Eyre Hall, U.S. Route 13 & State Route 636 vicinity, Cheriton, Northam...
Significance: One of the Eastern Shore's most notable 18th century houses, with relatively complete surviving plantation complex, including dairy, smokehouse, overseer's house, graveyard and orangery (ruins). ... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...
Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.
Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More
Paul Revere House, 19 North Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA
Significance: Paul Revere silversmith, pioneer, industrialist and a leading Revolutionary activist owned this house in North Square from 1770 to 1800. Constructed c. 1678=1680, the building is the sole survivo... More
Carta della colonia Eritrea / - Public domain map
Relief shown by hachures, form lines, and spot heights. Geographic features in Italian. Reprinted from various editions originally published by the Istituto geografico militare, Italy. Index to adjoining sheets... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
Scheetz Farm, House, 7161 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, Montgomery ...
Significance: The Scheetz Farm is significant for its architecture and history. The vernacular house on the property demonstrates an additive construction history with portions dating to the eighteenth, ninetee... More
Scheetz Farm, House, 7161 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, Montgomery ...
Significance: The Scheetz Farm is significant for its architecture and history. The vernacular house on the property demonstrates an additive construction history with portions dating to the eighteenth, ninetee... More
George Washington diary, 1762. Autograph manuscript written in the lea...
AMs written in the leaves of the 1762 Virginia Almanack. Topics include farming, horse breeding, and the management of Mount Vernon. One of forty-one original George Washington diaries, and one of five diaries ... More
The Calvert papers.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...
The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More
Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...
The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More
Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...
The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More
Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...
The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More
Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...
The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More
Zehender Theil Americae darinnen zubefinden: Erstlich, Zwo Schiffarten...
The 1st pt. is based on Vespucci's letters giving an account of his 1st and 2d voyages, in 1497 and 1499. First issue. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 196. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. ... More
The official letters of Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant-governor of th...
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...
Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More
Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd S...
Illus. 1-23 have title: Wahrhafftige Contrafacturen vnd Gebräuch der Innwohnern der jenigen Landtschafft in America, welche Virginia genennet worden ... Alles auff das allerfleissigst erkündigt, vnd ... abcontr... More
The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles : to...
Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Kislak accession no.: 2000.037.01.0012 (v. 1) Kislak accession no.: 2000.037.02.0012 (v. 2)
The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles : to...
Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Kislak accession no.: 2000.037.01.0012 (v. 1) Kislak accession no.: 2000.037.02.0012 (v. 2)
The generall historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles : to...
Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Kislak accession no.: 2000.037.01.0012 (v. 1) Kislak accession no.: 2000.037.02.0012 (v. 2)
An accurate map of the English colonies in North America bordering on ...
Scale ca. 1:5,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Text differs from other copy. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 54 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Va... More
A map of the colonies in Connecticut and Rhode Island, divided by coun...
Printed for R. Baldwin. From The London magazine: or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer (1758), vol. 7. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 805 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
A sachem of the Abenakee Nation rescuing an English officer from the I...
Print shows a Native chief holds back two Natives who were about to kill an Englishman. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1768, p. E2. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings an... More
Thomas Fitzgerald to Benjamin Franklin, September 14, 1779
Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin / engrav'd by P.R. Maverick, 65 Liberty Street.
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing fur hat and spectacles, facing left, in oval tied with a ribbon at top and festooned with ivy. Published in: The American Revolution in drawi... More
The Old Church at Sleepy Hollow
People, horses and wagon in front; colonial period. Photographed by Pach from a painting by A. Wordsworth Thompson. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1882 May 20, p. 308. Ref. copy may be in LOT 7001. This record con... More
Singapore. Battery Road view, photochrome print postcard.
Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Indo-Chinese Peninsula. Singapore. Battery Road". Print no. " 20212." Purchase; Marc Walter; 20... More
[Old Colony and Bay State, side wheelers, possibly in Massachusetts]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unveiling tablet commemorating first settlement of Massachusettsachus...
Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Africa. South Africa under British rule. 1930s. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. A view of the circular walk leading from the Benjamin...
Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
High school Victory Corps. Meterology is an important phase of pre-aer...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carol M. Highsmith - Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylv...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
The 1869 Benjamin Franklin School, Washington, D.C.
Designed by Washington architect Adolf Cluss. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, da... More
Mission Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Church, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
Significance: The church is architecturally significant as physical evidence of building practices and techniques used during the Spanish colonial period. It is the least altered of all the Texas mission church... More
Mission Senora de la Purisima Concepcion, Church, 807 Mission Road, Sa...
