1850

Der gestiefelte Kater / Schwind, 1850.

Illustration shows scenes from the fairy tale. Illus. in: [Münchener Bilderbogen Book 2]. München : K. Braun & F. Schneider, [between 1849 and 1850], no. 48.

Martin Luther's house - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 28, upper right.

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney - Public domain portrait engraving

Roger B. Taney, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jenny Lind - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Nagel & Weingartner.

Interview of General Lafayette with his wife & daughters in the prison...

Public domain image - related to Czech and Czechoslovak history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Pnyx and Bema. Monument of Philopappus, A.D. 110

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 10. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with... More

[Ruins of the Ramesseum] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d' Orleans / E. Girardet del. ; Delannoy sc.

Ferdinand Philippe in uniform, on horse. After a painting by Lansac.

[Half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 46, lower left. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Andres Martinez y c[Superscri... More

[Benito Juárez, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 21, upper left.

[William Y. McAllister, full-length, seated in chair with arm resting ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Unidentified man, about 55 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identification: H. Wheeler. Scratched on back of plate: H. Wheeler. Taken by Brady, January, 1850. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Lib... More

Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.

Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... More

Un vieux port de la Normandie (Marée basse) / Lalanne.

Beraldi, 114 No. LCF 325. Public domain photograph - historical image of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Essex County, New Jersey : with the names of property holders &...

Relief shown in hachures. Inset of Newark, N.J. with index. LC Land ownership maps, 446 LC Ward maps, 165 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes 3 views.

Lithographic establishment of Edward Weber & Co. Maps, title pages, pl...

Print shows advertisement for lithographer with ornamental border and scene from Hamlet.

Mary Jane - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4409

Declaration of Independence - in Congress July 4th 1776 / engraved by ...

Print shows the text with signatures of the Declaration of Independence within a wreath at the top of which are portraits in medallions of the first twelve presidents, from George Washington through Zachary Tay... More

The festival song, grand bravura - American sheet music, 1870-1885

sung by Jenny Lind 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: Cop... More

The dearest name - Public domain American music sheet

The son of A[...] 18 yrs -- A[...] 50 years

Print shows a father at age 50 and a son at age 18, half-length portraits. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Galusha A. Grow - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Believe me if all those endearing young charms

Can I e'er forget the valley - 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

[A lighter-than-air craft, consisting of one large balloon and four sm...

Drawing shows balloon carrying two men, possibly associated with French ballonist, Eugène Godard. "Eugène Godard" penned below image. Tissandier collection.

The fight at Lexington, April 19, 1775, from a print of the time

Print shows Minute Men being fired upon by British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. Exhibited: "Revere's Ride and Longfellow's Legend" at the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, PA, 2004-2005.

Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon

A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More

[Occupational portrait of three railroad workers standing on crank han...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 2. Case: central floral motif surrounded by leaves. Accompanying note: Jacob Lewis Davis, my dear father. Taken when he worked on the railroad. He is the tall man wi... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Alice, grand 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

The meeting 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

Arundel Engine Co. 1850 [Occupational portrait of fire fighters]

Photographer unidentified. Caption below image: Left to right. 1st, unknown, 2nd. Palmer Jefferds, 3rd, unknown, 4th. Capt. Thomas Nowell, 5th. Leach, painter, 6th. William F. Meedy, 7th. Capt. Stone. 8th. Hora... More

[James Watt, inventor of the steam engine]

Japanese print shows Watt collecting steam from a boiling kettle while his aunt rebukes him for his nonsense. Extensive, unidentified Japanese writing on backing sheet of paper. Annotation written in pencil on... More

Toso o nomu kanjo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie Surimono. Shunkyo Haikai Surimono. Calendar Print: Year of the Dog.... More

Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory / Drawn & lithd....

Print shows interior of Jas. B. Smith & Co. Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, 207 Market St. above 5th Philadelphia, Ja[me]s B. Smith, Fred[eric]k Scofield (partners), with women and men working and var... More

Uncle Sam's farm, N.Barker - 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

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Transfer; Manuscript Division. The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia. Forms part of... More

The wonders of a toy shop. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...

