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Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia 1864.

Shows dimensions, layout, outbuildings and immediate surroundings of Andersonville Prison Camp, Georgia. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image. Relief shown by hachures. This it... More

Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo /

Depths shown by soundings in feet. Indicates Fort Cairo, naval depot, and "harbor for powder barges" at Mound City, soundings in feet, roads and streets, and vegetation. Upper left margin: No. 31, No. 3020. Pri... More

Map of Pr. Edward Co., Virginia / - Public domain map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Originally printed on 2 sheets pasted together. "March 1st 1864." "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Ri... More

Plan of the circle battle between the U.S. ship "Keasarge," Capt. Wins...

The map shows the course of the two ships in Cherbourg Harbor and in the English Channel. Made by the British for the Confederacy and captained by Raphael Semmes, the "Alabama" was a successful blockade runner ... More

[Map of the lower Shenandoah Valley, Virginia] /

Shows the Shenandoah Valley from the Potomac to the north to Front Royal and Strasburg to the south, including roads, drainage, railroads, and names of residents. Relief shown by shading. Title derived from Ste... More

Isometric view of General Grant's Virginia campaign.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 488.4 From Harper's weekly, v. 8, Sept. 10, 1864. p. 580. Panoramic view of the environs of the James and Appomattox rivers showing Union and Confederate lines a... More

Map of Richmond, Va., and surrounding country showing Rebel fortificat...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640 Shows fortifications, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, relief by hachures, and rural houses. Descrip... More

View of Johnson's Island, near Sandusky City, O.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 320 Perspective drawing showing fortifications, prison, buildings, and vegetation. Principal buildings are keyed by number to a list in the lower left corner. De... More

Map of Nelson County, Virginia / - Public domain old map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. At lower left: C.W. Oltmanns. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. In pencil in upper right corner: 219. In pencil i... More

Map of Antietam National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Maryland

Scale 1:600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.65 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by the Board of Trustees of the 'Antietam National Cemetary' in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Cou... More

Map of Cambria Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys & official reco...

County cadastral map showing townships, boroughs, rural buildings, real-property tracts, and landowners' names; borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), owners' names (save Johnstown inset), and buildin... More

Appomattox Court House. [1865] - Public domain old map

Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 525.2 Detailed map of the environs of Appomattox Court House showing roads, railroads, houses and names of residents, drainage, and woodlands. Troop positions are no... More

Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651

Map of the city of Washington (District of Columbia).

General street map showing ward numbers within original city boundary. In right-hand margin: Season of 1870-71 will open on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1870. Includes index of "Public buildings" and advertisements. Avai... More

Red River County, Texas / - Public domain vintage map

In upper right margin: Lands of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company are colored yellow. Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 1104 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compile...

Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the pr... More

Watson's new rail-road and distance map of the United States and Canad...

Eastern half of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroads with mileage and names of lines. Smithsonian Deposit May 27, 1931. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. "Special railroad maps... More

Colton's new map of the state of Texas : the Indian Territory and adjo...

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich... More

Map showing the route of the Continental Railway and its connecting li...

Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:2,217,600. LC Railroad maps, 392 Description derived... More

Railroad map of the state of Texas /

971302 U.S. Copyright Office Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Edward Vernon in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Available also thr... More

View of Naugatuck, Conn. 1877.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 85.4 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to point... More

Vicksburg and its defences - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 566 and 567. "Copyright 1877 by Virtue, Yorston." Caption in lower margin: A topogra... More

View of Peabody, Massachusetts. 1877. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 318 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Plainville, Connecticut 1878. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 93 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Map of the county of Essex, Vermont.

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes business directories and insets. Bloomfield -- Canaan Corners -- Concor... More

Caldwell's illustrated, historical, combination atlas of Jefferson Cou...

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Hindu Kush and passes between the Kabul and Oxus.

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society..." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The White House / photo. by G.D. Wakely ; eng'd by J.C. Buttre N.Y.

Print shows a view of the north portico of the White House from the northeast, Washington, D.C. Title and statements of responsibility are inscribed in pencil. Stamped in lower right corner: Map Division APR 2... More

Map of central Asia on the basis of the surveys made by British and Ru...

