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Antes House, Colonial Road, Frederick, Montgomery County, PA

Significance: The Antes House is an excellent example of a German three-room plan house. The house is unusual because so much of its original interior finish, including ceilings and board partitions walls, have... More

Birdseye view of the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo, May 1 to Novemb...

Associated name on shelflist card: Courier.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - [Woman at mantel with mirror]

Title devised by staff. Photographer unidentified. Formerly attributed to Myra Wiggins. On verso: Myra Albert Wiggins, Salem, Ore. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in t... More

The legacy of the 19th to the 20th century

Various historic events and discoveries carried over to the 20th century.

You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution ...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on back of plate: 435. Hallmark: [diamond] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

Public Domain Images - Winter / Bertha Lum.

Japanese walking with umbrellas in snow. Signed in pencil on image. Exhibit loan 4150-L.

Mumma Farm, House, Smoketown Road, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-141 Survey number: HABS MD-950-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1862 Demolished Building/stru... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, U.S. Route 9, Plattsburgh, Clinton County,...

Significance: For over 100 years, the U.S. has maintained a military presence at the site of the now closed Plattsburgh AFB. During the Civil War, Union troops organized and departed from the base; during the S... More

[Cannons shooting fire tubes to frighten charging cavalry troops who a...

Illus. in: De la pirotechnia. [Veneto] : 1540. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 37.

Le Valais / drawn by Major Cockburn ; engraved by R. Wallis.

Illustration showing Swiss mountain scene with village. Illus. in: Swiss scenery, 1820, opp. p. 89. Reference copy in LOT 4635.

Raven - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vols. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. II, Pl. 101. This record contains unverifi... More

Central Park, New York, New York. Fountain design Richard M. Hunt, arc...

Landscape design drawing shows design for fountain at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AA... More

Young woman named Ida. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph originally in album on same page as photograph of Musician Charles C. Woodward of Co. C, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, processed as LOT 14043-2, no. 920; photographs removed from album page ... More

[Calendar for 1863], engraving, Library of Congress

An advertising calendar for a lithographic printer, with various patriotic motifs and a subtle commentary on the Emancipation Proclamation. The calendar, for 1863, is set within an elaborate architectural fram... More

Roses, and rosebuds - Print, Library of Congress collection

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5656

Washington, District of Columbia. House near Fort Stevens showing effe...

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

Going into bath - Print, Library of Congress collection

D9620 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Jacoby, Max & Zeller,... More

Christ delivering the keys to St. Peter

6839 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kelly, T.

Joseph Pennell - [Green, blue and purple]

England, London. As Wuerth described, "View of London in dark blue and purple light under a sky richly lighted with the late evening sunset glow. Colors, blue, green, purple, rose, orange, white, black, gray, a... More

[Atlantic City, N.J., sand modelling]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bella, a Maori guide, sitting at edge of Rotorua geysers

Similar to lantern slide W7-726A. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transpor... More

Drapery study for figure of Painting

Study drawing shows the drapery for the allegorical figure of Painting from below the torso, for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson B... More

Nude study for figure of Sculpture

Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of "Sculpture," holding her statuette, for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Buildin... More

The child's prayer - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Young girl kneeling and praying. 326(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spirit guarding the secret of the tomb

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Alice Miriam N.Y. - Public domain portrait print

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

[Michigan, Malleable Iron Works]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gov. Beckham and party at the races, Derby Day, Louisville, Ky.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chas. H. Yale's everlasting Devil's auction

Trochilidae. - Kolibris. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows hummingbirds. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text, a... More

A Christmas catastrophe : please, sir, the rat entree has escaped and ...

Photograph of drawing signed "Louis Wain." "May every cat grow sleek and fat on turkey this Christmas Day" on sign above cat standing near center of table. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 029197. Gift; State Histori... More

Pocahantas statue presented [...] Gallery

A black and white photo of a bronze statue of a woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Steam shovel at work in the Culebra Cut]

Prints shows a steam shovel emptying into train cars to excavate the Panama Canal. [His Panama Canal series] Wuerth, 232. Edition of 50. Signed on stone and in pencil. (Source: Beall) Title from Joseph Pennell'... More

Surf riders, Honolulu / CWB.

Five surfers riding waves. K147724 U.S. Copyright Office. Signed with monogram: CWB; titled on block, and also signed in red pencil at bottom left.

