Bridge

Smokestacks and bridge of a steamboat docked at Jackson Square on the ...

View of Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge, September 11, 2001

[Architectural plan and elevation of a bridge showing piers, arches, a...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: L'architettvra di Leonbatista Alberti / tr. by Cosimo Bartoli. Firenze : Appresso L. Torrentino, 1550. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western... more

[Folding bridge - two views, top extended across moat, bottom folded p...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leona... more

Eygentliche Contrafactur der Statt Sachsenhausen wie dieselbige von de...

Birds-eye view print shows the Alte Brücke [Old Bridge] on the Main River between Frankfurt and Sachsenhausen during battle in August 1635 when imperialist troops captured Sachsenhausen that had been occupied b... more

A prospect of Bridge Town in Barbados 1695 by Samuel Copen / I. Kip fe...

Waterfront view of Bridgetown, Barbados. Transfer; Map Division.

[A residential compound with fence and outbuildings near grove of tree...

Title devised by Library staff. Chinese script and two chops in upper left corner.

[A small house or teahouse in a grove of trees and near a small bridge...

Title devised by Library staff. Chinese script and two chops in upper right corner.

[Imaginary view of S. Giacomo di Rialto]

Print shows the church of San Giacomo di Rialto. Title devised by Library staff. Restrike from a scratched and reworked plate, with signature removed. Constable, no. 20 Forms part of: Gardiner Greene Hubbard co... more

Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left. Title from item. Constable, no. 14 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (... more

[Mountain landscape with three bridges]

George Lothrop Bradley Collection. Constable, no. 25.

[A man crossing a bridge beneath overhanging trees]

Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Veduta del Ponte e del mausoleo, ...

Illustration shows a view from the river of the Castel Sant'Angelo with the bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, on the right, Rome, Italy. Prominent features identified by letter with corresponding key printed below ima... more

A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the whole se...

Scale ca. 1:310,000. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored. "To the Right Honourable George Dunk, Earl of Halifax ... " Includes indexes of propietors of land in South Carolina and Georgia. LC Maps of North Am... more

Ukie naniwa tenmatenjin yomatsuri no zu

Print shows a festival in honor of Sugawara Michizane taking place at night at the Tenman Tenjin shrine in Osaka; many people crossing a high wooden bridge lined with lanterns over a river filled with boats of ... more

Ryōgokubashi no sekisho

Print shows two women on the Ryōgoku Bridge at sunset. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū edo hakkei : Modern vers... more

Kameido taikobashi

Print shows a man, woman, and a child standing on a bridge looking at fish in the stream below. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format... more

Jūgo ōshō

Print shows Wang Xiang as a child outdoors with two fish on a frozen river in a snow covered landscape.

[Map of British outposts between Burlington and New Bridge, New Jersey...

Not drawn to scale. Alternate title in Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Maps of the road taken by the British troops from New Bridge to Burlington, N.J. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Ha... more

Skecth [sic] of the road from Kings Bridge to White Plains.

Sketch of the road from Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge.

Scale ca. 1:24,000; 800 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Authorship attributed to B. Mo... more

Vue du Chateau de Vincennes sous Charles V / Ransonette, graveur ordin...

Reconnoissance de King's bridge. I.

Scale ca. 1:7,900; 600 toises = 97 mm. Title from label on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. Shows forts and redoubts. Tit... more

A Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city ...

Scale ca. 1:650. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth and paper backing with reinforced edges. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and torn. Cadastral map. Includes "Annexed coloured plan," ca. 1... more

Plan of the post at Great Bridge, on the south branch of the Elizabeth...

Scale ca. 1:1,300. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789 1453 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651

A sonata, sung by a number of young girls, dressed in white and decked...

Positive Photostat.; Bit in Evans.; Verse.; On verso, Copy 2: {Partial Stamp} Gift Herbert Putnam Sept, 22 1938. {Stamp} ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION SOL BLOOM, Direc... more

View of the bridge over Mystic River & the contry adjacent from Bunker...

Print shows bird's-eye view from Bunker Hill of the "Malden Bridge" across the Mystic River, with Medford in the background. Title from item. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowled... more

Craigie, Wainwright, and Co. druggists, No. 37, Wall-Street, corner of...

Tōto ryōgokubashi yūsuzumi no zu

Print shows crowded waterfront scene with pedestrians on the promenade, on the Rogoku Bridge, and waiting in stalls, possibly for boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... more

Sumidagawa funaasobi

Print showing a bridge crowded with pedestrians over a river jammed with boats. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: One Panel of a... more

Plat of land lying between road to Benning's Bridge & Cool Spring Road...

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - headed for the shrine]

Drawing shows a few men confronting by the 47 rōnin on the Ryogoku Bridge over the Sumida River during the night on their return after attacking Kira Yoshinaka's home and beheading him.

