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St. Paul Building, New York City

Historic Sites The St. Paul Building is a skyscraper located in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1898. The building is located at the corner of Nassau and Beekman Streets and was designed in... More

The south prospect of the city of New York in America

Print shows the waterfront on the south side of New York City with ships and boats in the foreground; prominent features numbered, legend not included.

Advertisement. The enemies of the liberty of America, being unwearied ...

Imprint 2. 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 106, Folder 10.

Statue of Moses Austin in City Hall Plaza, San Antonio, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Moses Austin(1761-1821) was a pioneer settler of Texas who, in 1808, founded the town of Herculaneum, MO, the first Anglo American to... More

City of Detroit, Michigan. Taken from the Canada shore near the ferry

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oregon City. Historic map, Library of Congress

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.) 718 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc. during American Civil War

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album c... More

[Hall of Supreme Harmony - main hall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, C...

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 24. Public domain photograph of historic landmark building in China, Chinese temple architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public doma... More

U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...

No. 3123. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Treasury Office-- city of Boston. Ward No. [blank] Your tax for the ye...

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 68, Folder 21g.

View of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.270) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The meeting of the friends, City Hall Park

New York governor Horatio Seymour's famous "My Friends" speech, delivered from the steps of New York's City Hall during the draft riots, was widely misrepresented in the press. On the basis of reports such as t... More

Atlanta : from Vincent's subdivision map, published by the City Counci...

From Vincent's subdivision map of the city of Atlanta, Dekalb County, state of Georgia. Savannah : Edward A. Vincent, 185-. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S44 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Sixth Street, Sacramento City, Grammar School - Baptist Church, Masoni...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1077. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Gold Hill City, California, 19th century sterescope card.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 744. LOT subdivision subject: Nevada Cities and Towns. This record contains unverified old data fr... More

View down Six Mile Canyon, from the Lower Dump, Gould & Curry Mine, Vi...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 720. LOT subdivision subject: Mining Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Map of the city of Petersburg, Va. : from Lynch's map : with the confe...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

... Notice to the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay taxes in...

The great conflagration of Chicago! October 8th and 9th, 1871

1807B1 U.S. Copyright Office Title continues: "View of the north side, fifth day after the fire. Photograph taken from the top of the tower of the Water Works. Refer to the key." On front: "SHAW, 137 Twenty-sec... More

City of Louisville / A.C. Warren ; E.P. Brandard.

Ohio River with bridge in foreground, buildings of Louisville in background. 11661C U.S. Copyright Office. Steel engraving by E.P. Brandard after A.C. Warren. Published in William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque Ame... More

[Detroit, Michigan] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of historic cityscape, city, 19th-century, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City of Key West at Key West, Fla., The

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old City Gate, St. Augustine, Fla.

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

Bird's-eye view of Key West Florida, 1887

LOT subdivision subject: Views, U.S. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Schumacher & Ettlinger, N.Y. Caption card tracings: A/P/P I; Bird's-eye views; Fla. Key West 1887; Shelf.

Blacksmith shop near Mason City, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: One of the men pictured holds a shotgun and freshly killed game birds In 1990, Mary Landkamer of the Custer County Historical Society identified the famil in front of the shop as the Riley Sarg... More

[Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Arc de Triomp...

Tissandier Collection. Public domain photograph of French city, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Approaching the city, Quebec] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Quebec, Canada, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The market place, Halle, German Saxony, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "6855". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Tower Bridge, III. (closed), London, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10786". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

Joseph Pennell - Le Stryge - A black and white drawing of a man sittin...

Bird's-eye view of French city looking past gargoyle. Etching by Joseph Pennell, 1857-1926. Wuerth, 207. Edition of 25? Pencil note: To Helen....from...P, Xmas '93. Plate destroyed. Source unknown. This record ... More

Herald Square, N.Y. / J.S. Johnston, view & marine photo, N.Y.

Elevated railroad on right. Public domain photograph of a tram car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City of Malolos, after being fired

No. 704. Copyright by Perley Fremont Rockett, San Francisco.

State Street, north from Madison, Chicago

Copyright, 1900, by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-12622) lists title as: State north from Madison St., Chicago. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53627". Printed at lower left: 53627. Sta... More

State north from Madison St., Chicago

Date from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012622. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New York skyline from Brooklyn - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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State Street north from Palmer House, Chicago, Ill.

Title from jacket. "Behm" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034689. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Basle - City Gate - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of building, castle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water front, Detroit, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

City of Erie (Pennsylvania). Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - [The gold moon]

Italy, Venice. As described in Wuerth, "View from the Redentore, foreground heavily shaded, on opposite shore the Salute and other buildings in heavy gray mass against a brilliant rose and gold sunset sky and t... More

The famous "Flatiron" Building - most remarkable commercial building i...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; NY NYC Bldgs.; Shelf.

[The golden cornice, I] / J. Pennell.

Street view, New York City(?). Signed in pencil. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Pennell - The Stock Exchange

New York City. Diagonal view down broad street, Roman facade, pediment, halfway down left side, tower in center, tightly grouped mass of figures, foreground, reddish highlighting throughout, including clouds. L... More

[Slag run and filling slag pots], Sloss City furnaces, Birmingham, Ala...

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

New York, 1907, west side, down town

H96564 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. P. Hall & Son; July 16, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43288. No. 6035.

