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China Retreat, Pennsyl'a, the seat of Mr. Manigault / drawn, engraved ...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A. DCRM(G) example 1E1 - statement of responsibility

[Paper hanging no. 1] - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design acccompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number One. Ground, tea-leaf. First print, black. Vines covered with leaves of various kinds and colours, which will be changed conformabl... More

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

Public domain scan - 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Jackson slaying the many headed monster

A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the... More

The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...

Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More

Gov. Andrew Curtin, PA, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War ...

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

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

[Biegmann portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War] / Bell & ...

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

[Brady portrait of Abraham Lincoln & "Tad" published by Richards.]

Meserve no 39. A photograph of the President and the second son Thomas or "Tad" by Matthew B. Brady, made in Washington 1861 as the President looked at an album of photographs in Brady's studio. I t was used by... More

Crooke, Honorable Philip Schuyler of N.Y. Commanded Fifth Brigade, Nat...

A couple of men sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ketchum, Honorable Winthrop Welles of Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Packer, Honorable Rep. John Black of Pennsylvania

A couple of men sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Campbell, Honorable Jacob Miller of PA (Engaged in steamboating on the...

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

Bayne, Honorable Thomas M. of Pennsylvania - Public domain portrait ph...

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

Wright, Honorable Hendrick Bradley of Pa, Rep

Two men in suits are posing for a picture. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wood, Honorable Alan of Pennsylvania. Glass Plate Negative, American C...

A couple of men sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle-field of Gettysburg - General Meade's headquarters on the Taney...

Tipton & Myers' stereoscopic views series. No. 557. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait photograph

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

University at Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania

Print showing view of main buildings of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Der ewig stehende Fels der Romisch Katholischen Kirche / lith. by A. H...

This allegorical print, intended for an American Catholic audience, illustrates the official church response to the First Vatican Council of 1869-70, which decreed that the Pope is infallible. In the center of ... More

The Centennial / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 20, no. 1039 (1876 Nov. 25), p. 957.

The Great [railroad] Strike [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1877]: Burning o...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 21, (1877 August 11), p. 628. Ref. copy in LOT 4403. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Riots 1877; Geogr.; Fires; Strikes...

Ground occupied by Sickle's at time of Longstreets assault

View along the Emmittsburg Road, showing orchard in which Union General Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) lost his leg, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 525.

Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. No. 5, George Hamilton, Assistant Sup...

U17835 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. Printed on mount at bottom: Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. Loss from 10,000 to 12,000 lives. Typed on label attached at top... More

New Milford, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pocono Mountain House, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Delaware crossing, Jersey side - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Plains, Luzerne County, Pa. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Published by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 510 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Ind... More

Bessemer Steelworks, Pittsburg Div., mammoth plate negative

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

Panoramic map of Edwardsville, Pa. 1892.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 769 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Neck of Y: railroad juction near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1895

Photograph shows railroad junction with train traveling on left side of tracks and train coming into the railroad station on the right.

Cambridgeboro, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1895 /

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

New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1896

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

Duquesne, Allegheny County Pennsylvania, 1897

38010 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M.

Elizabeth and West Elizabeth, Allegheny County Pennsylvania, 1897

19149 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M.

Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace, Gettysburg

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Nay Aug Glen near the tunnel, Scranton, Pennsylvania

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

[Hall of architecture, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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

[Carnegie Technical Institute (Carnegie Mellon University), Pittsburgh...

Public domain photograph related to the United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Col. W. Fairman of Pennsylvania - Public domain photograph, glass nega...

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

Hanging rock on the Susquehanna, near Danville, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pennsylvania. Valley Forge, covered bridge

Photograph shows covered bridge over creek. No. 1637. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Approaching Hunlochs [i.e., Hunlock], Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Hall of Architecture, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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

[Hall of Sculpture, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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

[Carnegie library of Homestead, Munhall, Pennyslvania]

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

[Entrance to Highland Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic park, open terrace, world heritage landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Liberty Avenue, looking west, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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

[Forbes Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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

[Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Original Pennsylvania Serenaders Orch.

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

Near Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania

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

Presbyterian Hospital and Washington Monument, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani...

