1860

[Portrait of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, officer of the United ...

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General William H. Emory, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

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For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin

Print shows a large campaign banner for Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and running mate Hannibal Hamlin. Lincoln's first name is given here as "Abram." The banner consists of a thirty-three s... More

Grant at the capture of the city of Mexico / E. Leutze.

Ulysses S. Grant commanding soldiers in a fort(?). From the original picture, painted by the late Emanuel Leutze, expressly for Mr. Leslie, and published as a supplement to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.

"The nigger" in the woodpile - Political cartoon, public domain image

A racist parody of Republican efforts to play down the antislavery plank in their 1860 platform. Horace Greeley, the prominent New York publicist of the party, stands at left reassuring a man identified as "You... More

New rifled cannon at Washington Navy Yard

Sailor standing behind cannon. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: These guns are cast without runners. They are afterwards fitted to the piece and fastened by the bands that run from breech to the... More

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

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Garibaldi--Entrée à Naples / lith. of Ratellier & Co., New York.

People cheering as Giuseppe Garibaldi rides into Naples on horseback. Copyright by F. Ratellier & Co.

Garibaldi--Entrée à Naples / lith. of Ratellier & Co., New York.

People cheering as Giuseppe Garibaldi rides into Naples on horseback. Copyright by F. Ratellier & Co.

Winooski - Public domain portrait drawing

Sidewheel steamship at dock. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: white river. Seated figure sketched in caricature on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-156. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.108... More

[Man shoveling coal] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Part of a sketch on verso, depicting baby sitting on table offering fruit. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.435) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part ... More

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated, and full-lengt...

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Nankin, Oroshiy, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese print shows Chinese man holding a paintbrush while an assistant mixes ink as a Russian military officer looks on. Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request). Seal date: Monkey 12. Annotations,... More

Photograph album owned by the Spafford family

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Photograph album owned by the Spafford family

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[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "WE108" written in pencil on back of the mount. "Duplicates can be had at any time" printed on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (... More

[Single reclining figure with cloth over face]

Four studies. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right: Richmond 1865. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.388) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file. Forms part of: Morgan co... More

Dixon's stove polish - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford.

View in Altoona, from the 3rd story west window of the Logan House. A...

Penciled on back of mount: J.M.W.; 3. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

Beautiful birds - Alexander Lee sheet music

7 dragoons - Public domain drawing

Rough sketch of four cavalrymen. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed lower left: 1862?. Sketch of a drummer and a soldier on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.370) Forms part of: Morgan collect... More

David Wilder Jr. to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 22, 1860 (Sub...

Onondaga - Public domain drawing

Broadside views of three ships. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: white boat / black d[n?]. Faint pencil sketch on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.561) Forms part of: Morgan c... More

The main lobby leading from the old hall of the house of representativ...

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicators: Bronze doors very hard to see detail; Columbus in Middle see Treasury note border of emblems; Shields; Scrolls armour etc; Under part of gallery... More

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified civil war soldier] / from Bal...

Photograph shows soldier leaning against a column. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GD1185" and "1270" written on back of the mount. Purchase; Wil... More

Abraham Lincoln, [May-June 1860] (Autobiographical Notes)

William B. Brack, Cap[t]s. servant / J.W. Moulton, no. 214 Essex Stree...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of a young African American man or teen, identified as a servant, standing next to a pillar. "TD 786" and "CDV 4&7?" and "23rd Mass." and "capts servant" in pencil on ba... More

Honest Abe taking them on the half shell

A pro-Lincoln satire. The Republican candidate ponders the miniature figures of northern and southern Democratic nominees Stephen A. Douglas (left) and John C. Breckinridge (right) which he holds before him on ... More

[Seven bust portraits]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title devised. Inscribed as identification: New Orleans Delta; Galveston Texas, Parsons w/Texas; Augusta, Dispatch, Atkinson; Connecticut; Porlchard (?); Cap Parker. Inscribed below images: Sketches of heads on... More

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.

Slave code for the District of Columbia, 1860.

[Portrait of Maj. General George Stoneman, officer of the Federal Army...

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Union refugees / Baker. - Print, Library of Congress collection

Man and woman with baby. Public domain scan of 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Colonel John S. Green, officer of the Confederate Army]

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[Portrait of Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren, officer of the Federal Navy]

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[Portrait of Brig. General John M. Brannan (Maj. General from Jan. 23,...

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Hovey's Cocoa Glycerine for preserving & dressing the hair

Printed by J.H. Bufford. Copyrighted by S.D. Hovey. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford Ref. copy may be in SSF - HAIR STYLES AND HAIRDRESSING. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

[Portrait of Anson Stager, Telegraph Corps, officer of the Federal Arm...

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[Unidentified man in battleshirt with hunting rifle]

Photograph shows possible Confederate volunteer or hunter. Case: Leather quatrefoil and oval motif. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased ... More

[Portrait of Maj. General (as of Apr. 15, 1865) George A. Custer, offi...

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[Stream and trees with Half Dome in background, Yosemite Valley, Calif...

Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.

"Uncle Sam" making new arrangements, Political Cartoon

Probably issued late in the campaign, the print seems to express the growing confidence among Republicans in the election of their candidate Abraham Lincoln. It may also be that like "The National Game" (no. 18... More

The white and the red rose / lith. & pub. by Currier & Ives.

Two women, half-length, one with red rose in hair, holding white rose. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7179.

Printemps d'amour mazurka - L.M.Gottschalk sheet music

For piano

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.

