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The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 33-story building was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003. It was the first high- rise building t... More

A black and white photo of a city. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Pl...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

A view of the Franciscan church & convent in the city of Havana, taken...

Illus. probably from: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768. Public domain scan of 17th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan ... More

[Courtly outdoor scene, with fountain and men on horses (recto) ; fain...

Drawing shows mounted man pointing with sword to hunter with hounds and gun; another mounted man behind; woman and little girl standing at the right; also woman seated near fountain arranging hat of child (from... More

Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour ...

Caricature. Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A plan of the city of Savannah : with a drawing of the part of the cit...

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north toward lower right. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Select buildings shown pictorially. Annotations in pencil. Minor tears around edges of sheet repaired by conservatio... More

A view of Louisburg in North America, taken near the light house when ...

Public domain image of 18th century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the worthy inhabitants of The City of New-York. Fellow Citizens, I ...

Imprint 2.; Title.; On verso: S; Sept 16, 1774. 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 1... More

A view of the city of the Havana, taken from the road near Colonel How...

Print shows distant view of Havana, Cuba, with the bay on the left, and a roadway past the battery and a palm tree in the foreground.

St. Pauls Cathedral (early morning)

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Brewer, J.A. Title written in pencil

James McNeill Whistler - [Hôtel de Ville, Loches]

Kennedy, 384. Signed with butterfly on plate and in pencil. Coll. marks: Howard Mansfield (Lugt 1342) and H. G. Whittemore (Lugt suppl. 1384a). Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Lib... More

Steamers city of Troy & Saratoga

H8923 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Co.

Compendious chart exhibiting, at one view, the names of about thirteen...

"Entered according to Act of Congress the 3rd day of April 1827, by P. Hawkes of the State of Pennsylvania." Includes text, compass rose, and ill. of Capitol. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

[Soldier from the First City Troop, Philadelphiadelphia, in uniform an...

(DLC/PP-1995:140.48) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 48. Title devised by Library staff from inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Mansion House, Cheapside &c. / T. Shotter Boys, del. et lith.

Illustration showing people walking in London streets, public coach, and buildings seen from corner of Lombard Street. Illus. in: Original views of London as it is / drawn from nature ... and lithographed by Th... More

A description of a view of the city of Moscow

Illustration shows the procession of Alexander II into the Kremlin. Illus. in: Description of a view of the city of Moscow, with the gorgeous entry of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Alexander II into the Krem... More

Convent and quays on the Vilaine, Rennes, (p. 268.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 78.

[Building facade probably a city residence]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-70. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.835) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[West front of the United States Capitol, with the new cast-iron dome ...

Vintage salt print from the personal photographic album of Montgomery Meigs. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Canals; Greenhouses.

Assembling of Congress, Hall of Representatives, Washington City, Dece...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 Dec. 15, p. 793. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Principal church, Charleston - Public domain city architecture drawing

Drawing shows men, women and children walking past St. Michael's Episcopal Church on Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina on the eve of the Civil War.

View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...

Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia. No. 29. Caption continues: Hospital, with old school houses, barns &c.

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

General view of the city of Nashville, Tennessee

From: Harper's Weekly, 1862 March 8, p. 152. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Point, Virginia. General Hospital, American Civil War Glass Negat...

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

General U. S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, August, 1864

No. B48. Alternate title from Grant and Lee, the Virginia Campaign by William Frassanito. Incorrect information on negative sleeve: U.S. Grant at City Point. See also: LC-B8175-2, orig. glass negative with dif... More

Charles City Court House, Virginia. View of Court House

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General U. S. Grant and staff, City Point, Virginia, summer of 1864

No. B46. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 10, p. 47". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Richmond, Virginia. Richmond City Hospital - 19th century Virginia.

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. City in the ...

Stereograph showing a mounted cannon and ammunition inside the fort. No. 3121. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Ph... More

Ruins of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond, Virginia, ...

Photograph shows ruins of the railroad bridge across the James River. Plate no. 88. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], ... More

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 1 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.

Illustration showing the destroyed Atlanta roundhouse, with steam engines and train cars in place but with collapsed stone walls. Illus. in: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign, from negatives taken in the... More

Birds eye view of the city of Lansing, Michigan 1866.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 359 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

Episcopal, Catholic and Methodist Churches, Virginia City - Other buil...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 714. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from ... More

Interior of Buckeye Quartz Mill, Washoe City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 702. LOT subdivision subject: Quartz Mill. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

International Hotel, C Street, Virginia City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 711. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada. This record contains unverified data from old... More

Napa City, looking South from the Court House - Napa County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 761. LOT subdivision subject: Napa. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

The Devil's Gate, Silver City, Nevada

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Nevada, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

Broadway Railroad - the grand elevation of the overground railroad / d...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1866 March 3, pp. 376-377.

California Co.'s stages leaving International Hotel, Virginia City, fo...

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

Bird's eye view of the city of Marion, Linn Co., Iowa 1868.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 221 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 the city of Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa 1868.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 218 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651; 710

Bird's eye view of the city of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois 186...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 164 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interes... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Saint Charles, St. Charles Co., Missour...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic Maps (2nd ed.), 436 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

Bird's eye view of the city of Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 158 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 the city of Lexington, Lafayette Co., Missouri 1869...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 430 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1

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

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking north west." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 161 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of inter... More

Sioux Falls, Dacota / by C.L. Hamilton, Sioux City, Iowa.

