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A new rule in algebra. Five from three and one remains!! or "The three...

A biting, somewhat morbid satire about the fate of wounded Mexican prisoners of war in the hands of American doctors. During the Mexican War amputation was considered the surest way to prevent the infection of ... More

The Washington National Monument, in the city of Washington base of th...

Engraving showing the Washington Monument as designed by Robert Mills. Includes printed inscription: "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" with signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, J... More

Monterey, A National Song - Respectfully dedicated to Genl. Zachary T...

LOT subdivision subject: War with Mexico. Title and other information transcribed from item. Published by Wm. VanDerBeek, 305 Broadway. No caption card found in file.

I'd Offer Thee This Hand of Mine

Musical cover showing man and woman by stream with water mill. LOT subdivision subject: Love, Courtship and Marriage. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published and copyrighte... More

Mr. Golightly, bound to California, Political Cartoon

Caricature of man riding on rocket with items to sell to gold miners. Copyright by A. Donnely. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.

Whitemarsh Hall, Phila., Pa. - Public domain book illustration, Librar...

Interior showing staircase and statue of woman and cupid. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

George Peabody / phot. by Brady ; engd. by J.C. Buttre.

Half-length portrait of the philanthropist, facing right.

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - vue générale prise du point I, sur la platefor...

General view from the roof of the pylon showing the top of the eastern colonnade with the western colonnade on the right on the island of Philae with the Nile in the distance, as seen from "point I" (see map, p... More

Deuxième cataracte - rocher d'abouçir - rapids et ilots granitiques / ...

General view of the Abusir Crag, rapids and granite islets at the second cataract of the Nile. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Féli... More

Kalabcheh (Talmis) - ruines du temple - vue du pronaos / Félix Teynard...

View of ruins of the temple showing the pronaos with columns and capitals, Kalābishah, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix... More

Louis Haghe - L'intérieur de la mosquée, avant sa restauration

Print shows nave of Ayasofya Mosque, formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia, facing east, before restoration; with groups of men in traditional dress. Title derived from plate list. Illus. in: Aya Sofia, Constanti... More

2 girls burying plate in ground - Public domain scenic engraving

Wood engraving by Whitney & Annin after F.O.C. Darley. Illus. in: John Vincent, The Pretty Plate, 1852, frontispiece. Reference copy may be in LOT 4442. This record contains unverified, old data from caption ca... More

Julia Holman. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Julia Holman. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Chinese apparatus for hulling and coarse grinding rice / J.B. Meffert ...

Print shows a man driving a water buffalo hitched to a large grinding wheel in a circular trough for grinding and hulling rice; farmers arriving with baskets of rice to pour into the trough. Plate from: Narrat... More

[French naval expedition to the Indo-Chinese archipelago: Port of Toum...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 340.

Indians approaching under the water-lilies / J.W. Orr, N.Y.

Indians approaching a camp of Spaniards by concealing themselves under water lilies; the Spaniards are preparing to fire upon the Indians. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Disco... More

Condensed time table. Westward of the Indiana Central, Terre Haute & S...

Transportation. 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 204, Folder 27a.

Map of Fluvanna Co. Va. - Public domain vintage map

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

Halles centrales de Paris - vue perspective à vol d'oiseau / V. Baltar...

Illustration shows bird's-eye view of Les Halles market. Illus. in: Monographie des halles centrales de Paris, construites sous le regne de Napoléon III. et sous l'administration de ... Haussmann ... par V. Ba... More

Free Negroes in the North - A black and white drawing of a group of pe...

Satire on the degraded condition of free blacks in the northern United States. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 26.

Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sulliva...

Photograph showing a group of soldiers near a bridge over the North Anna River, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c18... More

[Another view of iceberg or ice formation with hole at center, off the...

Illus. in album: Photographs of arctic ice / William Bradford, [plate 13] Typewritten text in album lists photographers as J.L. Dunmore and G.P. Critcherson, but William H. Pierce, from the firm of J.W. Black,... More

Alice Barber Stephens - I am here to ask you now

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Le Théâtre Lyrique incendié Vue interieure de la salle A. Liébert, pho...

Illustration shows the interior of theater in Paris after being destroyed by fire during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. Illus. in: Les ruines de Paris et de ses environs, 1870-1871 : cent photo... More

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp note: Batch 52.

Day beacon on Seaflower Reef, Long Island Sound / Am. Photo-Relief, Pr...

Above print: U.S. Light-house establishment, 1873. Below print: Am. Photo-Relief, Printing Co., Phila. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1873, plate opposite page 34.

