navy

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More

United States & Macedonian - Public domain drawing

Preliminary drawing for an oil painting showing the sea battle between the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, and HMS Macedonian off the coast of Maderia on October 25, 1812. The original... More

Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus...

Astronomical chart showing an owl, raven, ornate bowl, sextant, snake, cat, wolf, centaur, air pump, and a ship forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 32.

Adm. Smith, U.S.N., Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parker, U.S.N, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms part of: Civil war photographs... More

Commodore S.L. Breese, USN, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negat...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commodore S.C. Rowan USN, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Renshaw W.B. USN, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

R.W. Meade, USN, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Page of text with articles: Commander Dahlgren and his guns; the Wash...

Page from: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 20, p. 246. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gunboat on the Mississippi - A black and white photo of people on a bo...

Part of the Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two unidentified sailors in Union uniforms]

Photograph shows older sailor and younger sailor holding hands; probably father and son. Case: Berg, no. 3-37. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Ryan M. Cooper Nautical Antiques,... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate quantrillian battleshirt with dou...

Case: Berg, no. 5-81 (back). Case: Leather; geometric design (front). Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Paul Reeder, Germantown, Tennessee, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family... More

Portrait photo of [Unidentified sailor in Union uniform]

Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Thomas Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:094). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj01 pp/liljunion

Sailors on Russian frigate "Osliaba," harbor of Alexandria, Virginia (...

Photograph showing Russian sailors standing on the deck of their ship. No. 210. Inscribed on item: [Gen. Haupt & wife attended a reception given by the admiral].

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B696. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

Military map of the United States & territories showing the location o...

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Virginia

No. B686. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Confederate iron-clad Stonewall, Confederate States of America.

No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B

[Unidentified sailor in Union engineer lieutenant commander's uniform]...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3169. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Commodore Goldsborough / Magee.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform.

The CARONDELET running the gauntlet at Island No. 10

Ironclad under artillery bombardment from Island No. 10 in Mississippi River, Missouri, April 6, 1862. Steel engraving by Samuel Sartain after drawing by J. Hamilton. This record contains unverified, old data f... More

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Memphis (Tennessee) before the war / sketched by Porte Crayon.

Composite of three scenes showing the old battery at the navy yard, steamboat landing, and the cotton levee, Memphis, Tennessee. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 March 15, p. 168. David Strother (1816-1888), 19... More

U.S.S. Niagara, Boston, Massachusetts., Sept., 1863

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The clairvoyant's dream, Confederate States of America.

Four vignette cartoon shows Brother Jonathan kicking the confederacy, Napoleon III, and Emperor Maximillian, represented by animals, with his "iron-clad" boots. In the next vignette, Brother Jonathan fills the ... More

Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia / negative by J. Gardner; positiv...

Photo shows Alfred Waud seated on the ruins of the dock destroyed by the Confederates in 1861. (Source: Library staff, 2009) Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Admiral Dahlgren and staff on board U.S.S. Pawnee, off Charleston, S.C...

"65" inscribed on photograph. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civ... More

Paymaster Albert W. Bacon, U.S.N., American Civil War Photograph, Glas...

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

Shock, Commodore W.H. U.S.N. (not in uniform)

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 394, Commodore WH Shock, 576 [crossed out], 546, 30622. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, L... More

Chandler, Honorable Wm E. of N.H. Secty of Navy in Arthur Adm.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rodgers, Adml. John U.S.N.. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War t...

Two men in military uniforms standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Law, Commodore U.S. Navy. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War tim...

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

Goff, Honorable Nathan of West Virginia. Secty. Navy - Hays Admin.

A black and white photo of two men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The ram of MONITOR CAMANCHE, San Francisco

Men standing above bow of USS MONITOR CAMANCHE. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 155. LOT subdivision subject: USS Monitor Camanche... More

Uniforms of the Army, Navy and N.Y. State National Guards

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Schuller. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.

Sanders, Adm. B.T. U.S.N., Active at Fort Fisher, N.C.

A black and white photo of a man with a long beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction photos of State, War & Navy bldg., Wash., D.C.: Aug. 23, ...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Construction; DC, Wash. Bldgs., US Govt.; Shelf.

[The Naval Fire Brigade] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Public domain scan of architectural print, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Central Naval Hospital] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 8. No. 46. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire... More

[The electric generator factory at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdul...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 16. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms... More

Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows "Policeman Puck" and Uncle Sam investigating a robbery at the U.S. Treasury, a safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled "150,000,000 $ Surplus" is empty; there is a hole in the floor which lea... More

The rehabilitation of the Democratic party / Gillam.

