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Bernina Pass--ascent from Italian side

House and covered road on Bernina Pass. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 45, upper left.

Solis Bridge. Schyn Pass. Said to be 1458 ft. above the Albula

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 43, lower right.

Colonel W.W. Virgin, 23rd Maine Infantry.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1st Assist. Engineer S.C. Wyatt USA

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

G. Varney, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greece, Athens (Ancient), Erechlion from S.W.

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel E.C. Charles, 42nd N.Y. Infantry.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Samuel S. Carroll, Col of 18th Ohio Infantry

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Source of the Arveyron, foot of Mer de Glace

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 31, lower right.

Braxton Bragg, CSA, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erasmus Darwin Keyes, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of two men in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Surg. R.H. Gilbert, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maj. General Jefferson C. Davis, American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Montgomery Meigs, U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass...

A black and white photo of a man in a coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable William Smyth of Iowa - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Honorable Griffin, Glass Negative, 1860s

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[William Walker, 1824-1860, bust portrait, facing left]

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

J[ames] Cooper, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brig. General J.M. Brannon, Commanded 10th Army Corps in 1862-3

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred Gibbs, Colonel 130th NY Infantry

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major L. Kip, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of Honorable Edwards, Glass Negative, 1860s

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Sarg. T. McMillan, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lt. Colonel J.H. Childs, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

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Colonel W.N.J. Jewett, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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General G.A. DeRussy, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Dan. Dustin, U.S.A., American Civil War Photograph, Glass Nega...

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[Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich]

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 163. Label in album misidentifies the building as Munich, Glyptothek. No. 307.

Romeyn B. Ayres, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General J.L. Kiernan, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lt. Colonel Benj. P. Runkle, 45th Ohio Infantry., 26th U.S. Vet. R. Co...

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Memphis and vicinity / Historic map, Library of Congress

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S168, 429 Finished pen and ink map drawn on tracing cloth. "For General Sherman, General of the Army." Indicates fortifications at Fort Pickering and Fort Harris, roads and streets,... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarter length portrait, standing, posed slig...

On verso: J.E. McClees, artist, 910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 121, surrogate p. 31 (upper l... More

Colonel J. Cradlebough, 114th Ohio Infantry.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sectional map of the surveyed portion of Minnesota and north western p...

Shows portion of Morrison County to the west of the Mississippi River, this area shown on other editions as part of Todd County, and section lines in Traverse and Big Stone counties. Cover title: Sewall's map o... More

Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.

City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geistinger, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Austrian actress/singer Marie Geistinger, head-and-shoulders portrait, in costume, facing left. No. 1395. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Hebron] / P. Bergheim.. Cityscape photograph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 123. "No. 43" written in image.

[Pool of Hezekiah, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Hospice of the Kn...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 93. "No. 3" written in image.

[Map of the coast of South Carolina, from Charleston to Savannah].

Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Portion of an unidentified printed map showing roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S126 Available also through the ... More

[Portrait of Pvt. Hite Bird, Virginia Regiment, C.S.A.]

Public domain scan of American Civil War portrait, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Escorial. Vista interior del Templo

In album: Spain, opposite p. 7. No. 589. 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... More

Maj. D. McClure, Paymaster, American Civil War Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[American flag campaign banner for Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. ...

Print shows a campaign banner and is another version of no. 1860-19, reversed and overprinted with the legend: "An American Flag with Portrait of Stephen A. Douglas encircled by 33 Stars in a Blue Field, bearin... More

PIO IX. P.M. - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony, Major & Knapp.

Ruined dock. Saw mill. Camp behind trees. Battery on hill. Evansport B...

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 22 March, 1862, p. 180. A former confederate battery on the Potomac by then occupied by General Hooker's troops. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:... More

Sullivans I[sland], no. 3 - Two black and white photos of a house and ...

Stereograph shows a military outpost on Sullivan's Island behind a group of palmetto trees, known as the "five Indians." Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date of photo based on newspaper acco... More

Ten certificates of merit, nine of them elaborately decorated, from th...

10 certificates, the largest measuring.; Gift. Marcia O. Dunham. June 25, 1955. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed E... More

[Portrait of Maj. General Samuel P. Heintzelman, officer of the Federa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Minesota [sic] - Public domain drawing

Bow view of ship. Title inscribed below image. Bust portrait and arm in India ink wash on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-128. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1055) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civi... More

[Brothers Private George W. Detrick of Company F, 23rd Ohio Infantry R...

Photograph shows identified soldiers, not in uniform. Case: Oval metal swivel brooch; two hearts with an arrow. Inscription on box: This pin was given to grandmother Ann Kepner Detrick by grandfather, Samuel D... More

[View of Washington looking down Pennsylvania Ave. toward unfinished C...

Drawing shows the telegraph office and the National Hotel, at Pennsylvania and 6th Street, NW, as carriages move up and down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC with the Capitol rising in the distance. Inscrib... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Signal tower at 14th New York Heavy Artillery he...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Gaikoku kanjin ōrai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows foreign officials or merchants riding in a carriage. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Monkey [11]. Annotation in pencil on mount: Yokohama - Foreign officers/offices. Annotations,... More

[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Confederate brass mountain howitzers]

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogra... More

[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Battered smokestack from C.S.S. ironclad...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[Full-length portrait of an African American boy standing beside a cha...

