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Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia

Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Another impres... More

Watson Machine Works prior to 1850s fires.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

Watson Machine Works prior to 1850s fires.

Forms part of a group of images which are copies of historical photos from Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. These photogra... More

The great fire at Philadelphia: Front page, illustration only

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 April 26, p. 305.

The Pacific Mail Company's steamer "Golden Gate," burned at sea July 2...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 295 (1862 Aug. 23), p. 540.

The Riots at New York--the rioters burning and sacking the colored orp...

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Army of the Potomac - Our wounded escaping from the fires in the Wilde...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1864 June 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Scenes in Memphis, Tennessee, during the riot

2 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1866 May 26, p. 321. Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, as seen after the great conflagration, embracing the whole of...

On front: "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871 by Joshua Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington". Have duplicate obtained through copyright deposit, no. 10970. Gift... More

[Man building fire on shore while dog howls]

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

The burning stable / motion picture

From Maguire & Baucus catalogues: Shows a barn actually in flames, from which four horses and a burning wagon are rescued by firemen and stable hands. The scene is exciting, full of action from beginning to end... More

One of the men who guard the F.B.I. Washington, D.C., Aug. 6. Guard Ar...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Genthe - On the ruins (April 1906), Chinatown, San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bernhardt, Sarah, in carriage in San Francisco after the earthquake an...

A black and white photo of a woman in a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giving clothing, Fort Point, San Francisco, California

Distribution of clothing to homeless people, San Francisco, California, after earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. Copyright Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 59. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Cong... More

Panorama from Hopkins Institute, Panoramic Photograph

H78111 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 23, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42933. Copyright claimant's address: 1070 Broadway, Oakland, California. No. 233.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. 1930s public domain photogrpaph.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of San Francisco earthquake and Great Fire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California

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W.T. Galliher fire - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The devastated urban district immediately following the earthquake dis...

Album entitled: "Yokohama Reconstructed, 1929". Panorama is photo no. 25 in album, on last page. Accompanying caption reads: "The great earthquake of the 1st Sept., 1923 which swept its ways through the Kwanto... More

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Harrah School on fire

Mexican mother and child. Fires built in old galvanized tubs are used ...

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Mexican man sitting by makeshift cooking stove. It is not unusual to f...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Results of forest fires in Glacier National Park, Montana

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Cumberland '61 by Franklin Fyles

Caption: I will hang him as a spy! No! Let him go! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Management, Augustus Pitou. NY no. 7850. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collec... More

Sainsevain Property, 14804 Summit Avenue, Fontana, San Bernardino Coun...

Significance: The 1874 residence and ancillary structures a smokehouse and reservoir, are eligible for listing on the National Register according to Criteria A, B, C, (and D). The Sainsevain Complex is signif... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newar...

Significance: The Newark Bay Bridge was constructed near the end of J.A.L. Waddell's career. He was an early proponent of the vertical lift bridge, designing and building his first in 1892. Waddell's landmark... More

Front Avenue Industrial District, Front Avenue between Eighth & Fourte...

Significance: The nearly continuous eight block facade along the west side of Front Avenue (4,300 feet) represents a rare survival of the late 19th century commercial and industrial architecture. The integrity... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

University of South Dakota, University Hall, Clark Street, Vermillion,...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

University of South Dakota, University Hall, Clark Street, Vermillion,...

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Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

515 Eleventh Street, Northwest (Commercial), Square 347, Washington, D...

Significance: Although much altered, 515 Eleventh Street, NW, constructed around 1875, is a good example of a post-Civil War Italianate brick rowhouse. This type of building was constructed throughout Washingto... More

Smith Mine, Bear Creek 1.5 miles West of Town of Bear Creek, Red Lodge...

Significance: In 1943 an explosion inside the Smith mine resulted in the death of 74 men making the mine the tragic site of the worst coal mine disaster in Montana history. The mine is also significant as one o... More

Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad, Lexington Depot, Depot Square, Le...

Significance: The Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad, incorporated by the legislature in 1845, was built to link Lexington and Arlington (then called West Cambridge) with the new line of the Fitchburg Railroad... More

San Francisco, April 18, 1906, lantern slide

Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Public Service Railway Company, Newton Avenue Car Shops, Bounded by Te...

Significance: The Newton Avenue Car Shops have been found significant as among the last structural remains associated with the history of trolley transportation in the City of Camden. By the close of the 19th ... More

Vickers Building, 219-231 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Independent ...

Significance: One of the few remaining large-scale commercial edifices to utilize brick as a primary material after Baltimore's Great Fire of 1904, the Vickers building typifies the simple massing and restraine... More

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Print shows several buildings along street engulfed in flames during fire on September 19, 1776, citizens being beaten by Redcoats, and looting by African slaves. Includes two lines of text in French that list ... More

Baltimore Street west of St. Paul

Sections at left and right may be missing. Copyright deposit; J. W. Schaefer; July 29, 1904.

The burning of Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1865 / sketched ...

Print shows a large group of Union soldiers under the command of General Sherman, watching Columbia, South Carolina burn; inhabitants, mostly women, flee both the fire and the soldiers. Illus. in: Harper's wee... More

Prairie fires of the great west

Train traveling across prairie ahead of fire. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5269

Sacred Heart Church at Whitemarsh, 16101 Annapolis Road, Bowie, Prince...

