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Agri. Hall Nave looking North, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope ...

No. 746. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Market Street from Eighth]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broad Street, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Broad Street and City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Broad Street, Philadelphia[delphia] - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grave stone sculptor and dealer on Pine St...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Tocsin of liberty: rung by the state house bell, (Independence Hal...

Print shows a man ringing the Liberty Bell while crowds in the background cheer. Reference print in LOT 4412 LF. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c... More

5-year-old Rosie Passeralla, 1116 Annan Street, Philadelphia. Been pic...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Implements of torture, and their dangerous effects. Illustrated / By J...

An impassioned attack on cruelty in Pennsylvania's Eastern Penitentiary. Akin presents a life-size, detailed rendering of an iron gag, "Locked upon Mathias Maccumsey, a Convict from Lancaster County, sentenced... More

Birds eye view of the international exhibition buildings, Philadelphia...

Print showing a bird's-eye view of the grounds at the Centennial Exhibition with the Machinery Hall, Main Building, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall, with lake visible in the lower right corner.

The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...

Print shows Chimney sweeps laughing at girl, who has dropped a pie on the street. The artist's residence and studio appear at left. Includes four line verse: The pye from Bake-house she had brought / But let it... More

Centennial building. General view. Centennial building, Machinery Hall...

139038 and 139118 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the ground and buildings, International Exhibition, 1876, Fair...

Bird's-eye view of buildings and grounds of the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pa. G4596 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Lineaweaver & Wallace, 1876. Library has two impressions. Second impressi... More

[Deep Bottom, Virginia, vicinity. Transport Linda of Philadelphia and...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Review of the return'd veterans, Philadelphia, main stand, Broad & Mar...

Photograph shows crowd at reviewing stand. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Bird's eye view, Philadelphia / lith. by H.J. Toudy & Co., Philadelphi...

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia between the Schuykill River, in the foreground, and the Delaware River in the background; vignettes of prominent buildings along top and bottom borders.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: First Locomoti...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2717. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Firsts; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf.

A perspective view of the loss of the U.S. frigate Philadelphia in whi...

Photograph shows Tripolitan gun boats firing on the U.S.S. Philadelphia and during the Tripolitan Wars, 1803. Original engraving by Charles Denoon not in LC collection, which has only a black-and-white reproduction.

[African American man, possibly named "Small", full length studio port...

Inscribed in ink and pencil on verso: Small. On verso: No. 13185. Purchase; Marian Carson; 2001; (DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

[Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with well-dressed people promenading on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Chemical Department exhibit in Main Bldg., International Exhibiti...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2091. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Chemistry; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf. Philadelphia.

Victorian Court, Australian sec., Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Sculpture of Lynceus at International Exhibition in Philadelphia. 1449592 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2100.

Doorway, 23 Chestnut St. [i.e. 128 Essex Street], Salem, Massachusetts...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Arch Street Friends Meeting House (1804), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[East of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Amman (Rabbat-Ammon, Philadelphia]

Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Penn house, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Market Street from Eighth, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stripping and boxing foreign engine for shipment, Baldwin Locomotive W...

H70665 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7094. Public domain photograph of a workshop, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds eye view of Manayunk, Wissahickon=Roxborough from West Laurel Hi...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 802 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Jno. Bartram's house, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dumont's Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Exterior of "11th St. Opera House," a Philadelphia(?) theater advertising Dumont's Minstrels, burlesque, and Buffalo Bill's Ranche 101. J157873 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, ... More

The first suffrage picket line leaving the National Woman's Party head...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of picket line of National Woman's Party members holding banners in front of NWP headquarters.

The old "Phila. Record" newspaper office. Chestnut St. west from 9th S...

Street scene with trolleys. J251507 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by Rau Art Studios, Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street railroads; Post offices; Pa... More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abandoned house in West Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typic...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, fireplace, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Seventh Presbyterian Church, Broad Street, North of Chestnut Street, P...

Exterior. No. 292. Stereo copyrighted by McAllister & Brother, Philadelphia. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Unknown location. Officers of the U.S.S. Philadelphia before pilot-ho...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

The Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Stereograph shows machine to press tokens of copper or silver being sold at the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069).

The accident in Lombard Street Philada. 1787 / design'd and engraved b...

Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam...

Edward B. White, constructing architect. Arranged & designed by Ammi B. Young, artist.

Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam...

Edward B. White, constructing architect. Arranged & designed by Ammi B. Young, artist.

Grand Lodge room of the new Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street Philadelphia

"Copyright Deposit, Eastern District of Pen..: 1855." This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rosenthal, Max.

Philadelphia[delphia] Alms House : a busy corner in the shoemaker's ro...

Drawing shows men working on shoes. Notation on recto: "Not published." (DLC/PP-1933:0012). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Colossal hand and torch "Liberty", Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosc...

Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing below flam... More

High Street, with the First Presbyterian Church - Philadelphiadelphia

Pedestrians; carriage and cart in street. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800 Plate 9. Ref. copies may be in LOT 4384 D and ... More

[Interior views of the McAllister & Brother optical shop in Philadelph...

