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St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds

St. Paul, Minn. from the Indian mounds

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jefferson Davis' funeral car, New Orleans, December 11th, 1889

Jefferson Davis' funeral car, New Orleans, December 11th, 1889

38499 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit; 1889 Dec. 17. Public domain photograph of funeral procession, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The burial of Christ] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[The burial of Christ] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco Chinese funeral /

San Francisco Chinese funeral /

This film shows most of the ceremonial portion of the funeral procession of Tom Kim Yung (1858-1903), military attache to the Chinese Legation to the United States. The funeral procession took place at 1:00 pm ... More

Funeral of Quanah Parker, Chief of the Comanches, at Post Oak Mission, near Cache, Okla. Feb. 24, 1911

Funeral of Quanah Parker, Chief of the Comanches, at Post Oak Mission,...

Photograph shows large crowd of mourners attending funeral with pallbearers in middle holding casket. J153117 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1911 by Edward Bates.

Wood National Cemetery, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Wood National Cemetery, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauke...

Significance: Wood National Cemetery is located on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, originally the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer S... More

[Lincoln's funeral procession] - Public domain document scan of drawing

[Lincoln's funeral procession] - Public domain document scan of drawin...

Title devised. Inscribed below pallbearers: Men[?]. Inscribed below horses: 6 Greys. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.387) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, ...

See also HALS No. MO-2. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N966 Survey number: HABS MO-1938 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866 Subseque... More

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, ...

See also HALS No. MO-2. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N966 Survey number: HABS MO-1938 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866 Subseque... More

Norris Farm, Cemetery, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of County Road 88/1, Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, WV

Norris Farm, Cemetery, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east...

Significance: The cemetery at the Norris Farm is the final resting place for many members of the Norris and Baker families, two prominent families within Monongahela County, West Virginia. The contributions th... More

Cemetery, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Cemetery, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

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

Decorating buildings on lower Broadway, NYC for Lincoln funeral procession

Decorating buildings on lower Broadway, NYC for Lincoln funeral proces...

Photograph shows an aerial view of buildings on Broadway near Bowling Green draped with mourning cloth in preparation for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022).... More

Gravestones, North Branch Cemetery, Altaville, Calaveras County, CA

Gravestones, North Branch Cemetery, Altaville, Calaveras County, CA

Survey number: HABS CA-1487 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction

Jefferson Davis funeral in New Orleans, La.

Jefferson Davis funeral in New Orleans, La.

Photo shows coffin in horse-drawn wagon as the "funeral procession for Jefferson Davis winds through the French Quarter in New Orleans on December 11, 1889. An estimated 200,000 people lined the streets. Davis ... More

El fin del mundo es ya cierto todos serán calaveras; adiós todos los vivientes, ahora sí fue de deveras

El fin del mundo es ya cierto todos serán calaveras; adiós todos los v...

Broadside, recto, shows skeletons in pandemonium because of cataclysmic natural events around them. There are also three small skeletons heading the text. The text, a calavera in verse (epitaph), predicts an ap... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Arlington House, Potting Building, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Potting Building, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemet...

Significance: The Potting Building, along with an adjoining greenhouse, was constructed ca. 1880 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to supply the demand for vegetation for the Arlington Cemetery grounds. Rect... More

Arlington House, Potting Building, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Potting Building, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemet...

Significance: The Potting Building, along with an adjoining greenhouse, was constructed ca. 1880 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to supply the demand for vegetation for the Arlington Cemetery grounds. Rect... More

Tool House-Garage, 3005 Circle Drive, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Tool House-Garage, 3005 Circle Drive, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1940 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work

Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale Boulevard Southeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale Boulevard Southeast, Albuquerque, Bernalil...

Entry and First Place Recipient 2011 HALS Challenge: Celebrating Cultural Landscapes of Diversity Significance: Fairview Cemetery (now Fairview Memorial Park) was the first cemetery established to serve New Tow... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Fayetteville National Cemetery, Superintendent's Lodge, 700 Government Avenue, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Fayetteville National Cemetery, Superintendent's Lodge, 700 Government...

Survey number: HABS AR-39-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000892

Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucherie

Honneurs rendus à la Pauvreté en l'Eglise de St. Jacques de la Boucher...

Print shows draperies being hung on the walls of Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie as a crowd of working class men, women, and children, many carrying torches, accompany a coffin carried by two men during a... More

Funérailles de l'Empereur Napoléon. Intérier de l'église des Invalides pendant la Cérémonie religieuse, 15 Décembre 1840 / Dessiné par Férogio et Girard ; Lith. Coulon.

Funérailles de l'Empereur Napoléon. Intérier de l'église des Invalides...

Interior of the Church of Invalides, service in progress. Hubbard Collection.

Moscow. [Building on street corner with signs and banners]. Bringing flowers to the graves of the Bolsheviks killed in the revolution

Moscow. [Building on street corner with signs and banners]. Bringing f...

Titles from item and devised by library staff. From disbound album of James Maxwell Pringle's business trip to Russia and Asia for First National City Bank of New York. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:041

Services for Count de Cellere at Wash. Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.]

