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[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic... more

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the coasts of...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Contains 4 compass roses in a circle centered in Italy to the north of Rome and half of a fifth on the trimmed center lef... more

[Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Euro...

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (in... more

[Black slaves working in sugar mill. Hispaniola. Part 5, plate 2]

Illus. in: De Bay, Americae...1590. Reference copy may be in E141.B88. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Plantation crops Sugar, LOT 4410A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Sketch of Haddonfield. Sketch of the road from Penny Hill to Black Hor...

Scale ca. 1:36,000 (not 800 paces to an inch.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1257 Available also through the Library of C... more

Sketch of the road from Black Horse to Crosswick. Sketch of Allen's To...

Scale ca. 1:26,000; 800 paces to the in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1259 Available also through the Library of Congress... more

Sketch of Haddonfield, March 1778. Sketch of the roads from Pennyhill ...

Scale ca. 1:16,000 and ca. 1:32,000; 400 paces to an in. and 800 paces to an in. (not 400 paces to an in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. No. 5 oriented with north toward the lower lef... more

Sketch of the road from Black Horse to Crosswick,

Scale ca. 1:26,000 and ca. 1:16,000; 800 paces to an in. (not 400 paces to an in.) and 400 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North Ameri... more

The Royal Joke - or - Black Jacks Delight

Cartoon showing the Prince of Wales spanking Mrs. Sawbridge while Alderman Sawbridge, the Parliamentary Reformer, dances and fiddles.

[Black eagle]

Kennedy, 312. Signed with buterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. marks: H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a); Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342). Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library... more

[Haiti - Revolution, 1791-1804] Revenge taken by the Black Army for th...

Haitians hanging French officers. M. Rainsford, del. Illus. in: Marcus Rainsford, An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti. Reference copy may be in LOT 4410A. This record contains unverified, old dat... more

The strollers progress plte 1st. A peep at Black Jack's origin previou...

Scene in a poverty-stricken room, in which John Philip Kemble's father, Roger, as a barber, dresses a wig, while he (John) talks to his mother; Sarah, Stephen, Charles, and a younger sister are variously occupi... more

Black Skimmer

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. III, Pl. 323. This record contains unverif... more

Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox the present Chief of the Sauk tribe and...

Kee-O-Kuck or the Watching Fox, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress, at Prairie du Chien, 1825. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of th... more

Black C.C. or the three Judas's

The cartoon pertains to some instance of corruption in the Van Buren administration. Van Buren shovels coins from a great pile into a bag held by a man (probably a federal judge), who urges him, "Matty fill up... more

The Rev'd James Milnor D.D. rector of St. George's Church / drawn on s...

Print shows the Reverend James Milnor, D.D., half-length portrait, sitting, facing front, holding book in right hand.

To the honorable, the Senate and the House of representatives of the U...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 199, Folder 7.

Judge Jeremiah Black

Black Hawk / from the original painting by Theodore Marsden ; J.H. Buf...

Horse and young man holding blanket.

Hon. Jeremiah Black

Hon. John Black Packer of PA

Hon. John Black Packer of PA.

Judge Jeremiah Black

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk

No. 3141. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Prof. Agassiz / James W. Black, photographer.

Professor Louis Agassiz, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Title from item. In album: Cartes de visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and others, p. 24, left.

[Unidentified sailor in Union commander's uniform with sword] / Black ...

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk

No. 3140. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Sergeant Robert Black and Private Herman Beckman of Company F, 8th Ve...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Title devised by Library staff. Names written above each soldier. Additional information in collections file. Not in case. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... more

U.S. Reports: Koehler vs. Black River Falls Iron Company, 67 U.S. (2 B...

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 67; Black Volume 2; December Term, 1862; Koehler vs. The Black River Falls Iron Company

[Southeastern part of Virginia, from York River, and west to Black Wat...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 460 Shows fortifications and locations of the Battle of Hampton Roads. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Available also through the... more

[Map of the Big Black River, Mississippi, in the vicinity of Bush and ...

