constitution

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

Jefferies, in the character of Atropos, cutting the thread of English ...

Print shows King John seated at a small table outside his tent, signing Magna Carta, behind him stand by two bishops. Four men are pulling a rope, the "thread of English Liberty", which is attached to King John... More

[Union case for daguerreotype, ambrotype, or tintype showing eagle gra...

Case: Berg, no. 1-56. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).

Kansas - Col. Sumner arriving at Constitution Hall. Col. Sumner dispe...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 July 26 , p. 105.

Action between the Constitution and the Guerriere / Chapin ; Rogers.

Print shows HMS Guerriere without masts in the aftermath of battle with the USS Constitution.

[Civil War envelope showing flag design with message "The Union and th...

Addressed to Mr. Jacob Guyer[?], No. 9 Maiden Lane, N.Y. City; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on recto: Care D. Colton. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism

The strongly racist character of the Democratic presidential campaign of 1868 is displayed full-blown in this elaborate attack on Reconstruction and Republican support of Negro rights. Horses with the heads of ... More

Constitution and Columbia - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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[Yachts Constitution and Independence before the start]

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They knew not what they did / K.

Illustration shows the drafting of Article I, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Two men labeled "The Big Interests" and "Political Boss" who has a "Legislator" in his back pocket, are peeking from behind a cu... More

[National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the...

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of six National Woman's Party members gathered around and watching Alice Paul stitching ratification flag. Mabel Vernon (seated far left), Alice P... More

Dr. Henry S. Washington, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is...

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[President Calvin Coolidge and his wife Grace Goodhue Coolidge at the ...

Title devised by Library staff, from information in John Y. Cole / For Congress and the Nation, p. 90. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

[President and Mrs. Coolidge with Herbert Putnam and others during cer...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 31, no. 29194.

[Architectural drawing: Competition for a Building for the Federal Res...

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President favors replacing of gatehouses at White House. Washington, D...

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Paintings. Signing of Constitution by Howard C. Christy III

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Federal Theatre Project presents "Created equal" by John Hunter Booth ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Created Equal" at the Springfield Auditorium. Auspices of American Youth Council. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

National Archives. Exterior of National Archives from Constitution Ave...

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Washington, D.C. Main entrance to the National Archives of the United ...

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Washington, D.C. Soldiers from a nearby army camp singing at the Natio...

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Washington, D.C. Marian Anderson broadcasting a Negro spiritual at the...

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Washington, D.C. Marian Anderson broadcasting a Negro spiritual at the...

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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

Executive suite corridor detail, EPA East and West, located on 12th an...

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

Chambers Window Glass Company, North of Drey (Nineteenth) Street, West...

Significance: One of the largest window glass factories in the United States, the Arnold plant was the site of numerous technological innovations, including the Lubbers cylinder drawing machine. Survey number:... More

Exterior lighting detail, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Const...

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

Exterior bas-relief, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constituti...

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

Executive suite elevator lobby, EPA East and West, located on 12th and...

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.

Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More

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

Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More

James Madison's copy of the Bill of Rights

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[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.

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Ko...

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. Survey number: HABS HI-232

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage-Shop, West of Ko...

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. Survey number: HABS HI-232

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...

Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More

The fifteenth amendment. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print showing President Grant sitting at the center of a large table, with several men clustered around, signing the 15th amendment granting that the right to vote cannot be denied on basis of race or color. Fr... More

The Fifteenth Amendment and its results / drawn by G.F. Kahl.

Another of several large prints commemorating the celebration in Baltimore of the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment. (See also nos. 1870-2 and 1870-3.) A group of black men, on horseback and wearing top hats... More

The result of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the rise and progress of th...

A slightly altered version of another print by the same title also issued by Metcalf and Clark (no. 1870-2), commemorating the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment and its celebration in Baltimore. In the cente... More

Trial of John Brown. A review of the trial of "Ossawatomie" Brown, the...

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Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourt...

