First call I need you in the Navy this minute! Our country will always...
Recruiting poster showing Uncle Sam.
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Mark 1:1]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1455/01/01/pages-from-the-gutenberg-bible-1455-the-1st-pages-of-the-gospels-and-the-beginning-640.jpg "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Mark 1:1]")
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: John 1:1]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1455/01/01/pages-from-the-gutenberg-bible-1455-the-1st-pages-of-the-gospels-and-the-beginning-2-640.jpg "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: John 1:1]")
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Luke 1:1]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1455/01/01/pages-from-the-gutenberg-bible-1455-the-1st-pages-of-the-gospels-and-the-beginning-1-640.jpg "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Luke 1:1]")
![[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 1:1]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1455/01/01/pages-from-the-gutenberg-bible-1455-the-1st-pages-of-the-gospels-and-the-beginning-3-640.jpg "[Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, 1455: the 1st pages of the Gospels and the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount: Matthew 1:1]")
![[Printed vellum page from the first book printed in small type. 1459]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1459/01/01/printed-vellum-page-from-the-first-book-printed-in-small-type-1459-640.jpg "[Printed vellum page from the first book printed in small type. 1459]")
![[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euclid's "Elements," which they illus.: 2 diagrams of text (page headed "II")]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1482/01/01/geometric-diagrams-in-margins-of-text-of-first-printed-edition-of-euclids-elements-640.jpg "[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euclid's \"Elements,\" which they illus.: 2 diagrams of text (page headed \"II\")]")
![[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euclid's "Elements," which they illus.: 2 diagrams at left of text (page headed "Liber")]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1482/01/01/geometric-diagrams-in-margins-of-text-of-first-printed-edition-of-euclids-elements-1-640.jpg "[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euclid's \"Elements,\" which they illus.: 2 diagrams at left of text (page headed \"Liber\")]")
![De re militari.Verona, Boninus de Boninis, 13 Feb. 1483.[254] leaves (the first and last blank). woodcuts: illus. 32 cm. (fol.)](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1483/01/01/de-re-militariverona-boninus-de-boninis-13-feb-1483254-leaves-the-first-and-640.jpg "De re militari.Verona, Boninus de Boninis, 13 Feb. 1483.[254] leaves (the first and last blank). woodcuts: illus. 32 cm. (fol.)")
![[The story of the first men]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1540/01/01/the-story-of-the-first-men-640.jpg "[The story of the first men]")
[The story of the first men]
Print shows 6 small scenes. Each measures ca. 8.8 x 6.5 cm.
![[First chapter of Spiritalium liber; with decortated initial C. in which baby holds a staff and rope with weight at end, possibly engineering tools]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1575/01/01/first-chapter-of-spiritalium-liber-with-decortated-initial-c-in-which-baby-640.jpg "[First chapter of Spiritalium liber; with decortated initial C. in which baby holds a staff and rope with weight at end, possibly engineering tools]")
The Natives of Florida worship the column erected by the commander on ...
Chief Athore with René Laudonnière, commander of the second French expedition to Florida, standing by column erected by Jean Ribaut during first expedition, showing Natives worshiping the column and many offeri... more
![[Moon as solid body with irregular surface features in first telescopic drawings of moon to be published]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1655/01/01/moon-as-solid-body-with-irregular-surface-features-in-first-telescopic-drawings-640.jpg "[Moon as solid body with irregular surface features in first telescopic drawings of moon to be published]")
![[First sketch for the chapel of Bonaventura at Potenza (Italy), in (church) San Francesco]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1680/01/01/first-sketch-for-the-chapel-of-bonaventura-at-potenza-italy-in-church-san-francesco-640.jpg "[First sketch for the chapel of Bonaventura at Potenza (Italy), in (church) San Francesco]")
![Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour of China [dancing with] Philobanter Suckbottle, Prime Dancing Minister to ye Ancient Noddificators of the famous city in the Land of Nod](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1700/01/01/mandarina-tottidumpa-original-dancing-mistress-to-the-first-emperour-of-china-640.jpg "Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour of China [dancing with] Philobanter Suckbottle, Prime Dancing Minister to ye Ancient Noddificators of the famous city in the Land of Nod")
A compleat description of the province of Carolina in 3 parts : 1st, t...
