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Barrett Co., Alexandria, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public ...

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Houses on Cameron St., Alexandria. Rowhouses on Cameron St

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Magnetic fan made for ele...

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Gas plant. Alexandria City gas plant

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St. Rita's Church on Russell Rd., Alexandria. Interior of St. Rita's C...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. View of Potomac Electric ...

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St. Rita's Church on Russell Rd., Alexandria. Exterior of St. Rita's C...

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Virginia ship launching of Clemence C. Morse (delivered), 11020

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Launched at Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia (Wash. Post 1/11/1920). Gift; Herbert... More

Old school in Alexandria. Exterior of school in Alexandria

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. No. 1 unit worn parts V

Subject card annotation: made for Mr. Moser of G.E. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Wash... More

Barrett Co., Alexandria, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public ...

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Interior, Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Members of the Virginia League of Women Voters meeting in Alex. Virgin...

A group of women standing in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General inf... More

Richmond Blues, Washington birthday. Alexandria, Virginia

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City Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public d...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

[Construction of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, Alex...

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Fairfax-Moore-Montague House, 207 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, Inc. Mrs. Weller house ...

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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...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Home of Mrs. Hugh McGuire, Alexandria, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11841-30. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase;... More

Leadbeater House, 414 North Washington Street, Alexandria, Independent...

Survey number: HABS VA-457 Building/structure dates: 18t1 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Egypt. Alexandria. Hotel Cecil on the sea front

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Egypt. Alexandria. A public square

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Construction workers from Monroe, Louisiana. Sitting on car in front o...

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

Pigs rooting around construction workers' tent while men are on job at...

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

East side cafe with rooms for rent, "Soldiers Welcome," on highway to ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc... More

Close-up of house in construction. Same as no. 7 development. Alexandr...

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Construction workers from Monroe, Louisiana, washing in front of their...

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Home of head of the C.I.O. and Mrs. John L Lewis in historic Alexandri...

A black and white photo of a large house, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Genera... More

John H. Poole, Jr. cooking while sitting on side of car. He is a carpe...

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

Construction workers' shack on government property off new highway to ...

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

Wife of defense worker hanging out wash in trailer camp on Mount Verno...

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

Sign in front of trailer camp on U.S. 1 outside of Alexandria, Virgini...

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Wartime food demonstration. Using such substitutes as corn syrup and v...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Griffith Consumers Co. Exterior of Demaine's Funeral Home, Alexandria,...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Damaged shaft II

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[ Ragheb Moftah in Abu-Kir, Alexandria, ca. 1970s]

Photograph courtesy of Laurence Moftah. (Copyright Notice)

Courtroom. 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

Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Corresponden...

A speech by James M. Townsend, an African American and a recorder in the U.S. General Land Office, reported here by Magnus L. Robinson, editor of the Weekly Leader in Alexandria, Virginia, on the 28th anniversa... More

"Carrying-in" boy in Alexandria Glass Factory, Alexandria, Virginia Wo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 2260. Pencilled annotation on caption card by Prints and Photographs Division staff person: "Rob Kidd?"... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota

Jan 1922. 9 Sheet(s). Minnesota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Ramsey Homes, East side of the 600 block of North Patrick Street, Alex...

Significance: The Ramsey Homes were designed by Alexandria architect and architectural historian Delos H. Smith, FAIA, of Smith, Werner, and Billings Architects in the Modernist style in 1941 and completed by t... More

Rendezvous of distribution. Birds eye view of camp convalescent near A...

Print shows two bird's-eye views of Union military facilities established during the Civil War in Alexandria, Virginia. Numbered key at top and lettered key at bottom identify the locations of camp and hospital... More

Mansion House Hospital, Mansion House Hotel before and after the Civil...

Notation on verso: "The Mansion House Hospital just across from where Carrie and I boarded." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Collection of Civil War Nursing, July ... More

Lee Street Area Survey, 403 South Lee Street (House), Alexandria, Inde...

Survey number: HABS VA-620-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Ramsey Homes, East side of the 600 block of North Patrick Street, Alex...

Significance: The Ramsey Homes were designed by Alexandria architect and architectural historian Delos H. Smith, FAIA, of Smith, Werner, and Billings Architects in the Modernist style in 1941 and completed by t... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Independent Cities, Virgin...

Jul 1891. 15 Sheet(s). Virginia fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Freedom honored! ; Hon. Hugh McCollough on emancipation ; Corresponden...

A speech by James M. Townsend, an African American and a recorder in the U.S. General Land Office, reported here by Magnus L. Robinson, editor of the Weekly Leader in Alexandria, Virginia, on the 28th anniversa... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota

Nov 1892. 4 Sheet(s). Minnesota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota

Oct 1914. 9 Sheet(s). Minnesota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota

Dec 1899. 5 Sheet(s). Minnesota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota

Jan 1922. 9 Sheet(s). Minnesota fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Independent Cities, Virgin...

