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Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs of the West Bank, Jordan, and Syria

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips in the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photogr... More

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937

Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Officers' Quarters & Mess Building, East side of site, along main access road, New Bedford, Bristol County, MA

Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Officers' Quarters & Mess Building, ...

Significance: The Officer's Quarters and Mess Building at Fort Rodman is a good example of a World War II "temporary" structure built according to a standardized plan. The present building is almost intact and... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Burma Road, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Spanish Fort, Bayou Saint John at Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Spanish Fort, Bayou Saint John at Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Orl...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS LA-18-25 Building/structure dates: 1808 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83000530

Fort Laramie, Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Fort Laramie, Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-1 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Subsequent Work

Fort Laramie, Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Fort Laramie, Old Bedlam, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-1 Building/structure dates: 1849 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1876 Subsequent Work

Parapet, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Parapet, Fort Sumter, Confederate States of America.

Photograph shows abandoned artillery and chevaux-de-frise on parapet of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3057. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

Interior of the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation", showing gabions, "chevaux de frise", &c

Interior of the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnat...

Stereograph showing various types of fortifications including earthworks, gabions, sandbags, logs, and chevaux-de-frise in Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Va. No. 3219, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The W... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Administration Building, Taylor Avenue, Minneap...

Significance: In 1851 Fort Snelling was designated administrative headquarters for the Department of Dakota and was expanded greatly by construction of a new post. The year before this post headquarters buildi... More

Abriss dess Hertzogthumbs Mantoua mit dem Umbligenden Landschafften, 1630

Abriss dess Hertzogthumbs Mantoua mit dem Umbligenden Landschafften, 1...

Print shows map of the region around Mantua, Italy in 1630 and a birds-eye view of the walled city of Mantua when under siege from imperial troops in 1630. German captions, map details in Italian. Title from ca... More

Eygentliche der Stadt Rotenburg vff der Tauber abbildung nebenst kurtzem doch waarhafftigem bericht in was fur einene Erbärmlich- Elend- vnd Traurigen Zustandt selbe den 29.30. Octobris dieses 1631. Jahrs gesetzet worden

Eygentliche der Stadt Rotenburg vff der Tauber abbildung nebenst kurtz...

Print shows a birds-eye view of the walled city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany with its many towers. Also visible are troops firing cannons, soldiers in formation, soldiers on horseback during the sacking... More

Disegne della Piazza di Monmedy assediata da Francesi nel 1657 del mese di Giugno, resa alli 7. d'Agosto sussequenti

Disegne della Piazza di Monmedy assediata da Francesi nel 1657 del mes...

Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortress of Montmédy, France during the 1657 siege commanded by French forces by Vauban who captured the fort from the Spanish. Includes locations of military headquarters... More

Grund-Riss und Beschreibung der Stadt Wissmar Wie auch ein vollkommener Bericht, wie dieselbe im October 1675. von Ihr. Königl. Majest. von Dennemarck belagert, und den 13 Decemb. selbigen Jahrs ist erobert worden

Grund-Riss und Beschreibung der Stadt Wissmar Wie auch ein vollkommene...

Birds-eye view print shows plan of Wismar, Germany with view of its fortress and other fortifciations and key landmarks within the town in 1675 as it was seized and captured by Danish forces. Elements in print ... More

Kürtzer Bericht von dem Entsatz der Stadt und Vestung Narva

Kürtzer Bericht von dem Entsatz der Stadt und Vestung Narva

Print depicts Swedish troops in battle with the forces of Peter the Great of Russia in the first battle of Narva (Swedish occupied Estonia) in 1700. Print also includes engraved portrait of Charles XII, King of... More

Liste de touts les Generaux, haus- & bas- Officiers & simples soldats sous le commandement de S.A.S. Prince Louis de Bade & du Duc de Marlebourough Generalissime de S.M.R. d'Angleterre, qui dans l'attaque & l'emportement du Fort de Schellenberg, prés de Donawerth, le 2. Juillet, 1704, ont esté morts ou blessés

Liste de touts les Generaux, haus- & bas- Officiers & simples soldats ...

