1851

Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith in Carthage jail, June 27th, 1844 ...

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: Reli... More

City of Concord, N.H. - From the high bluff about 80 rods north east o...

Public domain photograph - historical image of New Hampshire, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1851 polka, op. 15 - Public domain American piano sheet music

Les femmes révées--ideal beauties. Au bord de la mer--the sea-shore

270 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Alophe.

Bloomer Waltz, (costume for summer). Composed by William Dessier. Op 2...

Print shows a woman in bloomers walking along a path in a wooded area. Copyright by William Hall & Son.

Bloomer waltz, op. 29 - 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, 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

[Edward Wilmot Blyden, half-length portrait, facing front, holding boo...

Liberian intellectual. Public domain photograph of 19th-century daguerreotype portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face]

Roberts arrived in Liberia in 1829 from Virginia. In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan... More

The great exhibition of 1851 American department.

Illustration shows a group of men standing on the shore with the exhibition buildings in the background. Two men stand in the foreground, on the left, an American, boasting of "Yankee superiority" over the Brit... More

Syracuse 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

Sunny side 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 signal 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

His holiness Pope Pius IX / painted by Joseph Ames ; engraved by H. W....

Print showing Pope Pius IX, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Caption continues: This print engraved from the original picture painted at Rome AD 1848 is most respectfully dedicated to the ... More

Cynthia Snow, an Ethiopian melody - 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

Brandywine 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

Rêveries du soir = Twilight's whispering / peint par H. Lehmann ; lith...

Angels(?) floating in space. Copyright by W. Schaus. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait facing slightly rig...

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

[Freemasons membership certificate] - Print, Library of Congress colle...

75 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Menzel (G.A.) & Co.

Clara Barton Papers: Family Papers: Vassall, Bernard B. (nephew); Corr...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Djerf-Hocein (Tutzis) - hémi-spéos - vue générale de la partie extérie...

General view of the exterior section showing colonnade at entry to the hemi-speos at the temple of Gerf Hussein.

Alcon[u?] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows side view of the American commercial frigate, Alcon[u?], or perhaps the Algon[quin] or the Algon[a], both ships registerd to Lloyds at mid-century, sailing in the open seas. Gift ; Joseph Pennell.

My New England home Words & music by L. Wade / / T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Two Native Americans watch as Pilgrims come ashore. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Versailles] / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. In album: Vues de Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 30.

"Epurator" machine for cleaning cotton

Photograph shows cotton being cleaned through machinery; cotton in case on display. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852,... More

Paris. La Madeleine / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 8. No. 53.

Souâdj - cimetière Musulman et tombeau de Mourâd-Bey / Félix Teynard.

Muslim cemetery and the tomb of Murād in the Sūhāj Province, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil e... More

The flag of our union, a national song

Another copy, slightly different image was deposited for copyright on May 21, 1851 (M1 .A13 W; LC-USZ62-91835). Caption card tracings: Shelf. Copyright by William Hall & Son; lithograph by H. Hoff, N.Y. LOT sub... More

[Two unidentified women, three-quarter length portraits, seated]

Case: back only, basket weave design. Inscribed on brass mat: Marks. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:003). Forms part of: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, 1824-1979 (Library of C... More

[Picadilly omnibus boarding passengers to the exhibition at Hyde Park;...

Paper joined in irregular shape. No. 40:4. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, half-length portrait, thre...

Scratched on back of plate: 297. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Deuxième cataracte - vue générale prise du désert sur la rive gauche d...

General view of the desert at the second cataract taken from the left bank of the Nile. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teyna... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - salle hypostyle - colonnade centrale vue du...

Central colonnade of hypostyle hall in the main temple as seen from "point J" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire ... More

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Nathaniel Hawthorne, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; by T. Phillibrown. Reference copy also available in BIOG FILE. Illus. in: Hawthorne, Nathaniel / Twice-told tales, 1851, frontis.

Salmon Fall Aug. 16th 1849 / A. Fay.

Print shows a view of the cascade on the Salmon Falls Creek, Idaho. Signed on stone on lower right: A. Fay. Printed on upper right corner: P. 139.

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - construction de granit - decoration sculpté...

Detail showing granite structure with carved and painted decoration in the main temple as seen from "point R" (see map, pl. 42 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'... More

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - temple de l'ouest - face orientale vue du poin...

View of columns and capitals on the east side of the western temple on the island of Philae, as seen from "point F" (see map, pl. 85 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants p... More

Karnak (Thèbes) - palais - salle hypostyle - colonnade centrale - chap...

Capitals on columns in the central colonnade of hypostyle hall in the main temple. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. P... More

Kalabcheh (Talmis) - ruines du temple - façade et mur d'enceinte / Fél...

View of ruins of the temple showing the facade and enclosing wall, Kalābishah, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard... More

[F.B. Cutting, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the le...

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

Tâfah (Taphis) - constructions a assises courbes - partie supérieure d...

View of a sculpted niche on the ground before ruins of buildings constructed with curved courses. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'ét... More

[Phase of the moon taken March 1851]

"Crystalotype" or salted paper print from a daguerreotype of the moon taken and printed by John A. Whipple. Illus. in: The photographic art-journal. New York : W.B. Smith, 1853, v. 6, no. 1 (July), frontispiec... More

Cuba in 1851. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by contours and hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Signature to left of title: Millard Fillmore Jany. 19, 1854. Include... More

Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway / painted by John F. Kenset...

Valley with Mount Washington in background. Copyright by the American Art Union.

