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First U.S. Mint - Public domain dedication image

Photograph shows a street level view of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

View of west end of building - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows exterior view of Crystal Palace building. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852, v. 2 frontis.

Verona. Tombs of the Scaligers - A black and white photo of an old bui...

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 124, back. No. 242.

Pisa Baptistry - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Lealand's i.e. Leland's house, New Roachell i.e. New Rochelle, pro...

Photograph shows Castle View (or Leland Castle), the home of New York City businessman and hotel proprietor Simeon Leland, New Rochelle, New York. "Charlie" in green on back. Publisher attribution based on pro... More

Edinburgh. Castle - A black and white photo of a castle on a hill

Rear view of Edinburgh Castle as seen from the street. In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 196. No. 372.

[A hoist for ship building] - Public domain drawing

Steamship in background. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.631) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Charleston, South Carolina: The orphan asylum, [facade]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3423. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major General G. L. Hartsuff and staff

No. 4571. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A camp made up of small cabins that surround a large building]

No. 4513. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Photograph is half stereograph... More

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia, American Civil War Glass ...

Photograph shows a woman with two Union soldiers in front of the seminary which was headquarters for the Army of the Potomac. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). Residence of John Minor Botts. (Family ...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Rufus Ingalls and group during American Civil War

Seated on steps of house at City Point, Va. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Sacramento City from the new Capitol Bldg. looking North-- 9th Street ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1209. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Residence of Charles L. Low, Harrison Street, San Francisco

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 481. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco Private Residences. This record contains unverified ol... More

[Group of Winnebago Indians seated on bench outside of building]

Possibly photographed by C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Govt. Bldg. int...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2130. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Exterior of Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C.]

Photographic print by Leet Bros. Public domain photograph of 19th-century botanical gardens, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotel Victory, Put-in-Bay - Victorian era public domain image

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04299. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows man looking out of leaded glass windows. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (L... More

The new Pension Bldg. - Public domain historic place engraving

Washington, D.C. - people, horses, wagons and carriages in front. Wood engraving by Kilburn after F. Myrick. Illus. in: Moore, Picturesque Washington, 1884, p. 212. Reference copy may be in LOT 4386 L. This rec... More

H.G. Marquand residence, Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photographer,...

Photograph shows view of house designed by Richard Morris Hunt for Henry Gurdon Marquand. Typed on label on verso: "Photographs of the work of Richard Morris Hunt. Residence of H.G. Marquand Esq. Newport, R.I.... More

[Colonial Palace, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Post and telegraph building, left, restaurant on right, Paris Exposit...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pavilion of Venezuela, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Royal Exchange, London, England]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey]

Formerly the Church of Hagia Sophia. Print no. "6400." Item removed from FOREIGN GEOG FILE - Turkey in 2017. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/p... More

Hurlburt i.e. Hurlbut Gate, Water Works Park, Detroit

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 07360. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Cottage occupied by l'Empereur, Vichy, France]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of Victorian style building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Le Chateau d'eau and plaza, with Palace of Electricity, Exposition Un...

Print no. "17318". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in France in the Photochrom print collection.

London. Trafalgar Square view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Great Britain and Ireland. London. Trafalgar Square from National Gallery." Print no. "10090." ... More

Welbeck Abbey. Nr. Worksop view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Great Britain and Ireland. Welbeck. The Abbey." Print no. "11472." Purchase; Detroit Publishing... More

Cornelius Vanderbilt 'Breakers,' Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photo...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Libr... More

[Residence of Mrs. McGraw, 1085 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Petra, el-Khazne - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Petra, el-Khazne - Victorian era public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Cartoon showing elevator crashing through top of large bldg.]

Repro. of drawing by Gelett Burgess in his Lively city o'Ligg, 1899, p. 53. Reference copy may be available in LOT 4249. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. C... More

The Greatest department store on earth; -- and every day a bargain day...

Cartoon showing foreign countries buying goods from Uncle Sam. Illus. in: Puck, 1899 Nov. 29. Copyright by Keppler & Swartzmann.

[Toledo, Ohio, Spitzer Bldg.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central high school, Detroit, Mich

"G 6674" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071468. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Fidelity Trust Company building]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

W.J. Bryan's home, exterior view

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Indigenous peoples outside of log building] - Frank G. Carpenter coll...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Elizabeth Van Lew mansion, Richmond, Virginia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Bath house, Los Banos, Calif.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From Woolworth Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residence of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Interior, Horticultural Building, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

Public domain photograph of greenhouse plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[New York City bandstand]. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Photograph shows various groups of people gathered outside to watch band playing instruments on bandstand.

