constitution

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

Battle between the Constitution and the Guerriere / painted by Alonzo ...

Print shows the Constitution and the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere, at sea in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.

U. S. Frigate Constitution, (Old Ironsides) ready for launching after ...

Photograph shows individuals, on long gang plank, leaving the U. S. Frigate Constitution; crew standing on top deck. Photograph was probably taken by Albert Gregory of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and rephotograph... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flags with eagle and stars above ...

Addressed to Miss Mary E. Frank, Harrisburg, Penna.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

New York State Woman Suffrage Association Letterhead with Geneva Polit...

Note that Article III, requiring members to sign the Constitution is marked in margin by parallel lines and at the foot of the printed Constitution are three autograph signatures: Carl Lumholtz, Chas. D. Miller... More

An unequal contest; they can find no flaw in his armor / Dalrymple.

Print shows diminutive gladiators labeled "Jones", "J.D. Sayers" with large sword labeled "State Anti-Trust Laws", "Bryan" with large sword labeled "Demagogism", "Hearst", "Pingree", "Hogg of Texas" with sword ... More

Georgetown U presents J. Edgar Hoover with honorary law degree. Washin...

A black and white photo of two men in graduation robes. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Constitution [port broadside]

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Van Ness House, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington,...

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CONSTITUTION [Hull of large yacht at pier, N.Y.C.]

View of bow. Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles. No. 1409. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Docks; Yachts.

[Colonial House, 2nd & Md. Ave., N.W., or Sewall-Belmont House, 2nd & ...

Neg. 2548. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

Conferring over ratification [of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Consti...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of six National Woman's Party members gathered around a table. Left to R: Dora Lewis (seated), Abby Scott Baker (seated), Anita Pollitzer (standing), Alice Paul ... More

U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Comm...

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Shrine of Constitution in Cong. Library, [Washington, D.C.]

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U.S. Capitol paintings. Dedication of the painting Signing of the Cons...

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[Convention or meeting at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.]

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Declaration of Independence ...

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U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Comm...

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[People holding sign: "George Washington said: "The Constitution which...

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U.S. Frigate Constitution, Cannon, Duxbury, Plymouth County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-2-84-B Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Turkey. Mt. Argeus & Injesu [i.e., Mount Erciyas & Incesu]. Celebratio...

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Doesn't like coal verdict. Sen. William Borah, constitutional authorit...

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Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve with azale...

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Roland T. Ely, residence at 144 Constitution Dr., Princeton, New Jerse...

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Roland T. Ely, residence at 144 Constitution Dr., Princeton, New Jerse...

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Exterior elevation, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitutio...

Architect: Arthur Brown, Jr. Built in 1934, the exterior elevations, particularly at Constitution Avenue, are embellished with Beaux-Arts sculpture. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Service... More

OAS Building, 17th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

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Letter, Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren discussing the nullificatio...

Reproduction number: A89 (color slide; pages 1 and 4); A90 (color slide; pages 2 and 3) The nullification controversy of 1832-33 confronted Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) with the greatest crisis of his presidency-... More

On board the Constitution - A black and white photo of a group of peop...

Photograph shows a group of men and women on the deck of the Civil War paddlewheel transport Constitution, a 3,315-ton sidewheel steamer launched at New York in 1861. (Source: C. Ipcar, 2018) Purchase; Robin St... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Administration Building...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the 1930s, and is significant as part of the initial base construction. It has served a significant role as the m... More

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to C...

In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view... More

[Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Avenue and Henry Bacon Drive,...

Forms part of: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Records, ca. 1979-1984. Exhibited: "Remembering Vietnam" at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C., Nov. 2017 - May 2018.

Chambers Window Glass Company, Cutting Room, North of Drey (Nineteenth...

Survey number: HAER PA-336-D Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment. A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19t... More

The Fifteenth amendment - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment. A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19t... More

Henry G. Blasdel to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 17, 1865 (Teleg...

Temple of liberty, engraving, Library of Congress

A crude allegorical woodcut, bold in design, and probably produced for a banner or similar type of display. In the center is a peristyle Temple with an altar on which the figure of Liberty rises from a flame. T... More

Fort Point, Fort Constitution, 25 Wentworth Road, New Castle, Rockingh...