Politics in an oyster-house / painted by Woodville ;lithographed by Fa...

Two men in discussion. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Politics in an oyster-house / painted by Woodville ;lithographed by Fa...

Two men in discussion. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buda mazurka - 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

Little red riding hood -- Be watchful and beware -- Rose Atherton -- T...

Lafayette, portrait print - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows the Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, in uniform. Drawn on stone by C. Schuessele. Shelf-list card gives size as B.

Tuileries from the Louvre / E. Baldus.

In album: Vues de Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 13.

My New England home - Public domain American music sheet

Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most...

Print shows an interior view of the Crystal Palace during the Great Industrial Exhibition, with Queen Victoria and the royal family at center, the Archbishop to the left, and many spectators gathered in the win... More

Birds' eye view of New-Orleans / drawn from nature on stone by J. Bach...

Bird's-eye view of New Orleans, Louisiana with the Mississippi River in the foreground. Copyright by A. Guerber & Co., New York. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Pan... More

Arkansas traveller - 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 mother's prayer for her inebriate son

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 serenade 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

[Louis Blanc, half-length portrait, facing front, with arms crossed]

Photo shows Spanish politician and historian, Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc, who was a member of the French government during the Revolution of 1848. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Blanc identified by Frederick Rock, 2... More

[View of Seine River, looking toward Notre-Dame] / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 11. 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 o... More

Opera at home, op. 24, no. 1 - 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

[Mexican news]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Group of people on porch of the American Hotel reading news of the Mexican War.

The Patuxent 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

Paris. Palais de l'industrie / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 3. 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... More

View of San Francisco, Taken from the Western Hill at the foot of Tele...

Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, California, looking southeast across the Bay, with Yerba Buena Island on the far left; also showing camps and travelers in the foreground. Includes key to numbered locations.

Nancy Till - 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

His holiness Pope Pius IX / painted by Joseph Ames ; engraved by H. W....

Print showing Pope Pius IX, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Caption continues: This print engraved from the original picture painted at Rome AD 1848 is most respectfully dedicated to the ... More

The bloomer costume - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0641. File photo in LOT 4440-A.

[Charles Bradhurst, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Case: 8 pointed star motif. Accompanying note: Charles Bradhurst, son of Samuel and Mary. The back of the plate is stamped with: "Walter Scott Shinn, Daguerreotypes restored, old photographs copied, 554 Fifth A... More

The Laburnum 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

Clara Barton Papers: Family Papers: Vassall, Bernard B. (nephew); Corr...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Map of Montgomery County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

Paris. La Bourse / E. Baldus. - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 10. No. 57.

Abou-Sembil - petit spéos - partie droite de la façade / FT [monogram]...

Detail view of the right section of the facade of the rock-hewn monuments, the small speos, at Abū Sunbul, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et d... More

Serious family polka - Public domain American music sheet

This drawing is by Major John Andre of the British Army, when a prison...

Print shows at top a dwelling in a country setting, possibly a farmhouse, with gate and fence in the foreground; includes text which tells about Major André, the origin of the drawing, and the context in which ... More

Order of exercises, at the convention, and also at Capt. Partridge's m...

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 177, Folder 33.

Médînet-Abou (Thèbes) - constructions postérieures - deuxième cour - g...

View showing hieroglyphics on columns and pillars in passageway of the second court in the northwest gallery of the Palace/Temple of Ramses III at Medinet-Habu, Thebes, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites... More

Thomas Paine / P. Krämer del. ; L. Rosenthal's Lithy. cor. 3d. & Dock ...

Print shows author and philosopher Thomas Paine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, resting head on hand. Lithograph of a drawing by Peter Kramer.

[George Cunnabell Howard, nearly full-length portrait, facing front, s...

Scratched on back of plate: 286. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

City of Washington. Exhibit of buildings, &c. erected within the year ...

Classified in F 198. S 49.; Title.; On verso, Copy 1 and Copy 2: 7-12-06 L.H.L.; On verso, Copy 1: F198.S49; on verso, Copy 2 F198.S49, and {Stamp} SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 10313 AUG. 20, 1855. Available also ... More

Map of the city of Augusta, capital of the state of Maine /

General wall maps showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. Also shows some lots and lot numbers on map of downtown Augusta. Relief shown by hachures on map of downtown Augusta.... More

Medley overture - Public domain American sheet music

cover page only 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: Copyri... More

To the public. The undersigned, as is well known to the public general...

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 200, Folder 23.

El-Kab (Éléthya) - vue générale de l'hémi-spéos / Félix Teynard.

General view of the hemi-speos at El Kab, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858], pl. ... More

Abou-Sembil - grand spéos - vue générale / FT [monogram] Félix Teynard...

General view of the rock-hewn monuments, the large speos, with the Nile in the foreground, at Abū Sunbul, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de... More

The river of gladness - 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 soiree mazurka - 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

I never have been false to thee, ballad

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 exile to his sister, ballad

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 exile to his sister, ballad

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

Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair song, Stephen Collins Foster

written by Charles G. Eastman ; composed by Stephen C. Foster. (statement of responsibility) For solo voice with piano acc. First edition. 2020 F.D. Benteen (music plate)

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More

Piesni. Russian Masonic Songs, 1905.

"Sbornik masonskikh pi︠e︡sen." Cf. I︠U︡ Bitovt. Ri︠e︡dkīi︠a︡ knigi, 1905, no. 2660. Purchase from Gennadiĭ Vasilʹevich Yudin, 1906. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy ... More