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[Title page from the Art of shooting in great ordnaunce... written by ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

A prospect of Bridge Town in Barbados 1695 by Samuel Copen / I. Kip fe...

Waterfront view of Bridgetown, Barbados. Transfer; Map Division.

DCM 1517: Rudall & Rose Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood(?), silver cap, keys, and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 66.4 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square plates for C#, C. Pin in block. M... More

This ticket will admit one person into the [...] on the day of Mr. Lun...

Admission ticket to one of Vincent Lunardi early balloon ascensions, probably from London, England. Includes a picture of a balloon. Tissandier collection.

Photo of DCM 0567: Manzane Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Manzane may be counterfeit for Monzani. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, silver keys, ferrules.; 65.8 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over square plates for C#, C. Upper C and l... More

DCM 0600: Gerock & Wolf Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, metal-lined head.; 66.5 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C. Saltspoon, except low C#, C, which hav... More

Photo of DCM 1187: Goulding Flute in C - Public domain dedication

See DCM 822 regarding tuning rings. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys, pewter plugs, metal-lined head.; 64.7 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, pewter plugs, metal-lin... More

Photo of DCM 1103: Card Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, appearing somewhat like maple, silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 67.6 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon. Pewter plugs for low C#, C, modern post an... More

Photo of DCM 1045: Goulding Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Figured boxwood, stained dark brown, ivory and boxwood cap, brass key, ivory ferrules.; 60.5 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap. Mark Maximum: GOULDING & Cº / LONDON M... More

Illus. of the Rectifier, in Andrew Wakeley, The Mariner's compass rect...

Illus. in: Andrew Wakeley, The Mariner's compass rectified, London, J. Mount and T. Page, 1766. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI WORKS; Navig... More

[Portrait of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, M.D. above scroll of his cla...

Illus. in: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus Von Linnaeus / Robert John Thornton. London : 1807. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress,... More

An exact representation of the principal banners and triumphal car, wh...

Print shows three men with banners leading a four-horse team drawing a carriage with a statue of Britannia holding a staff topped with a liberty cap, two fasces on a low platform, and Sir Frances Burdett sittin... More

Monday after the "Great St. Leger." or Heroes of the turf paying & rec...

Quadrangle at Tattersalls filled with groups of betting men including Mr. Tanfield, Lord Sefton, Col. Hylton Jolliffe, Sir L. Skeffington, and John Gully, the ex-pugilist. A Jewish man sells wares from a basket... More

Wolves triumphant or A fig for public opinion / R C [Cruikshank]., Bri...

"A corner of the stage (right) at Drury Lane, with a section of the pit in the foreground (left). Kean, as Richard III, postures before his tent, frantically flourishing his sword, and exclaiming Richard is not... More

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, Aug...

Broadside announcing Charles Green's ascension in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens, London. Includes a picture of passengers in a balloon basket. At head of title: Under the direct patronage of Her Ma... More

Banque, Bourse et palais du Lord Maire, Londres The bank, the exchange...

Print shows a view of the Tuileries Palace with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and a large plaza with pedestrians and carriages in the foreground. Signed on stone on lower right: Tuonra [Arnout spelled backwards].

View of the nave of the great exhibition building, Hyde Park

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[2 humorous sketches of daily life in London: "Going to the pantomime"...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 181853 Dec. 24, p. 580. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI WORKS; Humor; Gt. Brig. ... More

Broadway: The Store of Messrs. E.V. Haughwout and Co.

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1859 April 2. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI Business; Stores...; NY NYC Bldgs.; Shelf.

Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.

City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The war in America: the chain bridge across the Potomac above Georgeto...

Soldier standing on hill in foregrd. overlooking Chain Bridge. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1861. LOT 4420-B. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Br... More

Ball in Honour of President Lincoln in the Great Hall of the Patent Of...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, April 8, 1865, p. 321. Reference copy in Presidential File: Lincoln, Abraham... Inauguration. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent... More

[ U.S. Signal Corp. barometer, made by L. Casella, London, England]

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

The Houses of Parliament, from Lambeth Bridge / By Valentine Blanchard...

Stereograph shows boats and docks in the Thames River with the Palace of Westminster in the background. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 403.

The National Gallery / By Valentine Blanchard.

Stereograph shows horse-drawn carriages and people walking in front of the National Gallery, London, England. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 468.

Pall Mall west / By Valentine Blanchard.

Stereograph shows horse-drawn carriages and people walking on Pall Mall, London, England. On mount: Stereographs of London, by Valentine Blanchard. No. 440.

Francis Seymour Haden - [Battersea Bridge] / S. Haden.

