1858

"Trotting cracks" on the snow - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6652

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

The Library's print is a copy of a daguerreotype probably made by Charles S. German of Springfield, Illinois. Ostendorf, no. 9 Meserve, no. 9 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Os... More

The history of Minnesota; from the earliest French explorations of the...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Case: Mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.034. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype c... More

Gentle words and loving smiles - Public domain American sheet music

John Hecker's machine-made bread

Advertisement for bread. No. 605. Public domain photograph of food advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N.E. view of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. / Drawn & eng...

Print shows view of the recently completed U.S. Capitol Building. Below the image appear (left) firms and individuals involved in the building of the original building and (right) those firms and individuals re... More

The American fireman: facing the enemy

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

James Stelle to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, July 28, 1858 (with Clipp...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Theodore Roosevelt, the master mason. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Roosevelt wearing freemasonry accessories standing with gavel. J10119 U.S. Copyright Office On image: ©1912 J. L. Phelps, Spokane; on border of photograph: copyright 1931, by Paul V. Bunn, New... More

Illinois political campaign of 1858. Scrapbook assembled by Abraham Li...

Haneda no watashi benten no yashiro Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a man at the helm on the Haneda ferry with the Benten Shrine in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ser... More

Raising a monolithic column. Genl. P.O. Building, north facade

Photograph showing column being hoisted up during the construction of the General Post Office building in Washington, D.C. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 73. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. ... More

Kazusa kuroto no ura Andō Hiroshige

Print shows small boats and large ships on large body of water, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 20... More

Tōto ikkokubashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Ikkoku Bridge, with another bridge and building in the middle distance and a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Indian princess presenting a necklace of pearls to de Soto / J.W. Orr,...

Princess Xualla presenting a necklace of pearls to Hernando de Soto, at Cofachiqui (South Carolina) Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. W... More

Tōto sukiyabashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers and porters crossing the Sukiya Bridge, the waterfront with snow covered boats and buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled b... More

[B.L. Fahnestock bust, facing right, on advertisement for Fahnestock's...

LOT subdivision subject: Nurses and nursing. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright, designed and engraved by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. Caption card tracings: Advertisements, P.F.

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) Plan des ruines principales / / dessiné par Féli...

Map showing the principle archaeological ruins and geographical features of the island of Philae, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histo... More

Council with friendly Nez Percés Indians held by Col. G. Wright U.S.A....

Photograph of drawing showing Nez Percé Indians, seated in a circle, listening to Col. Wright. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 111. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / D.M. Carter ; T. Phillibr...

Print shows General Andrew Jackson on horseback, rallying American soldiers behind barricades, during the Battle of New Orleans. The original painting is now in the Historic New Orleans Collection.

Haneda no watashi benten no yashiro Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a man working the rudder on the Haneda ferry with the Benten Shrine in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

Clothing. J. W. Smith & Co. merchant tailors and clothers, Dock Square...

Handwritten on verso: 1858. 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 63, Folder 25.

Kai outsuki no hara - Public domain drawing

Print shows wild flowers and a small brook in a field, with mountains and a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Mokuroku, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows an illustrated fan with view of Mount Fuji and separate sheets of text superimposed on a background of a swirling river with flowers growing along the banks. Title page and table of contents for a c... More

Soga no adauchi - Public domain drawing

Print shows actors portraying the two Soga brothers and other warriors in a Soga kabuki play. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Diptych ... More

N.E. view of the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. / Drawn & eng...

Print shows view of the recently completed U.S. Capitol Building. Below the image appear (left) firms and individuals involved in the building of the original building and (right) those firms and individuals re... More

Sultan's polka - Public domain music sheet scan

A. Bolmar to John B. Wagner, Friday, September 03, 1858 (Printed Circ...

Spring Grove Cemetery - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Middleton, Strobridge & Co.

The American fireman: prompt to the rescue

Print shows a fire fighter carrying a young girl from her room filled with fire and smoke.

Attack on the Quarantine establishment [Staten Island, N.Y.] on Septem...

Mob burning Marine Quarantine Hospital, which was used for immigrants, in protest of the health hazard. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1858 Sept. 11. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383D. This record contains unveri... More

The last days of Webster at Marshfield / engraved by C. Mottram after ...

