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Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows twenty consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Mohamet". Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by ani... More

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle

Photograph shows twenty consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Frankie", jumping over a hurdle. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive p... 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. Trotting. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a man driving a sulkey pulled by a horse named "Edgington". Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive po... 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

Horses. Trotting. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Clyde." Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by anima... More

Horses. Cantering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle

Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Frankie", jumping over a hurdle. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecut... More

Horses. Trotting. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man driving a sulkey pulled by a horse named "Occident". Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutiv... More

Animal locomotion--Baboon climbing a pole

Electro-photographic investigation showing a baboon climbing a pole. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York, 1887, pl. 749.

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Twenty-four consecutive images of man jumping over pole(?). 9192 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New ... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a man on rowing machine. 9367 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. P... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a nude man running. 9105 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philad... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a man lifting barbells. 9362 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Ph... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Twenty consecutive images of a camel running. 9780S U.S. Copyright Office. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York, 1887, pl. 740.

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a woman skipping rope. 9214S U.S. Copyright Office. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company... More

F. Holland Day - [Nude boy in rocky landscape (with stream?) bending o...

Image content features: MODEL Maynard/Pippy?; PEOPLE boys. 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 Louis... More

F. Holland Day - [Man in old suit warming himself by fireplace]

African-American man, seated, warming his hands at fireplace. Caption for History of photography: [Man, seated, warming his hands at fireplace]. Image content features: PEOPLE: men; NATIONALITY: African America... More

[Coastal landscape with dock] - Public domain dedication image

Image content features: PLACE SHOWN probably Day's dock, Georgetown, Maine. Monogram: pencil, lower right. On recto "19 FHD 05" pencil, lower right. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compil... More

Orange grove, autochrome color photo

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: Autochrome. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

[Tony Costanza in hat] - Public domain portrait photograph

Monogram, red, lower right. On recto: "FHD 1909" red, lower right. Image content features: MODEL Tony Costanza; COSTUME hats; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC i... More

[Boy in crew-neck shirt, face] - Public domain dedication image

Image content features: PEOPLE boys. 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 Imogen Guiney Collec... 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

The Horse in motion. "Sallie Gardner," owned by Leland Stanford; runni...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse. 2437K2 (copy 2) U.S. Copyright Office. Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automatic Electro... More

[Crucifixion, frontal, with Mary, Mary Magdalene, Joseph and St. John(...

Photograph shows F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ attended by two women and two men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Mounts are layered top to bot... More

Athletes. Back summersault. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows eight consecutive images of a man doing a back somersault. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in ... More

[William Morris Meredith, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left...

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Identification from an engraving by A.H. Ritchie, from a daguerreotype by Brady, published in The American Review, August 1849. Scratched on back of plate: 144. Transfer; U.S. Wa... More

F. Holland Day - [Boy in unbuttoned shirt]

Image content features: MODEL Nicholas Giancola; PEOPLE boys. 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 Lo... More

Photographic portrait of Horatio Gates Spafford, Paris, France

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

Operating track, covered with rubber flooring, and crossed with lines ...

Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movements; executed at Palo Alto, California, in 1878 and... More

[Person in elaborate costume and turban, three-quarter length, rear vi...

Pencilled on mount: "black yellow." Image content features: PEOPLE men? women? Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection... More

F. Holland Day - [Nude youth with laurel wreath and staff]

On verso: "o," pencil mark. Published title: Torso Pilat (?). Image content features: PROPS laurel wreaths, staffs; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93.... More

[Gertrude Mercer Hubbard Grossman, Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, and M...

Attributed to Southworth & Hawes or Whipple & Black. Plate cut down. Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell alternately identified as Grace Hubbard Bell. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, left, with two Roman soldiers]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, grey, greenish buff, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day and ?; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Fo... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion, profile, right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: greenish buff, grey. On recto: "98" black, lower left. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC... More

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven...

Photograph with twelve frames showing motion of a race horse harnessed to a sulky. 8263 U.S. Copyright Office Description of each frame on verso. "Morse's Gallery, 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco." "Automati... More

The Horse in motion. "Abe Edgington," owned by Leland Stanford; driven...

