Portrait photo of Dave, messenger, Alexandria, Virginia
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"Jewels" found at Alexandria, by the Federal Army; consisting of chain...
Picture shows shackles, leg irons and handcuffs. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 11; leg and arm slave shackles. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.231)
Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia (...
Photograph showing Russian sailors standing on the deck of their ship. No. 210. Inscribed on item: [Gen. Haupt & wife attended a reception given by the admiral].
Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.
Exterior, African American woman standing in foreground. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic History (no. 2300). LC-B811-2300 (half). This record contains ... More
Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)
No. B540. National Archives has original negative. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 287". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Battery Rodgers, (interior), vicinity, Alexandria, Virginia
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Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War
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Statue de Méhémet Ali à Alexandrie / Bonfils.
Statue of Méhémet Ali on horseback. No. 11. 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
Alexandrie. Ejiptiéne / Dumas Ph.
Egyptian woman, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing a veil. No. 2088. No. 586. On verso: Africa. Natives. Egypt, Alexandria.
Egyptian views; Alexandria (Iskanderiye). The harbor of Alexandria
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![Theological Seminary [i.e. Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary], Alexandria, Virginia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlb2xvZ2ljYWwtc2VtaW5hcnktaWUtcHJvdGVzdGFudC1lcGlzY29wYWwtdGhlb2xvZ2ljYWwtc2VtaW5hcnktYWxleGFuZHJpYS0xLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "Theological Seminary [i.e. Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary], Alexandria, Virginia")
Theological Seminary [i.e. Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary],...
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![Friendship fire engine, Alex., [Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvZnJpZW5kc2hpcC1maXJlLWVuZ2luZS1hbGV4LXZpcmdpbmlhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Friendship fire engine, Alex., [Virginia]")
Friendship fire engine, Alex., [Virginia]
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![Aerial views, Alexandria? etc. [pyramids]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXdzLWFsZXhhbmRyaWEtZXRjLXB5cmFtaWRzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Aerial views, Alexandria? etc. [pyramids]")
Aerial views, Alexandria? etc. [pyramids]
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Friendship Fire Dept., Alex., Virginia
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In the Alexandria glass factories, negroes work side by side with the ...
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![Carlyle House, [Alexandria, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTgvMDEvMDEvY2FybHlsZS1ob3VzZS1hbGV4YW5kcmlhLXZpcmdpbmlhLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Carlyle House, [Alexandria, Virginia]")
Carlyle House, [Alexandria, Virginia]
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ALEXANDRIA SHIP YARDS. VIEWS - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
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Virginia Ship launching of Annie E. Morse
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Houses on Cameron St., Alexandria. Rowhouses on Cameron St.
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Avenues and streets. Monument to the Confederate Dead of Alexandria
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Ramsay house in Alexandria. Exterior of Ramsay house
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Laying cornerstone of George Washington Memorial
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Ford Copy, Miss Elizabeth Ramey, Alexandria, Virginia
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National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Mrs. Weller house ...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Remetal damaged parts IV
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National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Mrs. Weller house ...
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Air views of Palestine. Flight down the delta of the Nile to Alexandri...
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110-112 North Pitt Street (Houses), Alexandria, Independent City, Virg...
Survey number: HABS VA-683 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
John Longden House, 111 South Royal Street, Alexandria, Independent Ci...
Significance: This much altered building was one of three buildings in this block owned by the prominent Alexandrian John Longden (see HABS report on 105 and 107 S. Royal Street, VA-685) and was separated from ... More
Henry Chatham House, 106-108 Pitt Street, Alexandria, Independent City...
Significance: Built by a man who held considerable real estate in Alexandria, the double house represents the Italianate influence in the town's architecture at mid-nineteenth century. Survey number: HABS VA-6... More
Colonel Michael Swope House, 210 Prince Street, Alexandria, Independen...
Survey number: HABS VA-292 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Lee Street Area Survey, 605 South Lee Street (House), Alexandria, Inde...
Survey number: HABS VA-620-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Sign on highway No. 165 near Fort Beauregard (beds and heat). New cons...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Cars of construction workers at Camp Claiborne, Alexandria, Louisiana....
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Signs opposite Camp Beauregard entrance on highway--Army uniforms, cor...
