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Hospital at Fredericksburg, Va., May 1864

Photograph shows soldiers outside a brick hospital building in Fredericksburg, Virginia, recovering from wounds received during the battles in the "Wilderness campaign." Woman seated in doorway is volunteer nur... More

The Union Line before Petersburg, Va., during the long siege. This giv...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers in fortified trenches. No. 756. Corrected title, date, and photographer from record for original negative. Copyright 1904 by John C. Taylor. Forms part of: Civil War Photogra... More

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking above from camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulliv...

Photograph showing a small boat docked near rock walls along the Colorado River. A man sits on a rock overlooking the river. Plate no. 5. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and ... More

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the sol...

Stereograph showing armed Union guards at the gabion fortified picket line in front of Fort Mahone near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3200, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photogra... More

Making coffee. On the lines before Petersburg, Va., 1864

Stereograph showing African American troops making coffee while sitting in front of a bombproof shelter near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 804. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-... More

[Mary Todd Lincoln] / Brady., Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Photograph showing portrait of Mrs. Lincoln, standing, holding flowers. Notation on verso: "Mrs. A. Lincoln." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018

Lake Marian, Humboldt Mts, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing the lake. Plate 122 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. Inscribed on... More

[Colonel Robert Shaw, sitting, facing right] / Whipple, 96 Washington ...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of Col. Robert G. Shaw. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV26. Photographer: Whipple. "Col Shaw" and "AE985" written in pencil on back of the mount. Pur... More

Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friend...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Included are Anna Spafford with daughters Grace (Spafford) Whiting an... More

Troy, N.Y. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

Continuation of view no. 1009, showing rear of Battery Dantzler, (Howl...

Stereograph showing the magazine and fortifications in Confederate Battery Dantzler on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal from a high vantage point. No. 1010. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batter... More

Grand review of the great veteran armies of Grant and Sherman at Washi...

Stereograph showing a parade of General Grant and General Sherman's armies on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Onlookers crowd the street.

Drilling troops near Washington, D.C. during American Civil War

Public domain photograph of American Civil War, 19th-century early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico - Public domain monumental decor print

Bust sculpture of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 6, upper right.

Alcove Brook - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Written on back: Lodore. No. 60. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

View across Black Cañon. The grand walls in perspective.

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Head of the Narrows - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No. 27. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Part of: Views on the Rio Vi... More

Rebecca / photographed by M. H. Kimball, 477 Broadway, N.Y.

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger standing facing slightly left. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. "Ent'd, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Geo. H. Hanks,... More

Roaring Fall--near view - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 140. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Part of series: Views on Co... More

Secrettown Trestle from the west. Length 1,100 feet

No. 48. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Fort Sumter after the bombardment, Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing ruins of artillery among the rocks on the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 6051. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to George N. Barnard in 1... More

Weber Canyon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Part of series: Views in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. 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... More

Pah-ri-ats in summer costume - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

No. 96. Variant image: LOT 11557-4, no. 4. Forms part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Forms part of series... More

Black Butte, from the north - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 98. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Deep Cut, No. 1. West of Wilhelmina Pass, Weber Canon

No. 10. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

R.R. roundhouse [Petersburg, Virginia?] (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the roundhouse in a railroad yard, possibly Petersburg, Virginia.

Distant view of Fort Wingate, N.M.

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Picturesque view on the James River near Dutch Gap Canal

Stereograph showing ships on the James River from a hillside near Dutch Gap canal. No. 6624. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Coll... More

Pontoon bridge of General Benham, near Navy Yard, Washington, July, 18...

Photograph shows a view of a pontoon bridge over the Anacostia River near the Washington Navy Yard.

Kai-aŕ, in calico - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

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

Eagle Gap. Truckee River - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 275. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Tsitadel' g. Khodzhenta

Photograph shows the citadel in Khujand, Tajikistan. In the foreground, men sitting next to carts laden with hay(?). Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 29.

Three gun batty, Vanderhorst Wharf, Charleston, S.C.

Photograph shows three batteries on Vanderhorst's Wharf in Charleston, South Carolina. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Old Spanish record, north wall, Inscription Rock, New Mexico.

Original negative number: 82. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. Part of: ... More

Stretcher with wounded man, from Battle of Slim Buttes.

Caption number on back of stereo: No. 18. Part of series: Views of Gen. Crook's Expedition and the Black Hills.