Relief shown by hachures. From Science, May 1, 1885. "Reproduced from map issued by the Great trigonometric survey of India." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Map of Volusia County and vicinity Florida /

"Note - This map was compiled from the U.S. Land Maps, from the Coast Survey Charts, and from Private and Public Surveys made by D. D. Rogers, U.S. Deputy Surveyor in the past 8 years." LC Land ownership maps, ... More

Yreka & Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County, Cal., looking south east /

Birds-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 53.1 Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Dallas Co., Texas. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows land ownership. Blueprint "Dec - 1884." "Retraced March 1931." LC Land ownership maps, 944 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

City of Washington / Historic map, Library of Congress

Columbus Cleveland and his mutinous crew - "This ship shall not turn b...

Illustration shows Grover Cleveland as Christopher Columbus holding a map labeled "Route to Reform", aboard ship surrounded by mutinous sailors labeled "Bayard, Whitney, Eustis, Sterling, Hedden, Pulitzer, Blac... More

View of the city of Tallahassee. State capital of Florida, county seat...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 118 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Map of the city of Washington showing the location of the sewers /

LC copy trimmed and torn along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Official map of Dallas County, Texas /

Shows landownership. "Dallas, Texas, November 1st, 1886. I, J.M. Strong, County Surveyor of Dallas County, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing map is the latest and most correct representation... More

Relative positions of forces at sunset, Aug. 28, 1862. [2nd Manassas C...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 581 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 31, Jan. 1886. p. 447. Map of the environs of Manassas Junction. Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Brattleboro, Vt. 1886. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 935 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Mapa topográfico de la isla de Puerto Rico.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of George Truesdell's addition to the city of Washington : being a...

Cadastral map. Has statement of certification by: W'm Forsyth, Surveyor Dist. of Columbia. Includes location map and ill. of houses. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, annotated in red ink and blue pencil, and moun... More

Rand McNally & Co.'s new twelve inch terrestrial globe [gores].

Relief shown in hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Official map of Modoc County, California /

Relief shown by shading. Cadastral map showing land ownership, landowners' names, drainage, township & section lines, judicial townships, school & road districts, etc. Stamped on: Colored by E.M. Sleator, 529 S... More

Bainbridge, N.Y. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 537 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

[Manuṣyaloka, map of the world of man, according to Jain cosomological...

Title provided by cataloger. Gift; Nasli M. Heeramaneck. From western Rajasthan. Gouache on cotton, sewn on to modern cloth backing. Originally folded in accompanying silk brocade covered wooden boards (each 14... More

Map of the Russian Empire showing the regions of the precious metals.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map showing the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in...

Relief shown by hachures. Panel title: Preserve this Montana map, it shows the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana and Idaho, and in part of North Dakota, and in part of eastern Washi... More

Nouvelle decouverte de plusieurs nations dans la Nouvelle France en l'...

From the Jesuit Relations, vol. 59, p. facing 86. 8 x 10 film negative available in G&M Reading Room. Part of the Missisippi River exhibit. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1674] Facsimile. Available also throug... More

Carte du Congo Belge / - Public domain vintage map

Inset: Étendue comparée de la Belgique; 7 x 8 cm. Ancillary maps: Carte détaillée du Bas Congo -- Carte détaillée du Katanga. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Copy 1... More

Map of Denton County / - Public domain vintage map

Blueprint Shows land ownership. "Traced September 1932 W.B. Smith." LC Land ownership maps, 953 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

The gold and coal fields of Alaska : together with the principal steam...

Madaba map mosaic, Jordan - Public domain vintage map

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan.

Relief shown in hachures. From: Rand McNally and Company, Indexed atlas of the world, no. 115. Includes index. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Putting his foot down / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, U... More

The modern Danaë and the golden rain / Frank A. Nankivell '99.

Print shows a man reclining on a "Map of New York" with Thomas C. Platt holding a platter catching gold coins raining down in the form of bribes from above. Illus. from Puck, v. 46, no. 1175, (1899 September 1... More

South Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

Picryl description: Public domain image of Africa and Africans, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Library of Congress, Map Division quarters, north curtain, second floo...

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

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Maps show comparison of African American population in the United States with several European countries and Australia. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University s... More

Northern Pacific Railway 1900. - Public domain old map

Map of northern United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean showing reliief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forest and timber, Indian and military reservations. Scale not given. From Fourth... More

First quarters for storing prints, southeast pavilion attic, Print Div...

