Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C.
Boats on river and at wharf. Reference copy in LOT 4386-46. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.
The levee at Vicksburg, Miss., February, 1864
Stereograph showing steamboats at the dock. The Mississippi river in the background.
The American steamship Columbia, of New York for Europe
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Battle of Bad Axe = Schlacht von Bad Axe / H. Lewis pinx ; Lith. Inst....
Illustration shows an American steamship, the Warrior, firing at Indians on a raft. In the background, other Indians in boats. Illus. in: Das illustrirte Mississippithal: ... / von H. Lewis. Dusseldorf : Arnz ... More
U.S. Gun Boat "Daylight" - Public domain document scan of drawing
Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: has Latteen Sails (a sort of Bolucca rig). Formerly Waud no. C-43. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.970) Forms part of: ... More
The Gun-boat New Era, just built at St. Louis, Missouri / sketched by ...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 12, p. 646. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
U.S. gunboat Cricket - An old photo of a boat in the water
No. 3142. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. 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.
U.S. gunboat Choctaw - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3116. 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
[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]
No. 5132. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Gunboat "Perry" on the James River
Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Ironclad USS Essex at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]
Probably photographed by McPherson & Oliver. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: The Historical Shop, Metairie, La., 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War... More
Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...
Print shows a large squadron of battleships and ironclads entering the Mississippi River near the "Light-house of Southwest Pass"; some are identified as the "Colorado, 40 Guns", "Pensacola on the Bar", "Westfi... More
Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo /
Depths shown by soundings in feet. Indicates Fort Cairo, naval depot, and "harbor for powder barges" at Mound City, soundings in feet, roads and streets, and vegetation. Upper left margin: No. 31, No. 3020. Pri... More
Plan of the circle battle between the U.S. ship "Keasarge," Capt. Wins...
The map shows the course of the two ships in Cherbourg Harbor and in the English Channel. Made by the British for the Confederacy and captained by Raphael Semmes, the "Alabama" was a successful blockade runner ... More
U.S.S. "Hunchback." James River, Virginia Commanded by Act[in]g Master...
Photograph shows the officers and sailors of the steam-powered gunboat on its decks. Purchase; Gary Edwards Gallery 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:114). Was AP1003.
Sling cart used in removing the captured artillery, Fort Darling, Drew...
Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Wheeling, West Virginia, Ohio River steamer and the Island in 1869
Photograph shows stern wheeler, the R. R. Hudson docked. Photo owned by Wm. Richardson.
[The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Muin-i Zafer] / Abdullah Frères, Cons...
Public domain photograph of historic place, landmark, 19th-century, vintage travel, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Abdullah Frères, Constanti...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 16. No. 62. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More
[The cannon drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constan...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. No. 614. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More
[The ship Aydın] - Public domain image of a steam boat
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 11. In album: Ships, naval schools and the Naval Fire Brigade, Istanbul an environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid ... More
[The crew of the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constantinople,...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 8. No. 597. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More
[North from the battery, West Point]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The magnificent steamships Egypt and Spain: of the national steamship ...
Artist: Charles R. Parsons (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4214
Crew of the original "Monitor" on her deck
Stereograph showing Union sailors relaxing and playing games on the deck of the U.S.S. Monitor on the James River in Virginia. No. 490. Part of series: Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James ... More
Steam ship Washington: belonging to the Ocean Steam Navigation Company...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6212
U.S. gunboat Brown - Mississippi River Fleet
Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback
No. B656. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren standing...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
View of the bend in the James river round Farrars Island above Dutch G...
Birdseye view of an ironclad and steamships on the James River. Signed lower right:[?] Title devised from inscription above image. Inscribed above image: This bend is commanded by the Howlett House (Rebel) Batt... More
[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
[Drewry's Bluff, Virginia Interior of Fort Darling (Confederate) on th...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.
[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
Deck view of Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia
Photograph shows sailors from the Baltic Fleet and their cannons on the deck of the Russian frigate "Osliaba." No. 240.
Battle of Shiloh. The gunboats Tylor [i.e. Tyler] and Lexington suppor...
This record contains unverified data from P&AGA catalog and PGA shelflist cards. Associated name on shelflist card: Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Sketched by A.E. Mathews, 31st Regt. O.V.U.S.A.
Brilliant naval victory on the Mississippi River, near Fort Wright, Ma...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0774.
North River Blue Stone Works of John Maxwell and the Bigelow Blue Ston...
Print showing a view from across the Hudson River of the waterfront plant of John Maxwell's North River Blue Stone Works and the Bigelow Blue Stone Co. at Malden, New York; stacks of blue stone tiles, men worki... More
Stony Point, near Gibraltar, on the Hudson River, U.S. July 24th 1846
Drawing shows a steamship on the Hudson River, with a view of the lighthouse at Stony Point, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086
River boat on the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing
Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... More
Captured steamer used as a picket boat St. Johns River
Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: 74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.341) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud - An old photo of a boat in the water
No. 3149. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Virginia
No. B239. 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
Officers on deck of U.S. gunboat Commodore Barney
No. B182. 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
The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Const...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
(Sailors on deck of warship) - A black and white photo of a large grou...
Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.
Camp at Cumberland with a view of the Pamunkey River full of gunboats ...
Signed lower right: Alf. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1862, p. 360-361. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.755) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
The war on the Mississippi River - night expedition to island no. 10 ....
