The original silver medal presented by George Washington to Red Jacket
Etching of medallion: on recto: Red Jacket smoking long pipe, George Washington on left with right hand extended, below inscription: George Washington / President / 1792; on verso: presidential seal.
Fraternité universelle. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by allegorical figures including Faith, Hope, Charity, Architecture, Wisdom, Harmony and Force and historical figures. Reference copy also available in PRES. FILE - Lincol... More
Karnak. Bas-relief dans la 2e courà droite du temple de Ramesses III /...
Bas-relief on section of the Temple of Ramses III. No. 217.
Le Caire. Mosque Mohammad Ali fontaine des ablution / Bonfils.
Ablution fountain in courtyard of the Muḥammad ʻAlī Mosque, Cairo, Egypt. No. 42.
[The public fountain of Sultan Ahmed (III)] / Constantinople, Abdullah...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Also known as the Fountain of Ahmet III. No. 7. No. 634. In album: Government buildings, mosques, schools, and other structures, Ist... More
[The interior of the Sokollu Mehmed Paşa Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Fr...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. No. 56. In album: Mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
Baalbek [...] Temple de Jupiter
Man standing on rubble partially blocking an entrance to the Temple of Jupiter. On mount: Thomas Wilson, Washington, D.C. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ".
[Exterior view of the Sokollu Mehmed Paşa Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah F...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 31. No. 60. In album: Mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
[Exterior view of the Sultan Selim (I) Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah Frèr...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 42. No. 461. In album: Mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
Mosquée Kârié - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Mosaic in the Kariye Mosque depicting the nativity of the Blessed Virgin.
Lincoln's portrait in flowers, Allegheny Park, PA
Stereograph showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln made with flowers in Allegheny Park, Pennsylvania. V[?]2764 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 73. Copyright 1891 Jan. 9. Stereoscopic photographs of American and F... More
[Battle scene at Bunker Hill] - Drawing. Public domain image.
In the heat of battle, the Colonial volunteers fight the British Redcoats from atop Bunker Hill. One of the colonists waves an American flag, while others dressed in civilian clothes overcome the British foe w... More
The martyred presidents - Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley
Small girl praying at ornate shrine with many flags and memorial portraits. Stereo copyrighted by R.Y. Young (American Stereoscopic Co.). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More
Mosque Mohammed Ali--Its lofty and graceful minarets are a landmark to...
Stereograph shows Mosque of Muḥammad 'Alī. H35786 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Copyrighted 1903 by William H. Rau." No. 5095.
Louisiana Purchase Monument and Industries Bldg. from Education Bldg.,...
H49652 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Imposing Louisiana Purchase Monument, commemorating the Louisiana Acqu...
H53516 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8475. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Indian Defying Civilization and Festival Hall beyond, Louisiana Purcha...
H49436 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15004. Public domain photograph of monument, historic place, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Louisiana Monument and Palace of Varied Industries, World's Fair, St. ...
H53558 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 81. Sold only by Up To Date View Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.
President Roosevelt exchanging greetings with the crowd while driving ...
H104572 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Keystone View Co. No. 14225.
[President Theodore Roosevelt delivering oration at the dedication of ...
Photograph showing Roosevelt on platform speaking to a large crowd standing in front and behind him.
The "Niagara" on the scene of her battle 1813
Oliver Perry's flagship the "Niagara" and two other ships in Put-in-Bay Harbor, Lake Erie. J183986(?) U.S. Copyright Office.
Six signed auto-lithographs by Alex. O. Levy / Alex. O. Levy
Poster advertising a set of prints, showing Liberty looking on as a woman places a wreath on the body of a soldier. Text continues: This tribute to our American heroes who made the supreme sacrifice for right &... More
Tree planting, Fed. of Women's Clubs, 5/5/20
A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congressional cake with 85 candles being presented to Rep. Charles M. ...
No. 39143. National Photo Company Collection.
World's biggest flag being carried in Capitol parade
An enormous American flag, being carried by 260 people, in the Bicentennial Parade of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, on Pennsylvania Avenue, approaching the Treasury. The U.S. Capitol is in the ... More
[Hulan Jack holding a photograph of Joseph Pulitzer, while Carl Ackerm...
