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Home of the beaver, Clear Creek, Arizona

Home of the beaver, Clear Creek, Arizona

No. 131. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virginia, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]

[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virgi...

Possible cabinet card trimmed to oval shape. Gift; William F. Wagner; 1959 Oct. 14.

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge.

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse harnessed to a sulky. 8263 U.S. Copyright Office Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automati... More

Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D. / W.R. Cross, portrait & view photographer, ... Hot Springs, S. Dak.

Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Rid...

Members of Lakota or Sioux tribe in predominantly traditional dress, posed with police chief in uniform. 10047W U.S. Copyright Office. No. 480.

Oklahoma cyclone (no. 2). 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Oklahoma cyclone (no. 2). 19th century, Library of Congress collection

View of cyclone funnel. Copyright by North Losey, View Photographers, Oklahoma City, Okla. Wittemann Collection.

[Blanche Marchesi, half-length portrait, facing left] / J. Pursey, Edinburgh.

[Blanche Marchesi, half-length portrait, facing left] / J. Pursey, Edi...

Inscribed: Je vous ai amiée a Paris, je vous ai amiée a Boston, je vous ai amiée a Londres, ou ne vous [?] je pas ... after a jolly evening, London 1 July 1906, Blanche Marches. Typed caption on verso. No. 65.

Soldier's skeletons City Point, Virginia / / Original photographs taken by the Government photographer during the war.

Soldier's skeletons City Point, Virginia / / Original photographs take...

Photographs show (on recto) decomposing skeletons on a stretcher with men disinterring remains from battlefield graves at Cold Harbor, Virginia, to be moved to national cemeteries and (on verso) a Union supply ... More

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Group posed on deck of ship. 10405 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical com... More

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with two children Goodman and Springer, Mt. Pleasant, Pa

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the R...

Photograph shows group portrait of unidentified Union veteran and two children, probably his grandchildren. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Dave Taylor, Civil War Antiques, Sylvania, Ohi... More

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Notation on verso: "To Mr. Jonathan Foster with the treasured memories that cling to childhood and youth. His friend now, as then, Clara Barton, Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 1894." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017;... More

[Unidentified man, possibly related to Nicholas G. Wilson] / Souvenir by W.H. Tipton & Co., Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

[Unidentified man, possibly related to Nicholas G. Wilson] / Souvenir ...

Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. Purchased from: Scott Felix, 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).

[Interior of Fine Arts Building, Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta]

[Interior of Fine Arts Building, Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mary Craig F.W. Guerin, photographer, No. 627 Olive St., St. Louis

Mary Craig F.W. Guerin, photographer, No. 627 Olive St., St. Louis

Photograph shows portrait of Mary ("Mamie") Craig Lawton as a girl. Forms part of: Henry Ware Lawton papers (Library of Congress).

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W. Pittman for J.C. Power, custodian

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W...

Printed on recto: "Copyright by J.C. Power." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Tom McEvoy, December 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of ... More

Views in Arizona. Grand Canon, mouth of Cataract Creek, looking down

Views in Arizona. Grand Canon, mouth of Cataract Creek, looking down

Public domain photograph of Grand Canyon National Park, mountains, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The organ grinder, No. 1

The organ grinder, No. 1

Photograph shows man playing organ grinder and holiding out his hat.

Civil War veteran John W. Pollard, who served under the name of Private Jackson Ridgway in the 83rd U.S. Colored Troops, in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medal J.A. Wolfe, 4841 N. Clark St., Rogers Park, Chicago

Civil War veteran John W. Pollard, who served under the name of Privat...

Photograph shows portrait of identified Union veteran John W. Pollard, formerly known as Jackson Ridgway or Wridgway, who had been an escaped slave. Notation on verso: "J.W. Pollard, May 30, 1906, after parade... More

General D.E. Sickles and staff at 14th Street. General U.S. Grant's funeral / Hill Bros., New York.

General D.E. Sickles and staff at 14th Street. General U.S. Grant's fu...

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lagoon looking east from Transportation Building]

[Lagoon looking east from Transportation Building]

35933Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Esquimaux woman #1 / Coover, 70 State Street, Chicago.

Esquimaux woman #1 / Coover, 70 State Street, Chicago.

Photograph shows portrait of an Eskimo woman at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. 431 U.S. Copyright Office.

