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Richmond, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941. 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 sal... More

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

A black and white photo of an old town, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More

Zaravshanskii okrug. G. Urgut. Chast' goroda "Adil' Pervanachi"

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 152.

Bird's eye view of New York and environs.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 594.6 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

Birds eye view of the city of Lansing, Michigan 1866.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 359 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 6... More

Map of Winona County, Minnesota. 1867.

Phillips, 2046 LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 414.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Bird's eye view of the city of Marion, Linn Co., Iowa 1868.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 221 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 6... More

Lima. The public square, palace of Archbishop and San Francisco Church

Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Bird's eye view of the city of Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa 1868.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 218 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651; 710

Bird's eye view of the city of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois 186...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 164 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interes... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Saint Charles, St. Charles Co., Missour...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic Maps (2nd ed.), 436 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

Bird's eye view of the city of Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 158 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 6... More

Bird's eye view of Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 401 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: ... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Lexington, Lafayette Co., Missouri 1869...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 430 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

Bird's eye view of Geneva, Kane County, Illinois 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 161 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of inter... More

Bird's eye view of Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota 1870.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 402 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest... More

The city of New York. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 595 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Bird's-eye view of Brigham City and Great Salt Lake, Utah, Ty. 1875.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 923 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

The city of New York. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 597 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Bird's eye view of the city of Augusta, Maine, 1878 /

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Includes index to points of interest. Copy imperfect: Stained, brittle. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3... More

View of Ashland, Mass. 1878. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 268 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

View of Seymour, Conn. 1879.. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - P... More

Foxborough, Massachusetts. 1879. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 292.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. AACR2

Bird's eye view of Leadville, Lake County, Colo. 1879.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 71 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Monson, Massachusetts. 1879. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 310.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to poin... More

[Partial view of the Imperial Naval Arsenal from the Golden Horn] / Ab...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. No. 556. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empir... More

[The American school in the vicinity of the Rumeli Hisarı (fortress)] ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Also known as Robert College which became Boğaziçi Üniversitesi (University of Bosporus) in 1971. No. 8. No. 679. In album: Palaces,... More

[View from the Anatolian side of Rumeli Hisarı (fortress)] / Abdullah ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. No. 359. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments, and other structures, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: A... More

Panoramic view of the city of Red Wing, Goddhue [sic] Co., Minnesota, ...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. and index to points of interest. PM3

Atlantic City, N.J. 1880. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 504.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. LC copy imperfect: Edges deteri... More

[Aerial view of Istanbul showing Topkapı Sarayı (palace), and Ayasofya...

No. 552. Public domain photograph - historical image of Istanbul, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The cavalry students of the Imperial Military Academy doing riding sc...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 19. No. 286. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher portraits and activities, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms par... More

[View of Üsküdar from the Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 17. No. 715. In album: Structures and views of Istanbul, the Bosporus, and the Princes Islands, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: A... More

The city of Buffalo, N.Y. 1880.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Cheshire, Connecticut 1882. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 79.2 Includes illus. and index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo. county seat of Chaffee County. 1...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the upper right. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 55 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and ind... More

Bird's eye view of Superior, Wis. county seat of Douglas county 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1058 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Skaneateles, N.Y.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 635 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Richfield Springs, N.Y.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 624 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100

Panoramic map of Canton, N.Y. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 547 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710

East Pepperell, Massachusetts. 1886., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 287 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710/1

Westford, Massachusetts. 1886. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 328 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

West Randolph, Vt. 1886., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 947 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

Peak's Island, Portland harbor, Maine.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 247 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 710; 651

East Douglas, Massachusetts. 1886.. 19th century, Library of Congress ...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 286 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710/1; 710/2

Panoramic map of Warwick, N.Y. 1887.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 651 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Johnsonville, N.Y. 1887. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 576 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710/1

Panoramic map of Ellenville, N.Y. 1887.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 558 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Philadelphia of to-day. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 830 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Penna R.R. directory of terminals in Ph... More

Perspective map of the city of Evansville, Ind. 1888.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 193 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. ... More

Dover, Stafford County, New Hampshire 1888.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 475.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Gorham, N.H. 1888. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 478.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, a... More

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1888. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 630 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

Panoramic map of Pottsville, Pennsylvania 1889.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 835 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Panoramic map of Bristol, Vt., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 936 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

Panoramic map of Dolgeville, N.Y. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 556.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view "... More

Perspective map of Fort Worth, Tex. 1891.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 911 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. AACR2

Barre, Vt. (the Granite City) 1891.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Looking east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 931 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of inter... More

Caledonia, N.Y. - Public domain vintage map

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic map of Hardwick, Vt. 1892.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 938 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

Mount Morris, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's-eye view of St. Paul, looking west from Dayton's Bluff.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 410 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 1894.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 510 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 1895.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 760 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Patterson, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.

