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Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...

Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... More

Onden no suisha, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows women doing laundry at a waterwheel; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fuga... More

Sigra. Adelaide V. Pedrotti - Public domain book scan / engraving

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Canova.

Andrew Jackson to Ralph Eleazer Whiteside Earl, April 16, 1832

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Susaki shiohigari, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several people gathering salt in a shallow inlet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Edo meisho : Famous v... More

Narumi, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prforman...

Print shows travelers and porters carrying a sedan chair passing shops on a street at the Narumi station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Mitsuke, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows ferry boats on the Tenryu River at the Mitsuke station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the serie... More

Kiso kaidō ono no bakufu - Public domain scan of drawing

Print shows travelers looking at the Ono Falls on the Kiso Road, with two buildings set to the sides of the falls. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Utagawa Hiroshige - Seki, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers outside a men's clothing shop selling hats and short kimonos, also standing at the entrance to a gated area, some shops closed with painted designs on fabric at the Seki station on the Tōk... More

Hara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows two travelers and a porter next to a rice paddy with two herons and a view of Mount Fuji at the Hara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kusatsu, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying large containers and sedan chairs on street passing in front of a teahouse at the Kusatsu station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

Andrew Jackson to Joseph Boulanger, April 24, 1834

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Amphibious steam powered carriage and paddle boat designed by Oliver ...

Illus. in: The Boston mechanic and journal of the useful arts and sciences. Boston : G.W. Light & Co., 1834 July, p. 17. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonar... More

Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of h...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7037

Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of h...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7038

Murasame no fuji, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows travelers walking in the rain, two are using shoulder poles to carry parcels. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

The tourist's guide through the States of Maryland, Delaware, and part...

Relief shown by hachures. Cover title: Map of Maryland and part of Virginia &c. From the papers of Orlando M. Poe in LC Manuscript Division. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1836 by F. Lucas Jr... More

Der gestirnte Himmel : nördliche Halbkugel /

Includes note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Liquid staining throughout.

A map of the Hawaiian Islands. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Includes view of Lahainaluna. LC copy is only two panels of a larger map.

Leeds - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a man, possibly the Earl of Leeds, standing in the street, holding an umbrella, with a man wearing a cape walking in front of a classical style building in the background. Also shows a secondary ima... More

Painted Bunting - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838 (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 53. This record contains unverified, ... More

Vigors's (SIC) Warbler - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 30. This record contains unverified... More

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker - Public domain engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vol. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. I, Pl. 66. This record contains unverified,... More

Behold! The President of the United States is expected in the 11 o'clo...

On verso: 26 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 196, Folder 25.

Albany medical college 1858 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hobart & Duthie.

Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establishe...

Shows block numbers, wards, and government buildings. Facsimile. Original version: W.J. Stone sc. Wash'n. [Washington? : s.n., 1839?]. Includes indexed table of "References." In left upper margin: No. 3036 pric... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing front]

Case: front - Rinhart 257; back - Rinhart 131 variant. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[Cat]. Book illustration from Library of Congress Andō Hiroshige

Ukiyo-e drawing showing a cat. Illus. in: Hiroshige gajō, early 1840s. Number "11." Possibly exhibited: "The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows, dreams and substances," organized by the Library of Congress, 2001.

Native village - Drawing. Public domain image.

View of village showing traditional dwellings. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of: American Colonization Society Collection (Library of Congress).

[William Robertson Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Printed on yellow paper label pasted to the paper seal: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut [sic], Philadelphia. Written on paper seal: Dr. Grant, 1840. Labels on cover glas... More

Interior of clothier, with rolls of fabric, dummies, and two men

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

[Joannette Clark Benjamin, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, f...

Possibly maternal grandmother of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 133. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Libra... More

Robert Carter Nicholas, senator from Louisiana from life on stone by C...

Print shows Robert Carter Nicholas, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; includes a facsimile signature. 64 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed... More

[Winter scene] - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Otto Barth.

Man, "Wissler?", sketching on rock, perhaps Queen, monument and circul...

