911: President George W. Bush in President's Emergency Operations Cent...
Original Caption: Mrs. Laura Bush listens Tuesday, September 11, 2001, as President George W. Bush discusses the terrorist attacks with White House staff in the President's Emergency Operations Center. Also pic... More
Unknown Solider, Washington, D.C.
The Unknown Soldier being taken to Arlington National Cemetery
Washington, D. C. , May 29, 2009 -- President Obama at FEMA headquarte...
The original database describes this as: Title: President Obama visits FEMA headquarters Production Date: 05/29/2009 Caption: Washington, D. C. , May 29, 2009 -- President Obama at FEMA headquarters at a mee... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
Classical Revival style building built in 1925, 14th and G St., NW, Wa...
Formerly the National Bank of Washington which was the oldest bank in Washington, D.C. It closed around 1999 when it was taken over by the FDIC. It was designed by Alfred C. Bossom and Jules-Henri de Sibour. Pl... More
16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ce...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An officer stands by a wreath during the 16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ceremony, Oct. 10, 2007. USCG photo by PA1 Adam Eggers
National Memorial Baptist Church, on the corner of Columbia Rd. and 15...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
1333 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Jewish Community Center, 16th St. near intersection with Q St., NW, Wa...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ce...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two Coast Guard officers lay roses on a memorial during the 16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ceremony, Oct. 10, 2007. The officers were honoring Petty Offi... More
16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ce...
WASHINGTON; D.C. - Two Coast Guard officers lay roses on a memorial during the 16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ceremony, Oct. 10 2007. The officers were honoring Petty Offic... More
Church of Christ, 16th St. near the intersection with Decatur St., NW,...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Trinity AME Zion Church, 16th St. near intersection with Meridan Pl., ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Mexican Cultural Institute, located on 16th St., near intersection wit...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Stem cell donor gives hope
U.S. Army Spc. Amanda N. Reynolds donates stem cells as a donor for the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, June 12, 2013. The C.W... More
16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ce...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bagpiper plays during the 16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ceremony, Oct. 10, 2007. USCG Photo by PA1 Adam Eggers
Church of Christ, 16th St. near the intersection with Decatur St., NW,...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Sixth Presbyterian Church, 5400 block of 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Apartment buildings, 16th St. near intersection with W St., NW, Washin...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Trinity AME Zion Church, 16th St. near intersection with Meridan Pl., ...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 16th St. at intersection with P St...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 16th St. near intersection...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Glenn
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Glenn M. Walters attends the 16th annual Salute to the Military Night, Washington, D.C., Feb. 20, 2018. Each year the Washington Capitals dedicate a home game to th... More
Buildings, 16th St., near intersection with P St., NW, Washington, D.C...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Sixth Presbyterian Church, 5400 block of 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ce...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bagpiper plays during the 16th Annual National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wreathlaying Ceremony, Oct. 10, 2007. USCG photo by PA1 Adam Eggers
[Second Floor Corridor. Printers' marks+Columns. Printer's mark of Con...
Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, the 18th
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, the 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, takes a moment to read the words of the Gettysburg Address written by the 16th President of the United States, Abraham L... More
Sixth Presbyterian Church, 5400 block of 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Row houses, 16th near Q St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
[The visitation], Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.
Print after Albrecht Dürer's woodcut Visitation, no. 8 in his Life of the Virgin series, shows the Virgin and St. Elizabeth, both pregnant, greeting each other as Zacharias stands in a doorway. Dürer's pet dog ... More
Schiller, Friedrich von, Washington, D.C.
Entwerfer: Guillelmus (1162) Drucker: Lange, Gustav Georg Druck: Bureau de Numismatique in Paris Datierung: 1827 / 1843 Erscheinungsort: Paris Druckort: Darmstadt
Schiller, Friedrich von, Washington, D.C
Entwerfer: Guillelmus (1162) Drucker: Lange, Gustav Georg Druck: Bureau de Numismatique in Paris Datierung: 1827 / 1843 Erscheinungsort: Paris Druckort: Darmstadt
John Triplett, , Map of a Road from Georgetown to Stevensburg
Map of a Road from Georgetown to Stevensburg
Post Office, , List, Washington, D. C., to Orleans Territory
List, Washington, D. C., to Orleans Territory
Thomas Jefferson, , Itinerary of Trip from Washington, D. C. to Charlo...
