1852

Cross braces between pillars in drum of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of western stairway, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Differential pressure valves, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol? (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Boilers for heating and ventilating

U.S. General Post Office? (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of basement story - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. General Post Office (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Saddles for boiler; damper and box

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Dome of U.S. Capitol, brackets attached to main ribs to support the fa...

This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building ... More

Case for differential pressure valve

U.S. Capitol? (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Entablature, balustrade, and ceiling of western portico of south corri...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). Entire LOT has copy negs - BCO 6/12/87. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of western stairway, basement story, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Stairs to cellar, east end, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More

Fan rooms and fans, U.S. Gen'l Post Office

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of French architecture design drawing, building plan, Paris, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Connecting corridors, extension U.S. Capitol

Drawing. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed in the... More

Fan-room of the Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More

Elevation of dome of U.S. Capitol

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol ... More

Trellis work for openings of ventilation in Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Pintle for outer fly-doors - Public domain drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Steam indicator diargams, engine of Committee Room fan, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Original design of the new dome on the U.S. Capitol

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol ... More

J.L. Baker aged 3 Mrs. Thomas Leaming

Full-length portrait silhouette of a young girl at age 3, identified as "J.L. Baker", possibly Josephine Lea Baker, facing left. She wears a hat and a coat or wide dress. Possibly cut by Mrs. Thomas Leaming.

Squirrel shooting - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ancient Jerus̈alem, previous to its destruction by Titus / from the or...

Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detail for extension of General Post Office

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain scan of 19th century architectural drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Details of dome, bottom plate under interior balustrade, one step abov...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Eagle chronometer dials--watch dial (shown in reverse)

Etching 9.4 (circle) 11 cm. with text. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Clocks; Shelf.

Map of Monroe County, New York / - Public domain old map

General-content county map showing municipalities, buildings in rural areas, and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and territories. "Entered according to Act of Congress ... More

Grand, national, democratic banner - press onward / lith. & pub. by N....

Print shows a presidential campaign banner featuring bust portraits of candidates "Franklin Pierce" and "William R. King" in ovals with laurel wreaths beneath an eagle perched on a globe labeled "America" and a... More

Lola coming! Europe farewell! America I come

Caricature of theater scene, showing Lola Montez and Cupid on swan boat, with sorrowful Europeans bidding Lola goodbye.

Epithalame wedding 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

View of Washington / drawn from nature and on stone by E. Sachse ; lit...

Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. looking west with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground.

Ardinelle, 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

Do I not love 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

D' Alberts national schottisch - Public domain American sheet music

Harp and piano (harp part 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 boun... More

An angel a maiden unknown to me = Une ange une femme inconmie

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

Douglass Frederick correspondence Correspondence, 1852-1863

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

Mukōjima miyamoto musashi, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of the actor Miyamoto Musashi.

A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / / Earle.

Poster shows three men and a woman holding flags while sitting in the basket of an ascending balloon labeled "Royal Hippodrom[e]" to advertise a public ascent at Batty's Grand National Hippodrome in London, Eng... More

Happy birdling of the forest - 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

[Emily Everett Abbot and Mary Susan Everett Abbot]

Label in case: Momma and Aunt Emmy. Hallmark: OVILL MFG'C. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot family papers); 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:044). Forms part of: Daguerreotype ... More

Liberty our aim! Washington our example!

Emblematic design, probably for a kerchief, expressing American support for liberal nationalist movements in Europe. Includes bust-length portraits of Louis Kossuth, Giuseppe Mazzini, and George Washington. The... More

Lady Suffolk, Centreville Course, L.I., Friday, Aug. 3, 1849

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, horse transport, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Coil for U.S. General Post Office, top view

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain scan of 19th century architectural drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stockton ; June 1st, 1852 / / Lith. & publd. by Britton & Rey, corn. M...

Pictorial lettersheet shows view of gold mining town and waterway. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevations of gallery fronts, Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Bridge with man sitting on top, two men standing below]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of the arch tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sheet of sketches for the illustrated 1852 London edition of Uncle To...

Purchase; Warren Ewens; 1993; (DLC-PP/1993:162). 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 ... More

Design for scaffold around peristyle of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Louis Haghe - Vue de la mosquée, prise de Bab-Houmayoun

Print shows exterior view of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, from the imperial gate, includes minarets; with groups of men and women in traditional dress. Title derived from plate list. Il... More

Details of private stairs, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of boiler fronts - Public domain drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Louis Kossuth. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Adeline Tapley Fuller Stowell, as a girl, three-quarters length portr...

