Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania. View of railroad station and boxcars
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Picketts charge from a position on the enemys line looking toward the ...
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.291) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.
[Private James M. Bash of Company E, 67th Pennsylvania Volunteers in u...
Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. Additional information in collections file. Case: Leather geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Purchased from: Vic Menchaca, Old P... More
Burning of the Imperial Refinery, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...
Stereograph showing black smoke spewing from the tops of two oil storage tanks shortly after they burst into flame at the Imperial Refinery near Oil City, Pennsylvania. From series: Views of the Penna. Oil Reg... More
The fall of Reynolds - Public domain scenic drawing
See DRWG/US - Waud, no. 242 for original drawing. Studies also DRWG/US Waud no 410 (A size) and 411 (A size). Signed lower left: AR Waud. Title printed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-23. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1... More
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.
Independent Pennsylvania Battery "E", (Knap's Battery)
Stereograph showing Captain J. M. Knap's Pennsylvania Independent Battery "E" Light Artillery approaching the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland after the battle in September 1862. A dead horse lay in the foreg... More
Stereograph of D. Gualt's(?) house at Birmingham, Chester Co., Penn.
Stereograph showing side view of house with porch and large tree on the left, and two men standing at the gate of a white picket fence.
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.
Old R.R. cutting where Archers Brigade [i.e., Joseph Davis' Brigade] o...
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Joseph Davis' Brigade and not Archers Brigade was captured by the 14th Brooklyn 6th Wisconsin and 95th N.Y. Information provided by researcher, Oct. 1, 2010... More
[Dedication ceremonies at the Soldiers' National cemetery, Gettysburg,...
President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication. In 2007, the Center for Civil War Photography identified a figure in the crowd as Lincoln; see http://www.civilwarphotography.org/li... More
[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee on the...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.
The battle of Gettysburg / P.F. Rothermel 1870 ; P.F. Rothermel pinx. ...
Print showing artist's rendition of clash between Union and Confederate troops, possibly during Pickett's charge, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Caption continues: From the original picture painted for the State... More
General View, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania, destroyed by t...
Stereograph showing an aerial view of Chambersburg and the surrounding area after it was destroyed by Confederate cavalry troops lead by General John McCausland. Handwritten on card: No. 508. Copyright 1864 by... 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.
America. To those, who wish to sheathe the desolating sword of war. An...
Print shows an allegory of the restoration of peace and prosperity to America following the Revolution. The print is based on a 1778 painting by British artist Robert Edge Pine, which was destroyed by fire in 1... More
Schenley Park and vicinity, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Penna. R.R. depot., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th centu...
Written on verso: Italian style of architecture; 400 ft. long. 103 ft. wide; 122 ft. front. Lowey(?) 77 & 64 ft. Cost $5800; P.P.S. 4 (a). Pennsylvania Photographic Society. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes c... More
[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window ("proposed Baptistry...
Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
King Andrew the First - A drawing of a man dressed in a king's robes
A caricature of Andrew Jackson as a despotic monarch, probably issued during the Fall of 1833 in response to the President's September order to remove federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. The pr... More
Battlefield of Gettysburg. Body of a soldier in "the wheat field," ev...
No. 258. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More
Jones and Laughlin steel mills, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Jones and Laughlin steel mills, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Washington, District of Columbia. Grand Review of the Army. Infantry u...
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Unfinished Confederate graves near the cente...
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Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.
Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plat...
Public domain photograph related to baseball, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Petersburg, Virginia Company H, 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Zouaves)...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg,"...
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[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Four dead soldiers in the woods near Little ...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863.
Lady Hunter well, flowing 100 feet high
Stereograph showing oil spewing from top of oil derrick at the Lady Hunter well near Petrolia City, Pennsylvania. From series: Views of the Penna. Oil Region. No. 90.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. John L. Burns cottage. (Burns seated in door...
Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Meadow over which the 2d Massachusetts. and 27th Indiana charged on mo...
Stereograph showing four men at the fence looking towards the meadow where the battle was fought. No. 515, part of series: Battlefield of Gettysburg. Part of series: Stereo Gems of Gettysburg Scenery. Forms pa... More
Delaware Water Gap, mammoth plate negative
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Coal mines, Frances Benjamin Johnston collection
View of coal breaker. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Frances Benjamin Johnston, "Through the Coal Country with a Camera," Demorest's Family Magazine 27 (March 1892): 257-266.
On the Juniata / lith. of Currier & Ives.
Group of African-Americans picnicing on the banks of the Juniata River. No. 3770. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5001.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Line of breastworks on Round Top
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The Kittatinny [House], Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania
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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
Devon in Pennsylv'a, the seat of Mr. Dallas / painted by T. Birch ; en...
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Apprentices' library / A. Anderson sc.
Print shows an elderly man, holding a walking stick, directing two young boys to a library that glows on the top of a hill in the distance. Possibly a membership card or bookplate for Colonel James Anderson's M... More
[William H. Keim, Representative from Pennsylvania, Thirty-fifth Congr...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 94. Each item includes subject's origi... More
General John B. McIntosh, Colonel 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry.
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Unidentified woman] / Bell & Brother, photographers, 480 Pennsylvania...
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
Edmund L. Dana, Colonel 143rd PA. Wounded at Antietam
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Surg. J.B. Laidley, 85th Pa Infantry.
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[Soldier named Halsey in Union uniform with sword in front of painted ...
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
Honorable Glenni W. Scofield of PA - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. under the officers of t...
