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Mammoth Hot Springs Series. Central Basins

No. 92. Part of series: Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by 122 views.

U.S.S. Kineo and Hartford (on right), March 1863

Stereograph showing gunboats at dock at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Handwritten on verso: The cooling yard at Baton Rouge (Messrs. Hill & Markham), Miller, vol. 1, p. 233. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Colle... More

Salina, Kansas, 470 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

No. 121. 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

Richmond, Virginia View of "Rocketts" & James River, (Andrew J. Russel...

Photograph shows the Confederate shipyard and dock on the James River southeast of Richmond.

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, Main Fall...

Original negative number: 80. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 48. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1874; Lie... More

Looking down on the river - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 157. Written on back: Glen. 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.

Tunnel No. 3, above Cisco - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpap...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of Water Pocket Canon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 184. Written on back: Water Pocket 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.

General Grant's horse "Jeff Davis" - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a man holding the reins of one of General U.S. Grant's favorite horses, "Jeff Davis", at City Point, Virginia.

View near Verdi. Truckee River - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

No. 276. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Dedication of monument on Bull Run battlefield / negative by W. Morris...

Photograph showing a group of men, women, and children standing in front of the monument. The monument is twenty seven feet high, made of sandstone, with a hundred pound shell on top.

Confederate entrenchments at edge of woods, Palmer's field, on Orange ...

No. 5011. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Railroad depot at Nashville, Tenn. during American Civil War

Stereograph showing an aerial view of the railroad depot in Nashville Tennessee with a line of Union locomotives, each required to move supplies to the Army of Tennessee. No. 6652. Part of series: The War for t... More

Confederate dead on the battlefield - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing the dead body of one of Confederate General Ewell's soldiers lying against a barricade where he fell, near Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, May 20, 1864. No. 723. Part of series: The War... More

Pong-woung (The Cascade) - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 18. Written on back: Pa-ru-nu-weap 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.

A Block House - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Stereograph showing the block house erected for the protection of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. No. 6669. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civi... More

Headquarters 10th Army Corps, Hatchies Run, Va.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing near General Butler's tent. No. 2443. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Corrected title devised by library staff. Forms par... More

Former residence of Pres[iden]t Lincoln, birthplace of Robt. Lincoln /...

Photograph shows men wearing suits and top hats standing on the side of the road at the end of a row of buildings at or near the site of the Globe Tavern in Springfield, Illinois. Entered according to the Act ... More

Wilderness Church - A black and white photo of a house in the woods

No. 5002. Mounted with 4 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Broken Wall - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Written on back: Cat. No. 123 and 160. 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 of Galata and the (Imperial) Ottoman Bank] / Constantinople, Abd...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 557. Image depicts the Ottoman Bank building, which was constructed starting in 1890. In album: Hasköy Hospital for Wome... More

Ft. Sanders, Knoxville, Tenn., showing saliant assaulted by Longstreet...

Photograph shows U. S. Engineers O.E. Babcock, left, seated on a tree stump, and O. M. Poe, right, standing on a war damaged salient in Fort Sanders.

Wilhelmina Pass, from the east (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 118. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

View at point where Orange Pike intersects Germantown Plank Road

No. 5004. Mounted with 1 other photograph with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Shadow - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

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

Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. City in the ...

Stereograph showing a mounted cannon in the foreground and ammunition inside the fort. A building with two chimneys is in the distance. No. 3122. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Co... More

Beaufort Hotel and Adams Express Company

Handwritten on verso: Mayo, No. 45. Title from inventory. Stereoview showing a street view of the Beaufort Hotel with people standing on the balcony, and a man standing in the window of the Adams Express Compan... More

View of Fort Sumpter [sic], Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken from the sa...

Stereograph shows three men standing on a sandbar next to a boat with three men sitting inside the anchored vessel opposite Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina. Photograph similar to these George Stacy iss... More

Mt. Agassiz, Uinta Mts. [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. (Andrew J. Ru...

Photograph showing a mountain by the lake. Attributed to Andrew J. Russell in Framing the West, checklist p. 184. Formerly attributed to Timothy O'Sullivan. Plate 169 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortie... More

Mt. Agassiz, Uinta Mts. [Utah] / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. (Andrew J. Ru...

[Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah ...

A large hall where the Sultan or Grand Vizier holds court. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. No. 780. In album: Topkapı Sarayı, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Form... More

White sandstone - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No. 93. Written on back: Colob. 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.

