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A black and white photo of a pillar in a building. Dodge Brothers Moto...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A black and white photo of an old building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car C...

A black and white photo of a plan of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor ...

Painting "The Effects of Good and Bad Government" at the William Kenzo...

Artist: Caleb Ives Bach, 1985. Oil on canvas on masonite board. Building built in 1939-1940 by Architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood in Modernistic style. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Ser... More

Pantheon - Rome - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of building in Rome, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Painting "The Effects of Good and Bad Government" at the William Kenzo...

The country residence at Menlo Park of James C. Flood, Esq.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sketch of Brunswick. Sketch of the ground near Mr. Low's at Rariton La...

Scale ca. 1:12,000 and scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. No. 3 includes numbered location index to redoubts, troop positions, etc. Accompan... More

Canaletto - Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left. Constable, no. 14 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (Library of Congr... More

Vue générale de la ville de Moscou, prise de la montagne dite des moin...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Engelmann.

James McNeill Whistler - [La Mairie, Loches]

Kennedy, 382 (third state). Dedication to E. M. Underdown, Q. C., May 1st 1889. Signed with butterfly on image in ink and in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Con... More

[United States Capitol] / C. Bullfinch delt. ; Childs dir.

Print shows front or east view of the U.S. Capitol as it appeared in 1829, prior to the beginning of President Andrew Jackson's administration. Title from another impression. Trimmed above title and mounted on ... More

Temple of Edfou--ancient Appolinopolis Upper Egypt / David Roberts, R....

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 34.

Parthenon from w. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 14. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with... More

[Engraving from Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 194, Architecture Mac...

Illus. in: Diderot. Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, v. 1, pl. 194. Livourne, 1770-1775. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434B. This record contains unverified, old da... More

View of west end of building - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows exterior view of Crystal Palace building. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852, v. 2 frontis.

[History and Ethnology of Ancient Rome: 4 illus: fig. 1 Exhibition of ...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, (1851) v. 1, plate 13. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gladiators; It. Rome; Shelf.

Karnak (Thèbes) - cour du palais - vue prise du point I / FT [monogram...

Court of the main temple as seen from "point I" (see map, pl. 42 bis).

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Eastern elevatio...

Scaled. 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. Capitol ... More

State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama

The first Capitol building was built in 1847, and was destroyed by fire in 1849. The current State Capitol was built on the previous Capitol's foundations, and was completed in 1851. The building has grown over... More

Longitudinal section, north wing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Plan of basement story - Public domain architectural plan drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Government Hospital for the Insane (Saint Elizabeths Hospital), Washi...

Sheet no. 4. No. 301 in pencil on back. No. 2175. Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congre... More

View from Philœ - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Man standing amid temple ruins on the Island of Philae, Egypt. No. 1818. On verso: View from Philae.

View of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello, take...

"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Casimir Bohn, in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the District of Columbia." Gift; Alan M. Voorhees; LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 953.2 ... More

Round Hill Water Cure Northampton M / Drawn by E.W. Farmer Jan: 17th 1...

Landscape drawing shows the building and grounds which housed the Round Hill Water Cure in Northampton, Massachusetts, a medical institution based on hydropathic principles, opened by Dr. E. E. Denniston in 184... More

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial windows showing Daniel the ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). North wing. Principal story...

In album: Engineering projects directed by Montgomery Meigs, Washington, D.C. ca. 1852-ca. 1860, p. 147, no. 256. Inscription: Details of western stairway. North wing. Principal story. "Scale one inch to a fo... More

[Design drawing for architectural elements for Sanctuary for St. Paul'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a religious building interior, church, cathedral, hall, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[System of buttresses at the Reims cathedral]

Illus. in: Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century .... London : J.H. and J. Parker, 1859. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western te... More

Verona. Tombs of the Scaligers - A black and white photo of an old bui...

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 124, back. No. 242.

