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Inauguration of President Polk. - Approach to the Capitol

Illustration shows crowd in the rain, holding umbrellas, walking up the steps of the U.S.Capitol for the inauguration of James K. Polk. Illus. in: The illustrated London news, v. 6, 1845 April 19, p. 244, top.

Capture of the ANN D. RICHARDSON slaver [flying U.S. flag] by H.M. Ste...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1850 July 6, p. 36. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The match by the Club of All Nations at Cowes [England]. The AMERICA y...

Wood engraving by Landells. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1851 August 30, v. 19, p. 264. Reference copy may be in SSF - YACHTING. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card t... More

[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.

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

The famine in Russia [1892]: "famine stricken villagers who have left ...

Engraving by R. Caton Woodville from sketches by a Russian officer. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1892. Reference copy may be in LOT 7 . This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. C... More

The smoke-box for baffling submarines: ...After dropping a smoke-box: ...

Halftone repro. of drawing by Charles Pears. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1917 Sept. 29. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Smokescreens; ... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

Print shows uniformed men of the Garibaldi Guard Regiment, New York Volunteers marching past President Abraham Lincoln and General Winfield Scott during a parade of 20,000 troops in Washington, D.C. A large Ame... More

Review of Federal troops on the 4th of July by President Lincoln and G...

[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848,...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; Gt. Brit. Hist. 1848; Holiday... More

The Presidential campaign in America. Great M'Clellan meeting in Union...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Oct. 1, p. 345.

Election day in New York. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Depicts election day in wealthy neighborhood and poor neighborhood. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 Dec. 3, p. 560.

Funeral of Mr. [George] Peabody in Westminster Abbey

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1869 Nov. 20, p. 520. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Peabody, George, 1795-1869. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings:... More

Sonia Kovalevskaia, 1851-1891 - Public domain portrait engraving

Bust, facing right. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1884, v. 85, p. 121. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Joe's Luck Mine (Sheba Reef) - The DeKaap Gold Fields in the Trans-Vaa...

Tent camp of mine workers. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1887 June 11, p. 654. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Gold mines.

[Postman with bike handing letter to King George V]

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 16 Sept. 1911, p. 439, no. 6. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gt. Br. Hist; B.I.; Postal Service; Bicycles.

The destruction of a U-boat by a Q-boat. A British mystery ship, H.M.S...

Halftone repro. of drawing by Charles Pears. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, v. 153, 1918 Dec. 14, p. 794. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Inauguration of President Polk - The Oath

View of crowd with umbrellas, in front of platform on east portico of U.S. Capitol, where Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administers the oath of office to James K. Polk. Illus. in: The illustrated London news, v.... More

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image

Japanese triptych print showing supposed view of an American town square, with people walking around, although the source for the architecture was an illustration of the Fredericksburg Castle near Copenhagen th... More

Slave auction at Richmond, Virginia

African American woman being auctioned off in front of crowd of men. Illus. from: The illustrated London news, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 315.

Slave sale, Charleston, S.C.. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

From a sketch by Eyre Crowe. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Nov. 29. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: S.C.; A... More

The Civil War in America: the fight at Ball's Bluff, upper Potomac - d...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1861 Nov. 23, p. 511. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Hist Jun 1861; Va Ball's Bluff; C.W. Battles; C.W.... More

Reverend B. Baring Gould. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1895, v. 107, p. 420. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The Italians in Abyssinia - Public domain print

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, vol. 108, 1896 April 11, p. 461.

The great sea serpent. The sea serpent when first seen from H[er] M[aj...

Long sea monster in front of ship. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848 Oct. 28. Reference copy may be in SSF - Sea monsters. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Grand saloon of the "Atlantic". 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Steamship. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, vol. 16, 1850 May, p. 368. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steamships; Interior.

Panama Railway - the Culebra or Summit Station

Railroad train in mid-ground; bldg. with thatched roof in right foreground; other bldgs. and many people in backgrd. Ref. copy may be in SSF - RAILROADS PANAMA Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 31 Mar. 18... More

The War in America: Union troops attacking Confederate prisoners in th...

Wood engraving in The Illustrated London News, 14 September 1861, p. 283. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Washington Misc. 1861; Civil War Prisoners; She... More

The war in America: Rendevous of Mosby's men in the pass of the Blue R...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1865 Jan. 21, p. 56. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Civil War Cavalry; Civil War Units Mosby's.

Mr. Muybridge showing his instantaneous photographs of animal motion a...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1889 May 25. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf.

[Reproductions of cave paintings in the Altamira Cave, Spain, from the...

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

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Rum-running a crime not a business. Prohibition a growth not a fixed s...

Page Order: Tri-fold 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 138, Folder 24b.

The Civil War in America--drumming out a soldier of the Federal Army t...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 Dec. 28, p. 666.

The Civil War in America--Naval engagement in Hampton Roads: the Confe...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1862 April 5, p. 327.

