houses

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

[Floor plan and elevation of a classical style house]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: I qvattro libri dell'architettvra, ... / Andrea Palladio. Venetia : D. de' Franceschi, 1570. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technolog... more

[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a ri...

Plate 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Wil... more

His Majesty’s most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Mo...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 49.

[A small house or teahouse in a grove of trees and near a small bridge...

Title devised by Library staff. Chinese script and two chops in upper right corner.

A new and exact map of the island of St. Christopher in America, accor...

A manifesto and address from Heaven. by the guardian angel of America;...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 87, Folder 13a.

A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp...

Print shows two men manipulating a large wooden device with pulleys and a large basket attached for the rescue of persons from burning buildings. Title from related article in The Pennsylvania Magazine. For the... more

His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of Parliament, on Fr...

Not in Evans.; Imprint 2.; On verso: S; 15. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 38.

The King’s speech to both houses of Parliament, on the 30th of Novembe...

Photographic copy.; Stamped on verso: Mss Division.; On verso: Ac. 373. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copie... more

His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Fr...

The Committee of both houses on the letter this morning received by th...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collectio... more

His Majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Fr...

State of New-Hampshire. The committee of both houses appointed to cons...

Imperfect upper right hand corner torn.; Not in Evans.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Colle... more

[House with enclosed entrance yard. Elevation, rendered]

Watercolor rendering, possibly American, showing elevation of house, with entrance yard in plan, well and gate also rendered in elevation. Title devised by Library staff. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item cons... more

A view of houses in the city of Albany

Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all th...

Scale ca. 1:300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Plan of the city of Washington and Territory of Columbia" and a dedication. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... more

Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all th...

Scale ca. 1:300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Scattered holes and general deterioration. Includes "Plan of the city... more

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

... An act for the relief of William Seymour. [Followed by] An act rel...

By the President of the United States of America. A proclamation. Wher...

Imprint 3.; Proclamations.; Evans 33047. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 223, Folder 18.

To the inhabitants of the Ward of the City of New York, being the Coll...

The President's address to both houses of Congress. Philadelphia. Dec....

The Brasilians & their houses / Maguire sculp.

Brazilian family in foreground with dwellings in background.

The President's message to both houses of Congress. Message to the Sen...

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 226, Folder 45.

[Title page for Catalogue of Books, Maps and, Charts, belonging to the...

Henry Dearborn, January 14, 1803, Trading Houses List

Trading Houses List

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

Title devised by Library staff. 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. ... more

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

Title devised by Library staff. 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. ... more

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

Title devised by Library staff. 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. ... more

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

Title from item. 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 - stat... more

Sedgley, the seat of Mr. Wm. Crammond, Pennsylv'a / drawn, engraved & ...

Title from item. 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.

Mount Sidney, the seat of Genl. John Barker, Pennsylv'a / drawn, engra...

Title from item. 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.

York-Island, with a view of the seats of Mr. A. Gracie, Mr. Church &c....

Print shows view across lake of houses on the far shore, framed by a grape arbor and willow tree. Title from item. Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland n... more

Hoboken in New Jersey, the seat of Mr. John Stevens / drawn, engraved ...

Title from item. 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-C.

Devon in Pennsylv'a, the seat of Mr. Dallas / painted by T. Birch ; en...

Solitude in Pennsylv'a, belonging to Mr. Penn / drawn, engraved & publ...

Title from item. 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.

[Home of Lord Timothy Dexter, Newburyport, Massachusetts with wooden s...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.96) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 682. Erroneously inscribed below image: "John Rubens Smith, pinxt" before leaving England some time before 1807.... See also: PGA - Bufford View of ...... more

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a large home and...

Title devised by Library staff. Preliminary sketch on verso. Includes puncture holes around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark with a large fleur de lis with W. Philadelphia Print Shop Inv... more

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with homes and outbui...

Title devised by Library staff. Preliminary sketch on verso. Trimed to inside the puncture holes that were around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark: AMIES. Forms part of: John Rubens Smit... more

Proposals for insuring houses, buildings, stores, ships in harbour, an...

Insurance.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 5, Folder 9.

Report of the committee appointed to examine the treasurer's accounts....

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 183, Folder 31.

U.S. Reports: Pratt, and others v. Law, and Campbell, 13 U.S. (9 Cranc...

