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Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...

Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... More

Watercolor at the Thomas F. Eagleton, U.S. Courthouse, St. Louis, Miss...

Artist: John Steuart Curry. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the... More

[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bas relief "Bienville, Founder of New Orleans, 1718," by Auguste De Fr...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive,... More

F P Blair - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

The prairie flower, Miss Nellie Grant

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

Nancy Hart, a heroine of the Revolution / Drawn by Darley ; engr. by F...

"Engraved expressly for the Ladies Repository." Reference file print is in LOT 4412 NC. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.

Revolutionary War-themed mural inside the Greenbrier Historic Resort H...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For most of its history, the hotel was owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its successors, including the CSX Corporation. Follo... More

[Man walking with arms away from body]

"Fande (?)" on item. Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Bird's-eye view of a church in a walled compound in Beijing]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 323. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Great siege train at Yorktown, Virginia

Rows of mortars and field guns in foreground. Stereo half by Brady, #2358. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865.

Heads of the democracy - Drawing. Public domain image.

Purchase; Old Print Shop; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:492). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1985:492.

Presidential campaign, 1864. Candidates for President and Vice-Preside...

Print shows bust portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Andrew Johnson, and George H. Pendleton above a map of the United States, with bust portraits of the previous 15 presidents with George Washin... More

[Interior of Fort Wagner in April, 1865. Charleston Harbor, S.C. Low a...

Brady Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. South Carolina. Civil War, 1861-1865.

Silver's wash powder, saves time, labor, money!

LOT subject: Washing powders. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Ziegler & Smith.

[Lotta Crabtree, full-length portrait in costume for a theatrical role...

Full length, standing, smoking cigar, facing right. Date and photographer based on close similarity to other photos in the BIOG FILE.

Miner's shirtings - warranted fast colors, David S. Brown & Co., Phila...

LOT subject: Textile industry and fabrics. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by David S. Brown & Co.

Alice Barber Stephens - The red coat

Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Sappho - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title on verso. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0188). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Perspective study - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. First story plan]

Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Library of Congress ("New Congress Library"), Washington, D.C. First ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Library of Congress ("New Congress Library"), Washington, D.C. Floor ...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Miss Lila L. Morse with kindest regards, Samuel I. Tilden"

Three-quarter length portrait of Samuel Tilden, standing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Alice Barber Stephens - [Two men about to fight]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...

Notations on verso. Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In vino veritas - Public domain dedication image

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Dottie and Lottie. It was like this Nelly : Mazie and me and Dot all t...

Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie : in the street car." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Our national coast defenses, Library of Congress drawings collection

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

An executive session of the Senate

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

[Church or mansion hall with plaques, England]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0126). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "In the Footsteps of Thackeray," Century magazine, 4:835 (Oct. 1883).

[Man with hand on head of weeping woman on porch]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0039). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The laster - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1936:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Pair of Shoes," Harper's magazine, 70:283 (Jan. 1885).

Sitting with his dog against a brown and windy hedge

(DLC/PP-1932:0051). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Winter in Devonshire," Harper's magazine, 72:183 (Jan. 1886).

Arcade, Milan - Public domain historic place drawing

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Watch tower, Fort Snelling, Minneapolis, 11 soldiers in front]

Copyrighted by St. Paul Book and Stationery Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Forts Ft. Snelling; Minn. Ft. Snelling; Shelf.; Geogr.

One of the fountains - Drawing. Public domain image.

People standing near well, filling containers with water and talking. (DLC/PP-1932:0051). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Little Swiss Sojourn" by William... More

Animal Locomotion: [20 frames of naked man walking - rear and rt. prof...

Motion picture sequenced photographic plate by Eadweard Muybridge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; Rear views.

[Mount Holy Cross] / TMoran. - Public domain scenic drawing

25359T U.S. Copyright Office. Remarque: deer. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clara Barton's headquarters, Johnstown, Pennsylvania flood - 1889

Clara Barton Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Red Cross U.S. 1889; Floods Pa. Johnstown 1889; Pa. Johnstown 1889; BI; Geogr.; Disasters; Shelf. Barton, ... More

Médaillés et souvenirs de l'Exposition, Political Cartoon

A man, possibly a souvenir salesman at an exposition, wears a slightly large sweater and a derby and sits on a bench, with his hands folded. In one arm, he cradles a long pole with crossbars at the top, from w... More

[Young girl wearing riding clothes, with crop, on Washington, D.C., st...

