Bridge, Bull Run, Virginia Orange and Alexandri...
No. B1177. 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
Second battle field at Bull Run - Public domain old map
Shows the Union forces under Gen. John Pope and the Confederates under Gen. Robert E. Lee on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of August 1862 in an area of Virginia defined by the towns of Chantilly to the north, Manass... More
[Camp of 2nd Vermont Volunteers at Camp Griffin, Virginia]
Photograph showing Union Army camp with large tents errected among trees and soldiers posed by row of small tents.
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of American Civil War, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.
Manassas, Virginia. Confederate fortifications. (U.S. Military Railroa...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Dora Allison, Little Miss Bonnie Blue, the light of the Confederacy / ...
Photograph shows approximately three- or four-year old girl, Dora Allison, born 1859, wearing mourning ribbons. She was probably the daughter of James W. Allison of Co. C, 25th Virginia Infantry Battalion. As o... More
Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's farm house. Headquarters of Gen...
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters of Gen'l Lafayette, before the battle of Yorktown. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More
Interior of Redoubt No 3--Fair Oaks
Three sketches depicting plan, interior, and distant view of military redoubt. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...
No. 74 (handwritten) and 2574 (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
Quaker Gun, Centreville, Virginia, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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 t... More
Encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing on Pamunky (i. e. ...
No. 598. 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
[Petersburg, Virginia]. Group at Telegraphic Corps quarters. Headquart...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Battery - 1st N.Y. Artillery Battalion near Fair Oaks, June 1862
Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Bermuda Hundred, James River, Virginia. Signal tower on left of Bermud...
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confederate fort at Centreville, Virginia August 1862
No. B400. 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
Gloucester, Virginia. Water battery - 19th century Virginia.
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
View on the Orange and Alexandria R.R.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Confederate fortifications at Centreville, Virginia March 1862
Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Train station Rappahannock Station, Virginia - Public domain photograp...
Soldiers, horses, tents and buildings in backgrd.; railroad tracks in lower, right foregrd. No. 522. Civil War Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; ... More
Headquarters on Orange & Alexandria R.R. -- in Brandy Station Headquar...
Title inscribed below image. Sketch on verso inscribed: Nr. cattletts Picket posts on Orange & Alexandria R.R. 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.560) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Manassas, Virginia. Yellow hospital, American Civil War Glass Negative...
Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
The town of Warrenton, Virginia, from the east
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.23) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.