Cover title. Leaves printed on one side only; printed pages face each other. First and last leaves mounted on the inside of the paper cover. Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of cover. Also available in digit... More

The wonders of a toy shop. - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...

Cover title. Leaves printed on one side only; printed pages face each other. First and last leaves mounted on the inside of the paper cover. Publisher's advertisement on p. [4] of cover. Also available in digit... More

Frankfurt A/M / Elsner ; A. Carse.

Public domain photograph of Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Son and daughter of temperance: E.L. Snow, social union / lith. & pub....

Print shows a young man and woman together. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6011 Exhibited: Prohibition, National Constitution Center, ... More

San Francisco / S.F. Marryat, delt.

Print showing view from hilltop of San Francisco, California, looking toward the bay.

[Jose Maria Lacunza, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 16, lower left. On verso: E.A. Martinez y C[superscript a]., Escalerillas, No. 14, Mexico.

Map of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present ...

Shows wards (numbered), building coverage, and lot lines. Hand colored to emphasize ward boundaries. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern). LC copy imperfect: Rubber-stamped, shellacked, brittle, dar... More

U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Johannisberger vineyard - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 28, bottom left.

[Mariano Escobedo, full-length portrait, facing left]

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

[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orla...

Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Have ye beheld the young god of the seas" / Ward ; Sartain.

Print shows a young boy with wings borne across the sea by three female figures. The title is a line from John Keats' poem "Hyperion". (DLC/PP-1998:151.32) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Lib... More

Life in the gold mines, California ; / Lithographed from a photograph ...

Pictorial lettersheet shows operations at a mining camp. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 132. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.19

Tojin ja-odori no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese print shows eight men holding up a dragon with sticks for the dragon dance. Nagasaki print. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 159; 47623a. Earlier control number: 236.3-7. Gift; Mrs. E. Cra... More

[Exterior view of masonry church with axial tower entrance and spire]

Perspective drawing showing exterior of church. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1996:111.UNID.3

Hickok's patent cider mill wood engraving, Library of Congress

Advertisement by W.O. Hickok addressed to farmers; text is in English and German.

Francis Frith - [Pylon, Temple of Isis, Philae]

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 26, lower left. Frith no. 1840.

Ils montaient, ils montaient toujours, Political Cartoon

French political cartoon shows a greedy Louis Napoleon trying to climb higher by hanging onto the ropes of a balloon, topped with a crown. The basket breaks free spilling bags of money, and a woman and a child ... More

The nightingale or lines by Dr. S. Bronson, of N. Y. to Md'lle Lind, o...

On verso: 231. Depositied in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. N.Y., Dec. 16. 1850. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. P... More

[Mariano Riva Palacio, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 23, lower right.

[? Pietrasanta, holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facin...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 17, lower right.

Dancing girl - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Bas-relief sculpture. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 19, left side.

[General Tomas O'Horan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 25, lower left. On recto: Aubert y C[Superscript ia]. On verso: Aubert y C[Superscript ia] 2.̂ C. San Fr... More

U.S. mail steam ship, Atlantic: Collins line. builders, hull by Willia...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6832

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: back only, Rinhart 219. Accompanying note in case: From Wm. Shew's Miniature Case Manufactory, corner of Court and Howard Streets, Boston. Gift; Charles W.... More

Athens. Cityscape photograph - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Panoramic view of Athens, Greece, showing Temple of Theseus (Hepaisteion), Mount Lycabettus, and the Acropolis. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 2.

[Pedro Escudero Y Echanove, three-quarter length portrait, standing, f...

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Woodrow Wilson's mother - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Woodrow Wilson's mother holding a cased photograph. Original photograph probably taken in the late 1840s or early 1850s. Print is one of two on a sheet.

[Carlos Peza, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

On verso: Carlos Pera, Ministro de Hacienda Epoca de Miramon. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 15, lower right. On recto below mount: Car... More

A fair will be held in connection with the anti-slavery meetings of th...

