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New method of assorting the mail, as practised by Southern slave-holde...

A portrayal of the nocturnal raid on the Charleston post office by a mob of citizens and the burning of abolitionist mails found there in July 1835. Mail sacks are handed through a forced window of the ransack... More

Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...

Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simps... More

[Bank note illustration showing colonists praying for deliverance from...

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U.S. iron clad Galena, after her attack on Fort Darling, James River, ...

Photograph showing the deck of the warship after receiving Confederate cannon fire, with holes in the smokestack. Mounted on board with five other photographs. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congr... More

Attack on the center. Chickamauga

Title Inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Chickamauga. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.664) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The attack and capture of our train, July 12, 1864

Wagon train being attacked by Indians. Illus. in: Fanny Kelly, My Captivity Among the Sioux. Cincinnati, : Wilstach, Baldwin & Co.,1871, oppos. p. 19. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

British liquid fire attack - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows liquid fire demonstration during King George V's visit to the Gas School, Helfaut, France, July 7, 1917 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image on Imperial W... More

Warding off a night attack during World War I

Poster showing photograph of sailors firing a large gun aboard a ship at night. Text continues: Each dreadnaught carries twenty or more 5-inch rapid fire guns [...] In order to be an efficient member of a gun's... More

Repairing telephone lines during gas attack at the front, France

J240884 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 19205. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Italian fishermen gathered on Fisherman's Wharf, on December 8th, afte...

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Fort Riley, Kansas. Dismounted attack of a reconnaissance unit during ...

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Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldiers of a mechanized reconnaissance unit durin...

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Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the 35th servi...

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These French airplane engines were undamaged in the attack and are in ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Attack of the lion - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0322.

Notice : instruction to patrons on premises in case of nuclear bomb at...

Posters are variants in size and coloring. Satire on posted government emergency procedures. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

Attack on the Quarantine establishment [Staten Island, N.Y.] on Septem...

Mob burning Marine Quarantine Hospital, which was used for immigrants, in protest of the health hazard. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1858 Sept. 11. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383D. This record contains unveri... More

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

Attack of Johnston's Div., C.S.A. on the breastworks on Culps Hill def...

"No. 5." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.287) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The attack of the Mexicans from the chapperal, on the first division o...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.

The expedition to Beaufort - before the attack

Illustration shows three scenes of naval warfare off the coast of South Carolina during the Civil War. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5 (1861 Nov. 30), p. 757.

Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...

Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More

Plan of the attack on Ft. Sumter, April 6th, 1863.

Map shows a regional view of Charleston Harbor including Confederate fortifications and Union naval vessels. This April 1863 atttack by Union ironclads was unsuccessful. Color coding indicates the location of U... More

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

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Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsy...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 724. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Deadly attack of a wolf upon a man, and heroic conduct of the man's wi...

Masthead, text of story and image of woman swinging ax at wolf, which is attacking her husband, near Lexington, Michigan in 1859. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's boys' and girls' weekly. New York : F. Leslie, v. 1, n... More

[Illus. of story "Louisiana and the rule of terror: portr. of Julia Ha...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1874 Oct., p. 856-57. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 E. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons, US Oct. 1874; Justice (Allego... More

Expecting a Filipino attack behind the cemetery wall; Pasig, Phil. Is'...

Stereograph showing a group of armed soldiers lined up behind a wall. 70479 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R.Y. Young, 1899.

Expecting an attack from Russian cavalry - alert Japanese near Tehling...

Soldiers lined along stone fence; officers with swords and binoculars in foregrd. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 8112. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card trac... More

The attack on Juarez - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Oldest U.S. Navy officer poses for bust by noted Russian sculptor. Rea...

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

While newsmen take notes, Chairman Dies of House Committee investigati...

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Hebron attack. Great boulders on the Hebron Highway placed by Arab ga...

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Former Secretary of State fears Neutrality Act may aid attack on U.S. ...

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

Civilian protection. The decomtamination squad (see armband) is employ...

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Corner of Montgomery and Market Streets, San Francisco, California. Mo...

