View of such parts as are seen from the building at the head of the la...
View of lake, trees, people strolling and playing music on the grass.
A Map of the route from the city of Albany to the Fort Osswego on the ...
Scale ca. 1:410,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: I. Villedary. Also shows the route from Albany to "Crown Point, belonging to the French." Includes "An account of miles from the city of A... more
Plan of Fort William Henry and camp at Lake George.
Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Includes descriptive index to military positions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1121 Available also throug... more
![A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on which is fixed the line of forty five degrees north lattit. terminating the boundarys betwe[e]n the provinces of Quebec and New York agre[e]able to his Majesty's proclamation done by order and instruction of the Honourable James Murray, esqr., Governor of the Province of Quebec and the Honourable His Majestys Council](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1765/01/01/a-survey-of-lake-champlain-including-crown-point-and-st-iohns-on-which-is-fixed-640.jpg "A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on which is fixed the line of forty five degrees north lattit. terminating the boundarys betwe[e]n the provinces of Quebec and New York agre[e]able to his Majesty's proclamation done by order and instruction of the Honourable James Murray, esqr., Governor of the Province of Quebec and the Honourable His Majestys Council")
![[Powder horn with hand-drawn map of the Hudson River (above Albany), Mohawk River, Niagara region, and Lake Ontario in New York Province].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/16/powder-horn-with-hand-drawn-map-of-the-hudson-river-above-albany-mohawk-river-baa936-640.jpg "[Powder horn with hand-drawn map of the Hudson River (above Albany), Mohawk River, Niagara region, and Lake Ontario in New York Province].")
[Powder horn with hand-drawn map of the Hudson River (above Albany), M...
Untitled pictorial depiction of rivers and fortifications on conical powder horn. Present title devised by cataloguer. Manuscript: Black/brown inks on bovine horn, shellacked. Has pewter pouring spout attached ... more
A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...
Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Hand colored. Annotated in ink. One annotation shows where "Genr. Wayne defeated the Indians Augt. 20, 1794." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Lo... more
A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...
Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. LC copy annotated in ink. One annotation shows "Indian line as of treaty in 1784." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Includes historical a... more
![Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing the situation of the principal towns, viz. Columbia [i.e. Washington, D.C.], Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Rhode Island, Boston & Montreal, also their several communications with respect to Lake Ontario.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1791/01/01/map-of-the-middle-states-of-north-america-with-part-of-canada-shewing-the-situation-640.jpg "Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing the situation of the principal towns, viz. Columbia [i.e. Washington, D.C.], Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Rhode Island, Boston & Montreal, also their several communications with respect to Lake Ontario.")
![[Map of an area of Spanish West Florida bounded on the east by Lake Pontchartrain and the west by the Comite River].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/12/map-of-an-area-of-spanish-west-florida-bounded-on-the-east-by-lake-pontchartrain-991af5-640.jpg "[Map of an area of Spanish West Florida bounded on the east by Lake Pontchartrain and the west by the Comite River].")
[Map of an area of Spanish West Florida bounded on the east by Lake Po...
Shows region in Livingston and Tangipahoa Parishes, Louisiana. Relief shown by hachures. Place names and scale statement in Spanish. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished.... more
Lake of Thun, Swiss / drawn & etch'd. by J.M.W. Turner ; engraved by C...
Print shows lake with people in boats and some people working around a wagon on shore.
![Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter from Com. Perry to the Secretary of the Navy. U. S. Brig. Niagara, off the Western Sister, Head of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, 4 P. M. [Washington 1813].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/04/tuesday-september-21st-noon-most-glorious-news-copy-of-a-letter-from-com-perry-590ebb-640.jpg "Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter from Com. Perry to the Secretary of the Navy. U. S. Brig. Niagara, off the Western Sister, Head of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, 4 P. M. [Washington 1813].")
Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter ...
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 190, Folder 26.
![Grand victory on Lake Champlain [Cuts] Tenth naval victory.- "Com. Macdonough obtained a glorious victory, over the British Fleet on Lake Champlain Sept. 11 ... The old-war proverb still holds good; "There's virtue in the Yankee blood." Tune ...](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1814/01/01/grand-victory-on-lake-champlain-cuts-tenth-naval-victory-com-macdonough-obtained-640.jpg "Grand victory on Lake Champlain [Cuts] Tenth naval victory.- \"Com. Macdonough obtained a glorious victory, over the British Fleet on Lake Champlain Sept. 11 ... The old-war proverb still holds good; \"There's virtue in the Yankee blood.\" Tune ...")