Pisa Baptistry - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Colosseum, Rome, Italy] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. R1. 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 e... More

Ruines Romaines de Thamugas. Le marché Romain / ND Phot.

Ruins of a Roman market in the city of Thamugadi (Timgad), Algeria. No. 584.

Ruines Romaines de Thamugas. L'Arc de Triomphe / ND Phot.

Ruins of a Roman arch at Thamugadi (Timgad), Algeria. No. 370.

Washington,D.C. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edinburgh. Castle - A black and white photo of a castle on a hill

Rear view of Edinburgh Castle as seen from the street. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 196. No. 372.

Miss Canda's monument Greenwood Cemetery. New York (state) 19th Centur...

No. 110, 111. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central Park, New York, New York. Gate design R.M. Hunt, architect

Landscape design drawing shows design for gate entrance to park, possible at 6th Avenue. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The A... More

Elmwood Cemetery - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Title devised by library staff. Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston, South Carolina: The orphan asylum, [facade]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3423. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panorama of the seat of war. Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Del...

Shows various Civil War fortifications (battle sites noted by crossed swords) and smoke over Manassas (Bull Run) vicinity. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Fredericksburg, Virginia. Another view - 19th century Virginia.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Fredericksburg, Virginia Nov. 1862.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 956 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 554 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

In commemoration of the glorious victories of the 3rd and 9th of April...

Print commemorates the end of the American Civil War by showing a central view of Union troops in front of Richmond, Virginia, framed by circles bearing map locations of 30 Civil War battles and occupations dur... More

Westminster Hall / By Valentine Blanchard.. England in 19th century.

Stereograph shows horse-drawn carriages in front of the Houses of Parliament, London, England. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 511.

Under the Dome of the Forest - William Cullen Bryant, Mammoth Grove, C...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 906. LOT subdivision subject: Calaveras Big Trees. This record contains unverified old data from c... More

Spearing trout on Donner Lake, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 858. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Telegraph Hill from First Street, Rincon Hill, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 441. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... More

Karnak. Colonnade de la salle hypostyle, prise du Sud (Égypte) / Bonfi...

Colonnade constructed in hypostyle from the south, Thebes. No. 143. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with... More

Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1867. Statuary and Paintings. Italian...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Art Industry; Sculpture; Exhibitions 1867; Shelf.

Karnak. Ruines de la salle hypostyle, vue de l'intérieur (Égypte) / Bo...

Interior view of the remains of a hypostyle hall, Thebes. No. 149.

Exposition Universelle De Paris, 1867. Grotto. Horticultural Gardens

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Expositions 1867; Shelf.

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

Photograph shows detail of decorative stonework and inscription(?) on a column. Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ arkheologicheskai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 2, pl. 77.

Bird's eye view of Syracuse, N.Y.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 638 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2

Interior portal Temple Jupiter / Bonfils.

Temple of Jupiter, Baalbec. In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 24A, pl. 47. "No. 181" written in image.

Baalbec. Great portal of Temple of Jupiter. Central stone displaced by...

In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 24B, pl. 48. "No. 182" written in image.

Clark (Architect of Capitol) - Public domain photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Burg Katz castle above the Rhine River at St. Goarshausen, Germany]

(Source: Place identified by D. Lakin-Thomas, 2005). Acquisition source unknown.

[Dominican Republic, 1871]: Entrance to Dameon Baez's residence, one h...

Road leading to fortress in background. Photo reproduction of watercolor. Watercolor by James E. Taylor. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Churches; Death Buria... More

Raree Show at Lin-sin-choo - Public domain architecture engraving

after a drawing by Thomas Allom, architect and landscape painter, 1804-1872 (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just bene... More

Notre Dame, N. Orleans - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows a church; in foreground two young boys. Written on back: Notre Dame on Jackson St., N.O.

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Line ...

Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front and end elevations]

Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Post Office, Dover, Del. - Architectural drawing, public domain i...

