![[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Phila.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODcvMDEvMDEvbmV3c3BhcGVyLWFydGljbGVzLWFuZC1ub3RpY2VzLXByaW50ZWQtaW4tMTc4Ny1kdXJpbmctdGhlLWNvbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsLWNvbnZlbnRpb24tMi02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention in Phila.]")
[Newspaper articles and notices printed in 1787 during the Constitutio...
"A correspondent observes..." Concerns about the success of the convention. Illus. in: Pennsylvania Packet. Ref. copy may be in E302.5.U6 (P&P Ref.). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Capt... More
![[Ironclad USS Essex at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvaXJvbmNsYWQtdXNzLWVzc2V4LWF0LWJhdG9uLXJvdWdlLWxvdWlzaWFuYS1lYTdjMzItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Ironclad USS Essex at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]")
[Ironclad USS Essex at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]
Probably photographed by McPherson & Oliver. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: The Histor... More
Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compile...
Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the pr... More
![[Alexander Hamilton addressing three judges with others looking on in courtroom]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDMvYWxleGFuZGVyLWhhbWlsdG9uLWFkZHJlc3NpbmctdGhyZWUtanVkZ2VzLXdpdGgtb3RoZXJzLWxvb2tpbmctb24taW4tY291cnRyb29tLWNhOGViMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Alexander Hamilton addressing three judges with others looking on in courtroom]")
[Alexander Hamilton addressing three judges with others looking on in ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a jury, political committee, politics, and government, no copyright restrictions.
Michigan, Quinnesec Falls. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
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Pike's Peak from the Garden of the Gods
Detroit Publishing Co. no. "0017". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. General information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pgzhtml/pgzarr.html
Rocky Mountain "Canaries", Vintage Postcard by Detroit Publishing Co.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51019". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Colorado. The round up, "grub pile"
Title on inventory list: The round up, grub pile. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51057". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://h... More
Mackinac Island from Round Island, Michigan
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Niagara Falls from Steel Arch Bridge
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A live oak in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Live oak in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-5797) lists title as: Magnolia Cemetery, live oaks, Charleston, S... More
The Mayflower in Plymouth harbor, engraving, Library of Congress
Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Phelps Hall and gateway, Yale College
Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Phelps Hall & Gateway, Yale. Similar image in LOT 9071 and caption for (LC-D4-90102) lists title as: [Yale College, Phelps Hall and gateway].... More
Along the shore at Harbor Beach, Michigan
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![[Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in canoe, with two other men, 1673]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvamFjcXVlcy1tYXJxdWV0dGUtYW5kLWxvdWlzLWpvbGlldC1pbi1jYW5vZS13aXRoLXR3by1vdGhlci1tZW4tMTY3My0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in canoe, with two other men, 1673]")
[Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet in canoe, with two other men, 1673...
Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTE3LzAxLzAxL3RyLXJlY2VpdmluZy1iZWxnaWFuLWVudm95cy1hdC1zYWdhbW9yZS1oaWxsLTE5MTctMjAwLmdpZg%3D%3D/40/40/webp "TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917] /")
TR receiving Belgian envoys at Sagamore Hill [1917] /
TR entertains members of the Belgian Mission at Sagamore Hill, Aug. 22, 1917. The mission is headed by Baron Ludovic Moncheur, former Ambassador to the United States and includes General Mathieu Leclercq, Comma... More
Statue of Vice President of Confederacy unveiled in Washington. Scene ...
A black and white photo of a man giving a speech. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Historical marker with trash cans
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alexander Hamilton Bridge, Spanning Harlem River between Bronx & Manha...
Survey number: HAER NY-302 Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Houston artists in front of Project Row House, a public-art project in...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Historic courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, We...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More
Full view of oil painting "New Amsterdam" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. C...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
Historic buildings, 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More
Historic buildings in Stockton, Alabama
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic Alabama Power Company sign, Attalla, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Longhorn cattle on the George Ranch Historical Park, a 20,000-acre wor...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch is a living-history partnership of the Fort Bend County Museum Association and The George Foundation that preserves and int... More
The historic S.T. Schaefer Building, housing offices of the Schulenbur...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Sigmund T. Schaefer built the brick building with fanciful, pinnacled rooflines in 1896 to house his hardware and buiding-supply stor... More
The sixth-floor corner window of the Texas School Book Depository in D...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sign is displayed in sixth-floor storeroom of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Oswald was perched above D... More
Historic mural depicting the Harper Lee novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Petroglyphs at Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, high above Sa...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The walls of a single small cave carved from towering sandstone boulders contain some of the finest remaining rock art created by Chumash Native Americans... More
"Professor Thaddeus Schmidlap" (historical intrepreter Ross Nelson), t...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Pike's Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mississippi cotton gin at Dahomey. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
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Genl. Andrew Jackson, 1828. Protector & defender of beauty & booty, Or...
