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[Title page of a scriptural geology, The annals of the world, with border vignettes of Biblical kings Solomon and Nebuchadnezzar, temples before and after destruction, Cyrus, Vespasian, Adam and Eve, and the last supper] / R. Gaywood, fecit ; F. Barlowe, inv.

[Title page of a scriptural geology, The annals of the world, with bor...

Title page in: The annals of the world / James Ussher. London : Printed by E. Tyler for J. Crook and G. Bedell, 1658. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Con... More

The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major, 99 Nassau naer [i.e., near] Fulton St., N.Y.

The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Maj...

Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Freeman, Honorable Chapman of Pennsylvania Acting assist Paymaster in U.S. Navy in 1863 on U.S. Steamer IRON AGE at the time of its destruction at Lockwood's Folly Inlet

Freeman, Honorable Chapman of Pennsylvania Acting assist Paymaster in ...

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

The political Sodom and Gomorrah are doomed to destruction / F. Grätz.

The political Sodom and Gomorrah are doomed to destruction / F. Grätz.

Print shows an angel labeled "New Party" with wings labeled "Tariff-Reform" and "Anti-Monopoly" leading two small orphan children labeled "Political Honesty" and "Political Wisdom" to safety, away from the fire... More

Destruction of Tongu--Russians tearing down mud houses which might shelter the "Boxers"--China

Destruction of Tongu--Russians tearing down mud houses which might she...

H7962 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flood destruction on Hickory St. near Fourth St., Chillicothe, Ohio

Flood destruction on Hickory St. near Fourth St., Chillicothe, Ohio

J181223 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. L. Jones; May 7, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: Greenfield, Ohio.

Destruction: $150,000.00 of whiskey, Girard, Ala.

Destruction: $150,000.00 of whiskey, Girard, Ala.

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of cattle in Cal., 4/4/24

Destruction of cattle in Cal., 4/4/24

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

[Design drawing for stained glass window with "Death by Human Destruction;" and "Death Caused by Nature"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with "Death by Human Destruct...

Public domain scan of a print featuring furniture, art, or architecture design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly. Inscribed over image: The R.R. Bridge was burned [?]. Trees too high. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.548) Re... More

Destruction of Minot's Ledge lighthouse

Destruction of Minot's Ledge lighthouse

Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 1, no. 1 (1851 May 3), p. 20.

Destruction of the American steamboat Caroline

Destruction of the American steamboat Caroline

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1...

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the "Maine-Havana Habor," recovering the dead bodies, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Admiral Sicard and Captain Sigsbe... More

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th 1862

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708

Destruction of Rebel caissons - Public domain scenic drawing

Destruction of Rebel caissons - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200 in a series with Waud Nos. 54, 118, and 235. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.659) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More

Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th 1862

Destruction of the rebel monster "Merrimac" off Craney Island May 11th...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1707

Destruction of a railroad bridge - 19th century Virginia.

Destruction of a railroad bridge - 19th century Virginia.

Photo shows a smoldering railroad bridge on the North Ana River in Virginia. Confederate troops destroyed the bridge to slow down advancing Union soldiers. (Source: Zeller, p. 73) Series: The War for the Union... More

End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armada / Js. Gillray, inv. et f., British Cartoon Print

End of the Irish Invasion : - or - the Destruction of the French Armad...

French warships, labeled Le Révolutionaire, L'Egalité and The Revolutionary Jolly Boat, being tossed about during a storm blown up by Pitt, Dundas, Grenville and Windham, whose heads appear from the clouds. Cha... More

The destruction of Cat Alley - Public domain dedication image

The destruction of Cat Alley - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Passing of Cat Alley" by Jacob A. Riis, Century, 57:175 (Dec. 1898).