Bird's-eye view. Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Published by T. M. Fowler and James B. Moyer." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 823.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... More

Blue Hill, Maine, 1896.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and ancillary view of area from the quarries to Parker's Point. LC copy imperfect... More

Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, 1897.

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

Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and vicinity, New Jersey 1897.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 503 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Mannington, West Virginia 1897. - Public domain old map

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birdseye view of the Army transports for Santiago, Tampa, U.S.A.

41153 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public dom... More

Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio 1899.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Published by T. M. Fowler & A. E. Downs." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 684 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includ... More

Rochester, Pennsylvania 1900., engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - ... More

Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania 1900., engraving, Library of Cong...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 764 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Amman, the theatre from castle hill

Photograph showing aerial view of section of Jordan on a hillside. Original negative: LC-M31-3325. No. P-244. On verso - American Colony Photo Cards, copyrighted. On verso: American Colony Stores, Jerusalem. ... More

Down State St. from Madison. Stereoscopic card of Chicago, IL, 19th ce...

Commercial district in downtown Chicago. 45906 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.W. Ingersoll.

[View of Halıcıoğlu and Ayvansaray seen from the Sultan Selim] / Lieut...

View from the Sultan Selim I Camii (mosque) showing the Golden Horn.

Fort Sherman, Chattanooga, Tennessee during American Civil War

Photograph shows view of the fort with Lookout Mountain in the distance.

Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Sarayburnu] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. No. 618. In album: Hasköy Hospital for Women, fountains, mausoleums, and other buildings and views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire... More

The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

View of Gloucester & Yorktown, from Farnhold's [i.e. Farenholt's] hous...

Photograph shows aerial view of the fortifications along the York River with the fleet in the distance. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 361. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Barnard & Gibso... More

View of Gloucester & Yorktown, from Farnhold's [i.e. Farenholt's] hous...

[View of the areas of Azapkapısı and Galata seen from the Sultan Selim...

View from the Sultan Selim I Camii (mosque) showing the Golden Horn.

[View of Eyüp seen from the Sultan Selim] / Lieutenant Colonel of the ...

View from the Sultan Selim I Camii (mosque) showing the Golden Horn. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 7. In album: Mosques, fountains, mausoleums, and views of I... More

Caire près du Mokkatam / Bonfils.

View of Cairo taken from the Mokkatam neighborhood. No. 44. 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

Caire près du Mokkatam / Bonfils.

[View of İstanbul and the Unkapanı Bridge from the Azap Kapısı (gate)]...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Minaret of the Arap Camii (Mosque of the Arabs) (left front). Smokestacks of a yeast factory (center, across the Golden Horn). (Sour... More

A canvas pontoon bridge - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing an aerial view from the north bank of the North Anna River of a canvas pontoon bridge constructed by the 50th New York Engineers near Jericho Mills, Virginia in May 1864. The 5th Corps under... More

Panorama de Damas / Bonfils. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Aerial view of Damascus, Syria. No. 793. No. 2. 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 wh... More

New York,with the city of Brooklyn in the distance, from the steeple o...

Print shows commercial buildings in New York City, including Brady's Daguerrian Miniature Gallery and Barnum's Museum. The harbor and Brooklyn appear in the distance. "Entered according to Act of Congress in th... More

[View of Galata and of İstanbul] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Taken from the fire tower at the gate of the Ministry of War. (Source: researcher H. Yenigün, 2005). No. 36. No. 667. In album: Hask... More

Deadwood, [S.D.] from McGovern Hill

Bird's-eye view of small city; trees and mountains in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Riverboats distant view of town - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Granada. Vista general de la Alhambra desde la torre del Homenaje / J....

View toward the palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada, Spain. In album: Spain, opposite p. 28. No. 1105.

View of the Bosphorus - North Africa and Middle East

Photograph shows harbor, boats, and buildings on shore. Identified on mount verso as Bosporus, but probably is another location.

Panorama of the seat of war : bird's eye view of Texas and part of Mex...

Shows the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from "Littel [i.e., Little] Constance Bay," Louisiana to the Rio Grande. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann ... Southern District o... More

Looking up Appomattox River, from Point of Rocks, December 1864

Photograph showing the channel of the Appomattox River from Point of Rocks.

Pontoon bridges across James River, Richmond Virginia

Photograph shows an aerial view of the James River with a pontoon bridge going across it. No. B841. Mounted with four other photographs with general caption: Views in Richmond, Va., April, 1865. Photograph is ... More

Lake City, Wabasha Co., Minnesota 1867.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 390 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100;... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Berlin, Green Lake Co., Wisconsin 1867.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1024 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100... More

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