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Chicamauga (i.e. Chickamauga) battlefield during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Another print of this negative identifies the location as Resaca, Georgia.

Engine "Fred Leach? (i.e.) The General

Printed on mount: (Miller, v. 8, p. 277). Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Federal troops with rifles in front of the court house. Two children stand on the fence. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 127". Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; ... More

Aerial view of a camp in the distance

Title devised by library staff. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)

Illustrated in: Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865, p. 21. Illustrated in: Frassanito, William A., E474.65.F7 (P&P) Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, E474.... More

View from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. during American Civil War

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln on battlefield at Antietam, Maryland, cropped version...

Abraham Lincoln with, from left: Col. Alexander S. Webb, Chief of Staff, 5th Corps.; Gen. George B. McClellan; Scout Adams; Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Army Medical Director; an unidentified person; and standing be... More

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln in one of a series of six pictures taken on the day before the official opening of Alexander Gardner's new gallery. Reproduced from a sepia enlargement. (Source: Ostendorf,... More

A bomb-proof in front of Atlanta, Ga.

Hand written on verso: Miller, III, 136. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport, Tenn. (i.e. Alabama), 1864, showing ruins of Nashville & C...

Hand written on mount: "See also LC-B8184-10349". Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia April 1865 during American Civil War

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nashville, Tenn. 1865(?). Sanitary commission, Planters hotel, Sumner ...

US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-929. No. QM-929. Caption continues: "FSA copy negative no. 40486-ZA, after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew (i.e. Mathew) B.... More

[The soldiers of the Fire Brigade with bugles, axes, carbines, and hel...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library o... More

[The construction department on the dock]

Carpentry shops at the double-berth dry dock of the Imperial Naval Arsenal. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. No. 47. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial ... More

[The covered area for drills of the Fire Brigade in Taksim]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 4. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library o... More

[Fire Brigade soldiers with helmets]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 12. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More

[The barracks of the dock workers]

Workers barracks at the great dock of the Imperial Naval Arsenal. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 21. No. 48. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arse... More

[The Police Station in the front of the Imperial Baghdad Pavilion in t...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. No. 12. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II ... More

Mexico. Aztec calendar stone Mexico. Court of the museum.

Photographs show Aztec calendar stone, sacrifice stone, and statue of Coatlicue at the National Museum of Mexico, Mexico City. Titles from items. Photographed in 1883 or 1884 during the time that Jackson travel... More

Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln with a badly swollen hand after shaking hands with thousands of people during his journey to Washington, DC. During most of the sitting he kept his right hand closed or out of view. ... More

Pain's Pyro Spectacle, Japan & China, Panoramic Photograph

41656A2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pain's Pyro Spectacle Co.; August 15, 1895. No. 2.

Night, gelatin silver print - Public domain print

Photograph shows a nude woman standing on a crescent moon, holding, horizontally, a bamboo pole with an owl perched on each end. A37822 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1895 July 24 by Frederick B. Johnson & C... More

Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96

37462B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Notman Photo Co.; June 27, 1896; DLC/PP-1901:42097. Sitters labeled under image. Photographs of sitters mounted onto painted background and rephotographed.

Mauch Chunk, the Lehigh Valley from mountain road

5943B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; January 21, 1896. No. 550.

"Job" / E.P. Sperry '97. - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows a design by Edward P. Sperry for a stained glass window depicting the Biblical Job holding a book and framed by two trees. 21572 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Tiffany Glass and Decorat... More

[Rough rider troops assembled at military camp, Montauk Point, New Yor...

Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ghost dance - Cheyennes & Arapahoes

Cheyenne and Arapahoe people in circle around flagpole, at the Indian Congress of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. 59157 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by F.A. Rinehart, Omaha. No. 863.

[Exterior view of house] - Public domain historic place print

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 264. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

The Samaritan Synagogue, Shechem, Palestine - stereocsopic card

Man seated on carpet before scrolls in an alcove. 13151 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. Title from recto of item. No. 13040.