John Burns, the hero of Gettysburg Slaughter pen at Gettysburg / / Original photographs taken by the Government photographer during the war.

John Burns, the hero of Gettysburg Slaughter pen at Gettysburg / / Ori...

Photographs show (on recto) wounded 69-year old war hero John Burns seated in a rocking chair with his crutches and his rifle and (on verso) dead bodies at the foot of Little Round Top. Printed on recto: "No. ... More

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J.B. Linn & Co., photographers, Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J...

Photograph shows soldiers led by Captain John Wilson reenacting climb to plant 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain (Source: Will Stapp, January 2016). Photographed by Ro... More

Tillamook Rock and lighthouse / S. B. Crow, Astoria, Oregon.

Tillamook Rock and lighthouse / S. B. Crow, Astoria, Oregon.

Cabinet card photograph showing the small island of Tillamook Rock, dominated by its lighthouse. W28932 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by S. B. Crow.

[Interior of Fine Arts Building, Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta]

[Interior of Fine Arts Building, Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta]

Copyright by R.A. Ellis. No. 23. Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A North Dakota cyclone. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

A North Dakota cyclone. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photograph shows dark clouds hovering over homes and church with a cyclone in the distance. Copyright 1895 by Clinton Johnson. Palace portrait car.

[Ellen Herndon Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / W. Kurtz, New York.

[Ellen Herndon Arthur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / W....

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Horse in motion. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford; running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19th June 1878 / Muybridge.

The Horse in motion. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford; runni...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse. 2437K2 (copy 2) U.S. Copyright Office. Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automatic Electro... More

Soldier's skeletons City Point, Virginia / / Original photographs taken by the Government photographer during the war.

Soldier's skeletons City Point, Virginia / / Original photographs take...

Photographs show (on recto) decomposing skeletons on a stretcher with men disinterring remains from battlefield graves at Cold Harbor, Virginia, to be moved to national cemeteries and (on verso) a Union supply ... More

John Burns, the hero of Gettysburg Slaughter pen at Gettysburg / / Original photographs taken by the Government photographer during the war.

John Burns, the hero of Gettysburg Slaughter pen at Gettysburg / / Ori...

Photographs show (on recto) wounded 69-year old war hero John Burns seated in a rocking chair with his crutches and his rifle and (on verso) dead bodies at the foot of Little Round Top. Printed on recto: "No. ... More

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Group posed on deck of ship. 10405 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical com... More

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W. Pittman for J.C. Power, custodian

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W...

Printed on recto: "Entered by John Carroll Power, in 1883, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Tom McEvoy, December 2017. Forms par... More

General D.E. Sickles and staff at 14th Street. General U.S. Grant's funeral / Hill Bros., New York.

General D.E. Sickles and staff at 14th Street. General U.S. Grant's fu...

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Horse in motion. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford; running at a 1:40 gait over the Palo Alto track, 19th June 1878 / Muybridge.

The Horse in motion. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford; runni...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse. 2437K2 (copy 2) U.S. Copyright Office. Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automatic Electro... More

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge.

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse harnessed to a sulky. 8263 U.S. Copyright Office Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automati... More

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge.

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse harnessed to a sulky. 8263 U.S. Copyright Office Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automati... More

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven by C. Marvin, trotting at a 2:24 gait over the Palo Alto track, 15th June 1878 / Muybridge.

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse harnessed to a sulky. 8263 U.S. Copyright Office Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automati... More

[Market on Military Plaza, San Antonio, Texas]

[Market on Military Plaza, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph shows people, tables, and items for sale at an outdoor market at Military Plaza in San Antonio.

Fisheries Building from Wooded Island

Fisheries Building from Wooded Island

35936Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photographic Co., Chicago. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unidentified Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic medal D.S. Brush, Elizabethtown, N.Y

Unidentified Civil War veteran with Grand Army of the Republic medal D...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Exhibit of Civil War shot and shell in the Libby Prison War Museum Novelty Photographing Co

Exhibit of Civil War shot and shell in the Libby Prison War Museum Nov...

