1849

Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania : from original surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Also covers southern portion of county annexed by City of Philadelphia in 1854. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward t... More

Infancy of Jesus: infancia de Jesu-Cristo / enfance de Jésus

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louisa - Public domain portrait engraving, engraving, Library of Congr...

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

Monument of the New York Fire Department

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Trembly. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.

Iron Store-House for California - sent to San Francisco

Built by John Walker, son of Richard Walker, orig. mfr. and patentee; of corrugated iron. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1849, July 14, p. 20. This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More

[Elisa and John McAllister, children of W.Y. McAllister, Elisa standin...

Written on paper label on velvet lining inside case: July 23, 1849. Written on paper label on case: Lissie & John McAllister July 23, 1849. Labels adhered to case: "23," "51," and "71." Embossed on velvet linin... More

The place we hear about - Public domain book illustration, Library of ...

Another grim portrayal of violent goldfield life in California, similar to "Things as They Are" (no. 1849-3) and equally critical of the outgoing Polk administration. Here again mayhem erupts, as prospectors an... More

Susannah, and the elders - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major. Copyright deposit, southern district of Penn.

General Tom Thumb: born in 1832, is 18 inches high, and weighs only 15...

Artist: after a daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr. (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2463(A)

Niagara Falls. American falls (from table rock) / drawn from nature by...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. From Views of American Cities, Goupil, Vibert & Co., 1849-1851.

New York / drawn from nature and on stone by C. Bachman ; lith. of Sar...

Bird's-eye view of New York City, looking south. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The galloping sleighride polka - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

I will not breathe thy name - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The lone starry hours, serenade - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in chief. Scratched on back of plate: 429. Hallmark: 40 (corner trimmed obscuring hallmark). Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 9 in Charles Edwa... More

[Winfield Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the le...

General, U.S. Army officer, Commander in chief. Scratched on back of plate: 429. Hallmark: 40 (corner trimmed obscuring hallmark). Identification from a lithograph by Francois d'Avignon, plate 9 in Charles Edwa... More

The deserted wife, descriptive ballad - by I.Woodbury

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Adeline - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0050.

Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from original surveys /

General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), school districts, rural buildings, and householders' names; Wilmington inset shows built-up areas. Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries. Relief... More

The way they come from California / Lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Cartoon showing ship leaving with passengers and gold and other miners, who are begging to get on the ship, being left behind with large amounts of gold. Gale, no. 7104.

Gems from Verdi's opera of Ernani

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Visit to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. "Scotia's dirge, being verses on the death of John Wilson, Esq., the Scottish vocalist, who died at Quebec on the 9th July 1849": p. [20]. Sig... More

One hour with thee - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Carnival de Venise - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

La nayade, etude fantastique - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The resurrection: la resureccion del senor / la resurrection

Artist: John Cameron (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5556

Betty polka - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The gem of the Atlantic - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2415

United States Patent Office. Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, Illinois....

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Forget me not waltz - Public domain American piano sheet music

Bound volume---24 October 1849-19 March 1850

Once the potential suggested by Morse's 1844 success began to be realized, other rival systems soon would emerge, naturally claiming to provide better and faster communication. This poster advertises a forthcom... More

The tabernacle in the wilderness, and plan of the encampment. Exod. XI...

Print shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the "First Division Camp of Judah" on the east side, the "Second Division Camp of Reuben" on ... More

Hymenial expositor, or, matrimonial chart / desigd. by A. Kollner ; Tr...

Print shows at top, a wedding being performed; at left and right are spaces for recording marriages; at center is "The Great Ocean of Love" dotted with many small islands, bays, straits, gulfs, and rivers, the ... More

Main entrance, north front, Smithsonian Institution / W. Wade del.

Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing people standing at the front entrance to the Smithsonian Institution castle. Lower left corner: W Wade, del. Published in Historic of Public Architecture by Rob... More

The great naval blockade of Round Island. Showing the immense importa...

A satire on Taylor administration efforts to curtail American "filibusters," armed expeditions against Cuba for the purpose of freeing the island from Spanish rule. Specific reference here is to the Navy's bloc... More

Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, th...

Wall map. Shows Canada only along United States border. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Buffy Cafritz, Madison Council; 2004. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Differs from other 1849 ed. by omiss... More

Father and child - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2075

Charles Gavan Duffy: "Educate that you may be free"

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1101.

Saratoga pavilion fountain - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Goupil.

The schottish polka - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Dance Diligent Hose Co. quick step - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Carry me back, op. 162 - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the...

President of the United States, 1845-1849. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James Knox Polk, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the...

President of the United States, 1845-1849. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mound City march - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Tom Moore's farewell, a ballad - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Maggyar polka, op. 82 - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /

"Preface" by W.L. Garrison: p. [iii]-xii. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Couronne de rose galop - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Kradouja, an Arabian love song - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Maria valses - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Le tourbillon. Maurice Strakosch - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Tamborine dance ; Tamborine polka - American sheet music, 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 182... More

Bar room in the mines ; Long tom / / Lith. & published by Britton & Re...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page and attached blank leaf shows (top) prospectors drinking and playing cards; and (bottom) prospectors working at a sluice box. Baird, California pictorial lette... More

Fūki kusa sono no yūran - Public domain image related to music prforma...

