'Is Two over One Railroad Fare?' [no title]
Description: This unique photograph presents to view the only point in the world where three trunk line trains cross each other, at the same time and over their separate tracks. At the top is shown a passenger ... More
Car, Gilette wedding, Richmond Virginia
Title: Car, Gilette wedding..Creator: Adolph B. Rice Studio..Date: n.d...Identifier: Rice Collection 3798I..Format: 1 negative, safety film, 4 x 5 in...Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication...Re... More
Virginius and Virginia from BL Eg 881, f. 40
Detail of a miniature of Virginius beheading his daughter Virginia. Image taken from f. 40 of Roman de la Rose. Written in French.
Death of Virginia from BL Royal 20 C V, f. 93v
Detail of a miniature of the death of Virginia. Image taken from f. 93v of Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris mulieribus, Le livre de femmes no... More
Virginia in the temple of Pudicitia from BL Royal 20 C V, f. 99v
Miniature of Virginia, wife of Lucius Volumnius, in the temple of Pudicitia. Image taken from f. 99v of Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (index De claris muli... More
Virginius and Virginia from BL Eg 881, f. 40
Detail of a miniature of Virginius beheading his daughter Virginia. Image taken from f. 40 of Roman de la Rose. Written in French.
Death of Virginia from BL Royal 20 D I, f. 235
Detail of a bas-de-page miniature of the death of Virginia. Image taken from f. 235 of Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction. Written in French.
Death of Virginia from BL Royal 20 D I, f. 235
Bas-de-page miniature of the death of Virginia. Image taken from f. 235 of Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction. Written in French.
Virginia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 76v
Detail of a miniature of Virginia in the temple of Pudicitia. Image taken from f. 76v of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French.
Virginia from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 72
Detail of a miniature of the death of Virginia. Image taken from f. 72 of De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation (Le livre de femmes nobles et renomées). Written in French.
Aerial View of Virginia Union University, 1500 North
Description: These buildings of Virginia granite form part of a fifty-five acre campus. The Institution was chartered in 1896. It offers Liberal Arts and Theological courses to 500 negro college students each... More
Rep. Rob Wittman, Va., 1st District, speaks with Brig.
Rep. Rob Wittman, Va., 1st District, speaks with Brig. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl, deputy commanding general for support, Regional Command-South, during a visit to Kandahar Airfield, March 27. Members of the House Ar... More
Pfc. Michael Kosarick, a native of Pembroke, Mass.,
Pfc. Michael Kosarick, a native of Pembroke, Mass., and food service specialist assigned to 82nd Sustainment Brigade, 18th Airborne Corps, based out of Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares scrambled eggs inside a Mobile ... More
Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., assistant commandant of
Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, presents a folded flag to Michael Jaskilka during his father’s funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery Jan. 26. Gen. Samuel Jaskilka ... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Landa (center), a cadre member
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Landa (center), a cadre member at the Warrior Transition Unit on Fort Bliss, runs through an exercise drill in the boxing ring at the Wolves Den, El Paso Texas, July 29. A native of El... More
Virginia Union University, 1500 North Lombardy St., Richmond, Va.
Description: These buildings of Virginia granite form part of a fifty-five acre campus. The Institution was chartered in 1896. It offers Liberal Arts and Theological courses to 500 negro college students each... More
HOSP_21697_DeSotoRockBronzePlaque_1932, Hot Springs Arkansas
Bronze plaque (a) that was removed from the "DeSoto Rock" on Arlington Lawn sometime in the early 2000's, because the information on it was inaccurate. It was given to the Park April 30, 1932 by the Daughter's... More
Theodor de Bry - Their manner of fishing in Virginia
Native men and women in a canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: A brief and true report of the new found land of Virginia: of the commodities and of the natu... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they build boats] / T.B.
Native men making dugout boats by burning and scraping with seashells. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590, [plate] 12.... More
[How the chief ladies of the town of Dasamonquepeio dress and carry th...
Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native woman of Dasamonquepeio showing manner of dress and way of carrying a child on her back; view of river and landscape in the background. Illus. in: Admiranda nar... More
[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B.
Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.
Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]
An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More
Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibus...
Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Pictorial map. Covers coastal region from Cape Fear to Chesapeake Bay. From Thomas Hariot's A br... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]
Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More
Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.
Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More
[Map of the coast of Virginia in 1585] / autore Ioanne With ; sculptor...
Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590. Engraving by Theodor de Bry after watercolor by John White. The New World [...] / ... More
Theodor de Bry - [The dances at their great feasts]
Native men and women dancing around a circle defined by posts with carved faces, three Native women stand together in the center of circle. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ri... More
Theodor de Bry - [The town of Pomeiock] / T.B.
Fortified Native village the manner of construction of the buildings and the enclosing stockade. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... ... More
[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virgi...
Engraving by Theodor de Bry. Illus. in: A briefe and true report..., Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typus I. Wecheli, sumtibus ver T. de Bry, 1590. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, o... More
Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]
Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... More
[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.
An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More
Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]
Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More
Historic Jamestowne glass blower
At the Historic Jamestowne Glasshouse, costumed craftsmen demonstrate the same glassblowing and production techniques used by their 17th-century Jamestown counterparts.