Photograph shows displays of Union and Confederate artifacts in the Libby Prison War Museum; Libby Prison was moved to Chicago from Richmond in 1888 and open to the public as a museum between 1889 and 1897. De... More

The crater Fred. H. Foss (late 56th Massachusetts.), Dover, N.H

The crater Fred. H. Foss (late 56th Massachusetts.), Dover, N.H

Photograph shows crater at Petersburg, Virginia, photographed during excursion to Virginia battlefields in May 1887 by the 57th and 59th Massachusetts regiments. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, ... More

Exhibit of Civil War shot and shell in the Libby Prison War Museum Novelty Photographing Co

Exhibit of Civil War shot and shell in the Libby Prison War Museum Nov...

Photograph shows displays of Union and Confederate artifacts in the Libby Prison War Museum; Libby Prison was moved to Chicago from Richmond in 1888 and open to the public as a museum between 1889 and 1897. De... More

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Notation on verso: "To Mr. Jonathan Foster with the treasured memories that cling to childhood and youth. His friend now, as then, Clara Barton, Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 1894." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017;... More

[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virginia, half-length portrait, seated, facing right]

[Daniel Haymond Polsley, former Republican congressman from West Virgi...

Possible cabinet card trimmed to oval shape. Gift; William F. Wagner; 1959 Oct. 14.

[William Findlay Coolbaugh, founder of the Union National Bank of Chicago, full-length portrait, seated, reading a piece of paper, facing right]

[William Findlay Coolbaugh, founder of the Union National Bank of Chic...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twin Lakes cyclone, Apr. 11, 1903

Twin Lakes cyclone, Apr. 11, 1903

Photograph shows buildings in the foreground and a cyclone funnel in the distance. No. 9.

The crater Fred. H. Foss (late 56th Massachusetts.), Dover, N.H

The crater Fred. H. Foss (late 56th Massachusetts.), Dover, N.H

Photograph shows crater at Petersburg, Virginia, photographed during excursion to Virginia battlefields in May 1887 by the 57th and 59th Massachusetts regiments. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, ... More

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Wild West on voyage from New York to London / Merritt Van Wagner.

Group posed on deck of ship. 10405 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical com... More

Portrait photo of Desha Breckinridge Mullen, Lexington, Kentucky

Portrait photo of Desha Breckinridge Mullen, Lexington, Kentucky

Photograph shows portrait of Desha Breckinridge, editor and publisher of the Lexington Morning Herald, with bowler hat on his knee. Date from inscription on verso. Inscribed on verso: Desha in the 1890's.

Gunboat Tyler, where W.W. Stuart served during the Civil War

Gunboat Tyler, where W.W. Stuart served during the Civil War

Photograph shows timberclad steamer gunboat USS Tyler with crew on deck. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograph... More

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Photography. 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 69, Folder 49.

Hiram G. McQuiston, veteran of Co. H, 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment and Co. and Co. K, 6th Regular Army Cavalry Regiment with G.A.R. watch chain and lapel pin

Hiram G. McQuiston, veteran of Co. H, 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment and C...

Photograph shows identified veteran who was wounded at Kernstown, Virginia. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo... More

Lawrence base ball club: Champions New England league, 1914 Kenefick, photo

Lawrence base ball club: Champions New England league, 1914 Kenefick, ...

Photograph showing baseball players, manager, trainer, and mascot, studio portrait, standing and seated in rows. J196154 U.S. Copyright Office. Depicted: Murphy (trainer); Lynch, ss; Mahoney, 2b; Flaherty, c; ... More

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W. Pittman for J.C. Power, custodian

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W...

Printed on recto: "Entered by John Carroll Power, in 1883, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Tom McEvoy, December 2017. Forms par... More

[Fisheries Building from Government Building]

[Fisheries Building from Government Building]

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

Mabel Hubbard Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing front in studio in Toronto, Ontario

Mabel Hubbard Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing front in st...

Stamped on card mount: Fraser & Sons, Toronto, Ont. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W. Pittman for J.C. Power, custodian

National Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Illinois Photographed by J.A.W...

Printed on recto: "Copyright by J.C. Power." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Tom McEvoy, December 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of ... More

Civil War veteran John W. Pollard, who served under the name of Private Jackson Ridgway in the 83rd U.S. Colored Troops, in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medal J.A. Wolfe, 4841 N. Clark St., Rogers Park, Chicago

Civil War veteran John W. Pollard, who served under the name of Privat...

Photograph shows portrait of identified Union veteran John W. Pollard, formerly known as Jackson Ridgway or Wridgway, who had been an escaped slave. Notation on verso: "J.W. Pollard, May 30, 1906, after parade... More