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Pearl Harbor bombing. Drydock bound. The USS West Virginia, sunk at he...

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Fort Story coast defense. These Fort Story, Virginia, soldiers stand r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Don Jackson, a senior, delivering a news broadcast at the Iowa State C...

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Production. A-20 attack bombers. Women workers at the Long Beach, Cali...

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Planning a platoon attack Sgt. Jaffe.

Sketch showing soldier lying on the ground while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In album: World War II sketchbooks from the Victor A. Lundy Archive, v. 3, [p. 37] Victor A. Lundy Archive (Library o... More

[Submarine ("Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack") fo...

"Plate the sixth." Signed and dated "Robert Fulton 1806."

Notice : instruction to patrons on premises in case of nuclear bomb at...

Posters are variants in size and coloring. Satire on posted government emergency procedures. Gift; Gary Yanker; 1975-1983.

[Submarine ("Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack") fo...

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: Jeff... More

Attack of the Louisiana Tigers on a battery of the 11th Corps / A.R. W...

Title inscribed below image. Pencil grid drawn for engraver. Inscribed upper left: 1/2 page. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 8, 1863. Inscribed on verso: The sketch represented it as too dark. Gift, J.P. ... More

Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861...

Signed upper left: W. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Zion besieg'd and attack'd] - Public domain book illustration

Print shows a large citadel on the right besieged by a host of characters, among them the "Bankers Corps", and defended by a group of soldiers with banners labeled "Confed" and "Franklin & Liberty" and one man ... More

[Fortresses designed to enable defense against attack from any directi...

Illus. in: Trattato di archittetura civile e militare di Francesco di Giorgio Martini ... / Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Torino : Tip. Chirio e Mina, 1841, Tav. XXIII. Published in: The tradition of technolog... More

[Fig. 1 Greenland seal-hunting; fig. 2 Brazilian Indians bird-shooting...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, (1851) v. 1, plate 35. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Patagonia; Dwellings; Seals; Brazil; Greenland; Ind. of S. ... More

The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...

Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More

[B]alloon view of the attack on Fort Darling in the James River, by Co...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 541.2 From Harper's weekly, v. 6, May 31, 1862. p. [337] This view was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1948 with the purchase of the papers and maps of Ma... More

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsy...

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Attack on Fort Fisher - A picture of a picture on a wall above a fire ...

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Bastille Day. Julia Hurlbut of N.J. leading. Iris Calderhead of Kansas...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Julia Hurlbut leading procession of (two) suffragists down city sidewalk, both suffragists wear suffrage sashes and hold aloft suffrage banners, Hurlbut holds... More

Bringing in the wounded during a gas attack

J269619 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5203. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An infantry attack in woods at Argonne front / L. Jonas, 1927.

Print shows soldiers running during a battle in World War I. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by Wendell Westover.

Rebel attack on Bethlehem, Sept. 14, '38. Government offices in Bethle...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Disturbance. Attack on an Arab buss [i.e., bus] July 4, 1938. An Arab ...

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Disturbance. Attack on an Arab buss [i.e., bus] July 4, 1938. An Arab ...

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Troops in Australia. Led by Australian-manned American light tanks, Al...

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Washington, D.C.--The attack on the President's life--Scene in the lad...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 July 16, pp. 332-333.

[Submarine ("Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack") fo...

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: Jeff... More

Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet's attack upon the left center of the ...

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 8, 1863, p. 504-5. Dated from Harper's account and historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R... More

Spot near fort Damnation where the 9th Corps charged and afterwords ca...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Sketch A. the Frize [sic] and Abattis was placed in the night after the fight. Inscribed lower left above title: This bank enem... More

The attack on the Malakoff / W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin, lith. ; Day &...

Print shows the French assault on the Malakoff, the main Russian fortification before Sevastopolʹ, French soldiers advancing from the left, Zouaves from the left foreground, crossing ditch and engaging Russian ... More

Sebastobol from the 26 gun battery on the extreme right of French atta...