Jul 1891. 15 Sheet(s). Virginia fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Independent Cities, Virgin...

Aug 1896. 16 Sheet(s). Virginia fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

Meşhûr Iskenderiye kütüphânesine dâir risâle

Master Microform held by: DLC Inscriptions on front and back covers: [tughra] el-Müstenid bi-tevfikât ir-Rabbâniye, Melik üd-Devlet-il-aliyet-il-Osmaniye, es-Sultan ibn us-Sultan is-Sultan el-Gazi Abdülham... More

To be sold, on the 30th inst. if fair, if not, the next fair day. All ...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 180, Folder 5.

Alexandria Alms House, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-103 Survey number: HABS VA-134 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

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Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Battery Rodgers, about 1/2 mile south of Alexandria, overlooking the P...

Photograph shows an interior view of Battery Rodgers with a soldier standing on the parapet and two sentries at the entrances to the bombproof construction below. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:02... More

Bill No. 5. Substitute offered by Mr. Rives of Albermarle, for the bil...

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 188, Folder 17.

The Era, [newspaper]. May 17, 1864.

Transferred from the Robert Todd Lincoln Papers.

Alexandria Virginia Episcopalians to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, February...

Respouse of our U.S.A. boys, or, over the top, on to Berlin

lyric and music by Louisa L. Furnas Long. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Lyric sheet accompanying sheet music. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional... More

Alexandria, Virginia. 15-inch Rodman gun in Battery Rodgers

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Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

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Appich Buildings, 408-414 King Street, Alexandria, Independent City, V...

Significance: The four adjoining commercial structures of three stories each tower over the other predominantly Federal buildings lining King Street and testify to the affluence of the Southern town in the imme... More

Address of Gen. W. C. Wickham, delivered before the Grant and Colfax r...

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 187, Folder 43.

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

Slave pen, Alexandria, Virginia - A black and white photo of people in...

Photograph shows the north side of the slave quarters. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. No. B1110. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signa... 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

Mason's Ordinary (Coffee House), 128 North Royal Street, Alexandria, I...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-86, FN-87, FN-88 Survey number: HABS VA-100 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1792 Subsequent Work N... More

An Act to incorporate the Alexandria Canal Company.

LC copy lacks pages 10-11. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC scc 2019-01-23 update (1 card)

Alexandria Canal Company Annual Report.

Annual Report year ends: 1834/35 April; 1835 December. 1834/35 report has title: Annual report of the president and directors of the Alexandria Canal Company, to the stockholders, with accompanying documents. L... More

Alexandria Canal Company Annual Report.

Annual Report year ends: 1834/35 April; 1835 December. 1834/35 report has title: Annual report of the president and directors of the Alexandria Canal Company, to the stockholders, with accompanying documents. L... More

Lawrence Lewis House, 815 Franklin Street (moved to 11701 River Drive,...

Significance: This building is important both from the standpoint of history and architectural details. It has long been dated circa 1800, but research among records of the Assurance Society of Virginia in Ric... More

Israel Grafius House, 215 Main Street, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, ...

Significance: The house is an elegant and well-preserved example of the formal Federal-style dwelling type once common along Main Street. Prominently located in the center of historic Alexandria, its architectu... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Independent Cities, Virgin...

Nov 1907. 25 Sheet(s). Virginia fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop, 107 South Fairfax Street, Alexandr...

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana.

Mar 1902. 13 Sheet(s). Indiana fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More

Potts-Fitzhugh House, 607 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, Independent City...

Significance: This structure was built contemporaneously with its twin next door at 609 Oronoco, later known as Hallowell School. Together these chaste Georgian buildings confer distinction to the block, a qua... More

[Culpeper Court House, Virginia Freight train on Orange and Alexandria...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862.

Ford Motor Company Plant, 700 South Union Street, Alexandria, Independ...

Survey number: HAER VA-123 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928

Shipping a battery at Alexandria

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DCM 1495: Catherine Folkers Flute Head Joint

This head joint is meant to be a performance device to help preserve the original (DCM 507). It also attempts to approximate the original embouchure hole to an oval shape. Scanned with DCM 507; DCM 1495 on left... More

Map of the Potomac & Anacostia rivers between Washington D.C. & Alexan...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Copied from the tracining [sic] of original and sent to Com'd'r J.A. Dahlgren U.S.N., M.S. Smith, Cap't of Top'l Eng'rs Asst. C.S. in charge of Office, Coas... More