Photograph shows Sioux Falls, South Dakota. No. 1. 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... More

View of Washington City, Landscape view print

Print showing a bird's-eye view of Washington, D.C., with the U.S. Capitol in the foreground, and the Washington Monument in the background. 5588A U.S. Copyright Office. This print a reissue from stones used f... More

Sen. Powell Clayton of Ark. Born in Del. County, Pennsylvania 1833, Br...

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The city of New York. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 595 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Dominican Republic, 1871]: View of Samana Bay, the U.S. Coaling Stati...

Photo reproductions of watercolor. Watercolors by James E. Taylor. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Navy, U.S.; Geogr.

Bird's-eye view of Brigham City and Great Salt Lake, Utah, Ty. 1875.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 923 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

The city of New York. - Public domain vintage map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 597 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Bird's eye view of the city of Augusta, Maine, 1878 /

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Includes index to points of interest. Copy imperfect: Stained, brittle. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3... More

[View towards Guadaloupe from cathedral, City of Mexico, Mexico]

Photo shows the cathedral vault (foreground); in the middleground, to the right, Templo de la Ense±anza; behind it in the center, former Encarnacion Church; vault and bell tower. In the farthest background, beh... More

Panoramic view of the city of Red Wing, Goddhue [sic] Co., Minnesota, ...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. and index to points of interest. PM3

[Aerial view of Istanbul showing Topkapı Sarayı (palace), and Ayasofya...

No. 552. Public domain photograph - historical image of Istanbul, Turkey, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The city of Buffalo, N.Y. 1880.

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

[Group of cargadores by old aqueduct, Mexico City, Mexico]

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Kiralfy Bro's. "Michael Strogoff"

N16297 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre & Bolossy Kiralfy, 1882." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

San Gimignano / Jo Pennell., Italy

Hill with trees and city in background. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil below the plate. Wuerth 52.

Map of the city of Washington / - Public domain old map

6106P U.S. Copyright Office Shows block numbers, major buildings, and streetcar lines. LC copy 1 mounted on cloth backing. Copy 2 torn and fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

Birth of a city, Davis, West Virginia. in 1885, The

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Perspective map of the city of Evansville, Ind. 1888.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 193 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. ... More

Henry Luther home in Algernon Township, near Mason City, Custer County...

summary: Mr. M.C. Warrington and Paul Green of the Mason Transcript at Mason City, and Mr. Roger Luther, noted the homestead was 2 mi. west and 2 mi. south of Mason City. Mr. Kem Luther of Toronto, Canada, gav... More

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 1888. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 630 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of ... More

[Interior of the Palace of Diverse Industries showing an exhibit of po...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pavilion of the City of Paris, Paris Exposition, 1889]

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waterfront near Plaza de Luz, Havana, Cuba, The

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

[New York City, Newspaper Row, Park Row]

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

[General view, Aachen, the Rhine, Germany]

Print no. "8017". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Reichenberg, general view, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16861". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pr... More

S.S. City of Richmond, [Inman Line]

Public domain photograph of ocean liner, ship, transatlantic travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General view, Worms, the Rhine, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "8352". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[South Street, Worthing, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Image shows South Street in Worthing, England with the old town hall which was demolished in 1966. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detr... More

[From the Campanile, II, Venice, Italy]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Market Street from Eighth]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barre, Vt. (the Granite City) 1891.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Looking east." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 931 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of inter... More

Map of the county and city of Galveston, Texas /

Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 981 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: Map of the city of Galveston.

Bird's-eye view of St. Paul, looking west from Dayton's Bluff.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 410 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

East River & bridge, N.Y.. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Bird's-eye view, with bridge in backgrd. Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

Windsor Hotel, Saratoga, N.Y. - Victorian era public domain image

Title from jacket. "619" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032592. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Broadway from Field building, New York, U.S.A

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

[Labor Day parade, Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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

[N.Y. (City) Harbor: SS KAISER FRIEDRICH - full]

Photo copyrighted by A. Loeffler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY NYC Statues; New York NYC Waterfront; Ships; Shelf.

Apollo, Armstrong County Pennsylvania., 1896

B50530 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M.

Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and vicinity, New Jersey 1897.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 503 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

McDonald, Washington County Pennsylvania, 1897, engraving, Library of ...

25387 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M..

A.Q. Scammon's The sleeping city

"Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Maggie LeClair. Created and "copyright 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin, U.S.A." No. 3571. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Hill of Ophel and south city wall, Temple area, Jerusalem]

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

[Square in city, possibly Beirut]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York Life Building, Farnham St. Omaha

76253 U.S. Copyright Office No. U8. Copyrighted by T.W. Ingersoll 1898.

Phil Sheridan's New City Sports Company

"Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin. & N.Y." No. 4050. Phil Sheridan, prop. & mgr. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[The Japanese cavalry advancing through fields toward a walled city in...

Print shows a Japanese soldier on horseback engaging four Boxer troops as the cavalry crashed through a field outside a walled city in China. Title from accompanying material.

[Broadway and Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y.]

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

[Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburg by night - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.