Print shows a campaign portrait of Andrew Jackson issued during the presidential election of 1828. An oval bust portrait of Jackson is surrounded by the words "Protector & Defender of Beauty & Booty. Orleans," ... More
The Old State House, Boston. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. C... More
![[Alexander Hamilton, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, left hand on hip, right arm extended outward, books and papers beside him]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTAvYWxleGFuZGVyLWhhbWlsdG9uLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LWxlZnQtaGFuZC1vbi1oaXAtYWQ5OWFjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Alexander Hamilton, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, left hand on hip, right arm extended outward, books and papers beside him]")
[Alexander Hamilton, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, left...
Reproduction of painting by John Trumbull. Copyright by the Mentor Association, Inc.
U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Built by James B. Eads for use on western rivers, Cairo was commissioned in January 1862 and was one of seven City Class ironclad gunboats, all of a uniform desig... More
Mulberry Street, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
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![[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the bow (i.e. stern)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtcml2ZXItdmEtZGVjay1hbmQtdHVycmV0LW9mLXVzcy1tb25pdG9yLXNlZW4tZnJvbS10aGUtYm93LWllLXN0ZXJuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/39/webp "[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the bow (i.e. stern)]")
[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
The death of General Wolfe / painted by B. West, historical painter to...
Print shows Gen. James Wolfe, lying mortally wounded on field, surrounded by soldiers and a Native, during the siege of Quebec in 1759. At head of title: To the King's most excellent Majesty. This plate.... Ca... More
The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More
Deck of one of Porter's mortar schooners
Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Provo Falls, Utah view, photochrome print postcard.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51289". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Acoma, New Mexico view, photochrome print postcard.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51180". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Minnesota, Mississippi River at Winona. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patient toil, Moki pueblos, Arizona view, photochrome print postcard.
Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51208". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
![Old Block House [Fort Mackinac] and harbor, Mackinac Island, Michigan](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvb2xkLWJsb2NrLWhvdXNlLWZvcnQtbWFja2luYWMtYW5kLWhhcmJvci1tYWNraW5hYy1pc2xhbmQtbWljaGlnYW4tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "Old Block House [Fort Mackinac] and harbor, Mackinac Island, Michigan")
Old Block House [Fort Mackinac] and harbor, Mackinac Island, Michigan
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Minute Man, Concord. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of statue, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bronx River in Bronx Park, New York
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a river bank, lake, pond, reflection, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Biloxi light, Biloxi, Miss. view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list:The Biloxi light. Similar image (LC-D4-13538). Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53792". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More informatio... More
Vanderbilt Hall, Yale College view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Vanderbilt Hall, Yale. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13318) lists title as: Vanderbilt Hall, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. Detroit Publis... More
The Law School, Harvard University. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
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The Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights, New York
Copyright 1903 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: The Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-16691) lists title as: [Morris-] Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights, N... More
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. view, photochrome print postcard.
Copyright 1904 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. Similar image (LC-D4-16946). Detroit Publishing Co. no. "54102". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More... More
![[Interior of Forestry Bldg. at the Lewis and Clark Centennial, Portland, Ore., 1905. Displays; pillars of huge trees, stuffed animals]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvaW50ZXJpb3Itb2YtZm9yZXN0cnktYmxkZy1hdC10aGUtbGV3aXMtYW5kLWNsYXJrLWNlbnRlbm5pYWwtcG9ydGxhbmQtb3JlLTE5MDUtMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Interior of Forestry Bldg. at the Lewis and Clark Centennial, Portland, Ore., 1905. Displays; pillars of huge trees, stuffed animals]")
[Interior of Forestry Bldg. at the Lewis and Clark Centennial, Portlan...
This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Forests...; Expositions 1905; Shelf. Unprocessed in PR 03 - Expositions (B size)
The monitors and the Merrimac / K.
Illustration shows a battered ironclad labeled "High Cost of Living" being bombarded by several ironclads labeled "Berger, Shanks [sic], Sulzer, George, Jr., [and] Taft", their gunblasts labeled, respectively, ... More
Custis-Lee Mansion. Girl's bedroom in Custis-Lee Mansion
Public domain photograph of bedroom or living room, interior decor, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Benjamin Franklin High School, New York, New York. High school boys gr...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sagamore Hill, residence of Theodore Roosevelt. Library, detail I
Public domain photograph of library, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Quiet street in National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Garden at Filoli, a country estate south of San Francisco, owned by th...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Christ Church Episcopal at Historic Rugby, a settlement of idealistic ...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Aerial view of the historic Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Architect Mies van der Rohe's iconic Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The Bullock, Deadwood, South Dakota's oldest hotel
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Old Fairmont Hotel, Deadwood, South Dakota
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Fireplace at the restored Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Built in 1922, it was the center of an African-American cultural renaissance that predated Harlem. Washington natives Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey were joined by nationally acclaimed artists such as Ella Fit... More
Old Valley Motel sign on historic Freemont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Farnsworth House, designed and constructed by modernist architect Ludw...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The one-room steel and glass house was commissioned by ... More
Oil painting "Curacao" at Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New Yo...
