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Harriet Lane Johnston, White House hostess for President Buchanan

Photograph showing Harriet Johnston, head and shoulders portrait, left profile. Photo of engraving by J.C. Buttre. From Laura C. Holloway, The Ladies of the White House, 1881, opp. p. 442.

New Hope Church, Georgia - A black and white photo of a dirt road

Photograph shows aerial view of land with railroad tracks, dirt roads, and a few buildings. Brady-Handy Collection.

Soldiers having fun, gelatin silver print

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

General McClellan and Generals of Divisions

Included among the generals are: Charles Griffin, S.P. Heintzelman, Andrew Porter, Irvin McDowell, and George McClellan. Illustrated in: Miller, v. 1, p. 307.

Petersburg, Virginia, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

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

Confederate camp, Confederate States of America.

Photograph showing Alabama troops at camp, Pensacola, Fla. Photo attributed to J. D. Edwards.

Group of soldiers. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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

Gunboat "Perry" on the James River

Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wagon train, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View on the Orange and Alexandria R.R.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Battery - 1st N.Y. Artillery Battalion near Fair Oaks, June 1862

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

"Pine Cottage", Civil War soldiers winter quarters

Caption continues: "(US Army Signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-256)".

Civil War camp scene, showing company kitchen, 1863(?)

Alternate title handwritten on item. On mount: US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921.

Sling cart used in removing the captured artillery, Fort Darling, Drew...

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

Captured Whitworth gun on wharf awaiting shipment, April 1865, 6278, R...

No. 3278. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

[The big pump fire engine of the Fire Brigade]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library ... More

[The straw rick which was recently constructed within the drill hall o...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 22. In album: Police stations, Ministry of War buildings, and other structures, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-H... More

[The imperial brick factory]. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Imperial Brick Works of Europe, near Kağithane River. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 19. No. 46. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, militar... More

[The officers' quarters in the (Imperial) Naval Academy and the Hospit...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 25. No. 52. In album: Naval personnel, the Imperial Naval Arsenal, military facilities, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire.... More

[The Imperial Şişhane Police Station in Beyoğlu]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 8. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II C... More

[Picture from the side of the Imperial Police Station at the Topkapı S...

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

[The sun-dried brick factory in Ereğli]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. No. 113. In album: Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval facilities, ports, mines, and factories, Turkey and Greece, Ottoman ... More

[The Imperial Police Station, Papasköprüsü]

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

[Archaeological artifacts and man standing near urns]

Photographs show displays of Aztec sculplture, probably at the National Museum of Mexico, Mexico City, and a man, probably William Henry Jackson, standing near urns probably at the National Museum of Mexico. P... More

Due uomini che attendono alla pelature di un maiale (Farnese)

Photograph of greco-roman statue showing two men applying themselves to the skinning of a wild pig; one tends the fire while the other scrapes the skin of the pig hanging over the edge of a cauldron. (Edne. Ali... More

Quakake Valley from Point Lookout, Panoramic Photograph

5947B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; January 21, 1896. No. 586.

Lambs for the fold--Branch school of the American Mission, Assiout, Eg...

Stereograph showing teachers with female students on rooftop of building, Asyūṭ, Egypt.

The inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, 1865

1897 63145 U.S. Copyright Office "Photograph by an unknown cameraman, probably Gardner, taken at the east front of the Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1865. Discovered by Lloyd Ostendorf in the fil... More

[Wall of the First International Exhibition, Knightsbridge, London, 18...

Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana shown in Division of Prints, Library of Congress (1921), 83

Tannersville, Catskill Mountains, N.Y., Panoramic Photograph

43080 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Conrad O. Bickelmann; July 18, 1898. Printed on image: C. O. Bickelman, Tannersville & Brooklyn. No. 8.

[Rough Riders sitting or standing near tents at military camp, Montauk...

Forms part of the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 2, no. 116. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[U.S.S. Olympia, view of the crew's quarters]

Photograph shows three sailors relaxing in their quarters, one man is in a hammock. Photo made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service from original glass or nitrate negative in series LC-J698. Gif... More

[African Americans at sheltered outdoor market or fair]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 258. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American children with a few adults in a pavilion]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 282. 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. 1, no. 92. 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. 2, no. 127. 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, left profile]

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

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

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

No. 1, below on Anvil Creek, last clean-up for a day & one half run, $...

No. 59. Label on verso: "Department of Commerce and Labor, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Shelf Mark: V945. Dr. H. S. Pritchett, Superintendent. State, Alaska. Locality, No. 1, below on Anvil Creek, a tributary to ... More

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

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 34. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[African American man standing on platform or loading dock with large ...

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 235. 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. 115. 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, left profile]

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

[African American girl, half-length portrait, looking at open book]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 77. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

[Unidentified cemetery in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 223. 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 slightly ...

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 31. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P R... More

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

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

[Young African American man, half-length portrait, right profile]

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

[Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational Churc...

Attribution to Askew and title identification information from Photography on the color line. In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 1, no. 61. B&w copy prin... 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. 181. 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 on 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. 301. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[Three African American boys, full-length portrait, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 214. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

[Railroad construction through residential area in Georgia]

In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 317. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More

[African American infant, seated in chair, facing front]

In album (disbound): Types of American Negroes, compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 217. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in P&P ... More

The railroad station, Jerusalem, Palestine - stereocsopic card

6590 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from recto of item. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

[Half-length portrait of a woman wearing a fur trimmed coat, facing fr...

Photographer unidentified. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

Helen Herron Taft (Manning), daughter and hostess at White House for P...

