homes and haunts

Woodlands, Hamilton mansion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Dvoret︠s︡ Vel. Kni︠a︡zi︠a︡ Mikhaila Nikolaevicha

Public domain photograph of a tall building, villa, mansion, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sagamore Hill, President Roosevelt's country home The President's desk...

Photograph showing interior furnishings of Presidnet Roosevelt's study. H65538-39 U.S. Copyright Office No. 42686.

John Glover house, Marblehead, Massachusetts

"3413" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019672. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Interior of Arnold Genthe's studio on Clay Street in San Francisco

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Ca...

Group of men and women on sidewalk in front of ruins. H77406 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 019239.

Longfellow House, Portland, Me.

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

Daniel Webster House, occupied by him 1803-1817, Portsmouth, N.H

"3762" on negative. "Hoitts Employment Office" on building. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019861. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Jessie T. Beals with John Burroughs / Jessie Tarbox Beals.

Photograph shows Beals and Burroughs sitting on porch at Burroughs' summer cabin, Slabsides, in West Park, New York. Photograph is titled in pencil on the back and bears the photographer's New York Stamp. Purc... More

The studio of Theodore Rousseau at Barbizon, France

Title and date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting "copyrighted 1909 by Alex. Fournier." "F 73 dup" and "BUR 230" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Histo... More

Family living room, Paul Revere House, Boston, Massachusetts

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071180. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Servants' quarters and garden at Mt. Vernon

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Rear view, Paul Revere house, Boston, Massachusetts

"Royalty" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072281. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash., D.C.: Exterior entrance

Photo shows the Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.; purchased by the Cosmos Club in 1950.

Mary Scott Townsend House, Wash., D.C.: Carriage house(?)

Photo shows the Townsend House, 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.; purchased by the Cosmos Club in 1950.

Summer house at Mt. Vernon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072810. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

An Antique candlestick at Mt. Vernon

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

Penn cottage, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Penn cottage, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073022. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

View from Kijkuit, John D. Rockefeller's estate

Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Interior of J.P. Morgan's library

1808 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. [Washington, D.C.]. Mrs. Oliver Cromwell...

Photograph shows a large Victorian mansion with an limousine parked in front. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library ... More

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 155. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[House ("Ayrault House") for Virginia Scott Hoyt, Newport, Rhode Islan...

Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 no. 84.8644

Res. of Dr. Hugh McGuire, Alex., Virginia

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

[Apartment of Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, 15 West 67th Street, New York...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Near east relief lawn fete - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Edward Winslow house, Massachusettsachusetts]

Copyright by L.B. Atherton, Brockton, Mass. Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roosevelt House, New York Memorial museum.

Photograph showing interior of Theodore Roosevelt museum with displays of photographs; a stuffed lion in the center of the room; and a portrait of Roosevelt on the back wall. J267478-9 U.S. Copyright Office

Visitin' 'round at Coolidge Corners /

Shows scenes of Calvin Coolidge at his summer home in Plymouth, Vermont, including Coolidge helping out on the neighboring farm of cousin Ed Blanchard; in the "summer White House" above the Plymouth post office... More

Arnold Genthe's bungalow at Long Beach

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grounds of the Myron C. Taylor property, Locust Valley, Long Island, N...

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

Woodside Farm & staircase - Presidence of Theodore Roosevelt

Page from scrapbook showing an exterior view of Theodore and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, New York, and interior view of hall with stairway, with accompanying typescript letter from Sheppard B... More

Lolita Lebrón's room showing her bed and clothes closet at Hotel Royal...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Title taken from item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Exterior view of home of Malcolm X, in foreground remains of charred ...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Flower arrangements, a ceramic bird and flower pots on the counter of...

