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[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas]. nautical ch...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a c... More

George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, April 1, 1792

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to George Hammond, July 9, 1792

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

James Blake, July 12, 1793, Passport to Spain

Passport to Spain Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, March 25, 1793

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Congress, 1798, Draft, Alien Sedition Acts

Draft, Alien Sedition Acts Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to St. George Tucker, September 11, 1801

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Mar...

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Edward Preble to Robert Smith, May 18, 1805

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, January 6, 1805

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Chandler Price, February 28, 1807

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Congress, February 10, 1807

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Thomas Jefferson to Congress, December 30, 1808

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Joseph Bringhurst to Thomas Jefferson, July 20, 1808

Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

There is an hour of peaceful rest

composer handwritten on title pg - "Heinrich, A. P.?" From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional p... More

St. George Tucker to James Madison, November 22, 1826.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

James Madison to Unknown. Note-Portfolio Edition, Memoir of Jefferson....

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

James Madison to Caleb Cushing, February 9, 1836.

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

Dance Davis' quick step - Public domain musical sheets

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The national airs of Sweden - Public domain American sheet music

cover page only From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyri... More

United States Congress, September 1, 1781, Printed Table of Currency S...

Printed Table of Currency Scale, Paper Money to Silver Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Don't marry your mother-in-law!

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Murphy's little back room - Public domain American sheet music, 1876

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

There rose on the air - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

The Name above every name - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads

Detailed map of the continental United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, international and state boundaries, cities & towns, forts, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography] S... More

Flirting in the twilight; Schottische - American sheet music, 1870-188...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

East Pepperell, Massachusetts. 1886., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 287 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710/1

Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 1895.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 760 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Post Office, , List, Washington, D. C., to Orleans Territory

List, Washington, D. C., to Orleans Territory

Charlotte Perkins Gilman speaks on duties to humanity at Universalist ...

Photomechanical print of Charlotte Perkins Gilman; synopsis of speech on duties to self, God, and humanity

Old Heidelberg - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018852. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Elizabeth Smith Miller: bloomer costume

Pictures show Elizabeth Smith Miller in bloomer costume in 1852 and at 84 with praise for her kindness.

Alice Paul Talks, suffrage scrapbook

Recently returned to US from London, Alice Paul talks about her experience with British radical suffragettes, disrupting PM Asquith at Guild Hall meeting and being force feed in Holloway jail

[Harry Krause, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Nadja Caramel Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Mrs. John Winters Brannan speaks; photomechanical print

Eunice Dana Brannan, active in Women's Political Union and Woman Suffrage party, biographical sketch and photomechanical print

Six regiments of artillery on review, largest artillery review since 1...

Photographers' address: El Paso, Tex. Sections at right and left may be missing. Source unknown.

Shepherd's Crook. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Pedroli, Pete Used to catch sheep by the rear leg and to prod them, made of iron, ca. 1930 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife ... More

Captain Arent Brandt House, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-3223 Building/structure dates: 1715 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Demolished

Baca County, Colorado. April 14, 1935. Dust storm. Colorado

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Additional information on caption card: Do not reproduce without permission of J.H. Ward, Lamar, Co. Title and other information from file prin... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A couple of people standing in front of a house, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of an old fire hydrant, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington... More

Legionnaires at state fair, Donaldsonville, 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

Curio shop and ladies' restroom, Port Aransas, Texas

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

Poster on tree in church grounds, near Bardstown, Kentucky

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

Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina at about fi...

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

A black and white photo of a boy and a woman, possibly related to: At ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a woman walking down a sidewalk. America du...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army Navy Civilian," on a background map of the state of Alaska. Title transcribed fr... More

Production. B-24 bombers and C-87 transports. Installing fittings and ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Letter from Aaron Copland to William Strickland, June 11, 1943.

