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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.

[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

High Street, From the Country Market-place, Philadelphia

Woman and child watching meat vendor; wagons; cart. Hand-colored engraving by Wm. Birch & Son. Illus. in: The City of Philadelphia...as It Appeared in the Year 1800..., 1800. Plate 11. Ref. copies may be in LOT... More

New Market, in South Second Street, Philadelphia

Cow decorated with flowers led by small group of people. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of paint... More

[4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green] / Magee, 316 Chestnut Str...

Picture shows a flag of the 4th Division, 9th Army Corps. "Copy right secured, 1864" printed left side. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 17. "E17" is inscribed on front of envelope in pencil. "GE... More

Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia

Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Trimmed to wit... More

House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley

Case: Burns's Monument. Label attached to case: By W.Y. McAllister about 1845. Label attached to case: N.W. Chestnut & Strawberry. Title etched on plate. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More

New Masonic temple, Grand Lodge room, west [Philadelphia]

Stereograph showing interior view. F. Gutekunst, Photog'r, No. 712 Arch Street. From James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

[William Penn cottage (Letitia Street House), Philadelphia, Pennsylvan...

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

[Girard Avenue Bridge, Fairmount Park, 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.

Finished engine at 20th Street round-house, ready for shipment, Baldwi...

70664 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7093. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Broad Street station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Employees of the Baldwin Locomotive works standing outside bldg., Phil...

Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Linmore Street housing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Garden spaces and ...

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

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.

Birds eye view of Philadelphia & centennial grounds

F12466 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bachmann.

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

Panoramic view of Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylvania, from west side of...

1902C1 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R. Newell & Son; 1872. Letter mounted at left of photo reads: "R. Newell & Son, General Business and Landscape Photographers, No. 626 Arch Street, Philadelphia, F... More

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, P...

Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Nast envisions a somewhat optimistic picture of the future of free blacks in the United States. The central scene ... More

Emancipation / Th. Nast ; King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, P...

[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.

Arch Street, with the Second Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia

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

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia / J. Bachman [sic], del & lith. ; P.S....

Print shows Philadelphia from the Schuylkill River in the foreground to the Delaware River in the background.

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

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

[Camp William Penn, Pennsylvania] / photographed by B.F. Reimer, 615 &...

Photograph shows the Union training camp for African American troops in the distance. Title devised by Library staff from Gladstone's notes. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV34;Camp William Penn. "No.... More

High Street, with the First Presbyterian church Philadelphia. Taken do...

Print shows a street view with the High Street marketplace on the left and the First Presbyterian Church on the right, with pedestrians on the sidewalk and service carts on the cobblestone street. Inscribed in... More

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William G. Mason. Signs include: Refrigerators, John Gibson, Wines and Liquors, Hotel. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: Chestnut Street - North side be... More

[No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Signs on buildings include: Walking Canes, McAllister, McAllister & Son, W.G. Mason Engraver, A.J. McDuffee. In frame with gold leaf around window opening. Paper label on back of frame: View of houses No. 46 to... More

Perspective view / L.N. Rosenthals Chromo Lith. Philadelphia.

Print shows a perspective view of an Italianate style building on a street corner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; designed by architect Samuel Sloan, it may have been the residence of Joseph Harrison, Jr. at 221... More

[Unidentified man] / J. Cremer & Co., artists, No. 18 South Eighth Str...

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

[Unidentified African American man] / Broadbent & Phillips, 1206 Chest...

No. 28229. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At Dock Street wharf / Schell & Hogan ; JL[?] sc.

Print shows congestion of horse-drawn carts and wagons overburdened with merchanise on Dock Street, also handcarts, teamsters and longshoremen, and railroad locomotives and cars for hauling goods from ships to ... More

Birdseye view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with the buildings of t...

Print shows the Schuylkill River with people strolling and riding in carriages in the foreground. 8590 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Govt. Bldg. fro...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2687. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Philadelphiadelphia City Hall, Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylvania; ext...

D23186 U.S. Copyright Office Reference copy may be in County Court Houses of the United States microfiche 139 (E1). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. Phila.... More

[Market Street, west from 11th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

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

A View on the Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Betsy Ross house, Philadelphia view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51365". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.... More

North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Chestnut Street and post office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

[Broad Street, north from Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

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

Buttercup Cottage, Germantown, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania [i.e. M...

, with corrected information and date from Mount Airy / Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis, Charleston, S.C. : Arcadia Pub., c2008, p. 12. No. 4092. Forms part of: Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture (PAEAA)... More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A "museum" of freaks and curiousities on S...

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Back yard of an abandoned house at 20th an...

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

Linmore Street housing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical kitchen

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

Street scene, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century s...

12253C2 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11430 Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

Captain Gillespie and officers of flagship Philadelphia, Charleston Ha...

Stereograph showing group of Union officers posed next to a cannon in front of the wheel house on the deck of the U.S.S. Philadelphia. Part of the series, The War For The Union Photographic History. War Views. ... 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 front. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a m... More

Independence Hall (rear view). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19th centur...

Written on front of mount: 551. Amateur Photographic Exchange Club label affixed to verso gives title, photographer,photographer's address (No. 1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia), date, and negative (tannin). Ama... More

Philadelphia (corner Chestnut Street) / by Ridgeway (i.e. Ridgway) Glo...