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 13; Cranch Volume 9; February Term, 1815; Pratt, and others, Original Comaplainants, v. Thomas Law, and William Campbell, Original Defendants - Thomas Law, Original Complainant,... more

Speech of His Excellency Governour Wolcott, delivered before both hous...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 6, Folder 1.

[Preliminary sketch, with grid, of the driveway in front of Mount Vern...

Drawing shows a preliminary sketch, set on a grid, of the circular drive in front of the manor house at Mount Vernon, including outbuildings on the left and tall trees in the background. Title devised by Librar... more

The governor's message. This day, his excellency the Governor transmit...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 172, Folder 42.

Advertisement. This is to give notice, that houses can be preserved fr...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 196, Folder 4a.

The Grange, Overbrook, Pa., owned by Manuel Eyre in 1811

Drawing shows an oblique view through an opening in the trees of "The Grange" a stone building with long front porch. Title from item. Inscribed in pencil on verso: The Grange, Overbrook, Pa., owned by Manuel E... more

Sketch of houses on embankment near river cascade with notations about...

Title devised by Library staff. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S.... more

Man with rifle leaning against fence near house with outbuildings

Title devised by Library staff. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S.... more

[White frame house with white picket fence at Cambridge, New York, wit...

Case: similar to Rinhart 108. Mirror inside case to show house in correct orientation. Labels adhered to seal: "Cambridge, New York," "46". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.20). Forms part of:... more

Two houses along a river, one up on a rocky embankment, the other clos...

Title devised by Library staff. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Unrelated mathematical computations inscri... more

[Distant view of a house and yard]

Photographer unidentified. Case: flowers in central quadrafoil. Source unknown. Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

An unfinished house, in Chesnut Street Philadelphia. Built for the lat...

Print shows a street view of a large house under construction beyond two trees in the foreground; also shows pedestrians and, arriving on the left, a workman carrying a ladder. Title from item. Inscribed in pen... more

Residence of Stafford Palmer, No. 298 Genesee Street Utica N.Y. drawn ...

Drawing shows an exterior view of the Stafford Palmer residence. Title from item. (DLC/PP-2000:095). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing fil... more

Sketch of a house near a bridge

Title devised by Library staff. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Docum... more

McAllister's house, Oak St., Philada

House N.W. corner of Chestnut and Strawberry Alley

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

Third and last entertainment by the Shaking Quakers! from Canterbury. ...

Shaking quakers. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 8.

Houses of Parliament / Pearson sc.

Print shows Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, on the banks of the Thames River. Title from item. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; ph... more

Arch of Hadrian--Olympieum--Mt. Hymettus

View from residential section toward Mt. Hymettos, showing houses, Arch of Hadrian, and the Olympieum (Temple of Olympian Zeus). In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 8.

Daniel Carroll of Duddington's family on porch of house, F and 2nd Str...

Photograph shows members of the family of Daniel Carroll (1764-1849) with African American man, seated and standing on the porch of Duddington house, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Caption from another copy of ... more

Old houses near Bruges

Stream in foreground.

Lydia Darragh house, Little Dock Creek and 2nd Street

Photograph shows a view of a small wooden building with large brick buildings around it, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the dwelling appears to be a building cut in half where it backs up to a tall brick buildi... more

James Ranmey, Zerby coal bason i.e., basin 1851

Drawing shows an exterior view of a small house with a porch off the left and a shed off the right, with trees around the sides and back, in the Zerby vein coal basin, Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania. Tit... more

Shamokin from Mount Carmel road 1851

Drawing shows houses and other buildings at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a coal mining community, with mountains to the right and in the background, and a heavily forested area on the left; shows many buildings on b... more

Deîr - vue extérieur de l'habitation du kâchef / Félix Teynard.

Exterior view of house of the Kachef at Deir. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858], pl. 138... more

Syout - habitations Arabes sur le bord du Nil / Félix Teynard.

Exterior view of Arab dwellings along the edge of the Nile in Asyūṭ, Egypt.

Deîr - carrefour et habitation particulière / Félix Teynard.

General view of dwelling at crossroad at Deir.

Sketch of a house in the streets at Boston Mass: being raised from its...

Drawing shows a three-story house in Boston, raised off its foundations on stones and logs to increase its elevation. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Orig... more

Public market houses in Boston / Kilburn, del ; Tarbell, sc.