Drawing shows soldier guarding as men sleep in bedrolls on sidewalk.
[Group of soldiers, some in uniform and some with crutches, pose in fr...
No. 4411. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half stereograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Company - , 30th Pennsylvania Inf'y. American Civil War 1861-1865.
No. B493. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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
Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.
Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A...
Photograph showing a view of Gettysburg from Cemetery Ridge. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 35. Copyright ... More
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania August, 1863, American Civil War Glass ...
Photograph shows Hanover Junction railroad station with two trains on the tracks. No. B159. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[Morris Island, South Carolina. The Beacon House after the struggle fo...
Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dead Confederate sharpshooter in "The devil'...
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Petersburg, Virginia. Company F 114th Pennsylvania Infantry
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Camp of Captain John J. Hoff. Commissory of ...
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Appalling calamity at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 14th, ...
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Sen. Powell Clayton of Ark. Born in Del. County, Pennsylvania 1833, Br...
A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pleasant morning -- Rouseville, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope...
Stereograph showing a group of men standing and sitting outside a small building on which are signs for the "Wallace Oil Company," the "Allegheny & Pittsburgh Oil Co.," the "Oil Basin Petroleum Co.," the "Bucha... More
Base-ball in England - the match on Lord's cricket grounds between the...
Illustration showing a baseball game between the Boston Red Stockings and the Philadelphia Athletics played on the cricket grounds in London, England, with spectators in the foreground and the background. The f... More
Tradesmens industrial institute of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
G4595 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Krebs, Otto.
Phenomenal Smith Old Judge cigarettes. Cigarette Card
Cigarette card photograph shows portrait of John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith, born John Francis Gammon, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, and other teams. Stamped... More
Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 2, plan
Plate no. 2, showing the plan for sections A thru H, weirs no. 1 thru 3, pool level, navigable pass, abutment, and piers no. 1 thru 3, as well as the lock and lock keeper's house. Illus. in: Davis Island Dam, ... More
Panoramic map of Pottsville, Pennsylvania 1889.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 835 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2
[Wood engraving from drawing by Howard Pyle which illustrated his arti...
Two women reading Bibles. Reference copy may be available in 4400-G. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Washington, D.C. street scene, corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and 14th(?)...
Stereograph showing Washington, D.C. street scene, corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and 14th(?) St. looking east showing George Prince photo studio. Copyrighted 1889 by B.W. Kilburn. On verso: D st. from 10th & Pa. No. 5075.
View of the broken dam looking from bed of lake, Johnstown Flood, May ...
17846U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
[River above gap, looking down, Delaware Water Gap,Pennsylvania]
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pocono tunnel, D.L. & W. R.R. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Silver Lake, Marshall Creek, Pennsylvania
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Berwick, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Foul! There's something wrong with this picture of a pair of freak fow...
Two unusual chickens, raised by John Kriner(?) of Stetlersville, Pennsylvania, a Silver Frizzled Polish and a Silver Frizzled Jap.
Carnegie library competition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Preliminary stu...
Photograph shows library as perspective projection and floor plan. Print clipped from unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, page 99. Gift; American Institute of Archit... More
Lincoln's portrait in flowers, Allegheny Park, PA
Stereograph showing bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln made with flowers in Allegheny Park, Pennsylvania. V[?]2764 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 73. Copyright 1891 Jan. 9. Stereoscopic photographs of American and F... More
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, mammoth plate negative
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 1895.
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 760 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2
Patterson, Juniata County, Pennsylvania.
Bird's-eye view. Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Published by T. M. Fowler and James B. Moyer." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 823.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... More
Mauch Chunk, the Lehigh Valley from mountain road
5943B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; January 21, 1896. No. 550.
Apollo, Armstrong County Pennsylvania., 1896
B50530 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M.
McDonald, Washington County Pennsylvania, 1897, engraving, Library of ...
25387 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fowler, T.M..
Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images from New York and Pennsylvan...
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[Billiard hall, Carnegie library of Homestead, Munhall, Pennyslvania]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Chief Justice Ed. Shippen of Pennsylvania]
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
M. Clyde Kelly, Pennsylvania - Public domain photograph, glass negativ...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Allegheny Observatory, Riverview Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deck of "Pennsylvania" showing the Curtiss biplane
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pittsburg by night - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Rochester, Pennsylvania 1900., engraving, Library of Congress
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
A portion of the steel passenger department, Berwick, PA.
Photograph shows group portrait of railroad employees posed on and in front of N.Y.C. & H. R.R. New York Central Lines railroad car. Published by the Sterling Store.
Residence of Senator Flynn, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Pottstown, Pennsylvania The Hill School. Outdoor gym
Photograph shows boys participating in three different activities, (basketball, stretching, and boxing), on an outside gym divided into three sections.
From the business section, Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Photograph shows streetcar on street of business district; children and adults attempting to board; people standing on sidewalk outside of shops.
Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania 1900., engraving, Library of Cong...
Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 764 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2
Dr. H.M. Neale, Upper Lehigh, Pennsylvania
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
William H. Hackenberg, Pennsylvania & Zibat. Moore, Pennsylvania
A black and white photo of three men in suits and hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Fifth Avenue, looking north]
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Steel ingots, Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania
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Hen. A. Muhlenberg / drawn from life & on stone by A.C. Smith.
Print shows Henry A. Muhlenberg, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. 141 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink on verso: No. 141. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1844, by Thomas De Si... More