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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. Illus. from: A General plan of the woods, park and gardens of Stowe ..., no. 2.

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

Survey of the River St. Johns from Fort Frederick in the Bay of Fundy ...

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

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 draught of Lake George, and part of Hudson's River taken September 1...

Scale ca. 1:253,440. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North Amer... more

A survey of Lake Champlain, from Crown Point to Windmil Point, and fro...

A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on whi...

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. In pencil, lower left margin: No. 10. Includes descriptive notes and... more

Crown Point & part of Lake Champlain.

Scale 1:7,920; 10 chains to 1 in. Title from manuscript on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 17... more

[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

The Attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold by t...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. Manuscript, pen and ink. Relief shown by hachures. Date in title changed to "11th" of "Octr." Annotation added to title: From a sketch taken by an officer on the spot. Engraved by Wm. Faden,... more

The attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold, by ...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "An account of the expedition of the British fleet on Lake Champlain, under the command of Captain Thomas Pringle, and of the defeat of the rebel fleet, co... more

[Lake Champlain and Lake George, and the country between the Hudson an...

Scale ca. 1:640,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Imperfect: Right upper corner i... more

A topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1069 Available also... more

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, an...

Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical notes. Supplements the author's A topographical descri... 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

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

Plan, Lake Champlain from Fort St. John's to Ticonderoga, with the sou...

A map shewing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between La...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: London. In upper right corner: Gent. Mag. March 1790. Pt. I, p. 197. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing ...

Item 32 in exhibit, "City of magnificent distances, the nation's capital," that was presented in 1991 at Library of Congress. Map incorrectly locates "Columbia" (Washington, D.C.) on Shenandoah River Available ... more

[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. Library has two impressions no. 71-1: first published state, LCH, 55. Title from item. Dated on plate. Rawlinson, 15 (3rd... more

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.

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.

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

Grand victory on Lake Champlain [Cuts] Tenth naval victory.- "Com. Mac...

Imprint 3.; War of 1812 ballad.; Verse.; On verso: 2-90-224.53 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collectio... more

Brillant naval victory [Cuts] Com. M'Donough has captured the whole Br...

Positive Photostat.; Verse.; War of 1812- Ballads.; On verso: In Exchange. Mass Hist Soc. Jul 25 1916. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as ful... more

This representation of the battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscrib...

Print shows many ships from the stern engaged in battle on Lake Erie. Title from item. Entered according to Act of Congress the 26 July 1815 by Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., and J. Webster of the State of Pennsylvania.

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, Louisia...

Some unclaimed lots shown in upper left corner. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished. Has watermarks. From the papers of Vicente Sebastián Pintado. Described in: Vicente ... more

A geological and agricultural survey of the district adjoining the Eri...

Introductory reports signed: Amos Eaton. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LAC ecr 2018-09-26 update

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

Map of the Fox River and that part of the Winnebagoe Lake as contained...

Covers Statesburgh. Red, blue, and black ink on tracing linen. Mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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

Ohio boundary, no. 1, south bend of Lake Michigan; map exhibiting the ...

Scale 1:12,000; 1,000 ft. to in. Includes "References." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 651/2; 700/2 Vault

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 Y...

Covers New York State and New England (west of Portland, Me.). Also shows railroads completed, under construction, chartered, and/or planned. Does not contain statement of attribution. Relief shown by hachures.... more

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

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 route surveyed from the Mississippi at Lake Providence in L...

Rufus P. Eaton of Pipe village, Lake Winnebago, Wis. A scoundrel! a kn...

Eaton, Rufus P. 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 201, Folder 8.

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

From the valley of Green River to the Great Salt Lake.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... 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

Villikins and Dinah. As sung by Bill Lake, at Spalding & Rogers' Circu...

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 156, Folder 17.

Egypt - Suez Canal - Lake Timsah, from opp. the chalet

Title from item. No. 1948. No. 1908. On verso: Suez canal. Lake Timsah from opp. the Chalet.

Check your baggage to Oswego. Great northern and western route! via Os...

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 122, Folder 8j.

Caution to the public! 1856. Beware of falsehoods!! Published and circ...

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 122, Folder 8h.

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. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000]. LC ... more

2 illus.: 1. Virgin Bay - slaughter of Americans and burning of the pi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 1, no. 23 (1856 May 17), p. 361. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.... more

1857 Summer arrangement. 1857. Fare $ 1 less than by any other route. ...

Memorial concerning the completion of telegraphic lines thro' Kanzas [...

