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Portrait of Andrew Jackson Donelson, Print

Portrait of Andrew Jackson Donelson, Print

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lewis, C.E.

Bird's eye view of the city of Attica, Fountain County, Indiana 1869.

Bird's eye view of the city of Attica, Fountain County, Indiana 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking southeast." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 191 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: ... More

First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wales, Australia, being viewed by people on boat

First span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge on pontoon, New South Wa...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 12. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library C... More

Boats on Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia

Boats on Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia

Photograph shows boats on Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia. In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 6a. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the... More

Susan, Rotorua / JM 175., Head and Shoulders Portrait - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Susan, Rotorua / JM 175., Head and Shoulders Portrait - Frank G. Carpe...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Maori woman from Rotorua, New Zealand, in traditional clothing. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

Road Scene, Cambewarra Mountains, N.S.W. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Road Scene, Cambewarra Mountains, N.S.W. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "Australia .Road Scene, Cambewarra Mountains, N.S.W." Print no. "11653." Pu... More

Tobogganing at Kiandra, N.S.W. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Tobogganing at Kiandra, N.S.W. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "Australia .Tobogganing at Kiandra, N.S.W." Print no. "11641." Purchase; Ma... More

Scout Mobiel, in Kiowa war time costume

Scout Mobiel, in Kiowa war time costume

Elk Tongue (Scout Mobiel?), wearing war bonnet while carrying shield and bow, on horseback, facing right. 32676W U.S. Copyright Office.

Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1894.

Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1894.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 852 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Baker and Rouse shop, Sydney, Australia

Baker and Rouse shop, Sydney, Australia

Title from jacket. Shop identified by R. Woodley, 2002 "Made especially for the National Cash Register Company" on jacket. "27" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043097. Gift; State Historical Society of ... More

Hardware, Crooks & Brooker, Adelaide, Australia

Hardware, Crooks & Brooker, Adelaide, Australia

Title from jacket. "Made especially for the National Cash Register Company" on jacket. "44" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043114. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

First view of Jerusalem from the south, the road coming from Hebron American Colony, Jerusalem

First view of Jerusalem from the south, the road coming from Hebron Am...

Jewish neighborhood of Yemin Moshe on the left; in the middle is Sultan's Pool with cattle market on the road leading to the Jaffa Gate. (Source: researcher L. Shay, 2007). On negative sleeve: 1st view of Jer... More

Tawaiho, the Maori king, Head and Shoulders Portrait - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Tawaiho, the Maori king, Head and Shoulders Portrait - Frank G. Carpen...

Tawaiho, the Maori king of New Zealand, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Approaching Summit House, Mt. Tom, Massachusetts

Approaching Summit House, Mt. Tom, Massachusetts

"Elizur Holyoke" on front of Mount Tom Railway train. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072020. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Arthur Brisbane, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Arthur Brisbane, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

H80444 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alda, George Grantham Bain Collection

Alda, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows soprano opera singer Frances Alda (1879-1952), who was born in New Zealand and was raised in Australia. From 1908 to 1929 she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and recorded for Victor... More

Albert Mayer, Washington, D.C., Principal Architect of Bound Brook, New Jersey, project

Albert Mayer, Washington, D.C., Principal Architect of Bound Brook, Ne...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. Australia officers & nurses watching races

Race meeting (horse & camel). Beersheba. Australia officers & nurses w...

Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption continues from catalog: May 4, 1940. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

A black and white photo of a man driving a trolley. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man driving a trolley. Office of War Info...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man laying on a bed. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man laying on a bed. Office of War Inform...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information... More

A black and white photo of two people sitting at a desk. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two people sitting at a desk. Office of War...

Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washing... More

A black and white photo of three boys sitting on a rock. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three boys sitting on a rock. Office of War...

Title and other information from lot catalog card. "Although El Shatt, UNRRA's biggest camp in the Middle East is set in the Egyptian desert, and houses the 20,000 inhabitants under canvas, all is not sand and ... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Big Spring, Howard County, Texas.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Big Spring, Howard County, Texas.

Sep 1914. 9 Sheet(s). Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sarayburnu] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

[Sarayburnu] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. No. 618. In album: Hasköy Hospital for Women, fountains, mausoleums, and other buildings and views, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire... More

Bradford, from Harrisburg Hill, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Bradford, from Harrisburg Hill, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope...

Stereograph showing bird's-eye view of Bradford, Pennsylvania, with broad avenue, buildings, and railroad yard. From series: Stereoscopic views of the Pennsylvania Oil Regions.

The five flags at the Pole

The five flags at the Pole

Five explorers holding flags of five nations at the North Pole, on mount of snow. K14591 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company.

