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[Unidentified portrait of a man, facing front]

The date of the image is based on the plate's lack of gold toning. Case: Plain leather grain. Attributed to William G. Mason. Paper label adhered to cover glass: "49." Labels on case: "65," "36." Purchase; Mari... More

[Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, seat...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: [asterisk]. Case: back only, Rinhart 163. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, possibly John Bannister Gibson, head-and-shoulders ...

Case: front - Berg 44-55G; back - bouquet of mixed flowers. Label on case: 37. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.13). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part o... More

[Mr. Simms, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left]

Scratched on back of plate: 121. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Truman Smith, half-length portrait, facing left, wearing spectacles]

Whig Congressman from Connecticut, 1839-1843, 1845-1949; Senator, 1849-1854. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Identification ... More

[Capital of a column] - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Bridge under construction] - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Framed photograph of Lincoln by Samuel Alschuler.]

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

Mun-za goo ha Sketch by George Miller

This sketch is available courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. (Ms. 4800).

Coal river. Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley. Southern West Virginia...

Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bernstein and family. Holiday card. Photographer unidentified. (Music ...

Public domain photograph of music production crew, group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

David Octavius Hill - Portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart...

Title devised. Lantern slide reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a calotype by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photogr... More

Studio Portrait of George Miller

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Photograph of Warner painting of Lincoln.]

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

Nye Family Boats - Early photography, Public domain image

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22.]

Based on a photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting... More

Photograph of Captain Pearl R. Nye Seated

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A look into the future Coming events cast their shadows before.

Halftone photomechanical reproduction of a photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and two African men beside a dead rhinoceros.

John Echols. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Head and shoulders, facing slightly right. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Augusta Currie Bradhurst Field, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woma...

Photographer unidentified. Case: red velvet, push button. Accompanying note: Augusta C. Field. June 1862 16 years carried by H.H.F. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part o... More

Co. G, 93rd N.Y. Infantry, Bealton [i.e., Bealeton], Virginia

No. 459. Brady-Handy Studio. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Militia New York 1863; Civil War, 1861-1865; Vi... More

[Jubal Anderson Early, 1816-1893, bust, facing left, in civilian cloth...

Lieut. General. No. 4863. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Julia Margaret Cameron - [Portrait of Charles Darwin]

Signed on mount: From life, registered photograph copyright Julia Margaret Cameron, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Exchange; (DLC/PP-1969:031).

Dr. Ernest C. Schroeder, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightl...

Verso: "Dr. E.C. Schroeder." Attached caption: "Dr. Ernest C. Schroeder, biologist, Director U.S. Animal Experiment Station, Bethesda Md. Whose friendship and co-operation Berliner enjoyed for many years." Emi... More

Emile Berliner, half-length portrait, standing in doorway, facing left

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows eighteen consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Florence A.". Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed ... More

Athletes. Walking. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images depicting two athletes walking. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by ... More

Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Mahomet, running. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive posit... More

Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Horses. Cantering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows eight consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Gypsy" with another man running behind the horse. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating t... More

Horses. Leaping. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Phyrne L., leaping over fence. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the cons... More

Athletes. Walking high leap - Public domain book illustration

Photograph shows eight consecutive images of a man jumping over a hurdle. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in pe... More

Skeleton of horse. Running. Off the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse running. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movements... More

Horses. Leaping--Horses. Walking

Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images. Series on left depicts a man riding a horse named Phyrne L., leaping over fence. Series on right depicts a man riding a horse named Clyde, walking. Illus.... More

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Contact with the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse leaping. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movements... 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.

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a fish hawk in flight. 9804S U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Ph... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a man lifting a log. 9423 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Phila... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a woman carrying vessels up and down steps. 9544 U.S. Copyright Office. Published in: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philade... More

Mr. Muybridge showing his instantaneous photographs of animal motion a...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1889 May 25. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

Eadweard Muybridge, 1830-1904 - Public domain portrait print

Half-length portrait, seated, facing left. a.k.a. Edward James Muggeridge. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Formerl... More

F. Holland Day - [Nun with hands folded, praying, seated]

Image content features: MODEL Sister Theresa or Teresa; COSTUME religious attire; PEOPLE women. Blind stamp, lower left. On mount: Gey or 69 [illeg.] pencil, upper right. Title and other data comes from a curat... More

[Young woman (Nancy Lovis (Kraft)) in Middle Eastern costume, with flo...

