[King Kelly, Chicago White Stockings, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "$10,000"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
The land of our birth. The following poem was then read by Prof. Rodne...
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 18, Folder 27.
Mr. Denon unrolling a mummy
Print shows Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon unwrapping a mummy on a table with several guests observing and a woman seated on the left sketching the scene, in a parlor presumably at Mr. Denon's residence. Two men ... more
Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with ...
Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at ... more
U.S. Reports: The United States v. Prescott et al., 44 U.S. (3 How.) 5...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 44; Howard Volume 3; January Term, 1845; The United States, Plaintiffs, v. Eli S. Prescott et al., Defendants
U.S. Reports: United States v. Chicago, 48 U.S. (7 How.) 185 (1849)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 48; Howard Volume 7; January Term, 1849; The United States, Complainants, v. The City of Chicago.
Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Sou...
Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the n... more
Map of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad and connecting lines, Solomo...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central states showing major drainage, relief by hachures in Ohio, place names, canals, and the railroad network. Chartered in 1848. Consolidated to form the Pittsburgh... more
Gunpowder for sale here / Oliver J. Stuart, N.Y.
Broadsheet advertisement for the Laflin Powder Company, Saugerties, New York, manufacturers of gunpowder, with "Offices [at] 29 Water St. cor. of Olive St. St. Louis Mo. and 79 South Water St. Chicago, Ill." sh... more
Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West ...
Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:2,800,000. LC Railroad maps, 115 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Illinois... more
Map of Chicago & Rock Island, Peoria and Bureau Valley, and Mississipp...
Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing "railroads completed or in progress" and "railroads proposed & authorized unless named as 'projected.'" Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. LC Railroad... more
[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...
Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by L... more
A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...
Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Railroad maps... more
Map of the Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad.
Outline map of Wisconsin and parts of adjoining states showing major drainage, important cities, and the present and proposed railroad network. Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. LC Railroad maps, 380 Description derived f... more
D.B. Cooke & Co's railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations ...
Outline map showing "R.R. in operation" and "R.R. in Progress." [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:850,000. Hand colored. LC Railroad maps, 203 Shows railroads in operation and progress. Includes index, ... more
Kansas affairs. To the friends of free Kansas. National Kansas Committ...
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; Portfolio 20, Folder 5.
Tremont House, Chicago - presentation of flag to Light Guards, by Duqu...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 33 (1856 July 26), p. 100. Reference copy may be in LOT 4424. Caption card tracings: Milit... more
The death chamber
Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 38 (1856 Aug. 30), p. 189 (top).
[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.
[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... more
Map of the Milwaukee & Superior Rail Road and its connections.
Map of Wisconsin and parts of Illinois and Michigan showing drainage, county boundaries, larger cities, and the railroad network. The main line is in red, and the Milwaukee and Chicago Railroad is in blue. Scal... more
170 miles saved to Northern Iowa and St. Paul! Chicago, St. Paul and F...
Transportation.; Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac r. R.; Milwaukee & Mississippi railroad. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGM... more
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne, and Chicago R. R. in direct connection with the...
Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 22... more
Letter to Hon. Henry A. Wise from S. A. Douglas, November 7, 1858.
Refers to success of the Democratic Party in recent State elections in Illinois.
The Illinois and Michigan Canal, connecting Illinois and the West with...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 7, no. 178 (1859 April 30), p. 339.
Road road route from Boston, Massachusetts to Chicago, Illinois.
Outline map of a strip between Boston and Chicago showing one schematic rail line with many railroad stations named along the line. Mileage table indicating five railroads is at lower right of map. Scale ca. 1:... more
The city of Chicago, Illinois
Bird's-eye panorama, with border vignettes of buildings and landmarks. Wood engraving by Lossing-Barritt. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1859 Sept. 10). Reference copy may be in LOT 4389 C. This record contains u... more
To President Andrew Johnson. Whereas, Andrew Johnson, President of the...
Printed on Satin.; On verso: File.; President Johnson did not visit Memphis on his "Swing Around the Circle" tour, August 28 to September 15, 1866. Papers of Andrew Jackson, vol. 11, Appendix 3. Available also... more
The Republican Standard.
Partly colored broadside in five columns within a colored border of a rail fence. Heading in a large type. No 1745, Vol. 3. T. W. Streeter Collection sale, 1967.
Chicago Chamber of Commerce
No. 140. Title from item.
View from Dearborn Park looking N.E
Title from item. No. 94.
Light House Chicago
Title from item.
Hon. T.M. Pomeroy of N.Y
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: T.M. Pomeroy. Delegate to Republican Nat. Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogr... more
Water Works
Title from item.
Sherman House
No. 140. Title devised by Library staff. Title from item.