Significance: This is the only pre-Revolutionary War Roman Catholic Church in the county, and the site of important events in the development of the Catholic Church in Maryland. Survey number: HABS MD-1014 Bu... More

Panorama of San Francisco from the Ferry Building

H78302 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 15, 1906. No. 230. Streets labeled on image.

[Fire engines putting out flames, firemen chasing man whose hatchet fe...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as vignettes in: "The Old Niagara. A Ballad," by Arthur Guiterman, Scribner's ma... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 216, Bridge & Tacony Streets, Philadel...

Significance: Constructed in 1899, Building 216 is associated with the modest expansion of Frankford Arsenal that occurred at the turn of the century. The building originally served as coal storage for the adj... More

Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth...

Significance: The Omaha Quartermaster Depot has gained its significance by being associated with, and a part of, the Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historical District (listed as an Historic District by the National... More

William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson Road, Flintstone, ...

Significance: The dwelling on the William House Farm is significant as a typical example of a hall-parlor plan house of log construction, representative of the type of dwelling associated with farmsteads in eas... More

William House Farm, House, East side of West Wilson Road, Flintstone, ...

Significance: The dwelling on the William House Farm is significant as a typical example of a hall-parlor plan house of log construction, representative of the type of dwelling associated with farmsteads in eas... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 240, Northeast corner Hagner Road & Cl...

Significance: The earliest portions of Building 240 were constructed in the 1860s as a powder magazine. The building is thus associated with one of the most basic functions of Frankford Arsenal, the production... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More

Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...

Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More

Miller Plaza, 16-18 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: This building is one of fourteen original buildings in the Miller Plaza complex which reflects the historical eclecticism of the post-World War I era through the restrained use of a mixture of Tud... More

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

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Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Greenville Yard, Upper New York Bay, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Significance: The Greenville Yard is a unique combination of a large classification rail yard with support facilities, and marine operations. Designed and built at the beginning of the twentieth century, it wa... More

Christ Church at Accokeek, 600 West Farmington Road, Accokeek, Prince ...

Significance: Christ Church is one of the earliest Episcopal churches in Southern Maryland, built in 1747. The building displays characteristics of both Colonial-era ecclesiastic architecture, and of Victorian... More

Altman Farm, House, East side of Buckely Road, 0.5 mile south of Seven...

Significance: The Altman Farm is a significant example of early 1900s rural adaptations to the evolving economic needs and changing methods of livestock husbandry. The major farm outbuilding, the barn, offers a... More

Seaboard Airline Railway, Freight Depot, Front Avenue, 1200-1300 Block...

Significance: In 1902 the Seaboard Airline Railway built this freight terminal to serve the industries and businesses along Front Avenue. The building continued to function in that capacity until 1971. Since ... More

Benjamin Swan House, 37 Elm Street, Woodstock, Windsor County, VT

Significance: This house has remained in the family of the original owner, a prominent Vermont figure in early nineteenth century. Survey number: HABS VT-30 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction... More

2512 North Eighteenth Street (House), Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

Significance: This building's architectural and historical significance is derived from its contribution to the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District. Ybor City is a section of Tampa founded and built ... More

Gayety Theatre, 405 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Independent City...

Significance: The Gayety Theatre is the oldest remaining burlesque theater in Baltimore. This section of Baltimore Street is locally known as "The Block," and constitutes the last vestige of an area of the city... More

Panorama of burned district from Jones & Bush Sts., S.F.

H79810 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. J. Street; June 19, 1906.

Columbus Railroad Company, Power Station, Eighteenth Street on Chattah...

Significance: This was the first central hydroelectric generating station in Columbus. From 1887-1906 it produced most of the electricity used for street, commercial and residential lighting, and for small pow... More

George Delano & Sons Oil Works, South & South Second Streets, New Bedf...

Significance: The Delano oil works appear on the earliest (1834) maps of New Bedford. The works were typical of the sort built in the area after 1810, following the style of houses built by the Quaker whaling ... More

Ivanhoe Mill, Wheelhouse, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic C...

Significance: The Ivanhoe Mill Wheelhouse provided the power to the Ivanhoe Mill, a large paper manufacturing establishment. It is the only part of the complex still in existence, and housed a 200 horse power ... More

Ivanhoe Mill, Wheelhouse, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic C...

Significance: The Ivanhoe Mill Wheelhouse provided the power to the Ivanhoe Mill, a large paper manufacturing establishment. It is the only part of the complex still in existence, and housed a 200 horse power ... More

Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-E Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Sewall-Belmont House, 144 Constitution Avenue, Northeast, Washington, ...

Since March 2016, the house is the site of the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument. Significance: The Sewall-Belmont House, built ca. 1800 for Robert Sewall in the newly formed city of Washington, h... More

Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563, Springdale, Park C...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its associations with the development of transportation systems to accommodate settlement and tourism in the early 20th century; and as an example of the work of the ... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Picatinny Arsenal, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Significance: Originally built as a depot for the storage of powder and other armaments, in the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research and development and production of muniti... More