Print presents a list of injured and dead generals who fought in the Battle of Schellenberg on July 2, 1704. Includes a table with a summary of the 5,078 troops injured or killed by battalion and broken down by... More

Die von hohen Alliirten durch Accord eroberte Stadt und Vestung Rissel

Die von hohen Alliirten durch Accord eroberte Stadt und Vestung Rissel

Birds-eye view print shows the city of Lille [Rijsel in Dutch] in France under siege between August and October, 1708. Includes views of the city's churches and soldiers firing cannons at the fortress city. In ... More

Perspective view of entring the breach of the Moro Castle, by storm the 30th of July 1762, ... / Serres pinx ; Canot sculp.

Perspective view of entring the breach of the Moro Castle, by storm th...

Print shows Morro Castle in the background with infantry passing through a breach in the walls, and in the foreground, the ship Alcide and numerous long boats with men at the oars. At head of title: To the Hon... More

Orgues, thick long pieces of wood, pointed and shod with iron, clear one of another, hanging perpendicularly each by a particular rope or cord, over the gate of a strong place to be dropped in case of emergency

Orgues, thick long pieces of wood, pointed and shod with iron, clear o...

Print shows the entry to a fortress. Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, Bell, and Aitken, 1776. Published in: The American R... More

Le port de Fredericsbourg dans l'Amérique gravée d'aprés le tableau de Vernet Vernet pinxit

Le port de Fredericsbourg dans l'Amérique gravée d'aprés le tableau de...

Print of an idealized, European view of the port at Fredericksburg, Virginia, with ships in the harbor and a fort at the entrance to the port. Stamped on lower right corner: Map Division Library of Congress Oc... More

The campaign in Tennessee -- Interior of Fort Henry, on the morning after its capture, February 6 / from a sketch by Mr. H. Lovie, our special artist with Commodore Foote's expedition.

The campaign in Tennessee -- Interior of Fort Henry, on the morning af...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 327 (1862 March1), p. 236.

Works thrown up near Rappahannock R.R. Bridge

Works thrown up near Rappahannock R.R. Bridge

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below image: Bridge on fire. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 716 as: Works thrown up near the Railroad Bridge over the Rappah... More

Knoxville from Mabry's house, looking towards the southwest, March, 1864

Knoxville from Mabry's house, looking towards the southwest, March, 18...

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; December 20, 1985; DLC/PP-1985:644. Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. No. 22. Landmarks labeled on image.

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing remains of a casemate and other ruins

View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter). Interior, showing remains of a cas...

Stereograph showing a fortified enclosure on the parapet, and gabions used as reinforcements inside Fort Sumter.

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., April 14th, 1865. Awaiting the arrival of General Anderson and the invited guests

Interior of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., April...

Stereograph showing crowd at the flag-raising ceremony inside Fort Sumter on the occasion of the anniversary of Major General Anderson's surrender four years earlier. Part of series: The War for the Union. Phot... More

The covered way and watch towers

The covered way and watch towers

Attribution to Jackson based on listing as photo no. 7956 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7056. Gift; State Historical Society... More

Fort Sheridan, Ill., officers' club

Fort Sheridan, Ill., officers' club

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla., Confederate States of America.

Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla., Confederate States of America.

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

A Watch tower in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla.

A Watch tower in Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla.

Title from jacket. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. "1302" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32454. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower over general quarters

Fort Sheridan, Ill., tower over general quarters

"01974" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01974. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Constitution, Portsmouth i.e. New Castle, N.H

Fort Constitution, Portsmouth i.e. New Castle, N.H

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016974. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Scammell from Cushing Island, Me.

Fort Scammell from Cushing Island, Me.

Title from jacket. "2397" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033556. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Officers' Row, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga Park, Tenn. [i.e. Georgia]

Officers' Row, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga Park, Tenn. [i.e. Georgia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Moat and watch tower, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla

Moat and watch tower, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Fla

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. "WHJ 130" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013354. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picturesque Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.

Picturesque Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Mich.

Title from jacket. "G 4434" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036372. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, N.Y.

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "1555 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033371. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

El Morro, Santiago de Cuba - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

El Morro, Santiago de Cuba - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013187. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

"1166" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016095. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ruins of Fort Frederick, Crown Point, N.Y.

Ruins of Fort Frederick, Crown Point, N.Y.