Circular print, taken with a first model Kodak camera. Public domain photograph - young girl, female portrait drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Getting on to the bandwagon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

[Snakes in water] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938:0056, DLC/PP-1938:0066, DLC/PP-1938:0071, or DLC/PP-1938:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Joseph Pennell - [The red bus]

England, London. As Wuerth described, "View of a foggy wet day on a London street, with red bus in foreground. Colors, red, rose, yellow, cream, brown, gray and black, on white paper." Date from Wuerth inventor... More

[Boars and cattleya in forest] - Public domain dedication image

Fraser House, Wash., D.C. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in LOT 2958. No. 81808. Caption card tracings: Architecture Coll.; Interi... More

[Sailboats at a wharf] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0062.14). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Man in bed playing violin] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. No publication information. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[An Interior view of the original Lincoln cabin showing the old firepl...

23552W U.S. Copyright Office. From Kimball Hall Studio, Chicago. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The ladies in the windows of the inn

(DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A General Election in England" by Richard Harding Davis, Harper's magazine, 87:500 (Sept. 1893).

[Massachusetts. Lynn. shoe factories, 1895?: a lining stitcher (woman)...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Mills Thompson, 1875-1944 - Public domain portrait drawing

Full length portrait, standing, facing front, in blackface holding knife in teeth and large club in hand. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection... More

[Samuel Francis Smith, 1808-1895, full-length portrait, seated at a ta...

15742 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of 2 photos by J. Albert Cole. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Massachusetts, PI; sources checked and other i... More

Sentimentality - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon

Satire on the vanity of extreme indulgence in pets. "To the memory of those who might have been saved" on monument. No accession number; "1628F" and "4 Apr '47" on verso. No publication information. Forms part ... More

[Shoe factories, Lynn, Massachusetts.: exterior view of shoe factories...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts; Industry & manu. Shoes; Women Employment 1845?; Shelf.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C., Political Cartoon

A drawing of two women on a pier with umbrellas, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washingto... More

James McNeill Whistler - [Nude figure standing, holding a veil]

Title from catalogue raisonné. Inscribed by J. Pennell: Drawn by Whistler. March 1897. Cream laid paper, a shiny notepaper; no watermark. On back: blue stamp of L.C. Division of Prints (Lugt 677). Published in ... More

Geronimo - Public domain portrait drawing

Reproduction of half-length portrait painting by E.A. Burbank. Copyright by W. Scott Thurber. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: C-; P-Geronimo; Indians; Shelf.

They caught him : Hughey's only got a year

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Moment of Clear Vision" by Octave Thanet, Scribner's magazine, 23:318 (March 1898).

A Red Cross nurse - Drawing. Public domain image.

2 small girls playing nurse and patient. Color repro. of watercolor by Maud Humphrey, copyrighted by Frederick A. Stokes Co. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Childr... More

And for so stout a gentleman, Mr. Port was an excellent horseman

(DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Uncle of an Angel" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper's magazine, 81:405 (Aug. 1890).

[View of Riga, Latvia with waterfront in foregrd; freighter ERIK and l...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item, with subsequent revisions. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Lumber; Freight;... More

Babies and child care - doctor examining babies on Recreation Pier, E....

No. 438-3. Bain Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Medicine; Babies.

[Interior view of steamboat showing stairway and pursers office]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 81837. "Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co." Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McLubberty, himself. "My, what a terrible fight!"

Four-frame comic strip. McLubberty sees a terrible fight and runs to tell a cop, who asks, "You can't stop people from getting married can you?" No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left, fo... More

He lifted it up in front of his face

(DLC/PP-1934:0071). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Light that Failed not" by Henry Van Dyke, Scribner's, 27:417 (April 1900).

[Scenes used to illustrate the popular song, "Just a Girl like Mother ...

Lantern slide proof copyrighted by J.D. Cress. No. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Music, popular; Slides (Photography); Sentimentalism 1900.

[Laundry class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frederick H. Evans - York Minster [Cathedral, York, England]: from nav...

