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Town of Roadstown, Roadstown, Cumberland County, NJ

Town of Roadstown, Roadstown, Cumberland County, NJ

Significance: Settled by the British in the early 17th century, Roadstown is home to the Ware family, a multi-generational lineage of well-known chair makers, and contains many examples of vernacular patterned ... More

Fraunces Tavern Museum Complex, 54-58 Pearl Street,101-103 Broad Street & 24-26 Water Street, New York, New York County, NY

Fraunces Tavern Museum Complex, 54-58 Pearl Street,101-103 Broad Stree...

For more information see HABS No. NY-267, Fraunces Tavern Block Sheet # 11 not received in 2008xx01 transmittal Significance: It is located in the oldest settled district in Manhattan. It occupies a site that w... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Bedouin woman with all her finery

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Bedouin woman with all...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Bedouin. On negative sleeve: 06623, Matson call # 862. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph shows a winter Bedouin encam... More

The  Finding of Paris - Public domain scan / engraving

The Finding of Paris - Public domain scan / engraving

after a painted copy by David Teniers, the younger, painter and engraver, 1610-1690, of a lost painting by Giorgione, ca. 1477/78-1510 (artist notes) Dutch (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Giorgione,... More

[ Landscape with Flute-playing Shepherd], Dayton C. Miller Collection

[ Landscape with Flute-playing Shepherd], Dayton C. Miller Collection

after a drawing by Tiziano Vecelli, called Titian, ca. 1488-1576 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) painter and engraver (artist role) Titian, ca. 1488-1576 (original artist) Recto: (no inscription); V... More

Moronobu Hishikawa - [Two lovers embracing in front of a painted screen]

Moronobu Hishikawa - [Two lovers embracing in front of a painted scree...

Print shows a young man sitting on the floor, embracing a young woman straddling him. Also attributed to: Sugimura Jihei, ca. 169-. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More

Soo D'oude Songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (As the old sing, so the young twitter)

Soo D'oude Songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (As the old sing, so the young t...

after a painting by Jacob Jordaens, history and portrait painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, and engraver, 1593-1678 (artist notes) Dutch (artist nationality) engraver and publisher (artist role) Jordaens, Jac... More

Bartolomeo Coriolano - Head of Cupid, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Bartolomeo Coriolano - Head of Cupid, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows head and shoulders of Cupid with eyes closed. After Guido Reni. Title from Graphic sampler / compiled by Renata V. Shaw, Prints and Photographs Division. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, pp. ... More

Man smoking a long pipe, seated at table with book, candle and 2 more long pipes

Man smoking a long pipe, seated at table with book, candle and 2 more ...

Public domain image of 17th-century engraving, print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Four people working with harvested tobacco in shed]

[Four people working with harvested tobacco in shed]

Public domain image of 18th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Gran Quivira 17th century. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

The Gran Quivira 17th century. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Ruins of 17th century Spanish mission, central New Mexico. Photo by Charles F. Lummis. No. 1010. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indian tribes Pueblo; Religio... More

Sinaihalbinsel Oase Ḥuḍr. 1914.

Sinaihalbinsel Oase Ḥuḍr. 1914.

Plate 89 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina. Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. Letterpress caption in German. Translated title by Library staff. Photograph taken from Wadi Hudra (Bib... More

Araby, La Plata vic., Charles County, Maryland

Araby, La Plata vic., Charles County, Maryland

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1720. Related name: Adm. F.J. Fletcher. Interior panelling is very fine. Araby was the home of the widow Elbeck, whose daughter, Anne, married ... More

[Rooftop astronomical observatory in Danzig, Germany]

[Rooftop astronomical observatory in Danzig, Germany]

Illus. in: Machinae coelestis pars prior[-posterior]. Gedani : Auctoris typis & sumptibus imprimebat S. Reiniger, 1673-79. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leon... More

Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...