[African American woman, half-length portrait, left profile]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 153. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 262. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly ri...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 213. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American man, half-length portrait, seated, facing slightly l...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 137. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, seated, right profile]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 196. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 207. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Exterior view of houses along unpaved street in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 293. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 177. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Bird's-eye view of landscaped grounds with community in background in...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 325. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[House with picket fence next to "Lee Bros. Family Groceries"]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 248. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Bird's-eye view of community in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 329. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 114. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

Portrait photo of Lee Moorhouse - Young Grizzly Bear

Photograph shows Young Grizzly Bear, an American Indian man, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing feather headdress. 10407 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." Copyr... More

Under the overhanging rock, Wisconsin Dells

D5858 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. H. Bennett; March 20, 1900.

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders profile]

Detail from carte de visite (Meserve no. 63) showing Lincoln seated next to a small table. Date from: Looking for Lincoln / Philip B. Kunhardt III. NY: Knopf, 2008, p. 468. Ostendorf, no. 61-B Meserve, no. 62 ... More

Amman, the theatre from castle hill

Photograph showing aerial view of section of Jordan on a hillside. Original negative: LC-M31-3325. No. P-244. On verso - American Colony Photo Cards, copyrighted. On verso: American Colony Stores, Jerusalem. ... More

Church of Holy Sepulchre and surroundings. Sepulchre Church. Easter cr...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?] No. 2910. In album: Easter services in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1941, no. 2910 , [p. 33, top]. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson ... More

Mirror Lake, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H1077 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Chester D. Moses & Co.; February 6, 1901. Copyright claimant's address: Cortland, N.Y.

Mosque Mohammed Ali--Its lofty and graceful minarets are a landmark to...

Stereograph shows Mosque of Muḥammad 'Alī. H35786 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Copyrighted 1903 by William H. Rau." No. 5095.

Funeral services for a Jewish Rabbi, Jerusalem

H37926 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. Title on recto of item. No. 41.

Tiberias Jewish fishermen by the Sea of Galilee, Palestine

H40215 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 5490.

[View of Baltimore from Federal Hill]

H30562 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. W. Schaefer; April 18, 1903. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Tomb of Tabitha, Jaffa, Palestine - stereocsopic card

H38033 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. Title from handwritten information on recto of item. No. 5247.

[Pa]noramic photo Colonial Theatre Bldg., Hotel Touraine and Masonic B...

Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 13, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41984. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Massachusetts. Institute of Technology, Boylston St., Boston, Massachu...

Chinese minister and secretaries (before 1920)

Photograph shows diplomats from China and their driver in an open automobile in Washington, D.C. H43477 U.S. Copyright Office. "#7b."

A scene on the beautiful Tuscarawas River

H65246 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; September 11, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:42686.

General view of Silver Lake, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, 1905

H67377 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; October 14, 1905.

[Bellefield from the hills], Panoramic Photograph

H65556 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; September 15, 1905. Copyright claimant's address: Ingram, Pa. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

[Michigan - Wisconsin game, Ferry Field, Nov. 18th, attendance 15,502]

H69868 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Alexander & Co.; November 24, 1905; DLC/PP-1906:42808.20. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

[The Miehle P.P. & Mfg. Co.], Panoramic Photograph

H63393 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash, Chicago. No. 5500-A. Title based on similarity to PAN US GEOG - Illinois, no. 49. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; July 17, 1905.

The Opening, Pittsburg vs. Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 14, '05...

H60075 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; April 27, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:42528. Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. No. 5274-A.

Lipton Banquet at Chicago Athletic Club, Oct. 5, 1906

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Image was printed laterally reversed. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906.

[View of New Ulm, Minnesota], Panoramic Photograph

H84889 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; November 10, 1906.

Panorama of Grass Lake near Glen Alpine, Lake Tahoe

H84457 U.S. Copyright Office No. 1043. Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; November 3, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:43052.