[Flood destruction on South Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio]

[Flood destruction on South Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio]

J181222 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H.L. Jones; April 23, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: Greenfield, Ohio. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Treasury. First step, destruction of money: machine punches 4 holes in each package, [1914]

Treasury. First step, destruction of money: machine punches 4 holes in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bureau Ptg. & Eng. Destruction committee filling the maceration cylinders with cancelled money $4,447,500 destroyed at the time this picture was taken, 1914

Bureau Ptg. & Eng. Destruction committee filling the maceration cylind...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Soldier giving direction to a family, amid chaos and destruction of war]

[Soldier giving direction to a family, amid chaos and destruction of w...

Poster has no text. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gainesville, Georgia, showing the destruction of buildings resulting from the April 6 tornado which came very close to the Resettlement Administration project at Tupelo, Mississippi

Gainesville, Georgia, showing the destruction of buildings resulting f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly. Inscribed over image: The R.R. Bridge was burned [?]. Trees too high. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.548) Re... More

Little Mack and his party "going up" Salt River on a gunboat. Terrific explosion of the "Quaker gun" and destruction of the entire party.

Little Mack and his party "going up" Salt River on a gunboat. Terrific...

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the great railroad wreck The most appalling railroad disaster on the Continent, on the T.P. & W.R.R. near Chatsworth, Illinois, of the Niagara Excursion Train, at midnight, August 10th, 1887 ; Shows the general destruction of the timbers between Superintendent Armstrong's car and the culvert / / Harlan Holferty, view artist.

View of the great railroad wreck The most appalling railroad disaster ...

22485S U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. 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 sal... More

Huge boulders from the volcano borne to the destruction of Basse Pointe, Martinique, F.W.I.

Huge boulders from the volcano borne to the destruction of Basse Point...

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 14369. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Martinique; Volcanoes Martinique 1902; Geogr.; Shelf.

Scenes which force the hardest heart to weep a silent tear - victims as they fell in the destruction of Morne Rouge, Martinique, F.W.I.

Scenes which force the hardest heart to weep a silent tear - victims a...

View after eruption of Mt. Pelee volcano, showing debris and ruins of buildings.

Tel Deweir (Lachish). Exposed portion of Hyksos glacis, N.W. corner of mound. Crest cut down by builders of Iron Age fortification. The white debris is from this destruction

Tel Deweir (Lachish). Exposed portion of Hyksos glacis, N.W. corner of...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain cliff view, natural rocky landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fears airlines' bankruptcy. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Senator Edwin C. Johnson (right) of Colorado, today demanded prompt enactment of the McCarran Air Transport Bill in order to save America's commercial from bankruptcy and destruction. Studying the bill with the author Senator Pat McCarran, Senator declared that the Nation's airlines will lose $3,000,000 more this year than in 1936, 12/20/37

Fears airlines' bankruptcy. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. Senator Edwin C...

Two men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waste paper. Destined for destruction, this household rubbish heap contains waste paper so badly needed today for conversion into the paper packing in which defense and lend-lease goods are shipped. Paper is one of the materials with which Americans have been most profligate, only now they are beginning to conserve paper along with many other materials long thought of as merely refuse

Waste paper. Destined for destruction, this household rubbish heap con...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Low-level aerial view of destruction of a refinery in the Tokyo area, as the result of B-29 raids, during the five months of concentrated attacks on Japan, during the second world war]

[Low-level aerial view of destruction of a refinery in the Tokyo area,...

U.S. Army A.A.F. photo. No. A-58492 A.C. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire, during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly. Inscribed over image: The R.R. Bridge was burned [?]. Trees too high. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.548) Re... More

Destruction of bridge telegraph tanks Etc. in Warrenton Junction

Destruction of bridge telegraph tanks Etc. in Warrenton Junction

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: hoops of tanks on front. Formerly Waud no. B-6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.771) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Repairing Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Catlett's Station, after its destruction by the Confederates, October 1863

Repairing Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Catlett's Station, after...

No. 448. 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 an... More

Preserve your forests from destruction, and protect your country from floods and drought / J. Keppler.

