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Plan of the Naval-yard at Halifax - Public domain map

Scale 1:720; 60 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-17... More

Plan of the city and suburbs of New Orleans : from an actual survey ma...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward upper right. Includes ill. of buildings, with name and date of construction for each. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Map of Onondaga County, New York : showing military townships and thei...

Shows real-property tracts and lines only in town (townships) adjacent to Syracuse; other towns are subdivided into numbered military townships. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town (townshi... More

Fort Sumter National Monument - Public domain old map

Title from panel. Bird's-eye view of Fort Sumter in 1861. "*GPO: 2006--320-369/00595. Reprint 2006." Includes descriptive index, text, ill., and map of Fort Sumter walking tour. Text, col. ill., and map of Char... More

Map of Cambria Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys & official reco...

County cadastral map showing townships, boroughs, rural buildings, real-property tracts, and landowners' names; borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), owners' names (save Johnstown inset), and buildin... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska 18...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 465 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 6... More

Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651

Map of the city of Washington (District of Columbia).

General street map showing ward numbers within original city boundary. In right-hand margin: Season of 1870-71 will open on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1870. Includes index of "Public buildings" and advertisements. Avai... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania 1870.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 772 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 65... More

[Silhouette of three men gathered in a square]

Hand-cut silhouette shows three men gathered in a town square between a street lantern and a storefront. A privately owned copy of this silhouette has "Ständchen (Morning Music)" written on the back. Gift; Fran... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Santa Fé, N.M. 1882.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 533 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Bird's eye view of the city of Seattle, W.T., Puget Sound, county seat...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 974 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and 2 views. AACR2

Map of the city of Washington showing the location of the sewers /

LC copy trimmed and torn along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pharus-map World's Fair St. Louis, 1904.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Stratford on Avon. Historic map, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view showing Shakespearean landmarks and other points of interest. Xerographic copy. Includes index to points of interest, ill. of Shakespeare, extensive ill. of literary and related landmarks, and c... More

Aero view of Bangor, Pennsylvania 1918 /

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 734 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and business directo... More

Pyramid monument, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans

Public domain image of a romantic ruins landscape, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Washington DC / Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale not given. Folded title: Welcome to Washington. Covers Washington central business district. Includes text, tourist information, and col. ill. Text, tourist information, map of Washington region, and col.... More

National Zoo, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Scale not given. Pictorial map. Text on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2

Baghdad / Historic map, Library of Congress

"Suitable for reference purposes only." "Map date: 10 February 2006." Printed by NGA 03-06. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes location map. NGA ref. no. K942SBAGHDAD.

1:25 000-scale topographic map of Colonial National Historical Park, V...

Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Title from panel. Title in right lower margin: Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia : 37076-B5-PF-025 : 1981. "Compiled ... More

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region from June 30 to Dec. 31, 1938. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and pho... More

Tōkaidō bunkenzu : 1-bu o motte 1-chō ni ateru.

Shows road between Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Title from title piece mounted on scroll. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Orientation varies. Worm holes in the map. Stamped on: Kan... More

The City of Chicago / sketched & drawn on stone by Parsons & Atwater.

Bird's-eye view of Chicago, Illinois from above Lake Michigan; prominent features listed below image. 7715 1874 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Currier & Ives, New York. Available also through the Library o... More

Town of Ocean Grove, East terminus of State Route 33, south of Asbury ...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Franklin County, Pennsylvania : from actual survey /

General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; borough insets show buildings and occupants' names; Chambersburg inset shows only buildings. Relief shown by hachures. "En... More

New York with the city of Brooklyn in the distance. From the steeple o...

Print shows commercial buildings in New York City, including Brady's Daguerrian Miniature Gallery and Barnum's Museum. The harbor and Brooklyn appear in the distance. Exhibited: A Perfect Fit : The Garment Ind... More

Pekin kinbō zu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows city walls, streets, villages, forests, temples, pagodas, rivers, and roads. Covers Yanjiao, Xianghe from the east, to Sanjiadian, Liangxiang in the west, from Huairou, Changping, Nankou in the north to G... More

Altitude. Part of Deadwood as seen from big flume, showing steps, stai...