Significance: Some of the materials used in this building were brought from the earlier Swedish Church at Tinicum, built in the 17th century, and Gloria Dei was erected by the same carpenters and bricklayers wh... More

Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...

Significance: Some of the materials used in this building were brought from the earlier Swedish Church at Tinicum, built in the 17th century, and Gloria Dei was erected by the same carpenters and bricklayers wh... More

Gould Pass Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Gould Pass Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

[Village of Secotan] / T.B. - Public domain book illustration

[Village of Secotan] / T.B. - Public domain book illustration

Algonquian village on the Pamlico River estuary showing Native structures, agriculture, and spiritual life.

[Village of Secotan] / T.B. - Public domain book illustration

[Village of Secotan] / T.B. - Public domain book illustration

Algonquian village on the Pamlico River estuary showing Native structures, agriculture, and spiritual life.

Whittaker-Hoffman House, North Front & Green Streets, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Whittaker-Hoffman House, North Front & Green Streets, Kingston, Ulster...

Significance: This structure is an example of a large rubble residence which started as a small construction in the 17th century, was rebuilt and incorporated additions as required by successive owners. The hou... More

United Congregational Church, Spring & Pelham Streets, Newport, Newport County, RI

United Congregational Church, Spring & Pelham Streets, Newport, Newpor...

Significance: This church, built in 1855-1857, serves the United First and Second Congregational parishes of Newport whose history began in the late 17th century. The building, designed by Joseph C. Wells and ... More

Castillo de San Cristobal, San Carlos Ravelin, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Cristobal, San Carlos Ravelin, San Juan, San Juan Muni...

Significance: It was built between 1765-1773 as part of the landward defensive ensemble of San Juan. Its design evolved into a non-classical configuration in order to strengthen the existing adjacent 17th centu... More

St. John's Cathedral, 812 North Jackson Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

St. John's Cathedral, 812 North Jackson Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee C...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The history of St. John's Cathedral dates back to early Jesuit missionaries of the mid 17th century, yet it is of popular belief that Milwaukee's first mass w... More

Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Hoxie House, State Route 130, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

Hoxie House, State Route 130, Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA

Significance: The Hoxie House is believed to be the oldest 17th century house on Cape Cod, according to Dr. Ernest Allen Connally, HABS Historian and Architect. The nucleus is supposed to date from 1637, howev... More

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwy...

Significance: "Pencoyd" is a well-known early Philadelphia- area house, whose earliest parts date from the 17th century. It is believed to have been the first erected in the "Welsh Tract," and has been lived in... More

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et fecit.

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et f...

Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, half-length portrait, wearing necklace and head ornaments, and with facial markings, facing slightly left. Parthey, 2009 Published in: Many nations: A Library of C... More

Fraunces Tavern Museum Complex, 54-58 Pearl Street,101-103 Broad Street & 24-26 Water Street, New York, New York County, NY

Fraunces Tavern Museum Complex, 54-58 Pearl Street,101-103 Broad Stree...

For more information see HABS No. NY-267, Fraunces Tavern Block Sheet # 11 not received in 2008xx01 transmittal Significance: It is located in the oldest settled district in Manhattan. It occupies a site that w... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Ritual in honor of Psyche / AA [monogram of Andrea Andreani] in Mantoua 1602.

Ritual in honor of Psyche / AA [monogram of Andrea Andreani] in Mantou...

Print showing Psyche standing to the right with urns or incense burners on the ground at her feet, behind her and on the left are several women. Title provided by researcher 10/2017. Alternate title from "The '... More

Actes and monvments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall historie of the same ...London, The Company of Stationers, 1610.p. cm.

Actes and monvments of matters most special and memorable, happening i...

Public domain photograph of decorated book cover, binding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Virgin and child surrounded by saints and kneeling donor / AA, in Mantova, MDCX.

The Virgin and child surrounded by saints and kneeling donor / AA, in ...