Shows coastal area from North Carolina to Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Depth shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Charles Town. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... more
![[Preparing for the first battle]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/09/preparing-for-the-first-battle-f75a4f-640.jpg "[Preparing for the first battle]")
[Preparing for the first battle]
Print shows a young woman arranging a warrior's hair prior to entering a battle. Title devised by Library staff. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
![[Tubes containing mercury with vacuum at top showing development of first barometer capable of measuring atmospheric pressure, includes page of text]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1715/01/01/tubes-containing-mercury-with-vacuum-at-top-showing-development-of-first-barometer-640.jpg "[Tubes containing mercury with vacuum at top showing development of first barometer capable of measuring atmospheric pressure, includes page of text]")
![[First chapter opening of Methodus inveniendi ...; with headpiece of sphinxes, cherubs, and open book with crossed trumpets, and decorated initial M showing stormy sea]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1744/01/01/first-chapter-opening-of-methodus-inveniendi-with-headpiece-of-sphinxes-cherubs-640.jpg "[First chapter opening of Methodus inveniendi ...; with headpiece of sphinxes, cherubs, and open book with crossed trumpets, and decorated initial M showing stormy sea]")
Kudgello collecting materials to improve our morals
Print shows a man "Kudgello" using tongs to remove printed material, such as "Essay on Woman", from the toilet pit in an outhouse; on the floor a small pile of "materials" collected includes, "Dialogue ... Marr... more
Brentford Sweepstakes. All coursers the first heat with Vigour Run. Bu...
"An etching showing four horses running towards "St. Stepn's Chapel", a building with open sides, and containing a party of men seated at a long table..." (Source: Stephens)
![An elegy on the much lamented death of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, who died at New-berry port in New-England, on the 1st day of October 1770. [1770].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1770/01/01/an-elegy-on-the-much-lamented-death-of-the-reverend-mr-george-whitefield-who-640.jpg "An elegy on the much lamented death of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, who died at New-berry port in New-England, on the 1st day of October 1770. [1770].")
![[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1771/01/01/plat-of-a-survey-of-2314-acres-of-land-being-the-first-large-bottom-on-the-640.jpg "[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]")
![To the public [2 line quotation from Addison] The present General Assembly of this Colony in their first session, passed a resolution disqaulifying the judges of the Supreme Court from sitting in General Assembly ... [Signed] Brutus. New-York. J](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1772/01/01/to-the-public-2-line-quotation-from-addison-the-present-general-assembly-of-640.jpg "To the public [2 line quotation from Addison] The present General Assembly of this Colony in their first session, passed a resolution disqaulifying the judges of the Supreme Court from sitting in General Assembly ... [Signed] Brutus. New-York. J")
![Committee Chamber, December 6, 1774. [Resolves in regard to the 10th article of the Association of the General Congress, requiring the opening of all package of goods imported after December 1st, 1774] [Philadelphia, 1774].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1774/01/01/committee-chamber-december-6-1774-resolves-in-regard-to-the-10th-article-of-640.jpg "Committee Chamber, December 6, 1774. [Resolves in regard to the 10th article of the Association of the General Congress, requiring the opening of all package of goods imported after December 1st, 1774] [Philadelphia, 1774].")
![New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, were this day received here, by two vessels from Newport, and by an express by land [The first news of the battle of Lexington and Concord] [New York, 1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/new-york-sunday-23d-april-1775-the-following-interesting-advices-were-this-640.jpg "New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, were this day received here, by two vessels from Newport, and by an express by land [The first news of the battle of Lexington and Concord] [New York, 1775].")
![Regulations of sundry articles, at the Town-meeting at Portsmouth, October 1st, 1779 [Portsmouth, 1779] Positive Photostat.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1779/01/01/regulations-of-sundry-articles-at-the-town-meeting-at-portsmouth-october-1st-640.jpg "Regulations of sundry articles, at the Town-meeting at Portsmouth, October 1st, 1779 [Portsmouth, 1779] Positive Photostat.")
Earl Mansfield
Print shows William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing wig and parliamentary robe; in oval.
Lord George Germaine
Print shows Lord George Sackville-Germain, 1st viscount, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval medallion suspended by ribbon from pin, with draped ribbon forming border across top and sides.