Section of small city showing residential and commercial buildings; trees and mountains in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Town of Jeannette, Jeannette, Westmoreland County, PA

Significance: A high concentration of window, tableware, bottle and specialty glass plants distinguished Jeannette as "The Glass City" early in its history. Significant housing stock consists of company-built b... More

Diary in photos, vol. I, 1934-1935

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Pho... More

Downtown Providence, Roughley bounded by Woonasquatucket River, Provid...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trip to Cappadocia, 1935, vol. I

Photographs taken during a trip by John D. Whiting and G. Eric Matson to the Cappadocia region of Turkey in October and November of 1935, on the request of the National Geographic Society. Whiting, a member of ... More

Sunshū fuchū oshiro no zu. - Public domain old map

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the plan, and the layout of the Sunpujō castle in Shizuoka-shi, Japan. Ms. the copier and the date not known. Title from title piece mounted on cover. "Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku zō... More

Description du pais des Hurons. - Public domain old map

Shows part of Ontario extending from Georgian Bay on the north (Partie du Grand Lac des Hurons) to Lake Ontario on the south and from Lake Huron on the west to Lake Simcoe on the east (Lac Oventarenk). Relief s... More

[Central Park, N.Y.] Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map. Pictorical relief. Title supplied by cataloger. Includes various views. Facsimile of A plan of the city of New York from actual survey, 1728, on verso. Available also through the Library of Con... More

Bird's eye view of Peshtigo, Wisconsin Sept. 1871.

"Destroyed by fire night of October 8th 1871." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault Acquisitions control no. 91-51

South Bend, Indiana 1874. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 203 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100;... More

View of Albion, N.Y., 1880 / - Public domain old map

Bird's-eye view. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Imperfect: Brittle, darkened, torn at edges, missing small edge sections, trimmed at top and side margins, pin-holed, taped on verso. Includes index ... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Denver, Colorado, 1881.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Photocopy. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 63 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and view of Denver 1859. AACR2

Fort Worth, Tex., "The Queen of the Prairies," county seat of Tarrant ...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 910 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and... More

Grèce. Vue de Sparte Avec le Taygete

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Greece. Sparta. Taygetus". Print no. "18303. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Walter; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:14... More

Corfoù. La Citadelle view, photochrome print postcard.

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Greece. Calamate. The Citadel from the North West". Print no. "18116. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Walt... More

Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world : map of Washington, ...

Alternate title below bar scale: Rand, McNally & Co.'s business atlas map of Washington, D.c. Lacks index. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Naval Hospital grounds, Chelsea, Mass. /

Hospital relocated to Boston from Chelsea in 1940 and is currently known as U.S. Public Health Service Hospital at Boston. Relief shown by contours. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing paper. Rubber-stamped: U.S.... More

Winchester, Massachusetts 1898. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 330 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. ... More

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

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

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juneau Alaska - View of city - Frank G. Carpenter collection

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

New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1902. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 816.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Street map of Fulton, N.Y. : with street numbers.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes advertisments.

City of Hoboken, New Jersey 1904. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 518 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Panorama of the World's Fair, St Louis, 1904.

"American Expositions and World Fairs Exhibit, January-March 1976." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

G. Kemʹ. Vid na ostrov s berega

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photographic negative transparency of U.S. Geological Survey topograph...

Date of situation of the original map is approximate. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Title devised by cataloger. Publication data taken from donor's adhesive label at lower right. Gift; Gary W. Nort... More

Arnold Genthe. Market scene, New Orleans. Public domain artistic photo...

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

View down a street, New Orleans

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

Arnold Genthe. Spiral stairway, New Orleans. Public domain artistic ph...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe. Unloading bananas, New Orleans. Public domain artistic ...

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe. Oak trees, New Orleans. Public domain artistic photogra...

Arnold Genthe. Unloading bananas, New Orleans. Public domain artistic ...

Town of Shakespeare, Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, NM

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central area map of the city of Rio de Janeiro /

Relief is shown by contours. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Two sheets joined to form 1, mounted on cloth. "Map no. 5 to accompany a survey of the Rio de Janeiro region of Brazil approved June 1, 1... More

General soil map, District of Columbia.

Scale 1:24,000. Relief shown by spot heights. Depths shown by contours and soundings. "Compiled 1975." Includes notes and table of soil characteristics. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

Map showing properties under jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capi...