Copyright 1902 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on item: "Ruins of Fort Frederick, Crown Point, N.Y". Title on inventory list: Ruins of Fort Frederick, Crown Point. Similiar image (LC-D4-16098). Detroit Publi... More

Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Trophy Park, Fort Monroe, Virginia - Glass negative photogrpah. Public...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29898. "33 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016385. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ascent to flagstaff, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Ascent to flagstaff, Fort Monroe, Virginia

"35 H" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016382. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Morocco. Public domain artistic photography.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Morocco. Public domain artistic photogr...

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Morocco. Public domain artistic photography.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Morocco. Public domain artistic photogr...

Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. The Arnold Genthe collection includes a wide range of photographs. It is particularly renowned for its photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown, which Genthe began shooti... More

Within the casements, Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga

Within the casements, Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga

"G 4187" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070131. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fort Ticonderoga, Lake George, N.Y.

Fort Ticonderoga, Lake George, N.Y.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072675. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Parade ground and barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia

The Parade ground and barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072493. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Old Glory flies from Ehrenbreitstein fortress, Rhine, Coblenz, Germany, 1919

Old Glory flies from Ehrenbreitstein fortress, Rhine, Coblenz, Germany...

J234286 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: 613 14th St., Wash., D.C. No. 70. Gift; Breckenridge Long; 1953.

Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. Three cannons at Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. Three cannons at Fort McHenry

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. View toward cannons at Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. View toward cannons at Fort McHenry

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Tejon, Smokehouse, Highway 99, Lebec, Kern County, CA

Fort Tejon, Smokehouse, Highway 99, Lebec, Kern County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-39-E Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Pentagoet, Perkins Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME

Fort Pentagoet, Perkins Street, Castine, Hancock County, ME

Survey number: HABS ME-13 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 93000603

Fort Johnson, Southport, Brunswick County, NC

Fort Johnson, Southport, Brunswick County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-317 Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Macon, Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina

Fort Macon, Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1834. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-16. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and... More

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1828-1850. Cockspur Island, Savannah River. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-26. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of ... More

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: ca. 1828-1850. Cockspur Island, Savannah River. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-26. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of ... More

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Ruins of Fort Ticonderoga. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope C...

On mount: Gems from Lake George. Series: Stoddard's Stereoscopic Gems. No. 16.

Fortress Monroe, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Fortress Monroe, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Fort Monroe exterior walls, moat, three men standing in front of moat, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Card number: "No. 162." Gottheim collection code: GCW 20. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collec... More

Phillips Island, S.C. Fort Beauregard. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Phillips Island, S.C. Fort Beauregard. Washington DC sterescope card, ...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Port Royal, S.C., 1861-1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Mi... More

Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampment

Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampment

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

Fortifications on the Heights of Centreville

Fortifications on the Heights of Centreville

Photograph shows 44th New York Infantry Regiment soldiers at former Confederate fortification with Quaker guns at Centreville, Virginia. Printed on recto and verso: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in th... More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Breastworks on Little Round Top; Round Top in distance

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Breastworks on Little Round Top; Round Top in...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress... More

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches before Atlanta, Ga

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia. No. 3626, part of series: War Views. Part of series: ... More

Arlington, Virginia Gun crew of Company K, 2d New York Artillery, in Fort C.F. Smith

Arlington, Virginia Gun crew of Company K, 2d New York Artillery, in F...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works

Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Petersburg, Virginia Federal line near Fort Morton

Petersburg, Virginia Federal line near Fort Morton

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Petersburg, Virginia Water-filled ditch on west side of Fort Sedgwick

Petersburg, Virginia Water-filled ditch on west side of Fort Sedgwick

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

James River, Virginia Confederate gun emplacement above Dutch Gap

James River, Virginia Confederate gun emplacement above Dutch Gap

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

James River, Virginia Confederate gun emplacement at Howlett House, Trent's Reach

James River, Virginia Confederate gun emplacement at Howlett House, Tr...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior view, showing traverse with dismounted gun

Fort Fisher, N.C. Interior view, showing traverse with dismounted gun

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Fisher, N.C., January 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. ... More

District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B, 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, before quarters at Fort Totten

District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B, 3d Massachusetts ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

The Demiloon sic, Ft. Marion - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Demiloon sic, Ft. Marion - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