Itinerary of Trip from Washington, D. C. to Charlottesville, Virginia
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Interior of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (now the Renwick Gallery) located at 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue. NW
Everhard Meyster lezend achter een bureau
Zelfportret van de schrijver Everhard Meyster lezend achter een hoog bureau. Naast hem een inktpot met een schrijfveer. Van boven naar beneden banderollen met de titels van zijn werken.
Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius, ... / Se ipse pinx...
Portrait print of artist Philippe de Champaigne, based on his self-portrait of 1668. Title from item. Marsh Collection. Published in: The first Smithsonian collection : the European engravings of George Perkins... More
Jan Luyken - Schrijver aan bureau bij geopend venster
Schrijver Willem Sluiter zittend aan zijn bureau bij een geopend venster.
DCM 1636: Michael Seyfrit Flute in C
Flute made after Stanesby, jr., DCM 1125, copy based on performance characteristics. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 62.4 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap. Mark Maximum: SEYFRI... More
Titelpagina van een rekenboek
Titelpagina van het eerste deel van Willem Bartjens 'Cyfferinge'. De prent bevat een rand met een bloemenmotief en gekrulde dieren. In het midden van de prent de titel en een afbeelding van de zee met drie sche... More
Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau met zijn muze
Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau. Zijn muze wijst hem op de werken van Peletier en Pradon. De voorstelling is gevat in een ornamentele omlijsting.
Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau met zijn muze
Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau. Zijn muze wijst hem op de werken van Peletier en Pradon. De voorstelling is gevat in een ornamentele omlijsting.
Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau met zijn muze
Nicolas Boileau bij zijn bureau. Zijn muze wijst hem op de werken van Peletier en Pradon. De voorstelling is gevat in een ornamentele omlijsting.
Thomas Jefferson, , Itinerary and Map of Trip from Washington, D. C. t...
Itinerary and Map of Trip from Washington, D. C. to Stevensburg
Part of Georgetown, Maryland /
Cadastral survey map of area bounded by 33rd St., M St., Wisconsin Av. N.W., and the Georgetown waterfront, Washington D.C. Does not show ownership. Relief shown by hachures. Red ink, black ink, and blue wash. ... More
Map of George Town, 1751.
Cadastral map showing lot numbers. "Taken from George Town journal of the Commissioners, 1751 to 1789." Blueprint. Includes note. LC copy mounted on cloth backing and annotated in black ink: A.C. Harmon 1931. A... More
[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Ti...
Cadastral map covering tracts named Jamaca, Port Royal, Burns Neglect, Elenor, Gleenings, Gordons Meddows, Knock, Houp Yard, and Cern Abbey Mannor. "Beginning of 'Cern Abbey Mannor' being a resurvey on Duddingt... More
[Property survey of that part of Prince Georges County, Maryland, late...
Cadastral survey of tracts identified as Duddington Manor, New Troy, Gordons Meadows, Gleanings, Elinor, Bealls Leveles, Duddington Pasture, etc. Photocopy of ms. survey map. Oriented with north to the right. O... More
Plat of Carrollsburg / Historic map, Library of Congress
Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers and some initials of proprietors. Alternate title in ink on verso: Plan of Carrollsburg that now forms a part of Washington City. Brown and red inks. Oriented with north... More
Washington's reception at the White House 1776
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kelly, T.
Thomas Jefferson, 1783, Table of Distances to Philadelphia, Trenton, a...
Table of Distances to Philadelphia, Trenton, and Georgetown
Map of landholdings in the part of Prince George's County (Md.) that i...
Shows landholdings as of "1784." Depths shown by soundings. Pen-and-ink (black and purple) on tracing linen. Title devised by cataloger. Probably traced by Joseph M. Toner from the original map by Beatty and Or... More
The plot of Carroll'sburgh : [part of Washington D.C.].
Cadastral survey map showing lot numbers. Pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Torn and fold-lined. Accompanied by index of lots: List of the original proprietors of the lots in Carrollsburg... More
[Map of Carrollsburg showing its street and lot system with the later ...