Pencilled on mount verso: "n" u.r.; "y"? u.r. Image content features: MODEL Nancy Lovis (Kraft); COSTUME Mediterranean/Mid-east/N. African; PEOPLE Young women. Title and other data comes from a curatorial works... More

[Woman in white drapery with wedding ring and leopard skin, seated]

Image content features: PROP leopard skin; COSTUME drapery, jewelry; PEOPLE women. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collec... More

[Woman in straw hat and white blouse with umbrella, seated]

Image content features: COSTUME hats; PEOPLE women. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Louise Imoge... More

Edward S. Curtis - The vanishing race--Navaho

Photograph shows Navajos on horseback riding away from photographer. Curtis no. 984. Title from illustration of same image in the book The North American Indian by E.S. Curtis. Notation in lower left corner, "C... More

[Nude youth with laurel wreath kissing herm of Pan]

Monogram: red, lower right. On recto: "19 FHD 05" lower right, red. Image content features: MODEL "Pippy" Joseph Costanza; COSTUME sculpture, laurel wreaths; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curat... More

F. Holland Day - [Woman (Beatrice Baxter Ruyl) in ...]

Image content features: MODEL Beatrice Baxter Ruyl; PROPS sculpture, herm of Pan; COSTUME leopard skin, drapery, wreaths, jewelry; PEOPLE women. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled a... More

F. Holland Day - ["Chug" in sailor suit, standing in doorway]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: cream & brown. Image content features: MODEL James Costanza as "Chug;" COSTUME sailor suit; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC i... More

[St. Sebastian in loincloth, tied to tree with rope, arrows in stomach...

Published title: Saint Sebastian. Monogram: red, lower right. On recto: Mono., date, lower right, red. Image content features: MODEL Nicholas Giancola; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial ... More

F. Holland Day - [... Lee in white dress and hat]

On verso: "?̲̲ ̲Lee" or "6" pencil. Image content features: MODEL ... Lee; PROP hats; PEOPLE girls. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imo... More

[Ruth Ruyl, nude, with arms outstretched, walking along a garden path,...

Published title: On the threshold of life. Image content features: MODEL Ruth Ruyl; PEOPLE girls. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imoge... More

[Maynard White on seashore, seated, profile]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: lt. cream, brown, dk. cream, brown. Image content features: MODEL Maynard White; COSTUME sailor suit; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compil... More

William R. King: democratic candidate for Vice President of the United...

After a daguerreotype by Mathew B. Brady. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7238

Carte d' visite: Davis, Garrett, 1801-1872

Reproduction number: LC-MSS-44297-33-039 (b&w negative) Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[It is finished] - Public domain dedication image

Photograph shows Day posed as dead Christ with crown of thorns, head partially out of frame. Title published in Seven Words series: It is finished, from Seven Words series. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Da... More

F. Holland Day - [Tony in sailor suit, reclining]

Image content features: MODEL Tony Costanza; COSTUME sailor suits; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collectio... More

F. Holland Day - [Man in high-collared jacket, profile] / FHD 1905.

Right profile portrait of model Luke Lowdog. Published title: Luke 1. Image conent features: Model: Luke Lowdog; PEOPLE: men; NATIONALITY: Indians of North America. Monogram on recto: FHD "1905" red, lower left... More

[Edward Steichen, in coat and hat, standing in hallway, portrait]

Image content features: MODEL: Edward Steichen; PEOPLE: men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Lou... More

[Nude young man on rocks with tortoise and shepherd's staff, reclining...

Mounts are layered top to bottom: tan & brown. Monogram on recto: "FHD 1906" red, lower right. Image content features: PROPS turtles, staffs; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet ... More

[Nude youth with laurel wreath and lyre, seated on rock]

Published titles: 1. Orpheus series: The last chord; or 2. The last chord and then no more. Monogram on recto: "FHD 1907," red, lower right. On verso of mount: "Orpheus senses the last chord," pencil, lower rig... More

Photographic portrait of Horatio Gates Spafford, Paris, France

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, frontal, eyes shut]

Head of Christ, no. 1. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Published title (?) on verso: "It is finished." On mount: "Last 7 #2", lower left in pencil, but image is not from the 7 words series. ... More

F. Holland Day - [Woman in white cape, breastfeeding a baby]

Published titles: Motherhood; or Mother and child. Monogram: pencil, lower right. On recto: "FHD 1905" pencil, lower right. On verso: "trifle heavier" pencil. Image content features: MODELS Beatrice Baxter Ruyl... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ's resurrection from the tomb]

F. Holland Day portraying Jesus Christ coming out of the tomb. Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. May be hand colored. Image content featurees: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE Men. Title and other da... More

[Occupational portrait of a peddler, full-length, standing, facing fro...

Case: plain leather, push button. Stamped on mat: Myers. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.11). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Rufus Porte... More

[Unidentified young women in dresses in front of American flag]

Case: Berg, no. 7-22. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Home Sweet Homes Antiques, Anacortes, Washington, 2005. Exhibited: "The L... More

[Nathaniel Ruggles Childs and Albert Childs, half-length portrait, fac...

