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[Cover of Gems of California scenery : Catalogue of views photographed...

Printed cover from 3rd edition of the Lawrence & Houseworth catalog of views of California scenery; showing a woman looking at stereo views through a stereoscope. Forms part of: Photographs of Northern Califor... More

The delta of the Mississippi: Telegraph station at southwest bar

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Nov 9. Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Santa Claus sugar plums--U.S. Confection Co., N.Y.

Confection label, showing Santa Claus on sleigh with reindeer. Public domain photograph - Merry Christmas or Happy New Year, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three illustrations of ships and icebergs]

Illus. in: The Polar World, The Arctic Seas, New York, 1869, pp. 46 & 47. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - ARCTIC REGIONS. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arctic Reg... More

Patent-office, Washington, D.C.--examiners at work / sketched by Theo....

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 July 10, p. 445. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Time works wonders." Iago. (Jeff Davis) "For that I do suspect the lu...

Cartoon showing Jefferson Davis looking over his shoulder at Hiram Revels seated in the United States Senate. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1870 April 9, p. 232.

Alice Barber Stephens - [People eating, possibly cafeteria]

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

Music evening at the Capitol grounds, Washington D.C. / Drawn by T. H....

Microfilm copy of wood engraving after Nast. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1870 July 23, p. 472. No reference copy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The far west - shooting buffalo on the line of the Kansas-Pacific Rail...

Print shows hunters shooting at a herd of bison from a train and along the tracks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 32, no. 818 (1871 June 3), p. 193.

"Flaw in the title" / painted by William H. Beard ; engraved by Samuel...

Print shows a scene in a lawyer's office with a group of monkeys dressed as humans pondering the legal affairs of an elderly couple. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Louis R. Menger, ... More

City of Cincinnati - Public domain city architecture engraving

View from hill. Steel engraving by W. Wellstood after A.C. Warren; copyrighted by D. Appleton & Co., N.Y. Illus. in: Wm. Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America, v. 2. Reference copy may be in LOT 4389 H. This recor... More

[Toby Tyler riding]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

"Sketch for Toby Tyler" handwritten notation on mat. Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

H.B. Stowe From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, holding pencil and notebook on lap.

The song of the angels / from an original painting by Thomas Moran ; e...

Print showing an angel appearing to shepherds tending their sheep. Includes text from the Bible, Luke II, 10, 13, 14: "And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, w... More

[Casanova and the condom] - Public domain book illustration

Illus. in: Casanova, Giacomo / Mémoires, écrits par lui-même. Bruxelles, 1872, v. 4.

An Irish wake from a sketch by M. Woolf

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 17, 1873 March 15, p. 204.

John F. Kensett, N.A., Head and Shoulders Portrait

John F. Kensett, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 Jan. 4, p. 5.

The Bashful model / S.L. Fildes.

A scene in Newgate Prison, London, where a prisoner, being held down by police, is compelled to sit for his photograph, to be placed in the "Rogue's Gallery". Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 Nov. 29, pp. 1064-1065.

Marshall Jewell - Postmaster General, engraving, Library of Congress

Engraving by H.B. Hall & Sons. Based on portrait by the Brady Studio, LC-BH826-3647. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The "War of Races"--The conflict in Tennessee - the "Regulators" shoot...

Three African American men on ground after being shot; armed men on horseback in moonlight in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 39, 1874 Sept. 19, p. 17.

[Composite of four railroad trains]

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Sheridan stands by his dispatches

General Philip Sheridan, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, next to copies of his letters describing actions of "armed White League" in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, against African American ... More

Improvements in Weaving - The Lyall Positive Motion Loom

Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1876, of interior scenes of the Phila. Centennial Exhibition. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 Dec. 16. Reference copy may be in LOT 4435A. This record contains unverified, ... More

The Corliss Bevel-Gear-Cutting Machine

Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1876, of interior scenes of the Phila. Centennial Exhibition. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 July 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4435A. This record contains unverified, ... More

The Centennial Fourth - illumination of Independence Hall, Philadelphi...