The Zouave Cadets of Chicago
Composite of 8 different drill scenes. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1860 July 28. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420F. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... more
Langley Ave., M. E. Church
Title from item.
Chicago River, north from Randolph St
Title from item. No. 71.
Gen'l Lee's old homestead, Arlington, Va
On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas.; El Paso, Tex. Handwritten on verso: Gift Society of Calif. Pioneers Jan. 19, 1954. Title from item.
Water Works
Title from item.
The City of Chicago, Illinois, where the Republican Nominating Convent...
Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 May 12, p. 292.
Trinity Church
No. 108. Title from item.
View from dome of City Hall, looking N.E
Title from item. No. 8.
View from Lake Mountain, Lincoln Park
Title from item. No. 1; 165.
Interior detail of the Capitol building rotunda
Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool; New York; Chicago; Toronto; Ottawa, Kas; El Paso, Tex. Title devised by Library staff.
Spot him! "Rev." Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, who was present at the Chic...
Dean, Henry Clay. 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 94, Folder 21.
Hon. Washington Townsend of Pa
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Hon. Townsend. Delegate to Republican Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph ... more
Rt. Rev. James Duggan, D.D. Bishop of Chicago
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mendel, Edward.
Sherman House, cor. Clark and Randolph Streets
No. 52. Title devised by Library staff. Title from item.
Lincoln Park
Title from item. No. 10; 62.
The Zouave Cadets of Chicago
1. the Zouave drill - running in double quick step; 2. rallying by companies to repel cavalry (with protruding payonets to resemble a pin-cushin). Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1860 July 28. ... more
View from dome of City Hall, looking S.E
Title from item. No. 2.
Custom House and Post Office
No. 68. Title from item.
Langley Ave., M. E. Church
Title from item.
Inside of entrance to Rosehill Cemetery
Title from item. No. 103.
Hon. Columbus Delano of Ohio
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... more
Hon. Phineas Warren Hitchcock of Neb
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: Sen. Hitchcock. Delegate to Republican National Convention in Chicago 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph c... more
Dearborn St., Chicago
Title from item.
[Chicago.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 147 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
[Brady & Hesler portrait of Lincoln.]
Hesler Photograph: Meserve no. 26, June 1860, also known as the Ayre's portrait
Entrance to Rosehill Cemetery
Title from item. No. 102.
The Republicans in nominating co[nv]ent[ion] in their wigwam at Chicag...
Crowd of mostly women watching Republican convention from upper gallery of a large hall. Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 4, no. 177 (1860 May 19), pp. 312-313.
Western bank note & eng. co. steel plate engraving & lithography
Print shows an advertisement for the Western Bank Note & Engaving Company, La Salle Street, corner Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, makers of "steel plate engraving & lithography" of "Bonds, Checks & Certificates, ... more
Hon. Henry Winslow Corbett of Oregon
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Sen. Corbett. Delegate to Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1860. Credit line: Brady-Handy pho... more
Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....
Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: M...
Requests immediate removal of Chicago postmaster
[Captain Louis Ernst von Trebra, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Reg...
Title devised by Library staff. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 17.
[1st Lieutenant John Paul Kuntze, Union officer, bust portrait, facing...
Title devised by Library staff. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 13. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.
Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chica...
Photograph shows portrait of Potter in uniform. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States Military Railroad, 1863 and 1864. On verso: J. A. Potter, Cap. U.S.A. Gift; Flor... more
[1st Lieutenant August Bitter, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Regi...
Title devised by Library staff. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 50. Two cent stamp on verso. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8... more
Map showing the location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with it...
Map of the midwestern states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the completed, proposed, and under-construction railroads. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad... more
U.S. Reports: Chicago City vs. Robbins, 67 U.S. (2 Black) 418 (1863)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 67; Black Volume 2; December Term, 1862; Chicago City vs. Robbins
Map showing the location of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad with i...
Map of the midwestern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered January 16, 1836, constructed in 1853. Consolidated into the ... more
Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to...
Scale ca. 1:3,600,000. Shows canals and navigation routes in northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Civil War maps (2nd... more
Oppression!! Suppressing the press
An extremely crude and somewhat obscure satire on Union general Ambrose E. Burnside's controversial suspension of the Chicago "Times" because of "disloyal and incendiary statements." The anti-Lincoln paper was ... more
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Sends resolutions of Chicago Strong Band
Michigan Terrace, Michigan Avenue. Looking towards teh Central Depot f...
Print shows the Michigan Terrace, or Terrace Row residences, 11 separate luxury dwellings in a single large building facing Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, with carriage and pedestrian traffic, and with t... more
Street in Chicago, United States
Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1863, p. 204. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ill. Chicago STREETS; Shelf.
Bryan & Mendel. Facsimile of the Emancipation proclamation. Executive ...
Facsimile of manuscript.