Pencil sketch showing drainage, roads, houses, and names of residents. Small flags apparently indicate campsites. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S114, 263 Availabl... more

Black Valley railroad! Great central, broad gauge, fast route, from Si...

Temperance. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 70, Folder 29.

The war in Mississippi - Gen. McPherson's army crossing the Big Black ...

Wood engraving after sketch by Fred B. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 Nov. 28, p. 153. Reference copy may be available in LOT 4416 G (1863). This record contains unverified, old d... more

[Black man reading newspaper by candlelight]

Man reading a newspaper with headline, "Presidential Proclamation, Slavery," which refers to the Jan. 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1985:0490). Forms part of: Cabinet of Am... more

W. Thos. Morrill, C.S.A. / J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.

Photograph shows identified sailor William Thomas Morrill, Assistant Engineer of C.S.S. Atlanta, Confederate Navy. Title from item. Date based on when Morrill was located at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachu... more

Group of Sioux Indians "Spotted Tail" (photo c. 1875) Standing: Joe M...

Battle at Black River, M[ar]ch 16th, 65

Lone rider on road, with batteries, cabin, trees, and smoke. Title inscribed lower left. Formerly Waud no. C-101. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1028) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Packer, Hon. Rep. John Black of Pa.

Groome, Hon. James Black of Maryland

New and short route to the gold mines of the Black Hills, Montana and ...

Transportation.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 1.

Black Butte, from the Crystal Lake House - Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 821. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Governor Dillingham, of Vermont / photographed by Black & Case, Boston...

Three illustrations: one showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Paul Dillingham; one showing the oldest fire engine in the United States; and the other showing people digging in garbage dump looking fo... more

Black Point and Golden Gate, from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 429. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco General Views. This record contains unverified old dat... more

[Black soldier, Indian war period, Infantry, Co. D with shoulder knots...

Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.332) Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: T48. General information about the Gladstone collection is available ... more

Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 121. LOT subdivision subject: Mills (Lumber Mills, etc). This record contains unverified old data ... more

A memorial to the Congress of the United States, in reference to the "...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 84, Folder 29c.

Captain Louis M. Hamilton / photo by Slee Brothers, Poughkeepsie ; Gen...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 12, 1868 Dec. 19, p. 804.

High bluffs - Black Buttes

Photograph shows men and a horse on bluffs in Black Buttes area of Wyoming. Title from item. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographical and geological features, an... more

Miss Alexandria Tinne, the celebrated African traveler, recently murde...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29, no. 738 (1869 Nov. 13), p. 149. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE. Caption card tracings: Af... more

Judge Jeremiah Black

Black, Judge Jeremiah

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking above from Camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulliv...

Photograph showing canyon walls rising from the river; in foreground, man sitting on rock next to boat and gear. Illus. in: Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the west... more

Middle of Black Cañon.

Original negative number: 120. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, comm... more

Black Vulture

Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.

Down Black Cañon, from Mirror Bar.

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below, near Camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing canyon walls rising from the river. Illus. in: Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection... more

Black...Heron

Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 363. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.

Entrance to Black Cañon, Colorado River from above / T.H. O'Sullivan, ...

Photograph showing a spit of sand extending into the Colorado River at the entrance to Black Canyon, Nevada. Plate No. 10. Title from item. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and ... more

Black Cañon, Colorado River, from Camp 8, looking above / T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing canyon walls rising from the river; in foreground, man sitting in sailboat. Illus. in: Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of t... more

Black Cañon of the Colorado River.

Original negative number: 128. Title from item. Part of series: U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1871; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.

Across Black Cañon, from Camp 8 / T. H. O'Sullivan, Phot.

Stereograph showing cliff walls rising from the river. Title from item. On mount: Colorado River Series. Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1871, Lieut. Geo. M Wheeler, Com'dg. No. 111. Form... more

Jubilee singers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. / negative by Black...

Photo shows a studio group portrait of the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, with (from l. to r.) Minnie Tate, Greene Evans, Isaac Dickerson, Jennie Jackson, Maggie Porter, Ella Sheppard, Thomas Rutling, Benjami... more

[Black man with ceremonial mace and letter I]

Band leader or military guard. "Initial for Harpers magazine" Verso. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Minnie Tate, of the Jubilee singers / negative by Black.