Significance: The church is architecturally significant as physical evidence of building practices and techniques used during the Spanish colonial period. It is the least altered of all the Texas mission church... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More
Pompion Hill Chapel, Cooper River, south side, Huger, Berkeley County,...
2016 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Pompion Hill is one of South Carolina's best-preserved chapels of ease and is known for its unaltered Georgian interior and exterior. It is significant ... More
Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castl...
Significance: Noxontown Mill was typical of the small grain-milling establishments that predominated in Delaware throughout the colonial period. But it was atypical in the sense that it survived so long. In 1... More
Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castl...
Significance: Noxontown Mill was typical of the small grain-milling establishments that predominated in Delaware throughout the colonial period. But it was atypical in the sense that it survived so long. In 1... More
Williams-Tucker House, 3601 Avenue P, Galveston, Galveston County, TX
Significance: This building is one of the few structures of the first years of Galveston that stands today. It is important because of its age, but more so because of its owner, Samuel May Williams. He was an i... More
Poor Richard illustrated, lessons for the young and old on industry, t...
Print showing a small portrait of Benjamin Franklin, surrounded by 24 vignettes illustrating maxims taken from his writings. Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 216 (DLC/PP-47083). Copyright 1887 by T.O.H.P. Bur... More
[Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right...
H93461 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph of painting by Joseph-Siffrède Duplessis. No. 9011[...].
Wilson Mill Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at MD Route 161, Darlington, H...
Significance: This bridge is part of the Darlington Road, a major north/south artery, dating from the colonial period, that links the northern, agrarian, section of Harford County with the southern, commercial ... More
Wilson Mill Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at MD Route 161, Darlington, H...
Significance: This bridge is part of the Darlington Road, a major north/south artery, dating from the colonial period, that links the northern, agrarian, section of Harford County with the southern, commercial ... More
St. Paul's Church, Northwest side Baden-Naylor Road, intersection with...
Significance: St. Paul's at Baden is the oldest church in Prince George's County, and one of only six churches extant from the colonial period. In May of 1692, the Governor's Council and the Maryland Assembly ... More
A map of the most inhabited part of New England; containing the provin...
Scale ca. 1:440,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Includes compilation data and insets of "Fort Frederik," ca. 1:1,680 and "A plan of Boston Harbor from an accurate ... More
The dead towns of Georgia /
Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-1661 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, P...
Survey number: HABS PA-1661 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses May 30, 1765]
Print shows Patrick Henry delivering a speech against the Stamp Act of 1765, "If this be treason, make the most of it." Title from original painting by Peter F. Rothermel after which the engraving was made. Pai... More
Benjamin Franklin - né a Boston, le 17 Janvier 1706 / dessiné par Desr...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval. Caption continues: Imprimeur; fondateur de la République des Etats unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale - mort à Philadel... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth cent... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...
Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
Kingsley Plantation, Barn, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval ...
Significance: T-shaped in plan, the barn at Kingsley Plantation was erected in two phases. The north wing, constructed of tabby brick, was most likely built ca. 1814-20 early in Zephaniah Kingsley's tenure. The... More
D. Benjamin Franklin, et vita inter Americanos acta, et magnis electri...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing fur cap and spectacles, medallion on pedestal. After portrait by Cochin. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and p... More
Scheetz Farm, House, 7161 Camp Hill Road, Fort Washington, Montgomery ...
Significance: The Scheetz Farm is significant for its architecture and history. The vernacular house on the property demonstrates an additive construction history with portions dating to the eighteenth, ninetee... More
[Benjamin Franklin, head and shoulders portrait]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A true discourse of the present estate of Virginia, and the successe o...
"Only 200 copies privately printed" (for Charles Gorham Barney, of Richmond, Va., cf. Sabin, Dict.) The discourse is followed by three letters: (1) "To the R. and my most esteemed friend Mr. D.M. at his house a... More
Somaliland 1:250,000. Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Geographic coverage complete in 17 sheets. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Accompanied by manual A.M.S. index (24 x 36 cm.).... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More
Mission San Juan de Capistrano, Berg's Mill-Graf Road, San Antonio, Be...
Significance: First established in 1716, then relocated in 1731 on its present site, the Mission San Juan is one of five extant mission complexes in San Antonio dating from the eighteenth century. These buildin... More