Significance: The Departmental Auditorium is part of a three-building ensemble facing the National Mall. The building was renamed in 1987 in honor of Andrew W. Mellon, who oversaw the development of the Federal... More

Chambers Window Glass Company, Furnace No. 2, North of Drey (Nineteent...

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

The constitution, third section of the complete collection of admired...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

U.S. Capitol Gatehouses, Fifteenth & Seventeenth Streets at Constituti...

For related documentation, see also U.S. Capitol, Gateposts (HABS DC-35) and Bulfinch Capitol Gatepost (HABS DC-719). Significance: There seems to be no definite information as to when the Capitol setting was c... 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, Administration Building...

Significance: This building serves as an excellent intact example of military construction from the World War II period, and is significant as part of the base war era build-up. The structure is one of the few... More

Constitution quadrille - Public domain American orchestra sheet music

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

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Garage for Building O, ...

Significance: This garage is part of the initial construction of the base, and is significant as an integral part of the housing area. Survey number: HABS HI-227

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Officers' Quarters Type...

Significance: These buildings serve as excellent intact examples of military housing construction from the 1930s, and are significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-224

Naval Magazine Lualualei, Headquarters Branch, Officers' Quarters Type...

Significance: These buildings serve as excellent intact examples of military housing construction from the 1930s, and are significant as part of the initial base construction. Survey number: HABS HI-224

Federal Trade Commission Building, Bounded by Sixth and Seventh street...

Survey number: HABS DC-867 Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction

A collection of all such acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of ...

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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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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

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

[ Martha Graham and Dance Company, Constitution Hall, January 23, 1945...

Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

Constitution's escape from the British squadron after a chase of sixty...

Print shows rowboats towing the USS Constitution away from the British fleet as the British frigate Belvidera fires it's cannons. In the background, rowboats tow the British frigate Shannon. Other ships in the ... More

Old Iron Sides on a lee shore The U.S. Frigate Constitution Captn. Ell...

327 U.S. Copyright Office. "Illustrative of a sketch, in the Democratic Review, of May 1839, by the author of "the log of Old Ironsides"." Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839, by Dow & Duval, ... More

Prize banner polka - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Patently militaristic propaganda for the Union cause in the form of a sheet music cover illustration. Columbia or Liberty stands on the ramparts of a fortress near a cannon pointed across a harbor toward a moun... More

[Yachts Constitution and Columbia]

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[Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, head-and-shoulders ...

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Department of Labor. Building of Department of Labor from corner of 14...

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National Archives. National Archives, looking west on Constitution Ave...

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Department of Labor. Excavation for U.S. Dept. Labor Building, 14th an...

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Department of Labor. Excavation for U.S. Dept. Labor Building, 14th an...

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Department of Labor. Excavation for U.S. Dept. Labor Building, 14th an...

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PRESIDENT GREETS PATROL BOYS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 23. THE PRESIDENT A...

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A Democrat wins again. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. John Janson, 16 yrs o...

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

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Masses listen while negress sings. Washington, D.C., April 9. An estim...

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PRESIDENT SPEAKS ON BELGIAN INVASION. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 10. PRESIDE...

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Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ely, residence at 144 Constitution Dr., Princeton,...

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Gardens, established by the Vi...

Cooper-Lecky Partnership, project architects. Forms part of: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Records, ca. 1979-1984 (Library of Congress).

East lobby, EPA East and West, located on 12th and Constitution Avenue...

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.

Completed in 1910 and considered the architectural wonder of its time. The building was designed and constructed to serve as the headquarters of what today is the world's oldest regional organization, the Organ... More

Constitution Village, Huntsville, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

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

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National picture. Behold oh! America, your sons. The greatest among me...

A smaller version of no. 1865-7, issued later the same year and printed from one rather than two lithographic stones. In this version the figure of Lincoln is more convincingly drawn, but the continent is cropp... More

Resolution for the direct election of senators

Also available in digital form.

A brief exposition of the Constitution of the United States

Also available in digital form.

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