Services for Count de Cellere at Wash. Navy Yard, [Washington, D.C.]

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

Funeral of Adml. Perry - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Funeral of Adml. Perry - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Compan... More

St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 533 East Jarrettsville Road, Hickory, Harford County, MD

St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 533 East Jarrettsville Road, Hickory, Ha...

Survey number: HABS MD-522 Public domain photograph - cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Military personnel escorting a hearse, at the Arlington National Cemetery burial of Willard G. Palm, a RB-47 reconnaissance airplane pilot who was shot down by the Russians] / MST.

[Military personnel escorting a hearse, at the Arlington National Ceme...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, MST 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 4720, frame no. 19.

Wood National Cemetery, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Wood National Cemetery, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauke...

Significance: Wood National Cemetery is located on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, originally the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer S... More

Wood National Cemetery, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Wood National Cemetery, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauke...

Significance: Wood National Cemetery is located on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, originally the Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer S... More

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, ...

See also HALS No. MO-2. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N966 Survey number: HABS MO-1938 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866 Subseque... More

Hemby-Willoughby Funeral Home, 112 East Granville Street, Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC

Hemby-Willoughby Funeral Home, 112 East Granville Street, Tarboro, Edg...

Significance: Originally used as a residence. Survey number: HABS NC-354 Building/structure dates: ca. 1884 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1908-1913 Subsequent Work

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Gate House, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Gate House, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Phi...

Survey number: HABS PA-1811-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77001185

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Gate House, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, Gate House, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Phi...

Survey number: HABS PA-1811-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77001185

Abbey Mausoleum, Carpenter Road, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Abbey Mausoleum, Carpenter Road, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Significance: The Abbey Mausoleum is a Neo-Classical building constructed in 1924. In May 1996, the building was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places because of its high ... More

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue]

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvan...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

[Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois]

[Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois]

Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Inscribed below image: old. Within image: pink, white. Inscribed on bunting: The father; Sooner Than Surrender These Principles I Would Be Assassinated on this. Gift, J.P. Mo... More

Colonel George Boyd Tomb, Old North Cemetery, Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH

Colonel George Boyd Tomb, Old North Cemetery, Portsmouth, Rockingham C...

Survey number: HABS NH-204 Building/structure dates: 1787 Initial Construction

Thomas Leiper House, Vault, 519 Avondale Road (Nether Providence Township), Wallingford, Delaware County, PA

Thomas Leiper House, Vault, 519 Avondale Road (Nether Providence Towns...

Survey number: HABS PA-1244-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Crowd at the Baltimore depot before the funeral arrived

Crowd at the Baltimore depot before the funeral arrived

Photograph shows flags waving at the Baltimore rail terminal where a crowd is gathered awaiting the arrival of Abraham Lincoln's funeral car on April 21, 1865.

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington C...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Potting House was built in 1880 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This historic structure was at one time adjoined to a cemetery greenhou... More

[President Abraham Lincoln's hearse, Springfield] / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago.

[President Abraham Lincoln's hearse, Springfield] / S.M. Fassett, phot...

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale Boulevard Southeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM

Fairview Cemetery, 700 Yale Boulevard Southeast, Albuquerque, Bernalil...

Entry and First Place Recipient 2011 HALS Challenge: Celebrating Cultural Landscapes of Diversity Significance: Fairview Cemetery (now Fairview Memorial Park) was the first cemetery established to serve New Tow... More

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Burial of Unoin soldiers]

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Burial of Unoin soldiers]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Burial of Unoin soldiers]

[Fredericksburg, Virginia Burial of Unoin soldiers]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Mausoleum, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Henry Shaw Mausoleum, 2345 Tower Grove Aven...

Significance: A well-preserved example of late 19th century funerary art, the mausoleum's main importance is as a monument to the founder of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Unprocessed Field note material exist... More

St. John's Church, Waldrop, State Route 22, .5 mile West of U.S. Route 15, Waldrop, Louisa County, Virginia

St. John's Church, Waldrop, State Route 22, .5 mile West of U.S. Route...

This documentation was completed for a class at the University of Virginia & subsequently donated to the HABS collection. Significance: St. John's Church stands as a well-preserved, little-altered example of th... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...

Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More

Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...

Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More

Reception of the Remains at Chicago

Reception of the Remains at Chicago

Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud, no. 702. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: The Funeral car passing under the arch. 36 young ladies in white placing w... More

Fayetteville National Cemetery, Superintendent's Lodge, 700 Government Avenue, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Fayetteville National Cemetery, Superintendent's Lodge, 700 Government...

Survey number: HABS AR-39-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99000892

[Casket, visitors, and flowers in throne room, at funeral of Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii]

[Casket, visitors, and flowers in throne room, at funeral of Liliuokal...

J227283 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Edgeworth. Public domain photograph - historical image of Hawaii, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery--honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]

[Military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery--honor guard at the ...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of funeral procession, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene at St. Patricks Church during the funeral of Senor J. Antonio Lopez Gutierrez, Minister of Honduras, today

Scene at St. Patricks Church during the funeral of Senor J. Antonio Lo...