Wood engraving after drawing by Schell and Hogan. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 20, (1876 July 22), p. 593. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's assault / painted by James Walker ...

Print shows a panoramic view of the battlefield with Union soldiers in the foreground during the heat of battle. Printed below image: Historically arranged by John B. Bachelder. Printed below title: India Proo... More

A visit to grandfather's home / drawn by Granville Perkins, from sketc...

Composite of eleven scenes on a farm. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Aug. 19, p. 685.

"The moonshine man" of Kentucky [Composite of 5 scenes of moonshining ...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 21, (1877 October 20), p. 820. Ref. copy in SSF(Gr) - STILLS. Composite of wood engravings. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Montana - the Nez Percé War - incidents in the defeat and capture of C...

Chief Joseph handing rifle to General Nelson Miles as a gesture of surrender. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 45, no. 1153 (1877 November 3), p. 141 (bottom).

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899 h/s, (3)

Wood engraving after photoprint by Howell, Broadway, New York. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 21, (1877 January 20), p. 41. Ref. copy in Biog. File Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Cap... More

Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries ...

Admission ticket to the ascent of Henri Giffard's captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris in 1879. Includes picture of a balloon within a bird's-eye view of Paris. Tissandier collection.

How the street-cleaning authorities in New York guard against summer e...

Irishman(?) cleaning street with broom in slum, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 48, (1879 Aug. 2), p. 372.

Ohio--opening of the presidential campaign--the National Democratic Co...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1880 July 3, p. 304-305.

James S. Mitchell. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Seated man]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A man with long, thin legs, sits in a chair with one leg crossing over the other at the knee. His long, thin nose, overlaps the crossed leg. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: F. Gr... More

No bones broken here, he said - Public domain book illustration

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Gertie]. One morning on Fifth Avenue Gertie saw Mr. Cyrus Pew the ban...

Preparatory sketches for "Gertie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Jocasta's offering. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Costumes in the Greek play at Harvard" by Frank D. Millet, Century magazine, 23:73 (Nov. 1881).

Phillip [sic] alias Metacomet of Pokanoket / engraved from the origina...

King Philip, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with right hand on hip, holding rifle, other Indians and mountain in the background. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Copy after engraving by Pa... More

Louisiana - the business boom in the South - a scene on the levee at N...

Bird's-eye view. Wood engraving from a sketch by Joseph Horton. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1881 Jan. 8), p. 320. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

Irish industries / F.O. - coin, public domain photograph

Four frame cartoon showing: "Infernal machine manufacturing" (two men making bombs), "The Irish vote manufacturers" (men at polls), "The landlord killing industry" (man shooting landlord from behind wall), and ... More

My home in the Rocky Mountains - Public domain book illustration

Lava beds, Longs Peak, Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Illus. in: A Lady's life in the Rocky Mountains / by Isabella L. Bird. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882, oppos. p. 120. Reference copy in LOT 4390-B.

Le tapis vert, the gaming table of Baden Baden / W. Ridgway, sc.

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ridgway. Copyright by Franklin Hunter Potter.

The Home of Ralph Waldo Emerson / published by O.W.H. Upham, Salem, Ma...

Print shows the home of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord, Massachusetts. O6712 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: 70-4625. Forms part of: Biographical File filing series (Library of Congress).

Ohio - the mining troubles in Hocking Valley - scene in the town of Bu...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1884 Oct. 25, p. 152.

The new Pension Bldg. - Public domain historic place engraving

Washington, D.C. - people, horses, wagons and carriages in front. Wood engraving by Kilburn after F. Myrick. Illus. in: Moore, Picturesque Washington, 1884, p. 212. Reference copy may be in LOT 4386 L. This rec... More

The Bombardment of Fredericksburg, December 11, 1862 / R.F. Zogbaum ; ...

Illus. in: Battles and leaders of the Civil War. New York : The Century Co., c1884, c1888, vol. 3, p. 112. Reference copy in LOT 4416-H (1862).

The late Allan Pinkerton, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Allan Pinkerton, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 28, 1884 July 12, p. 452.

Impressment of American seamen [by British Navy?]

