equipment and supplies

Fair Oaks Station, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing soldiers gathered around a 32 pdr. field howitzer. Twin houses on the battlefield in the distance in Seven Pines, Virginia. No. 471. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War ... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler, at headquarters o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

[Seven Pines, Virginia Twin houses on battlefield, with 32-pdr. field ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Harbor - Ft. Sumpter (i.e. Sumter) in distance

Photograph shows a supply ship at the dock in Charleston harbor. Barrels and trunks accumulate on the wharf. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Date based on years that Cook had a studio in Ch... More

The murder of a fine cal .50 by 'killer' Joe Dope - reel 2 Aloft in th...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a machine gun. Instructions on how to display the poster on verso (partially obscured by textile backing).

Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. City in the ...

Stereograph showing a mounted cannon in the foreground and ammunition inside the fort. A building with two chimneys is in the distance. No. 3122. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Co... More

Railroad battery before Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing General Grant's railroad battery and crew near Petersburg, Virginia. The cannon is mounted in a specially made armored car that moves along the track close to or away from the enemy as requi... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch &...

Poster showing a periscope emerging from the sea, with a ship in flames and sinking in the distance.

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch &...

Poster showing a periscope emerging from the sea, with a ship in flames and sinking in the distance.

Destruction of the R.R. bridge, over the Monocacy River near Frederick...

Scene depicts damage caused by Confederate raid. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Dead horses. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.123) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells in...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Bratt rifle Howitzer - Public domain drawing

Pencil sketch of buildings on the verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0304) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Unknown location. 12-pdr. Napoleon (model 1857?)]

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with gauntlets, shoulder scales...

Case: Leather oval scroll design. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: The Civil War: A visual history. Bath, U.K. : Parragon, 2011, p... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with gauntlets, shoulder scales...

Case: Leather oval scroll design. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Published in: The Civil War: A visual history. Bath, U.K. : Parragon, 2011, p... More

[Yorktown, Virginia Confederate water Battery Magruder, with Rodman sm...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[White House Landing, Virginia Supply vessels at anchor]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[City Point, Virginia View of waterfront with Federal supply boats]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Petersburg, Virginia Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond]

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg,June 1864-April 1865.

[Belle Plain, Virginia Army wagons and transports at the lower landin...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

[Richmond, Virginia Fire Engine No. 3]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfiel...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Photograph of a gun captured by 12th Maine and 17th New York Infantry.

[Fort Brady, Virginia Battery of Parrott guns manned by Company C, 1st...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi under...

Drawings are panels one and two of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist.

[Kamara Heights in the distance, artillery waggons in the foreground]

View of plateau of Sevastopolʹ showing rows of caissons, with tents on the plains in the background. Title from 1855 exhibition catalog. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; ... More

[Flag of the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company]

Title devised. Inscribed: 1815/ August 8/ Richland Volunteer Rifle Company/ Semper/ Paratiis/ Radcliffe/ Noli Me Tangere. Inscribed upside down above image: No I 3. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.455... More

Cedar Level U.S.M.R.R., Nr Petersburg

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-22. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.949) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ft. Brady, Interior (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady. Title from published source: Interior of Fo... More

[Sailors and a cannon on deck of a gunboat]

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trunnion chains - A drawing of a number of different chains

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 108. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

The ordnance armory, Charleston, S.C. - the volunteer troops trying th...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 16, p. 205.

Searching for arms, Confederate States of America.

Union soldiers searching a bedroom for Confederate weapons. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: Sketches from the Civil War in North America, 1861, '62, '63 / by V. Blada. London [i.e. Baltimore],... More

Wreck of the large Blakely Gun, on the Battery, Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing remains of wrecked Blakely gun, facing the coastline. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 121. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anth... More

Fisherman's Wharf / motion picture

"Shows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor. The crews are engaged in mending nets, arranging lines, etc., all of which lend action to the view. The figures are clear ... More

Captured Insurgent smooth bore, Zapote

Big gun near the Zapote River, Luzon, Philippines. No. 260. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Junk flotilla on the Peiho River - transporting U.S. Army stores from ...

Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crew handling sail on the yacht Reliance, winner of 1903 America's Cup

Photograph shows gaff cutter designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island, for the 1903 America's Cup. H34634 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 10.

