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Emily Tenessee Donalson, niece of President Jackson and White House ho...

Photograph showing Emily Donelson, head-and-shoulder portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait.

Group of Federal soldiers - A black and white photo of a group of peop...

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

Maj. General I. B. Richardson. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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

Monitor Onondaga, gelatin silver print

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

Sunday morning mass at Camp Cass, 1861. 9th Massachusetts. Infantry, U...

Photograph shows Rev. Gaslie Scully at Camp Cass, Arlington Heights, Virginia.

Arrival of Negro family in the lines

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Springs, Tenn., October 1863, American Civil War Glass Negative.

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

City Point, Virginia, July 5, 1864 - A black and white photo of a harb...

No. 794. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

15 in. gun near Wash., D.C. Aug. 1865

No. 659. Hand written on verso: see Miller, vol. 3, p. 145. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

The ruins of Richmond, Virginia 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows soldiers surveying the ruins. No. B466. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-466. FSA copy negative no. 40480-ZA, after a photographer working u... More

Hanging conspirators (The drop) during American Civil War

Brady-Handy Collection. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) was a Scottish photographer who is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War. He emigrated to the United States ... More

Charleston, S.C. April 14, 1865. Flag-raising ceremony, with Brevet Ma...

Photograph shows crowd at ceremony inside Fort Sumter watching the flag being raised.

Landing supplies on the James River, Virginia 1865(?)

No. B416. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-416). FSA copy negative no., after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew (i.e. Mathew) B. Brady. Ha... More

Rushing Eagle--Sioux, gelatin silver print

Rushing Eagle, Dakota man, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing buckskin clothing with fur and bear claw necklace, and a medallion on leather cord. On his head is a cloth with three eagle feathers in bac... More

[The ready and alert position of the old-fashioned steam fire engine o...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 29. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More

[The lead pipe factory]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 16. No. 43. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More

[A well just excavated and built in the Imperial Selimiye Barracks]

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Navy Printing House] - Public domain portrait print

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. No. 36. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. ... More

A New England sibyl - Public domain monumental decor print

Photograph shows Judith Allen (1811-1890), aunt of the Allen sisters, seated in a chair, reading a large book. Published title. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the ... More

[The Imperial Police Station in Firuzağa which was recently built in t...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Şemsipaşa Imperial Police Station in Üsküdar]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 13. No. 19. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II ... More

[The bugle soldiers of the Fire Brigade]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More

[The soldiers of the Fire Brigade with carbines and axes]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More

[The three pronged pick machine]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. No. 42. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More

Istanbul Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of an old car parked in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, archi... More

Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 81302. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Interior view of Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C.]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"St. Paul preaching at Athens" - A drawing of a man laying on a bed

Photograph shows a design by Edward P. Sperry for a stained glass window depicting Saint Paul in the center panel preaching to a crowd gathered at the sides; also shows a temple in the background. 92578 U.S. Co... More

Pain's Pyro Spectacle, Japan & China

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

[Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1895-96]

DLC/PP-1901:40297. Sitters labeled under image. Photographs of sitters mounted onto painted background and rephotographed. This item may have been mounted on same board as PAN SUBJECT - Groups, no. 251 or no. 2... More

[Young woman (Angela Grimké) in Middle Eastern costume and Tuareg trib...

Pencilled on verso: "black & yellow." Image content features: MODEL Angela Grimké; PROP cross?; COSTUME Jewelry; Mediterranean/Mid-east/N. African; PEOPLE Young women. Title and other data comes from a curatori... More

Illinois Senate in session, 40 General Assembly, May 6, 1897

Attributed to Geo. R. Lawrence Co. on basis of format, subject matter, and association with this LOT.

New York Bay from Staten Island

Public domain photograph - 19th-century gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

South Mt., Otis elevating railway, Catskill Mountain House, North Mt.

41100C2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Loeffler; July 15, 1897. Copyright claimant's address: Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 487.

[Rough Riders at military camp, Montauk Point, New York]

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

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing fro...

Print made by the Library of Congress from Johnston's original glass negative filed under: LC-J698-6635.

[Frances Benjamin Johnston's house and photography studio, 1332 V. Str...

Photo shows roses and bloom and the skylight and ivy-covered wall of the photography studio. Title devised by Library staff with date provided by Sam Watters, 2012. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Coll... More

Lee Moorhouse - Alompum and Tax-a-Iax, b. 1898. Twin grandnieces of Ch...

Photograph shows Alompum and Tax-a-Iax, twin grandnieces of Chief Joseph, full-length portrait, facing front, wrapped and held in craddelboards. On front: "Copyrighted 1898 by Lee Moorhouse." Copyrighted 1898 ... More

Birdseye view of Elka Park, Panoramic Photograph

43087 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Conrad O. Bickelmann; July 18, 1898; DLC/PP-1898:9315. Printed on image: C. O. Bickelman, Tannersville & Brooklyn.

[African American girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 215. 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, facing slightly right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 52. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Farm buildings across field with plants and dead trees in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 234. 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 right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 24. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 82. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American boy, three-quarter-length portrait, half-sitting on ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 209. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 86. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Interior view of room showing furniture and framed pictures]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 288. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American man, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 112. 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, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 170. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 70. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Farm(?) house among trees] - Victorian era public domain image

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 250. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 187. 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, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 130. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Interior view of "Dr. McDougald's Drug Store"]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 285. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in... More

[African American girl, half-length portrait, standing at table with i...