Illustration shows a scene inside "Cleveland's Clothing Establishment" where President Cleveland and Thomas F. Bayard are fitting a man labeled "Reform Democracy" with the "Thos. Jefferson Pattern", while cabin... More

Commandant's quarters, Pensacola Navy Yard

Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Pola, the Navy Yard, Istria, Austro-Hungary]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16777". Forms part of: Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Photochrom pr... More

Spanish caravel Santa Maria - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30639. Second title on negative: Santa Maria, Columbus Caravel. Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbe... More

H.M.S. Australia. Warship photograph collection

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021118. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cardinal Gibbons pronouncing the benediction - President McKinley and ...

Copyright 1899 by J. F. Jarvis. Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas. No. 2.

[Sailors dancing with each other aboard USS OLYMPIA]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Admiral Goodrich receiving wireless telephone

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adm. v. Rebeur-Paschwitz, Capt. Ritter v. Mann

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

U.S.S. Delaware - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Florida", U.S.N. battleship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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

Adm. Lord John Jellicoe & wife - Public domain photograph, glass negat...

A man and a woman standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Adm. T.S. Rodgers, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

U.S.N. Vestal (Collier) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Row of guns for H.M.S. Shannon in Vickers Sons & Maxims Gun Works

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

Boats returning to the ship, Hampton Roads

Possibly United States Navy or Marine Corps. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0815. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Amer. & German admirals with Count Bernstorff

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

Navy Secty. Swanson's body arrives at Capitol

A group of people standing on the steps of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts.

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

[Army & Navy (Soldiers' and Sailors') Monument, the base, Indianapolis...

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

Admiral Leutze - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U-Boat at Navy Yard - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Middies receive commissions. Annapolis, Md. June 1. For the first time...

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

Navy's Chief of Bureau of Navigation. Washington, D.C., June 15. Rear ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General L.E.O Charlton & Capt. T.T. Craven, US Navy

Two men in military uniforms standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A Youthful snake charmer, Bombay, India

H6980 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8314. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the stoke-hole of H.M.S. Terrible. Hong Kong, China

No. 115. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic... More

Fireboat "New Yorker" in action /

A demonstration by the famous fireboat "New Yorker." The picture shows the fireboat with all its nozzles spurting water as it goes back and forth in front of the camera. Put in service on February 1, 1891 as En... More

Workmen at Navy Yard, Bremerton, Wash, presenting souvenir of the "Ore...

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

H.M.S. Cumberland. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Army and Navy [Soldiers' and Sailors'] Monument, Indianapolis, Ind.

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

JONES, H.P., ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HART, THOMAS. ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HARRIS, H.T. ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HARRIS, ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Royal Navy armored cruiser arriving in New York, probably at the time...

H68996 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov. 23, 1905. Type of cruiser identified by a researcher in 2007.

Our future admirals in imposing procession - Annapolis Naval cadets on...

H58944 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by C.L. Wasson. Public domain photograph of procession, parade in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HUSE, McL. ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SHLEY, J.L., CAPTAIN - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

REYNOLDS, ALFRED. ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

MASON, N.E. ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sperry, Admiral Charles S. - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

KRUEGER, WALTER. CAPTAIN - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in a military uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BENSON, WILLIAM S. ADMIRAL - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WILSON, H.B. CAPTAIN - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

BRYAN, B.C. ADMIRAL - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RICKENBACHER, EDWARD V. CAPTAIN, Portrait photo, Library of Congress

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Future admirals passing President Roosevelt's stand - Annapolis midshi...

H58398 U.S. Copyright Office No. 7556. Copyright 1905 by Underwood & Underwood.

HARRIS, ADMIRAL - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date span based on active dates of H... More

GLENNON, JAMES. CAPTAIN - Harris & Ewing, Studio Portrait

A black and white photo of a man holding a frisbee. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First day of school - Public domain print

Photograph shows studio portrait of little boy, dressed in sailor suit, holding umbrella over head of little girl dressed in fancy coat and hat. Copyright 1905 by The Photograph Company of America. No. 1224.

JOHNSTON, GRAHAM L. CAPTAIN - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SHIPYARD AND NAVY YARD WORKERS AT WHITE HOUSE

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

Pres. Roosevelt leaving the Mayflower to call on Admiral Evans, Naval ...

H83265 Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co. No. 7449. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Escort of French officers, with President Roosevelt, Admiral Sands, Se...

Photograph shows French officers escorting President Theodore Roosevelt during re-interment ceremonies for John Paul Jones at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. H77055 U.S. Copyright Office. Another copy of th... More