Honorable Cadwallader D. Colden Esqr. / Painted by Waldo & Jewett ; En...

Cadwallader D. Colden, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. After a painting by Samuel Waldo and William Jewett.

[John McAllister, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Printed on yellow paper label pasted to the paper seal: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut [sic], Philadelphia. Written on paper seal: J. McAllister, Jr., May 6th, 1840. In... More

[Unidentified man, possibly Lyman Fiske, head-and-shoulders portrait, ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: double case, mixed flowers variant. In same case with DAG no. 1068. Accompanying note: Jane & Lyman Fiske, mother and father of Harrison Grey Fiske. Transfer; Manuscript Divisio... More

World Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Box title. Alternate title: The world on Mercator's projection. Accompanied by: The world on Mercator's projection. 1 map : col. ; 29 x 44 cm. LC copy imperfect: One broken piece; smal... More

[Autumn scene with castle] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

Signed lower left: Gust. Jahn, Wien. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

Hanauri - Public domain drawing - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a man watering flowers on a shelf suspended from a shoulder-pole. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: trimmed Nishik... More

Portrait frame - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a design for an oval portrait frame with an elaborate border. Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection... More

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...

Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More

Map of Texas. Historic map, Library of Congress

Signed by W. Bollaert. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

The death of the Revd. John Wesley A.M. / A. Biggerman del. ; MaGee's ...

Print showing deathbed scene of Reverend John Wesley. Those attending Wesley are, from l. to right, Miss Sarah Wesley, a medical assistant, Rev. J. Bradford, Rev. P. Dickinson, Mrs. Charles Wesley, Rev. T. Rank... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Crypt of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem

[Shows the Chapel of St. Helena] Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-18... More

Louis Haghe - Entrance to the tombs of the kings, Jerusalem

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 1-2, p. 7. Surroga... More

Patent Drawing of Engine - [Design drawings for paddle wheel steamer] ...

Design of side wheel steamer showing wheel mechanism, side view and cross-section in 10 figures. Inscribed on recto: E.F. Horicks, New York City. Inscribed on verso: with E.F. Aldricks letter 30 March 1942.

Mobile. Taken from the marsh opposite the city near Pinto's residence

86 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, William James. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: Dec. 28, 1842.

Louis Haghe - Sarda, ancient Sidon April 28th 1839 / David Roberts, R....

Kiichi hōgen no musume minatsuru hime

Print shows Princess Minatsuru, full-length, standing, facing right, holding a scroll. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertica... More

Christian Church of St George at Lud ancient Lydda March 29 1839 / Dav...

Shichifukujin takarabune, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the seven Japanese gods of good fortune (Ebisu, Daikokuten, Bishamonten, Benzaiten, Fukurokuju, Hotei, and Jurōjin) in a treasure boat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Bethlehem April 6th 1839

Teishinkō, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman carrying a child on her back; a portrait and a partially unrolled scroll, and a tablet with a poem on it are in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Baalbec May 7th 1839 / David Roberts, R....

The doorway. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. 11-13... More

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Jericho April 3rd 1839

Narcotic poisons / G.E. Madeley, lithog., Wellington St[ree]t, Strand.

Illustration shows plants classified as narcotic poisons, including Deadly Nightshade, Birthwort, White Poppy, Woody Nightshare, Tobacco, Thorn Apple, Water Hemlock, Foxglove, Strong Scented Lettuce, Hemlock, H... More

[Samuel G. Goodrich, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to th...

Author, editor, publisher, known as Peter Parley. Identification from engraving by Bannister in Memorial History of Hartford County, Conn., 1886, 1:162. Scratched on back of plate: 217. Hallmark: [asterisk pasc... More

[Unidentified man with spectacles, half-length portrait]

Scratched on back of plate: 163. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[James McDowell, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Governor of Virginia. Scratched on face of plate: 236; McDowell. Scratched on back of plate: 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congr... More

Conference of Arabs at Wady Moosa, Petra March 6th 1839 / David Robert...

[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to...