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Entertainer Melba Moore performing at Rosa Parks' birthday gala, Kenne...
Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).
Activities and campus locations commemorating Rosa Parks, Soka Univers...
Photographs show a commemorative textile depicting Parks and Soka Gakkai President, Dr. Daisaka Ikeda (top left); Parks' associates, posing with a shovel, possibly for a tree planting ceremony (bottom left); tw... More
Emancipation Monument, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. - Thomas Ball, s...
No. 15. Date written on back: "Nov. 13, 1870" is incorrect. The statue was cast in Munich, Germany in 1875 and shipped to the United States and dedicated in 1876.
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial, Chapel, Rue du General Per...
Significance: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery & Memorial is one of eight overseas World War I cemeteries redesigned and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a federal agency created ... More
La calavera del editor popular Antonio Vanegas Arroyo
Broadside shows the skeleton of publisher Antonio Vanegas Arroyo dressed in a bowler hat, dark glasses and a suit and sporting a long beard and mustache, standing in his print shop. Small skeletons work at aspe... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...
Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More
Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More
Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More
Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...
Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More
Bliz Shadrinska, 24 versty. Ėti︠u︡d. Chasovni︠a︡ v pami︠a︡tʹ i︠a︡vlenī...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Blue and the Gray at Gettysburg, Assembly Tent, Gettysburg Celebra...
Photo shows two veterans seated on steps and shaking hands; one has his arm on shoulder of the other.
James Milliken and President Taylor escort President Roosevelt between...
H33551 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2592. Copyright by C. L. Wasson.
All-War Memorial, Albany & Atlantic Avenues, Atlantic City, Atlantic C...
Survey number: HABS NJ-1128 Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Dinner to Commander Robert E. Peary, U.S.N., Hotel Astor, March 5, 19...
J138988 U.S. Copyright Office Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; March 2, 1910.
World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More
World War I Monument, Memorial Square, Providence, Providence County, ...
Significance: The World War I Monument (1929), designed by noted architect Paul P. Cret and sculpted by Carl P. Jennewien, reflects the late 1920's popularity of Greek Revivalism in the use of a Doric column as... More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, West Church & North Broad Streets, Edento...
See also HABS No. NC-12-G-2 for additional documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS NC-12-G-1 Building/structure dates: 1736 Initial Construction
Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...
Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More
Arlington National Cemetery, Old Amphitheater, Arlington, Arlington Co...
Significance: In 1868, General John Logan from the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) declared May 30th a day of remembrance for Union soldiers who had died in the Civil War. President Joh... More
[The fountain of Sultan Ahmed (III)] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. Also known as the Fountain of Ahmet III. No. 11. No. 594. In album: Hasköy Hospital for Women, fountains, mausoleums, and other buil... More
Looking down at Louisiana Purchase Monument and Palace of Varied Indus...
H87058 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Standard Scenic Co. No. 2915.
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Public domain photograph of public works, FDR administration, New Deal, Great Depression, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gettysburg National Military Park Tour Roads, Gettysburg, Adams County...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Le Caire. Tombeaux des Califes / Bonfils.
Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo, Egypt. No. 60. 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... More
United States Marine Corps War Memorial, Marshall Drive, Arlington, Ar...
Significance: The immediate importance of the second flag-raising that occurred on 23 February 1945 on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima lies in how it resonated with the U.S. Marines as they continued their thir... More
United States Marine Corps War Memorial, Marshall Drive, Arlington, Ar...
Significance: The immediate importance of the second flag-raising that occurred on 23 February 1945 on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima lies in how it resonated with the U.S. Marines as they continued their thir... More
United States Marine Corps War Memorial, Marshall Drive, Arlington, Ar...
Significance: The immediate importance of the second flag-raising that occurred on 23 February 1945 on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima lies in how it resonated with the U.S. Marines as they continued their thir... More
Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...
See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More
Monument Square, North Calvert Street between Fayette & Lexington Stre...
