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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

Emperor Maximilian, (standing center with hand on hip) and his three b...

(Source: researcher M. P. Higgins, 2018) In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 3, lower right. On mount: Two fotos taken in Viena (House of Austria).

[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.

Joseph Fesch, Cardinal Buonaparte, full-length portrait, seated, facin...

Stamped on mount: F. D'Atri, via Condotti no. 82, Roma. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 42 (bottom right). Photograph of painting. Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is avail... More

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 soldier in Union cavalry uniform with saber in front of p...

Notation on verso: "Remington." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Ronn Palm's Museum of Civil War Images, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, October 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collecti... More

[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

[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.

Alfred A. Stratton of Co. G, 147th New York Infantry Regiment in unifo...

Photograph shows identified soldier who lost his arms on on June 18, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. Printed on recto: "Alfred A. Stratton, Co G., 147th N.Y.V. Wounded at Petersburgh, Va." Deposit; Tom Liljenqu... More

[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

Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, July 2015. Forms part of: Liljen... More

Portrait of Julia Bullard Nelson, teacher and women's rights activist

Publisher statement taken from imprint on back of mount. Inscription on back: Yours truly Julia B. Nelson. "M. E. Green" handwritten on back. Purchase; 2013; (DLC/PP-2013:179). Forms part of the William Henry ... More

St. Mark's, Venice - Public domain historic place print

Stamped on mount: Carlo Ponti, Ottico e Fotografo, Venezia. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 21 (bottom right). Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is available for use in the ... 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

Frederick Douglass C.F. Conly Photographer, 465 Washington St., Boston

Photograph shows reproduction of portrait by George Kendall Warren taken in 1876. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War... 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.

[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

[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

[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.

Florence Nightingale By appointment, Mr. Kilburn, 222 Regent Street

Photograph shows portrait of the founder of modern nursing who served as an inspiration for American nurses in the Civil War. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Chris Foard, The Foard Colle... More

John Burton W. New, 143, Brompton Road, 4 doors west of Queen Street

Related to cartes de visite of Benjamin Burton, also taken in London, an older John Burton with his wife and three children taken in Alexandria, Virginia, and Philip P. Hippert, which were processed as LOT 140... More

Major General Alexander Hays of 12th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment an...

Photograph shows identified soldier, who was wounded at Bull Run and killed at Wilderness, Virginia. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Antique Center of Gett... More

Sergeant Robert Taylor Knox of Co. B and Co. C, 30th Virginia Infantry...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Heritage of Honor, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fam... More

Unidentified chaplain in Union uniform with Bible J.C. Spooner's Pictu...

Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Civil War Image Shop, Milan, Ohio, March 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Almira Fales, philanthropist and nurse during the Civil War Whitehurst...

Photograph shows identified Civil War nurse holding baskets of supplies. Photographer is possibly William Snell who worked in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, form... More

Twelve unidentified soldiers in a Union regimental band with cornets, ...

Photograph shows group portrait of regimental band probably from Michigan. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist... More

Lieutenant Andrew J. Gahagan of Co. D, 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Negative 8161. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, New Paltz, New York, September 2015. Forms part of: Liljenq... More

Elida Rumsey Fowle, Civil War nurse and singer

Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by M.S. Hagaman, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018... More

Brigadier General Thomas Greely Stevenson of 24th Massachusetts Infant...

Photograph shows identified soldier who was killed at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, on May 10, 1864. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil W... More

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, foot of Washington Street, Philade...

Photograph shows street view including Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Union Volunteer Hospital, and other buildings. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Li... More

Private Cline Morris of Co. E, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regime...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Tax stamps on verso partially obscure backmark. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, F... More

Private Thornton Reber and Lieutenant Thomas Griffith of Co. I, 159th ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Ronn Palm's Museum of Civil War Images, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, September 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist ... More

Private Thomas Dennis of Co. G, 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment in unifo...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Signed on verso: "Thomas Dennis" Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

Unidentified bearded man, facing slightly left photographed by J.F. Pa...

"15" and "692SA" in pencil on back of card. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gottheim; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008: 007)

Unidentified soldier in Zouave uniform with bayoneted rifle Frank Rowe...

Date based on beginning year that Frank Rowell had a studio at the address listed on the carte de visite. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Museum Quality Americana, Cal Packard LLC, May 2... More

Louisa May Alcott, writer, abolitionist, and Civil War nurse Warren's ...

Notation on verso: "Louisa Alcott." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Jeffrey Kraus, Antique Photographics, New Paltz, New York, June 2016. Forms part of: Li... More

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.

Lieutenant John A. Kelly of Co. B, 8th Illinois Cavalryalry Regiment i...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on recto: "Lt. Kelley, 8th Ill. Cav." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Rick Carlile Military Books, Oakwood, Ohio, February 2017. Forms part... More

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket Evans & Pr...

Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Nick Harris, December 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Libr... More

Unidentified bearded man, facing slightly left J .G. Stacy, Dover, Me

"27" "see #12" "692SA" in pencil, on back. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gottheim; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008: 007)

Portrait of an unidentified woman, seated, facing front James G. Stacy...

"29" "692SA" in pencil, on back. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gottheim; 2008; (DLC/PP-2008: 007)

Major General Edward W. Hincks of 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier, whose name was also spelled Hinks, who was wounded at Glendale, Virginia, on June 30, 1862, and at Antietam, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, and his identified wife. Gift;... More

Unidentified sailors on deck and atop the turret of the USS Catskill, ...

Notation on verso: "Monitor Catskill." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, Fairfield, Connecticut, June 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photo... More

Acting Master George D. Upham of U.S. Navy in uniform Guay Photographi...

Photograph shows identified sailor who served on the frigate Potomac. Notation on verso: "Compliments of Geo. D. Upham, 'Potomac,' Pensacola, March 30th/64." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, form... More

Private Thomas J. Kurtz of Co. D, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Notation on verso: Compliments of Thos. J. Kurtz, Co. D 91st Regt. P.V.V., Col. E.M. Gregory." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchas... More

Two Kazakh women--the bride (on the left) is wearing a saukele hat

Title devised by Library staff based on information from source: S. Satayeva, 2012. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

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

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