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[Civil War envelope showing eagle in flight carrying American flag in ...

Addressed to Hiram L. Warner, Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Killbuck, N.Y., Jun. 17. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of C... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag and shield, with message "Th...

Addressed to Mr. F.E. Hurd, Great Falls, N.H.; postmarked Portsmouth, N.H., May 13; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing messag...

Addressed to Mr. Wm. Scott, Eldersville, Washington Co., Penn.; postmarked Sep. 24; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

The pending conflict, Confederate States of America.

A later, altered version of "The Pending Conflict" (no. 1863-10). Albeit more optimistic from the Northern point of view than its earlier couterpart, this version is equally critical of European abetment of t... More

Our presidents, Portrait Print - Public domain portrait drawing

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Portraits... More

[Fontinelle Weller posed as Columbia] - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a little girl wearing a gown and crown, unfurling an American flag. D2455 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 378. Stereoscopic Treasures.

Notre drapeau / Alfred Le Petit.

French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, holding the French flag and a telescope, seated atop a captive balloon, possibly at the Exposition universelle de 1878 in Paris. Caption below i... More

The allies under the new flag - the Republicans and the monopolists tr...

Print shows the Republican and monopolist allies raising a flag that states "Down with the Workingman and Up with the Tariff" in an artillery battery where they are aiming a cannon toward "Fort Labor" which is ... More

Gathering at the home of Mr. Mills, near Westerville, Custer County, N...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bathing beauties by boat with flag, Atlantic City, N.J.]

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[St. Clair Flats, flag at Morgan's]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bathing beauties by boat with flag, Atlantic City, N.J.

Title devised by cataloger. Locale based on negative D4-30968. "1" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 030969. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Wainwright Brewery, Buck Beer, St. Louis, MO

9945 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Heinicke-Fiegel Litho.... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

U.S.S. Yankee, the colors - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

It's got to be sooner or later - and it looks like "sooner" / Dalrympl...

Print shows Uncle Sam holding the hand of a female figure on a tiny island labeled "Cuba"; she is holding the flag of Cuban independence. Uncle Sam is gesturing to go home toward a ship on which is a defeated p... More

"United we stand for civilization and peace!" / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam and John Bull holding rifles with fixed bayonetts, standing atop a fortified barrier with the American and British flags behind them. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1109, (1898 June 8), cov... More

Anything for a scandal / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer

Print shows President William McKinley standing at the edge of a mudhole labeled "Slander" and "Abuse", his right hand raised to a "stop" gesture, and he holds a mud-splattered American flag in his left hand. T... More

Sectry. Baker flag[...] to[...] Army by ladies of [...], 1/19/19

A black and white photo of a man holding an american flag. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The captive eagle" - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Cox, W. A., engraver. Beadle, J. P., artist. Grave... More

Waiting for their stars / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Columbia sitting in a chair with the American flag across her lap, she is holding a star and has a pot of stars and sewing materials next to her; standing on the left are three male figures r... More

Einzug Kaiser Wilhelms II. In Damaskus am 7 November, 1898

I25 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Knackfuss, H., artist. ... More

Jubilee Singers at the Lexington Business College, Lexington, Nebraska...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Silver Jubilee celebration, Cincinnati post office

Photograph shows an enormous American flag across building facade; a railway post office car parked in front of building. Copyright 1910 by J. R. Schmidt. Copyright application title: Cincinnati, [Ohio], post-o... More

FLAGS. PRESIDENT'S STANDARD - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a great seal of the united states. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armée de Terre et Armée de Mer. Ordre de Mobilisation Générale

Broadside. Translation of title: Army and navy. The General Mobilisation Order. Promotional goal: Fr. J2. 1914. Item is no. 94 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs... More

Spirit of 1917--Join the United States Marines and be first in defense...

U.S. Marine color guard leading the advance. Promotional goal: U.S. J26.

FLAGS. AMERICAN, BRITISH, AND FRENCH FLAGS ON STATE DEPARTMENT. VISIT ...

Public domain photograph of large public building, square, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

When John Paul Jones came home - Public domain portrait print

K118350 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Ferris, J.L.G., cop... More

It protected you, will you defend it / WI ; P&GA.

Poster showing an American flag filling the sky above soldiers in the field. Wentworth Institute poster no. 1. Probably issued by Slav Press Bureau.

Have you bought your liberty bond / WI ; P&GA.

Poster showing an American flag filling the sky above soldiers in the field.

When it came to a showdown - Drawing. Public domain image.

Dead eagle, "Bolsheviki," with flag, "Red," in foreground; Uncle Sam with men, "miners," and American flag in background. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress... More

Union Station flags half mast [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Herbert Hoover, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, in fron...