Library owns two impressions, one printed in black-and-white and one in color. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y. color impression (DLC/PP-46154).

Illinois political campaign of 1858. Scrapbook assembled by Abraham Li...

The Atlantic Telegraph. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Two angels walking along cable on bottom of ocean. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 August 14), p. 513. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Interior of an Officer's Tent - Utah Expedition [Gen. Albert Johnston'...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 January 30), p. 73. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

James Gordon Bennett, Esq. / SW [monogram]

James Gordon Bennett, Esq., half-length portrait, standing, facing right. Photographed by Brady. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, vol. 2, 1858 July 10, title page.

Garside's Mill, Wissahickon. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Photograph shows stone buildings and two men sitting on a fence or gate. Title from information with photograph. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at... More

B.L. Fahnestock's vermifuge / designed and engraved by Toppan Carpente...

Patent medicine label illustrated with head-and-shoulders portrait of B.L. Fahnestock and woman giving patent medicine to baby. No. 23(?).

[Construction of the United States Treasury Building, Washington, D.C....

Illus. in: Views of the Treasury Building, plate 28. Microfilm in LOT 12364.

Construction for supporting ceiling of Senate chamber, n. wing

Photograph showing scaffolding and pipes during the construction of the Capitol. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 51. Notations: Scaffold not removed; curved pipes contain gas; burners: light ... More

Alexander Anderson and Henry Richards in the act of murdering Mrs. Ann...

Illus. in: The Manheim tragedy / H.A. Rockafield. Pub. by H.A. Rockafied, in trust ... Lancaster Pa. : Printed at the Evening Express office, 1858, back cover.

Hakone no kosui, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows the steep cliffs and rock formations in Lake Hakone, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Musashi honmoku no hana Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a sailboat near the cliffs of Honmoku with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From th... More

Congressional row, in the U. S. House of Representatives, midnight of ...

U.S. representatives fighting. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 5, 1858 Feb. 20, p. 177.

Musashi noge Yokohama, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows sailboats on lake or river with a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

[Portrait of an unidentified woman with a fan]

Case: Floral design. Purchase; 2007; (DLC/PP-2007:103.1). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Zachary Taylor, Pres. U.S., 1784-1850

Full lgth., seated, facing left; in uniform, at the period of his commanding in Mexico, in camp. Steel engraving by W. Wellstood after painting by Chappel, copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & co. This record contains... More

No. 2, log huts, winter quarters of the Br. N. Am. Boundary Commission...

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of 15 or more log cabins near Fort Colville, Washington, with the Columbia River in the middle distance. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Scott's map of Lancaster County, state of Pennsylvania : from actual m...

General-content county map showing buildings in rural areas and householders' names in rural areas/some insets; shows property lines in some insets. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congre... More

Mapa de la Isla de Santo Domingo / - Public domain map

Shows boundary between Haiti and Dominican Republic in blue. Relief shown by contours. "Publicada por cuidados del Señor Mendes, Gefe de Batallon de los Ingenieros Franceses, Caballero del Orden Imperial de la ... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the ...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC copy annotated in color to show Indian reservations and military departments, and colored flags to show military establishments. Two copies. Copy... More

[Ethan Allen, 1738-1789, full-length portrait, standing, before "the G...

Wood engraving by Lossing-Barritt in Harper's Monthly, v. 17, 1858. p. 725. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Answer to Gentle Annie / Chas. Shober Lith.

Print showing title page illustration with man looking at grave of "Gentle Annie" as angels hover above. Words by Miss Helen T. Young, music by J. P. Webster.

Not for Joseph or the Stuyvesant galop--composed by Paul Steinhagen / ...

Music cover. Public domain scan of a poster, printed advertisement, Austro-Hungarian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

LC Land ownership maps, 663 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes Bloomfield directory, 1850 population and agricultural statistical table/data, distance table, vie... More

"Trotting cracks" on the snow - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6652

James H. Reed to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, July 09, 1858 (Invitation)

Anonymous to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 18, 1858 (Invitation)

Nathan C. Geer to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 13, 1858 (Invita...

The Great Eastern / photo. by Whipple & Black ; J.H. Bufford's lith., ...

Port view of the sidewheeler steamship Great Eastern. Copyright by Geo. Stimpson.

