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[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: The Guard house on the P...

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

The great presidential race of 1856.

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

Samuel Houston / engd. by W.J. Edwards, from a daguerreotype.

Print shows Sam Houston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval with scroll work border above a cartouche showing a view of the "City of Houston in Texas." (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S... More

Ruined pylon. Carnac - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1876. On verso: Thebes. (Karnak) The ruined Pylon. 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

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Market place, Grand Plaz...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 50 (1856 Nov. 22), p. 369. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

Temple of Wady Kardassy. Thebes

Columns from the Temple of Wady Kardassy amid rubble. No. 1810.

Egypt - Beni Hassan - Entrance to Painted Tombs

No. 1909. On verso: Beni Hassan. Entrance to painted tombs. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Dier [i.e. Deir]-el-Medinet. Thebes]

Remains of temple. No. 1854. On verso: Thebes. Dier [i.e. Deir]-el-Medinet Abou. Temple & rocks.

Ent[rance,] Rock Temple [of] Derr

No. 1799. 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 egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy ... More

Parish schoolmaster - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a parish schoolmaster holding a schoolboy by the hair while he strikes him with a switch. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 an... More

At Erment - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Remains of a temple. No. 1848. On verso: Erment. Fragments of a temple.

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Hakkeisaka yoroikakematsu, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers at rest stop on bluff with large pine tree near the harbor at Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

Second cataract - with Rock of Abouseer

Large rock looms over shallows and rock outcroppings along the Nile River in Egypt. No. 1793. On verso: Second Cataract. Wadi Haifa. River Nile.

George Cruikshank - The wreck on the Goodwin Sands

Illustration of a shipwrecked man and woman clinging to a wooden frame, as men in a ship attempt to rescue them. No copyright information found with item. Signed in plate, lower center: George Cruikshank. Title... More

Edfou, Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Pylons adorned with bas-relief of the Temple of Horus at Idfū, Egypt. No. 1839. On verso: Temple of Edfou.

Yushima tenjin sakaue chōbō Andō Hiroshige

Print shows pedestrians walking in the snow at the Yushima Tenjin shrine, with torii on the left, on a hilltop above the city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More

Island of Philœ - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Island of Philae with remains of ancient temple and pylons. No. 1815. On verso: Philae.

View of Hong Kong from East Point / from nature by Heine, figures by B...

People working in foregrd., harbor in mid-ground and mountains in backgrd. This record contains unverified data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Pub. (2).

The Peabody Institute at the time of the address of welcome. South Dan...

Illus. in: Proceedings at the reception and dinner in honor of George Peabody, esq. of London, by the citizens of the old town of Danvers, October 9, 1856. To which is appended an historical sketch of the Peab... More

Household treasures - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

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

Scene in the House of Representatives - Contest for the election of sp...

Congressman speaking while others stand and watch. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 1, no. 5 (1856 Jan. 12), p.[65].

Utagawa Hiroshige - Tsunohazu kumano jūnisha zokusyō jūnisō

Print shows a pond ringed with trees and small raised structures that provide some shelter for tea or meditation, and larger buildings in the lower left, in a pastoral setting. Title and other descriptive infor... More

Abou Simbel - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

View of colossal figures, probably Ramses II, carved into rock that is part of the Great Temple at Abu Sunbul, Egypt. No. 1794.

Everett cigarros puros superiores, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward Everett, Senator, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, on tobacco label. By R.M. Staigg; engraved by J. Cheney.

The cook. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

African American woman in kitchen. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 12, 1856. See LC-USZ62-2571. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Map of Saratoga Co., New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings with householders' names; the Saratoga Springs and Ballston Spa insets show building coverage and names of principal buildings. Hand colored to emphasize town ... More

How illustrated newspapers are made

Ten illustrations showing editorial rooms, engravers' room, artists at work, engraving tools, etc., at offices of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, 185... More

Maps of Nicaragua, North and Central America : population and square m...

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

Map of the Great Central Route and its connections, the most central, ...

Outline map of the north-central and northeastern states indicating larger cities, county boundaries, and railroad network emphasizing the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway. Scale ca. 1:3,... More

Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's rail road map of the United States showin...

Includes index to railroads and indexed "Plan of the New England States". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned into 45 sections and mounted on cloth for f... More

Frightened brood - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2327

Majr. Genl. William S. Rosecrans: at the Battle of Murfreesboro, Jany....

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4272

Lieut. Genl. Ulysses S. Grant: General in Chief of the armies of the U...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3759

Steamboats passing at midnight: on Long Island

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6139

Silver Creek--California - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5917

The President and Mrs. Hayes - Public domain graphic arts, Library of ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5283

Public library and temple of the winds / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker l...

Destruction of the public library and the Temple of the Winds following the Russian evacuation of Sevastopolʹ on September 8th 1855. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 30. Déposé Paris, Goupil & Cie ; Leipzig, ... More

Docks at Sebastopol with ruins of Fort St. Paul / W. Simpson del. ; E....

View of the ship building docks at Sevastopolʹ with Fort St. Paul on the high ground to the left. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 26. Deposé Paris, Goupil & Cie ; Leipzig, Otto Weigel.

Victory doubtful - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6884

Poster - The pond in the woods - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5240

Take your choice - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6417

The mother's dream - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4599

Sacandaga Creek - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5715

Poster - Maiden rock: Mississippi River - Public domain lithograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4217

Waiting for a nibble - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a man, perhaps in Norway, sleeping beside a stream, his fishing line has looped around the tree behind him, with the hook dangling close to his mouth. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Sca... More

The ocean house 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

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, weari...