British officer looking over group of American seamen on deck of ship. ca. 1810. Wood engraving after Howard Pyle in Harper's Monthly. Illus. in: Harper's Monthly, April 1884, p. 751. No ref. copy. This record ... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slight...

Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Signed in pencil on lower right corner: H.B. Hall Jr. Stamped on verso: L.C. Hubbard Collection. Hubbard, p. 152 Forms part of: Gardiner Greene Hubbard co... More

[The evolution of the sandwich. From a New York nuisance to a Coney I...

A man gradually transforms from a person wearing a sandwich sign and standing beside a barrel into a sausage sandwich next to a jar of German mustard. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower lef... More

Virginia - tenth annual convention of the Knights of Labor, at Richmon...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1886 Oct. 16, p. 129.

The dummy at work - Public domain dedication image

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Automaton Dummy : Bovine Usher" by Wallace Peck, Life, 8:25 (July 8, 1886).

[Diagram of interferometer and four mirrors mounted on stone floating ...

Illus. and text in: On the relative motion of the earth and the luminous aether / Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley. In Philosophical magazine, 5th ser., vol. 24, Dec. 1887, p. 454. Published in: The tra... More

Julia Ward Howe from a photograph by J.J. Hawes / CAP sc ; engraved by...

Print shows Julia Ward Howe, bust portrait, facing left. Signed "CAP" on plate. Photoengraving of engraving by Caroline Amelia Powell after a photograph by Josiah Johnson Hawes. Illus. in portfolio: The Centur... More

[Letter P]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Christmas in Italy" by E. Cavazzi, Harper's young people, 9:94 (Dec. 6, 1887).

Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City

Bird's-eye-view. Photo-engraving copyrighted by A. Rossman. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Western Union; Publ. Ind.

A day in the country - Public domain book illustration

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's second reader. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888, p. 36.

Has he ever tried to have the horse broken? he asked

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Price of a Dinner" by John R. Coryell, Harper's young people, 9:557 (June 12, 1888).

Not as heavy as Grover, perhaps, but then I have more lemons / Nelan.

Cartoon showing Harrison using "campaign lemon squeezer" to squeeze political appointees into coins dropping into barrel "campaign fund".

The feast. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 413.

[Trees]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Cha... More

Armor is heavy, yet is a proud burden and a man standeth straight in i...

[Gathering in the living room] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0179). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Girl feeding a horse in his stall]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Man looking at baby held by a nurse]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Horses charging over battlefield]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Christmas. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Flowers, holly, censers, cherubs, crosses, and stars in lines like a poem. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Christmas" by Henry Morton, C... More

[Miss Beatrice Cameron as Lady Anne]

Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Shakespeare in New York" by William Winter, Harper's weekly, 34:33 (Jan. 11, 1890).

[Fat cook stirring a pot] - Public domain book illustration

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Lion attacking wolf]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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).

If you strike that negro one blow --

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Rudgis and Grim" by Maurice Thompson, Century, 44:463 (July 1892).

[Weasel and humming bird] - Public domain book illustration

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

Practical reciprocity - Public domain portrait engraving

6 frame cartoon showing 2 book salesmen entering a saloon with sign reading "Free lunch ... with glass of beer". They take turns showing the bartender the books, so he doesn't notice them stealing the food. Woo... More

Homestead Steel Strike - 2 images: 1. The Mob Assailing the Pinkerton ...

Photo of 2 wood engravings after photos by Darbis, Pittsburg. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1892 July 16. Reference copy may be in Iconography of Pittsburgh Coll. - no. 577. This record contains unverified, old d... More

The speaking likeness, portrait print, engraving, Library of Congress

Print showing a woman holding a frame in front of her daughter's face, creating a living portrait. Copyright 1892 by William Sartain, Phila.

In sight of the new world / engd. by John C. McRae.

Print showing Columbus standing among crew aboard ship with distant view of land on the horizon. A47235 U.S. Copyright Office.

Passengers were swarming out and bothering the conductor and engineer ...

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Semaphore" by Herbert D. Ward, Scribner's magazine, 14:769 (Dec. 1893).