Colonel, U.S. Army; Governor of Tampico, Mexico, 1846-1848. Scratched on back of plate: 327; Col. Gates, USA. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Libr... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the right]

Alternative identifications: William Beach Lawrence, Gov. R.I.; Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, mayor of N. Y. Scratched on face of plate: Lawrence. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms par... More

[Eugene Sue, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing ribbo...

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio. Identification and date based on lithograph in the collec... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

Scratched on back of plate: 301. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Phoebe Cary, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters t...

Poet. Alternative identification: Carpenter (cat. 5). Identification from engraving in LC P&P Biographical File. Scratched on face of plate: 238; Miss Cary. Scratched on back of plate: 287. Transfer; U.S. War C... More

[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identification: Dr. John Warren Hinckley. Scratched on back of plate: 192. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, th...

French opera singer. Identification from woodcut in Ballou's Pictorial, June 25, 1859, page 401. Alternative identifications: Madame Sabonde (cat. 5); Villaume. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Mad. Laborde. Sc... More

[Unidentified woman, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 141. Scratched on back of plate: 98; 190. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

U.S. President. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 354. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

East view of the village of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 1844.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 315 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "From a lithograph in possession of Mr. R. C. Kimball." Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2

Great conflagration at Pittsburgh. View of the ruins of the city of Pi...

Print shows a panoramic view from across the Monongahela River of the ruins of Pittsburgh after a fire destroyed a large portion of the city on April 10th, 1845. Caption continues: City of Pittsburgh after the... More

Christ bearing his cross - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

273 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

Louis Haghe - Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 8.

General view of the island of Philae Nubia Nov 18th 1838 / David Rober...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 26.

Capitol of the United States, Washington

Print shows a view of the United States Capitol building from the west, with trees, pedestrians, and a carriage in an area that now forms the National Mall.

Interior of the Temple of Aboo-Simbel Novr 9th 1838 Nubia / David Robe...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 14.

Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Ro...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 32.

The scapular - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.

One of two colossal statues of Rameses II entrance to the Temple of Lu...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 1, pt. 33.

Island of Philoe [sic], on the Nile--Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Sunset. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 11.

The harbor of Annapolis / nautical chart

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The citadel of Cairo, residence of Mehemit Ali / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 34.

Louis Haghe - Temple at Wady Dabod, Nubia / David Roberts, R.A.

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt 31.

Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Newsam, A.

Front elevation of the Great Temple of Aboosimble Nubia / David Robert...

Text on verso of last leaf; frontispiece. Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 2, pt. 1.

The State of Florida. - Public domain vintage map

From U.S. Senate Executive Document v.2 No.2-5, in 30th Cong., 1st Sess., 1847-48, serial set #504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

The gallant Capt. Walker of the Texan Rangers who fell at the Battle o...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: McDougal.

[Samuel Washington Woodhouse, head and shoulders portrait, facing righ...

Case: tendrils and floral motif. Label on case: "50"; label on cover glass: "47". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.15). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms par... More

Spring cure. Doctor Quenaudon's extract of green herbs for purifying t...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 198, Folder 16.

The soldier's wife - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baillie.

His royal highness Prince Albert, K.G. &c. &c. &c. / painted by John L...

Print showing Prince Albert, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding scepter and hat. Published at the Albion Office, New York.

The Diadem 1847 / Reverend W.H. Furness ; John Sartain.

Print shows a young boy walking between tall flowers in a grassy field and stopping to look at a butterfly on a flower blossom. Includes verse from "Song of the Flowers" by "Leigh Hunt": "The dear lumpish baby ... More

[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 1...

Inscriptions on recto: Third story ; John Haviland Archt Philadelphia 1847 ; Gentlemen's stair ; Ladies stair. Building originally Fountain Inn, then Irving Hotel (1848), then The Kirkwood House (1854). Demolis... More

Map of the residence & park grounds, near Bordentown, New Jersey : of ...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes index. "To be sold at auction by Anthony J. Bleecker, on Friday 25th, June 1847, at 1 o'clock P.M. on the premises" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and ...

From portrait by Black. No. 8242-62. Saunders no. 2. Specimen Days no. 125. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

Philadelphia State-house / / drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner; lith. ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

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