The JACKAL TENDER and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at...

SSF - Postal Service Boat and ship 1864. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1864. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Postal Service ; Ships; Geogr.

Charles Babbage, 1792-1871 - Public domain portrait engraving

Head and shoulders, facing left. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1871 Nov. 4, v. 59, p. 424. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

All the comfort of a Pullman car: the saloon of a Handley-Page [airpla...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1920 Jan. 24, p. 118. Reference copy may be in SSF - Airplanes 1920. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Transportation; A... More

Texas: Church of Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1844. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Lambeth "Ragged School" [London]: men teaching boy students

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1846 April 11. Reference copy may be in LOT 7003. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Poor; Schools Classes 1846 Eng.; Shelf.

New York, New York. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Street scene, with pedestrians and 3 horse-drawn carriages. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 315. Reference copy may be in LOT 4383 R. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More

"The Maelstrom in Mammoth Cave", engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1859 March 6, p. 221. No ref. copies. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Caves; Ky. Mammoth Cave.

Flight of President Jefferson Davis and his ministers over the Georgia...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1865, p. 625. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Civil War Confederacy; Shelf.

The Second Inauguration of Pres. Lincoln in front of the Capitol at Wa...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1865. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

The marriage of Princess Mary of Cambridge and Prince Teck - the proce...

No ref. copy. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, June 23, 1866. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Marriage; B.I. (2).

[Independence Hall, Philadelphia, during the American Centennial Festi...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 July 22, p. 93. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions; Pennsylvania Philadelp... More

Sir Richard Burton, engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1887 Jan. 22. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Ghost Dance of the Sioux Indians in North America

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1891 Jan. 3. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ind. Dances; Ind. Tribes; Shelf.

[Reproductions of cave paintings in the Altamira Cave, Spain, from the...

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

English women in shipbuilding yards

Photograph shows women at work building navy ships during World War I in England. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Photograph published i... More

Why the German high seas fleet evaded ... the British fleet: on of our...

View of deck of a British battleship with big guns firing broadside. Left half, p. 730. Repro. of photoprint by Cribb. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1916 June, pages 730 and 731. Reference copy may be... More

Lord Mayor's day. Bringing the Baron of Beef into Guildhall

Several male kitchen servants carry beef on a litter and into a banquet hall. The two head cooks supervise the proceedings. Several men in offical dress watch. Inscribed below image: Mr. Young Husband the chi... More

Mr. Charles ice-stores, Lindsey House, Chelsea: storing the ice

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1861 Jan. 19. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 N. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gt. Brit. Eng. London; Ice industry; Shelf.

[Stanley meets Livingstone] / H.H., Tanzania

Illustration showing Henry Morton Stanley greeting Dr. David Livingstone at a village in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present day Tanzania. Stanley's porters stand on the left, one at center carries an Americ... More

The Channel Tunnel Work at Dover [England]: view from the Admiralty Pi...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1882 March 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Hurricane at Samoa on the morning of March 16

H.M.S. CALLIOPE, German barque, and wrecked schooner in heavy seas. After sketch by Lt. Monkton. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1889 May 11, p. 596-597. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified da... More

Embarkation at Woolwich of the B Battery, Fourth Brigade of Royal Fiel...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News,supplement, 1911 Dec. 14, p. 607. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gt. Br. Army; Gt. Br. Hist 1911; Canada Hist 1911.

[Reproductions of cave paintings in the Altamira Cave, Spain, from the...

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

Lambeth "Ragged School" [London]: women teaching girl students

Iron Store-House for California - sent to San Francisco

Built by John Walker, son of Richard Walker, orig. mfr. and patentee; of corrugated iron. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1849, July 14, p. 20. This record contains unverified, old data from caption car... More

Mr. Charles ice-stores, Lindsey House, Chelsea: carting the ice

Loading area of ice-house. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1861 Jan. 19. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 N. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gt. Brit... More

American sketches: A Negro congregation at Washington

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 Nov. 1876, p. 481. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Note on caption car... More

The German losses are heavier than the British

3 views of German battleships KAISER & POMMERK, and U-boats. Repros. of photoprints. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1916 June 10, p. 738. Reference copy may be in SSF - World War, 1914-1918 Naval opera... More

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Public domain dedication image

Amerika nigiwai no zu - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lynch law in California - surrender of prisoners at the county gaol [j...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 July 12, p. 36. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: California San Francisco; California Hist. 1856; Lynching; Prisons.

The recent deep snow in Massachusetts: street in New Bedford

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1857 Feb. 21. Reference copy may be in LOT 4382H. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The war in China - attack on the "Banterer's" boat in Sai-Lau Creek, C...

Opium War. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1858 March 6, p. 233. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; China Hist. 1858; Opium War.

Presidential electioneering in New York--a street scene ; Presidential...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1864 supplement, Oct. 15, p. 349.