[Samuel Goldwyn stationery]

Pilots of the United States Army air transport command in discussion

Additional information on caption card: Copied from a Kodachrome transparency. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washi... More

[Portrait of Bob Haggart, Marion Hutton, and Gordon MacRae, New York, ...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Portrait of Irving Kolodin, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 189 (gottlieb assignment) 189 (assign... More

J.G. Sample, residence in Port Royal, Naples, Florida. Dining room II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American residential architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appalachian music. Frosty Morning [music transcription]. Note sheet.

Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Compass: 15 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Title change: This tune is transcribed after the continuation of "Forked Deer" on the page... More

Diagram of mountaintop removal - Public domain document scan

This graphic illustration of mountaintop removal appears on page 25 of The Stripmining Handbook: A Coalfield Citizens' Guide to Using the Law to Fight Back Against the Ravages of Strip Mining and Underground Mi... More

Pauline Cooper, R.N. (left), Judith Thomas, L.P.N. (center), and Cindy...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at St. Joseph's Hospital, 703 Main Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 14, 1994.

Musicians jamming at Frazier Gills' barbershop in Coal City

Throughout southern West Virginia one can find regular jam sessions, which occur in public spaces like the Sophia Fire Hall, the Coal City Barber Shop, and the Beckley Flea Market, as well as in private buildin... More

The Reason Why the Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Ex...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Summer longings - Public domain American sheet music

lyrics from the Home Journal From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound vo... More

U.S. Constitution: Acts of Congress Relating to Slavery

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Yorktown, Virginia. View of Court House

Caption from negative sleeve: Court House, Yorktown, VA. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2376A) and right (LC-B811-2376B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4164-F. Credit line: Civil war... More

The Ball-room guide With coloured plates

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. (additional physical form)

The "Little" sunflower - Public domain American sheet music, 1872

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Fairies' dream - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Little birds - Public domain sheet music. Piano, march.

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Johann Strauss - The Carnival in Rome galop

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Vienna waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Sunflower waltz - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Farm scene near Arion, Boyer Valley, Iowa

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left toright order is 05780, 05779. Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Originally part of a three-part panorama; left section not in collection. "120" and "119-... More

Article by Alexander Hume Ford, "Our American Colony at Jerusalem," fr...

Article printed in Appleton's Magazine, vol. VIII, no. 6 (Dec. 1906): 643-655. On the formation and functions of the American Colony in Jerusalem and the various controversies it faced, including those with the... More

Photograph, February 24, 1909 - Public domain dedication image

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Sicilian farmer in a cart. 1930s public domain photogrpaph.

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

Fare thee well - Public domain American sheet music

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The Ball-room guide With coloured plates

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. (additional physical form)

Card, September 30, 1907 - Public domain dedication image

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Farmer's daughter, The; or, The Little chickens in the garden

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Bolero, musical notation - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkan...

Jan 1930 - Apr 1948. 27 Sheet(s). Includes Fayette Junction. 504.

Come where my love lies dreaming

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Autumn leaves song; Waltz - Public domain American sheet music 1870-18...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

"The Great Pyramid of Egypt--The Mightiest Wonder on Earth" issue of O...

Printed issue (Nov. 1882) vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 161-168, with illustrations. By "The Editor." Published by Thomas Wilson, Chicago, Ill., and W. H. Guest, Pateroster Row, London, England. Illustrated with views of... More

Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More

The Aesthetic waltz - Public domain American sheet music 1870-1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Pamphlet, 1904, Alexander Graham Bell family papers

Vogel's waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1878

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Souvenir Volume, April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Notebook by Alexander Graham Bell, from December 29, 1891 to June 5, 1...

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Soirěs musicales - Public domain American sheet music, 1880

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Promissory Notes, Frederick Douglass papers

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Funeral march "Siegfried" from Gt̲terdm̃merung - American sheet music,...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Funeral march "Siegfried" from Gt̲terdm̃merung - American sheet music,...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Funeral march "Siegfried" from Gt̲terdm̃merung - American sheet music,...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Furnishings, Frederick Douglass papers

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

General Correspondence: Brewer, Griffith, 1940

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Maps, Frederick Douglass papers

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Wells, Ida B, Frederick Douglass papers

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More