[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
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
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. 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...
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...
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
[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
[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
Photographer unidentified. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:003). Forms part of: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, 1824-1979 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More
[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portrai...
Scratched on back of plate: 76; 177 [cancelled] Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.
[Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left...
Democratic Congressman from Illinois, 1843-1847; Senator, 1847-1861. Hallmark: J ROUSSEAU & CO. Written on back of plate: Douglas Facing the light / H. Pfister. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978,... More
[Mr. Zina Hitchcock Benjamin family, posed left to right: Cornelia, Zi...
Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Cyanotype of a daguerreotype made between 1845 and 1858 (DAG - no. 1123). No. 8317.
Jean Margaret Davenport, three-quarter length studio portrait, facing ...
Inscribed or printed on photo on upper left corner: 39. Inscribed in pencil on mount: Portrait of a woman (Davenport?). Image is a copy of a daguerreotype held by the Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Libra... More
"Uncle Retta Thomas" - Early photography, Public domain image
Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[Photograph of Mead's Lincoln monument in Springfield Illinois.]
Public domain photograph of tower, column, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Pauline Bailey, of Bailey Mountain. Southern West Virginia...
Event: Historic photo. Pauline Bailey was the mother of Jim Bailey, Sarah Boggess's grandfather. They lived on Bailey Mountain around the turn of the last century.
[Lt. Rufus King, Lt. Alonzo Cushing, Lt. Evan Thomas and three other a...
Original negative no.: LC-B815-579. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil war 1861-1865; BI; CW Battlef... More
[Framed photographs of General Ambrose Everett Burnside and Abraham Li...
Meserve 38. The first photograph of Lincoln as President, by M. B. Brady, Washington, early 1861. Three pieces in a frame.
Group of the Construction Corps U.S. Mil. R. Rds., with working tools,...
Attributed to Isaac H. Bonsall based on the subject of the photograph and the photographic mount. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Tennessee Chattanooga; Constructi... More
First Bell Telephone motion picture
Attached caption: "10. First Bell Telephone, June 1875." Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is best known for his development of the flat disc record and the Gra... More
Tenn. - Smithville - Hanging of Presswood in courthouse square
A heavily retouched copy of "The Hanging of John Presswood, Jr. at Smithville, Tenn." No. 2 "The Adjusting of the Rope" (the middle of 3 photos in LC-USZ62-13721). Montage or composite photograph with image i... More
Ruins of the Church of Santo Domingo, Panama
Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 50
Deer, running. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a deer running. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing var... More
Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows two series of four 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. Hauling. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a man driving a horse "Clyde" who is pulling. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assume... More
Horses. Pacing. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows twenty consecutive images of a man driving a sulkey pulled by "'Nimrod," a horse. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions... More
Deer, trotting 1/2 stride - Public domain book illustration
Photograph shows six consecutive images of a deer trotting. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing vario... More
Horses. Walking. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows six consecutive images of a man driving a sulkey pulled by "Abe Edington", a horse. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positio... More
Athletes. Flip flap. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows nine consecutive images of a man doing a "flip flap" or a back hand spring. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assum... More
Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a nude girl crawling. 9511J U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge, Phi... More
Animal locomotion. Plate 365 - Early photography, Public domain image
Man doing forward gymnastic flip; 24 frames of front and side views. Photo by Eadweard Muybridge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Acrobats...; Animal Locomoti... More
[Hawk in flight] - Early photography, Public domain image
Photo by Eadweard Muybridge. Illus. in Animal Locomotion, pl. 766. Note: copy negs were made from identical volume in General Collections. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ca... More
Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Twenty-four consecutive images of man distance jumping. 9203 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York... More
Animal Locomotion: [24 frames of hand drawing chalk circle, plate 532]
Motion picture sequenced photographic plate by Eadweard Muybridge. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; Rear views.