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Pollard's Station, Donner Lake, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 846. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Bridge and Road leading from the Little River Lumber Mills, Mendocino ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1194. LOT subdivision subject: Bridges in Northern California. This record contains unverified old... More

The Yosemite Valley, from the Coulterville Trail, Mariposa County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1102. LOT subdivision subject: Yosemite Valley. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 32.

Stockton from the South (No.1) looking North, San Joaquin County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1039. LOT subdivision subject: Stockton. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

International Hotel, C Street, Virginia City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 711. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified data from old... More

Napa City, looking South from the Court House - Napa County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 761. LOT subdivision subject: Napa. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

French Lake, Nevada County, near Old Man Mountain, Central Pacific Rai...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1278. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Lakes. This record contains unverified old data from ca... More

Nick of the Woods, near Yank's Station, A Curious Cedar Knot, Valley o...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 643. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

McMurtry's Station, American River, California, 19th century sterescop...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 618. LOT subdivision subject: Placerville Tahoe Rte. This record contains unverified old data from... More

The Devil's Gate, Silver City, Nevada

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Nevada, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Arrival of the Central Pacific Passenger Train at Cisco, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1256. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains unverified old... More

Laying the Deck Plates of Monitor Camanche, San Francisco

Laborers and spectators. 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 cre... More

San Francisco, from Corner of 2nd and Folsom Streets

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 378. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Starr King's Tomb, Geary Street, San Francisco, March 4, 1865

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Private Residences on Harrison Street, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 482. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Private Residences. This record contains unverified ol... More

Big River Lumber Mills, Mendocino County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1184. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc.). This record contains unverified data fr... More

Murphy's, Calaveras County - view from the West

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 870. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

What Cheer House, Sacramento St., San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Statue of Lincoln, front of Lincoln School House, 5th Street, San Fran...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 500. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Public Buildings Schools, Hospitals, etc. This record ... More

Mouth of Big River, Mendocino County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1181. LOT subdivision subject: Mendocino County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Rattlesnake Mountain, Yuba River, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 770. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Auzerais House, San Jose, Santa Clara County

Public domain photograph of 19th century California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View on Crystal Lake-- Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 831. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

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

College at Santa Clara, California, 19th century sterescope card.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 81. LOT subdivision subject: Santa Clara County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

California Co.'s stages leaving International Hotel, Virginia City, fo...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Warm Springs, Alameda County - From the road

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 32. LOT subdivision subject: Alameda County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Eagle Canyon, from Eckley's Island, Emerald Bay - Western Shore of Lak...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 659. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Mount Diablo, from San Ramon Valley - Contra Costa County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 566. LOT subdivision subject: Contra Costa County. This record contains unverified old data from c... More

Washoe Indians--Valley of Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 602. LOT subdivision subject: Indians. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Placer Mining in the Boulder range, Columbia, Tuolumne County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 989. LOT subdivision subject: Placer Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Residence of R.B. Woodward, San Francisco--interior of Conservatory

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 422. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Private Residences. This record contains unverified ol... More

Rue du Caire / Bonfils. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Busy commercial street in Cairo. No. 1117. 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 ... More

[Corpse of Tomás Mejía, full-length, in a chair]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 19, lower right. On recto: A. Peraire.

Médinet-Abou. Salle hypostyle du grand Temple, (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Stubs of columns in remains of a temple at Medinet Habu Site, Egypt. No. 164.

Mausolée à El-Kefr - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Slabs of rock in front of mausoleum at al-Kafr, Syria. No. 1345.

Damas. Salon de la maison Stambouli / Bonfils.

Parlor in the house of Stambouli in Damascus, Syria. No. 800.

Rue du Caire (Egypte) / Bonfils.

Narrow street in Cairo, showing meshrebeeyehs (lattices over windows). No. 77.

Prière du désert, halte dans le désert et chameliers en prière / Bonfi...

Camels rest as men stop for prayer in the Egyptian desert.

Karnak. Bas-relief dans la 2e courà droite du temple de Ramesses III /...

Bas-relief on section of the Temple of Ramses III. No. 217.

Le Caire. Mosque Mohammad Ali fontaine des ablution / Bonfils.

Ablution fountain in courtyard of the Muḥammad ʻAlī Mosque, Cairo, Egypt. No. 42.

Nubie, Temple d'Abou Simbel dédié à Athor (Égypte) / Bonfils.

View of facade of the small temple at Abū Sunbul, Egypt, showing sculptures of Hathor and Ramses II. No. 201.

Eglise du Pater, intérieur du couloir Church of the Pater: interior of...

No. 875. On verso: Mount of Olives, Church of the Paternoster.

Great Mormon Tabernacle - Salt Lake City

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Cathedral at La Paz, Bolivia

Photograph shows people standing in the plaza in front of the cathedral at La Paz, Bolivia. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 1.

Lima. Church of San Pedro - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows the facade of the Church of San Pedro. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Mechet Namazga. Vid mecheti s sievero-zapad ...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 133.

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 58.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Mavzolei Emira Timura Kuragana (Guremir [sic...

Photograph shows architectural detail on the Gur Emir mausoleum. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 119.

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

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

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.

Extinct volcano, Mono Lake, Cal. / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

Photograph showing a volcano. Plate 103 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?].

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medrese Shir Dar. Vnutrennii dvor (zap. stor...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 92.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Dvorets bukharskikh emirov "Kok Tash". Tron ...

Antiquities of Samarkand. Creator: Bogaevskīĭ, N. V., photographer The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medresse [sic] Ulug Bek. Glavnyi fasad (vost...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 109.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medresse [sic] Ulug Bek. Glavnyi fasad (vost...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 109.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medrese Shir Dar. Vnutrennii dvor (vos: stor...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 96.