The first flag of independence raised in the South, by the citizens of...

A view of the public meeting in Johnson Square, Savannah, prompted by news of Lincoln's election, where a resolution was adopted for a state secession convention. In the nocturnal scene, the square is crowded w... More

[Unknown location. U.S. gunboat Kansas (built in 1863)]

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

[City Point, Virginia African Americans unloading vessels at landing]

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

A jerilla [sic]./ A deserter - Public domain portrait drawing

Full-length portrait of soldier in tattered clothing. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above and below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.245) Reference print available in the Civil ... More

[Sketch of a dead horse] - Public domain animals drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.468) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file I. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Sketch of a dead horse] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.468) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file I. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Point of Rocks, Virginia, vicinity. Crew of U.S. Army gunboat General...

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

Stripping a rail fence for fires

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.175) Reference print available in Ray, Plate 38 (p. 116). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Tourist tent camp, Palestine - North Africa and Middle East

Western tourists seated at table outside tent, local people and animals on the left.

Camp 120, Eagle Lake, Sierra Nevadas

Drawing shows a camp of covered wagons and tents on the shore of Eagle Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Two men and a woman, lower left, overlook the camp near some grazing cattle. Eagle Lake ... More

5th excelsiors. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Sketch of two soldiers. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.251) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Unknown Civil War group - A group of people standing around a tent

Photograph shows a group of men and women, including Union army officers, outside of a tent in an unknown location. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Colle... More

[Washington, D.C. The Old Capitol Prison, 1st and A Streets NE]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States ... More

Winona. [Ironclad] - Public domain scan / drawing

Broadside view steamship. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of submarine on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.584) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Honorable Abraham Lincoln, Republican candidate for the presidency, 18...

Print showing Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Thomas Hicks painted a portrait of Lincoln at his office in Springfield specifically for this lithograph. Original painting is in colle... More

[Sketches of interior details]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title devised. Bust portraits on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-107. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1034) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Portrait of Brig. General William W. Averell, officer of the Federal ...

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[Three officers talking inside a tent]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-62. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.827) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Gokakoku ... gankirō ni oite sakamori no zu

Japanese triptych print shows visitors from several nations enjoying a party in the Fan Room of the Gankirō. Signature: Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga. Engraving attributed to: Hori Take. Seal date: Monkey 12. Triptych ... More

[Unidentified African American woman]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Case: Leather oval geometric. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Fa... More

Changing base round to the James river on the Pamunkey. Rebel fortific...

Steamship ferrying wagons on river. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right: Put in more boats if you like. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.580) Forms part of: Mo... More

Grand national union banner for 1860. The candidates and their platfor...

Print shows a campaign banner for Constitutional Union party presidential and vice presidential candidates Bell and Everett. The two men stand before a large curtain, their hands resting on the Constitution. Be... More

[Portrait of Brig. General John A. Rawlins, officer of the Federal Arm...

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[Portrait of Maj. General Alfred T. A. Torbert, officer of the Federal...

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[City Point, Virginia "General J. C. Robinson" and other locomotives o...

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

[Portrait of Brig. General Israel B. Richardson, officer of the Federa...

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[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.

[Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon]

Title devised. Sketch of a plant on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.469) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file T. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, fac...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "Duplicates can be had at any time" on back of mount. "D786" and "M. C. West" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 199... More

[Group of Native Americans, three standing, one seated on the ground, ...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Soldier with blanket wrapped around shoulders]

Title devised. Rough sketch of figure on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-127. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.891) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Artillery men] - Public domain drawing

Rough sketch of soldiers and cannon. Title devised. Inscribed above image: Many both sides. No 1 & 2 & gunner do not leave the gun. Rough sketch of two soldiers on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

Storming the castle. "Old Abe" on guard

During the 1860 election campaign the "Wide Awakes," a marching club composed of young Republican men, appeared in cities throughout the North. (See no. 1860-14.) They often wore uniforms consisting of visored ... More

[Harrison's Landing, Virginia, vicinity. Westover House]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Hampton, Virginia Chesapeake Hospital and grounds]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Hampton, Va.

Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, June 12, 1860 (Know ...

Lower Yosemite Falls - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

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Lower Yosemite Falls - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

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[A reprint of the original broadside containing the Republican Platfor...

Facsim.:. 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 18, Folder 1b.

Hannibal Hamlin to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 04, 1860 (Cabin...

[State House, Columbia, South Carolina]

Rough sketch of state house framed by palmetto trees. Possibly William Waud or Theodore Davis. Formerly Waud no. B-116. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.880) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

Dewa chōkaisan, Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows snowcapped mountains above an inlet where boats are moored. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokoku meish... More

[Broadway Landing, Virginia Pontoon bridge across the Appomattox]

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

Where is my lover? - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Confederate side

Honorable Jefferson Franklin Long of GA.

African American legislator. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Views of ships and a mill] - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Broadside views of five ships. Titled devised. Inscribed below images: Minnesota Mill in Newport News Va. Hunter Woodis. Flagship of Butler. Inscribed vertically in right margin: Flagship of Buttler [sic] Gift,... More

Tombeaux des Califes au Caire, vue générale / P. Sebah, Phot.

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 22. Printed on photograph: No. 22.

Honorable Pat. Hamill of MD. - 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

General N.J. Jackson, 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 Lovell Harrison Rousseau, American Civil War Photograph, ...

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

General T.L. Kane, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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Tomb of Albert Durer, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, p. 181. No. 343.