Preserve your forests from destruction, and protect your country from ...

Illustration shows a female spirit labeled "Public Spirit" warning two men cutting logs, of the consequences of deforestation. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 357, (1884 January 9), centerfold. Copyright 1884 by ... More

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Landing gear for American medium bombers, which will carry destruction to the heart of the Axis, is assembled in a large Eastern aircraft plant. These skilled mechanics are products of the government's extensive training program for war workers. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. Landing gear for American medium...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Shell loading. These 2,000-pound bombs will carry death and destruction to the Axis from a huge shell-loading plant in the Midwest. The arsenal makes even deadlier gifts for Hitler--4,000-pound "block busters" and shells of still greater size. Ravenna ordnance plant

Production. Shell loading. These 2,000-pound bombs will carry death an...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor

Destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "Essex," on the Mississippi River, near Baton Rouge, August 4th 1862

Destruction of the rebel ram "Arkansas": By the United State gunboat "...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1708

[Design drawing for stained glass window with "Death by Human Destruction;" and "Death Caused by Nature"]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with "Death by Human Destruct...

Public domain photograph of stained glass design, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck Die zerstorung der koniglichen bild saule zu Neu Yorck.

La destruction de la statue royale a Nouvelle Yorck Die zerstorung der...

Print shows a misguided attempt by the artist to depict the destruction of an equestrian statue of King George III in New York City on July 9, 1776; this view shows what appear to be mostly slaves attempting to... More

The end of the republican party After "The Destruction of Jerusalem" by Kaulbach.

The end of the republican party After "The Destruction of Jerusalem" b...

After a large painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach showing the "destruction of Jerusalem", this print shows the demise of the Republican Party with various Republicans, Mugwumps, Democrats, and allegorical figures,... More

Ofc. of Comptroller.  Committee checking daily destruction of National Bank notes

Ofc. of Comptroller. Committee checking daily destruction of National...

Three men in Treasury Department office with bank notes. National Photo Company Collection.

13 anniversary, destruction of the U.S.S. Maine, Havana Harbor, Feb. 15, 1911

13 anniversary, destruction of the U.S.S. Maine, Havana Harbor, Feb. 1...

J152441 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; February 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Obispo 70, Havana, Cuba.

The destruction of a U-boat by a Q-boat. A British mystery ship, H.M.S. PRIZE, held up by a German submarine: the "panic party" putting off in a boat

The destruction of a U-boat by a Q-boat. A British mystery ship, H.M.S...

Halftone repro. of drawing by Charles Pears. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, v. 153, 1918 Dec. 14, p. 794. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The General faces his questioner. Washington, D.C., May 31. Major General George Van Horn Moseley, U.S.A. retired, who appeared before the Dies Committee today to deny any connection with any organizations opposed to Jewry, asserted in his testimony that America is faced with danger of destruction by communists, and that rightists here would fight the menace. When the Committee broke up for an hour's luncheon recess, Moseley and Rhea Whitley, counsel and questioner for the Committee faced each other and had a short heated discussion

The General faces his questioner. Washington, D.C., May 31. Major Gene...

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

THE PRESIDENT SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH HIS PEOPLE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 26. TONIGHT AT NINE THIRTY THE PRESIDENT BROADCASTED A TALK ON THE WORLD SITUATION AND THIS COUNTRY'S TASK IN DEFENSE PLANS. HE SPOKE OF THE TROJAN HORSE, AND THE FIFTH COLUMN WHICH HE SAID BETRAYS A NATION UNPREPARED FOR TREACHERY. HIS SPEECH ENDED WITH 'I AM CERTAIN THAT OUT OF THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN THIS LAND, IN EVERY WAKING MINUTE, A SUPPLICATION GOES UP TO ALMIGHTY GOD THAT ALL OF US BEG THAT SUFFERING AND STARVING, THAT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION MAY END, AND THAT PEACE MAY RETURN TO THE WORLD. IN COMMON EFFECTION FOR ALL MANKIND, YOUR PRAYERS JOIN WITH MINE, THAT GOD WILL HEAL THE WOUNDS AND THE HEARTS OF HUMANITY'

THE PRESIDENT SHARES HIS THOUGHTS WITH HIS PEOPLE. WASHINGTON, D.C. MA...