Fraudulent voters of the presidential election in custody at the Unite...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 Dec. 9. Reference copy may be in LOT 4406 (1876). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY Hist. 1876; Pres. contests 1... More

Wapiti-hunting in North America - Public domain engraving

Firing into running herd; hunter standing over dead buck. Wood engraving by R. Caton Woodville. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1886 Nov. 6, title page. Reference copy may be in LOT 4433 C. This record ... More

Mme. Wilhelmine (Norman-Neruda), Lady [Charles] Halle, 1834-

3/4 lgth., standing, facing right; holding violin. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1895 May 11, vol. 106, p. 579. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

[2 images: 1. Two women putting the finishing polish on a warship's pr...

Repro. of photoprint. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1916 June 10, p. 736. Reference copy may be in SSF - World War, 1914-1918 Industry, British Boats and Ships 1916. This record contains unverified, o... More

The offensive was taken by the British forces: ships of our mighty Nav...

British ships. Right half (p. 729). Repro. of 8 photoprints by Cribb, Gale and Bolden, Cozens, and Alfieri. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1916 June 10, pages 728 and 729. Reference copy may be in SSF ... More

Midnight service, Fort Douaumont, Verdun

Photograph shows a priest, Abbé Trentesaux, holding midnight mass for soldiers in an underground bomb proof vaulted chamber at Fort Doaumont, Verdun, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from da... More

Gold in California - "El Dorado," in Sacramento

Interior of crowded gambling house. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1852 June 5, p. 437. Reference copy may be in LOT 4392-J. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Conference of Kaw Indians (Kansas) with the United States Commission o...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1857 Apr. 25. Reference copy may be in LOT 4391 F. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians History 1857; Ind. tribes K... More

The Civil War in America: claiming exemption from the draught [i.e., d...

Men in room seeking exemption from being drafted into the military. Illus. from: The Illustrated London news, 1863 Jan. 3, p. 28.

[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philad...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 June 24, p. 612. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death Cemeteries; Holidays; Orphans; Shelf.

Weeding the British Navy: fit subjects for Admiral Fisher's porposed r...

Composite of head and shoulders of Admiral John A. Fisher and obsolete warships. Repro. of drawing by Normal WIlkinson and insert of photoprint by Russell. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1904 Dec. 3. R... More

[J.H. Poynting "Professor of Physics in the Univ. of Birmingham", bust...

Halftone repro. of photo by Lafayette, Dublin. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1914 Apr. 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

English Mission house wrecked by Zeppelin, 1/31/16

Photograph shows a mission house in Staffordshire, England where a German zeppelin dropped a bomb that killed three people including a woman missionary during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013 ... More

Women help to strengthen the Navy: feminine ship-builders

2 views of women working in British naval ship-building yard(s). Repro. of photoprints. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1916 June 10, p. 737. Reference copy may be in SSF - World War, 1914-1918 Industry... More

Tastefully decorated - the saloon of a large Vickers aeroplane

Port of Galveston [Texas] - Public domain book illustration, Library o...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1845 Jan. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Major General Charles Ashe [sic] Windham - Roger Fenton's Crimean War ...

Charles Ash Windham, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, seated, facing slightly left. Probably photographed by Sharp & Melville based on engraving and text in The Illustrated London News, October 6... More

The ship GLAD TIDINGS, with a cargo of American Cotton, entering the p...

Reference copy may be available in Lot 4426-B. Illus. in: "The Illustrated London News", 4 Nov. 1865, p.449. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.... More

[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial ...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876June 10, p. 573. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Exhibitions; Shelf.

[Labor, a picture made about 1900 for use as a magazine illustration]

Three men, one with wheelbarrow, working at the base of large rock. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's gr... More

With the grand fleet: and women in a munition factory

A British warship, a British destroyer, and five female munition workers. 3 repros. of photoprints. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1916 June 10, p. 732. Reference copy may be in SSF - World War, 1914-1... More

The second phase: the PRIZE taking punishment from the submarine she h...

Halftone repro. of drawing by Charles Pears. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, v. 153, 1918 Dec. 14, p. 795. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Innovations in "Shamrock V" ... including new winch method of hoisting...

Composite of interior, deck, and sectional views of British raching yacht. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1930 May 31, p. 976-977. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

[Front page of the Illustrated London news, illustrated with view of L...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1842 May 14, p. 1.

Review of Texas troops - A drawing of a large group of people on horse...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1845 Jan. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Christmas tree at Windsor Castle / drawn by J.L. Williams.

Family around Christmas tree, depicted in an oval with border showing winter scenes and the fruits and animals of a bountiful harvest. Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, Christmas supplement, 1848, p. 409.

Brook Street, Ragged and Industrial School

London; 2 scenes of interior of trade school for juvenile delinquents. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1853 Dec. 17, p. 520. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unverified, old data ... More

Negro expulsion from railway car, Philadelphia

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1856 Sept. 27, p. 314. Reference copy may be in LOT 4422 D. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.