Cadastral map showing lot and block numbers. Carrollsburg shown in red, Washington in green. India ink and watercolor. Soiled, missing small sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes text and... More
[Site of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., in relation to pre...
Shows boundaries and names of original landholdings. Indicates "Approximate position of L. of C.--located by a later survey." "Traced from a map in 'Potomac Flats Case,' vol. VI." Lead pencil. Available also th... More
Plan of part of the city of Washington on which is exhibited the divis...
Cadastral map showing block and lot numbers in the area of Northwest D.C. bounded by N, Ninth, G, and Fifteenth streets. Pen-and-ink, lead-pencil, and watercolor. Indexed for and color-coded to landowners' name... More
Hamburgh in red, the city in green : [Washington D.C.].
Partial cadastral map showing Washington D.C. street system superimposed on the earlier Hamburg street plan. Shows Hamburg lots and Washington block numbers and dimensions. Covers area bounded by 27th, H, and 1... More
Goose Creek : Washington D.C.
Covers Tiber Creek estuary in the area now occupied by the Mall. Shows proposed Washington D.C. street alignments. Pen-and-ink and brown wash. Originally drawn on 2 sheets. Watermark: J Whatman (with fleur-de-l... More
[Dotted line map of Washington, D.C., 1791, before Aug. 19th].
Shows survey lines and proposed public squares parks. Relief shown by hachures. Title from LC G&M Div. preliminary map shelflist card. Ms. survey map drawn by P.C. L'Enfant. Oriented with north toward the upper... More
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C. Reduced-scale facsim. of earlier 1887 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey facsim. of the ms. L'Enfant plan. Original version: [1791]. Includes texts con... More
1791 map of District of Columbia, before the city was laid out : showi...
Relief shown by hachures. Blueprint. LC Trails 96 Includes text. LC copy signed in ink at bottom: By Artemas C. Harmon. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
Title in left lower margin: Full-color facsimile of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 manuscript plan for the city of Washington. Full color facsim. of the earliest extant plan of Washington D.C. (The L'Enfant Pla... More
The Mall as proposed by Pierre L'Enfant 1790 : from the original : Was...
At head of title: Jan. 1st 1900. "To accompany annual report of Theo. A. Bingham, June 30th 1901, Col. U.S. Army." "Eng 57 1." LC copy fold-lined, halved, mounted on cloth backing, and annotated in pencil: Copi... More
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C. Facsim. of ms. L'Enfant plan. Original version: [1791]. Includes texts containing letters dated "Washington ... 1887," notes, descriptive index of ... More
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C. Lacks printer's statement. Facsim. of ms. L'Enfant plan. Original version: [1791]. Includes texts containing letters dated "Washington ... 1887," ... More
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
At upper right: Office, Commissioner of Public Buildings, D.C. Lacks printer's statement. Facsim. of ms. L'Enfant plan. Original version: [1791]. Printed in black only. Includes texts containing letters dated "... More
Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of ...
Photocopy of a facsim. of the 1791 L'Enfant plan. Original facsim. extensively annotated in ink by Lawrence Martin, chief, Division of Maps, Library of Congress. Includes text, indexed "References," and photoco... More
[Survey map of part of S.W. and S.E. Washington D.C.].
Covers area bounded by Q St. S.W./S.E., Anacostia River, S St. S.W., and Potomac River. Shows block outlines and numbers, street center-lines, base points, and dimensions. Does not show lots or land ownership. ... More
Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing ...
Item 32 in exhibit, "City of magnificent distances, the nation's capital," that was presented in 1991 at Library of Congress. Map incorrectly locates "Columbia" (Washington, D.C.) on Shenandoah River Available ... More
Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by...
Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. Facsim. of the Samuel Hill engraving of 1792. Original version: [Boston : s.n., 1792]. Includes text and notes. In center upper margin: Plate no. 2342. In... More
[Map of Washington D.C. metropolitan area showing roads and ferries as...
Relief shown by contours. Base map title: Maryland--District of Columbia--Virginia, Washington sheet. Annotated in red ink to show early roads and ferries. Includes notes. LC copy stained, additionally annotate... More