Public domain photograph of 20th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. Building. Entrance of Acacia Mutual L...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Legion. Group of uniformed men in formation with flags by Tom...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Egypt. Isma'lia. Reed flags in the Public Gardens

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Foreign trade zone no. 1 Staten Island, City of New York, opened Febru...

Poster for the City of New York Department of Docks, showing large ocean liner with the flags of many nations in background. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor - City of New York Departme... More

High above, over a true "home of the brave," the floating folds of the...

12002-34. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Flags of the Confederacy displayed at movie house on Lincoln's birthda...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moslem [i.e., Muslim] celebrations at Mejdal (Wady Nemill and Sey'd Hu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Straining for the first glimpse of the marchers, Dorothy Belaski (left...

Two girls, full-length portrait, squatting, facing left, holding Erin Go Bragh banners, waiting for the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, New York City. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram... More

John J. Lynch, president of the Kings County Trust Co. and chairman of...

John J. Lynch pinning flag lapel pin on Nancy Meringolo's sweater at the Kings County Trust Co. bank, Brooklyn, New York. NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper P... More

[Young man with Puerto Rican flag] / Espada.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Scotland, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Girl from the Jorbu family, full-length portrait, standing in road ne...

Label from LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 085 (color reference copy): "Jorbu children". Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. n... More

The procession begins and men carrying U.S. and Italian flags and Mont...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.

A view of 21st Avenue. The Italian flag is hung over the entrance to ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting shops and street scenes on 21st Avenue. Mr. T's is a deli and food shop owned by Sal Tumino, a Sicilian who also owns and operates a travel agency nearby.

American Flag 1 - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing submitted by Sequoyah Elementary School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Public domain photograph of Tennessee, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Our flag is there - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Display of Civil War relics, including tattered flags, sword, canteen,...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Civil War Image Shop, Milan, Ohio, July 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Li... More

Final burial of the victims of the "Maine," Arlington Cemetery, Virgin...

Stereograph showing rows of several wreath and American flag draped coffins on snow covered cemetery; several individuals gathered in background. Copyright 1900 by The Whiting Bros. No. 570. On mount: Twentieth... More

Five unidentified soldiers of the last Color Guard of the 30th Ohio In...

Stamped on verso: "Wm. J.J. Edwards, Zanesville, O." Tax stamp on verso. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: James C. Frasca, Croton, Ohio, May 2017. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collec... More

Before sunset buy a U.S. government bond of the 2nd liberty loan of 19...

Poster showing the Statue of Liberty with the sky in the background illuminated as the American flag. No. 2. Promotional goal: U.S. J8. 1917.

Lithuanian Americans. Lithuanian chapel pole, Chicago, Illinois.

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-6, chapel pole in front of Lithuanian American co-op apartment complex for senior citizens at 66th and S. Carolina, flanked by American and Lithuanian flags; the senior citizens w... More

St. Jerome's Annual Parish Festival, Parish in Bridgeport, Chicago, Il...

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-3, scenes of dancing St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church in Bridgeport, at the time of the Annual Parish Festival, parishioners in national costume posing outside the church with ... More

The shadows of war - Public domain World War One sheet music

words and music by H. A. Hill. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

What old glory means to me - Public domain World War One sheet music

music by R. A. Browne ; poem and copyright by Mrs. Elva B. Stowe. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink, with typescript lyrics. Also available in digital form on the Library of C... More

Military costume of the Revolution / B.J. Lossing, invt. ; pr. by T. S...

George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left; surrounded by four soldiers in Hessian, British, and French uniforms; a man holding a rifle; a Native American holding a bow, and America... More

Our banner's constellation - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

[Ford near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. Pickets firing across the ri...

Soldiers resting, and firing guns on the banks of the Potomac. Title devised from Harpers Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1862. Inscribed upper left: 1st [illegible inscription] Gift, J.P. Mo... More

When you strike at old glory you make a mistake!

words & music by Harry B. Stowe ; arr. by Chas. L. Johnson. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staf... More

The American flag - Public domain World War One sheet music

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language) 2048 Legters Music Co. (music plate)

Roosevelt on his way to the Capitol

H58640 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by George Grantham Bain. Public domain photograph - parade, demonstration, flags, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Catskill Mountain House and Hudson River Valley, Catskill Mountains, N...

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

For president, Abram Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin

Print shows a large campaign banner for Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln and running mate Hannibal Hamlin. Lincoln's first name is given here as "Abram." The banner consists of a thirty-three s... More

[Charleston, S.C. Federal squadron dressed with flags; another view]

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

The war of wealth - Drawing. Public domain image.

A249582 U.S. Copyright Office By C.T. Dazey, author of "In old Kentucky." Caption: Warfield's daring rescue of Helen by the aid of the flag. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti N.Y." ... More

The spirit of America--Join / Howard Chandler Christy 1919 ; Forbes.