Photograph showing Mary Scott Harrison McKee, head and shoulders portrait, facing right. Photo of portrait.

[Snicker's Gap. Watching the stage go by]

Photograph shows African American children standing on a fence watching as Johnston's stage coach passes by on her ride to photograph the route where General Philip Sheridan rode on October 19, 1864. Title from... More

Portrait photo of Lee Moorhouse - Albert Barn-hart

Photograph shows Albert Barn-hart, an American Indian man, three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing feather headdress and holding club. 10406 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Photo by Lee Mo... More

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president. Half-length portrait, ...

Thought to be the last beardless portrait of Lincoln, this photo was "made for the portrait painter, John Henry Brown, noted for his miniatures in ivory. ... 'There are so many hard lines in his face,' wrote Br... More

A Fellahin bed, gelatin silver print

Two women, one with child in home. H5233 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from recto of item. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

Benjamin a Gifford - Chief, Shen-No-Watch

Photograph shows Shen-No-Watch, an American Indian chief, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding a bow and arrow. H9669 U.S. Copyright Office. On back: "Benj. A. Gifford, Dalles, Oregon". No. 21... More

Interior of the beautiful Armenian Church, Jerusalem, Palestine

H6612 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. Title from recto of item. No. 1353. Exhibited: "1512 AD : Armenia" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April-June 2012.

[Mrs. Ballington Booth], gelatin silver print

Half length portrait, facing slightly left. Reformer. H24287 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from shelflist and caption cards. Copyright deposit; Nov. 22, 1902.

Morris Park Race Track, the entrance to grand stand

Photograph shows people and carriages at a race track in the Bronx, New York City. H32425 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; B. J. Falk; June 6, 1903. Copyright claimant's address: Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y.

Government Locks at Sault Ste. Marie

H34089 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Crandall & Fletcher; August 3, 1903. Copyright claimant's address: Duluth, Minn.

Turkish residents of Nazareth playing checkers and smoking narghiles

H36038 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from recto of item. The gameboard seen here appears to be one for backgammon. Copyright by The American Stereographic Co. No. 80.

Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts., Panoramic Photograph

H37520 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 2, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41972. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Ecce Homo arch, Jerusalem - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpap...

H37900 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 15. Copyright by C.H. Graves. Public domain photograph of Jerusalem, Palestine, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Easter procession of the Greek Patriarch, Jerusalem

H37906 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.H. Graves. On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. Title on recto of item. No. 21.

[One panoramic photo of Tremont St., showing Shreve, Crump and Low's M...

H37248 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; October 22, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41961. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden". Title derived from copyright... More

National League Park, Chicago, July 23 thd, 1904

H54841 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; September 12, 1904.

General view of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, photog...

Exposition buildings under construction. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One panoramic photo of Crest Hall, Winthrop, Massachusetts., showing b...

H49623 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; August 29, 1904.

House of Representatives, Indiana, 1905, Panoramic Photograph

Onwentsia Hunt ball, gelatin silver print

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ohio Steel Works and furnaces, view of west side, 1905]

H68044 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston Studios; October 30, 1905. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

[Base ball park, Silver Lake, Ohio, 1905]

H68186 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; November 4, 1905. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Kansas City Horse Show, 1905, Panoramic Photograph

H68196 U.S. Copyright Office Photograph of the American Royal Horse Show in Kansas City, Missouri. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; November, 1905.

F. Holland Day - [Man, in suit, with hand on chin]

Image content features: PEOPLE men. Title and other data comes from a curatorial worksheet compiled at LC in 1992-93. Forms part of the Louise Imogen Guiney Collection. Cite as: The Louise Imogen Guiney Collect... More

Pacific Grove, California. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H[...] U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence; August 17, 1906.

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - along the Old Avenue, Na...

Republican Club dinner to Chas. E. Hughes

Library of Congress Library at Washington, D.C.

H76759 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Rochester, N.Y. Copyright Deposit; F. W. Brehm; May 7, 1906.

The Valley of the Ten Peaks near Laggan, Alta.

H88722 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: S.F. No. 1521. Moraine Lake labeled on image. Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; January 5, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43104.

Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Oct. 7, 1908

H116774 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 1908.

[Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The beach at Carmel-by-the-Sea, Point Carmel in the distance

H97589 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; August 5, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43305. Copyright claimant's address: S.F. No. 524.

Good night / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 16." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title and ... More

Hampton, IA, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H100959 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; October 1907.

Des Moines, looking east, Panoramic Photograph

H89320 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 612 Locust, Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; January 14, 1907.

Garner, IA, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

H110936 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Des Moines, IA. Copyright deposit; F. J. Bandholtz; October 28, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43346.

Wat-Yat-Mas Hay Hy - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a Salish Indian man, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right. H41357 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted March 11, 1907 by Edward H. Boos. Written on back: "Edward H. Boos, Missou... More

Birds eye view of Evansville, Ind.

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

Call again. Always something new / D'Artois.

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design showing donkey and words "Maud, her stall." "No. A 15" and "23." Copyright claimant:... More

B.E. view, Butte, Montana, Panoramic Photograph

H116615 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; October 6, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. No. 1.

Jacksonville, Fla., 1908. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H116623 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Jacksonville Board of Trade; October 7, 1908. Title on copyright deposit record is "New Jacksonville".

Lower Fall, Marble Falls, Tex. panoramic photo

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, cascade, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Redlands, California. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

H104839 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; January 2, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles. On front: "Compliments of The Calkins Newspaper Syndicate, 412 O. T. Johnson... More

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