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The Duke of Yorks march - early American

For piano. Staff notation. (language)

[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...

Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More

Luther auf der Wartburg nach dem original Wachsabguss in der Marienbib...

Print shows Martin Luther seated at a table in his room at the Wartburg castle, possibly translating the New Testament from the original Greek into German. [Plate] No. IX. Forms part of: Popular graphic art pr... More

Soloque. Emperor of Hayti, creating a grand duke

Published & for sale by J.L. Magee, no. 34 Mott St, NY. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

[Three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French pe...

Print shows a three panel cartoon representing the change in condition of French peasants, union of the Three Orders (clergy, aristocracy, and people), and miserable plight of peasants Possibly purchased by Ge... More

Louise Berliner, three-quarter length portrait, facing forward, wearin...

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best know... More

[Sir Francis Drake's House near Severn Bridge, Gatcombe, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11014". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Victoria, Queen of Gt. Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901

Full lgth., standing, facing left; and family. Copyrighted by Boussod Valadon & Co. Painting by John Philip. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Family groups; A/P/P I... More

Count B. Kuhn De Prorok & wife - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Public domain photograph of ship, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen of Spain, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. On negative: Clichıe, Verones. Corresponding print in LOT 11148 ... More

Baron Madarassy - Beck - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Elizabeth of Roumania, Queen of Greece

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A man in a suit smoking a cigarette. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Countess Westmoreland, three-quarters bust, cameo portrait

Claude McRay [sic] and Baroness Von Freytag-Loringhoven

Public domain historical photo, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Prince Leopold, in sailor suit - Public domain portrait photograph

An old photo of a young boy in a sailor's outfit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Duchess Tatania - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Franz Ferd. of Austria and Princess Sophie

Public domain image of aristocratic military leader, general, monarch, 18th-19th century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sir Youssouf Sadik Pasha - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

[Sir Walter Scott, head-and-shoulders portrait]

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen Alexandra standing - Public domain portrait print

Public domain scan of a female portrait, woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crown Prince of Sweden - Public domain portrait drawing

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

Dorothy Capwell - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a woman holding a bouquet of flowers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King & Queen - Norway - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Queen Maud, King Haakon and Crown Prince Olaf of Norway.

Baron Goto, of Japan! 10/1/19 - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Puck magazine cover - An embarrassment of riches / K.

Illustration shows Prince Henry overwhelmed by invitations to attend events around the country during his visit to the United States in 1902. Caption: Prince Henry This is all very pleasant; - but I'll be wil... More

Jacques Casanova de Seingalt a l'âge de 63 ans

Head-and-shoulders portrait, in oval, right profile. Illus. in: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seinhalt, the prince of adventurers. London : Chapman and Hall, limited, 1902, vol. 1, frontispiece. Ref. copy ... More

Sir Donald from Mt. Abbott, Selkirk Mountains

Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Sir Donald from Mt. Abbott, Selkirk Mtns. Captions for similar images (LC-D43-10257) lists titles as: Heart of the Selkirks, British Columbia... More

[Sir Thomas Lipton, full-length portrait, standing at rail of his yach...

Lord Rothschild, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Detail of this image was published in The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, p... More

[Theodore Roosevelt, three quarter-length portrait, seated left, facin...

Paul Nash, profile portrait, copyright: Harris & Ewing / Harris & Ewin...

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

Prince of Albania, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows Prince William of Wied, Prince of Albania (Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich) (1876-1945) who reigned briefly as sovereign of Albania from March 1914 to September 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 201... More

[Sir W.H. Beveridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Capt. Rostron and wife - Public domain ocean liner image

Photograph shows Sir Arthur Henry Rostrom (1869-1940) who was captain of the RMS Carpathia when it rescued the survivors of the RMS Titanic in 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Czar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, military conflict, conscription, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Princess Milena of Montenegro, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing le...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Montenegro; Shelf.

Princess Victoria Louise - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892-1980), daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Wedding of Archduke Karl Franz Josef & Princess Zita, Kaiser Franz Jos...