U.S.S. Montana entering Havana Harbour, 4-11-10

Photograph taken from Castillo de La Punta, Castillo del Morro visible on other side of channel. J140705 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Havana, Cuba. Copyright deposit; American Photo Co.; ... More

Gun of the insurrectos - Mexican War

Group of soldiers posed with cannon and guns, during Mexican revolution. J155027 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Machine in the American Woolen Co., Boston]

No. 17. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Artillery position showing guns, ammunition shells, sandbags, and lean...

Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Provisioning an immense army - British transport wagons in France

Line of trucks parked on road. J203028 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11955.

Austrian Skoda mo[r]tar in action

Photograph shows soldiers covering ears as howitzer fires. J208283 U.S. Copyright Office.

Help deliver the goods. Do it now / Paus.

Sailor pulling cable over hook, large ammunition shells attached to cable.

Captured German guns, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

J240474 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 18776. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Six American sub-chasers in the Greek Islands were at the disposal of ...

Filed in: Greece Children. No. 09511. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

News room of the New York Times newspaper Copy readers at the telegrap...

Public domain photograph related to development of telegraph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bill and Jack Wilson, Commercy, France

Photograph shows brothers Bill (left) and Jack (right) Wilson's posed by a jeep marked "Army Pictorial Serivce." Sticker on mount: Photo by William R. Wilson...

[Nose art on a B24 Liberator] - A black and white photo of a woman on ...

Photograph shows nose art on a B24 bomber depicting a pin-up with the name "Bonnie" written next to the image. Written on back: 466BG ; 2E AD, Attlebridge, Eng.

Candle mold - A pair of old rusty wrenches on a white surface

Unknown location. 6-pdr. field gun, model 1841

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0859 Title from Milh... More

Yorktown, Virginia Embarkation for White House Landing, Virginia

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot. American Civil War glass negative.

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells ins...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

Catalogue, 1895

Also available in digital form.

[Seven sketches of soldiers and how they carry their packs]

Three sheets pieced together; irregular shape. Inscribed on third sheet affixed to verso below seventh sketch: Rebs. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.7). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Richmond, Virginia Park of captured guns at Rocketts]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Batteries of field pieces in arsenal, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russ...

Cannons lined along street in foreground. No. 175. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More

[City Point, Virginia, vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at Genera...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[City Point, Virginia, vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at Genera...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Soldiers with cannons and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. B888, no. B775, no. B978, no. B1019, no. B1030, and no. B898. Individual photographs are catalogued separately. Dat... More

Landing place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, Genoese Castle - Roger Fento...

View of landing place and people working at ordnance wharf, Balaklava harbor, with ships, buildings, and Genoese Castle in background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 :... More

Wells Fargo Express Co. Deadwood Treasure Wagon and Guards with $250,0...

Five men, holding rifles, in a horse-drawn, uncovered wagon on a country road. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.

Marinus Willett preventing removal of arms by the British, June 6th, 1...

Willett stepping in front of horse-drawn cart. J59368 U.S. Copyright Office.

After Gaines Mill Sunday June 29th 1862

Signed lower right: A R Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: 16th NY. Inscribed below image: Scene near Trents House formerly McClellans headquarters, Franklins Corps falling back, commissar... More

[Charleston, S.C. Mortars inside Fort Moultrie]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Brandy Station, Virginia Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler, at headquarters o...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

[Cedar Level, Virginia Commissary depot with supply train wagons]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Seven Pines, Virginia Twin houses on battlefield, with 32-pdr. field ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Morris Island, S.C. Ordnance depot], Confederate States of America.

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Panoramic view, wing room], Panoramic Photograph

J257681 U.S. Copyright Office Printed on image: "Copyright 1922, Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Wash., 8-26-22, A.E.P." Title derived from copyright deposit records. No. 175-B. Copyright deposit; Boeing Airplane... More

View in Water Battery, James River, Virginia Ready to fire

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing near a cannon inside the battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Pho... More

W.G. Johnson's tent, purveyor 2d. division, 9th Corps, Army of the Pot...

Stereograph shows sutler selling supplies in tent at Petersburg, Virginia. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2448B, left, and LC-B811-2448A, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the ... More

[Fort Pulaski, Ga. The "Beauregard" gun]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 1862.

General Wright, Commander of the "Bloody Sixth Corps."

Stereograph showing General Horatio Gouverneur Wright seated in front of a tent with a soldier standing on the left. The headquarters flag from the VI Corps is displayed behind Gen. Wright. No. 2564. Part of se... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More