Was part of LOT 7060. Case: Rinhart 86. Accompanying note: Adaline Tapley Fuller, b. 1850, w. of George L. Stowell. Stamped on brass mat: S.H. Whitmore. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1955. Forms part of: Eller... More

Register for ventilating flues - Public domain drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Arrangement of closet in room of Secretary of Senate

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Balustrade over columns of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Entablature, balustrade, and ceiling of southern portico of south wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of attic story, revised and approved by the President of the U.S....

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Washington Aqueduct, details of masonry, traverse section

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of French architecture design drawing, building plan, Paris, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Plan and details of attic story

U.S. General Post Office extension? (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of gallery of Senate Chamber

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Stylobate of dome, full size - Public domain architectural plan drawin...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Fan-room for Senate Chamber - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of peristyle of dome - Public domain drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Map of the Virginia Central Rail Road showing the connection between t...

Map of Virginia and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, county boundaries, place names and "McAdamised" roads. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Tables at lower left of map list "Counties bordering on the Central R... More

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man presenting a city plan to the emperor at court with many ministers seated nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Tr... More

Hyōgo chikutō hitobashira no zu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man presenting a city plan to the emperor at court with many ministers seated nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Tr... More

View of Washington / drawn from nature and on stone by E. Sachse ; lit...

Bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C. looking west with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground. Copyright by E. Sachse & Co. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Dandelion polka, op. 10 - 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

Take this lute - Public domain American piano sheet music

Farewell forever! -- O! Why delight in fancy's gloom

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

Le rv̊e d'amour, Henrietta polka with variations, op. 247. Charles Gr...

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

Rainbow schottisch, no. 8 - Public domain American music sheet

The gipsey's song from the opera Vielka, or, The camp of Silesia

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

Rules and regulations for the government of the Washington club, adopt...

On verso: M.C. #09-82-038.384. Page Order: Multipage 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; Portfo... More

The young folks at home - Public domain American music sheet

Donizetti Fantasie de salon Don Pasquale

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 down the ravine, at Trenton Falls, N.Y.

Five people on bank in right foreground. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, c1983, no. 6887.

New Orleans from the lower cotton press 1852 / J.W. Hill & Smith, del....

Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ah! Yes I remember - Public domain American sheet music

answer to Ben Bolt 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

A sweet and gentle daisy - 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

Kossuth's grand march, no. 3 - 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

Pap, soup, and chowder - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...

Artist: J. L. Magee, del. (signature on item). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5094

Iranistan, an oriental ville (near Bridgeport, Connecticut) / Lith. of...

Home of P.T. Barnum. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 148.

Chicago in flames: Scene at Randolph Street Bridge

People fleeing burning city. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1125.

The prairie hunter: "one rubbed out!"

Artist: A.F. Tait. O. Knirsch 1852 (signature in reverse on print). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5271

The great industrial exhibition of 1851. Plate 3. The British nave

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sybilline leaves by Florence & Fanny, Philadelphiadelphia / T. Sinclai...

Patent medicine label showing a woman in exotic dress waving a wand as a figure emerges from a smoking cauldron.

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Lilly Clyde - Public domain American music sheet

The welcome meeting - 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

[Emily Everett Abbot and Mary Susan Everett Abbot]

Label in case: Momma and Aunt Emmy. Hallmark: OVILL MFG'C. No electronic surrogate available. Transfer; Manuscript Division (Henry L. Abbot family papers); 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:044). Forms part of: Daguerreotype ... More

Panorama de Constantinople, pris d'un des minarets de Ste. Sophie

Print shows a section of a panorama of Istanbul made from a minaret of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, including the fountain of Ahmed (Ahmet) III in the foreground, with the Gulf of Nicom... More

Details of private stairs, south wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Derrick for [U.S.] Capitol dome

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol ... More

[Horse and carriage on hill overlooking riverbed]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Details of second story of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More

Details of colonnade of dome - Public domain architectural drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Dan the fisherman overhauled by British cruisers

A humorous but favorable portrayal of secretary of state Daniel Webster's assertive role in the dispute over American fishing rights in Canadian waters. (See also Edward W. Clay's "John Bull's Fish Monopoly, n... More

[Union case for daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype showing a woman h...

Case: Berg, no. 1-66. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

Washington Aqueduct, branches for water pipes

Drawing. Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description