Outisde of the glasshouse
Exterior shot of the shop where costumed interpreters demonstrate glassblowing techniques from the 17th century.
Keith Rocco - William Sherwood House - Jamestown in the 1690s
Excavations at the home of William Sherwood, a prominent landowner in Jamestown during the late 17th century, have revealed a number of signs of the prosperity of the colony, including ornate ornamental plaster... More
Norfolk, Virginia, no date, Resolution on Steamboat Line
Resolution on Steamboat Line
Thomas Jefferson, , Itinerary of Trip from Washington, D. C. to Charlo...
Itinerary of Trip from Washington, D. C. to Charlottesville, Virginia
Historic Jamestowne Glasshouse
The Historic Jamestowne Glasshouse recreates the first industry attempted by the colonists in 1608
[Title page of Nova Brittania: offering most excellent fruits by plant...
Illus. in: Nova Brittania: offering most excellent fruits by planting in Virginia (London, 1609) Johnson, Robert, fl. 1586-1628, supposed author. File print on back of VA. HISTORY COLONIAL PERIOD card. This rec... More
Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, ...
Map showing Chesapeake Bay area and Indian place names with inset of Powhatan, and a Susquehanna Indian / John Smith.
[The great abundance of fish and game in Virginia; man hunting with mu...
Illus. in: DeBry, Americae XI. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
From Fort to City - Jamestown in 1621
By the early 1620s, Jamestown was slowly transitioning from an wilderness outpost to a town (Keith Rocco, artist).
John Smith - Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress
Sixth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Accompanied by 2 exhibit notes and LC jacket note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Detail of A map of Virginia of 1612, showing Powhatan in the royal wi...
Engraving by Robert Vaughan. Illus. in: John Smith's, Generall Historie of Virginia ... London, 1624, plate 13. Reference copy may be in SSF - Indians of North America Dwellings. This record contains unverified... More
[Map of Virginia] / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captain John Smi...
1606 map of Virginia as described by John Smith showing the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, other geographic features, and a vignette of the Native leader, Powhatan, in council. Illus. in: The generall historie ... More
Virginia da Vezzo, Wife of Simon Vouet
Claude Mellan (French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris)
Noua Anglia, Nouum Belgium, et Virginia - Jan Jansson
Covering the eastern portion of North America's coastline from North Carolina to Nova Scotia, this influential map appeared in English, German, Latin, Dutch, and French editions of world atlases published by Ho... More
Keith Rocco - Jamestown, 1630s: Harvey's Industrial Enclave
Virginia Governor John Harvey (1630-35; 1637-39) helped to develop many of the industrial and craft operations at Jamestown early in the second quarter of the seventeenth century. The failure of his industrial ... More
[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Flo...
Shows coastal features, Native American nations and settlements, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harr... More
Nova Virginiae tabvla Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to right. "Amstelodami, ex officina Henrici Hondii." Accompanied by LC jacket note. Copied ? from John Smith map. Includes illustrations and coat-of-arms. Available... More
Virginia, from 'Game of Geography' (Jeu de la Géographie)
Etched by Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
Keith Rocco - Jamestown Lifescape - Mid-17th Century
A scene of a busy street in Jamestown, circa 1650 (Keith Rocco, artist).
Virginia Colonial Commissioners, March 12, 1651, Articles on the Relat...
Articles on the Relation Between James City and Great Britain
Mappa æstivarum insularum alias Bermudas dictarum, ad ostia Mexicani æ...
Mapp of the Sommer Ilands once called the Bermudas lying at the mouth of the bay of Mexico in the lattitude of 32 degr. 25 mi. distant from England viz. from London towards the west south-west 3300 miles and fr... More
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
An undated photograph provided by Naval History and Heritage Command ...
WASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2013) An undated photograph provided by Naval History and Heritage Command of a scale model of CSS Virginia from the Los Angeles Museum made by Alexander Lynch. The Confederate navy ironcl... More
An Act for Punishment of Scandalous Persons
In: A Complete Collection of the Laws of Virginia at a Grand Assembly held at James City 23 March 1662. London, [between 1684 and 1687], p. 26. [LCCN: unk85000571]
A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvani...
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Date and attribution from On the Map, 1983 (Figure 24). First state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne with the imprint in the cartouc... More
Old Stone House [untitled], Richmond Virginia
Description: Carry me back to old Virginia. Poe Shrine, at Richmond, Virginia. Erected about 1686, the building is probably the oldest in Richmond. Although it has no direct association with Edgar Allan Poe, ... More
Keith Rocco - Jamestown in the Winter of 1690
Nottoway tribe bringing annual tribute to the governor of Virginia during the winter of 1690, a tradition that continues to this day.
A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvani...
Relief shown pictorially. Date and attribution from On the map, 1983. Second state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne. This state differs from the earlier one in lacking the publisher's i... More
George Washington Birthplace National Monument - Brass Button
Button brass 18th century, top spiral design
Balcony, North and Central America
Made in Petersburg, Virginia, United States