Print shows the Virgin Mary seated with the infant Jesus at her side surrounded by saints and one man kneeling. Monogram of Andreani. Sometimes attributed to Girolamo da Carpi. Title from Graphic sampler / comp... More

[Jan Lutma, goldsmith] / Rembrandt, 1656., engraving, Library of Congress

[Jan Lutma, goldsmith] / Rembrandt, 1656., engraving, Library of Congr...

Title from shelflist card. Signed and dated in pencil. Impression from worn plate. Rovinski, 276 (3rd state). Bjorklund, 56-C. Library has three impressions. No. 276a: Bradley Collection. No. 267b: Penned on ve... More

[Illus. from book concerning Justices of the Peace: frontis, of 1669 ed. of A Sure Guide for...Justice of Peace, showing man holding sword over child before king on throne]

[Illus. from book concerning Justices of the Peace: frontis, of 1669 e...

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius, ... / Se ipse pinxit ; G. Edelink sculpsit 1676.

Philippus de Champaigne Bruxellensis pictor regius, ... / Se ipse pinx...

Portrait print of artist Philippe de Champaigne, based on his self-portrait of 1668. Marsh Collection. Published in: The first Smithsonian collection : the European engravings of George Perkins Marsh and the r... More

[Fountain of the Dragon at the Palace of Versailles]

[Fountain of the Dragon at the Palace of Versailles]

Illustration in Vues de Versailles, 1676, a volume incorporating prints and views from multiple sources. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) F... More

[Huggins House, Lynnhaven Village, Princess Anne County, Virginia. Side entrance]

[Huggins House, Lynnhaven Village, Princess Anne County, Virginia. Sid...

Photo shows African American man standing by chimney of a house built in the 17th century. On slide (handwritten): "Huggins. Princess Anne." Slide for lecturing on "Tales Old Houses Tell." Title and date based ... More

Chapel of the Dormition (late 17th century?), west view, Kizhi Island, Russia

Chapel of the Dormition (late 17th century?), west view, Kizhi Island,...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Gloria Dei (Church), 929 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphi...

Significance: Some of the materials used in this building were brought from the earlier Swedish Church at Tinicum, built in the 17th century, and Gloria Dei was erected by the same carpenters and bricklayers wh... More

Niet hoe veel, maer hoe eel. (Not how many, but how well.), recto / Rust ick zoo roest ick. (I rest thus I rust.), verso

Niet hoe veel, maer hoe eel. (Not how many, but how well.), recto / Ru...

Dutch (artist nationality) draughtsman, etcher, cartographer and publisher (artist role) Recto: top center: (printed text, in Dutch) VAN DE SINNEPOPPEN. ; u. r.: (page number) 21 ; left half of page: XXI / Niet... More

Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Gomez Canyon Pueblito, Gomez Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

[ Soldier playing flute, recto; fisherman, verso]

[ Soldier playing flute, recto; fisherman, verso]

German (artist nationality) history and battle painter (artist role) Recto: (in blue pencil, erased?) l. r. 1796; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Henning Oppermann / Nov. 1928 / $28.00; l. c.: Jac. Matth. [?]; l. l.:... More

Whittaker-Hoffman House, North Front & Green Streets, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Whittaker-Hoffman House, North Front & Green Streets, Kingston, Ulster...

Significance: This structure is an example of a large rubble residence which started as a small construction in the 17th century, was rebuilt and incorporated additions as required by successive owners. The hou... More

Whittaker-Hoffman House, North Front & Green Streets, Kingston, Ulster County, NY

Whittaker-Hoffman House, North Front & Green Streets, Kingston, Ulster...

Significance: This structure is an example of a large rubble residence which started as a small construction in the 17th century, was rebuilt and incorporated additions as required by successive owners. The hou... More

Jacques Dassonville - Les  musiciens champêtres (Country musicians)

Jacques Dassonville - Les musiciens champêtres (Country musicians)

French (artist nationality) painter and etcher (artist role) Recto: l. l.: (within plate) I Dassonneuille fecit ; verso: center: (oval red stamp) [MEWES] ; l. l. (oval blue stamp, with stars inside and text aro... More

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, ...