Hallmark: Plumbe's patent, Oct. 22, 1842. Matted in wooden frame. Written on back of frame: H.C. Nov. 25, 1842. Nathaniel Ruggles & Albert Childs. Purchase; 1970; (DLC/PP-1970:279). Forms part of: Daguerreotype... More

[Young woman (Nancy Lovis (Kraft)) in Middle Eastern costume and jewel...

Blind stamp: lower left. On verso of mount: "Gy" pencil upper right. Image content features: MODEL Nancy Lovis (Kraft); COSTUME Mediterranean/Middle Eastern/N. African, jewelry; PEOPLE young women. Title and o... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length portrait, standing in front o...

Case: ornamental circle theme. Same sitter as in DAG no. 1380. Barboza number: 6019.020. Stamped on brass mat: Ball & Thomas, 120 W 4th St. Cin. O. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part... More

Series of first aerial photographs of Palestine and Syria. Volcano and...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Blake - Photograph of a page from William Blake's Milton, unda...

Transcribed from item: "Los and Enitharmon Regard With Horror the Flaming Orc. Blake's Milton. 1804." Item is from the Rosenwald Collection.

[Jerusha Field, half-length portrait, seated in chair, with arm restin...

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 141. Accompanying note: Jerusha Field, Quaker of N.Y. & Peekskill. Gift; Family of William B. Osgood Field; 1997; (DLC/PP-1999:155). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collect... More

Lucy Stone, half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing slightly r...

Photographer unidentified. No case. Forms part of: Visual materials from the Blackwell family papers. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Transfer; Manuscript Division; 2014; (DLC/PP-... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front, seated in cha...

Case: oval design surrounded by scrolls. Barboza number: 6019.059. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Scratched on face of plate: Fowler. Scratched on back of plate: 449. Alternative identification: Fowler (cat. 5). Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (... More

David Octavius Hill - [David Roberts, R.A., full-length portrait, stan...

Purchase; 1995 (DLC/PP-1995:158). David Octavius Hill was a Scottish painter and photographer. He was a pioneer of photography in Scotland and is best known for his collaboration with Robert Adamson in which t... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: back only, Rinhart 219. Accompanying note in case: From Wm. Shew's Miniature Case Manufactory, corner of Court and Howard Streets, Boston. Gift; Charles W.... More

[Unidentified woman, about 25 years of age, half-length portrait, thre...

Scratched on back of plate: 297. Hallmark: Rinhart 9. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Bridge with man sitting on top, two men standing below]

Photograph. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain photograph of the arch tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing left]

Case: ornamental circle theme. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Barboza number: 6019.053. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

Charles Marville - [Fountain of the Innocents, Paris, France] / Ch. Ma...

Photograph showing the Fontaine des Innocents as installed at the Marché des Innocents in Paris, probably in 1858, just prior to one of its several relocations and reconstructions. Inscribed in pencil: Fontain... More

[Photograph of Abraham Lincoln medal.], engraving, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of a print - round portrait, medal, medallion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Colonel John S. Mosby, 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, ...

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Brady & Hesler portrait of Lincoln.], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Hesler Photograph: Meserve no. 26, June 1860, also known as the Ayre's portrait

David Octavius Hill - The bird cage

Title from a similar image in: Hill & Adamson photographs / David Octavius Hill. London : Academy Editions ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1973. Lantern slide reproduction by Arnold Genthe of a calotype by Dav... More

[Portrait of Lt. Edwin J. Sweet, 40th New York Infantry, USA]

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Henry Reed with his wife, Nettie Mullins Reed, date unknown.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

General U.S. Grant. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full length portrait, standing alongside his horse, facing left. N. 2426. Civil War Photograph Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Philip Dale Roddey, 1826-1897, Confederate States of America.

Head and shoulders, facing left. C.S.A. Brig. Gen. No. 3458. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tra... More

Orris S. Ferry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Colonel, 5th Conn.; head and shoulders, facing left. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 5177. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card t... More

Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, 1823-1862

Head and shoulders, facing left; in uniform. CSA general. No. 4917. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption c... More

Bvt. Brig. Genl. J.E. Tourtelotte during American Civil War

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Topographical engineers at Headquarters, Army of Potomac, in front of ...

Group of 9 men at table in front of tent. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; C.W.... More

[Tom Thumb, full-length portrait, facing left, standing by chair]

Carte de visite photograph. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Private John J. Rhodes of Company K, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment, ...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather quatrefoil and scroll. (Case damaged and not retained by Library of Congress.) Copy photo made by LC in 1961 is in Civil War Reference File. Gift; Robert H. S... More

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