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

Red Rock Falls, Henryville, Pennsylvania

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

[Humboldt statue, West Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fountain, historic landmark, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Round Top from Haslett's battery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

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Genl. James Irvin: Whig candidate for governor of Pennsylvania

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2510

Burning of the U.S. ship of the line Pennsylvania, 140 guns : and othe...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0838.

Bed of lake looking from top of broken dam, Johnstown flood, May 31st,...

17836U U.S. Copyright Office Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.

[Chief Justice Edward Shippen of Pennsylvania, head and shoulders port...

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

[Brandy Station, Virginia, vicinity. Camp of 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - An old porch

Photograph shows a boy sitting on a porch with a pump and washtub, probably in or near Doylestown, Pa. On verso: On old porch; M.F.C. Pashcall. FBJ label no. 73. Formerly filed in P&P LOT 3222. Forms part of... More

July 4, 1862 - at Mr. James Hunter's Hestonville Pa

Label affixed to verso with heading "Memoir, Jamin Tubes", gives title, photographer, date, number (123), negative (wet collodion), arrangement (view), opening (3/8), exposure (20"), and notation "negative dama... More

Liberty. "Liberty brings to the earth justice and peace" / C. Inger.

A grand, pro-Union allegorical print, produced as a complimentary "Presentation Plate" for the "Philadelphia Inquirer" newspaper in 1864. Liberty stands on the steps of an altar, wearing a breastplate, cape, an... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Trossels house - battlefield Gettysburg - near to the barn on the left...

Photograph shows many dead horses on the ground in front of Abraham Trostle's house near the headquarters of General Daniel Edgar Sickles.

[Westover Landing, Virginia Colonel James H. Childs (standing) with ot...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Design drawing for architectural elements: Altar and Reredos with tra...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. ship of the Line Pennsylvania, 140 guns

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6850

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Five Sacraments or Rites...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[The Heart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jackson, New Orleans, Jany. 8th, 1815

An emblematic portrait of Andrew Jackson, invoking his past as a military hero and especially his victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Jackson's bust portrait in uniform appears on an oval medallion su... More

Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham / drawn from nature, lithographed &...

Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh at the confluence of the Monongahela, in the foreground, and the Allegheny Rivers; Birmingham is in the right foreground and Allegheny is in the distance on the left.

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Schenley Park and vicinity, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

War effect of a shell on a Confederate soldier at battle of Gettysburg

Stereograph showing remains of a dead soldier on the battlefield. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Scene behind the breastworks on Culps Hill, morning of July 3rd 1862

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.289) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The Point, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

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

Mal lui veut mal lui tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard - sujet mémorable...

Cartoon shows a man with feathered cap labeled "Ameriquain" (representing America) cutting the horns off a cow labeled "Commerce d'Angleterre" (representing British commerce) which is being milked by a Dutchman... More

Military post on Kernville Hill, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889

Photo shows shows soldiers, river, and city ruins. 17833U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.

[Dead horse on battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 226. A glass copy negative is: LC-B811-226.

Oil refinery, Erie, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Stereograph showing barrels and buildings at an oil refinery in Erie, Pennsylvania. From series: Gems of American Scenery. No. 484.

William Penn's treaty with the Indians, when he founded the province o...

Illustration shows William Penn standing with a group of settlers and Native Americans.

The National Equal Rights Convention, which met Dec. 9th, 1873, Washin...

Crowd of men, white and black, lined along street and on balcony, Metzerott Hall, 925 PA. Ave. 14601 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by W. Ogilvie. Reference copy may be in U.S. GEOG FILE Washington, D.C. Historica... More

A sharpshooter's last sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / Alex. Gardner,...

Photograph showing a dead soldier and his gun. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 40. Copyright by A. Gardner.... More

The cradle of the G.O.P. First Republican convention held at LaFayette...

Print shows exterior and interior views of LaFayette Hall at the time of the first Republican convention in 1856. 7732 U.S. Copyright Office. Illegible signature in lower left corner. Exhibited in: "Panorama o... More

Carnegie Steel Co., Duquesne Plant, Duquesne, Pennsylvania

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

Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

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

Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

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

Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Ward H. Lamon of PA, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War tim...

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

[Design drawing for woodwork for screen for St. Stephen's Church in Se...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for architectural elements for proposed additions to S...

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

[John Hickman, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 92. Each item includes subject's origi... More

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