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 152. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

The Valley of the Yukon, Panoramic Photograph

No. 41. Label on verso: "Department of Commerce and Labor, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Shelf Mark: V945. Dr. H. S. Pritchett, Superintendent. State, Alaska. Locality, Yukon flats. Chief of Party, J. F. Pratt. Ye... More

[Houses along a dirt road in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 314. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Two African American children feeding chickens in a fenced-in yard]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 290. 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 left]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 28. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American woman, half-length portrait, wearing hat, facing fro...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 89. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[African Americans in church in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 238. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Young African American man, half-length portrait, seated with arms cr...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 184. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Interior view of unidentified auditorium in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 324. 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 le...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 29. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Pyramid Peak & Desolation Valley], Panoramic Photograph

Probably by the Pillsbury Picture Co. Section at left may be missing. Title devised by cataloger based on similarity to ather images copyrighted by the Pillsbury Picture Co. Source unknown.

Galveston Disaster. House on Ave. N slightly moved with flood

Photograph shows a house tipped on side, with several boys standing in front, after a flood in Galveston, Texas D19982 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by Griffith & Griffith.

[Thomas Jefferson, three-quarter length portrait, facing left]

Photograph of a painting by Thomas Sully in the United States Capitol.

Lee Moorhouse - Chief Peo, No. 3

Photograph shows Chief Peo, an Umatilla Indian man, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. 3990 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted Feb. 15, 1900 by Lee Moorhouse. On back: "Photo by Lee Moorhouse." WSUNA

Veiled women of Cairo, Egypt - Public domain portrait print

[Duluth Superior Harbor]. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H20226 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Crandall & Fletcher; July 26, 1902. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Riverbank Court, Massachusetts. Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts., view ...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of the Greek church of Damascus, Syria

H39517 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau. No. 5440.

[Panoramic photograph of Baltimore fire], Panoramic Photograph

H42847 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; February 27, 1904. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1904, reproduction forbidden, 1". Title derived from copyright deposit records.

West campus, Princeton Univ., Panoramic Photograph

H47654 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.H. Rose & Son; July 2, 1904; DLC/PP-1904:42209. No. 3.

[Panoramic photograph of Baltimore fire], Panoramic Photograph

H42849 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; February 27, 1904. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1904, reproduction forbidden, 3". Title derived from copyright deposit records.

[Panoramic photograph of Baltimore fire], Panoramic Photograph

H42851 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; February 27, 1904. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1904, reproduction forbidden, 5". Title derived from copyright deposit records.

American Bowling Congress, Milwaukee, Wis., Panoramic Photograph

H59298 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; April 3, 1905. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. On front: "Courtcy [sic] of Brunswick Balke Collender Co."

[Nelson - Britt prize fight for Lightweight Championship, San Francisc...

H65558 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Miles Brothers; September 15, 1905. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Edward S. Curtis - Apsaroke War Group. Book illustration from Library ...

Print shows three Crow Indians, Uphaw, Which Way, and Packs The Hat, on horseback. H66952 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1364-05. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published ... More

Twentieth Anuual Convention of the [Brother]hood of St. Andrew, [Chica...

H66226 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; September 27, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:42715. Copyright claimant's address: 274 Wabash Ave. [Chicago], Ill. No. 1.

Chicago-Pittsburg, July 2, 1908, Panoramic Photograph

Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston Studios; 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43598. Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins as seen from the Rialto building

H78714 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 23, 1906. No. 238. Streets and buildings labeled on image.

[National League Park, Chicago], Panoramic Photograph

H82296 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, Ill. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; August 20, 1906.

Mineral Wells from East Mountain, Panoramic Photograph

H74119 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. Clogenson; February 28, 1906. Copyright claimant's address: Dallas.

Upper Chilualna Falls from the trail

H80294 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; July 9, 1906; DLC/PP-1902:42970. Landmarks labeled on image. No. 1011.

Panorama of Desolation Valley from the upper end

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

First Annual Banquet, American Gas Institute, Oct. 19, 1906

H44142 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 24 1906.

Lake Tahoe from Tahoe Point, Panoramic Photograph

H84448 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; November 3, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:43052. No. 1039.

Arion Musical Club, Milwaukee, Wis., Pabst Theatre, Nov. 23, 1906

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, Panoramic Photograph

H96470 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 10, 1907. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Spencer, IA, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H102962 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; October 26, 1907.

Weber Works, International Harvester Co., Chicago, Ill.

H97305 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. No. 9135B. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; July 27, 1907.

Cedar Rapids, IA, 1st Ave. and 1st Sts.

H96520 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; July 12, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43279.

Washington, IA, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H98226 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; August 16, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43310.

Forest Park and the Connecticut River

H97841 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A.W. Knowles; August 8, 1907.

Cherry and State Sts., Jefferson, IA

H96344 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; June 24, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43375.

In the heart of the Olympics, Long view panoramic photograph

H98575 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Romans Photographic Co.; August 20, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43394. On front: "8164, In the heart of the Olympics. 9 plate panorama."

Southern California as seen from Mt. Lowe, 1907

H92670 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: 453 1/2 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, California. Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; April 15, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43202.

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