First bishop of Virginia
Full-length silhouette portrait shows James Madison, the first bishop of Virginia facing right outdoors next to a tree.
The right honble. the Earl of Hillsborough
Print shows Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval.
![At a meeting of deputies, chosen in and for each hundred of Kent county, in the Delaware state, at Dover, on Monday the first day of September 1783 [Recommending list of candidates for the ensuing year]. [Dover? 1783].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1783/01/01/at-a-meeting-of-deputies-chosen-in-and-for-each-hundred-of-kent-county-in-the-640.jpg "At a meeting of deputies, chosen in and for each hundred of Kent county, in the Delaware state, at Dover, on Monday the first day of September 1783 [Recommending list of candidates for the ensuing year]. [Dover? 1783].")
![[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1783/01/01/1st-human-balloon-ascension-balloon-with-pilatre-de-rozier-and-marquis-darlandes-640.jpg "[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783]")
Lord Hood - from a painting by West in the possession of Sir John Dick...
Print shows Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with name plate.
General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.
George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion.
![General orders for the Second Division of the Massachusetts' militia ... Given under my hand in Newbury-port, this first day of December, Anno Domini, 1786. Jonathan Titcomb, Major-General. Newbury-Port. Printed by John Mycall [1786].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1786/01/01/general-orders-for-the-second-division-of-the-massachusetts-militia-given-under-640.jpg "General orders for the Second Division of the Massachusetts' militia ... Given under my hand in Newbury-port, this first day of December, Anno Domini, 1786. Jonathan Titcomb, Major-General. Newbury-Port. Printed by John Mycall [1786].")
Lord mayor's feast at Guildhall 1786 - no dinner, no ball
Print shows a large group of city officials gathered around a table in Guildhall, some are jumping up and down on the table and have lost their hats and wigs. Posted on the wall are two notices: (1) "Nov. 1st 1... more
![In the House of delegates, Thursday, the 25th of October, 1787. [Seven resolutions for electing delegates to a convention to be held in Richmond on the first Monday in June, 1788, to act upon the proposed federal constitution] John Beckly, C. H.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1787/01/01/in-the-house-of-delegates-thursday-the-25th-of-october-1787-seven-resolutions-640.jpg "In the House of delegates, Thursday, the 25th of October, 1787. [Seven resolutions for electing delegates to a convention to be held in Richmond on the first Monday in June, 1788, to act upon the proposed federal constitution] John Beckly, C. H.")
A map of the great river St. John & waters (the first ever published) ...
Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to the in. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: A plan of the city of St. John. LC copy annotated in brown ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Va... more
![An act, to regulate the exportation of flax-seed and lunmber, passed the 1st of March 1788 ... New-York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, No. 25 Water-Street [1788].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1788/01/01/an-act-to-regulate-the-exportation-of-flax-seed-and-lunmber-passed-the-1st-640.jpg "An act, to regulate the exportation of flax-seed and lunmber, passed the 1st of March 1788 ... New-York, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf, No. 25 Water-Street [1788].")
Fellow citizens. You have this moment been witnesses to one of the nob...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 111, Folder 16h.
Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended wit...
Half-length portrait of the first English woman to ride in a balloon.
![The Chesapeak ticket. First distridt. Philip Key. Second district. Joshua Seney, Third district William Pinckney. Fourth district Samuel Sterett. Fifth district, William V. Murray. Sixth district. Upton Sheredine. [1791?]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1791/01/01/the-chesapeak-ticket-first-distridt-philip-key-second-district-joshua-seney-640.jpg "The Chesapeak ticket. First distridt. Philip Key. Second district. Joshua Seney, Third district William Pinckney. Fourth district Samuel Sterett. Fifth district, William V. Murray. Sixth district. Upton Sheredine. [1791?]")
![[Kentucky census. Leaf inserted in 1st ed. of 1st census 1790 at p. 51]. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1791].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1791/01/01/kentucky-census-leaf-inserted-in-1st-ed-of-1st-census-1790-at-p-51-philadelphia-640.jpg "[Kentucky census. Leaf inserted in 1st ed. of 1st census 1790 at p. 51]. [Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine, 1791].")