(Source: similar Frissell slide: LC-DIG-ds-01007) Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Photograph taken for Vogue magazine photo shoot for May 1967 issue. PR 06 CN 651 C13 F2, sheet 1 (slide no. 9)

P.T. Barnum's parlors - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Photograph shows furnishings in the parlor of P.T. Barnum's estate, Lindencroft, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Card number: "No. 347". "[F.?]C. Russell" on back. Gottheim collection code: GI 6. Forms part of the La... More

The home of Frank & Jesse James - Public domain scan / engraving

View of house and property; vignette of Jesse James' bust; house in which Jesse James was killed; Baptist Church, Kearney, Mo., in which the funeral services were held. W8157 U.S. Copyright Office. This record ... More

1889 reunion of 60th North Carolina Infantry Regiment Brown, 7 & 9 Pat...

Photograph shows group portrait of the 60th North Carolina Infantry Regiment at the home of Lieutenant Colonel James Mitchell Ray for their 1889 reunion. Notation on recto: "Reunion of the 60th N.C. Regiment C... More

W.H. Jackson residence - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Two negatives form a two part panorama. Negatives are close variants. "Marlborough" on doorway of house at left. "40-8-2" on right negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 40002. Gift; State Hist... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: s. Dīevo-Gorodishche. Byvshīĭ dvoret︠s︡ Menʹs...

In album: Views along the upper Volga River, from Kashin to Makarev, Russian Empire, LOT 10340, no. 362. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Subject File, 1857-1952; Community desig...

Dagestan. Aul Shamili︠a︡ - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Most Shamili︠a︡ ok. Nizhnego Guniba

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"Home of Mrs. American Horse." Visiting squaws at Mrs. A's home in hos...

Oglala women and children seated inside an uncovered tipi frame in an encampment--most are looking away from the camera--probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from ite... More

Residence of General Lee / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows the three story home of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court, for t... More

Sagamore Hill, President Roosevelt's country home "North Room" ; "Resi...

Photograph showing room with bookcase, desk, chair, bear skin rug, and a mounted buck head.

Aul Nizhnīĭ Gunib v Dagestani︠e︡

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Storozhka v Spaso-Borodinskom monastyri︠e︡, gdi︠e︡ zhila osnovatelʹnit...

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The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the con...

Print shows a view from northeast of the fire-damaged White House, a result of the War of 1812. On August 24, 1814, British general Robert Ross led his troops into Washington with strict orders to burn only pub... More

Old brick barn - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph shows a brick barn built at Mount Vernon in 1745 by Lawrence Washington. On mount: Only authorized publisher of Mt. Vernon views. Copyright by Mount Vernon Association. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1... More

General Hooker's headquarters at the Chancellorsville house / Edwin Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, farmhouse, farm field, pasture free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Birds eye view of Mt. Vernon the home of Washington

Print shows a bird's-eye view of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, with house in upper right and tomb in lower left; Potomac River is visible in lower right. This is a variant impression with darker colo... More

Key Mansion, Washington, D.C. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residence of William K. Vanderbilt - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows a street view of the William Kissam Vanderbilt residence, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 31245C U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.J. Falk.

Chelsea, the nearly new handsome contents, comprising an ebonized & gi...

Auction poster to sell furnishings at James McNeill Whistler's home in Chelsea on Tite Street on Wednesday, May 7, 1879. Poster is text only. Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. Exhi... More

Jeff Davis was inaugurated in this State House, Montgomery Ala. head o...

Stereograph shows horse-drawn wagons around fountain in Court Square with Alabama State Capitol building in the distance. Attributed to photographer C.I. Payne, Montgomery Alabama, based on similarity to anoth... More

Jeff Davis spoke on the piazza of Exchange Hotel Arrived at the Exchan...

Stereograph shows horse-drawn wagons in front of the Exchange Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. Gift; Gist Blaiar; 1936.

[Mount Vernon estate, Virginia]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Mt. Vernon mansion, main hall - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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

Mt. Vernon mansion, main hall - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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

Arlington National Cemetery - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Obshchīĭ vid dvort︠s︡a Vel. Kn. Mikhaila Nikolaevicha. Borzhom

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Col. Butterfields headquarters, Camp Anderson D[C]

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: long table in middle covered with black cloth - flowers in tumblers papers books, E[t]c. wooden settees all round apartment Reg flags in middle bedroom on left offi... More

The Mansion and grounds, Mt. Vernon

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

The Army of the Potomac--The Blue Ridge from Genl. Shalers headquarter...

Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards into the house. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichibunken-spon... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūnidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows the night attack on the villa and the capture of Moronō (Kira). Scene from act twelve of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Médînet-Abou (Thèbes) - constructions antérieures - entrée principale ...

General view showing columns and pylons at entrance to the Palace/Temple of Ramses III at Medinet-Habu, Thebes, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art... More

The Washington homestead at Mt. Vernon Virginia photographed and publi...

Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Petit Chateau, mansion for William Kissam Vanderbilt, Fifth Avenue, Ne...

Architectural drawing shows interior elevations and plan. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of C... More

[A room within the Imperial Ceremonial Palace (Yıldız)]

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. No. 814. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanb... More

Mt. Vernon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[The Şale Pavilion in the Imperial Garden at Yıldız]

Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 9. No. 829. In album: Yıldız and Topkapı palaces, tombs and Selamlık procession, Istanbu... More

[Post office and telegraphic office of James A. Garfield, at Mentor, O...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1880 Dec. 18, p. 253.

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows rendering of massive interior double fireplaces under elaborately carved overmantel. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows interior of conservatory. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congr... More

"Fort Hill," residence of John C. Calhoun, Oconee County, South Caroli...

7414M U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cleanliness is part of Godliness with the Turk No matter how black his...

Filed in: Turkey General. No. RC-1625. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Three monuments / F. Graetz. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows buildings identified as "Vanderbilt's Palace" at 640 5th Avenue, New York, N.Y., and "Cooper Institute to Science and Art", also a banner labeled "Stewart's Cathedral", referring to the Cathe... More

The garden flag at half mast for General Grant

The Gardiner Greene Hubbard home, "The Homestead" in Manchester, Massachusetts. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album:... More

Monticello, the east portico - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illus. in: Century magazine, May 1887. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Residence General Beale, Tejon ranch, Kern County, Cal.

Three men, each with a dog, outside of residence of Gen. Beale, Tejon ranch, Kern County, California. No. W515.

Pavillion surrounded by ash trees / See-Tay, photographer, Tientsin.

Photograph shows garden pavilion behind canal at the palace of I-huan, prince Chʻun, Peking, China. Liang Shitai was also known as See-Tay. (Source: Brush and shutter: Early photography in China: http://www.get... More

Marble House, William Kissam Vanderbilt house (Newport, Rhode Island)....

Original architectural drawing showing section of Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, with rendering of interiors. Dates from Wikipedia. Inscribed in pencil: W.K.V., Newport, R.I. Gift; American Institute o... More

[Oberlin College reception, group photograph, Oberlin, Ohio]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 40. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Cornelius Vanderbilt "Breakers," Newport, R.I. / Frank H. Child, photo...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Blind stamped: Copyright 1895 Frank H. Child. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:10... More

[House ("The Breakers") for Cornelius Vanderbilt, Newport, Rhode Islan...

Signed: E.L.M. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 ... More

Biltmore House, the pergola, Cabinet photograph

Photograph shows the pergola at the Biltmore Estate. Copyright 1896, T.H. Lindsey. No. 25. Views of Western North Carolina. On back is a description of Biltmore House and grounds.

Group of people at Long Beach, New York

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Katharine Wright, Harriet Silliman, and Agnes Osborne in horse-drawn ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 40. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Pinnacles] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Camp at Shoup's Mill, near Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[The Mansion, north side, Mt. Vernon]

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

Kitchen and living room, John Hancock House, Lexington, Massachusetts

Photograph of a photographic print copyrighted 1900 by Detroit Publishing Company. Hancock-Clark House. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013964. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Guard room showing original wallpaper, Washington's headquarters, Morr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

J.H. Patterson's residence, Dayton, Ohio

"WHJ 1296" on negative. Patterson was president of National Cash Register Company. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042939. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Potomac & Maryland hills, from Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

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

[Bowling green & west approach, Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

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