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-338 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Roads, New York, New York County, NY

Governors Island, Castle Williams, New York Harbor near Hay & Andes Ro...

Significance: Castle Williams, a three-tiered, circular, casemated fortification built between 1807 and 1810/11 served as a prototype for a new era of coastal fortification. Its massive masonry walls and design... More

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams County, MS

Melrose, Carriage House, 1 Melrose-Montebello Parkway, Natchez, Adams ...

Significance: The Carriage House at Melrose Plantation was built ca. 1848, concurrent with the completion of the main house. A two-story rectangular building, the Carriage House originally consisted of a large ... More

McMillan House (Ironwork), 256 North Joachim Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

McMillan House (Ironwork), 256 North Joachim Street, Mobile, Mobile Co...

Survey number: HABS AL-9-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Dining Hall, Virginia Medical Center, Jefferson Barracks Division
1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks, Dining Hall, Virginia Medi...

Significance: It was built in 1937 as part of New Deal-era improvements to the U.S. Veterans Hospital, Jefferson Barracks. The building provided additional dining facilities for the hospital and allowed for the... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, ...

Significance: The Southern Pacific RR Passenger Station, built ca. 1929, is a particularly fine example of Spanish Mission Revival architecture. Its sharply defined form and open site make it one of Brownsville... More

Lieut. Dan Godfrey's British Guards Band tour of America and Australia under the sole direction of Mr. Charles A.E. Harriss.

Lieut. Dan Godfrey's British Guards Band tour of America and Australia...

Includes portrait of Lieut. Dan Godfrey. Captions: Lieut. Dan Godfrey R.A.M. Changing guard in St. James' Palace Yard, London. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N... More

Prisoners for Siberia. Moscow - Public domain scan / drawing

Prisoners for Siberia. Moscow - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a line of men, prisoners headed for Siberia, following two guards past the Kremlin in Moscow. A small crowd has gathered to watch. Bayard Taylor served as charg d'affaires of the Russian legation... More

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Begun in 1871, the Aliiolani Hale was officially opened by the legislature on April 30, 1874. The design is an adaptation by Robert Stirling, Superintendent of Public Works, from a design for a p... More

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Begun in 1871, the Aliiolani Hale was officially opened by the legislature on April 30, 1874. The design is an adaptation by Robert Stirling, Superintendent of Public Works, from a design for a p... More

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Begun in 1871, the Aliiolani Hale was officially opened by the legislature on April 30, 1874. The design is an adaptation by Robert Stirling, Superintendent of Public Works, from a design for a p... More

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Begun in 1871, the Aliiolani Hale was officially opened by the legislature on April 30, 1874. The design is an adaptation by Robert Stirling, Superintendent of Public Works, from a design for a p... More

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Begun in 1871, the Aliiolani Hale was officially opened by the legislature on April 30, 1874. The design is an adaptation by Robert Stirling, Superintendent of Public Works, from a design for a p... More

A black and white photo of a wooded area Tennis court in field by a body of water, New South Wales, Australia

A black and white photo of a wooded area Tennis court in field by a bo...

In untitled album about the Hawkesbury Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, page 4. Album has bookplate from E.K. Morse and documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork fo... More

Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon

Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, o...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 17d. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library ... More

In Bealey Gorge. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

In Bealey Gorge. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in: General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "Neu-Seeland-New Zealand. In Bealey Gorge". Print no. "11568." Purchase; M... More

Whakarewarewa, early morning. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Whakarewarewa, early morning. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "New Zealand. Whakarewarewa, Rotorua." Print no. "11625." Purchase; Marc Wa... More

Lord Roberts' army advancing toward Johannesburg - 84th Battery and Balloon Corps, S.A.

Lord Roberts' army advancing toward Johannesburg - 84th Battery and Ba...

Boer War, South Africa. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street car, Wash. D.C - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Street car, Wash. D.C - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Phot... More

[Members of Frederick Cook's journey expedition at the North Pole, with U.S. flag stuck in igloo, at camp site]

[Members of Frederick Cook's journey expedition at the North Pole, wit...

Copyright by the N.Y. Herald Co. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SUCCESS, Convict ship, George Grantham Bain Collection

SUCCESS, Convict ship, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

[James Scullin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[James Scullin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Photo by Underwood & Underwood, Inc. No. S/Y-21259X35. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia's imperishable record ... Australians! The empire needs you

Australia's imperishable record ... Australians! The empire needs you

Poster shows quote from General Sir Ian Hamilton, commander-in-chief of the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipolli; in background, the British flag.