The zoopraxiscope--Horse galloping

Images on a disc which when spun gives the illusion of a man riding a galloping horse. 14706Y U.S. Copyright Office. No. 42. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relations... 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

F. Holland Day - [Nude boy with laurel wreath, face]

Image content features: MODEL (Pippy, Joseph Costanza); PROPS laurel wreaths; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guine... More

The zoopraxiscope--Athletes--Boxing

Images on a disc which when spun gives the illusion of two men boxing. 14666Y U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between Ameri... 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

F. Holland Day - [Youth in African costume in throne]

Published title: An Ethiopian chief (or Menelek)? 1, African chief 2. Image content features: PROPS leopard skins, spears; COSTUME African, jewelry; PEOPLE men? boys?; NATIONALITY African. Title and other data ... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking down to right]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: buff, green grey. On mount: top mount (recto) "last 7 #1" pencil, lower left (Day's hand). Title published: Woman, behold thy son, son, thy mother. Image content features: MODE... More

F. Holland Day - [Christ with crown of thorns, looking up]

Head-and-shoulders of F. Holland Day posing as Jesus Christ, wearing crown of thorns. Published title: Father forgive them, they know not what they do. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. On mou... More

F. Holland Day - [Clarence White in suit, seated]

Portrait of Clarence White, three-quarter length, seated, facing right. Image content features: MODEL Clarence White; PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93... More

F. Holland Day - [Clarence White in suit, seated]

Canal Grande dall' Accademia - Early photography, Public domain image

Photograph shows the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, with Cavalli Palace, Barbaro Palace, Dario Palace, and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute. No. 76. Notation on verso: G.L.B. Coll. Accession box no. PR 06... More

[A. Oakey Hall, half-length portrait, three-quarters to right, eyes fr...

Mayor of New York City. Identification from engraving of a later photograph by Sarony in Daily graphic, March 31, 1883, p. 221. Scratched on back of plate: 109; Oakey Hall. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DL... More

[Washington Aqueduct] - Early photography, Public domain image

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

Francis La Flesche - Early photography, Public domain image

This photograph is available courtesy of the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. (Photograph 4504).

[Portrait of Pvt. Andrew F. Skidmore, Mount Vernon Guards, Company E, ...

Pvt. Skidmore was killed at Yorktown, Va. around May 1, 1862.

[Portrait of a musician, 2d Regulars, U.S. Cavalry]

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

Maggie, Ella, and Estella Oblinger

Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Group of 8th New York State Militia in front of tent, Arlington, Virg...

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

James P. Simms, d. 1888, Confederate States of America.

Head and shoulders, facing right. C.S.A. Brig. Gen. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.... More

St. John R. Liddell, Confederate States of America.

Head and shoulders, facing slightly right. CSA general. No. 5297. Civil War Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption car... More

Houses at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Small house, with small group of soldiers and others on and around porch. Mathew Brady Collection. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption c... More

Battlefield of Antietam Maryland, [Retouched Gardner photograph of Lin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882... More

[Nine views of the Gettysburg battlefield from photographs by Mathew B...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Aug. 22, pp. 532-533. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Rufus Ingalls 1820-1893. American Civil War 1861-1865.

3/4 length, seated, facing left; in uniform; with group on steps of house, City Point, Va. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Cap... More

View of Berliner factory, batteries and electrical wall panel

Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 7. List description: "Neg. no. 23456-3: factory shop electrical box?" Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and businessman. He is ... More

View of Berliner Gramophone factory, workbench, electrical equipment a...

Originally grouped in Brown Berliner photo box, item 11. List description: "Neg. no. 23456-5: machine shop with electrical post and light." Emile Berliner 1851 – 1929 was a German-born American inventor and bu... More

Views of the great ice gorge of February 1872, in the Mississippi rive...

1733 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption on this photograph is torn. Title comes from the printed caption on a duplicate image. Photograph numbers relate to key on the back of the mount: "No. 1 Nicholas Longworth, N... More

Antigua. Plaza / illustrated by Muybridge. - stereocsopic card

Bird's-eye view of plaza in Antigua, Guatemala. No. 1953. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Horses. Backing. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows eight consecutive images of a man riding a horse which is backing. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by ani... More

Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Skeleton of horse. Running. Leaving 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. Running--Horses. Cantering

Photograph shows one series of two consecutive images and one series of four consecutive images. Series on left depicts a man riding a horse named Phyrne L., running. Series on right depicts a man leading a hor... More

Horses. Trotting. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows fourteen consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Mohawk". Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by an... More

Athletes. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a man running. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing vari... More

Horses. Trotting. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Athletes. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Horses. After leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle

Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Phryne L.", after jumping over a hurdle. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the ... More

Athletes. Walking. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows seven consecutive images of a man walking. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing vario... More

Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The attitudes of animals in motion, by Muybridge, arranged for the zoe...