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse with an American flag and the Red Cross symbol. Copyright The American Red Cross.

The queen of the banners - Public domain World War One sheet music

music by Platon Brounoff ; poem by Herman Bernstein. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notat... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with Colt Army Model 1860 revol...

Case: Berg, no. 7-41. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Vin Caponi, Jr., Lawrence, N.Y. Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil... More

We're going to win for old glory

Words by E. P. Womack ; music by H. P. Guy. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

[Unidentified sailor in Union uniform at American flag-draped table in...

Case: Leather floral motif. Purchased from: Vin Caponi, Jr., Lawrence, N.Y., 2005. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Vin Caponi, Jr., L... More

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783

Print showing a man on a flagpole replacing the British flag with an American flag as the British fleet departs New York Harbor. Includes lengthy descriptive text. Library has two impressions.

The great Union meeting in Union Square, New York, April 20, 1861

Stereograph showing a crowd of approximately 200,000 people gathered in Union Square to rally and hear speeches in support of the union. No. 3, in series: Anthony's Instantaneous Views. Caption continues: The d... More

[Confederate flag surrounded by battle scenes] / Engd. by J. C. McRae,...

Engraving showing the Confederate flag against night sky with moon and stars. Surrounding smaller scenes include "A charge in the wilderness," "The crater," "The fight in Hampton Roads," and "After the surrende... More

[Unidentified sailors in Union uniforms with American flag in front of...

Case: Thermoplastic fruit and scroll. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Li... More

6th corps, headquarters at opening of battle, Winchester

Signed lower left below image on tan paper: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image on tan paper. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.423) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. For... More

The Birth of Old Glory / from painting by Moran.

Betsy Ross(?) and two girls showing United States flag to George Washington and three other men.

La puissance militaire de la France

French troops (infantrymen, cavalry, etc.) gathering on a field. Field Marshal Philippe Pétain (1856-1951) is pinning a medal on a French flag. Translation of title: The military force of France. Signed: Lesbo... More

Lt Col Kennedy of the 13th Iowa, 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17 A.C. ra...

Title inscribed on verso. Possibly by Theodore Davis. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 8, 1865, p. 209, credited to Theodore Davis. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Forms part of: Morgan collecti... More

To make the world a decent place to live in, do your part - buy U.S. g...

Poster showing men on a battlefield with an American flag, against a red sky.

The Star Spangled Banner - A painting of a man standing on top of a bo...

Francis Scott Key standing on boat, with right arm stretched out toward the United States flag flying over Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. K62984 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Percy E. Moran.

For the freedom of the world during World War I

President Woodrow Wilson asking Congress to declare war on Germany, April 2, 1917. K128218 U.S. Copyright Office. War message, Apr. 2, 1917.

"The day we celebrate" 1876 / painted by F.A. Chapman ; engraved by Jo...

Print shows a large gathering of people picnicking, playing games, and enjoying the Independence Day celebration outdoors among large trees and open lawn, with a distant view of a railroad train passing and of ... More

Patriotic League / Howard Chandler Christy 1918 ; The United States Pr...

Poster showing a young woman with an American flag. Includes open blue triangle, symbol of war relief work.

[The 1st Virginia Cavalry at a halt]

Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1862, p. 612. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.764) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file E. Reference print available i... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of ...

Significance: It was built to honor the veterans of the Vietnam War (1959-1975). As a memorial for a controversial and unpopular war, it was intended both to commemorate those who served, as well as provide a v... More

[Raising the flag over the Governor's Palace, Santiago]

Title devised by cataloger. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Fight for Santiago" by Stephen Bonsal, McClure's magazine, vol. 11, no.... More

The Day star of freedom - Public domain American popular sheet music

The last of Ewells corps April 6

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on verso: This was quite an effective incident in its way. The soldiers silhoutted [sic] against the western sky with their muskets thrown butt upw... More

Our beautiful flag, or The Bonnie, red, white and blue

Music associated with the Union side

American liberty - sheet music cover

An illustrated sheet music cover for a patriotic song by Freeman Scott. The title appears on a striped shield with laurel and oak branches below and a flag, liberty pole and cap, spears, and bundled fasces (sym... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat in front of American flag]

Case: Berg, no. 2-18 Purchased from: Medhurst & Co. Autographs, Documents, Images, Overland Park, Kansas, 2010. Additional information in collections file. Gift; Tom Liljenquist, 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105) Forms ... More

[Civil War envelope showing soldiers with sword and American flag]

Addressed to Miss E. J. Whittier, Skowhegan, Maine; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Portland. Notation on verso: May 14th, 1861. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

[Civil War envelope showing eagle atop shield with message "Union"]

Addressed to Fulton Smith Esq., Cherry Flattz [i.e. Flats], Tioga Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, D.C. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Col... More