Alcove walls (Canon of Ka-shu hu-kwist [Brush Creek])

Photograph unattributed. No. 122. Written on back: Office copy. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

The First rapid - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 10. Written on back: Pa-ruʹ-nu wip Series. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

[Mountain peaks in the distance]

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Butte Rock, near Sherman Station (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 45. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

[Excelsior Banner awarded to the 50th Illinois Infantry Regiment as fi...

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, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Woman with infant sitting in front of wigwam]

Written on left stereo image: 155. Photograph probably by C. L. Hamilton. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

The mouth of Kanab Creek. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Original negative number: 56. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 10. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lie... More

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. Mid-day view, adjacent walls about...

Photograph showing rock formations by the waterfall. 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 eg... More

Summit of pools & Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain cliff view, natural rocky landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Gap Boulder Canon] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. 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 w... More

Cataract Canyon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No.129; 172. Written on back: Neg is of entire stereo. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Interior of Fort Moultrie, Battery B. and group of palmetto trees in d...

Stereograph showing a cannon in the foreground, palmetto trees and battery fortifications in the background. No. 353, part of series: War Views. Copyright 1865 by John P. Soule. From verso: Charleston, S.C. an... More

Summit tunnel, before completion. Western summit, altitude 7,042 feet

No. 197. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

View down the canon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 70. Written on back: Kanab. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Part... More

[Mary Todd Lincoln] / Brady., Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Photograph showing portrait of Mrs. Lincoln, seated, holding flowers. Notation on verso: "Mrs. A. Lincoln." Accessions box no. DLC/PP - 1972:018

Mrs. Sophia Thompson's residence, Main Street

Photograph shows an exterior view of Mrs. Sophia Thompson's residence from Main Street in Bordentown, New Jersey. From series: Stereoscopic views of Bordentown and vicinity. Photographed and published by J.E. ... More

Tau-umʹ-pu-gaip, Sub-Chief of the Mo-a-paʹ-ri-ats

No. 70. Written on back: office. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Par... More

Grand Cañon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking west / W. Bell,...

Photograph showing a person sitting on a rock looking down at the Colorado River going through the canyon. Plate no. 7. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of p... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Kazalinsk. Pristan aral'skoi flotilii

Photograph shows two sail-rigged boats on the water and another, under construction, on land at Kazalinsk (i.e. Qazaly). Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 93.

View of rocks south mountain Catskill

Probably photographed by James Hunter (d. 1896). Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

A slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, New York.

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, standing beside a mirror, facing front. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the Distri... More

Pekarnoe proizvodstvo. Prodavets lepeshok osypanykh kunzhutnymi siemen...

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovaia, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 37. "Nani kunzhuti-furush" translated from Persian as: vendor of flatbread.

Fort Sumter, Charleston side, no. 637 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows vessels docked in Charleston, South Carolina, including a paddlewheel steamer with the name Canonicus painted on it. Four cannons are lined up along the dock. Card number: "No. 637." Gottheim... More

Winnemucca town and peak. 334 miles from Sacramento

No. 320. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes on the Humboldt River.

A lateral gorge, Canon of Ka-shu hu-Kwist

Photograph unattributed. No. 125. Written on back: Office Copy (Brush Creek). Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Officers of U.S.S. Kearsarge - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Officers' names and occupations are listed on verso. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Paʹ-ri-ats in full dress - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 95. Written on back: Office copy. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

A group of "contrabands" - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a group of slaves including men, women and children gathered outside a building at the Foller Plantation in Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey Run, Virginia. No. 383. Part of series: The War for t... More

Contrabands on Mr. Foller's farm, Cumberland, May 14, 1862.

Mirror Bayow - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No. 182. Written on back: Marble. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Pa... More

Mushroom rock on Alum Creek, Kansas, 7 miles east of Fort Harker & 496...

No. 133. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his pho... More

Interior of Starr Arms Factory, no. 844 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows machinery inside a gun factory. Card number: "No. 844." Gottheim collection code: GCW 61. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of C... More

Winter quarters in Army of Potomac near Brandy Station, Virginia, 1864

No. B364. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Camp in Monument Garden, Chattanooga during American Civil War

Stereograph showing Union soldiers relaxing in front of their quarters in Monument Garden near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Tennessee River is in the background.