Photograph shows a procession following Abraham Lincoln's funeral car on the streets of Philadelphia, April 22, 1865. Inscribed on verso: Lincoln funeral by Glover. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015... More

Jennie Capparomie, 708 S. Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 5 years old. Wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A south east view of Merchants Hotel, nth Fourth St. Philadelphiada, J...

Print shows citizens engaged in a number of activities on a busy street. A carriage is dropping off or picking up luggage at the hotel while guests are relaxing on the balcony. (DLC/PP-1993:212.23) Stauffer, 1... More

[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philad...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 628. (DLC/PP-1993:212.34). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2000.

[Laying the cornerstone of the new Masonic temple, Philadelphia, Penns...

Date and photographer attribution from a half-tone illustration by Frank H. Taylor in P&P collections File. Note with daguerreotype: "Re-sealed but plates were probably reversed the last time this was opened" W... More

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Zieber family outside their Philadelphia home at Broad and Girard Ave...

Stereograph showing Zieber family group on the lawn. Inscribed on verso: From left Mrs. W. B. Zieber, Miss Rebecca Vanderslice, Mr. W.B.Z. with Anna L. Zieber on his lap, Eugene on his velocipede, Will Zieber s... More

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Supplement to Harper's weekly, June 15, 1872." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 828 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Train view, West Philade...

Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railroads Ads [1874]; Railroads [ca. 1874]; Shelf.

The Centennial--balloon view of the grounds : [Centennial Exhibition a...

Bird's-eye view of fairgrounds. Oriented with north toward the lower left. In upper margin: Supplement to Harper's weekly, September 30, 1876. Originally catalogued in book collection under LC classification: T... More

The Centennial. General view from George's Hill showing camp of West P...

Stereograph showing view over the fairgrounds, including a crowd watching exercises of the West Point cadets. Geo. Barker, photographer, Niagara Falls, New York. No. 1016.

[A street in Philadelphia on the opening of the American Centennial Fe...

Reproduction on the cover of the Illustrated London News. Reference copy available in LOT 4435-A, This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: S... More

Bird's-eye view of the city of Philadelphia --its streets, avenues, an...

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

[Exterior view of the Woman's Pavilion at the International Centennial...

13877G? U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo by the Centennial Photographic Company, Philadelphia. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions; Woman; Shelf.

Parade of letter carriers at Philadelphia. Peace Jubilee

Stereo copyright by R.Y. Young. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Broad Street corridor, the Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia[delphia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Park Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry pla...

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

President Roosevelt in his carriage after dedication of Philadelphia H...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt and another man being driven in a carriage. U.S. Secret Service agent Frank Tyree, at far right, behind carriage driver. (Source: Secret Service archivist, 2012) H25948 U.S. Copyr... More

Birthplace of Old Glory, Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Harnessed white horse in the foregrd.; woman looking in window of the house.

Market Street, west from Eleventh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Philadelphia, seat of a Christian Church in apostolic times, Asia Mino...

Stereograph showing two men on hill above ancient city of Philadelphia, now called Alaşehir. J200486 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 11784.

["Whitemarsh Hall," Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsy...

Site History. House architecture: Horace Trumbauer, completed 1922. Terrace Landscape: Jacques-Auguste-Henri Gréber. Title, date, and subject information provided by Sam Watters, 2013. Frances Benjamin Johnston... More

High Street Market - Philadelphia

Woman and boy walking through an empty marketplace. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gasoline sign on Chestnut Street

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

Bird's eye view of Philadelphia / J. Bachman [sic], del & lith. ; P.S....

Print shows Philadelphia from the Schuylkill River in the foreground to the Delaware River in the background.

The Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows the entrance to the New Jersey Department at the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia. The two bronze figures at the entrance show soldiers bearing gaslights. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-... More

William Russell Birch - Schuylkill Bridge, High Street, Philadelphia

Print shows view of the Schuylkill Bridge with an inset showing the bridge covered.

[North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pen...

Attributed to William Y. McAllister. Case: plain leather double case; pressure sensitive label attached to case: 22/23. Housed in case with DAG no. 1276. Printed on paper label on back of case: William Y. McAll... More

Arch Street Theatre. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photo shows an exterior view of the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with saxhorn] / Photographed by...

Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Interior of Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 286.

Philadelphia. Mint smelting room, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Stereograph showing interior view with smelting equipment. From series: Centennial Views. Philadelphia and Fairmount Park. No. 117. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

First steam fire engine, and trip hammer

2375H U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2775. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial ...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876June 10, p. 573. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Exhibitions; Shelf.

International Exhibition, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania: Japanese Mirror...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photo. Co. No. 2017. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Machinery; Japan Misc.; Shelf.

Girard Avenue Bridge and surroundings

H5581 U.S. Copyright Office Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

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

[Retinue attending Chinese statesman, Li Hung Chang, when he visited P...

Photograph shows Li Hung Chang and another man riding in a horse-drawn carriage with crowds on both sides of the street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No. 549. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the... More

Public Bldg., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Photograph shows City Hall under construction. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the North American and Real Estate Trust ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.