"W.H.J. & Co." and "82" on negative 3561; "7951" on negative 3562. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 03500, 03499. Detroit Publishing Co. nos. 3561, 3562. Gift; State Historica... More

Fort Monroe and entrance to Hampton Roads, Virginia

Fort Monroe and entrance to Hampton Roads, Virginia

Four-part panorama with close-variants of each negative. Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-10400, (or 10404), 10403 (or 10399), 10398 (or 10402), 10401 (or 10397). "G 7967 L... More

Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Fort Sumter, Charleston, S.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Negatives are close variants. Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 97. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mackinac from the fort - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Mackinac from the fort - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Videodisc images out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06840, 06839, 06838. "G 2272," "G 2273," and "G 2271" on left, center, and right negatives respectively. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010881. Gif... More

Cowell's Battery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Cowell's Battery, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Cowell's Battery is a rare example of British military architecture from the Napoleonic War era (1793-1815) on U.S. soil. The battery is associated with the British occupations of St. Thomas in 1... More

Ditches that confronted Sherman's troops before Fort McAllister

Ditches that confronted Sherman's troops before Fort McAllister

Photograph shows a chevaux-de-frise in a ditch at Confederate Fort McAllister, near Savannah, Georgia after General Sherman's assault in December 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms ... More

Fort Monroe, Virginia Officers of 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Fort Monroe, Virginia Officers of 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Monroe, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Don... More

Fort Monroe, Virginia The post band - A black and white photo of a group of men

Fort Monroe, Virginia The post band - A black and white photo of a gro...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Fort Monroe, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Don... More

District of Columbia. General William Gamble and staff at Camp Stoneman, the cavalry depot at Giesborough Point

District of Columbia. General William Gamble and staff at Camp Stonema...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Morris Island, S.C. Interior view with another mounted gun, Fort Putnam

Morris Island, S.C. Interior view with another mounted gun, Fort Putna...

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

Petersburg, Virginia Earthworks in front of the town

Petersburg, Virginia Earthworks in front of the town

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : L... More

Old Fort Mackinac from pasture field, Mackinac Island, Mich.

Old Fort Mackinac from pasture field, Mackinac Island, Mich.

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Dup." on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-28816. Transparency is close variant of original negative... More

Osceola's grave, Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C.

Osceola's grave, Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C.

Negatives are close variants. Detroit Publishing Co. no. P 98. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the ... More

Portland, Me., and Fort Gorges from Little Diamond Island

Portland, Me., and Fort Gorges from Little Diamond Island

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06706, 06705. "2377" on left negative; "2378" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010816. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Atlanta, Ga. Confederate palisades, on north side of city

Atlanta, Ga. Confederate palisades, on north side of city

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to ab... More

Charleston, S.C. Battery of Confederate Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in distance

Charleston, S.C. Battery of Confederate Fort Johnson; Fort Sumter in d...

Photographs 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. Milh... More

Petersburg, Virginia Breastworks of the Confederate Fort Mahone ("Fort Damnation")

Petersburg, Virginia Breastworks of the Confederate Fort Mahone ("Fort...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Charleston, S.C. The Citadel seen across Marion Square

Charleston, S.C. The Citadel seen across Marion Square

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

Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works

Petersburg, Virginia Interior view of Confederate works

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Fort Pike, 27100 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Fort Pike, 27100 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Fort Pike was the first of the Third System Fortifications. Considered part of the "Monroe forts of the 1st class," the fort was one of the many forts ... More

Outside view of Fort Sumter, March, 1865. Foot of slope on southwestern front, looking S.E.

Outside view of Fort Sumter, March, 1865. Foot of slope on southwester...

Photograph shows two men seated on rocks amidst the debris of exterior of Fort Sumter. One man leans on a cannon. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3049. Variant view in LOT 4166-C. Forms part of: Visual m... More

One reason why we did not go to Richmond

One reason why we did not go to Richmond

Stereograph showing Columbiad gun in Confederate Fort Darling on the James River at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia.

Fortress Monroe, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Fortress Monroe, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Fort Monroe exterior walls, moat, and three soldiers standing near the edge of the moat. Attributed to George Stacy. Card number: "616." Gottheim collection code: GCW 21. Forms part of the L... More

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