Artist: Elmer E. Garnsey, 1912. Dimensions: 4.5' x 9'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Cred... More
![[Knife and Sheath: Horn-handled dagger used by John Wilkes Booth to stab Major Henry Rathbone after shooting Abraham Lincoln.] Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDEvMDEva25pZmUtYW5kLXNoZWF0aC1ob3JuLWhhbmRsZWQtZGFnZ2VyLXVzZWQtYnktam9obi13aWxrZXMtYm9vdGgtdG8tc3RhYi1tYWpvci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/65/webp "[Knife and Sheath: Horn-handled dagger used by John Wilkes Booth to stab Major Henry Rathbone after shooting Abraham Lincoln.] Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.")
[Knife and Sheath: Horn-handled dagger used by John Wilkes Booth to st...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a steel arm, weapon, sword, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"Bishop's Palace," also known as Gresham's Castle, an ornate Victorian...
Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The American Institute of Architects listed the home as one of the 100 most significant buildings in the United States.... More
Historic Shell gas station, Raleigh, North Carolina
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Compass used by John Wilkes Booth when he tried to escape Washington, ...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Sun Records Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Records Studio where Elivs Presley got his break into the music business. Sun Studio was opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally ... More
Historic buildings in Monroeville, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic downtown Florence, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Old gas station in rural Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
Historic house with tin roof in Eutaw, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Lee Harvey Os...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The sign is displayed in sixth-floor storeroom of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas, where Oswald was perched above D... More
The San Jacinto Monument, a 567-foot-high column located near the Hous...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The monument is topped with a 220-ton star that commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle of the Texas ... More
John Wilkes Booth diary, artifact in the museum collection, National P...
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More
Rough wooden crosses and peeling hand-lettered signs bearing Bible scr...
Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic downtown Tuscumbia, Alabama
Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More
The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, a monument to U.S. President Joh...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by architect Philip Johnson and erected in 1970, the concrete memorial to President Kennedy dominates a square in downtown Da... More
Dusk view, taken from the adjacent Gulf of Mexico shore, of the Galves...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the con...
Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only pub... More
Historical monument of our country / painted by I.M. Enzing-Miller ; e...
Print showing Columbus arriving in the new world, the Pilgrims, battle scenes, and a line of presidents beginning with George Washington. E2557 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to Act of Congress in th... More
Washington, appointed Commander in Chief
Print shows George Washington standing on a platform surrounded by members of the Continental Congress. In the background, women wave their handkerchiefs. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gal... More
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. Photochrom print, 1880-...
Historic Sites Public domain photograph of historical landmark building in Boston, New England architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War of 1812 Willow Oak, Near parking lot, Oxon Hill, Prince George's C...
Significance: The War of 1812 Willow Oak (Quercus phellos) is significant because of its size and location. As it was likely planted in at least the early nineteenth century, the tree has stood as a living witn... More
Ditch and "Cheavaux de frise" in front of the Union Fort Sedgwick, cal...
Stereograph showing water-filled ditch and the chevaux-de-frise in front of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Caption continues: This view was taken th... More
![[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtcml2ZXItdmEtZGVjay1hbmQtdHVycmV0LW9mLXVzcy1tb25pdG9yLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/16/webp "[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]")
[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]
Photo shows the light damage caused to the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor during her fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862 at the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first battle of two ir... More
Alexander Hamilton, August 13, 1791, Jefferson's Notes on Publicola Af...
Jefferson's Notes on Publicola Affair Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Rembrandt Peale - Washington before Yorktown
Reproduction shows George Washington, full-length portrait, in full dress uniform on horseback preparing his troops for the final battle of the Revolutionary War in Yorktown, Virginia. The figure to Washington'... More
The great American steeple chase for 1844
An imaginative and elaborate parody on the upcoming 1844 presidential campaign. The artist favors Whig nominee-apparent Henry Clay and is highly critical of incumbent John Tyler. The "chase" for the presidency ... More
U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the wate...
No. 3140. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. hospital boat Red Rover - Mississippi River Fleet
No. 3125. Caption continues: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.