Group of women from Australia, Austria, Bessarabia, Chile, Cuba, England, Esthonia, Holland, Hungary, Lithuania, Roumania, Switzerland, discussing with Froken Henni Forchhammer of Denmark and Fru Tilma Hainari of Finland, delegates to the Assembly of the League of Nations, plans for reopening the question of nationality at the next Codification Conference of International Law.

Group of women from Australia, Austria, Bessarabia, Chile, Cuba, Engla...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a group of women standing in front of Equal Rights Campaign building. Also on verso: Feminists standing in front of Equal Rights Campaign office in Geneva, Aug. 1930.

Cedar Vale, State Route 1339, Bethel, Perquimans County, NC

Cedar Vale, State Route 1339, Bethel, Perquimans County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-49 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction

Group of four Beaufort bombers in flight over Australia

Group of four Beaufort bombers in flight over Australia

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of people standing on a dock next to a body of water. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing on a dock next to a body of water. Office o...

Title and other information from lot catalog card. "Although El Shatt, UNRRA's biggest camp in the Middle East is set in the Egyptian desert, and houses the 20,000 inhabitants under canvas, all is not sand and ... More

Australia: The Australian Emu, Melbourne - stereocsopic card

Australia: The Australian Emu, Melbourne - stereocsopic card

No. 15910. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A camp of aborigines in North Queensland, Australia

A camp of aborigines in North Queensland, Australia

Photograph shows Aboriginal natives of Australia. No. 24268. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Belmont, North Avenue & Harford Road, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Belmont, North Avenue & Harford Road, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-339 Building/structure dates: after 1936 Demolished

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pyramid Valley Hospital Area, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, AK

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Pyramid Valley Hospita...

Significance: Initially planned as a garrison, but reduction of troop strength at Fort Mears resulted in abandonment of the plan to quarter infantry and conversion of the entire area into a hospital complex was... More

Bay Mercantile Company, Barn, County Route K, Bay, Gasconade County, MO

Bay Mercantile Company, Barn, County Route K, Bay, Gasconade County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-97 Survey number: HABS MO-245-A

Western Novelty Company, 1725-1731 Lawrence Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Western Novelty Company, 1725-1731 Lawrence Street, Denver, Denver Cou...

Survey number: HABS CO-103 Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-338 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-338 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

The poets and poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

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

Span number 5 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, atop timber framework on pontoon, being pushed by small boats C. Bayliss photo, Sydney

Span number 5 of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Aus...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 29. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library C... More

Huka Falls. NR Taupo Waikato River

Huka Falls. NR Taupo Waikato River

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "New Zealand. Huka Falls. Taupo. Waikato River." Print no. "11634." Purchas... More

[Olive trees, Mentone, Riviera]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

[Olive trees, Mentone, Riviera]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title devised by library staff based on image caption. Print no. "1068". Forms part of: Views of the French and Italian Riviera in the Photochrom print collection.

Waitakerei Upper Falls. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Waitakerei Upper Falls. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title in General-Photochrom-Katalog, 30. Ausgabe 1911. Photoglob-Abteilung der Vereinigten Kunstanstalten, A.G. Zürich München, 1911: "New Zealand. ."Waitakerei Upper Falls Print no. "11661." Purchase; Marc Wa... More

[Veglia, from the west, Austro-Hungary ]

[Veglia, from the west, Austro-Hungary ]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9956". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom print collection.

H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection

H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection

"910" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021115. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection

H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

West Boston Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts

West Boston Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts

Photograph shows the Longfellow Bridge, the sucessor to the West Boston Bridge, also known as the Cambridge Bridge. Title from negative jacket. Negative formerly cataloged as LC-D4-500443 with title: [Cambridge... More

Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, 1902., engraving, Library of Congress

Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, 1902., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 807 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

In the streets of Melbourne, Australia

In the streets of Melbourne, Australia

No. 15423. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flamingos, Australia, Keystone View Co stereoscopic card

Flamingos, Australia, Keystone View Co stereoscopic card

No. 15993. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Melba, George Grantham Bain Collection

Melba, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Australian soprano opera singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), who was born Helen Porter Mitchell. A photograph of her father, businessman David Mitchell (1829-1916) sits on the table. (Sourc... More

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Council / designed & produced by Iowa Art Program.

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Counci...

Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake, and stop a vehicle. Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Po... More

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. Eric Matson public domain photograph co...

Photo shows the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936. Title from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1936-1939]. D... More

A couple of men standing on top of a wooden platform. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of men standing on top of a wooden platform. Office of War In...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American built Catalina flying boats have been patrolling the Indian Ocean and China Seas.

