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[Thomas Corwin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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

[Three-quarter length portrait of a man, seated, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 16, upper left. On verso: Cherub with elbow resting on camera on tripod with banner reading: F.A. Martin... More

[William E. Burton, actor and theatrical impresario, three-quarter len...

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

Esteva Mtro. de Governación de Max

Esteva, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Title written above item in album. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, lower left.

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

[Empress Carlota of Mexico, half-length portrait in cameo, surrounded ...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 4, upper left.

[Empress Carlotta of Mexico, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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

[Portraits of a group of Federal soldiers]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[O. J. Hollister, author and editor of the Daily Mining Journal, head-...

Inscribed on photograph: Faithfully yours, O. J. Hollister. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Bassett's house, Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly quarters of Colonel God...

Title transcribed from handwritten text on verso. On verso: Butler, Bonsall & Co., Army Photographers, General Rousseau's Division. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John... More

[Charles A. Atwell, bust portrait, facing right, wearing military unif...

Carte de visite by Purviance's Photographic Rooms, corner Fifth & Wood sts., Pittsburgh, PA. Enlisted into Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Battery (Sept. 21, 1861). Died of wounds received in the Battle... More

[Henry Shelton Sanford, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

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

[Miguel Miramón, three quarter-length portrait, standing, facing front...

Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War] / Bell & ...

Portrait photo of Dave, messenger, Alexandria, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Lansard F. Chapman, bust portrait, facing slightly left]

Carte de visite by Slagle, 288 Penna. Avenue, cor. 11th St., Washington, D.C. In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 13, surrogate p. 4... More

François-Victor Hugo [graphic] / / Thiébault, Bd., Bonne Nouvellé, 31.

Bacard Fils was the son-in-law and successor to Thiébault. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd Unit...

American eagle as emblem of the 3rd United States Colored Troops. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. army officers and other person... More

[Miguel Miramón, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

On mount verso: Montes de Oca y Compañia, 1... calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 8, upper left.

[Portrait of boy soldier] - Public domain portrait print

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait photo of [Unidentified man in tall boots]

[Unidentified woman] / Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, 912-914 Chestnut Str...

Ambroise Thomas, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows Amboise Thomas, French composer, head-and-shoulders portrait, chin resting on left hand, facing left. 1302 hand written on mount. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. R... More

[Unidentified officer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, with lef...

In album: [U.S. army officers and other persons of the Civil War period / John White Geary, comp. 1861-1865], no. 82, surrogate p. 21 (upper right). Surrogate available as color laser copy in P&P Reading Room.

Kane, Warren & Gay / H. B. Hillyer's Artillery Rooms, Austin, Texas.

Photograph shows three men, two in civilian dress and one in military uniform. Notation on verso: In commemoration of _____.

[Brigadier General William G. Mank, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana ...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 21. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Unidentified Union officer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 56. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Unidentified Union officer, full-length portrait, standing, facing fr...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 66. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

[Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, social reformer, head-and-shoulders portrai...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first man wounded in t...

Photograph shows Nicholas Biddle, an African American Union soldier, in uniform, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographer's stamp on verso. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Unidentified sailor in Union engineer lieutenant commander's uniform]...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Ruins of light house, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows observation tower built atop lighthouse ruins. Neg. no. B8184-10378.

John L. Burns - Public domain portrait print

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Tyson Brothers, Gettysburg, Pa., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On verso: clipping that describ... More

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence - a redeemed slave child, 5 years o...

Photograph shows Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Copyright by C.S. Lawrence. Exhibited: "Portraits of a people : picturing African Americans in the 19th C." at... More

[Man holding top hat, full-length portrait, standing, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 17, lower left. On verso: Montes de Oca, fotografo, Calle de Plateros, No. 6, Mexico. On verso: Nbre 16/64.

[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximili...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper right. On recto: A. Peraire foto. On verso: Ay... Peraire foto ... Mexico.

The last men of the Revolution - Public domain print

Set of portraits showing American Revolutionary War veterans who lived to be 100 or more years old.

Michael Dunn, Raymond, Potter Co., Penna. / Photographed by Hope, succ...

