1856

Ira D. Sankey: the evangelist of song

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3366

Lake Mohonk - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3682

Harvesting the last load. - Engraving, Public domain image

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2976

Grand United States centennial exhibition 1876: main building, Fairmou...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2766

The source of the Hudson: in the Indian pass, Adirondacks

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6026

My favorite - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4663

Melrose Abbey - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4463

Shooting on the prairie - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5898

Virgin & child: la vierge l enfant / la virgén e hijo

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6991

Why dont he come? - Drawing. Public domain image.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7193

Schooner yacht Cambria, 199 tons

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5827

Grey mare Emma B. by Bayard - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

Artist: E. Forbes (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2883

The resurrection - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5555

The rural lake - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Public domain image of swamp, wetland, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great American buck hunt of 1856

Another Currier satire favoring American party candidate Millard Fillmore. A "buck" (James Buchanan) runs toward the White House, visible in the distance, as the two rival candidates take aim at him with their ... More

Nocturno, 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

Hommage ̉Thalberg, mľodie-ťude, op. 24

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 The Agnes May quickstep - 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

Mother, home & heaven - 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 tomb of Kosciusko: West Point

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington's head-quarters 1780: at Newburgh, on the Hudson

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7073

The Rail road suspension bridge: near Niagara Falls

Print shows sightseers on the lower left at the edge of the Niagara River with a railroad suspension bridge at center and Niagara Falls in the distance. Caption continues: Length of bridge 822 feet, height abo... More

Caprice elǧant, op. 3 - 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 saw her at the window sadly weeping

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 balls are rolling - clear the track

A Republican boast, showing Fillmore (left) and Buchanan crushed by an electoral flood of giant balls inscribed with the names of northern and western states. Strewn on the ground around Fillmore and Buchanan a... More

[Suez canal entrance at Port Said]

Obelisks on shore and ships moored at Port Said, the entrance to the Suez Canal. No. 1783.

The young cavalier - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7402

Bound volume---30 January-5 October 1856

Gajō icchō, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / 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 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 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 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

Life and age of man: stages of man's life from the cradle to the grave

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3769

Life and age of man: stages of man's life from the cradle to the grave

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3769

Falls "Des Chats." Ottawa River, Canada

Men with two canoes and bundles of cargo below falls. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lightly we skim o'er the sparkling sea, barcarole

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

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

[Judah P. Benjamin, Senator from Louisiana, half-length portrait]

Gift; Janos Novomeszky; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:026) Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Congress Exhibition Marking 350 Years of Jewish Life in America" at the Library of Congress, 2004.

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

John C. Fremont. Republican candidate for the presidency

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Crehen, C.G. No. 331. Check 500 field.

Richmond in by-gone days; being reminiscences of an old citizen ...

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

Richmond in by-gone days; being reminiscences of an old citizen ...

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

Katie Strang, Scotch ballad, no. 4

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 1st cataract of the Nile] - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

Shallows and rocky outcroppings on the Nile River. No. 1829. On verso: Assouan. River Nile (First Cataract).

Quarantine cemetery and church, with French battery no. 50 / W. Simpso...

Print shows a church and cemetery, and French soldiers at a battery on the left. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 31.

Fillmore Schottisch - Engraving, Public domain image

An emblematic illustrated cover for a piece of Millard Fillmore campaign music, composed by Frederic Southgate and copyrighted in 1856. The figure of Columbia or Liberty, surrounded by clouds and an oval frame,... More

Dainihon rokujū yoshū meisho zue - mokuroku

Print shows a table of contents page for the series of prints, Famous views in the sixty-odd provinces. The list of prints is arranged in the Provincial order of old Japan. Title and other descriptive informati... More

Monster Democratic Torch-Light Procession Passing Through Union Square...

Crowd around statue of George Washington on horseback; fireworks in background; banners for Buchanan. New York City. Wood engraving of drawing by T. Nast. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 S... More

Portico. Goorneh. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1851. On verso: Thebes. Goorneh. Portico. 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 whit... More

View from Philœ - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Man standing amid temple ruins on the Island of Philae, Egypt. No. 1818. On verso: View from Philae.

Scene at the polls, New York City--Boxes for the distribution of ticke...

Crowd of men gathered around booths with signs "Fremont", "Buchanan", and "Fillmore". Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 49 (1856 Nov. 15), p. 353.

Little flower girl - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

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

Sanctuary ... Carnac - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1891. On verso: Thebes. Karnak. Sanctuary Obelisk. 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 the University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello, take...

"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Casimir Bohn, in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the District of Columbia." Gift; Alan M. Voorhees; LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 953.2 ... More

Round Hill Water Cure Northampton M / Drawn by E.W. Farmer Jan: 17th 1...

