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Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

D. H. Bates / Photographed by Philp & Solomons' Metropolitan Gallery, ...

Photograph shows portrait of David Homer Bates, an original operator of the United States Military Telegraph Corps. Found with ambrotype of the original four operators of the United States Military Telegraph C... More

[Fidelia Taylor, bust portrait, facing slightly right] / Bell's Photo....

Printed on mount: Bell's Photo. Art Gallery 425th 7th St., Washington, D.C. Forms part of: 19th century portraits, ... from the Clara Barton Papers.

[Interior view of the Imperial Gallery in the Yeni Cami (mosque)] / Co...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. No. 142. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments, and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid I... More

[Central Dome, interior view, looking toward the Gallery of Thirty Met...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gallery of Thirty Meters, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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Congressional Library. In the gallery

Photo shows the statues in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress. In album: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., p. 10.

The Royal Gallery House of Lords, [interior, London, England]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Parliament.

Gallery of natural history, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences [B...

[Detroit Photographic Company, interior, Detroit, Mich.]

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Detroit Photographic Company, interior, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043792. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Naval training station, Newport, [R.I.], gallery practice, 35-5-10

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Buddhist Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Sargent gallery, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences [Brooklyn...

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Kenmore, Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Exhibition of Arnold Genthe's photographs

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Virginia House, Great Hall, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

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National Gallery of Art. Main entrance of National Gallery from right ...

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National Gallery of Art. Exhibit room no. 43 (Van Dyck) in National Ga...

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National Gallery of Art. Main entrance from side (left) of National Ga...

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National Gallery of Art. Cherub fountain in west garden court of Natio...

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G.H. Walker, residence in Westbury, Long Island, New York. Gallery, to...

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National Gallery of Art. Main entrance of National Gallery from left s...

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National Gallery of Art. West exhibit hall in National Gallery I

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[Lou Hoover and group viewing portrait in gallery]

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["Stratford Hall," 786 Great House Road, Stratford, Westmoreland Count...

Site History. House Architecture: Unknown architect, built 1730s. Other: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee. Today: House preserved as historic site by the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, which purchased the prope... More

Museum (Rockefeller) in Jerusalem. Museum. S. gallery, interior

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Graphic arts - wood sculpture, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery...

Poster announcing graphic arts and wood sculpture exhibition at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery, Springfield, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Apr 21 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection... More

WPA national print exhibition, Federal Art Gallery

Poster announcing exhibition of fine prints at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon Street, Boston, showing roller and tube of printers ink. Date stamped on verso: Aug 31 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster... More

WPA water colors, prints exhibition, Federal Art Gallery / HG [monogra...

Poster announcing WPA exhibition of watercolors and prints at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of ... More

National Gallery of Art. Mercury Fountain in National Gallery of Art I

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French church & orphanage of "Jesus Adolescent" in Nazareth. Int[erior...

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Rotunda VII

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Fountain II

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National Academy of Design, 1083 5th Ave., New York City. Gallery A2, ...

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Chester Dale, residence at 20 E. 79th St., New York City. Main floor g...

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Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Auditorium...

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Sidney Vere-Smith, residence at 1440 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Flori...

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Mrs. Edwin Gould, residence at 936 5th Ave., New York City. Foyer, to ...

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Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Patio stat...

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Production. Copper. Conveyor gallery and smokestack at a copper smelte...

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Washington, D.C. Soilders taking a picture of his girlfriend on the st...

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. North facade, center section...

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Gallery no. 43

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Gallery of American Collectors, 18 E. 69th St., New York City. Bay win...

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Rutherford National Bank, Rutherford, New Jersey. Interior II

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Statues and sculpture over the door of the gallery of House chamber, U...

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Helena Rubinstein, residence at 625 Park Ave., New York City. Art gall...

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Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York. Sarcophagus

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Deerfield Academy, Old Deerfield, Massachussetts. Art gallery II

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Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chatham, residence in Elkin, North Carolina. Gallery...

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Raymond Loewy, apartment at 900 5th Ave., New York City. Upshot

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Mrs. Burnham Lamb, residence on Cove Rd., Oyster Bay, Long Island. For...

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Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Exhibition room IV

Sleeve annotation: Alexander P. Morgan, architect for remodelling. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Venezuelan-born society sculptress Marisol Escobar looks quizzically a...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Long corridor gallery

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Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Exhibition room I

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Tobol'sk kremlin, Archbishop's Residence (1773-75), interior, resident...

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Crocker Art Gallery, 216 O Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The two buildings now called the Crocker Art Gallery and Annex are a fascinating palimpsest of the social and architectural history of later 19th century Sacramento, consisting of the original Art... More

[Bust portrait of an unidentified woman, facing front] / J.P. Ball's P...

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The first gymnacyclidium for ladies and gentlemen : opening exhibition...

Cycling--New York (State)--New York.; vj14 03-26-98; 98-131173 Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printe... More

National Park Seminary, Aloha House, North of Linden Lane near corner ...

Significance: Aloha was constructed in 1898 as part of the school's first building campaign. It served as the Cassedy family residence and then became a dormitory for juniors. The original shingle-sided bunga... More

[New National Museum of Natural History, Gallery, & Smithsonian Instit...

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Yakima National Guard Armory, 202 South Third Street, Yakima, Yakima C...

Significance: The Yakima National Guard Armory is historically significant as the first permanent home of the Washington National Guard in Yakima. The Yakima Armory was also a great bon to the cultural, social... More

Larz Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, ...