Photo shows Minnie Tate, three-quarter length studio portrait, facing slightly right, with arms folded and resting on a small table. Title from item. Albumen photograph mounted on a cabinet card. Printed on ver... more

Map of a reconnaissance of the Black Hills, July and August, 1874, wit...

Shows exploration routes and dates. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S184 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes indicat... more

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below, near Camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing rock walls of Black Canyon along the Colorado River. Plate no. 6. Title from item. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the west... more

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below, near Camp 7 / T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing rock walls of Black Canyon along the Colorado River. Plate no. 7. Title from item. Originally published: Photographs showing landscapes, geological, and other features of portions of the west... more

Black Hawk, Sac & Fox

Cigarette card. Composite of bust portr. of Black Hawk (child of Sac & Fox tribe) and beaded ornaments. Benjamin K. Edwards Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... more

Map of battlefield of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi, showing the...

Scale ca. 1:7200. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 264 Inset: [Cross] section of parapet A. 6 x 16 cm. Detailed map indicating "confederate works," Union troop positions and names of commanders, artillery positions... more

"Struck it rich!" - Prospecting in the Black Hills [N. Dak.]

Wood engraving by H. Barker, H.A. Randolph, del. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly (1876 Aug. 12), cover. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Map of battlefield of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi, showing the...

Relief by hachures. Inset: [Cross] section of parapet A. 6 x 16 cm. Detailed map indicating "confederate works," Union troop positions and names of commanders, artillery positions, roads, "Vicksburg and Jackson... more

Rand, McNally & Co.'s map of the northern portion of the Black Hills

Relief shown in hachures. "The survey was made ... by Maj. Geo. Henckel." Includes seven illustrations. Includes index to "gold-bearing quartz lodes" and "silver-bearing lodes"; all are in South Dakota. Availab... more

Across the continent - The Frank Leslie excursion to the Pacific - Sce...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 45, no. 1149 (1877 Oct. 6), pp. 72-73. Caption card tracings: West Towns...; Stage coaches; Mines... more

Red Cloud and Indians. Standing - Red Bear (Sons Are?), Young Man Afra...

A memorial to the Congress of the United States praying for the ratifi...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 13, Folder 3.

Grand spectacular production of the Black crook . . . marvelous mechan...

[The barracks of the elevated fort in Kireçburnu on the Black Sea stra...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 3. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empire... more

Black River Falls, Wisconsin

[The barracks of the Sırataş fort on the Black Sea straits (Bosporus)]...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empire... more

Report on the geology and resources of the Black Hills of Dakota : wit...

Black River Falls, Wis., railroad crossing

Black Hawk, Colo. 1882.

Kiralfy Bros "Black crook"

N16291 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Larger version of poster: POS - TH - KIR, no. 2a (C size). Forms part of: Theatrical poster collectio... more

Apollo: sired by Seneca Chief, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian; dam and G.D. ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0267

Black Jack and the civil-service missionaries / J.A. Wales.

Illustration shows John Logan dressed as a Native American, sitting on the ground, trying to ignore Dorman B. Eaton who is showing him a notice that states "Confirmation of Dorman B. Eaton as Civil Service Comm... more

[Black Jack Burdock, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

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

Map of Black Hawk County, Iowa /

Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 178 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned in six and mounted on cloth. LC copy imperfect: darkened, with some losses.

[Black Jack Burdock, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

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

Black Cloud

[Black Jack Burdock, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

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

Bakersfield. A cottage home, Black Hamburgs

Black Hamburg grapes hanging on vine, Bakersfield, Kern County, California. No. 601.

[Sackingen, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "6054". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Old Breisach, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16614". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Feldsee and Feldberger Hotel, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "9268". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Hirschsprung R'y Tunnel, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "6055". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Black badger in forest]

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).

[On the lake, Titisee, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16599". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[A girl of the Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16601". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Treiberg, general view, Black Forest, Baden, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "16592". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.