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

War views Wounded Indians / / Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

Stereograph shows wounded Indian Union sharpshooters at Brompton, the estate of John L. Marye, after the second Battle of Fredericksburg.

[Full-length portrait of an African American woman holding a basket]

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV77; Ladies with baskets. Two cent tax stamp on back of the mount. "WD108" and "Charlotte Scott" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone;... More

Group at Cumberland, May, 1862 - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

Stereograph showing a group in civilian attire at Cumberland, Maryland. In the back row, left to right: H.B. Seybolt, Paul H. Dennis, (unidentified provost guard), Allan Pinkerton, (provost guard), George H. Ba... More

Soldiers' winter quarters, Army of the Potomac. Inside the first line ...

Stereograph showing a group of Union soldiers standing in front of their quarters near City Point, Virginia. No. 2596, in War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History, 1861-1865. Prin... More

[Hasköy Hospital for Women] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 4. No. 548. In album: Hasköy Hospital for Women, fountains, mausoleums, and other buildings and views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More

Hanging Rock, mouth of Echo Canon

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

Lower crossing Humboldt River, 254 miles from Sacramento

No. 318. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes on the Humboldt River.

Circle Wall, Cañon de Chelle. - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Original negative number: 34. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 22. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

[The First Battalion of the First Regiment of Zouaves of the Imperial ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 23. No. 220. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of... More

Water Pocket Cañon - 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

Burnside bridge, across Antietam Creek, Maryland / Alex. Gardner, phot...

Stone bridge over Antietam creek. Copyright by A. Gardner. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 20. Alexander... More

[Dickinson College laboratory equipment] - stereocsopic card

Attribution to Himes based on his position at Dickinson College. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection.

Effects of shot and shell on the north side of Petersburgh, (i.e. Pete...

Stereograph showing damage to the exterior of the house. No. 3034, in the series: War Views. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be available: LC-B811-3034.

Group of old folks at home, "Old Fort" plantation, Port Royal Island, ...

Notation on back: Smith's plantation. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Cornelius Chase family papers (Library of Congress).

Ordnance Depot at Broadway Landing - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing a row of caissons, mounted and unmounted cannons awaiting shipment in Broadway Landing, Virginia. No. 1075. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Caption contin... More

A dead rebel soldier, as he lay in the trenches of Fort Mahone, called...

No. 3190, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This soldier must have been killed by a fragment of shell, that exploded close by, as he is ... More

Rev. Jacob M. Hinson / F. Gutekunst, photographer, 704 & 706 Arch St.,...

Photograph showing half-length portrait of Reverend Jacob M. Hinson, in uniform, seated at table.

Three fourths rear view of the same gun a shown in No. 1040. Fort Dar...

Stereograph shows a mounted Brooke rifled gun in a Confederate battery on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal with Fort Darling in the distance. No. 1043. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries ... More

Camp Beauty, Cañon de Chelle; walls 1,200 feet high, width of Cañon at...

Original negative number: 13. Caption number on back of stereo: No. 25. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lie... More

Granite quarry, near Reno - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpap...

No. 280. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Washoe Range.

Taʹ-vo-kok-i, or The Circle Dance

No. 11. 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

Edwin S. [i.e. M.] Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War

Stereograph showing a bust portrait of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton facing slightly right. No. 2208. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to Brady Nationa... More

[Manuel Lozada, half-length portrait, turned slightly right]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 10, upper right.

Graders' cabins, Echo Canon (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 57. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.

Distant view of Camp Apache. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Original negative number: 10. 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

Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches

Stereograph showing two dead Confederate soldiers in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia, on April 2, 1865. No. 6182. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. A... More

Heading of east portal Tunnel No. 8

Photograph shows Chinese railroad worker with a shoulder pole. No. 204. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

East portal of Summit Tunnel, and Wagon Road from Tunnel No. 7

No. 199. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

C[i]ty Hospital, Richmond - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing exterior view of City Hospital in Richmond, Va. No. 898. Tax stamp on verso. Part of series: Photographic Incidents of the War. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Co... More

Teapot Rock, Green River (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 187. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha. No. 5. Bitter Creek series, continued.

Fifteen-inch gun in Battery Rodgers on the Potomac

Stereograph showing 15-inch Rodman gun in Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia. No. 1140. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to William Frank Browne, based ... More

Last train out, Atlanta, Ga., Confederate States of America.