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The old frigate Constitution - A black and white photo of a boat in th...

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 and salt, w... More

President Lincoln, writing the Proclamation of Freedom. January 1st, 1...

A print based on David Gilmour Blythe's fanciful painting of Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation. Contrary to the title, the proclamation was issued in 1862 and went into effect in January 1863. In a ... More

Michael Hahn to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 31, 1864 (Louisian...

Lock Keeper's House, Seventeenth Street & Constitution Avenue, Northwe...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The lockkeeper's house at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue served the lock that connected the Washington branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Was... More

Lock Keeper's House, Seventeenth Street & Constitution Avenue, Northwe...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The lockkeeper's house at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue served the lock that connected the Washington branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Was... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Detached Garage Types f...

Significance: These garages are part of the initial construction of the base, and are significant as an integral part of the housing area. Survey number: HABS HI-225

On board the Constitution - A black and white photo of a ship

Photograph shows a group of sailors on the deck of the Civil War paddlewheel transport Constitution, a 3,315-ton sidewheel steamer launched at New York in 1861. (Source: C. Ipcar, 2018) Purchase; Robin Stanford... More

U.S. Capitol, Gateposts, Nineteenth Street & Constitution (moved from ...

For related documentation, see also U.S. Capitol Gatehouses (HABS DC-31) and Bulfinch Capitol Gatepost (HABS DC-719). Survey number: HABS DC-35 Building/structure dates: ca. 1825 Initial Construction Building... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The vision. Political hydrophobia, shewing the comfort of crowns, and ...

A crudely drawn but bitter attack on Andrew Jackson's veto of the re-charter of the Bank of the United States and his subsequent campaign to destroy the Bank. Jackson (right) is a king fiddling on his throne as... More

Emancipation Ordinance of Missouri. An ordinance abolishing slavery in...

One of two splendid, large allegorical prints commemorating the ordinance providing for the immediate emancipation of slaves in Missouri. (See also no. 1865-1.) The ordinance was passed on January 11, 1865, thr... More

United States Department of Commerce, Bounded by Fourteenth, Fifteenth...

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United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...

Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction

United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth...

Survey number: HABS DC-809 Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

Constitution Hall, 315 Elmore Street, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Constitution Hall was built in 1856, probably by Samuel Jones, sheriff of Douglas County and a notorious proslavery champion. It was a commercial ventur... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

The Federalist: A Collection of essays, written in favour of the new C...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. First complete edition. cf. The Federalist ... [ed.] by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii. Vol. 1: vi, 227, [1... More

Capitol fashions for 1837 - Public domain book illustration

A caricature of President Martin Van Buren issued during the Panic of 1837, strongly critical of his continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies. Particular reference is made to the Specie ... More

U.S. frigate Constitution - A black and white photo of a ship in the w...

No. 5082. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. frigate Constitution, autochrome color photo

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Justice versus prejudice / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt, standing with right hand on the left shoulder of an African American man, standing to the left, and his left hand on a paper labeled "15th Amendment"; behind the... More

President lashed Supreme Court in constitution address to nation. Wash...

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U.S.S. Constitution, Starboard battery center deck

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

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[Library of Congress officials transferring page 3 of the United State...

National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Title devised by Library staff, based on Library of Congress Encyclopedia, p. 217-219, and National Archives and Records Administration.

Avenues and streets. Constitution Ave. from Senate Office Building II

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U.S. Capitol paintings. Dedication of the painting Signing of the Cons...

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Mall. View of Mall from 14th St. looking at new buildings of Constitut...

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Declaration of Independence ...

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U.S. Capitol paintings. Dedication of the painting Signing of the Cons...

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Indians view white fathers home in Washington. Leaders of the tribes o...

A group of people standing on a sidewalk next to a fence. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President's court plan "leap in dark" Yale professor tells Senate Comm...

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

Delivers Constitution day speech. Washington, D.C., Sept. 17. Senator ...

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

D.A.R. Convention. Washington, D.C., April 18. Scene in Constitution H...

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Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve with azale...

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Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Front view of Federal Rese...

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Federal Reserve Building, Constitution Ave. Federal Reserve, right cor...

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