One photograph attributed to John Moran; stereograph attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Unprocessed in D 024

View of the ground and buildings, International Exhibition, 1876, Fair...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gasoline sign on Chestnut Street

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Arch Street] Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: First Locomoti...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2717. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Firsts; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf.

Second Street North from Market St. with Christ Church - Philadelphia

Pedestrians; people seated in chairs in front of bldg. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800.... 1800, plate 15. Library has two copie... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, between Second Street and Third Street...

In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: North side of Chestnut Street between 2nd & 3rd Streets. Daguerreotype view taken by Mr. Wm. G. Mason. Presented by him to John McAll... More

View of No. 48 and 46 Chestnut Street

Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Interior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 285.

Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--General Meade and staf...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 July 1, p. 236.

The Krupp guns in Machinery Hall

Stereograph shows cannons on display at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia.

[A View on the Wissahickon, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

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

The William Penn house, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Conductor from transit system selling papers on street, Philadelphia

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A rebuilt jalopy parked on Pine Street

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia as you see it on Lombard Street

48492W U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6888. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Relics and curiosities, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows a room containing a boat used by arctic navigator Elisha Kent Kane at the fair sponsored by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Fo... More

Masonic Hall Chesnut St. Phila'a. erected A.D. 1813 destroyed by fire ...

Print shows the Masonic Hall from the street, with horse-drawn coach and pedestrians in the foreground. Includes "inscription on corner stone" at center, below image. Entered according to Act of Congress in th... More

[Unknown location. Officers of the U.S.S. Philadelphia before pilot-ho...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans / J. E. McClees, artist, 910 Ch...

Photograph shows a bust portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Robt. R. Corson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, ... More

Philadelphia[delphia] Alms House : a busy corner in the shoemaker's ro...

Drawing shows men working on shoes. Notation on recto: "Not published." (DLC/PP-1933:0012). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Callowhill Street Bridge] / Jo. Pennell

Signed on mount. Wuerth, no. 19. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia. 18...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia / drawn and engraved expressly for Har...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the Delaware River, Windmill Island, and Smith Island in the foreground, and the Schuylkill River in the background; streets and prominent featu... More

Main builidng - from southeast tower looking n.e.

Photograph shows interior view of the exhibits in the main building at the 1876 Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of the Marian ... More

Birds eye view of Philadelphia - Public domain graphic arts, Library o...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0592

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia / J. Bachman, del. & lith.

Bird's-eye view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the Schuykill River in the foreground.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with "Liberty Band" bass drum] ...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Independence Hall (State House) on Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pennsyl...

On item: "City street, in Southwark or another section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson col... More

An unfinished house, in Chesnut Street Philadelphia. Built for the lat...

Print shows a street view of a large house under construction beyond two trees in the foreground; also shows pedestrians and, arriving on the left, a workman carrying a ladder. Inscribed in pencil below plate ... More

Panoramic views of Philadelphia, from the state house / drawn from nat...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keeper's house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of an eclectic, picturesque building that serves as the park keeper's house, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Mansion house - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of the front of the mansion house, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Whirligig in Shützen Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sep. 1873

Stereograph showing a carousel at Shützen Park, Philadelphia. American Scenery. Bell, photographer, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Bird's eye view, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Park, Philad...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 7. Copyright by Sydney Smirke.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Bird's Eye Vie...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. No. 2152. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Firsts; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf.

Kangaroo, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Stuffed kangaroo at International Exhibition in Philadelphia. 1844191? U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2773.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Shoe and Leathe...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2332. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Industry... Boats...; Exhibitions; Navy, US; Bells...; Books; Shelf.

July 4th, 1876. The Centennial celebration in Philadelphia - The Seven...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1876, July 22, 1876, p. 333.

[Library Company of Philadelphia, Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsyl...

Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[South Broad Street from City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Electric locomotive for mine haulage under construction in erecting sh...

H70660 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7089. Public domain photograph of a workshop, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Foundry, showing cylinders just from the moulding flasks, Baldwin Loco...

H70644 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7073. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the Brit...

Title from item. Re-engraving of earlier print shows the British fleet bombarding Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, during the War of 1812. Purchase; Old Print Shop; 2012; (DLC/PP-2013:004).

Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[New York, NL & Philadelphia, NL players view fire damage, Polo Ground...

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

Ellis P. Passmore of Philadelphia., Pennsylvania at W.H. [i.e., White ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hammond's bird's-eye view map of Philadelphia and vicinity /

F51816 U.S. Copyright Office Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 831.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

North Fortieth Street housing group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exter...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a commercial or residential multi-story building, condominium, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Window of a chain grocery store on Market ...

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

Interior view of Independence Hall, Philadelphia

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rosenthal, L.N.

Thomas S. Dixon & Sons 1324 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Manufacture...

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

Bird's eye view, Centennial Buildings, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

2648g(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.J. Toudy & Co. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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