Anti-slavery. 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 137, Folder 4b.

Portrait photo of L'Aiglón - Public domain portrait

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 20, lower left. On verso: H. Tournier, 57, Rue de Seine, 57, Paris, Déposé. Aiglon, or eaglet was a nick... More

[Temple of Gurneh, Thebes] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 25, lower right. Probably photographed by Francis Frith.

Misteries of Mormonism - Print, Library of Congress collection

40 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Van Deusen, I.

Sunday mass on the Campagna, Italy

Print shows people seated around a priest in a wagon for a religious service in rural Italy. Date based on period when Chapman lived in Italy. Pencil note: "Unfinished plate." American prints in the Library of... More

Rochester / exec. by G.G. Lange, Darmstadt.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

Portrait einer Cholera-Präservative-Frau, von M.G. Saphir / Nürnberg b...

Portrait of a "cholera-preservative woman". Text below describes the clothing and devices she and her dog use to ward off the disease.

Hashiba Hisakichi, Miaso Gozen, Buchi Gujiro, Buchi Mitsuhide

Japanese triptych print shows Hashiba Hisakichi, Mistress Miaso with Buchi Jujiro, and on the right, Buchi Mitsuhide. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Sacramento city, Ca. from the foot of J. Street, showing I., J., & K. ...

Public domain scan of a print with maritime landscape, ship in the harbor, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alpine rose rondo - 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

[Occupational portrait of a blacksmith, three-quarter length, facing f...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: back only, quadrafoil design with interlaced geometric border. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.15). Forms part of: Daguerreot... More

Gentle Kate - 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

Tōkaidō Kanagawa urashima-dera sanjō ni okeru ikokusen hasso chōbō no ...

Japanese print shows ships in harbor at the top and the landing of American military personnel at the bottom. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 160; 47623a (white label); LC2585. Gift; Mrs. E. Cran... More

Swedish barcarolle = Friska vindar spanna seglen

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 gypsy girl's carol - Public domain American music sheet

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

North Star Ledger Book, 1850-1853

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

The snow - 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

[View of Lowell, Massachusetts], Landscape view print

Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Jas. B. Smith & Co's. Philada. blank book manufactory / Drawn & lithd....

Print shows interior of Jas. B. Smith & Co. Booksellers and Blank Book Manufacturers, 207 Market St. above 5th Philadelphia, Ja[me]s B. Smith, Fred[eric]k Scofield (partners), with women and men working and var... More

The voyage of life - old age / engraved by James Smillie.

Angel above old man in boat. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln], [August 13, 1850] (Declaration and Praecipe in cas...

New York et Brooklyn--Vue prise au dessus de la batterie / dessiné par...

Bird's-eye view of New York and Brooklyn from the Battery. Title also in Spanish.

[Bernard Palissy, inventor of enamelled pottery]

Japanese print shows Palissy, apparently in a frenzy, burning chairs to keep the furnace going as a woman breast feeding a baby and a boy run in fear. Annotation written in pencil on mount: Palissy, Bernard c.... More

San Francisco / S.F. Marryat, delt.

Print showing view from hilltop of San Francisco, California, looking toward the bay.

Storming of Independence Hill at the Battle of Monterey / Kelloggs & T...

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

Moose and wolves a narrow escape.

Apparently an elk, not a moose, struggling to get out of broken ice in stream to escape a pack of wolves. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4550.

Olympieum or Temple of Jupiter Olympus

Southeast view of Olympieum (Temple of Olympian Zeus) with men standing and sitting at tables before the ruins. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 7.

American liberty - sheet music cover

An illustrated sheet music cover for a patriotic song by Freeman Scott. The title appears on a striped shield with laurel and oak branches below and a flag, liberty pole and cap, spears, and bundled fasces (sym... More

[John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine]

Japanese print showing Heathcoat displaying the first successful result from his knitting machine to his wife. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 163; 47623a (white label); LC2585; 42; typescript cap... More