[Old Bennings Bridge about 1880]

Print showing horse drawn buggy crossing a bridge with utility poles over a river as a man sits in a rowboat on shore. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a cata... more

Thomas Jefferson to Robert Bridges, November 23, 1802

Shin ōyama ukikei

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Koban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Okazaki

Print shows a procession of warlords across a bridge after a winter snowfall at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Enpo no kihan

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, sailboats laden with cargo approaching shore, and a bridge over an inlet.

Ryōgoku

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Ryōgoku section of Edo (Tokyo) with harbor, boats, and bridge. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. ... more

Seta no sekisho

Print shows clusters of thatched-roof buildings, bridges spanning an inlet, boats in the harbor, during evening in Seta.

Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia

Print shows view of the Schuylkill Bridge with an inset showing the bridge covered. Title from item.

Schuylkill Bridge High Street Philadelphia / [drawn by W. Birch ; engr...

Print shows a view of the Schuylkill Bridge at High Street, Philadelphia, with exposed frame structure prior to being enclosed; insert at bottom center shows a view of the bridge as covered. On the left, a man ... more

A mournful song, on the death of the wife and child of Mr. Nathaniel K...

Imprint 2 me.; Verse. 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 26, Folder 9.

[Cuts] A mournful song, on the death of the wife and child of Mr. Nath...

Positive Photostat.; Part of page wanting.; Verse.; Title. 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; P... more

[View of river with bridge]

Title transcribed from finding aid.

Spa[nish] Town bridge

Drawing shows road leading to bridge. Title from item and finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Ipswich. Massachusetts wollen [sic] manufactory & bridge

Title from item. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 277. (DLC/PP-1995:140.277). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).

Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge. Bridge plan and eleva...

Preliminary drawing showing bridge as plan and elevation; engineering drawing. UNIT title devised. Date based on truss type and date of Bulfinch's last known work. Drawing not signed; attribution based on drawi... more

Nihonbashi yori fuji o miru zu

Print shows pedestrians on a high-arched bridge over the Nihonbashi River with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... more

Ponts naturels d'Icononzo / dessiné d'après une esquisse de Mr. de Hum...

Illustration showing a natural bridge spanning a deep river gorge in Icononzo, Colombia. Title from item. Illus. in: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique / Alexander von Humboldt... more

Wild cassia near Bridge Tavn(?), west of Sp[anish] T[own]--February 8,...

Person seated under large tree.

Kameido tenjin

Print shows a woman sitting on the floor looking at a wall hanging of the bridge at the Kameido Tenjin shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in ... more

Ryōgokubashi no nōryō

Print shows a throng of men and women standing on or crossing the Ryōgoku Bridge during a festival or celebration. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... more

Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.

Drawing shows the Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with a covered wagon on the bridge; also shows men loading a boat with barrels from a loading dock at left center, with... more

The junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers / painted by W.G. Wall...

Print shows the confluence of the Sacandaga and Hudson rivers with some rapids at the junction; also shows a broad view of the landscape with pasture lands, rolling hills, and buildings near a bridge, with carr... more

Washington's reception on the bridge at Trenton in 1789 on his way to ...

Print shows Washington and soldiers passing through a garlanded canopy labeled "The hero who defended the mothers will protect the daughters" as girls and young women toss flowers in their path. Title from item... more

Fukagawa mannenbashi shita

Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... more

50 dollars reward. Ran away from the subsriber, living in Prince Georg...

Belvidere Bridge over Jones's Falls, Baltimore, Aug. 1828

(DLC/PP-1995:140.427) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 427. Title from item. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Kōyō saruhashi no zu

Print shows steep cliffs with a bridge spanning the chasm above an inlet, with view of full moon between the cliffs. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialis... more

Fujigawa jōryū secchū

Print shows two boats on the Fuji River in a steep canyon, with bridge spanning the river, in a snow-covered landscape during winter.

Nihonbashi

Print shows porters carrying bundles across the Nihon Bridge on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōk... more

The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at ...

Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending over New London Bridge on the occasion of its opening, August 31, 1831, witnessed by William IV, King of Great Britain. (Source... more

Nihonbashi no hakuu

Print shows pedestrians crossing the Nihon bridge over the Nihonbashi River during a rain storm; view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo... more

Ryōgokubashi nōryō

Print shows many pedestrians on the Ryōgoku Bridge and several boats in the water beneath the bridge, at evening. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... more

Nihonbashi [2nd edition]

Print shows travelers and porters crossing the bridge at the Nihonbashi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... more

Kakegawa

Print shows elderly people walking across the bridge at the Kakegawa station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... more

Okazaki

Print shows porters and retainers carrying bundles and a sedan chair across the bridge at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... more

Sesshū ajigawaguchi tenpōsan

Print shows a coastal community with shrine, bridges over inlets, seawalls, and many pilgrims or travelers on the roadways, also boats moored offshore among pilings. Title and other descriptive information comp... more

Keishi

Print shows pedestrians and porters walking across the Sanjo Ohashi Bridge spanning a river at the Kyoto station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... more

Yoshida

Print shows scaffolding around a temple building on the right and on the left people walking across a bridge spanning a river at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information ... more

Okazaki

Print shows travelers on a bridge across a river with buildings in the background at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... more

Treasury department, April 11th, 1833. The President of the United Sta...