The hobby horse, 1819 - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows several men, dandies, riding on velocipedes, or bicycles without pedals, one man has a three-wheeled version with a platform and seat on the back, on which sits a woman. They are riding in the count... More

Pussy & the Fool's-Cap III - Public domain book illustration

Title on verso. Sketches of mice on verso; not on digital file. (DLC/PP-1933:0175). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as comic in: Harper's young people, 16:416 (A... More

Down thro' the air each tiny sprite floats in a robe of filmy white

(DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece for: "An Australian Cradle-song" by John Harrison Wagner, Harper's magazine, 96:712 (April 1898).

Hustled it into a nightgown and sent it to Dick's study with a stolen ...

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Satisfaction of a Gentleman.

The "Jerome Napoleon," Prince Napoleon's steam-yacht, now in the harbo...

Illustrations show, at top, a starboard view of the steam yacht "Jerome Napoleon" at anchor in New York Harbor; at bottom left, a woman sits in a chair, her face in her hands, crying as she keeps a death-bed vi... More

H. Gates / drawn from the life by Du Simitier in Philadelphia ; engrav...

Horatio Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, in medallion. Illus. from: Portraits des généraux, ministres et magistrats [...]. Paris : 1781, no. 6. After a drawing by Pierre Eugène Du Simitière. Pu... More

Jean Baptiste Huet - Comité de l'an deuxieme

Print showing a man presenting a certificate of citizenship to the Committee of Public Safety or Revolutionary Tribunal during it's second year of existence (1794-1795). Three men are sitting at the table and t... More

[Henry Latimer, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 467 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Reatus diverse, acriterg July Cesaris imperatoris justitia torquet

A torture chamber in the reign of Julius Caesar. Copper engraving by Giorgio Ghisi. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ghisi, J.

[James Breckinridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile]

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 608 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

[Hugh Tenant Weedon Mercer, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile...

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 574 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

Sportsmens depot established in 1826. John Krider, gun maker, dealer i...

Print shows an advertisement for gun maker John Krider of Philadelphia, with two hunters sitting, holding their guns, with their dogs, and a man fishing on the bank of a stream, as the central image enclosed by... More

United States Capitol / C. Bullfinch delt. ; Childs dir.

Print shows front or east view of the U.S. Capitol as it appeared in 1829, prior to the beginning of President Andrew Jackson's administration. Printed below title: Engraved for the Jackson Wreath. Reference c... More

Niagara Fälle--Les Chûtes du Niagara--Niagara Falls

Eagle flying in foreground. Engraving by Lucas Weber after painting by Carl Bodmer and drawing by Bougeard.

Washington, D.C.--The attack on the President's life--Scene in the lad...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 July 16, pp. 332-333.

Must liberty's light go out? - Public domain portrait engraving

Print show an arm labeled "espionage bill" grabbing the torch from the Statue of Liberty's upraised right hand. The Espionage Act was passed on June 15, 1917. Wood engraving by Winsor McCay. Inscribed in Englis... More

Perspective representations of three objects drawn using Italian, Engl...

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... More

The marriage of Pocahontas, from the original picture in the possessio...

Painted by Henry Brueckner. Painter Henry Brueckner imagined the 1616 wedding between the Englishman John Rolfe and the Powhatan Pocahontas. Presiding over the wedding is Alexander Whitaker, who was not actual... More

Hierinn sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion

Signatures: A-M⁶ N⁴ O⁶ (-O6?) P-S⁶ T⁴ V-X⁶ Y⁶ (-Y6?) Z⁶. "Elegia Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri in obitum Alberti Düreri": p. [261]-[262]. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 657 Rosenwald Collection... More

Evangelivm sanctvm Domini Nostri Iesu Christi conscriptvm a qvatvor Ev...

Woodcuts after designs by Antonio Tempesta. Arabic title at head of title page. First printing of the Gospels in Arabic, edited by G.B. Raimondi. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 881 Rosenw... More

Hierinn sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion

Guerilla. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Bust portrait. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.246) Referece print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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