Arrival of the surviving prisoners of the "Virginius" crew at New York...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.37, 1874 Jan. 17, pp. 312-313.

[Avery, Benjamin Parke, 1828-1875. half lgth., (2) U.S. Minister to Ch...

Wood engraving after photoprint by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1874 May 2), v. 18, p. 372. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: P... More

[Sparrow feeding young with spoon]

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Sparrow Tragedy."

[Botanical book illustration (or possibly at one time an envelope) wit...

Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of drawing, 19th century botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man in raincoat, fishing] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. Sketch for Rudder Grange / Frank Stockton. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. (DLC/PP-1933:0054). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Union gun-boats at Shiloh on the evening of the first day / H.M. E...

Illus. in: Battles & leaders of the Civil War, vol. 1, 1887, p. 592. Reference copy available in 1956 edition.

Grandmother's clock. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's second reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 119.

Knights practising on the quiet

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 488.

Photo of [Hanging men and letter M] - Public domain dedication

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

He was hungry for a fight - Public domain drawing

Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marhaus, son of the King of Ireland

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 181.

We were challenged by the warders and after parley admitted

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 194.

Around me was an [...] ring of vultures

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Jungle Haven.

The crew of the derby hat - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Battle of clothesline bay."

[Meeting in living room] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0179). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Portrait photograph of Gaines, Bishop, C.M.Bell Studio

Photograph shows Bishop Wesley John Gaines (1840-1912) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church with his wife Julia A. Gaines. Title is name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten lab... More

Portrait photograph of Fleming, C, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: 3 aristo. Gift; America... More

Portrait photograph of Andrews, Miss R.E, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: 6. Gift; American Genet... More

Portrait photograph of Hertzog, Ernest, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Kanouse, E.M, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Pittman, Miss, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Town, Miss, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: 6 cards; vig. Gift; Ame... More

Portrait photograph of Robins, Mrs. W.L, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Glick baby Wednesday Eve - Public domain portrait print

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Hughes baby, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Statterlee, Miss, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Notation on neg. sleeve: 2 cards Plat. Gift; Ame... More

Ethel Kelly, George Grantham Bain Collection

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

King and Queen of Norway - Public domain portrait print

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

Countess Clancarty - Public domain portrait print

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

Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Garrett - Public domain portrait print

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

Mrs. Sol Bloom, George Grantham Bain Collection

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

All the others fled in terror and disappeared in the Great Forest

(DLC/PP-1938:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The World of the great forest / Paul du Chaillu. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900, p. 214.

[Woman wearing a bonnet] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Emme and Mayme Gerhard] - Public domain portrait print

Illustration shows portrait of Gerhard sisters sitting in profile. Illus. in: Notable women of St. Louis, 1914; ed. and pub. by Mrs. Chas. P. Johnson. [St. Louis: Woodward, c1914], bet. pp. 78-79.

Antilopina. - Antilopen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows antelopes. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit ... More

Trachomedusae. - Kolbenquallen. Book illustration from Library of Cong...

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

Portrait photograph of Moore, F.W, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Holt, L.M, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Arnold, Mrs. A.J, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Portrait photograph of Mrs. M.W. Stephenson, C.M.Bell Studio

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp ... More

Ethel Donahue - Public domain portrait print

A woman sitting at a table reading a book, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from negative or negative sleeve. Date span based on active dates of Harris & Ewing, Inc. Gift; Harris & Ewing, ... More

From the depths / William Balfour-Ker.

Print shows a lavish social event in a large ballroom attended by the well-to-do; the party is disrupted when a fist erupts through the floor, beneath which are the struggling masses of the less fortunate who p... More

Alma Gluck - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows Romanian-American opera singer Alma Gluck (1884-1938) who was born Reba Feinsohn. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Elizabeth Kolb, 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

Reproduction of print showing a flower garden]

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

Reproduction of print showing King and queen in garden

Photograph of woodcut by Hans Burgkmair in Chapter 64, Der Weiss Kunig (The Life and Reign of Maxmillian I), 1765. On slide: red seal sticker. Possibly photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and date ... More

Map of Big Creek's "initial development," showing the dams built to fo...

Illustration showing Huntington Lake reservoir and Big Creek with locations of dams and power stations. Illus. in: Building the ultimate dam : John S. Eastwood and the control of water in the West / Donald C. ... More

They were very gay in the old brick house that night

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Breaking Point / Mary Roberts Rinehart. New York : George H. Doran Co., 1922.

Gene Cooper, student at Iowa State College visits his family on their ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Copie d'une lettre escrite de Donawert à Son Altesse Électorale par S....