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 195, Folder 4.

Eitaibashi tsukuda oki isaribune

Print shows pedestrians with palanquin crossing bridge with large boats moored in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fr... more

Kakegawa

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge on a windy day, a kite flies overhead, and workers in a rice paddy in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... more

Fujisawa zu

Print shows a woman standing on a cloud, watching pilgrims near a bridge and a torii at the 7th station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print s... more

Shinobazu no ike

Print shows pedestrians on a tree-lined promenade that bisects the Shinobazu Pond, with buidings on stilts along the shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo prin... more

Nihonbashi yukibare

Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge over river, boats on the river, during winter, after a snowfall, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-... more

Eitaibashi no zu

Print shows boats in the foreground and pedestrians crossing the Eitai Bridge spanning the river in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... more

Chart of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch from the Sister Islands ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Also shows block numbers and major buildings. "Approved--T.C. Mendenhall, Superintendent, U.S.C. & G.S." Includes text. Available also through t... more

Shinobazu no ike benten no hokora

Print shows pedestrians on a bridge across Shinobazu Pond leading to the Benten shrine; pine trees along the bridge, buildings on pilings extending into the pond, and buildings of the town in the background. Ti... more

Ryōgoku hanabi no zu

Print shows pedestrians and onlookers crossing wooden bridge spanning a river and standing on side of roadway, watching fireworks burst overhead, in the night sky; also, many boats on the river.

Nihonbashi yukibare

Print shows pedestrians crossing bridge over river, boats on the river, after a snowfall, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... more

Eitai bashi Fukagawa shinchi

Print shows pedestrians crossing large wooden bridge spanning a river or inlet at Fukagawa; also shows large ships in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Ed... more

Koganeibashi no sekishō

Print shows a bridge across a canal with flowering cherry trees along the banks, a small cluster of low buildings, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background.

Yoshida

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge, with village and temple buildings in the background, at the Yoshida station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... more

Ikegami no banshō

Print shows low buildings in the foreground that may be shops related to the temple, largely obscured by trees, across the bridge and in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... more

William Corcoran's subdivision of lots : between High & Congress & Bri...

Cadastral map showing landowners' names. Covers block bounded by Wisconsin Av., N, 31st, and M streets N.W. "Sept. 19th 1839." Title in ink in 2 hands on verso. Pen-and-ink. Soiled and stained. Available also t... more

Map of Maine : constructed from the most correct surveys with sectiona...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth and accompanied by 2 photocopies of the map, one positive and one negative, both sec... more

[View of Hozu River and Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan]

Ukiyo-e drawing illustration showing a boatman poling his raft past blooming cherry trees as people walk across the Togetsu Bridge. Illus. in: Hiroshige gajō, early 1840s. Title devised by Library staff. Publis... more

High Bridge and high service works and reservoir

Print shows the High Bridge and aqueduct spanning the Harlem River to the pumping station and reservoir. Title from item. Illus. from: Manual of the Corporation for the City of New York. New York : Common Council, 184-.

New suspension bridge at Fairmount, Philadelphia, constructed by Charl...

Drawn and engraved expressly for Graham's Magazine. Title from item. Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.

Vue prise du Pont Neuf à Paris / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Martens, s...

View near the Pont Neuf, including equestrian statue of Henri IV, Paris, France. Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 20. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours.

Map of Maine : constructed from the most correct surveys with sectiona...

Relief shown by hachures. LC copy hand colored. Folded in leather cover 13 x 8 cm. Front cover detached. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Child lost. Samuel Bender left his home on Thursday, the 13th inst., a...

Okazaki

Print shows a wooden bridge from below spanning a river at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road; man on horseback crossing the bridge, boats on the river, and buildings in the near background, mountains in t... more

Sumida gawa no tsuki

Print shows a full moon shining on pedestrians crossing a bridge over inlet with boats and buildings nearby, and the Sumida River and mountains in the background. Title and other descriptive information compile... more

Georgetown

Etching showing view of bridge in Georgetown. Title from item. On verso: Etching in Morrison's Stranger's Guide, 1862.

The two bridges

As in "Texas Coming In" (no. 1844-28), a bridge over Salt River is the central motif, making the difference between the Whigs' successful crossing to the "Presidential Chair" and the disastrous route taken by t... more

Ryōgokubashi no sekisho

Print shows many people on city streets and crossing bridges over bodies of water, with boats, wooden buildings, and the setting sun or full moon in the background. Title and other descriptive information compi... more

The coon party crossing Cayuga Bridge Novr. 1844. Or the effects of C...

A cartoon on the defeat of Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election, ascribing his loss of the state of New York to his cousin Cassius M. Clay's campaign tour on his behalf. Oddly, though given promine... more