Landscape drawing shows the building and grounds which housed the Round Hill Water Cure in Northampton, Massachusetts, a medical institution based on hydropathic principles, opened by Dr. E. E. Denniston in 184... More

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi passing Punta Tristao. N. west point of...

Print shows the American side wheel steam frigate Mississippi on rough seas as it passes Tristram Point, Madeira. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ...... More

Residence of General Walker, City of Granada [Nicaragua]

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,1856 Mar. 15, p. 217. Reference copy may be in Biog. File - Walker, William, 1824-1860. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

San Francisco Mint operations: "Running the gold into ingots"

Line engraving by Butler. Illus. in: Hutchings' Illus. Calif. Magazine, v. 1, 1856 Oct., p. 149. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tra... More

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Harbor of San Juan Del S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Temple. Abydus - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 1905. On verso: Abydos Temple. 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... More

Map of Allegany Co., N.Y. : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas of village/city insets. "Entered acco... More

Inspectors - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows three drunken men, two support the weight of the third. The man on the left removes the wallet of the middle man. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway an... More

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

LC Land ownership maps, 680 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes distance table, business directory, population and agricultural statistical table, views of public... More

Dr. Wieland's celebrated sugar worm lozenges / A. Kollner's Lithy. Phi...

Patent medicine label illustrated with people working in factory(?) and family in living room. Copyright by C.F. Wieland. No. 264.

A landing in the woods - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3697

Genl. George Washington: the father of his country

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2502

The little hero - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3930

Little drummer boy: rub-a-dub-dub

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3889

My three white kitties: learning their a.b.c.

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4732

Moonlight: the ruins - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4540

Old Blandford Church: Petersburg Virginia, engraving, Library of Congr...

Artist: Frances F. Palmer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4937

The day before marriage: The bride's jewels

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1588

The morning star - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4581

Ditch of the Bastion du Mât / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day ...

View of the earthworks showing spiked timbers, gabions, and openings to underground bomb shelters at the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines and facing the Russian Grand Redan ... More

Immaculée conception / la purisma, concepcion: nossa senhora da concep...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3266

Beauty of the Atlantic - Public domain print

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0518

My sweetheart - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4730

The Buffalo hunt: "Surrounding the herd"

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0813

Falls of the Ottawa River: Canada

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1988

Maiden rock: Mississippi River - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

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

Five celebrated clowns attached to Sands, Nathans Co's Circus

Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 15 Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United Stat... More

Aptommas' harp journal - 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

[Statue of Freedom maquette, for dome of the U.S. Capitol, T. Crawford...

Photograph of model of statue. 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 buildin... More

John C. Fremont / Lith. by Crehan after Saintin.

John C. Fremont, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. No. 521.

The mother's blessing - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The mother's blessing - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman, nurse, caring, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fancied security, or the rats on a bender

Attributed to artist Louis Maurer by The New York Historical Society. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2025

Winter nights - Public domain American music sheet

May flower schottische - 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

[Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front]

Sargeant at Arms of the Liberian Senate. Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8554. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Written on back of plate: Chancy Brown, Sargeant at Arms. Transfer; Manuscript Division. Forms pa... More

Peasant women at work - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows four Norwegian peasant women working in a field, digging, hoeing and raking, one on her hands and knees. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of ... More

Col. Fremont planting the American standard on the Rocky Mountains

Proof for a large woodcut campaign banner or poster for John C. Fremont, Republican presidential contender in 1856. Fremont is shown in full-length on a mountain peak, planting an American flag. He is clad in f... More

Niagara Falls: from Goat Island, engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows Terrapin Tower (torn down in 1872) in the moonlight at Niagara Falls as seen from Goat Island. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983,... More

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

Bird's-eye view of Shasta, California. Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Good bye! Many thanks! - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, shaking the hand of a barefoot Norwegian boy who has removed his hat to say farewell. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, af... More

Star Whiskey Distilled and warranted pure by C.L. Dixon, Cynthiana, Ky...

Advertisement for whiskey shows a caricature of an African American man holding a jug, saying "It 'zackly suits dis chile!" Date based on year lithographic studio was active.

Souvenir d'ecosse, Roslyn castle, fantasie de salon

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

Regent of Lew Chew / dag. and drawn by Brown ; Ackerman Lith., 379 Bro...

Portrait of regent of Lew Chew and two other men. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan... in ... 1852, 1853, and 1854, under... M.C. Perry / Matthew C. Per... More

Station house Logen Valley, Norway

Drawing shows a man leaning against a large log building at right, near a sleeping ox and empty cart. There are clusters of smaller log buildings nearby. It is not clear whether or not the station in questions ... More

Our country girls - 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