Signed at end: Le Comte d'Arco. Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 173C. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 173. Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were house... More

Robert Pollard - General Carleton, Head and Shoulders Portrait

General Guy Carleton, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing right, in medallion. Engraved for Murray's History of the American War. Illus. from: An impartial history of the war in America; from i... More

Ikuma School technique for carving a pheasant

Illustration from a handscroll showing cut-up pheasant. Illus. in: Ikama-ryū denshin gyochō no kirikatazu. [Japan], Kansei 12 [1799]. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substanc... More

Arria. Libretto. German Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Cong...

von Jacob Ch. C. Hoffmeister ; Musik von Hugo Stähle. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. At head of title: Arien und gesänge; price on title page: 2-1/2 Silbergroschen. Performers' names not given.

Spalding's celebrated prepared glue

Print shows a young boy using "Spalding's Celebrated Prepared Glue" to repair the broken peg prosthetic for an African American man who broke it while sawing wood; also shows a young girl attempting to glue the... More

Rah for protection. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 417.

A View in Hudson's River of the Entrance of what is called the Topan S...

Print shows a waterscape with ship and boats. Engraving by Peter Benazech after ptg. by Paul Sandby after design by Gov. Thomas Pownal. Illus. in: Scenographia Americana, London, 1768. Similar imprints in Histo... More

Titania. Libretto. German Opera - Performance: Kassel

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Quote on title page: Things base, and vile having no quality Love can transpose, to form and dignity--Shakespeare. "Nachricht. Dieses Singspiel hat Herr Grosheim, ein hiesiger Tonkün... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Kearney Cross medal From Bu...

Light, indecipherable notation on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Frohne's Historic Military, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, December 2016. Forms part of: Lilj... More

Sergeant William H. Burton of Co. K, 4th Illinois Cavalry Regiment in ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Yours truly, William H. Burton, K Co. 4th Ills. Cav. Vol." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Excelsi... More

Francis Frith - The pool of Hezekiah--Jerusalem Frith

Signed and numbered (No. P117(?)) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 21].

Henry Francis Lyte. Abide with me, Public domain book.

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Globe map of the world - Public domain vintage map

F69929--69932 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1900, by Wm. M. Goldthwaite, Chicago, Ill." Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Goldthwaites handy hemispheres. Includes inset showing torrid, temperate, a... More

Globe map of the world - Public domain vintage map

F69929--69932 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1900, by Wm. M. Goldthwaite, Chicago, Ill." Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Goldthwaites handy hemispheres. Includes inset showing torrid, temperate, a... More

Abbildung der Königlichen Frantzösisch-Flanderschen Haupt-Stadt Ryssel...

Signatures: Ap4s. Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 194A. Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 194A. LC copy shelved with Hauslab item LOT 14117, no. 194B (C size) Original album; Purchase; 1950. Formerly: PR13 ... More

Prisonnier. Libretto. German Opera

nach der Musik von della [sic] Maria. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Librettist is Duval; libretto is entitled Le prisonnier, ou, La ressemblance--New Grove. Singers' names not given.

Arria. Libretto. German Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Cong...

von Jacob Ch. C. Hoffmeister ; Musik von Hugo Stähle. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. At head of title: Arien und gesänge; price on title page: 2-1/2 Silbergroschen. Performers' names not given.

An American cavalier : a novel

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Titania. Libretto. German Opera - Performance: Kassel

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Quote on title page: Things base, and vile having no quality Love can transpose, to form and dignity--Shakespeare. "Nachricht. Dieses Singspiel hat Herr Grosheim, ein hiesiger Tonkün... More

It isn't a joke,

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Clemenza di Tito. Libretto. German Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d'après l'italien de Metastasio ; La clemenza di Tito ; musique de Mozart ; représenté sur le Théatre royal à Cassel ; traduit librement par C. Philippi, artiste dramatique au dit théatre. (statement of respons... More

Henry Francis Lyte. Abide with me, Public domain book.

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Cosmographia Petri Apiani,. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Colophon: Excusum Antuerpiæ opera Aeg. Diesthemij. Anno á Christo humanæ salutis authore nato, 1545. Libellvs de locorum describendorum ratione ... per Gemmam Frisium": leaves 51-57. Barlow copy no. 108 Title ... More

Amour peintre. Libretto. Libretto. French

tirè de Moliere. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Music by David August von Apell--Dizionario della Musica e dei musicisti. Performers' names not given. .

Berggeist. Libretto. German Opera

von Georg Döring ; in Musik gesetzt vom Kurfürstl. Hess. Hofkapellmeister L. Spohr. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Performers' names not given.

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