Photocopy of architectural rendering. Wm. A. Potter, Supervising Architect, Treasury Dept.

View from N.E. corner, 17th & H sts, Spring of 1875. Washington, D.C.

Watercolor drawing shows houses at the corner of 17th and H streets, presumably in the Northwest quadrant of Washington DC. Transfer; Map Division; 1936; (DLC/PP-1936:491748).

[Richard Baker Jr. house, Westcliff, Ledge Road, Newport, Rhode Island...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Handwritten on verso: "[Baker house, Newport ... 2/4/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (D... More

Birds eye view of St. Louis : showing the new line of the St. Louis, K...

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 439.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest.

Around Smithsburg & Cavetown, N. side anti chamber

No. 773. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view, Newport, New Hampshire, 1877.

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest. Imperfect: Stained, torn at upper left. PM3 Acquisitio... More

Panoramic map of Warner, N.H., 1887.

Facsim. of bird's-eye view. Original version: [Brockton, Mass. : Geo. E. Norris, 1887]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest. LC copy i... More

Panoramic map of York, Pennsylvania. 19th century, Library of Congress...

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 877 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Front...

Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Conservation control number 004069.JC.

Vicksburg National Cemetery, the entrance

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

[A ceiling inside of the Kariye Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frères, Pho...

The mosaic of Joachim presenting Mary to the priests. 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 e... More

[Exterior view of the Ministry of War] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Const...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 35. No. 3. In album: The Imperial Guard, War Ministry and barracks, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows man looking out of leaded glass windows. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (L... More

Ashland, Grafton Co., N.H. 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 470 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 110; 710/1

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation]

Public domain image of palace, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hinsdale, N.H. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 482 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 651/1

Panoramic map of 1887 Brewster, N.Y.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 539 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

[Pavilion of Venezuela, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic map of Livermore Falls, Maine.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 246 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Hopi (Moqui) Indians snake kiva Oraibi Pueblo

No. 533. Title transcribed from item. Public domain images of ruins, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louisville tornado. Cash residence - Madison Street. 9 inmates, not on...

Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Royal Exchange, London, England]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Constantin Uhde, German architect, half-length portrait, facing front...

Written in ink on verso: Professor Constantin Uhde; H. Judge. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits fo... More

[Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey]

Formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia. Print no. "6400." Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Turkey in 2017. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/p... More

Hurlburt i.e. Hurlbut Gate, Water Works Park, Detroit

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 07360. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Castle, the chapel, Goodrich, England] view, photochrome print postca...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11002". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Abtei Heisterbach ruins, the Rhine, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Title on piece: Ruine Abtei Heisterbach. Siebengebirge. Print no. "9633". Forms part of: ... More

[The round temple (Temple of Venus), Baalbek, Holy Land, (i.e., Ba'lab...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "15105". Forms part of: Views of the Holy Land in the Photochrom print collection.

[Le Chateau d'eau and plaza, with Palace of Electricity, Exposition Un...

Print no. "17318". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in France in the Photochrom print collection.

[Triumphal arch, Orange, Provence, France] view, photochrome print pos...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9489". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

[Temple of Jupiter, interior, Baalbek, Holy Land, (i.e., Ba'labakk, Le...

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of antique or medieval ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Theater façade. Elevation rendering]

Anonymous French artist, per donor's notes. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2000:029, no. 19. Conservation control number 8.11.797.12.

[Albert Memorial Clock Tower, Belfast, Ireland]

No. 40183. Public domain photograph of Ireland, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Middleville, N.Y., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 590 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710

Barnard Castle. Eggleston Abbey view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Great Britain and Ireland. Banbury. Eggleston Abbey." Print no. "11420." Purchase; Detroit Publ... More

Lisboa. Palacio Real. Ajuda view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Portugal. Lisbon. Royal Palace." Print no. "15409. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Publishing Company; ... More

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