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 122, Folder 10f.

Map of Geauga and Lake counties, Ohio /

Notice to the travelling public. Passengers by securing their tickets ...

Railroad advertisement poster. Printed by James Potts. Reference copy may be in LOT 4429 C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Broadsides; PI Works; Rare Bk. Div... more

International despatch! from New York and Philadelphia to the west and...

Transportation. 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 122, Folder 14.

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

[Trees near with a lake]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

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.

Entry of the toreros in procession / Lake Price, Seville.

Illustration shows bullfighters in procession in a stadium, Seville, Spain.

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.

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

A. J. Potter / Wallis Brothers Premium Photograph Gallery, 117 Lake St...

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.

Traunstein mountain on Traun Lake

In album: Prague, Innsbruck, Munich, Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Hombourg, Edinburgh, opposite p. 155. No. R20.

Lake Oeschennen. Near Kanderstegg

Öschinensee, with mountains in background. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 36, lower right.

[Unidentified young soldier in Union Zouave uniform in front of painte...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part ... more

Lulah Lake

No. B965. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Views on Lookout Mountain, Tenn. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Map of Lake County, Illinois /

"Entered in the Clerks Office of the U.S. Distt. Court for the northern Distt. of Illinois, January A.D. 1861, by George Hale & J. M. Trusdell, according to act of Congress, regarding copy rights." LC Land owne... more

Col. A. J. Potter / Brand's Ar[t Gal]lery, No. [108 Lake Street, Chica...

Photograph shows portrait of Potter in uniform. Originally in album belonging to Joel B. Clough, Civilian Engineer, United States Military Railroad, 1863 and 1864. On verso: J. A. Potter, Cap. U.S.A. Gift; Flor... more

[1st Lieutenant August Bitter, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Regi...

Title devised by Library staff. In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 50. Two cent stamp on verso. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8... more

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. Title from item. Copyright number possibly 21942. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / ... more

Alexander Ramsey to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 06, 1863 (Requests...

[Bayoneted rifles on racks at arsenal of 134th Illinois Volunteer Infa...

Title devised by Library staff. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122).

On the road to Saratoga Lake, July 4, 1865 ; Saratoga Lake, July 4, 18...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 July 29, p. 469.

Grand pleasure excursions to Lake Superior one of the new magnificent ...

Transportation. 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 137, Folder 25.

Grand pleasure excursions to Lake Superior. The splendid passenger ste...

Transportation. 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 137, Folder 26.

Zephyr Cove House - Eastern Shore Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 667. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Donner Lake and Central Pacific R.R.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1283. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Among the rocks - View from the shore, at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe

Early morning on Donner Lake - Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 787. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Silver Lake, Amador County--Evening View

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 934. LOT subdivision subject: Silver Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Cave Rock--Eastern Shore of Lake Tahoe, from the North

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 680. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

The Summit - View from Summit Lake, Amador County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 930. LOT subdivision subject: Silver Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

The Old Tree at Fallen Leaf Lake, Valley of Lake Tahoe

People view lake from bank where tree fell. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 648. LOT subdivision subject: Fallen Leaf Lake. This r... more

Crystal Lake House, near Cisco. Central Pacific Railroad

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1086. LOT subdivision subject: Crystal Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Beacon Bluff, 2,000 feet high, Silver Lake, Amador County

View on Donner Lake - Coldwater Gap

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 854. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

New Hampshire Rocks, Yuba River-- on the Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wa...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 832. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Falls on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake - Central Pacific Railroad

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1273. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from ca... more

Silver Lake and Beacon Bluff, Amador County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 931. LOT subdivision subject: Silver Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Lake Tahoe from Zephyr Cove - (A windy day)

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 674. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Tahlac Mountain, Fallen Leaf Lake, Valley of Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 649. LOT subdivision subject: Fallen Leaf Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Reflection of Mount Lincoln and Donner Peak in Donner Lake

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 853. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

View from foot of Donner Lake, Nevada County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 857. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Eagle Falls-- upper fall, Emerald Bay, western shore of Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 661. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Yank's Station - Valley of Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County

People, horse-drawn wagons, and buildings. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 642. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record c... more

Kidd's Dam Meadow lake, Summit City - Central Pacific Railroad

Friday's Station, Valley of Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 651. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

The Lake House. Lake Tahoe

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 654. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Western Shore, Silver Lake, Amador County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 933. LOT subdivision subject: Silver Lake. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

New Hampshire Rocks, Yuba River--on the Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wag...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 835. LOT subdivision subject: Donner Pass Route. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.