The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...
Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... more
![MacDonough's victory; or, The heroes of Lake Champlain. Tune- "Sprig of Shelelagh." [5 stanzas of verse] [1814].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1814/01/01/macdonoughs-victory-or-the-heroes-of-lake-champlain-tune-sprig-of-shelelagh-640.jpg "MacDonough's victory; or, The heroes of Lake Champlain. Tune- \"Sprig of Shelelagh.\" [5 stanzas of verse] [1814].")
MacDonough's victory; or, The heroes of Lake Champlain. Tune- "Sprig o...
Imprint 1.; Verse. 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 228, Folder 27.
![Brillant naval victory [Cuts] Com. M'Donough has captured the whole British fleet on Lake Champlain. [Two columns of verse] [Boston] Printed by N. Coverly, Jun. [1814].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1814/01/01/brillant-naval-victory-cuts-com-mdonough-has-captured-the-whole-british-fleet-640.jpg "Brillant naval victory [Cuts] Com. M'Donough has captured the whole British fleet on Lake Champlain. [Two columns of verse] [Boston] Printed by N. Coverly, Jun. [1814].")
This representation of the battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscrib...
Print shows many ships from the stern engaged in battle on Lake Erie.
Com. MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain Sept. 11th 1814 / M. Cornè...
Print shows the battle on Lake Champlain and the land battle at Plattsburgh, 1814, Sept. 11.
![[Map of an area along the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, including New Orleans and Bayou Chitto].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1815/01/01/map-of-an-area-along-the-eastern-shore-of-lake-pontchartrain-louisiana-including-640.jpg "[Map of an area along the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, including New Orleans and Bayou Chitto].")
Wheeling, Lake Erie & Cincinnati lines of post coaches
Advertisement for a post coach line, with illustration of a coach and four horses. Engraving printed by Armstrong & Green, Wheeling, Va. File print may be in LOT 10616. This record contains unverified, old data... more
O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago La...
O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress and holding rifle, 1827. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most ce... more
Moosehead Lake
Deer standing on bank of Moosehead Lake with mountains in background.
![Map of the proposed Great Western and Lake Erie Rail Road of Pennsylvania projected for the Sunbury Erie and Pittsburg [sic] Rail Road Convention by James Herron Civil Engineer.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/20/map-of-the-proposed-great-western-and-lake-erie-rail-road-of-pennsylvania-projected-77d079-640.jpg "Map of the proposed Great Western and Lake Erie Rail Road of Pennsylvania projected for the Sunbury Erie and Pittsburg [sic] Rail Road Convention by James Herron Civil Engineer.")
Map of the proposed Great Western and Lake Erie Rail Road of Pennsylva...
Physical map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, spot heights in feet, state boundaries, canals, cities and towns. Finished and proposed railroads with names of li... more
![Map exhibiting the rail road, canal, lake, and river routes from New York and Boston to the west : via Ocdensburgh [sic] and Sacket's [sic] Harbor, N.Y.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1849/01/01/map-exhibiting-the-rail-road-canal-lake-and-river-routes-from-new-york-and-640.jpg "Map exhibiting the rail road, canal, lake, and river routes from New York and Boston to the west : via Ocdensburgh [sic] and Sacket's [sic] Harbor, N.Y.")
Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Sou...
Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the n... more
![Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies north of the parallel of South Bend of Lake Michigan. It will be seen at a glance, that the unbroken line of communication with the Atlantic seaboard, and the only winter route for northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, will be by the Michigan Southern Railway, and south shore of Lake Erie.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1850/01/01/map-of-the-northwestern-states-shewing-sic-what-proportion-lies-north-of-the-640.jpg "Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies north of the parallel of South Bend of Lake Michigan. It will be seen at a glance, that the unbroken line of communication with the Atlantic seaboard, and the only winter route for northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, will be by the Michigan Southern Railway, and south shore of Lake Erie.")
Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies nor...
Outline map of the north-central United States showing the canals and the railroad network and naming the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern Railway. John B. Jervis was chief engineer on the Mohawk & Hu... more
A map showing the route of the proposed rail road from the Copper and ...
Outline map of eastern Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois and Michigan, showing major drainage, township lines, large cities, and the railroads. Scale not given. At left of map: "Facts and Figures." LC Railroad m... more
From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.
Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy missing data on left side of map. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad ... more
View fo the lake & north west-connections with Philadelphia.