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Michael Dunn of Co. H, 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, after the amputation of his legs in 1864, the result of injuries received in a battle near Dallas, Georgia, on M... More

Adam Link, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position and without vignetting, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The ... More

[Abraham Lincoln] - Public domain portrait print

Photograph showing portrait of Lincoln. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

D. H. Bates / Photographed by Philp & Solomons' Metropolitan Gallery, ...

Photograph shows portrait of David Homer Bates, an original operator of the United States Military Telegraph Corps. Found with ambrotype of the original four operators of the United States Military Telegraph C... More

[General Winfield Scott Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, in unifo...

Stamped on verso: Rockwood, successor; return to George Grantham Bain, 255 Canal Street. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Benjamin Franklin, Supt. P.N.D.A., Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 1873-18...

Photograph shows portrait of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency superintendant and former chief of detectives at the Philadelphia Police Department. Forms part of: Visual material from the records of Pinker... More

[Henry L. Dawes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

President Lincoln's first home in Illinois

Photograph of drawing shows two men standing in front of a log cabin. Additional text: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865 by J.L. Campbell...for the Northern District of Illinois. Written on... More

[Full-length portrait of a man, standing, facing front]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rosa Mendez - Public domain portrait print

Rosa Mendez, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 30, lower left. On verso: Andres Martinez y C[S... More

[Two women, full-length portrait, standing, turned slightly toward eac...

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 29, lower right. On recto: Andres Martinez y c[Superscript a] Fotografos, Mexico, C. de las Escalerillas... More

W.M. Clark / Chas. Bohm, Denver, Col.

Photograph shows W.M. Clark (William M. Clark, Denver lawyer?), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Mrs. L. Sullivan [i.e. O'Sullivan] Cartes de visite

Photograph shows portrait of Laura Virginia Pywell O'Sullivan, wife of Timothy O'Sullivan. Purchase; E. Marshall Pywell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:124). Was AP 900.

[Dudley J. Spaulding, Wisconsin businessman, half-length portrait, fac...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Autobiographical statement is in the Supplemental Biographical File. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher requested portraits for a collection about judges and commissioners who served at th... More

Brandt, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Austrian mezzo soprano Marianne Brandt, half-length portrait, facing left. No. 1369. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Gustav Klupfel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / C.F. Sch...

Written on verso: Dr. Gustav Klupfel, Germany. E. Judge. Gustav Klupfel, Stuttgart. Royal counselor, Director of the mint. 1893 judge at the Columbian Exhib., Dep. E., Mines, Mining & Metallurgy. Reference cop... More

[Ella Whitney Gould, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Peyt...

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

[Count Henry Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden, head-and-shoulders portrait...

Title devised by Library staff from hand-written name on back of the photo. Written on verso: Count Henry Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden 1893. Judge in A." Reference copy in BIOG FILE. In 1894, John Boyd Thacher ... More

[Anna Eva Fay, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] / ...

Forms part of: 19th century portraits, ... from the Clara Barton Papers, Manuscript Division.

Alexandra Gripenberg / K.E. Ståhlberg., Head and Shoulders Portrait

Baroness Alexandra Gripenberg, Finnish author and feminist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Stamped on verso: Sewall Coll. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Bull-Dozing / Landy, Photo., Cincinnati, O .

Photograph shows a drawing of Caucasian toddler laughing and an African American toddler crying. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV78; Children. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877,... More

[Half-length portrait of a young man, facing slightly right]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Group portrait of five men, seated, facing front]

Written on verso: Chechense - Match - a wedding match. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Full-length portrait of two men, standing, facing each other]

Inscribed on verso: Georgians. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Bust portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front] / J.P. Ball's P...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Photographs show primarily single portraits of officers serving in the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Includes about forty-five identified sitters, ranking as Captains or Lieutenants, two troop do... More

Officers of the 25th United States Colored Troops

Fannie Virginia Casseopia Lawrence. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows a portrait of Fannie Lawrence, standing in front of a balustrade, against a landscape backdrop. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by C. S. Lawrence, in the Clerk's Offi... More

[Group of firemen] - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men (including one African American), identified as firemen, in a group portrait. Title from Gladstone's inventory notes. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV81; Group of firemen. "... More

Dr. Martinoff's little boy & son of Yakimova born in fortress

Photo by N.P. Prokop eva. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C. / photographed and for sale by...