Significance: Originally a private residence commissioned for lavish entertaining, this limestone, detached structure is one of the largest and costliest homes in the city. The dissimilar facades of the north e... More

John & William Gallery Mill, Canal & North Main Streets, Eaton Rapids,...

Significance: The original portion of this building is a rare surviving example of an early mill utilizing water power. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44 Survey number: HABS MI-226

John & William Gallery Mill, Canal & North Main Streets, Eaton Rapids,...

Significance: The original portion of this building is a rare surviving example of an early mill utilizing water power. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44 Survey number: HABS MI-226

Patent Office Building, Bounded by Seventh, Ninth, F & G Streets, Nort...

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Rattle & Snap, U.S. Route 43 (Andrew Jackson Highway), Columbia, Maury...

Significance: Often referred to as "the most monumental house in Tennessee," this house is fine example of the lavish scale on which many Southern houses were built in the period 1845-1860. It is particularly ... More

Baker Art Gallery, 232 South High Street, Columbus, Franklin County, O...

Significance: The building is based on the Florentine Palazzo type of the Italian Renaissance, and as such lends an historical reinforcement to a commercial enterprise. It housed for many years the studio of Lo... More

George P. Macculloch Mansion, 45 Macculloch Avenue, Morristown, Morri...

Survey number: HABS NJ-658 Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction

Smithsonian Institution Building, 1000 Jefferson Drive, between Ninth ...

Significance: First building of the Smithsonian Institution and a foremost example of medieval revivalism. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-71 Survey number: HABS DC-141 Buildin... More

[Brady's Daguerrean Gallery] - Public domain scan / drawing

An interior view of reception gallery, showing ladies and gentlemen in groups, conversing and looking at work of studio, which is displayed on walls. In distant background, seen through entrance to another roo... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Garrett-Jacobs House, 7, 9, 11, 13 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore,...

Significance: This building, Baltimore's largest and most costly mansion, was built in two stages. Robert Garrett, prominent financier and businessman, built the first part in 1884, designed by McKim, Mead and... More

[President Lincoln's horse, Old Robin] / F.W. Ingmire, photographic ar...

Photograph shows, an African American man, identified in reference sources as Rev. Henry Brown, with Abraham Lincoln's horse on the day of Lincoln's funeral.

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified civil war soldier] / from Bal...

Photograph shows soldier leaning against a column. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GD1185" and "1270" written on back of the mount. Purchase; Wil... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

Henry Art Gallery, Fifteenth Avenue Northeast at Northeast Campus Park...

Significance: The Horace C. Henry Art Gallery was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. Funds for the building construction and its initial collection were donated to the University of Washin... More

[Unidentified woman, Salem, Massachusettsachusetts] / G. K. Proctor's ...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American woman standing next to a chair.

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

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

Old State House, Main Street & Central Row, Hartford, Hartford County,...

Significance: The Old State House is thought to be the first public building designed by Charles Bulfinch. It uses federal style architecture. Survey number: HABS CT-3-3 Building/structure dates: 1796 Initial... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, SPERT-I & Power Burst Facility ...

Significance: With the inauguration of nuclear reactor research after World War II, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) tried to anticipate and prevent possible nuclear accidents. In 1954, it began the Nuclear S... More

Parry House, 1921 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Significance: A good example of an affluent townhouse in the center city section of Philadelphia. The first owner, Charles T. Parry. was the president of Burnham, Parry, Williams and Co., owners of the famous B... More

[Crowd at the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes, on the east front g...

Stereograph by Brady's National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capito... More

Naval Hospital Philadelphia, Bounded by South Twentieth Street, Hartra...

Significance: A functioning United States Navy medical facility between 1935 and 1993, Naval Hospital Philadelphia consists of approximately 45 buildings and structures that document its construction between 19... More

Calef House, 1614 Old Shell Road, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

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Art gallery, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows paintings and sculpture at the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Ce... More

[Three-quarter-length portrait of an African American man, seated, fac...

Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV82; Civilian. "Duplicates can be had at any time" on back of mount. "D786" and "M. C. West" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 199... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Quarters A25, Maseda Road, terminus southe...

Significance: Building A25 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. It is important as a contributing element of an impressive collection of vernacular residences, all situated on a bluf... More

Reverend Nathan Bracket House, Fillmore Street, Harpers Ferry, Jeffers...

Significance: Originally constructed in 1857-58 as one of two identical residences for Armory officials, the Brackett House was designed by Superintendent Henry W. Clowe for the Superintendent's Clerk. The Bra... More

Washington Place, 320 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Honolulu Count...

Significance: Washington Place, built between 1841 and 1847, has an eclectic mix of Greek Revival and indigenous tropical architectural components. The original central portion is a good example of the classica... More

Hegeler Carus Mansion, 1307 Seventh Street, La Salle, La Salle County,...

Significance: The Hegeler Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire Style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a Nation... More

Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: One of a handful of high profile new visitor centers designed by famous architects as part of the larger Mission 66 initiative. Mission 66 was a NPS-wide effort to upgrade park visitor facilities ... More

Cliveden, 6401 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, P...

Significance: Built as a country residence in 1763-1767 for Benjamin Chew, a prominent Pennsylvania jurist, Cliveden is an outstanding example of Philadelphia Georgian architecture. Probably designed by Chew an... More

James E. D. Lanier House, 511 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson Co...

Significance: Designed by locally prominent Madison architect Francis Costigan (1810-1865) and built in 1843-44. The fine proportions and elegant presence of this classical brick structure are emphasized by the... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Ridgeway, 4095 Massey Avenue, Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

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69 Meeting Street (House), Charleston, Charleston County, SC

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