A man sitting at a table with a sewing machine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of Pearl Harbor, Japanese bomber in lower right foreground]

[Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of P...

NEA Services photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, grandest, best, amusement institution--Total destruction of the Spanish Fleet, on the Cuban coast [...]

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, gra...

Poster showing naval battle. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. No. 67.

Destruction of Adml. Cervera's Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cube

Destruction of Adml. Cervera's Spanish fleet off Santiago de Cube

43816 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Copyright by Kurz & Allison. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison. PAGA card tracings: C... More

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1706

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charles...

Title inscribed below image. Attributed to William Waud. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud no. 36 (A size). Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.525) Reference prin... More

Minerva turning from scenes of violence and destruction to religion and the arts

Minerva turning from scenes of violence and destruction to religion an...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: James Barry. Purchase; Christopher Mendez; 1983; (DLC/PP-1983:086).

[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of London from waterfront, and view of the destruction of the city of Hamburg by fire]

[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of L...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1842 May 14, p. 1.

Ancient Jerus̈alem, previous to its destruction by Titus / from the original painting by G. Wunderlich ; on stone by J. Queen.

Ancient Jerus̈alem, previous to its destruction by Titus / from the or...

Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and loss of life in Salt River

Total destruction of the Democratic platform / terrible shipwreck and ...

Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)

U.S.S. Maine Board of Inquiry into destruction of Maine

U.S.S. Maine Board of Inquiry into destruction of Maine

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Pride goeth before destruction" / J.S. Pughe.

"Pride goeth before destruction" / J.S. Pughe.

Cartoon showing Richard "Boss" Croker as an obese balloon-like man, wearing ribbon "Kansas City Convention", being attacked from behind by a man "Hill" with a spear "N.Y. State Democracy". Illus. in: Puck, v. 4... More

Destruction of cattle in Cal., 4/4/24

Destruction of cattle in Cal., 4/4/24

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chinese ambassador gives latest war news to newspapermen. Washington, D.C., Sept. 25. Dr. C.T. Wang, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, reading to newsmen today a statement in which he charged that the Japanese Army in China has placed itself "beyond the pale of humanity" by indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas, destruction of Chinese Red Cross units an the use of poison gas. The Ambassador seemed deeply upset as he read the prepared statement. 9/25/37

Chinese ambassador gives latest war news to newspapermen. Washington, ...

A man sitting in a chair reading a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. The charred wood along the edge of this improperly constructed chimney tells of a fire that could have destroyed a whole building if the fire department had not pulled away lath and plaster, and extinguished it before it could spread. Here the wood construction was built too close to the chimney. In 1941, defective and overheated chimneys caused 58,000 fires and the destruction of 15 million dollars of property

Civilian defense. Fire prevention. The charred wood along the edge of ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor bombing. Destruction. Smoke pours from the USS Shaw, bombed dry dock (right center) while in the foreground lies the capsized USS Oglala, a minelayer. To the left is the 10,000 ton cruiser, USS Helena, struck by an aerial torpedo on the starboard side. The concussion caused the Oglala, formerly berthed alongside the Helena to flood and she turned over after being brought to dock. At the extreme left, may be seen some of the superstructure of the USS Pennsylvania and at the right appears to be the USS Maryland burning

Pearl Harbor bombing. Destruction. Smoke pours from the USS Shaw, bomb...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly. Inscribed over image: The R.R. Bridge was burned [?]. Trees too high. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.548) Re... More

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md.