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New buildings for use of construction workers on Camp Clairborne job. ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Tent, car, and farm truck. Used for sleeping and general housing by co...
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Family in tent from Georgia with neighbor's child, eight or ten men, t...
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Construction worker from Monroe, Louisiana. Sitting on car in front of...
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Construction workers waiting on highway in Alexandria to catch rides t...
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D.C. Lovelady in front of tent. He drives a truck at Camp Livingston c...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Juggling torpedoes. Shifting torpedo air flasks in process of manufact...
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United States Army air force gunner Sergeant William Watts of Alexandr...
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A federal emergency housing project apartment, converted from a teneme...
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. C&P building at 301 King St....
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Aerial view of Alexandria...
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Church of St. Clement, 1701 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Virginia. Cros...
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. Mt. Vernon Ave. C&P building...
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Worn parts on turbine no....
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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Worn parts on turbine no....
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Royal Street Area Survey, 207 North Royal Street (House), Alexandria, ...
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Exterior. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, Louisiana
Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1933 by architect Edward Neild. Art Deco style. Cr... More
Christian Liljenquist poses at the grave of a soldier ("Nath'l Shoup, ...
Before the Liljenquist Family donated the ambrotype photo of Nathaniel Shoup to the Library of Congress, they took the photo to Shoup's grave site. Shoup died of typhoid fever in 1862 while serving in the 84th ... More
Carol M. Highsmith - Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia
Designed by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves, it opened on January 31, 2000. Named for Charles E. Beatley, Jr., former Mayor of Alexandria. Title, date, subject note, and k... More
Architectural details of U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Alexandria, ...
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Alexandria, Virginia Battery Rodgers at Hunting Creek and the Potomac;...
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More
General S. P. Heintzelman and group, convalescent camp, near Alexandri...
No. B1121. Hand written on verso: "National Archives NA-B5293". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Indepe...
Significance: The Lloyd House, of late Georgian style and formal in composition is recognized as one of Alexandria's great mansions. This building is noteworthy as the full development of the town house with c... More
Wise-Hooe-Lloyd House, 220 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Indepe...
Significance: The Lloyd House, of late Georgian style and formal in composition is recognized as one of Alexandria's great mansions. This building is noteworthy as the full development of the town house with c... More
Virginian Havre-Daingerfield House, 608 Cameron Street, Alexandria, In...
Significance: This house is a significant Federal town house of the late eighteenth century (1798) with an exceptionally well-documented early history, which relates the residence to persons of consequence, his... More
Virginian Havre-Daingerfield House, 608 Cameron Street, Alexandria, In...
Significance: This house is a significant Federal town house of the late eighteenth century (1798) with an exceptionally well-documented early history, which relates the residence to persons of consequence, his... More
Virginian Havre-Daingerfield House, 608 Cameron Street, Alexandria, In...
Significance: This house is a significant Federal town house of the late eighteenth century (1798) with an exceptionally well-documented early history, which relates the residence to persons of consequence, his... More
John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89, FN-345 Survey number: HABS VA-101 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Nationa... More
John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89, FN-345 Survey number: HABS VA-101 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Nationa... More
John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89, FN-345 Survey number: HABS VA-101 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Nationa... More
John Carlyle House, 123 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Independent ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-89, FN-345 Survey number: HABS VA-101 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1800 Subsequent Work Nationa... More
Lannon's Opera House, 500-508 King Street, Alexandria, Independent Cit...
Significance: This two-storied building housed a restaurant and game room on the first floor and a large theatrical area on the second and reflected a segment of the entertainment facilities offered by Alexandr... More
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O'Shee House, 1606 Fourth Street, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA
Survey number: HABS LA-1177 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jockey Club, 814 Franklin Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virgin...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-90, FN-91 Survey number: HABS VA-102 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Jockey Club, 814 Franklin Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virgin...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-90, FN-91 Survey number: HABS VA-102 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Jones Point Lighthouse, Jones Point, Potomac River, Alexandria, Indepe...
Significance: One of the last remaining examples of Potomac River Lighthouse architecture. Built in 1855 and used until 1926, the lighthouse was placed near number 1 boundary marker for the District of Columbia... More
Alexandria Market House & City Hall (Masonic Hall), 301 King Street, A...