Indicates railroads in the Great Lakes region, south to the Ohio River, and from New York State to the Mississippi River. Shows proposed railroads as far west as the Missouri River.
![Memorial concerning the completion of telegraphic lines thro' Kanzas [sic] and Nebraska to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake. New York, January 8, 1857.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1857/01/01/memorial-concerning-the-completion-of-telegraphic-lines-thro-kanzas-sic-and-640.jpg "Memorial concerning the completion of telegraphic lines thro' Kanzas [sic] and Nebraska to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake. New York, January 8, 1857.")
Notice to the travelling public. Passengers by securing their tickets ...
Railroad advertisement poster.
![[Trees near with a lake]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1858/01/01/trees-near-with-a-lake-640.jpg "[Trees near with a lake]")
Commodore Perry at the battle of Lake Erie / J.R. Chapin ; F.F. Walker...
Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry behind a cannon aboard ship during the Battle of Lake Erie, with men waving hats, and a rooster perched on an unattended cannon.
La suerte de la capa / Lake Price.
Illustration shows a bull charging as the matador plays the cape.
Chulos playing the bull / Lake Price.
Men luring bull away from matador(?).
The Spanish bull-fights, illustrated from original sketches made in th...
Title page illustration for "The Spanish bull-fights" showing people standing outside a booking office in Madrid; also shows a blind man and a beggar.
The alguazil delivering the keys of the toril / Lake Price.
Illustration shows an official on horseback handing the keys to the bullpen to a man holding a ceremonial pillow waiting to receive them.
The bulls in the corral of the plaza / Lake Price, Madrid.
Illustration shows a man with a long stick stepping into a corral with several bulls.
Matadors / Lake Price, Madrid.
Illustration shows three matadors: Josè Redondo, "El Chiclanero"; Juan Lucas Blanco, of Seville; and Julian Casas, "El Salamanquino"; full-length portraits, standing.
![A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St., Chicago, Ill[inoi]s.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1860/01/01/a-j-potter-wallis-brothers-premium-photograph-gallery-117-lake-st-chicago-illinois-640.jpg "A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St., Chicago, Ill[inoi]s.")
Entry of the toreros in procession / Lake Price, Seville.
Illustration shows bullfighters in procession in a stadium, Seville, Spain.
Toreros reposing between the bulls / Lake Price.
Illustration shows bullfighters standing along the wall of a stadium, resting between bullfights.
Commodore Perry at the battle of Lake Erie. "Ready! All ready your hon...
Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry speaking to gunners aboard ship during the Battle of Lake Erie.
Lake Oeschennen. Near Kanderstegg
Öschinensee, with mountains in background. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 36, lower right.
View on Lake Osoyoos, British Columbia, 1860
Title from item. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 29]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01
![[Unidentified young soldier in Union Zouave uniform in front of painted backdrop showing a pavillion at the edge of a lake]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/unidentified-young-soldier-in-union-zouave-uniform-in-front-of-painted-backdrop-640.jpg "[Unidentified young soldier in Union Zouave uniform in front of painted backdrop showing a pavillion at the edge of a lake]")
![Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chicago, I]ll.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/col-a-j-potter-brands-art-gallery-no-108-lake-street-chicago-ill-640.jpg "Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chicago, I]ll.")
Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chica...
Photograph shows portrait of Potter in uniform.
![[1st Lieutenant August Bitter, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Wallis Bro., 117 Lake St., Chicago.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1861/01/01/1st-lieutenant-august-bitter-union-officer-in-the-24th-illinois-regiment-full-640.jpg "[1st Lieutenant August Bitter, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Wallis Bro., 117 Lake St., Chicago.")
Central Park, the lake
Print shows people riding in carriages, on horseback, and strolling along paths at the lake in New York's Central Park.
![[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky] / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1864/01/01/bayoneted-rifles-on-racks-at-arsenal-of-134th-illinois-volunteer-infantry-columbus-640.jpg "[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Kentucky] / From Carbutt's Garden City Photographic Gallery. 131 Lake Street, Chicago.")
![Grand pleasure excursions to Lake Superior one of the new magnificent upper cabin meteor steamers Pewabic. Will give excursion trips as below ... [Cleveland, 1865].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1865/01/01/grand-pleasure-excursions-to-lake-superior-one-of-the-new-magnificent-upper-640.jpg "Grand pleasure excursions to Lake Superior one of the new magnificent upper cabin meteor steamers Pewabic. Will give excursion trips as below ... [Cleveland, 1865].")