[Two children playing checkers or draughts] War roll of the Weccacoe F...

Drawings show (recto, 1858 or 1859) a boy and a girl sitting at a table opposite of each other playing checkers or draughts, while a younger girl stands behind the table, facing right, gesturing toward her sist... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, seated i...

Case: Rinhart 93. Hallmark: Rinhart 10. Barboza number: 6019.033. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype coll... More

The history of Minnesota; from the earliest French explorations of the...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The history of Minnesota; from the earliest French explorations of the...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L. G. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, July 27, 1858 (with Clipping...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mokuroku, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows an illustrated fan with view of Mount Fuji and separate sheets of text superimposed on a background of a swirling river with flowers growing along the banks. Title page and table of contents for a c... More

The American fireman: prompt to the rescue

Print shows a fire fighter carrying a young girl from her room filled with fire and smoke.

Flint harmonia club polka - Public domain American sheet music

For piano

The surprise - Print, Library of Congress collection

Artist: Louis Maurer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6367

The American fireman: rushing to the conflict

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sydney Spring to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 08, 1858 (Sena...

[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.

Old Boston - Beacon Hill from Mt. Vernon St. near the head of Hancock ...

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

C. W. Waite to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 04, 1858 (Senate)

[En plein soleil] / Whistler. - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, three-quarter length portrait, holding a parasol, seated in the sun in the sand at a beach(?), facing slightly right. Title from Beall. Signed on plate upper left and lower left. American p... More

Illinois political campaign of 1858. Scrapbook assembled by Abraham Li...

Illinois political campaign of 1858. Scrapbook assembled by Abraham Li...

Illinois political campaign of 1858. Scrapbook assembled by Abraham Li...

Illinois political campaign of 1858. Scrapbook assembled by Abraham Li...

[Umpqua Indians of Oregon Territory: "summer lodges of the Umpqua Indi...

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

[Anthony Wayne, full-length portrait, standing in uniform with horse i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

De Soto's party descending the Mississippi after his death / J.W. Orr,...

Indians in canoes shooting arrows at Spaniards. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 499. Refe... More

View in the Nehoialpity Valley British Columbia no. 2

Photograph shows line of trees at the edge of a forest with meadow in the foreground and mountains in the background. Right half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Millard Fillmore - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Compton, R.J.

Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; the four borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), lot numbers (Carlisle inset only), and landowners' names. Hand c... More

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

Tabako wo suu yakusha - Public domain portrait drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Actor print. Background by Kunihisa. Forms par... More

Porcallo in the mire - Public domain book illustration

Vasco Porcallo pinned under horse in mud, as two Indians watch. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 18... More

Profile of 8th Street between Fayette and Frederick, laid off for grad...

Covers R Street between 34th and 35th streets N.W. On verso in ink: Profile of 8th Street between Fayette & Frederick streets--1858 by order of Corporation, Geo'town D.C. From the Taggart Estate papers. Pen-and... More

Kalamazoo Polka Brilliante - Engraving, Public domain image

Oval view of Michigan Asylum for the Insane. LOT subdivision subject: Midwest. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Lithograph by F.F. Oakley's. Music Cover Coll. Caption card tra... More

James McNeill Whistler - [La vieille aux loques]

[His Twelve etchings from nature series] Kennedy, 21 (second state). Signed on plate. Also known as the French series. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cata... More

First party of Boundary Commission prepared to embark at Esquimalt for...

Photograph shows group portrait of members of the British North American Boundary Commission survey party at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing left]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

The burning of the City Hall, New York, August 18, 1858

Crowd watching as firemen fight fire on top of City Hall, New York City.

[General John Buford of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regimen...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Excelsior Brigade, Inc., April 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Transatlantic sketches--the Mississippi River

Wood engravings showing three views of the Mississippi River, captioned: 1. Down the lower Mississippi--from the Baton Rouge; 2. Voyageurs ascending the lower Mississippi; 3. Woodchopper's hut, lower Mississippi.

Treasury Dept. (old print): Construction of Treasury, [Washington, D.C...

Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saml. Adams - Public domain portrait drawing

Full-length posthumous portrait of Boston patriot Samuel Adams leaning against a chair. He stands on one paper, while another rests atop a table to the left. Signed lower left: Chappel 58. Accompanied by print ... More