Significance: From the earliest days in Alexandria's history to the present, the Market Square has been the established center of the city. In 1749, two half-acre lots were set aside for a Town Hall-Court Hous... More
Latham House, 1200 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Independent City, Vi...
Significance: While lacking in historical or architectural significance, Latham House is early to mid-19th century vernacular architecture in the original section and late 19th century vernacular architecture i... More
Latham House, 1200 North Quaker Lane, Alexandria, Independent City, Vi...
Significance: While lacking in historical or architectural significance, Latham House is early to mid-19th century vernacular architecture in the original section and late 19th century vernacular architecture i... More
![[Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYWxleGFuZHJpYS12YS1jb29rcy1pbi10aGUta2l0Y2hlbi1vZi1zb2xkaWVycy1yZXN0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest]")
[Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest]
Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
(Vessel.)- Whereas on account of doth make assurance and cause to be i...
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Union Mills Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad
Photograph shows two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right.
Korn & Wisemiller Building, 202 South Saint Asaph & 502 Prince Streets...
Significance: A late eighteenth century merchant's house built for business and residential needs, this four-square structure invites comparison with Alexandria's best. The "row-end" pediment and the Doric doo... More
Jefferson Street Area Survey, 222 Jefferson Street (House), Alexandria...
Survey number: HABS VA-1053 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
New Virginia Market, 1221-1223 King Street, Alexandria, Independent Ci...
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N111 Survey number: HABS VA-1333 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
New Virginia Market, 1221-1223 King Street, Alexandria, Independent Ci...
1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N111 Survey number: HABS VA-1333 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.
The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded,... More
Lord Fairfax House, 607 Cameron Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...
Survey number: HABS VA-211 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
Alexandria Bay south from 1000 Islands House
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Alexandria from Pioneer Mill, looking north-west (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows an aerial view of Alexandria, Virginia, from Pioneer Mill, which was six stories high.
Alexandria, Virginia from the Maryland side of the Potomac
These subjects identified by arrow indicators and following inscriptions: Ferry boat; Greens Hotel where the Union Flag was taken down; Marshall House Secession Flag flying; Mills; Steamship Pawnee. Gift, J.P. ... More
Alexandria Housing Authority, Cameron Virginialley Housing, Alexandria...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1073 Survey number: HABS VA-1371
Alexandria, Virginia. 15-inch Rodman gun in Battery Rodgers
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German Reformed Church, Main Street & Church Street, Alexandria, Hunti...
Significance: This church has been the focal point for religious and social activity for many residents of Alexandria from the middle of the 19th century to present, a prominence evidenced by its location on Ma... More
Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War
Photograph shows the entrance to a military hospital facility known as "Camp Misery". There are two types of ambulances and a family carriage in front of the building.
Benjamin Dulany House, 601 Duke Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...
Significance: The Benjamin Dulany House is one of Alexandria's finest homes thrice distinguished by its architecture, its historical associations, and the connoisseurship of the owners. Richard Pratt in A Trea... More
The Orange and Alexandria R.R. bridge (military)
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.97) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
James H. Devaughan House, 516 King Street, Alexandria, Independent Cit...
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October 30, 1786, Alexandria Town, Presbyterians, for permission to bu...
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![Maryland University lottery, for the benefit of the medical college of Baltimore Fourth class, New series. [Alexandria, 1825].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTQvbWFyeWxhbmQtdW5pdmVyc2l0eS1sb3R0ZXJ5LWZvci10aGUtYmVuZWZpdC1vZi10aGUtbWVkaWNhbC1jb2xsZWdlLW9mLWJhbHRpbW9yZS0xYTBiMjYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "Maryland University lottery, for the benefit of the medical college of Baltimore Fourth class, New series. [Alexandria, 1825].")
Maryland University lottery, for the benefit of the medical college of...
Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 185, Folder 27.
Vowell-Snowden-Black House, 619 South Lee Street, Alexandria, Independ...
Significance: The Vowell-Snowden-Black House, certainly one of the outstanding examples of the Federal "row" type buildings in Alexandria, has fortunately been spared the face of suffocation. By precept and ex... More
Bailey's Dam, Red River, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA
Significance: This 100-year-old dam is significant in that there has been no development in the area since the 1860s. Survey number: HAER LA-6 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction
Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...
Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More
Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...
Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More