Photograph shows procession carrying coffin of J. Antonio López Gutiérrez into St. Patricks Church. In album: 2 October 1922 to 15 November 1922, v. 9, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 51, no. 212... More

Generals march in funeral procession in final tribute to General of the Armies John J. Pershing (1860-1948), Monday, July 19, 1948 Shown talking together shortly before the procession left the Capitol are (left to right) General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General Omar H. Bradley.

Generals march in funeral procession in final tribute to General of th...

#5. Official U.S. Army photograph. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, whic... More

Anaconda Historic District, Davidson Block, 200 East Park Avenue, Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, MT

Anaconda Historic District, Davidson Block, 200 East Park Avenue, Anac...

Significance: Erected in 1896, the Davidson is one of the few remaining buildings in Anaconda which illustrate the city's rich commercial and architectural growth before 1900. The original structure measured 5... More

Lincoln's house draped in mourning with his horse "Old Robin" in front, Springfield, Illinois

Lincoln's house draped in mourning with his horse "Old Robin" in front...

Possibly photographed by F.W. Ingmire. Tax stamp on verso. Label on verso: "From Smith & Bro.'s Fancy Bazaar, Springfield, Ills." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased... More

[Lincoln's funeral procession] - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

[Lincoln's funeral procession] - Public domain image related to music ...

Title devised. Inscribed below pallbearers: Men[?]. Inscribed below horses: 6 Greys. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.387) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, ...

See also HALS No. MO-2. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N966 Survey number: HABS MO-1938 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866 Subseque... More

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 2900 Sheridan Road, Green Park, ...

See also HALS No. MO-2. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N966 Survey number: HABS MO-1938 Building/structure dates: 1827 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1866 Subseque... More

Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Cemetery, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharp...

Significance: On September 17, 1862, over 23,000 men and boys were killed or wounded during the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland. In early 1864, Maryland State Senator Lewis P. Frey introduced legi... More

[Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Burial of soldier by Mrs. Alsop's house, near which Ewell's Corps attacked the Federal right on May 19, 1864]

[Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, vicinity. Burial of soldier by Mr...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

[A military funeral] - Public domain  drawing

[A military funeral] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Inscribed above image: Are boxes removed? do the riders sit or off horse. Band before or behind caisson. Inscribed below image: Black blanket. Taps Bugler playing over an open grave etc. Inscribe... More

St. James Church, Monkton Road, Monkton, Baltimore County, MD

St. James Church, Monkton Road, Monkton, Baltimore County, MD

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

"Chinese service." Burial service of High Lee

"Chinese service." Burial service of High Lee

Chinese mourners; spectators in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: John C.H. Grabill collection.

Beth Ha-Chaim, Kronprindsensgade vicinity, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Beth Ha-Chaim, Kronprindsensgade vicinity, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thoma...

Significance: A companion structure to the St. Thomas Synagogue at Krystal Gade 16A and B, the cemetery chapel is a simple but interesting structure. The Sephardic rites and traditions, which the St. Thomas co... More

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue]

[Washington, D.C. President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvan...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the assassination of President Lincoln, April-July 1865.

[In besieged Port Arthur - Russians praying over dead comrades brought back from the front]

[In besieged Port Arthur - Russians praying over dead comrades brought...

H63449 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7730.

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Old Potting House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington C...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Old Potting House was built in 1880 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. This historic structure was at one time adjoined to a cemetery greenhou... More

Down Broadway, from below Wall St.

Down Broadway, from below Wall St.

Photograph shows an aerial view of buildings on Broadway draped with mourning cloth in preparation for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. From series: Anthony's Instantaneous Views, no. 2974. Purchase; Robi... More

[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campbell.

[Burial of Latane] / [...] by W.D. Washington ; engraved by A.G. Campb...

Engraving after a painting by William Dickinson Washington shows the funeral of William D. Latané, a cavalry captain who was the only Confederate killed during J.E.B. Stuart's raid around the Union army near Ri... More

Samuel L. & Lettie McCarthy House, 1329 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Samuel L. & Lettie McCarthy House, 1329 Eighth Avenue, Altoona, Blair ...

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

Administration Building-Lodge, 3006 Circle Drive, Green Park, St. Louis County, MO

Administration Building-Lodge, 3006 Circle Drive, Green Park, St. Loui...

Survey number: HABS MO-1939 Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1... More

St. John's Church, Waldrop, State Route 22, .5 mile West of U.S. Route 15, Waldrop, Louisa County, Virginia

St. John's Church, Waldrop, State Route 22, .5 mile West of U.S. Route...

This documentation was completed for a class at the University of Virginia & subsequently donated to the HABS collection. Significance: St. John's Church stands as a well-preserved, little-altered example of th... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington House, Lee Drive, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Ar...

See also HALS VA-10 for related documentation. Significance: Arlington House, unique in its association with the Custis, Washington, and Lee families, is celebrated as one of the nation's most significant house... More

Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Route 34), Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Antietam National Cemetery, Lodge House, Shepherdstown Pike (State Rou...

Significance: The cemetery's significance lies primarily in the events of the Civil War Battle of Antietam which led to its creation. Architecturally, its elaborate entrance gate and gothic-inspired lodge hous... More

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