14302, 14303, 14304 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Muybrid... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a man with a hat, walking. 9084 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge.... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a man walking on an incline. 9529 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridg... More

Animal locomotion. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Electro-photographic investigation showing a series of consecutive images of a baboon running. From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York, 1887, pl. 748.

Nude youth, standing, playing pipe in the woods

Published under various titles: The Marble Faun; Nude Boy in Woods. Image content features: MODEL Sidney Sergent; PROP pipes (musical instrument); PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial works... More

[Nude youth with pipe seated on leopard skin, in nature]

Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, black, brown paper on cream board. Image content features: PROP pipes (musical instrument), leopard skin; PEOPLE boys. Title and other data comes from a curatorial works... More

F. Holland Day - [Girl in white robe with black collar]

Image content features: MODEL Margherita Duncan; COSTUME robes, religious attire?; PEOPLE girls. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen... More

F. Holland Day - [Nude youth on leopard skin]

Published under title: Africa. On verso: "Africa" upper left; "G" upper right, pencil. Image content features: PROP leopard skin; COSTUME jewelry; PEOPLE men? boys?; NATIONALITY African? African American? Title... More

F. Holland Day - [Young man in high-collared jacket]

Photograph shows an African American man wearing the Hampton Institute uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Cite as: The Louise... More

Eugène Atget - Eclipse, 1911 / Eugène Atget.

Crowd of people looking at eclipse in Paris, France. In portfolio: 20 photographs by Eugène Atget, 1856-1927. New York : Berenice Abbott, 1956, no. 4.

Carte d' visite: Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905

Reproduction number: LC-MSS-44297-33-085 (b&w negative) Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He ... More

Carte d' visite: Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869

Reproduction number: LC-MSS-44297-33-124 (b&w negative) Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

[Woman (Louise Guiney) in Saint Barbara costume with laurel wreath and...

Published title: St. Barbara. Model name: Louise Guiney. On recto: Halo drawn around head, pencil. Image content features: MODEL: Louise Guiney; PROP: Laurel wreaths; COSTUME: medieval folk (?); PEOPLE: Women. ... More

F. Holland Day - [The Gainsborough hat], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photo shows a woman (Ethel Reed), head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a plumed hat. Published title: The Gainsborough Hat. Image content features: MODEL Ethel Reed; COSTUME Hats; PEOPLE Women. Ti... More

F. Holland Day - [Nude youth with laurel wreath and lyre]

Image content features: MODEL Nicholas Giancola; PROPS laurel wreath, lyre; PEOPLE boys. Orpheus series. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Cite as: The Louise Im... More

The zoopraxiscope - a couple waltzing

Images on a disc which when spun gives the illusion of a couple dancing. 14699Y U.S. Copyright Office. No. 35. Copyright by Eadweard Muybridge. Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between Am... More

F. Holland Day - [Probably boy, close up of face] / FHD 1905.

Monogram on recto "FHD 1905" red, lower right. Image content features: PEOPLE: Girls? (Boys?); NATIONALITY: African American. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Fo... More

The horse in motion, illus. by Muybridge. "Sallie Gardner," owned by L...

Electro-photograph by Muybridge. Exhibited: "Helios : Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April - July 2010.

[Occupational portrait of a salesman, three-quarter length, seated, di...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46c. Case: back only, mixed flowers surrounded by scrolls. Purchase/exchange; Gary Vroegindewey; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:380R.16). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection... More

[Young woman in dress with striped collar and necklace, Hampton, Virgi...

Image content features: COSTUME: Jewelry; PEOPLE: women; NATIONALITY: African American. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney C... More

F. Holland Day - [Crucifixion in profile, left]

Left profile of F. Holland Day portraying the crucified Christ. Mounts are layered top to bottom: ivory, greenish buff, grey. Image content features: MODEL F.H. Day; PEOPLE men. On recto: "98" black, lower righ... More

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