Colfax, looking west. Illinoistown in distance

No. 149. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Kanab Cañon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

The Grand Canyon from Toroweap Valley, looking down. No. 230. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Old "Libby Prison" building, Richmond, Va. / Rees, Richmond, Va.

Stereograph showing a group of people including Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of "The Libby," soldiers, and a young child, standing in front of tents on the prison grounds. The prison building, with its Con... More

Cliffs of Lodore - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Photograph unattributed. No. 248. Written on back: (Lodore); Office copy. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

The Natural Sphinx Rock-front view-in the Arkansas Valley

No. 8. Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains. 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 o... More

Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing an exterior view of the site of the Confederate military prison. No. 2726. Part of series: Photographic History: The War for the Union. Printed on verso: War Views. Original glass negative:... More

C.S. soldier killed in the trenches at the storming of Petersburgh (i....

Stereograph showing a soldier wearing a gunner's haversack, which confirms his identity as an artilleryman. The photographer placed a broken gun sponge in the scene as a prop, which indicates that the image was... More

The Maiden - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No.104. Written on back: Office copy. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Abraham Lincoln, Pres't U.S. / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army...

Photograph from the last formal portrait sitting, Feb. 5, 1865, in Washington, D.C. "One of five poses taken by Gardner ten weeks before the President was assassinated." (Source: Ostendorf, p. 219) On mount: En... More

Obshchestvennyia uveseleniia Sredneaziiatsev. Muzykanty. "Gyzzhakchi" ...

Photograph shows a musician seated, with a stringed instrument. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, pt. 2, vol. 2, pl. 82.

Union picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the sol...

Stereograph showing three Union guards behind the gabion reinforced fortifications and some debris at Fort Mahone, near Petersburg, Virginia. No. 3201, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the... More

Same gun, as shown in no. 1020, with magazine traverse

No. 1021. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Alternate title devised by Library staff from information on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Libra... More

Mirror Lake, Yo Semite Valley - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...

No. 1078. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo Semite Valley.

Colob Valley - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 82. Written on back: Colob valley. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.

Caves of the Mountains, Black Buttes (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 116. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

Calvin Bates - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows Corporal Calvin Bates of Co. E, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, after inhumane treatment at Andersonville Prison resulting in the decay and amputation of his feet. Bates' testimony printed on ve... More

Samon's cabin, and South Dome, 6000 feet high, Yo Semite Valley

No. 1076. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo Semite Valley.

Swamp Angel Battery near Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing around the cannon in a fortified battery. Date from record for LC-B811-3516. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative ... More

The horse in motion, illus. by Muybridge. "Sallie Gardner," owned by L...

Electro-photograph by Muybridge. Exhibited: "Helios : Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April - July 2010.

Rear view of the same gun, as shown in no. 1001. This view shows its r...

No. 1003. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Alternate title devised by Library staff from information on stereograph no. 1001 and on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Civil War ... More

View of the Wall - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No.131. Written on back: Cat.; Cataract. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thom... More

Coleman Sellers at home - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Penned on front of mount: 568. Label on verso. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

River view from in Labyrinth Cañ̃on

No. 104. Written on back: Lab. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. Part of series: Cañon of Green River.

The United States Well at Pithole was struck Jan. 8th, 1865 and flowed...

Stereograph showing large storage tanks, derricks, and horse-drawn wagons at the United States Well in Pithole, Pennsylvania.

The belle of Point Lookout - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows young woman partially identified as Miss Bidlack, probably a relative of William Wallace Bidlack, a surgeon at Point Lookout during the Civil War.

[View of the Navy Office seen from the Sultan Selim] / Lieutenant Colo...

View from the Sultan Selim I Camii (mosque) showing the Golden Horn. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. In album: Mosques, fountains, mausoleums, and views of I... More

Tunnel No. 3, above Cisco - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Troy University from the s.w. E.E. in the foreground

Penned on front of mount: 569. Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer, date, number (41), and nscription: Tannin neg taken April 25, 62, printed & toned May 7, 1862.... More

View on Grasshopper creek, Kansas, 336 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

No. 74. Part of series: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his phot... More

Redeemed in Virginia / photograph by Renowden, 65 Fulton Av., Brooklyn...

Photograph shows a portrait of Catherine S. Lawrence and Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, holding hands. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Office of... More

Dedication of monument at Gettysburg cemetery

Photo shows the crowd gathered for the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Penn., where President Abraham Lincoln gave his now famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. When the photo is ... More

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