Cyclorama of 360 [degree] from the summit of Mt. Tallac, showing Lake ...

H84460 U.S. Copyright Office No. 1045. Adjacent lakes labeled on image. Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; November 3, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:43052.

Liberty & Water Sts., Pittsburg flood, 1907

H91547 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; March 18, 1907.

Goverment [sic] Indian School, Chamberlain, S. Dak.

H99852 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; September 19, 1907. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA.

Bird's-eye view of Northwestern University

Dubuque, IA from court house, Panoramic Photograph

H99738 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; September 11, 1907.

Arriving at Ellis Island. Photo by Bain News Service collection

George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - immigration to the United States, immigrants, Ellis Island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dover, N.J. from Grams Hill, Panoramic Photograph

H88563 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. Price; January 4, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43098.

Birds eye view, Chamberlain, S.D., Panoramic Photograph

H99849 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; September 19, 1907. Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA.

Panorama of Los Angeles, from Hotel Trenton, Owens River Day

H96768 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Los Angeles. Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; June 29, 1907.

[Drake Stadium], gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H94664 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; May 29, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43245.8. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

East Waterloo, IA, gelatin silver print

H96354 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; June 24, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43275.

Temple of Der el Barhi, Thebes, Egypt

Bird's eye view of Waukegan, Ill.

H108273 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; April 15, 1908.

Shenandoah, IA, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H111098 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; May 27, 1908.

Jessie T. Beals with John Burroughs / Jessie Tarbox Beals.

Photograph shows Beals and Burroughs sitting on porch at Burroughs' summer cabin, Slabsides, in West Park, New York. Photograph is titled in pencil on the back and bears the photographer's New York Stamp. Purc... More

Panorama of Long Beach, Calif., Panoramic Photograph

H118220 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. D. Lambert; May 5, 1908.

"Yonkle Finkelstein", gelatin silver print

Proof of lantern slide that illustrates lyrics to the song Yonkle, the Cow-Boy Jew by Will J. Harris (composer lyricist) and Harry I. Robinson (composer) shows Yonkle Finkelstein holding a stack of bowler hats.... More

Court C. Temple of Luxor, Egypt

"Just to shoot wild Indians". Public domain reproduction.

Rubido [sic] Mountain, Riverside, California, Panoramic Photograph

H108240 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; April 2, 1908. View is from Mount Rubidoux.

Birdeye, Kelvin, Arizona. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H108228 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; April 2, 1908.

Harvard vs. Yale, Yale Field, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 21, 1908

H119248 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; December 9, 1908; DLC/PP-1909:43659. Copyright claimant's address: 1370 Broadway, New York. No. 1378.

Garden of the Gods, Colorado, Panoramic Photograph

H105172 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; January 18, 1908.

B.E. view, Spokane, Wash., Panoramic Photograph

H116166 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; September 19, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 2.

Birds eye view of Colorado Springs, Colorado

H105179 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; January 17, 1908.

Grand Canyon of Arizona, Panoramic Photograph

H105850 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

B.E. view, Helena, Mont., Panoramic Photograph

H116616 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; October 6, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

National League Park, Chicago, Giants vs. Cubs, Aug. 30, 1908

H115468 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; September 2, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43550. Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash Ave., Chicago.

[In the heart of the Great Union Stock Yards, Chicago, U.S.A.]

J134811 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from caption card and item. Copyright, 1909, by Kelley & Chadwick.

Panoramic view of Roman Forum looking towards Capital

J129550 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Notman Photo Co.; July 10, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43847. Copyright claimant's address: Boston.

Panoramic view #3 of Washington D.C.

H126794 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 10, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Glamorgan Pipe Works, Lynchburg, Virginia, Panoramic Photograph

H127165 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; May 17, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43803. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Sulphur Springs, #2, Tampa, Fla., Panoramic Photograph

H123964 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 13, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

West Point, N.Y. buildings, Panoramic Photograph

J133877 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; October 29, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Title derived from copyright deposit records.