See also HABS No. MD-185. Significance: Monument Square is the site of the first of the Baltimore monuments that led President John Quincy Adams, in 1827, to refer to the city as "the Monumental City," a nickna... More
Viva la república! Viva el Cura Hidalgo! Una página de gloria
Broadside shows bust portrait of Father Miguel Hidalgo in an oval medallion at center of sheet. Text surrounds the image in a square, celebrating Mexican Independence. On the verso are two images of Mexican sol... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...
Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...
Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More
Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Main Hospital Building, North end of Ramp...
Significance: Building 1, constructed between 1933 and 1935 as Naval Hospital Philadelphia's main hospital building, forms part of the original hospital complex built during the early 1930s. Incorporating the s... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
[Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim, and Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikk...
Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN05-69. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More
[Triumph(us) Caesaris (The triumph of Julius Caesar), plate 5]
Plate 5 from series showing people in triumphal procession of Julius Caesar. After the painting by Andrea Mantegna. Bartsch, v. XII, p. 101.11. Gift; Ian Woodner; (DLC/PP-1984:513).
[...]es Ciclopeenes / Dumas. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
On verso: Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, west side (trilithon). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixt... More
The Treasury Washington, D.C.. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th cen...
Photograph shows the Treasury Building, columns draped in mourning bands, after the death of President Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GDC... More
Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Turkestan. Naruzhnaia dver' vedushchaia v ...
Photograph shows carved door to mausoleum built in 1399 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, by order of Uzbek national hero Emir Timur Kuragan for religious leader and poet Akhmed Yassavi.
[Soldiers(?) in wagons and mounted on horses during the "grand review"...
No. 1277. On verso: Grand review of Army, Wash. D.C. May 1865. Printed 1905 by Handy Studio, Washington, D.C.
Karnak. Temple de Ramessés IV la porte Egypte / Bonfils ; F. Bonfils.
Entranceway into the Temple of Ramses IV in Thebes. No. 34. No. 131.
Intérièur du petit temple avec la porte Bonfils
Interior of remains of Temple of Bacchus in Baʻlabakk, Lebanon. No. 444.
Balbek. Colonne inclinée et détails de colonnes Bonfils
Three columns of a colonnade and part of another lean against a wall of the Temple of Bacchus in Baʻlabakk, Lebanon. No. 448.
Karnak. Colònne dans le ... du temple Ramessés III / Bonfils.
Large column and section of the Temple of Ramses III. No. 219. No. 36.
Detail du temple de Touthmès III à Karnak / Bonfils.
Detail of a section of the remains of the Temple of Thutmose III, Thebes. No. 155.
Dendarah - Temple of Hathor / Bonfils.
Upper level of temple dedicated to Hathor, located in Dendara, Egypt.
The Council of War - Public domain monumental decor print
Photograph shows statuette by John Rogers depicting Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in a grouping. Copyrighted by John Rogers in 1868.
G.A.R. hall with altar to dead comrades
Photograph shows General John Sedgwick GAR Post No. 17 of Santa Ana, California with two Union veterans in uniform with medals and bayoneted muskets, a woman in mourning attire, and two girls holding flowers. T... More
[The interior of the Sokollu Mehmed Paşa Camii (mosque)] / Abdullah F...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 29. No. 74. In album: Mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
[The ablution fountain at the Eyüp Sultan Camii (mosque)] / Constantin...
Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 3. No. 399. In album: Mausoleums, fountains, mosques, and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid... More
Mosquée Fatih Sultan Mehmed / Sébah & Joaillier.
Exterior view of the Fatih Camii (mosque). No. 115. 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 eg... More
Mosquée et fontaine de Top-Hané / Sébah & Joaillier.
Exterior and fountain of the Kılıç Ali Pasa̧ Camii (mosque) in Tophane, Istanbul. No. 278.
Mosquée Kârié - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph
Ceiling mosaic in the north dome of the inner narthex of the Kariye Mosque depicting the Virgin and Christ Child surrounded by the royal ancestry of the Old Testament. Formerly the Church of St. Saviour in Cho... More
Hyde Park, Queens birthday, London / photographed and published by B.W...
2059W1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6018. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of 19th-... More
First Artillery, U.S. Army, passing under 5th Ave. arch, Columbus Cele...
57241X U.S. Copyright Office. The exterior of the studio of Alman, a photographer, is visible in background. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.