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick...

Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Dead horses. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.123) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charles...

Title inscribed below image. Attributed to William Waud. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud no. 36 (A size). Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.525) Reference prin... More

Destruction of Jerusalem - Print, Library of Congress collection

Destruction of Jerusalem - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Merz.

Destruction of the privateer PETREL by the ST. LAWRENCE

Destruction of the privateer PETREL by the ST. LAWRENCE

U.S. revenue cutter AIKEN, captured by Confederate and re-named PETREL, being sunk by U.S. frigate St. Lawrence, 1861 Steel engraving by Robert Hinshelwood, b. 1812; after painting(?) by Paul Manzoni, copyright... More

Flood destruction on Middle Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio

Flood destruction on Middle Hickory St., Chillicothe, Ohio

J181224 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. L. Jones; May 7, 1913. Copyright claimant's address: Greenfield, Ohio.

Destruction of Genl. Lees lines of Communication in Virginia by Genl. Wilson

Destruction of Genl. Lees lines of Communication in Virginia by Genl. ...

Union soldiers destroying railroad tracks, while others relax. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 30, 1864, p. 488-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP... More

Destruction of Genl. Lees lines of Communication in Virginia by Genl. Wilson

Destruction of Genl. Lees lines of Communication in Virginia by Genl. ...

Union soldiers destroying railroad tracks, while others relax. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 30, 1864, p. 488-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP... More

Destruction of Chicago by Fire, Oct. 1871

Destruction of Chicago by Fire, Oct. 1871

B10814 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in pencil below copyright statement where "Thomas Kelly" is underlined: No. 17 Barclay NY. Inscribed in pencil on ... More

Destruction of San Francisco by earthquake & fire

Destruction of San Francisco by earthquake & fire

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison.

Atlanta, GA, 1864. Destruction of Hood's Ordnance train, Georgia Central Railroad

Atlanta, GA, 1864. Destruction of Hood's Ordnance train, Georgia Centr...

Title, and alternate title from item. Another version published in Milhollen, Hirst D. and Kaplan: Divided We Fought: a pictorial history of the war, 1861-1865. New York, Macmillan Company, p. 398.

In the Senate, March 25, 1898--Reading the President's message on the destruction of the "Maine" / drawn by W.A. Rogers.

In the Senate, March 25, 1898--Reading the President's message on the ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 42 (1898 April 9), p. 344.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. M...

Stereo shows fire engine and sailors in front of Harbor Emergency Hospital - Union Ferry Bldg. in background, following San Francisco earthquake. H81013 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: ... More

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. M...

Stereo shows fire engine and sailors in front of Harbor Emergency Hospital - Union Ferry Bldg. in background, following San Francisco earthquake. H81013 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: Documenting Disaster: ... More

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1...

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the "Maine-Havana Habor," recovering the dead bodies, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Admiral Sicard and Captain Sigsbe... More

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Destruction of tea at Boston Harbor

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1706

Destruction of Muckee on the coast of Sumatra

Destruction of Muckee on the coast of Sumatra

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bouvé.

Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewing destruction of R.R. by enemy, October 1863.

Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewin...

Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Ra... More

Destruction of the depots, public buildings, and manufactories at Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 1864 The Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps moving out of Atlanta, November 15, 1864.

Destruction of the depots, public buildings, and manufactories at Atla...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 419 (1865 Jan. 7), p. 4.

Naval court of inquiry on destruction of the MAINE

Naval court of inquiry on destruction of the MAINE

5 men seated around table and another man at a desk. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Courts; Nav... More

"Pride goeth before destruction" / J.S. Pughe.

"Pride goeth before destruction" / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows Richard Croker inflated like a hot air balloon, wearing a medallion showing the Tammany Tiger and a laurel wreath with ribbon labeled "Kansas City Convention"; running up behind him is David ... More

The destruction of Russ[i]an torpede [sic] destroyers by Japanese torpede destroyers at Port Arthur -- the illustration of the war between Japan and Russia (no. 5)

The destruction of Russ[i]an torpede [sic] destroyers by Japanese torp...