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Compressor Station Pueblito, Superior Mesa, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, ...

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

Castillo de San Cristobal, San Carlos Ravelin, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Cristobal, San Carlos Ravelin, San Juan, San Juan Muni...

Significance: It was built between 1765-1773 as part of the landward defensive ensemble of San Juan. Its design evolved into a non-classical configuration in order to strengthen the existing adjacent 17th centu... More

Kin Naa Daa Pueblito, Gobernador Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Kin Naa Daa Pueblito, Gobernador Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Kin Naa Daa Pueblito, Gobernador Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Kin Naa Daa Pueblito, Gobernador Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE

Locust Grove, State Roads 34 & 32, Greenwood, Sussex County, DE

Significance: The Richards House, Locust Grove, is one of the most outstanding examples of domestic architecture in the late Georgian style in Northwest Fork Hundred and Sussex County, Delaware. The 3-bay Flem... More

Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Adolfo Canyon Pueblito, Adolfo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia

Toddsbury, Vicinity of State Routes 622 & 3-14 Intersection, Nuttall, ...

Significance: This is a story and a half building of brick laid in Flemish bond. It is covered with a gambrel roof with unusually steep lower slope, which is pierce by gabled dormers. In plan the house is L s... More

Casa Blanca, San Sebastian Street (West End), San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Casa Blanca, San Sebastian Street (West End), San Juan, San Juan Munic...

Significance: Casa Blanca was built as a residence and fort for Juan Ponce de Leon and his family, although de Leon died in an expedition to Florida without ever getting to occupy the structure. He was the firs... More

Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

Significance: Excellently preserved specimen of 17th century construction. / The front or "half house" portion of this structure, which is believed to have been built in 1671, has had a gambrel roofed addition ... More

Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

Narbonne House, 71 Essex Street, Salem, Essex County, MA

Significance: Excellently preserved specimen of 17th century construction. / The front or "half house" portion of this structure, which is believed to have been built in 1671, has had a gambrel roofed addition ... More

Hill Road Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Hill Road Pueblito, Carrizo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant i... More

Burbank-Hatheway House, Main Street, Suffield, Hartford County, CT

Burbank-Hatheway House, Main Street, Suffield, Hartford County, CT

Significance: This house is interesting because various sections of it were built in three periods: probably late 17th century, middle 18th century, and late 18th century. It contains some well-preserved decora... More

Burbank-Hatheway House, Main Street, Suffield, Hartford County, CT

Burbank-Hatheway House, Main Street, Suffield, Hartford County, CT

Significance: This house is interesting because various sections of it were built in three periods: probably late 17th century, middle 18th century, and late 18th century. It contains some well-preserved decora... More

Pointed Butte Pueblito, Cibola Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Pointed Butte Pueblito, Cibola Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The pueblitos are small multi-roomed masonry dwellings found in the Navajo homeland, or Dinetah region of northwest New Mexico. Dating from the early 17th century, the pueblitos are significant in... More

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwy...

Significance: "Pencoyd" is a well-known early Philadelphia- area house, whose earliest parts date from the 17th century. It is believed to have been the first erected in the "Welsh Tract," and has been lived in... More

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwy...

Significance: "Pencoyd" is a well-known early Philadelphia- area house, whose earliest parts date from the 17th century. It is believed to have been the first erected in the "Welsh Tract," and has been lived in... More

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA

Pencoyd Farm, 355 East City Avenue (Lower Merion Township), Bala-Cynwy...

Significance: "Pencoyd" is a well-known early Philadelphia- area house, whose earliest parts date from the 17th century. It is believed to have been the first erected in the "Welsh Tract," and has been lived in... More

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas...