Stereograph showing groups of refugees standing near and in boxcars at the train depot fleeing the city before Sherman's troups destroyed the railroad. Two plates form left (LC-B811-3671A) and right (LC-B811-3... More

Powder magazine on the lines - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing at the fortified entrance to the powder magazine that protected the ammunition at Fort Brady, Virginia. No. 6705. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic ... More

[Partial view of Rocky Mountain with bare tree limbs in foreground]

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

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Smithery. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 16. No. 84. In album: Imperial Gun and Small Arms Fac... More

The siege of Yorktown, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Union soldiers mounting 13-inch mortars in Federal Battery No. 4 along the line in Yorktown, Virginia. No. 375. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Att... More

Mount Vernon, no. 218 - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Mount Vernon estate, Virginia. Card number: "No. 218." Publisher attribution based on provenance. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Libr... More

Co. - , 3d Connecticut Infantry, Camp Douglass, 1861

No. 4129. 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

Logs - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 147. Variant view: Lot 11557-5, no. 25. 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. Th... More

Summit of Wahsatch Range, Utah (Lone Peak) / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Plate 161 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. Published in: Framing the West: The Surve... More

Oscar Wilde / Sarony., three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows Oscar Wilde, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated, leaning forward, left elbow resting on knee, hand to chin, holding walking stick in right hand, wearing coat. 1045 U.S. Copyrig... More

Rocks on the South Mountain, Catskill

Similar stereograph in LOT 13511-1. 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.

Summits of Sierras, 8,000 to 10,000 feet alt.

No. 187. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

View at depot, Topeka, Kansas, 351 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

No. 85. 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

North Dome, Yosemite - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows the reflection of trees and mountains in a stream, with Half Dome in the distance, at Yosemite National Park, Calif.

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia - A black and white photo of a jail ce...

Photograph shows interior view of a slave pen, showing the doors of cells where the slaves were held before being sold. Building address: 1315 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA. No. 2297. Mounted with five other pho... More

Lost Camp Spur Cut, 80 miles from Sacramento

No. 162. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Fort Fisher, N.C. Part of land face of fort, part 4

No. 242. Photographer and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Gift; Col. G... More

These children were turned out of the St. Lawrence Hotel, Chestnut St....

Photograph shows half-length portraits of Charles Taylor, Rosina Downs, and Rebecca Huger.

The Sorcirer - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 69. Written on back: office; Las Vegas Paiute - Enuintsigaip (one of the ancients). One of Maj. Powell's guides. Title from label on back of item. Part of series: U.S. topographical and geological survey of... More

[Group of people bowling on a wooden lane errected in a yard]

Identified in photograph: Mrs. H. Bowling and Coleman Sellers, Jr. Photograph probably taken by James Hunter (d. 1896). Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in th... More

Pa-ru-nu-wips, Heart of Singing Water Canon

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

In the shadow - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 192. Written on back: Tantalus 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.

Union fortifications, Yorktown, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Union soldiers mounting 13 inch mortars in Federal Battery No. 4 along the line in Yorktown, Virginia. No. 455. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Att... More

Castle Rock in Chase Gulch, above Black Hawk

No. 73. 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 ... More

The Cañon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 163. Written on back: Winslow 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.

Anʹ-ti-naints and Wiʹ-chuts - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 76. 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

Side Cañon - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No.130. 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. Thomp... More

Grant and staff at City Point, Virginia, summer, 1864

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Witches Rock, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Tertiary conglomerates, Weber Valley, Utah. Plate 21 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]... More

[Lion's Head in Clear Creek] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Stereograph showing part of a rocky mountain behind a house. Part of series: Beauties of the Rocky Mountains.

Hotel de Dutton! State line Kansas, 284 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

No. 12. 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

Red Bluffs, lower canyon of Truckee. 178 miles from Sacramento

No. 305. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes in the Washoe Range.

A view in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

Photograph shows a war damaged building in Atlanta. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-2716. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Devil's Den, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stereograph showing a woman walking past the Devil's Den rock formations in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Pontoon boat ready for the march. Hundreds of these boats and timbers ...

Stereograph showing an African American boy sitting on the ground between two pontoon boats resting on wheeled carts. The boats will be moved to a location and used in the construction of a pontoon bridge.

Pimo [i.e., Pima] Fat Boy Joséa Romantic couple among the Delles [sic]...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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