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Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More

Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More

Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More

Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More

Blossom Point Farm, La Plata, Charles County, MD

Significance: Although architecturally simple in design, the Ballast House contains exceptionally fine, attractive 18th century style interior woodwork in remarkably good condition. The original kitchen, once ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Main Street & Lakeside Avenue, West Ora...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratory site represents a significant era in the history of American manufacturing. Edison originally ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...

Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More

Magie oder, die Zauberkrafte der Natur : so auf den Nutzen und die Bel...

Imprint transposed: dates appear before publisher's name. Vol. 1 (1783): LVI, 424 p., IX folded leaves of plates; v. 2 (1784): XXXII, 440 p., 5 folded leaves of plates; v. 3 (1785): XVI, 600 p., IX folded leav... More

Juggler's oracle, or, the whole art of legerdemain laid open.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Albert A. Michelson, May 14, 1881

[Students in a chemistry class conducting an experiment, Western High ...

No. 5. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

A black and white photo of a man kneeling in the dirt, West Virginia. ...

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U.S. testing liveliness of baseballs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Exper...

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Future may see hens lay eggs of different colors through experiments o...

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Northern Canal, Pawtucket Gatehouse, Northern Canal & Merrimack River,...

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Northern Canal, Pawtucket Gatehouse, Northern Canal & Merrimack River,...

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Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Marsh, East of Richmond Hill ...

Significance: The Sterling Marsh contains formal tidal rice fields associated with the antebellum Richmond Plantation, and were also reclaimed in the 1930s during Henry Ford's tenure and used for lettuce produc... More

Notes, from August 6, 1895 to August 24, 1895

Richmond Hill Plantation, Sterling Creek Lettuce Shed, East of Richmon...

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[Men boxing] / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Camera, W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise. Duration: about 0:20 (looped ... More

Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight [Wilbur Wright, Printed...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Hardman Farm, Intersection of State Highway 75 & State Highway 11, Hel...

Significance: Constructed in the Santee-Nacnonchee Valley of Northern Georgia between the late 1860s and WWI, the Hardman Farm Complex illustrates its significance in a variety of ways. The complex itself, incl... More

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

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Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

[Dickson greeting] / motion picture

Experimental film made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film. Appearing: W.K.L. Dickson. Camera, William Heise. Duration: about 0:20 ... More

Bureau of Mines Boulder City Experimental Station, Administration Offi...

Significance: Building 100, as part of the Date Street Complex, was part of the Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Research Facility located in Boulder City. As such, it is within the designated Boulder City... More

[Students conducting electrical experiments with batteries, Western Hi...

No. 14. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, East of Richmond Hill on Ford Neck Road, Ric...

Significance: Henry Ford's personal estate, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Survey number: HABS GA-2348 Building/structure dates: 1935-1937 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ... More

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 5, West Orange, Essex Coun...

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Bureau of Mines Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Original Building, ...

Significance: Building 200, as part of the Date Street Complex, was part of the Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Research Facility located in Boulder City. As such, it is within the designated Boulder City... More

Scientific researches! - New discoveries in pneumaticks! - or - An exp...

A satire on the fashionable lectures at the Royal Institution, showing Thomas Young(?), doing an experiment, holding Sir J.C. Hippisley by his nose, and applying to his mouth a tube from an apparatus in which a... More

Open Gate Farm, House, Ridge Road, 1 mile East of Elephant Road, Perka...

Significance: Stone farmhouse displaying the additive quality typical of Bucks County farmhouse architecture. The entire house was built in sections, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It has a numb... More

Open Gate Farm, House, Ridge Road, 1 mile East of Elephant Road, Perka...

Significance: Stone farmhouse displaying the additive quality typical of Bucks County farmhouse architecture. The entire house was built in sections, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It has a numb... More

Open Gate Farm, House, Ridge Road, 1 mile East of Elephant Road, Perka...

Significance: Stone farmhouse displaying the additive quality typical of Bucks County farmhouse architecture. The entire house was built in sections, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It has a numb... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Oshkosh Grass Matting Company, 35 Wisconsin Street, Oshkosh, Winnebago...

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Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Mabel Hubbard Bell, December 29, ...

Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Mabel Hubbard Bell, June 9, 1898

Thomas A. Edison Laboratories, Building No. 2, West Orange, Essex Coun...

See also HABS NJ-808 (A-B) for additional documentation. Significance: The Chemistry Laboratory was built in 1887 and was used as a chemistry lab until Edison's death in 1931. It was deliberately maintained as... More

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from June 7, 1902 to December 11, 19...

Journal by Alexander Graham Bell, from June 7, 1902 to December 11, 19...

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

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Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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Bulletins, from January 4, 1909 to April 12, 1909

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