Samarkandskie [sic] drevnosti. Medrese Shir Dar vnutrenyii [sic] dvor....

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 93.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medresse [sic] Ulug Bek. Vnutren. dvor. (sie...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 112.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medrese Bibi-Khanym sobornaia mechet'. Nadpi...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 79.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medrese Bibi-Khanym sobornaia mechet'. Nadpi...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 79.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Mavzolei Emira Timura Kuragana (Guremir [sic...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 119.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medrese Shir Dar. Vnutrennii dvor (vos: stor...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 96.

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Medresse [sic] Tillia-Kari. Glavnyi fasad. (...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 101.

Lima. Chapel in the Cemetery - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows cemetery chapel as seen through entrance gate. Photographs by Courret Hermanos Fotogs., Lima, Peru. In album: Recuerdos del Peru, vol. 2.

Burning Rock cut - Green River Valley (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows men standing next to the railroad cut through Burning Rock in the Green River Valley for the Central Pacific Railroad. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of ... More

Samarkandskiia drevnosti. Ishrat khane. Razvaliny lietniago dvortsa Ta...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 136.

Georgievskie kavalery imieiushchie znaki otlichiia voennago ordena. Za...

Illus. in: Turkestanskīi al'bom, chast' istoricheskaia, 1871-1872, part 4, pl. 68.

Il Duomo, Firenze - Public domain scan of print

Stamped on mount: Giacomo Brogi, Fotografo, 15, Lung'Arno Delle Grazie - 79, Corse Del Tintori, Firenze ; [No.] 3020. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 23 (bottom right). Color laser copy ref... More

Mt. Starr King and South Dome, from Buena Vista Peak

3523 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1185. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

Sioux Falls, Dacota / by C.L. Hamilton, Sioux City, Iowa.

Photograph shows Sioux Falls, South Dakota. No. 1. 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

Vernal Fall, (350 feet high) from above, after snow storm in July

3548 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1210. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front, holding a cane...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 46, upper right. Handwritten at top of album page: Opera singers. On verso: Madrid, A. Alonso Martinez y... More

North & South Domes, (3725 & 6000 ft. above valley) from near Hutching...

4446 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1229. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

North Dome, Washington Column, and Mt. Watkins, from Glacier Cascade

4444 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1227. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

Cacti of various kinds growing out of rocks

Titles transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. No. 206 (two views).

Baalbec. Temple of Jupiter / Bonfils.

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 19A, pl. 37. "No. 170" written in image.

Yuma musician, Arizona / / Taber Photo., San Francisco

Photograph shows a portrait of a Yuma man in body paint, seated, facing front, playing a flute. At his feet are three playing cards face up. No. B 181. Exhibited: American Treasures, Library of Congress, Wash... More

Damascus. South side of Great Mosque; in the court / Bonfils.

"No. 215" written in image. In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 36B, pl. 72.

The Yo-Semite Valley, (4060 feet above sea) from Mariposa Trail

3525 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1187. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

Mt. Starr King, (5600 feet above valley) from Cap of Liberty

3535 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1197. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

Three views in the Sierra Blanca Mountains, Camp Apache--Coyotero Rese...

Two views of the Coyotero Reservation. Titles transcribed from mount. Illus. in album: Series of photographic views and portraits of Arizona and Arizona Indian tribes / Charles Gentile. Nos. 42/45 and 43/45.

Antonio Beato - [Ruins of a building, Egypt] / AB [monogram]

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

Lamon's cabin - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

4462 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1245. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

Nevada Fall, (700 feet high) and Cap of Liberty, from the New Trail

3543 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1205. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley.

Pleasant morning -- Rouseville, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope...

Stereograph showing a group of men standing and sitting outside a small building on which are signs for the "Wallace Oil Company," the "Allegheny & Pittsburgh Oil Co.," the "Oil Basin Petroleum Co.," the "Bucha... More

[Unidentified man] / W. S. Warren, No. 41 Winter Street, Boston.

W. S. Warren worked as a photographer at 41 Winter from 1870-1874. (Source: A directory of Massachusetts photographers, 1839-1900 / research by Chris Steele & Ronald Polito ; edited by Ronald Polito, c1993, p. 133)

Fortifications on Little Round Top Tipton, Gettysburg, Pa

No. 383. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Julia Margaret Cameron - [Portrait of Charles Darwin]

Signed on mount: From life, registered photograph copyright Julia Margaret Cameron, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1969:031).

Sra. de Sancha - Public domain portrait photograph

Woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 30, upper right. On verso: Andres Martinez y C[Supers... More

[Unidentified woman] / Photographs of Art, Ernsberger & Ray, 83 Genese...

Father of the forest, Calaveras Grove, Cal. / Clark, Lake & Co., publi...

Stereograph shows fallen giant sequoia tree. On verso: A six mule team and covered wagons drive in two hundred feet - and drive out a knot hole. Charles M. and James H. Clark of 408 North Fourth Street, Rockfo... More

[Thatched roof hut by a stream in a tropical forest]

Round Tower, from summit of Nevada Fall trail

Public domain photograph of Yosemite National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tutocanula, or El Capitan, 3600 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County...

No. 1118. Part of series: Watkins' Pacific Coast. 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

Mohave Indians; Panambona and Mitiwara. - stereocsopic card

Original negative number: 144. 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

Chinamen sluicing., William Henry Jackson photograph

Original negative number: 402. Part of series: Views in Utah, Idaho, and Montana, 1871.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone - stereocsopic card

Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crystal Falls, Cascade Creek, 84 Feet

No. 451. Part of series: Scenery of the Yellowstone, 1871. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtur... More

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