Disabled veteran, Edward Hines Memorial Hospital, Chicago

Photograph shows an unidentified disabled American veteran, with hands resting on his chest, in a hospital bed at the Edward Hines Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. J1225 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright... More

Be kind to books club Are you a member? / / Gregg.

WPA poster shows a group of children holding a sign for the book club. Purchase; Swann Galleries; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:157.06).

John Paul Jones portrait at White House, 3/11/38

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

[King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on steps of U.S. Capitol, Washingt...

A black and white photo of a group of men standing on steps. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft. Army. One of the redoubled "Flying Tigers" ready to take off...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Image source: Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo from OWI. Title and other information fro... More

The Four Freedoms. Illustration depicting "Freedom of Religion" from a...

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

[Portrait of Felicia Montealegre, as Joan in Joan at the Stake (Honegg...

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: G XX 12. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Anna Flower Shop, business in Ponciana Plaza, Palm Beach, Florida. Int...

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

Women against violence against women

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Judge Stephen Crane charges the jury; ... Papin

Drawing shows an interior view of the courtroom with Judge Stephen Crane seated at the rear with an American flag behind him and "In God We Trust" on the wall above; he is addressing the jury. An exhibits board... More

Sculpture at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Umlauf garden centers on the artistic works of American sculptor Charles Umlauf. In 1985, Charles and Angeline Umlauf donated the... More

Portrait of George Washington - Public domain portrait engraving

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heermann Store, 4308 West Loop 1604, Somerset, Bexar County, TX

2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: It stands as a rare surviving example of early commercial buildings in rural South Texas. Throughout its early history, the building was part of a small... More

Collection of sixteen pieces: menus, tickets, programs, etc

16 pieces.; Gift Roswell Hawley.; April 25, 1956.; Page Order: Pieces 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 are Leaflet; Piece 5 is a Multipage. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page... More

Ukrainian American community post-fieldwork workshop; Art work of Anna...

Image numbers, descriptions: 1, 3, 4, at the Ukrainian American Post-Fieldwork Community Workshop, workshop participant Lubo Maciuk (tenor); 2, 5, fieldworker Robert Klymasz; 6-7, exterior of home of Anna Kulcz... More

McLoughlin's Christmas annual for young people (and some older ones) C...

Also available in digital form.

Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there;

Also available in digital form.

Russko-I︠A︡ponskai︠a︡ voĭna, 1904-1905 g

Each plate has captions and legend: S.M. Prokudin-Gorskīĭ S[ankt] P[eter]B[urg]. Date of publication surmised from latest caption date, Oct. 1905, plate 285. Individual portraits of Russian officers, plates 289... More

Nicholas Jarrot Mansion, State Route 157, Cahokia, St. Clair County, I...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mission San Buenaventura, East Main Street & South Figueroa Street, Ve...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Belle Grove, White Castle, Iberville Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-36 Survey number: HABS LA-36 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction

It's got to be killed, said the Princess sturdily, J.J Gould

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Princess and the Microbe" by Margaret Sherwood, Scribner's magazine, 34:240 (Aug. 1903).

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

Harvard College, Holden Chapel, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Middlesex Cou...

Survey number: HABS MA-2-1 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction

St. Andrews Creek Bridge, Spanning St. Andrews Creek on West Side Road...

Significance: This structure employs the National Park Service's "rustic style;" the rugged stone veneer conceals its filled reinforced concrete arch construction. This naturalistic treatment allows the bridg... More

The American dream. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: The American Dream.

John Coward House, Prospertown, Ocean County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-461 Survey number: HABS NJ-555 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction

Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacif...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a narrow passage, corridor, street, old town architecture, arch, vintage print, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roberts-Payne House, Dakota Street, South Pass City, Fremont County, W...

Significance: The building is the only one-and-a-half-story cabin in South Pass City, and the most elaborate remaining residence. Presumably built c. 1890 by Bolivar Roberts, owner of the Carissa Mine, this hou... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Petra March 7th 1839

El Khasne. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 14-15, ... More

Riverlake Plantation, Pigeonnier Two, Oscar, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1187-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1823 Initial Construction

Paul Laurence Dunbar House, 219 North Summit Street, Dayton, Montgomer...

Significance: The Paul Laurence Dunbar House in Dayton, Ohio was the last home of Paul Laurence Dunbar, generally regarded as the first black American to achieve distinction in the literary field. The home was ... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window "Wisdom" with Cruciform light...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stained glass design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grand Forks Air Force Base, Painted Murals, Missile Alert Facility Bra...