Significance: One of the earliest fortifications on St. Thomas, "Bluebeard's Castle" is a good example of a simple 17th century fortified tower. It has been a favorite object with tourists since the 19th centu... More

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et fecit.

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et f...

Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, half-length portrait, wearing necklace and head ornaments, and with facial markings, facing slightly left. Parthey, 2009 Published in: Many nations: A Library of C... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Balboa Park, House of Hospitality, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, San Diego...

Significance: The House of Hospitality is one of the "character defining" structures of the Central Mesa area of Balboa Park, a National Historic Landmark District. The building was originally constructed in 1... More

To Sinai via the desert. Wilderness of Shur

To Sinai via the desert. Wilderness of Shur

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Wilderness of Shur. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez at one of ... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Dates spread out to dry

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Dates spread out to dr...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Dates spread out to dry (crossed out). On negative: 1524 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in Wa... More

The miraculous draught of fishes / Raphelurb inven. AA [monogram of Andrea Andreani] in Mantoua 1609.

The miraculous draught of fishes / Raphelurb inven. AA [monogram of An...

Print showing two boats with several men in them, Jesus sitting at the stern of one is telling Simon to "launch out into the deep and led down your nets"; the men in the second boat have lowered their nets. Tit... More

Virginia / discovered and discribed [sic] by Captan [sic] John Smith, 1606; graven by William Hole

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.

15 Elm Street (Building), Boston, Suffolk County, MA

15 Elm Street (Building), Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: The structure that remained until 1961 may have been part of an earlier structure dating from the 17th century. Survey number: HABS MA-788 Building/structure dates: 1961 Demolished

Araby, La Plata vic., Charles County, Maryland

Araby, La Plata vic., Charles County, Maryland

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1720. Related name: Adm. F.J. Fletcher. Interior panelling is very fine. Araby was the home of the widow Elbeck, whose daughter, Anne, married ... More

Araby, La Plata vic., Charles County, Maryland

Araby, La Plata vic., Charles County, Maryland

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1720. Related name: Adm. F.J. Fletcher. Interior panelling is very fine. Araby was the home of the widow Elbeck, whose daughter, Anne, married ... More

Ordinary seaman Jackson becomes a D.E.M.S seaman gunner. After a four months' course at a naval training establishment, ordinary seaman Jackson became a seaman gunner on board a merchant ship, a member of the Navy's Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships Service. D.E.M.S gunners and gunners of the Maritime Regiments, soldiers who now serve beside them, have destroyed or damaged 228 enemy aircraft since the beginning of the war. Equipped with a great variety of new weapons and anti-aircraft devices, the D.E.M.S Service has grown from a nucleus of 1,300 men to nearly 20,000 trained seamen gunners and gunslayers. Soldiers originally recruited from the Army as a temporary augmentation, later took the name Maritime Regiments, thus reviving and carrying on the 17th century regiment of that name. Jackson, now a D.E.M.S seaman gunner arrives to join his first ship

Ordinary seaman Jackson becomes a D.E.M.S seaman gunner. After a four ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: British official photo, no. A. 12370 XL, Admiralty. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Chapel of the Miraculous Image of Christ, from Vigovo village (late 17th century?), west view, Kizhi Island, Russia

Chapel of the Miraculous Image of Christ, from Vigovo village (late 17...

Number assigned by photographer: kizh017. Title, date, and place from photographer's inventory. Credit line: Brumfield photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General inform... More

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), east view, one of the greatest monuments of 17th century Russian architecture, Yaroslavl', Russia

Church of John the Baptist at Tolchkovo (1671-87), east view, one of t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a monastery, church, religious historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Motets of the 17th century in score

Motets of the 17th century in score

Ms., 18th cent., said to be in the hand-writing of Thomas Pinto (1714-1783), whose autograph appears on p. 3, and containing 56, 2 to 4 part motets, etc., with and without continuo, by 24 composers. Twenti-five... More

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