Print shows view of the Battersea Bridge and Old Chelsea from across the Thames River. Title from: The engraved work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E. ; an illustrated and descriptive catalogue / by H. Nazeb... More

The fire at the Union League Club house last Sunday morning The new Al...

First print shows scenes at the clubhouse after a fire including: the staircase, where the fire started, the art gallery, covered art and furniture, workers shoveling debris, and a copy of Jaspar Cropsey's pain... More

London central fruit and vegetable market - plan

Illus. in: The Builder ... vol. 38, January to June 1880 / conducted by George Godwin, F.R.S, F.S.A. London : Wyman & Sons, printers, 1880, p. 73

Through London with Dickens - A poster for a play called through londo...

T6231 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Frank Oakes Rose. Created by "Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co., Chicago, U.S.A." No. 348. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England] view, photochrome print postc...

(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Great Marlow, London and suburbs, England Print no... More

[Paddington, Great Western Hotel, England] view, photochrome print pos...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Paddington, Great Western Hotel, London and suburbs, England." Print no. "11293". More in... More

Reading-room, British Museum, London, Eng.

Photograph shows reading room interior. Reading room designed by Sydney Smirke. Print clipped from an unidentified publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the AIA/AAF Collection, between pages 70 and 71, pr... More

Hyde Park, Queens birthday, London / photographed and published by B.W...

2059W1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6018. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of 19th-... More

London, English bar and bar maids

Stereo by William H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Taverns; Gt. B. Eng. London Misc.; Shelf.

The Armorial Jubilee Arch at Portsmouth, England, June 26, 1897

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Wall of the First International Exhibition, Knightsbridge, London, 18...

Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana shown in Division of Prints, Library of Congress (1921), 83

Charing Cross Bridge - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Tower of London, England. England in 19th century.

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Children in chairs on lawn during afternoon rest, London County Open-a...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Lying-in-State of His Late Majesty Edward VII in Westminster Hall

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hawker in London - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of men riding on the backs of horses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Whitehall Court] / J. Pennell imp.

Public domain scan of 19th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Mrs. Jack London] - Black and White Portrait Photograph

Photo copyrighted by J.E. Purdy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The greatest London and New York success, Alice sit by the fire by J.M...

Created and "copyright, 1907, by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 10210. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Votes for Women, Programme and souvenir, Hyde Park Demonstration, Lond...

Hyde Park Suffrage Demonstration Program includes map showing route of 7 processions and placement of 20 speaker's platforms, encircled by portraits of 20 women speakers and list of 60 speakers; border of pink rosettes.

Olympic Athlete's Reception, arrival at City Hall

Photo showing an event in New York City related to the 4th Olympic Games, held in London, England, in 1908. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Cong... More

Houses of Parliament and Thames River

H124752 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Horace K. Turner Co., Boston, Mass.

Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament, London, England

H121097 U.S. Copyright Office. On recto: The "Eureka Stereograph". No. 02009. Copyright by J.J. Killelea & Co.

Freedom of the City of London conferred on Mr. Roosevelt scene in the ...

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt in Guildhall seated next to the Lord Mayor and surrounded by the Common Council, dignitaries, and other invited guests; British and American flags hang overhead. Photo reg.... More

[Group of suffragettes standing outside Parliament - London, ca. 1910]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Shelf.

London - arrest of a suffragette

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Frederick H. Evans - Across the transepts of Westminster Abbey

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Layered mount with embossed monogram, "FHE," in lower right. Signed and inscribed in ink on back of mount. Source unknown. Caption card tracings: Churches... More

American delegates to London conf

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

HORSE SHOWS, FORT MYER ARMY OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN LONDON AND STOCK...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The old curiosity shop of Dickens' story, home of Little Nell, London

Photograph shows exterior view of "The Old Curiosity Shop, Immortalized by Charles Dickens" with several people looking in the windows. J195500 U.S. Copyright Office. No. U-140164. Copyright by Underwood & Und... More

COMMERCIAL ATTACHES: ALBERT H. BALDWIN, TO LONDON; V.L. HAVENS, TO SAN...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Royal carriage to meet T. R. Roosevelt. London, England

Bain photo. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Cheshire Cheese tavern, resort of Johnson and Goldsmith, London

Policeman and tavern keeper outside of tavern. J195501 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. No. 11543.

It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bo...

Poster showing a dirigible in the night sky over London, illuminated by a searchlight.

Men of London! Remember! We must have more men so join now and help to...

Poster showing the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, with flags of the Allies. Poster no. 50.

Wanted - Royal Navy / printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office by W...