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[District of Columbia. Soldiers at gate of Fort Slemmer]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

[Unidentified girl in dress holding American flag and ball]

Case: Berg 3-155. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Phot... More

Grandmother to the bride: the neglected branch of your education

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1936:0065). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of Brig. General Daniel C. McCallum, officer of the Federal ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the ban...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.544) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Reference print available in Ray, Pla... More

[Portrait of Maj. General John Newton, officer of the Federal Army]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Headqtrs--A. of P. Sunset band of 114. Penn--on left, on right, rebels...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: clump of Pines the rest hardwood. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.133) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Portrait of Maj. General Daniel Butterfield, officer of the Federal A...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas C. Doremus to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 20, 1860 (Se...

William L. Hodge to Thomas Corwin, Thursday, October 18, 1860 (Copy o...

[Portrait of Maj. General Joseph A. Mower, officer of the Federal Army...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. Georgetown ferry-boat carrying wagons, and Aqueduct ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain pho... More

[Portrait of Brig. General Herman Haupt, officer of the Federal Army]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Rear Adm. David D. Porter, officer of the Federal Navy]

Public domain image of a military uniform, officer portrait, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The political gymnasium. American Civil War 1861-1865.

A general parody on the field of presidential candidates and their supporters in the 1860 campaign. At the far left stands Constitutional Union party vice presidential candidate Edward Everett, as a muscle man ... More

Abraham Lincoln, Republican candidate for president of the United Stat...

A print for a large campaign banner or poster for Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. It features a central roundel with a bust portrait of the candidate, flanked by standing deities Justice and ... More

New York Daily Tribune, [Newspaper]. February 28, 1860. National polit...

Also published separately as Tribune Tract no. 4.

Creek near Little Falls of Potomac R., Washington

Man on horse which is drinking from creek. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.

[Scenes on the road: roasting corn and foraging]

Two sketches: three men eating at a campfire; two men gathering chickens. Title devised from inscriptions below images: roasting corn ; foraging. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.160) Reference print a... More

[Portrait of Maj. General Henry W. Halleck, officer of the Federal Arm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Washington, D.C. Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Minot's Ledge Light House Massachusetts Bay, near Cohasset / / drawn b...

Print of measured drawing shows lighthouse as elevation and sections. 39 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink on verso: (Minot's Ledge Light House) Dep. Feb. 9 1860 Recorded vol. 35 page 94. No. 39. Publica... More

Honorable Abraham Lincoln: Republican candidate for sixteenth presiden...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3128

[Portrait of Brig. General Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vue de San-Francisco Vista de San-Francisco / / dessiné et lithog. par...

View of San Francisco, with people on hill in foreground. Public domain image of San Francisco buildings, city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary of Scotland mourning over the dying Douglas at the Battle of Lang...

Mary, Queen of Scots, is kneeling next to George(?) Douglas, who was mortally wounded during the battle of Langside, a priest administers last rites, a bishop stands to the left behind the fallen soldier; sever... More

Cadets reporting their sections

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: H.P. Nickerson, Newport, Black & case, New(?) Rough sketch man and bowsprit on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-159. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1086)... More

Sketches of Lincoln perhaps by Morand.

Believed to have been sketched from life by the French artist, Pierre Morand. Cf. U. S. Library of Congress. Quarterly Journal of current acquisitions, v. 19, 1962, p. 148. Newspaper clipping attached on back o... More

[Cathedral Rocks, with lake and trees in foreground, Yosemite Valley, ...

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.

George G. Fogg to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 11, 1860 (Elect...

[Portrait of Brig. General Charles K. Graham, officer of the Federal A...

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sec[retar]y Stanton - Public domain scan / print

Photograph shows Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, in half-length portrait, seated turned to the left, full face. Please credit as "Gift from George Whiteley, 2008." Gift; George Whiteley, 2008.

[Unknown location. Unidentified Union volunteer with shouldered rifle ...

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man and woman playing battledore and shuttlecock on hotel porch]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[James River, Virginia Butler's dredge-boat, sunk by a Confederate she...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Washington's triumphal entry into New York, Nov. 25th, 1783 / C. Inger...

Print showing George Washington and other military officers riding on horseback along street (to the viewer's right), spectators line the street, and others observe from balconies and through windows. Entered ... More

Fort Moultrie, no. 10, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows the an interior view of Fort Moultrie. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Inscribed on verso: Interior of Fort Moultrie visited January 4/63.... Forms part of: The Robin G. Sta... More

Oran Follett to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 09, 1860 (Political p...

[Full-length portrait of an African American man holding a broom]

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV84; Occupationals. "TD789" and "CDV576" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.97)

[Interior of room showing fireplace & windows]

Title devised. Rough sketches on verso of man playing drum, women, and ship. Inscribed:[?]. Formerly Waud no. B-66. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.831) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.