Ukiyo-e triptych showing a wealthy visitor at a villa garden with giant flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

Fūki kusa sono no yūran - Public domain drawing

Ukiyo-e triptych showing a wealthy visitor at a villa garden with giant flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

Solomon Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 26, 1849 (Lincol...

New York from Staten Island Brooklyn City Jersey City New York from St...

Print shows two views from Staten Island. Above: Jersey City and New York. Below: New York and Brooklyn City. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: C... More

Washington delivering his inaugural address April 1789, in the old cit...

Print showing George Washington delivering his inaugural address before members of the Congress. Includes text of speech. Key that identifies people in the image is in LOT 11507. Caption continues: From the ori... More

The new ship "Mechanics' own", built for the Mechanics' Mining Associa...

Printed in tints at Ackerman's, N.Y. Copyright by William S. Smith.

Satō norikiyo nyudō saigyo Yoshinaka., Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Japanese diptych print shows Saigyo surrounded by men trying to prevent him from leaving his house to become a priest. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More

Royal mail steam ship, Europe - Public domain image of steamship

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5675

Monterey - Capitol of California

Bird's-eye view, with ships in harbor. Lithograph by Wm. Endicott & Co. after sketch by J.W. Revere. Illus. in: Joseph Warren Revere. A tour of duty in California. New York : C.S. Francis, 1849, frontispiece. R... More

Yozakura no shita de chanoyu wo suru mitsūji

Print showing a woman and a man beneath a blossoming cherry tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban... More

The high priest in his robes. Exod. xxviii. 39 / lith'y. of A. Kollner...

Print shows a priest, full-length portrait, standing, wearing robes, holding a censer with burning incense. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

The moonlight of the heart - Public domain American music sheet

The inauguration of General Zachary Taylor--Dedicated to the Various R...

Gift; Leila Mechlin; (DLC/PP-1940:031). Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rodolpho, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

All around and all above - by I.Woodbury

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Levi Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 02, 1849 (Legal Business...

Lowell letter paper. With a new view of the city

38 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hedge. LC-USZ62-51852(includes tex). and LC-USZ62-23811(of view only) Forms part of: Po... More

Fantasie sur un Air Tyrolien - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Clara - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1240.

Bound volume---21 April-23 October 1849

United States Senate chamber / designed by J. Whitehorne ; engraved by...

Engraved from daguerreotype likenesses in the National Miniature Gallery of Anthony, Clarke & Co. (late Anthony, Edwards & Co.).

Jennie! With her bonnie blue e'e

date approx From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright ... More

The independent gold hunter on his way to California: I neither borrow...

Print shows prospector carrying mining tools, cookware, and food as he walks to California. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3288

Fashion, polka brillante - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Souvenir de Philadelphia - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

[Zachary Taylor and his cabinet, all seated except President Taylor]

Left to right: William Ballard Preston, Secretary of the Navy; Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior; John Middleton Clayton, Secretary of State; Zachary Taylor, Twelfth President of the United States; Willia... More

Fūki kusa sono no yūran - Public domain drawing

Ukiyo-e triptych showing a wealthy visitor at a villa garden with giant flowers. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban... More

A dream that love can ne'er forget

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait] / W. & F. Langenheim, Philade...

No. 209. Purchase; 1996. (DLC/PP-1996:087.16) Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Bound volume---24 October 1849-19 March 1850

Once the potential suggested by Morse's 1844 success began to be realized, other rival systems soon would emerge, naturally claiming to provide better and faster communication. This poster advertises a forthcom... More

The Crucifixion / La Crucificazion / La Crucifixion

Picryl description: Public domain image of a crucifix, crucifixion, New Testament, Bible, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Free-soil members of the Legislature. [1849?].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 21.

Altar of burnt offering. Exod. xxvii / lith'y. of A. Kollner Philadelp...

Print shows a priest standing before a large altar with a grill on top, on which a ram's head is being consumed by flames. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Ned Buntline's own. Extra. Ned never before has had occasion to get ou...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 23.

Portrait photo of [Unidentified elderly woman with cap]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Sabbath among slaves - Public domain scan / engraving

Illustration showing Afro-American dancing, playing banjo, and resting. Illus. in: Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, New York, 1849, p. 38. Published in: The African-America... More

[Title page - no illus.] - Public domain dedication image

Illus. in: Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard, 1793, Phila., B. Franklin [n.d.] [Phila. C. Marshall, 1849], title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RBD; BI W... More

The Oriental Life Elixir: A Great Egyptian Remedy for All Diseases

LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.

[Bandstand. Elevation rendering in color, with plan and side elevation...

Original architectural drawing (examination drawing) by student Richard Morris Hunt for the "concours sur esquisse" of March 7, 1849, at the École des beaux-arts, Paris. No. 28. Gift; American Institute of Arc... More

Traveller's map of the middle, northern, eastern states and Canada sho...

Map covers the northeastern portion of the United States. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. At bottom of map: List of "Canal, rail road & steamboat routes." LC also has editions of 1850 and 1856. LC Railroad maps, 12 Desc... More

Road map of the island of Rhode Island or Aquidneck /

Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of Newport. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Saratoga United States hotel - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Goupil.

Genl. Dembinski: the Polish champion of liberty

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2491

A new universal atlas containing maps of the various empires, kingdoms...

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Leinate's melodies waltz - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Narrative of events which occured in Baltimore town during the Revolut...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.