Hotel Duval i.e. Duval Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla

"6" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062076. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Medical building, New England Hospital for Women & Children, Dimock S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley view, photochrome print postcard.

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53608. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

Excavating for a New York foundation /

The scene is an excavation pit at an unidentified New York City construction site. A crew of six men can be seen shoveling dirt into a four-wheeled wooden cart. Then a full cart is slowly lifted out of the pit ... More

Jackson Square, New Orleans, La

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29888. "630-G" on negative and transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016328. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ira Sturdevant Blacksmith Shop and First Baptist Church, Broken Bow, ...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Soldiers Home, for invalid soldiers of the Regular Army,...

Man, woman, 4 children and 2 cannons in foregrd.; Lincoln's summer cottage in left backgrd. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Broadway and Times Building (One Times Square), New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Md. - Baltimore - Fire of 1904: "Hurst Bldg. 25 min. after alarm"]

Photo copyrighted by Joseph E. Henry. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Maryland.

Festival Hill from western pavilion, German Bldg., and Palace of Mines...

H52261 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5847. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Education and Mining Bldg. E. from W. pavilion of Festival Hall over c...

H50812 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manufactures and Education Bldgs., from Festival Hall, World's Fair, S...

H49855 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amelia's Palace, last official residence of Brigham Young, Salt Lake C...

No. 30. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y

[Park Row Building] - Irving Underhill

H43752 U.S. Copyright Office. Probably copyrighted by Irving Underhill, N.Y. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residences on Front Street, St. Clair, Mich.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General offices, the Westinghouse Air-Brake Co., Wilmerding, Pa

"G 2976" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018674. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Panama Legation - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION. BUILDING EXTERIOR

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Caldwell Hart Colt Memorial, Hartford, Ct

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30234. "2175" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018035. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Residences on upper Genesee Street, Utica, N.Y

"G 1810" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018255. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

View of yacht club, Oyster Bay, L.I., N.Y. 1905

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Prokudin Gorskii: V oranzherei︠e︡. Color separation negative

Public domain photograph of greenhouse plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Title Guarantee Land and Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old plantation villa, St. Charles St., Saint Charles Avenue, New Orlea...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019313. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Sagamore Hotel, Green Island, Lake George, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

American hospital, Paris - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Singer Bldg. 1908 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

What is it, sonny? asked the florist

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Flowers" by Margarita Spalding Gerry, Harper's magazine, 117:328 (Aug. 1908).

River Villa Syracuse crews' Hdqrs, Po'keepsie [i.e. Pougkeepsie]

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Antler's Hotel and Pike's Peak Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 070876. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hotels... More

Tenements under Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge tenements)

New York City. Diagonal view of crowded street, scribbled figures on sidewalks, wagon on street. In background, dominating scene is Brooklyn Bridge, twin arches of support showing sky beyond. Inscribed on recto... More

The Berkley [i.e. Berkeley], Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mts., N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fireman's Ins. Co. Bldg., Broad & Market Sts., Newark, N.J.

Street scene in front of Firemen's Insurance Co. Building. H125886 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill.

[Pulitzer Building, New York City]

J129704 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6114. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lafayette Park, Norfolk, Virginia] - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

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

Walter Reed Hospital, [Washington, D.C.], main bldg.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Red Cross Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington -- J.H. Hammond's, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Northwest, Washington, D.C, home of mining engineer John Hays Hammond (1855-1936). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. ... More

Victor Bldg., 9th St., N.W., [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Army & Navy Bldg. Conn. Ave. & I, [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dime Savings Bank building, Detroit, Mich.

Public domain photograph of a tall building, skyscraper, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French Embassy, 2400 16th St., Washington, D.C.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

National Bank, Antwerp, Belgium

Photograph shows statue of Leopold I in front of the National Bank of Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Caption on negative misidentifies location as "Brussels". Forms part of: ... More

Bankers Trust Co. Bldg., Wall & Nassau Sts.

Bankers Trust Co. building under construction. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Maj. General Daniel E. Sickles in wheelchair; coming out of building]

J162692 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Woolworth Bldg. - Irving Underhill

Woolworth Building under construction, New York City, Feb. 2, 1912. J166804 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed & Copyright by Irving Underhill.

Metropolitan [Life] Bldg., No. 1 Madison Ave.

J184821 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C 9524. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

New York City views. Vendor in Greenwich Village area

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street life, vendor, shop sign, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

HITT, WILLIAM F. RESIDENCE OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM F. HITT

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