Print shows soldiers digging trenches in the snow, and distant view of Sevastopolʹ, during winter. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / Willi... More

The war in China - attack on the "Banterer's" boat in Sai-Lau Creek, C...

Opium War. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1858 March 6, p. 233. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; China Hist. 1858; Opium War.

The Naval attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans

Night scene illuminated by gun flashes from Federal gunboats on Mississippi River. Apr. 1862. Photo "copied from a painting belonging to Adm. Porter". This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

The Battle of Santa Rosa, October 9, 1861 - the attack upon Wilson's ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 258 (1861 Dec. 7), p. 781.

The battle of Gettysburg - Longstreet's attack upon our left centre - ...

Wood engraving after drawing by A.R. Waud. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1863 Aug. 8. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Rebel attack on our gun-boats in the Red River

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8, 1864 May 14, p. 305.

Juarez, Insurrectos attack federals in cowboy park

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Aeroplane attacking troops from low height at Vierzy during Soissons a...

Print shows German airplane firing on Allied troops at Vierzy, France, during World War I. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Copyright by Wendell Westover.

A man sitting in a chair listening, Iowa. Farm Security Administration...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Disturbance. Attack on an Arab buss [i.e., bus] July 4, 1938. Casualti...

Cairo's A.R.P at practice and in training. Britain has presented Egypt...

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Corner of Montgomery and Market Streets, Monday morning, December 8, 1...

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Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they ma...

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Ready for trouble from the conning tower of the United States submarin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a navy artillery gun, cannon, ship weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Scott Field, Illinois. Troops of the Army Air Forces Technical Trainin...

Public domain photograph related to the United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Maryland. Moored inboard of the USS Oklahoma...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window displ...

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Rubble removed from Ground Zero, site of the attack on the World Trade...

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

Dazed by an eagle's unexpected attack - Indian and golden eagle (Aguil...

Stereograph shows an Indian on mountain side being attacked by an eagle. H119149 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22861. Copyright by C.L. Wasson.

Attack of the Seminoles on the block house

Print shows an attack by the Seminole Indians possibly on a fort on the Withlacoochee River in December 1835. No. 6 in set of 8 "Views of Florida." The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithograph... More

Philippine Islands: A regiment of sure shots - the fighting 20th Kansa...

Stereo published by Strohmeyer & Wyman. Stereo copyrighted 1900 by Underwood & Underwood.

Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861...

Signed upper left: W. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Attack on Fredericksburg] - An old picture of a village with a horse ...

Union troops landing on shore of river, pulling up pontoon bridges and maneuvering in foreground; buildings burning in background. Title devised. Published in: Evert A. Duyckinck, National History of the war fo... More

Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S. Army A.A.F. photo.

Photograph shows atomic bomb mushroom cloud over Nagasaki. No. A-58450 AC.

[Submarine ("Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack") fo...

Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004. Public domain photograph of glamour fashion, mode, clothing, history of costume, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fanny Ellsler's last seranade or the soap-locks disgraceful attack upo...

A riot scene: German parade musicians (possibly accompanying touring ballerina Fanny Elssler) are attacked and beaten with their own instruments by a gang of toughs (or "Soap-Locks" for the long, soaped hair lo... More

British Cavalry after attack on enemy

Photograph shows Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) troops after an attack near Vermand, France during World War I. Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iwm.org... More

A French heavy howitzer going into position to support the American at...

Position of the old trench constructed in the battles of 1914 is seen in lower right corner, May 24, 1918. A535054 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by Vergil J. Morris. A C-4. This record contains u... More

Hebron attack, August, 19, 1938. Barclay's Bank gutted with fire & bro...

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Hebron attack, August, 19, 1938. Closer view of armoured car wrecked &...

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Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Downes and Cassin. The jumbled mass of wreck...

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"Buzzing" the field. Member of interceptor squadron swoops low over pa...

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Engineers, with the aid of a bulldozer, putting a culvert into place d...

Fort Riley, Kansas. Soldiers of a mechanized reconnaissance unit durin...

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Fort Story coast defense. These Fort Story, Virginia, soldiers stand r...

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