![... An act to continue in force for a limited time, an Act passed at the first session of Congress, intituled. "An act to regulate processes in the courts of the United States." [Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791.].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1791/01/01/an-act-to-continue-in-force-for-a-limited-time-an-act-passed-at-the-first-session-640.jpg "... An act to continue in force for a limited time, an Act passed at the first session of Congress, intituled. \"An act to regulate processes in the courts of the United States.\" [Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1791.].")
![[Two recipes for haddock from the first American edition of Richard Briggs' The New Art of Cookery (1792). "To dress Haddock the Spanish Way," prepared with the "love apple" or tomato, and "To dress Haddock the Jews Way" prepared with "sweet oil", "onion" and "parsley"]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1792/01/01/two-recipes-for-haddock-from-the-first-american-edition-of-richard-briggs-the-640.jpg "[Two recipes for haddock from the first American edition of Richard Briggs' The New Art of Cookery (1792). \"To dress Haddock the Spanish Way,\" prepared with the \"love apple\" or tomato, and \"To dress Haddock the Jews Way\" prepared with \"sweet oil\", \"onion\" and \"parsley\"]")
![Third Congress of the United States: at the first session. Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia ... [Dec. 2, 1793] An Act to authorize the President ... to alter the Place for holding a Session of Congress .... Approved-April the third 179](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1794/01/01/third-congress-of-the-united-states-at-the-first-session-begun-and-held-at-1-640.jpg "Third Congress of the United States: at the first session. Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia ... [Dec. 2, 1793] An Act to authorize the President ... to alter the Place for holding a Session of Congress .... Approved-April the third 179")
![Resolutions and proceedings in committee of the whole, on the 1st day of August, 1799. [3 resolutions amending the Kentucky constitution]. [Frankfort? Kentucky 1799].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1799/01/01/resolutions-and-proceedings-in-committee-of-the-whole-on-the-1st-day-of-august-640.jpg "Resolutions and proceedings in committee of the whole, on the 1st day of August, 1799. [3 resolutions amending the Kentucky constitution]. [Frankfort? Kentucky 1799].")
Second Regiment, Hudson Brigade, First Division, Hudson County State M...
Print shows a certificate of membership in the Second Regiment, Hudson Brigade, First Division, Hudson County State Militia, with George Washington standing on pedestal on the left and Liberty standing on the r... more
Rt. Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., first bishop of New York
Half-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding book.
![[Diagram of the first battery, which was made of alternating metal layers and saline-soaked leather pads, and proved electricity is caused by contact with dissimilar metals] / Basire, sc.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1800/01/01/diagram-of-the-first-battery-which-was-made-of-alternating-metal-layers-and-640.jpg "[Diagram of the first battery, which was made of alternating metal layers and saline-soaked leather pads, and proved electricity is caused by contact with dissimilar metals] / Basire, sc.")
The first ship / painted by Joshua Shaw ; engraved by J. Sartain.
Ship of Christopher Columbus in background, and three Indians in foreground.
![3d April, 1802. Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A bill, for the relief of Paolo Paoly ... [Washington] Duane printer [1802].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1802/01/01/3d-april-1802-read-the-first-and-second-time-and-committed-to-a-committee-of-640.jpg "3d April, 1802. Read the first and second time, and committed to a committee of the whole House, on Monday next. A bill, for the relief of Paolo Paoly ... [Washington] Duane printer [1802].")
The first Kiss this Ten Years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citiz...
A tall, thin, French officer kissing a fat, richly dressed, seated Britannia. His hat and sword lay on the carpet. Britannia's shield and trident rest on the wall behind her chair. Above them are portraits of G... more
Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imper...
Print showing panoramic view of St. Petersburg, including Academy of Arts, colleges, Cronstad (i.e., Kronshtadt), warehouses, and the Gottorp Globe.
![Account of the arrival and departure of the mails, at and from the Post Office at Bethlehem ... George Huber, Postmaster, Bethlehem Post Office, May 1st, 1806. Easton. Printed by Christian Jacob Hutter. [1806].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1806/01/01/account-of-the-arrival-and-departure-of-the-mails-at-and-from-the-post-office-640.jpg "Account of the arrival and departure of the mails, at and from the Post Office at Bethlehem ... George Huber, Postmaster, Bethlehem Post Office, May 1st, 1806. Easton. Printed by Christian Jacob Hutter. [1806].")