Photo shows Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916) at the wedding of his grandnephew Karl Franz Josef (later Charles I, Emperor of Austria) to Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Oct. 21, 1911. (Source: Flickr Commo... More

Queen of Rumania - Public domain portrait painting

Photograph shows Marie of Romania (1875-1938) who was married to Ferdinand of Romania and served as Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Carson addressing Ulster Army - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Photo shows Sir Edward H. Carson, leader of the Irish Unionist Party. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

[American Indian Chief Two Guns White Calf & Baron Ago Von Maltzen]

Photograph shows Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934) who was Chief of Sihasapa (Blackfeet) Indians with German diplomat Adolf Georg Otto "Ago" von Maltzan (1877-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Baron P. de Coubertin - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937), who was a French educator and founded the International Olympic Committee. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Helen Satterlee, Marie Meyler, Mrs. L.E. Witherspoon, Baroness O. Serd...

Photograph shows women holding bouquets of flowers standing in a park. At far right is Baroness Olga Sonia Serdobin. (Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negat... More

Sir George Frampton - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows British sculptor Sir George James Frampton (1860-1928), who was a leading member of the New Sculpture movement. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Sir H.B. Tree & Elsa MacKay - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), an English actor and theater manager with actress Elsie Mackay who was to perform in Tree's production of Henry VIII in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

British nurses on hospital barge

Photograph shows a Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) staff nurse, Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) sisters, and a sergeant of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on b... More

Miss Helen Scott Hay (center) and two assistants, Red Cross nurses, la...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group Title: Nurses, Personnel. On caption card: For photo see Br. R.C. Data: H.E. 24126. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American Na... More

NORTHCLIFFE, LORD - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Wounded Americans, in hospital in London, see the sights of London wit...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Group title: Recreation, U.S. in Eng. Data: Red Cross Bulletin. 1919. Pacifi... More

Portrait paintings. Woman standing with back towards viewer and turned...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Sir Winden & Lady dressed as Arabs

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robber Barons Cave / Harvey Patteson.

Photograph shows passage in Robber Baron Cave, Bexar County, Texas. J266640 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12.

Countess Szechenye and daughter Sylvia, Garden party, Mt. Alton, [5/27...

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

Crown Prince of Sweden in front of High Commissioner's residence, Jeru...

Photo shows (right to left) Gustav Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden (1882-1973); his wife Lady Louise Mountbatten, their son Bertil and their daughter Louise. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, 2010)

Sir Harold MacMichael H.E. (i.e., His Excellency) in Beersheba. June 1...

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

Cameraman tree Cherry Blossom Queen. Washington, D.C., March 28. Peggy...

A group of people standing around a tree. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ann - Print, Library of Congress collection

No. 177b. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0249.

Bowden-Armistead House, 207 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, W...

Significance: Lemuel J. Bowden, lawyer, judge, and later mayor began this formal Greek Revival style house in 1858. The architect is not known, however, the contractor was the owner's brother Henry M. Bowden. ... More

Prentis Store, 214 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Williamsbu...

Significance: The oldest original store in Williamsburg, the Prentis Store was built in 1738-1740 by William Prentis, and has more architectural elaboration than most of the commercial buildings in town. The p... More

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

His Apocalypse of St. John, no. 5. Woodcut by Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528. Meder, 167; Bartsch, 64. 2nd edition. Signed on block with monogram. Coll. mark: Henri Baron de Triquesi: (Lugt, 1304). Ref. copy may be ... More

William & Mary College, Main Bulding, College Yard, Williamsburg, Will...

Significance: The construction of this main building of the College of William and Mary was begun in 1695. It is the oldest known college structure extant in the country and has been attributed to Sir Christop... More

William & Mary College, Main Bulding, College Yard, Williamsburg, Will...

First Congregational Church, 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, Co...

2007 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: In the 1920s, First Congregational Church of Western Springs was growing out of its original frame building and needed to expand. Seeking a new bu... More

[Count Serge Vitte, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo by Chapiro, St. Petersburg. Inscription on verso: Witte. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Leo Tolstoy 1897, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows Leo Tolstoy, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seated on a bench. CC38042 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on mount: Copyright 1897 by F.W. Taylor. Copyright number and date stamped o... More

The Mikado, of Japan / The Fame Portfolio Co., Chicago.