Significance: Beginning with the end of World War II and continuing to the present, the Cold War and the resulting arms race between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) has form... More

"Venice" - drapery of central figure

Study drawing shows the clothing and drapery for "Venice," the central allegorical figure in a mural in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art's Walker Art Building in Maine. A detail of her right arm is in the left... More

Hudson Burr Mansion, South Pemberton, Burlington County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-146 Survey number: HABS NJ-238 Building/structure dates: 1785 Initial Construction

William Meirs House, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-358 Survey number: HABS NJ-509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1825 Subsequent Work

William Meirs House, Cream Ridge, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-358 Survey number: HABS NJ-509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1825 Subsequent Work

Crowell Lumber Mill, U.S. Highway 165, Longleaf, Rapides Parish, LA

For additional documentation, see also HALS LA-10 (Crowell Sawmill Historic District) 1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: This building is highly significant. The sturdy design of th... More

De Clerque Farm Group, Piermont Road, Closter, Bergen County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-221 Survey number: HABS NJ-364 Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Subsequent Work

Dancing

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street scene in İzmir, Turkey]

Illus. in: Thesaurus exoticurum / Everhardo Gvernero Happelio. Hamburg : T. von Wiering ..., 1688, section 2, p. 205.

Louis Haghe - Site of Cana at Galilee April 21st 1839

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 5-6, p. 4. Surroga... More

The great explosion in New-York, February 4th, 1850

Print shows firemen putting out a fire in the aftermath of an explosion in a building on Hague Street, New York City, and, with the help of other citizens, searching the ruins for victims. Includes a printed ac... More

[Sculpture of man and boy reading book]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of sculpture, statue, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bear chase in Norway - Public domain drawing

Humorous drawing shows a bear chasing a sportsman who fires his rifle into the air as the bear chews the tails of his coat. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife. Inscribed ab... More

[Civil War envelope showing sailor standing on anchor and holding swor...

Addressed to Mrs. Julia A[?], Elk Creek, Erie Co. Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Old Point Comfort, Va., Mar. 10. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

Teaming up the Grade at Slippery Ford, El Dorado County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 630. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc). This record contains unverified old data ... More

Maryland - Scene in the Court-House at Annapolis - Trial of Mrs. Whart...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, v. 33, no. 847 (1871 Dec. 23), p. 236, bottom.

A black and white photo of a tennis court surrounded by trees Men and ...

In untitled album about the Hawkesbury Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, page 10. Album has bookplate from E.K. Morse and documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork f... More

[Hummingbird]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Córdoba. La Mezquita view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Spain. Cordova. The Mezquita. Interior ." Print no. "15491. P.Z." Purchase; Detroit Publishing ... More

Horse at podium - Print, Library of Congress collection

2896 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Large black horse ... More

[George Washington, monument in Fairmount Park, Philadelphiadelphia - ...

21768 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo of monument by Rudolf Siemering, copyrighted by Wm. H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Phtoog. Index; Sculpture Seimer... More

Baalbek (Heliopolis), etc. Cedars in the Lebanon

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Poster - Rose Hill English Folly Co. - Public domain lithograph

Caption: The warmest baby. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." Rice & Barton, props. & managers. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Hermes - Detroit publishing company. Public domain.

Title and date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Greco-Roman sculpture. "M 123" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 048061. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

M. Ooi, President, Osaka Chamber of Commerce, Osaka

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

Poster - "The Angel of Peace" - Public domain lithograph

Art reproduction showing an angel floating above a valley, holding a child and flowers, offered as a premium by B.T. Babbitt, soap and baking powder company of New York. Copyright by American Lithographic Co., ... More

The guitar lesson - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Portrait of George Bernard Shaw

Copyright deposit; 1905. Public domain scan of 19th-century artistic photograph, platinum print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Kansas David in the field / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Henry Harrison Tucker, Jr. as the youthful David with sling confronting John D. Rockefeller as Goliath, holding a large club labeled "Standard Oil". Illus. in: Puck, v. 57, no. 1464 (1905 Ma... More

[Brooklyn Bridge and New York skyline, New York]

Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Auto repairs, Los Angeles - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows women auto repair workers in Los Angeles, California during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of:... More

Ship-building, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

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