Print shows South Market, Williams Market, Gerrish Market, Boylston Market and Faneuil Hall Market. Illus. in: Ballou's pictorial, v. 9, no. 7 (1855 Aug. 18), p. 97. Title from item.

F.J. Dreer's father & mother moved from this house to Mantua in the su...

Photograph shows house with show windows, probably for a shop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Title from item. In album: Views of old Philadelphia, collected by Joseph Y. Jeanes, ca. 1915, leaf 49 recto. Accession... more

Unidentified church next to a Greek revival home on a city street with...

Title devised by Library staff. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Docum... more

Egypt - Cairo - old house and masharabieh

Title from item. No. 1939? On verso: Old house & Masharabieh.

Old Houses in Chatham Street, opposite the Park [N.Y.C. street scene]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 36 (1856 Aug. 16), p. 149. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383-R. Caption card tracings: NY... more

Egypt - Cairo - old house and Masharabieh

Title from item. No. 1938 or 1939. On verso: Cairo. Old house & Masharabieh.

Washingtons Head Quarters - Brandywine / / Fr'ric Stevenson '56

Landscape drawing shows the house that served as Washington's headquarters at Brandywine, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. On the eve of the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 Washington established his h... more

Chinese settlement in the suburbs of San Francisco, California / ... F...

Humble dwellings along bay. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1856 June 21, p. 21.

[Washington, D.C., view with Smithsonian in the distance]

Cityscape photograph shows 14th Street and E Street, NW, vicinity in foreground with houses and industrial buildings including A. J. Joyce's Coach Factory at 412-416 14th Street, NW; workyard with building supp... more

Bartlemy's house, Esquimalt Harbor

Photograph shows an exterior view of a house with two people standing near the entrance, near the harbor, Esquimalt, British Columbia. Title from item. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Map of Jefferson County, Kentucky : showing the names of property hold...

Scale 1:42,240; 1 1/2 in. to a mile. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Includes statistical data and ill. LC Land ownership maps, 234 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... more

Gateway of the Chateau de la Forêt, near Quimper, (p. 170.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 41. Title from item.

Curious house with leaning turrets, Lannion, (p. 88.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 15. Title from item.

Ancient cloistered houses and square, Dinan, (p. 290.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 82. Title from item.

[Person in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a house] / Stacy 143 Madi...

Court of the Chateau de la Forêt, near Quimper, (p. 170.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 42. Title from item.

Declivitous Street, with quaint houses, Dinan, (p. 290.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 83. Title from item.

Act of incorporation for the purchase of Mount Vernon. The following b...

Copy 2 formerly numbered as Portfolio 188, Folder 23. This item has been renumbered from Portfolio 188, Folder 23. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images ... more

Hooded house in the market-place, Napoléonville, (p. 236.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 67. Title from item.

Overhanging houses, Grande Place, Guingamp, (p. 50.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 6. Title from item.

Thos. Livezey's mill, Wissahickon

Photograph shows mill with Livezey house, Glen Fern, alongside Wissahickon Creek in Pennsylvania. Title from item. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection ... more

[Unidentified cluster of buildings around central landscaped area]

Title devised by Library staff using subject identification provided by photo historians. (Source: James Eason and Photo History, 2015) In portfolio: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Hooded house in the Grande Place, Guingamp, (p. 51.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 7. Title from item.

Chapel of St. Michael, on the Heights, Chateaulin, (p. 142.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 36. Title from item.

Houses in front of the cathedral, Quimper, (p. 167.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 39. Title from item.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

Title devised by Library staff. No. 1 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

House on 3d St. next door to St. Peter's Church, 3d & Pine, 1859

Photograph shows house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Title from item. In album: Views of old Philadelphia, collected by Joseph Y. Jeanes, ca. 1915, leaf 24 recto. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2014:109 (AA size) c1... more

Map of Onondaga County, New York : showing military townships and thei...

Shows real-property tracts and lines only in town (townships) adjacent to Syracuse; other towns are subdivided into numbered military townships. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town (townshi... more

U.S. Reports: Dermott v. Jones, 64 U.S. (23 How.) 220 (1860)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 64; Howard Volume 23; December Term, 1859; Ann R. Dermott, Plaintiff in Error, v. Zepheniah Jones