Mutsuhito, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. F(?)19601 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.R. Dumont.

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Portrait, full length, facing left. Source unknown. Copy photo by J. Malovich, Trieste. Original glass negative (LC-BH824-4754) made by Andrew Burgess, one of Mathew Brady's operators, on a trip to Mexico City.... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More

Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...

Fenwick Hall Plantation, Northeast of intersection of River Road & May...

2013 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Constructed in the mid-eighteenth century, Fenwick Hall on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina is one of the preeminent eighteenth-century ... More

[Siege and relief of Vienna in 1683, with portraits of Ernst Rudiger v...

Illus. in: Der Turckische Schau-Platz erofnet und ..., Hamburg, T. von Wiering, 1685. cf: Victory at Vienna: The Ottoman Siege of 1683, p. 22 and p. 23. This record contains unverified data from caption card. C... More

--Affairs. The sweet prospect behind us, or The outs in office, Britis...

Print shows rear views of the Prince of Wales, Maria Fitzherbert, Charles James Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke, a prospective Lord Chancellor, and Richard B. Sheridan, with buttocks exposed, defecating. On the w... More

Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos - A cartoon of a group of men with skis

An imaginative portrayal (with overt propaganda value) of an event in the Texas war of independence --the surrender of Mexican commander Santa Anna and his brother-in-law General Martin Perfecto de Cos, to Amer... More

Harmony in the wigwam! Democracy of the right brand-y

A comic scene ridiculing the Tammany Democrats of New York City. Tammany headquarters, known as the "Wigwam," here erupts in a drunken fracas over the Democratic platform for the presidential race of 1852. The ... More

Mary Mitchell, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.

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

The "mustang" team - A cartoon of a horse pulling a cart with people o...

The abolitionist Republican presidential ticket and its supporters in the press are the targets of the cartoon. Candidate Fremont, wearing an emigrant's smock and carrying a cross (an allusion to his rumored Ca... More

[Sir Charles Lyell, full-length portrait, seated at small table, facin...

Henry Carrington Bolton Collection. In carte de visite album. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aspasia / G. Staal ; F. Holl. - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge and Prince Teck. 1866

Lithographs by Walter Boutatt. Paintings by Sir George Hayter and Lauritz Tuxen. Illus. in: Memorials of St. James's Palace. Frontispieces of Volumes I and II. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data... More

Our imitative "aristocracy" / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a costume ball where the guests wear the clothing styles of their ancestors; among the recognizable faces are Jay Gould, William H. Vanderbilt, Ulysses S. Grant, and possibly William W. Phelp... More

The drawing room. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Gabions of Abbotsford" by Sir Walter Scott, Harper's magazine, 78:787 (April 1889).

A Toltec princess / P. Fritel, pinx. ; photogravure, Gebbie & Husson C...

Young woman standing, facing left; holding a jug above a fountain. Copyright by Gebbie & Co. "From a drawing in the museum at Madrid." "America at time of invasion by Spain."

King of Rumania, George Grantham Bain Collection

Queen of Sweden - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman wearing a tiara. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

King George of England, in uniform

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

Bancroft Funeral, Baron Shidehara

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baron Dairoku Kikuchi, seated at table

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

Duke P. Kahanamoku - Public domain photograph, glass negative

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

Queen Victoria of Spain and Princess Maria Christina

An old photo of a woman holding a baby. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Princess Maud of Fife, standing at table upon which there are photos

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sir Philip Burne-Jones, holding cat

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

Prince Henry of Prussia, Aug. Euler

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Princess Patricia's Wedding - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Public domain photo of wedding, engagement, groom and bride, loving couple, love, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Baroness V. Preuschen Telmann - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman in a dress and hat standing in a living room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Sir J. Byng - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Namara and Lord Riddell - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of a group of passengers standing on a deck of an ocean liner, people on transatlantic line steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description