Photograph shows the large sorting tables in an attic area of what is now called the Thomas Jefferson Building. Labels identify the material on shelves under the tables, including photographs; some appear to be... More

Plat showing proposed U.S. military reservation at Fort Stevens D.C. /

Partial cadastral map. Blueprint. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

The Matthews-Northrup handy map of Central America.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Pharus-map World's Fair St. Louis, 1904.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

W. & A. K. Johnston's map to illustrate the Chinese question

Insets: Port Hamilton -- Wei-Hai-Wei Habour -- Port Arthur, Kin-Chow & Ta-Lein-Wan Bay -- World on Mercator's projection -- Kiao-Chwo Harbour -- Environs of Pekin, Port Arthur, Wei-Jai Wei and Kiao-Chow. Text a... More

Business section of the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Photocopy. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Fairbanks Alaska region showing U.S. military telegraph line].

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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.

Stratford on Avon. Historic map, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view showing Shakespearean landmarks and other points of interest. Xerographic copy. Includes index to points of interest, ill. of Shakespeare, extensive ill. of literary and related landmarks, and c... More

Farm line map of Marshall Co., West Virginia /

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, West Virginia /

Shows coal mines, oil and gas wells, and the names of some residents. Blue-line print. "This map is fully protected by copyright. No part thereof can be copied without permission." Includes explanations. Copy i... More

Afghanistan. Historic map, Library of Congress

Panoramic view of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies.

ARMY WAR GAME. LT. COL. D.E. AULTMAN; LT. COL. J.A. SHIPTON; MAJOR L. ...

A group of men standing around a table with a map on it. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map making, Interior Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

General railway map engraved expressly for the Official guide of the r...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes nine inset maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map making, Interior Dept., 4 color press

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

Miscellaneous subjects. Hand with stein and map of United States of Am...

[Woman creating map of United States showing states and counties], 8/1...

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Ecole turque / Sebah & Joaillier. - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Photograph shows group portrait of male students and teachers in front of wall with large maps displayed. No. 682. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

Map of the city of San Antonio, Bexar County: including suburbs both n...

Shows named subdivisions, house numbering systems, and other localities. Shows radial distances. "Copyright 1924 by Nic Tengg." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Weather Bureau, printing weather maps

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

Mapping W.H. grounds for Bu. public bldgs. & grounds, 5/20/25

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Railroad map of Texas, 1926 / - Public domain map

Index of railroads and lines. Includes 3 insets of Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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

414-416 Seventh Street, Northwest (Commercial Building), Washington, D...

Significance: Originally represented as one building in the Hopkins 1892 pat map (no original construction permit available)< 414-416 Seventh Street later appears divided equally along the east-west axis in 191... More

Governor Robert Lucas House, 1030 Carroll Avenue, Iowa City, Johnson C...

Survey number: HABS IA-30-41 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Outer Island Light Station, La Pointe, Ashland County, WI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N46 Survey number: HABS WI-318

Olympic National Park (Site Map), Crescent, Clallam County, WA

Survey number: HABS WA-164 Building/structure dates: 1982 Initial Construction

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (site plan), San Antonio...

Survey number: HABS TX-334 Public domain scan of architectural plan, map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Authorized map of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

Second Byrd Expedition. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Illustrated map by children in the school at Arthurdale, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Works Progress Administration, Illinois, District 6--March of leisure ...

Poster showing a map in the center of a clock, surrounded by vignettes of people involved in leisure activities. Date stamped on verso: May 22 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

New Mexico tours Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows vicinity of Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest with Raton, Taos, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque cities region, New Mexico. Attributed to Federal Writers' P... More

8th Army in Tripoli. Time out on the road to Tripoli for a veteran tan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hjalmar Procope - Public domain architectural plan photograph

A man in a suit pointing at a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia and the war / Pollock.

Poster showing a map of Australia and the face of Hirohito(?).

Iran oyobi Afuganisutan : sanbyakuman-bun no ichi zu.

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Based on: "Iran i Afganistan" by Soviet Union, Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii, 1940. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster imag... More

Chaplains Jacob Rothschild and Harold Elsam learning to use instrument...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.