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Layered mount with embossed monogram, "FHE," in lower right. Signed and inscribed in pencil, front of mount. Caption card tracings: Churches Eng; Photog.... More

Nicolai Bridge, St. Petersburg, [Russia]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Bridges Russia L -1902-1917; Russia L- 190... More

Eastward ho! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Britannia, a female figure dressed in armour and holding a trident, introduces India, depicted as a young woman, elegantly dressed in native costume, to Lord Kitchener. India keeps her eyes cast to the ground,... More

Black Hawk, 1767-1838 - Public domain portrait engraving

Half lgth., facing slightly right. Repro. of painting by R.M. Sully, copyrighted by G. Barrie & Sons. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Indians; Pub.

Chinese Band - Drawing. Public domain image.

4 Chinese men with unusual musical percussion instruments. H43339 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: China Misc. [1904]; Music... Percussi... More

Duelling - Fencers in April, 1904

Man and woman duelling, 3 people watching. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: ... More

Travel views of Europe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Gent... More

What! thundered his Majesty, J.J Gould

(DLC/PP-1933:0011). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Seven Studious Sisters" by Margaret Sherwood, Scribner's magazine, 35:72 (Jan. 1904).

Brownies and procession of Simians, engraving, Library of Congress

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: The Brownies in the Philippines / Palmer Cox. New York : The Century Co., 1904.

[Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, half-length portrait, working in chemi...

Preparing for the fall clip - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Sure tip" on papers on ground; "Dela & Hudson, Reading, Lackawanna" on lambs in foreground. Bull and bear watch lambs below sign "harvest home festival." (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American... More

[Ducks flying over bridge] / Bertha Lum

Color woodcut copyrighted by Bertha Lum. No. 460. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Group of well-dressed men and women in motorboat, Oyster Bay, Long Is...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Our Future Friends" - Drawing. Public domain image.

Japanese children parading with U.S. and Japanese flags. H66243 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Children; Japan History 1905; Parades; ... More

Monsieur Brisson visibly shuddered and paled

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Recrudescence of Madame Vic" by Thomas A. Janvier, Harper's magazine, 112:522 (March 1906).

Sarah Bernhardt as Phaedre in the Greek Theatre of Berkeley

Title from a similar image in: As I remember / Arnold Genthe. New York : Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936, facing p. 95. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G412-5193-003; As I remember, facing p. 95

A lock of black curly hair tied with blue ribbon

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Little Silver Heart" by Josephine Daskam Bacon, Harper's magazine, 113:764 (Oct. 1906).

[David Josiah Brewer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court, half-length po...

No. 1203. Public domain photograph - judge, law, court, lawyer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ernestine Schumann-Heink, 1861-1936, bust portrait, facing left]

H74125 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Sources checked: OCat. Singer; née Roessler, 1861-1936.

What has happened is droll beyond imagining

[She growled and ...] - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Study in Values" by Emma Kaufman, Collier's weekly (Aug. 12, 1906), p. 16.

On the fireboat I am responsible

(DLC/PP-1956:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Question of Command" by Harvey J. O'Higgins, Century, 72:89 (May 1906).

[Paiute family (?) resting outside of mud and grass hut]

H83965 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians Camps; Indian tribes; Shelf.

[25th anniversary of Tuskegee Inst., Ala., 1906: Young man in uniform ...

Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Military training; Proccessions; Bands (Music); African Americans Education; Univ... More

Jewish life - worshippers and converted synogogue, Jewish New Year, Ne...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Holidays; Relig. Judaism.

Frederick Townsend Martin, 1849-1948

Author; 3/4 lgth., seated, facing right. H111005 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted by Theodore C. Marceau. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

[Elmer Jacob Burkett, 1867-1935, head and shoulders, seated, head rest...

H107244 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Their inquiries to right and left brought no result

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Empty House" by Beatrix Demarest Lloyd, Harper's magazine, 117:848 (Nov. 1908).

Exhibition of Jewish Farmers of America

Corn stalks and potted plants on display with captions in Yiddish, N.Y.C. Oct. 1909? Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item, with subsequent revisions. George Gr... More

White House, Office Building, and tennis court, [Washington, D.C.] whe...

J131696 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Pres.; Sports Tennis.

Benny Havens - Public domain dedication image

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as musical notation in: "Old college songs," Century, 78:183 (June 1909).

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