Print shows Union troops spiking Confederate guns on Island No. 10 at night during a violent storm. Caption continues: Spiking a Rebel battery by a detachment of National soldiers and sailors, under Colonel Ro... More
Gunboat COMMORDORE MCDONOUGH - Public domain image of a steam boat
Broadside view; Union soldiers sitting in rowboat in foregrd. Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1863. Photo by Haas & Peale. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil ... More
Photographic copy of lithograph,"The Sinking of the Steamship Ville du...
Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Composite of ten steamboats] - Public domain image of a steam boat
Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of a steamship, steamer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
J.H. Bufford's Sons steamboat cards, nos. 443
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.
[The imperial ironclad frigate called by the imperial name Hamidiye, b...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. No. 611. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection ... More
[The Imperial Frigate Hamidiye] during American Civil War
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 1. In album: Ships, naval schools and the Naval Fire Brigade, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid ... More
Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 11 guns: in ...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6464 Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
U.S. gunboat Fort Hindman - Mississippi River Fleet
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
Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Exterior of Confederate Fort Darling. (Maske...
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American steamboats on the Hudson: passing the highlands
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0210.
American steamboats on the Hudson: passing the highlands
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0210.
Our city, (St. Louis, Mo.) / lith. by A. Janicke & Co., St. Louis.
Bird's-eye view of Saint Louis, Missouri as seen from above the Mississippi River. Copyright by Hagen & Pfau, Missouri. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Panoramic ma... More
Crew of the original "Monitor" on her deck
Stereograph showing Union sailors relaxing and playing games on the deck of the U.S.S. Monitor on the James River in Virginia. No. 490. Part of series: Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James ... More
U.S.M. steam ship Baltic. Collins line builders, hull by Brown & Bell ...
Print shows a port side view of the U.S. Mail Steam Ship Baltic at sea.
Steamship Victoria of the Anchor line
G1314 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lubrecht, Charles.
The great Mississippi steamboat race: from New Orleans to St. Louis, J...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2849
On deck of U.S.S. Pawnee off Charleston, S.C. Guns
Starboard battery of Dahlgren 11-inch smooth-bore naval guns on left. No. 4291. Mounted with five other photographs. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 6, p. 93, bottom". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The original "Monitor" after her fight with the "Merrimac"
Stereograph showing Union soldiers on deck by the turret of the U.S.S. Monitor seen from the stern. No. 486. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James F. G... More
High pressure steamboat Mayflower first class packet between St. Louis...
Artist: Charles Parsons. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3052
Helena, Arkansas. April 26, 1865. Ill-fated Sultana
Photograph shows the overloaded steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River the day before her boilers exploded and she sank on April 27th. The passengers included ca. 1,880 Union soldiers heading home at the en... More
[The construction of gunboats in İzmit]
Group of soldiers, standing, facing front, wall behind them, another wall and building in background. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. No. 67. In album: Ship... More
[James River, Virginia Deck of Confederate gunboat Teaser, captured by...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
The monitor Canonicus, James River, Virginia
No. 4093. 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
Moonrise on the Ohio. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Boats on river, mountains, and moon in background. Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
United States iron-clad screw ram "Dunderberg"--Designed and construct...
Side view of ship. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Deck and officers of U.S.S. monitor Catskill;...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
The levee at Vicksburg, Miss., February, 1864
Stereograph showing steamboats at the dock. The Mississippi river in the background.
[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]
Photo shows the light damage caused to the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor during her fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862 at the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first battle of two ir... More
The first battle between "iron" ships of war
Print shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during battle, with other battleships in the background, one sinking on the left. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Henry B... More
Reindeer polka - Print, Library of Congress collection
Artist: G.E. Lewis (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5537
View of the famous levee of New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana, whi...
Levee with bales of cotton, African-American workers and steamboats. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 Apr. 14), p. 306 and 315.
U.S. gunboat General Grant, Tennessee River
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Tennessee, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. gunboat Benton. Warship photograph collection
No. 3137. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Double turreted ironclad monitor "Onandaga," James River]
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the wate...
No. 3140. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. hospital boat Red Rover - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3125. Caption continues: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback
No. B675. Mounted with five other photographs. Hand written on verso: "See Miller, vol. 6, p. 315". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a boat in the water
No. 3141. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Crew on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia
No. B343. 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
On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.
No. 4960. Mounted with three other photographs and two prints. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Fort Monroe, Virginia. Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Map of operations at Bermuda Hundred and Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 10t...
In this map Sneden attempts to show several engagements that took place between Butler's Army of the James and Beauregard's Confederates, May 6th through May 13th, 1864. He includes Port Walthall Junction, whe... More
[U.S. gunboat "Mendota" in James River, near Dutch Gap Canal; Peterbur...
No. 2541. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Civil War Gunboats; U.S. History Petersburg Campaign; Civil War Navy, U.S. Vessels; Civil War Campaigns Petersburg; Ships... More
[The Imperial Ironclad Frigates Hamidiye, Osmaniye and Aziziye seen du...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 23. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid... More
[The artillery practice on the Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Feth-i Büle...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 8. No. 421. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abd... More
Beaver Dam Lake, Wis., Camp Dixon
Public domain photograph of a boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The Imperial Frigate Osmaniye] during American Civil War
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. In album: Ships, naval schools and the Naval Fire Brigade, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid ... More
Duck shooting from the Cleo - Public domain image of a steam boat
Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brown's landing, Rice Creek - Public domain image of a steam boat
Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigat...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 42. No. 623. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection... More