Poster is text only, with arms and monogram of George V above, listing positions in the Royal Navy with qualifying age and weekly pay. [3613] G222 100M 2/15 110.

Group system. Enlistment in groups will re-open on Monday, January 10t...

Poster is text only, encouraging men to volunteer for military service under the Group System.

To the women of Britain. [...] Won't you help and send a man to join t...

Poster is text only, asking wives and mothers to encourage men to enlist in the army. Poster no. 69.

Men on the March Pipes & Tobacco League / designed by Frank Brangwyn, ...

Poster showing soldiers smoking pipes and cigarettes as they march past a damaged church. Text continues: £5 subscribed to the League will provide each man in a regiment at the front with one ounce of tobacco, ... More

Why aren't you in khaki? You'll be wanted. Enlist at once / printed by...

Poster is text only. Poster no. 65. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Help to end the war by enlisting ... carry the fight into the enemy's ...

Poster no. 44. W. 10403 - 15M. - 1/15. 8-229603. Poster is text only.

There is still a place in the line for you. Will you fill it? / The Ha...

Poster showing a line of soldiers at attention, flanking a sign which reads, "This space is reserved for a fit man." Poster no. 35. W 12401/328. 10M. 2/15.

Thousands have answered the nation's call, but you may be the one to t...

Poster is text only. Poster no. 94. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German cruelty to British prisoners. Justice cannot be done without yo...

Lord Kitchener says: The Germans have stripped and insulted British Prisoners and have shot some in cold blood. The Germans act with the same barbarous savagery as the Sudan Dervishes. The Prime Minister says: ... More

Taken in or around American Red Cross Headquarters, 40 Grosvenor Garde...

Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.go... More

American Flag Day in London - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Photograph shows a carriage arriving at St. Paul's Cathedral in London for a service commemorating the engagement of the United States in World War I. American flags were flown over the Houses of Parliament on ... More

Grosvenor Gardens YMCA hut on the left. Taken in or around American Re...

Taken in or around American Red Cross Headquarters, 40 Grosvenor Garde...

National Service Women's Land Army. "God speed the plough and the woma...

Poster showing a woman using a plow pulled by a horse. "Apply for enrolment forms at your nearest post office or employment exchange". Series W9.

The decision of the Allies to brigade American with the British in nor...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: A.R.C. Commission to England. Group title: U.S. Wounded England. On caption card:... More

Captain James Hazen Hyde and Major D.T. Pierce, of the Paris Headquart...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Personnel, England. On caption card: B-363. Data: Atlantic Div. 11/18. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information a... More

Folger Library copy work. Illustration of London Bridge II

Public domain image of a vintage historic city view, cityscape, plan, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Rear view of the Wright brothers' 1903 motor in the shop, January 1, ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 140. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

Rodney Wing House, Westminster Street, Walpole, Cheshire County, NH

Survey number: HABS NH-58 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction

Emir Abdullah's return from London

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Emir Abdullah's return from London

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ready forarms parley. Admiral William H. Standley, chief of Naval Oper...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saturday afternoon in London, Ohio, "the main street"

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

Saturday afternoon in London, Ohio, "the other side of the tracks"

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

After a snowstorm in Norwich, Connecticut

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Danny Kaye arriving at London Airport 1]

On back: X.21944 Danny Kaye in London It was a very happy Danny Kaye who landed at London Airport on the first stage of his fabulous round-the-world flight. (General) The Library of Congress provides access ... More

Old company houses on the main street of Occum, Connecticut

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The change of shifts at Denomah Mills in Taftville, Connecticut

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwin H.B. Pratt, residence, Westminster School, Simsbury, Connecticut...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photo of DCM 1401: Brickel Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained light and with a finish, possibly not original. Bone cap and ferrules, brass key.; 59.15 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap. Mark Maximum: BRICKEL / L... More

Connecticut College for Women, New London, Connecticut. Library IV

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, Brit...

Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woman kneeling next to bed of child, in an underground tunnel during t...

Date from information in related LOT 12457. Forms part of: Toni Frissell collection (Library of Congress).

London Character Shoes, business at 841 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Battersea incident, England, January 1945--A.W.V.S. canteen serves ho...

Women drinking coffee outside a building. Toni Frissell Collection (Library of Congress).

United States Embassy, London, 1955-60. Exterior detail

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States Embassy, London, 1955-60. Exterior detail

Box. no. 2. No. 438. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

United States Embassy, London, 1955-60. Exterior

Box. no. 2. No. 415. Title and date from Eero Saarinen by De Long and Peatross, 2008. Credit line: Balthazar Korab collection of photographs showing Eero Saarinen architecture, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More