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American bu...

Photograph shows Catalina flying boats flying from Singapore to patrol the seas. Caption continues: Their work takes them on long distance patrols from the civilisation of Singapore to sparsely inhabited islan... More

A black and white photo of a tank driving down a road. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a tank driving down a road. Office of War I...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More

View of Danville, Virginia, Landscape view print

View of Danville, Virginia, Landscape view print

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

Australia: Flamingoes, Adelaide - stereocsopic card

Australia: Flamingoes, Adelaide - stereocsopic card

Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 15912. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Birds; Zoos; Ph.

Easter Hill Village, Bordered by South Twenty-sixth Street, South Twenty-eighth Street, Hinkley Avenue, Foothill Avenue & Corto Square, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Easter Hill Village, Bordered by South Twenty-sixth Street, South Twen...

Significance: Easter Hill Village has been determined eligible for the National Register under Criteria A because of its local significance as part of the effort to address the critical post-WWII housing shor... More

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN

U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, Georgia Avenue, Chattanooga, Hamilton C...

Survey number: HABS TN-29 Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Malvern, State Route 711 vicinity, Huguenot, Powhatan County, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-338 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, CA

Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County, CA

Significance: In the 1920s, the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, developed Rancho Santa Fe as a community of "gentlemen's ranches" in the hills north... More

Arms of the United States of America / J.E. Baker [Joseph E. Baker].

Arms of the United States of America / J.E. Baker [Joseph E. Baker].

Print shows an elaborate martial allegory of the United States. Liberty or Columbia, wearing a Phrygian cap and armed with sword, shield, and American flag, is enthroned in the clouds. The words "E Pluribus Unu... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Printing Plant, South of Arizona Street near Kamehameha Highway, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Printing Plant, South of Arizona Street...

Significance: The Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the catastrophic e... More

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Aliiolani Hale, 463 King Street, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Significance: Begun in 1871, the Aliiolani Hale was officially opened by the legislature on April 30, 1874. The design is an adaptation by Robert Stirling, Superintendent of Public Works, from a design for a p... More

Great Falls S. U. M. Historic District, Oliver Street, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls S. U. M. Historic District, Oliver Street, Paterson, Passa...

Significance: In 1791 Alexander Hamilton and others founded an industrial venture known as the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.). The formation of this Society embodied the theory pr... More

DCM 0437: Anonymous, Maori Kooauau (End-blown Flute)

DCM 0437: Anonymous, Maori Kooauau (End-blown Flute)

Tapered on each end, and containing (pasted to it) the following label: "Maori flute from East of North Island New Zealand." A description of this instrument is provided by Joseph Corkill(?) of Wairoa, New Zeal... More

Great Eastern Steamship, docked at harbor, New York City, N.Y.

Great Eastern Steamship, docked at harbor, New York City, N.Y.

Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GNY 119. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Purchase; Larry Gotth... More

Costume of ladies' at the Normandy stand, Metropolitan Fair, April 1864 / Gurney & Son.

Costume of ladies' at the Normandy stand, Metropolitan Fair, April 186...

Photograph shows portrait of a woman in a traditional costume from Normandy, France. On verso: To Nettie & Lin with compliments of Mrs. Robt. Larason. On verso: Photographed by J. Gurney & Son, N.Y. in aid of ... More

View of Oneida, N.Y. : 1874 / - Public domain scan / drawing

View of Oneida, N.Y. : 1874 / - Public domain scan / drawing

Aerial view to horizon. Relief shown by shading and landform drawings. Imperfect: Sun-darkened, water-stained/soiled on verso. Gift; Ed. and Joyce Miller, L.C. Madison Council; June 2004. Available also through... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Madison, Morgan County, Georgia

Jan 1885. 1 Sheet(s). Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, U.S.A. 1886.

Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, U.S.A. 1886.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 562 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

[Newly installed span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, with men posed on it, probably E.K. Morse and S.V. Ryland]

[Newly installed span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wa...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 17c. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library ... More

Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, on pontoon, en route to piers

Span of Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge, New South Wales, Australia, o...

In album: E.K. Morse. Hawkesbury Bridge, N.S.W., page 17e. Album documents the role of the Chicago firm Ryland & Morse in constructing the ironwork for the bridge. Forms part of: Engineering Societies Library ... More

[Franzenbad, springhouse and casino, Carlsbad, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary]

[Franzenbad, springhouse and casino, Carlsbad, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16864". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pr... More

[Menai Straits from Anglesey Column, Bangor, Wales]

[Menai Straits from Anglesey Column, Bangor, Wales]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "10631". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

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