Print shows sailors from the Japanese torpedo boat, Sazanami, boarding a Russian torpedo boat during a heated sea battle off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. From series: Illustrated Russo-Japanese War. No. 5.

Destruction of "Maine", Havana harbor, Cuba, Spanish-American War 1898

Destruction of "Maine", Havana harbor, Cuba, Spanish-American War 1898

Photograph shows sailors and others in small boats near the wreckage of the U. S. S. Maine; a wreath is tossed from the Maine's crows nest, American flag waving. Additional devised title: [Ceremonial sinking at... More

Treasury Dept. Ofc. of U.S. Treasury, second step in destruction of paper money. Machine cutting bills in halves, [1914]

Treasury Dept. Ofc. of U.S. Treasury, second step in destruction of pa...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction caused by disease-infected waters of the Connecticut River. The owner has received a grant. Near Hatfield, Massachusetts

Destruction caused by disease-infected waters of the Connecticut River...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United... More

Farm Security Administration exhibit (Destruction ... Man-wrought)

Farm Security Administration exhibit (Destruction ... Man-wrought)

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, grandest, best, amusement institution--Total destruction of the Spanish Fleet, on the Cuban coast [...]

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, gra...

Poster showing naval battle. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. No. 67.

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1...

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the "Maine-Havana Habor," recovering the dead bodies, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Admiral Sicard and Captain Sigsbe... More

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md.

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick...

Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Dead horses. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.123) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Views in Fredericksburg, Virginia, showing destruction of houses by bombardment on December 13, 1862

Views in Fredericksburg, Virginia, showing destruction of houses by bo...

Photograph shows three men and one man sitting on a horse in front of the ruins of several buildings. No. 2511. Mounted with three other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin... More

Calamity at Richmond, being a narrative of the affecting circumstances attending the awful conflagration of the theatre in the city of Richmond, on the night of Thursday, the 26th of December, 1811. By which, more than seventy of its valuable citizens suddenly lost their lives, and many others were greatly injured and maimed.  Collected from various letters, publications, and official reports, and accompanied with a preface, containing appropriate reflections, calculated to awaken the attention of the public, to the frequency of the destruction of theatrical edifices.

Calamity at Richmond, being a narrative of the affecting circumstances...

Shaw & Shoemaker 25013 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Destruction of the packet-ship John Rutledge by an iceburg, Feb. 20, 1856 The only survivor, Thomas W. Nye, of New Bedford [with others in lifeboat].

Destruction of the packet-ship John Rutledge by an iceburg, Feb. 20, 1...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, April 12, 1856.

Destruction of the railroad bridge over the Potomac, at Harper's Ferry, by the Rebels, June 15, 1861

Destruction of the railroad bridge over the Potomac, at Harper's Ferry...

Public domain image of a train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Bar of Destruction [Death as bartender serving run to man as 2 small children beckon from doorway]

The Bar of Destruction [Death as bartender serving run to man as 2 sma...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1874 March 21), v.18, p. 256. Ref. copy in SPF-Temperance Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death; Publ. Ind.; Temperance; Cartoons, U.S. 1874.

Siboney burning after its destruction by Sampson's fleet

Siboney burning after its destruction by Sampson's fleet

Picryl description: Public domain image of a landscape with water, mountains, and sky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U. S. Battle ship Maine anchored over her grave from a Kodak picture taken 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Feb. 15, 1898, the date of her destruction.

U. S. Battle ship Maine anchored over her grave from a Kodak picture t...

Photograph shows U. S. battleship Maine anchored in Havana harbor. Additional title on item: Havana, Cuba. The U. S. battleship Maine anchored over her grave in the afternoon of Feb. 15, 1898, the date of her d... More

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