Also shows government buildings and block numbers. Oriented with north to the left. Blue-line print. Includes notes and inset of "U.S. Botanic Gardens nursery at D.C. Village." Available also through the Librar... More

[Street map of central Washington D.C. showing parklands and all gover...

Selected buildings shown pictorially. Also shows "National Park Service visitor services" and radial walking times/distances from the "U.S. Botanic Garden". Title devised by cataloguer. Gift: Charles B. Peterso... More

[Map of South Korea]. - Public domain map

Title viewed on March 31, 2015. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Verzeichnus Der Fürnembsten Orter Als Städt. Schlösser und Marckflecke...

Print shows 34 small city views of Imperial conquests in the Palatinate under Gen. Gonzalo Ferandez de Cordoba, 1621-1622. Includes medallion vignette portraits of Cordoba and Count Johann Tserclaes Tilly. Engr... More

[View of Portland, Oregon]. 19th century, Library of Congress collecti...

Photograph shows a panoramic view of downtown Portland, Oregon, including riverfront. 59187 U.S. Copyright Office. Date from copyright office stamp on item. Herbert A. Hale, 132 1/2 Third Street, Portland, Ore... More

Members and activities of the American Colony (Jerusalem)

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 and her ... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views along the upper Volga River, from its s...

Photographic survey of the upper Volga River region. Many views of religious facilities, including monasteries, cathedrals, churches, and chapels. Includes images of religious articles and items in the Tver Mus... More

Diary in photos, vol. IV, 1938 - Public domain portrait print

Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO

Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. Du... More

Deadwood, [S.D.] from Engleside

Overview of homes and commercial buildings in small city; trees and mountains in background.

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kurtze und eigentliche Entwerffung der schweren Belägerung so die Stad...

Birds-eye view engraving shows the walled city of Leipzig, Germany under siege by Swedish forces in 1642. Includes inset pictures of the castle fortress of Pleissenburg before and during the shelling and inset ... More

Map of Allegany Co., N.Y. : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas of village/city insets. "Entered acco... More

Isometrical view of the Presidents House, the surrounding public build...

Bird's-eye view of White House vicinity and Lafayette Park. Shows all buildings, individual trees, fences, sidewalks, etc. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Accompanied by letter from the White House,... More

Map of Ontario County, New York / - Public domain map

General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; the Canandaigua/Geneva insets show residential lots, lot numbers, land tract... More

Map of Sussex Co., New Jersey : from actual surveys & records /

General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; the Newton borough inset also shows building coverage, property lot lines, and occupants' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand c... More

East Saginaw, Michigan, 1867 / - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. PM3 Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/2

Bird's eye view of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking south west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of inter... More

Map showing the burnt district in Chicago : published for the benefit ...

Oriented with North to right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

View of Bridgeport, Ct. 1875. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 77.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to point... More

Canajoharie & Palatine Bridge, N.Y., 1881 /, engraving, Library of Con...

Aerial view of villages. Oriented with north toward the lower right. LC copy imperfect: Darkened on verso, paper slip affixed to verso, taped. Includes index to points of interest and ill. Available also throug... More

Bird's eye view of Las Vegas, N.M. c.s. San Miguel County 1882.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 532 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

Map of Rock Creek Cemetery near Washington, D.C. /

Shows lots, lot numbers and dimensions, and section letters. LC copy torn, halved, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Black Hills views--View of the famous Homestake Mines and the big mini...

Bird's-eye view. No. 3. Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of Washington, D.C. - Public domain vintage map

15968Y U.S. Copyright Office Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shown in red. Includes index to points of interest. LC copy 1 trimmed and annotated in blue pencil on verso. Copy 2 mounted on cloth backing. Available als... More

Jeannette, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1897.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 794 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Harper's Ferry, W. Va. : The Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. bridge, The Potom...

Postcard showing views of the Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. Bridge, and the Potomac.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Morocco. Public domain artistic photogr...

Public domain photograph of mosque building, Islam, Islamic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beijing quan tu = Peking / - Public domain map

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned to 20 panels and mounted on cloth backing.

Panoramic map of Bartlesville, Oklahoma 1917 /

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 714 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes business directory. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/1

Map of the new subway of greater New York : (Interborrow system)

Folded title. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Aero view of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1918. - Public domain map

Bird's-eye view. "Copyright by Fowler & Kelly, 21 Elm St., Pasaic, N.J." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. of Municipal Building and index to public buildings. PM3