Photograph shows slaves sitting in front of a building described as the "nursery". Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV59; children's nursery. "GA 687" written in pencil on back of the mount. Handwritte... More

John Ruskin - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows portrait of Ruskin with reproduction of his signature. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support w... More

[Sailing ships at wharf in harbor] / G.T. Lape, photographer, 130 Chat...

Cancelled stamp on verso. Neg. no. B8184-10378. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh... More

Ruins of the arsenal / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows ruins of the State Arsenal along the canal in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for the ... More

[Slave quarters on a plantation, possibly in Beaufort, South Carolina]

Photograph shows African Americans standing next to the slave houses, Port Royal, South Carolina. (Source: similar Brady negative: LC-B811-211 and researcher M. P. Higgins, 2018) Photographer name from negativ... More

[Two African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front] / J. R...

Mr. Sullivan [i.e. O'Sullivan] - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows portrait of Timothy O'Sullivan. Purchase; E. Marshall Pywell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:124). Was AP 900.

[Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Solovʹev, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photographic reproduction of an engraving. Photo by Vezenberg & Co., St. Petersburg. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

F.B. Boville [i.e. Beville] / J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.

Photograph shows identified sailor Midshipman and Acting Master's Mate Francis Bartow Beville (also known as Frank, with surname spelled at times as Boville or Bevill) of the C.S.S. Atlanta, Confederate Navy, i... More

[Filipp Vasile̦vich Ovsi︠a︡nnikov, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...

Photo by Vezenberg & Co., St. Petersburg. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Filipp Vasile̦vich Ovsi︠a︡nnikov, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...

Photo by Vezenberg & Co., St. Petersburg. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Top of the card has been cut below the red line border. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by R. R. Corson, in the Clerk'... More

Sophia Nikitina, died on way to place of exile

Sophia Nikitina, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Sophia Nikitina was a young girl attending school in Kiev when she was banished as an administrative exile to Eastern Siberia. Having traveled approxim... More

Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, slaves from New Orleans / Chas. Paxso...

Photograph shows a group portrait of freed slaves from New Orleans, Wilson Chinn, Charles Taylor, Rebecca Huger, and Rosina Downs reading. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackab... More

[Full-length portrait of man, seated, facing front]

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[A ferry loaded with people and wagons on a Russian river(?)]

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

[Aleksandr Sinianin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Inscription on verso in Russian: To my friend George Ivanovich Kennan in memory of his visit to Alekseyevska Central Prison in Irkutsk region. Head of the prison Aleksandr Sinianin. Photo by Milevskii, Irkutsk.... More

[Nikola i Vasile̦vich Gogol,̦ half-length portrait, facing front]

Photographic reproduction of a lithograph. Photo by Vezenberg & Co., St. Petersburg. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

The belle of Point Lookout - Public domain portrait

Photograph shows young woman partially identified as Miss Bidlack, probably a relative of William Wallace Bidlack, a surgeon at Point Lookout during the Civil War.

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple...

Photograph shows an oval portrait of Col. Robert Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Colored Volunteers Infantry.

[Colonel Robert G. Shaw, half-length portrait, facing right] / Whipple...

Photograph shows an oval portrait of Col. Robert Shaw, 54th Massachusetts Colored Volunteers Infantry.

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier] / J.P. Bal...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GE786" and "1123" and "CDV418" written on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.50)

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated, and full-lengt...

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

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an unidentified African American man...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "WE108" written in pencil on back of the mount. "Duplicates can be had at any time" printed on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (... More

P.T. Barnum / Charles D. Fredricks & Co., "Specialité," 587 Broadway, ...

On verso: two cent stamp postmarked September 3, 1864. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of... More

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified civil war soldier] / from Bal...

Photograph shows soldier leaning against a column. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GD1185" and "1270" written on back of the mount. Purchase; Wil... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

Photographs show members of the American Colony, a Christian community in Jerusalem founded by immigrants from the United States and Sweden. Includes photographs of American Colony leader Anna Spafford, her hus... More

Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members of th...

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