Chaplain of the Senate of Liberia. Photographer unidentified. Written on back of plate: Rev. Philip Koker, Chaplain of the Senate. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Transfer; Manuscript Division. For... More

[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, weari...

Winslow Homer - Argument of the chivalry

A dramatic portrayal, clearly biased toward the northern point of view, of an incident in Congress which inflamed sectional passions in 1856. The artist recreates the May 22 attack and severe beating of Massach... More

City of New York / sketched and drawn on stone by C. Parsons.

Bird's-eye view of New York City with Battery Park in the foreground and Brooklyn Heights in the lower right corner.

A drinking bout - Public domain scan / drawing

Humorous drawing shows four men seated a table, drinking. A fifth man smiles as he stands guard at the door. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 18... More

Shasta, Shasta County, Cal. / drawn by Kuchel & Dresel ; print by Brit...

Bird's-eye view of Shasta, California. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Camille mazurka - Public domain American sheet music

[Man and woman riding in horse-drawn cart]

Drawing shows a man and a woman riding in a small horse-drawn cart, looking at each other. The scene may be in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Interior of Fort Sumter: during the bombardment, April 12th 1861

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3352

Interior of Fort Sumter: during the bombardment, April 12th 1861

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3352

Map of Cattaraugus Co., New York : from the county records & actual su...

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town sections, some rural land tracts with owner's names, rural buildings, and householder's names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to empha... More

Nocturne, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music

Senju no oubashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

View of the bridge of Senju crossing the Sumida River, with mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the seri... More

The Beauty of the Pacific - Public domain portrait photograph

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0523

Emblematic chart and Masonic history of F[ree] and A[ccepted] M[asons]...

Depicts numerous emblems of masonry including all seeing eye, ark, beehive, lamb, globes on top of columns, square and compass, trowel, and anchor. 5697U(?) U.S. Copyright Office.

Long, long weary day - Public domain American sheet music

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan of drawing

Prints show views of Edo, Japan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : 100 famous views of Edo. Format... More

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prfo...

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain city architecture drawing

Souvenir d'ecosse, Roslyn Castle, Fantasie de salon

Title on cover pg - "Souvenir d'ecosse, Roslyn Castle"; transcription From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page image... More

James Buchanan: Democratic candidate for fifteenth President of the Un...

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremony of "Turning the Sod" of the New Masonic Temple, Thanksgiving ...

J245245 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; December 15, 1920. Similar to PAN SUBJECT - Events, no. 11, street sign in foreground has been eliminated from negative.

Norway, the steamer parting the fjord

Drawing shows a sidewheel steamship from behind, as it passes out of a Norwegian fjord. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper... More

Warwick Castle: on the Avon - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Artist: Frances F. Palmer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7024

Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856

Fremont and his abolitionist supporters are ridiculed. In particular, the artist condemns the Republican candidate's alliance with New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher's r... More

A Clipper ship in a hurricane - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1272

[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.

The spring bird's carol waltz - Public domain American sheet music

Saratoga Springs - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Subterranean stables - Public domain document scan of drawing

Drawing shows four horses from behind in a cave, perhaps in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Inscribed upper left: 2/3 width of ... More

Washingtons Head Quarters - Brandywine / / Fr'ric Stevenson '56

Landscape drawing shows the house that served as Washington's headquarters at Brandywine, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. On the eve of the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 Washington established his h... More

Asukayama kita no chōbō Andō Hiroshige

Print shows people picnicing and viewing cherry blossoms and pine trees along the banks of a river with view of mountain in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th Nov.1856; for o...

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

Shibaura no fūkei, Ando Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a view of the bay at Shiba with birds flying above the water, sea walls on the right, and boats anchored in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... More

Millard Fillmore. American candidate for the presidency

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crehen, C.G. No. 438. Check 500 field.

Horie nekozane, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the thatched-roof buildings of two fishing villages, Horie and Nekozane, with distant view of Mount Fuji. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...

Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background. Colnaghi's Authentic S... More

[Wilhelm Weber, half-length portrait, facing front] / Rud. Hoffmann, 1...

From volume: Gallerie ausgezeichneter Naturforscher. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2 illus.: 1. Virgin Bay - slaughter of Americans and burning of the pi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 23 (1856 May 17), p. 361. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.... More

Jews in Cracow - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows two elderly Jewish men in the Polish city of Cracow. They are dressed in long robes or coats, have long hair and beards, wear round hats and lean against canes. Bayard Taylor may have traveled thr... More

Wady Saboua - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Two statues and three sphinxes in the desert near the Sabou River. No. 1801. On verso: Colossi & Sphinxs.

Snow plow - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a man carrying a scythe walking past a large wooden snow plow leaning against rocks. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife. Insc... More

Assouan, Egypt - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Aerial view of Aswan area on the Nile River, seen through trees. No. 1833. On verso: Assouan.

"Descent from the Cross," after Rubens, represented by Keller's troupe...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 19 (1856 Apr. 19), p. 304. Reference copy may be in LOT 4443-C. Caption card tracings: Rel... More

Ho! For the Kansas Plains during American Civil War

Music cover showing Indian and settler with inset scene of battle between pro- and anti-slavery forces. Composer: Jas. G. Clark. LOT subdivision subject: Pre-Civil War. Title and other information transcribed f... More

Negro expulsion from railway car, Philadelphia

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 314. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Syria - Ruin of Phoenician Temple at Hibbaryeh, near Banias] / F.F. &...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Egypt - Thebes - Deir-el-Medineh]

Temple carved into mountainside. No. 1853. On verso: Thebes. Temple & rocks.

[Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1...

Drawing shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856." Title from lithograph published after this drawing. (... More