Public library -- Lincoln City Library

Print showing exterior view of the front of the Lincoln City public library in Lincoln, Nebraska. A171977 U.S. Copyright Office. Illus. in: Views of Lincoln : In and about the Capital City of Nebraska. Portlan... More

Market St., San Francisco, from the Ferry Building, one year after the...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. 9745. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ca. SF; Ca. S- F- Earth.; Photog. Index; Shelf.

New York and Brooklyn Bridge - New York City Architecture

Panoramic view. Photo copyrighted by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 396. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Harbors; Panoramas 1908; NY NYC Brooklyn Bridge... More

Panoramic map of Los Angeles, 1909. - Public domain map

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Los Angeles city and and vicinity. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Includes index to points of interest. Imperfect: Stained, darkened, small portions of sheet ... More

Vatican Garden, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J129681 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Moffett Studio; July 22, 1909. Image is duplicate of PAN FOR GEOG - Italy, no. 42.

B.E. view Jacksonville. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H123939 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 5, 1909. No. 3.

Russian Jew, N.Y. City - Public domain portrait print

Bearded man in derby hat amid group of Jewish boys. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card t... More

The Heart of Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Hotel Pontchartrain at right; "Detroit Patriotic Fund" on banner on building behind flag. Includes Campus Martius. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073462. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Dime, Penobscot, and Ford buildings, Detroit, Mich.]

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main Street, Norfolk, Virginia - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Street view in Mexico City during the "Tragic Ten Days" of the revolu...

J179320 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds eye, Zanesville, Ohio, April 3, 1913

J180475 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Fuller & Harmount; April 17, 1913; DLC/PP-1913:44590. Copyright claimant's address: 5th Eberly Bldg., Columbus, Ohio.

Athens - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Fountain Model, City Hall Park, N.Y. City

Photograph shows a model of the statue "Civic Virtue" by sculptor Frederick MacMonnies on view at City Hall Park, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

City Hall Park, New York City, N.Y.

Bird's-eye view. J206096 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC 1915; NY NYC Parks; Geogr.; Shelf.

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dunbar School, a shack belonging to the City Schools of Lawton and in ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Up Broad St. near Wall St., overlooking the "Curb Market," north to St...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Constantinople, Turkey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title devised by Library staff based on similarity to other pictures of Constantinople. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about ... More

[Bird's-eye view of] New York south from Woolworth Bldg.

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York (City). View looking west over City Hall Park

Photo copyrighted by American Studio. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Newer Jerusalem and suburbs. The Old City from Government House showin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jerusalem. The Old City. Streets in old city. Jerusalem, lower David's...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Two unidentified women outside city building]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a group of people, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Louisville, Ky.: Fourth Ave. north from Liberty, busy street scene]

Copyright by Caufield & Shook, Inc., Louisville, Ky. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Automobiles 1922; Kentucky Louisville; Shelf.; Geogr.

Miami business district looking east, October 1st, 1925

J280236 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Miami Photo View Co.; December 1925. Copyright claimant's address: 2011 No. Miami Ave.

Main St., looking south from cor. of Franklin, Houston, Texas

J281471 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26582. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skyscraper office building - Public domain architectural drawing

Architectural drawing shows building as perspective projection rendering. Drawing made when Adams was a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Purchase; GL & Abigail Adams Greenway; 2016; (DLC/PP-20... More

New York skyline from Welfare Island. Campanile to Tudor City from mor...

Public domain photograph of city skyline, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsbu...

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

House of Burgesses in the Capitol, Williamsburg, James City County, Vi...

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Hall in Atlanta, Georgia. Exterior view of City Hall, Atlanta

Public domain photograph of city hall building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air views of Palestine. Jerusalem from the air (The Old City). Jerusal...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Chicago's towering skyscrapers aspire higher

Photograph shows an overview of the city of Chicago including the Carbide and Carbon Building, Pure Oil Building, Mather Tower, Tribune Tower, Wrigley Building, and the Wabash Avenue Bridge and Drive. Underwood... More

Empire State Building - Art Deco public domain image

J 8803 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Reference copy may be available in Lot 3788- Box 3. Caption ca... More

New York city views. Lower New York from Squibbs Building, in Brooklyn

Public domain photograph of historic cityscape, city, 19th-century, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. ...

Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing fire fighters with ladder truck fighting building fire in 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congres... More

History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. ...

Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing bucket brigade and fire engine fighting a building fire in 1731. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congre... More

Palestine disturbances 1936. Lieut. General Dill on a sightseeing tour...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Palestine disturbances 1936. Jewish families conducted by British poli...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a flooded train track, Tennessee. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a mail box, Street c...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Topographic map of the Island of Oahu : city and county of Honolulu, H...

Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes location map.

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem. Typical scene of troops in Old ...

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

Omaha, Nebraska - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men standing in front of a store. Great Depression FFSA / O...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mexican with advanced case of tuberculosis. He was in bed at home with...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Garmon Theatre, which opened in the 1940s and closed three decades...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Ruth" story. Beit Sahur Street (nun at gate of city)

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tavern. Summit City, boom town near Shasta Dam. Shasta County, Califor...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tourist court near Summit City, California. This camp is used by the c...

Public domain photograph of a history of California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entries in the Shelby County Horse Show and Fair, Shelbyville, Kentuck...

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

A black and white photo of a city skyline, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Sarasota trailer park, with city of Sarasota, Florida beyond

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