New York (state)

Sculpture "Eagle; Justice Above All Else" at Jacob K. Javitz Federal B...

Artist: Theodore Roszak, 1970. Bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photogr... More

Gillender Building, New York City. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites

City Hall subway station, New York

St. Paul Building, New York City

Historic Sites

World's Fair. Soviet Socialist Republics Building at night

World's Fair. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Building at night II

World's Fair. Arctic Girl's tomb of ice II

Mural, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Binghamton, New York

Artist: Kenneth Washburn. An Art Deco interpretation of a classical style. Built in 1935. Architect: Conrad & Cummings. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title infor... More

New Yorke : 1695

Facsim. of ms. original in British Library. "By permission from the New York History Co." Original version: [1696?]. Includes index to points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

Principals at Monopoly hearing this morning. Washington, D.C., May 23....

A Map of the route from the city of Albany to the Fort Osswego on the ...

Scale ca. 1:410,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: I. Villedary. Also shows the route from Albany to "Crown Point, belonging to the French." Includes "An account of miles from the city of A... More

Draft of the lands disputed by Philipse Patent against Beekmans & Ramb...

Scale 1:31,680; 40 chains to an in. Title from verso. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: [Map of Fishkill and vicinity] Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. R... More

Georges Louis le Rouge - Sault du Niagara, de 135 pieds de haut.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1

[Fort Edward to Crown Point.

Scale ca. 1:250,000. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. In pencil: No. 26. "The original of this plan was found with General de Diskau when he was taken pr... More

Plan of Fort William Henry and camp at Lake George.

Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Includes descriptive index to military positions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1121 Available also throug... More

S[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the redouts bu...

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique : pris par les français co...

Engraved map of the British fortifications at the mouth of the Oswego River (now in city of Oswego, N.Y.) as depicted by the French. Shows military actions taken in the capture of Fort Oswego (August 1756). Rel... More

Plano de Philadelphia. Historic map, Library of Congress nautical char...

Scale ca. 1:220,000. Manuscript, pen and ink. Copied from Joshua Fishers' "To the merchants & insurers of the city of Philadelphia, this chart of Delaware Bay and river." Depths shown in fathoms. Oriented with ... More

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

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

Suite du cours du fleuve de St. Laurent, depuis Québec jusqu'au Lac On...

Scale ca. 1:2,850,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV, in 4⁰, no. 17. Tome 14, in 8⁰, page 254, no. 2." Appears in Jean François de La Harpe's Abrégé de l'historie générale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of Nor... More

Plan of the attack on Fort William Henry and Ticonderoga; showing the ...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to an in. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 852. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Attaques des retranchemens [sic] devant le Fort Carillon en Amérique :...

Project for the attack of Ticonderoga, proposed to be put in execution...

Scale ca. 1:15,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to military positions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2... More

Plan of the fort and fortress at Crown Point with their environs. With...

Scale 1:7,200; 200 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "References."... More

A Plan of Albany, as it was in the year 1758.

Scale 1:12,000; 1,000 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1129 Available also through the Librar... More

A north view of Crown Point

Drawing shows a British gunboat under sail on Lake Champlain with a view of Crown Point, New York in the background. Title from item. Drawing attributed to Thomas Davies.

Design for Governor's Island.

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. At head of title, in pencil: No. 50. Stamped on verso: John Montresor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1142 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

Baye et port d'Yorc, capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc.

Scale ca. 1:63,000. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I. No. 32." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1223 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

Bunker's Hill on N. York Island

Drawing shows distant view of wooded landscape with a few buildings. Title from item. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. Inscribed in ink on the back: Montresor. Possibly owned or drawn by John Mo... More

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

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

Plan of the attack the rebels on Long Island, by an officer of the Arm...

Scale ca. 1:125,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Annotated showing additional names in a different hand. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1147 Available al... More

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

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

A chart of Delaware Bay and River, containing a full & exact descripti...

Scale ca. 1:280,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and "Tide table." Accompanied by: Directions for navigating up Delaware-Bay from the capes to Reedy-Island by Capt... More

Sketth [sic] of the Hessian attack on Fort Washington under General Kn...

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red). Relief shown by hachures. Shows route of march from Kingsbridge to the fort. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1164 Available also through the Librar... More

[Fort Washington & vicinity. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale not given. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows Fort Washington with the position of Hessian encampment at the time of the ... More

Sketch of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, stormed the 6th Octob. 1777 by t...

Scale ca. 1:11,700. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of troop movements and military units. LC Maps of North America, 17... More

A survey of Frog's Neck and the rout[e] of the British Army to the 24t...

Scale 1:24,000; 2,000 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Includes "References to the plan." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1152 Available also th... More

Sketch of the country illustrating the late engagement in Long Island.

Scale ca. 1:310,000. Depths shown by soundings. From The Gentleman's magazine, v. 46, Oct. 1776. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1150 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ima... More

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge 1777, with the proposed redoubts ...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north to the left LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1165 Available also through ... More

Map of Hudson's River, with the adjacent country

Appears in The Scots Magazine, 1777. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. LC maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 704 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

A plan of the east part of Long Island Sound from remarks made on boar...

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated: By Lieutt. Knatchbull, Recd. 31 Jany. 1778. Includes directions for navigatio... More

A plan of the Forts Montgomery & Clinton as taken by His Majesty's for...

Scale ca. 1:18,000 (not ca. 1:6,000 as depicted by bar scale). Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Pictorial map. Includes index entitled "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1189 Available... More

Caduta di Niagara / G.M.T. fc. 1777.

Print shows a man standing on a rock in the foreground looking at the falls at Niagara. Title from item. Illus. in: Atlante dell' America, contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topografiche delle principa... More

Baye de la Delaware avec les ports, sondes, dangers, bancs, &c. depuis...

Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Ameri...

Shows military installations and British troop positions in the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) at the time of the Battle of Saratoga (Oct. 1777). Relief shown by hachures. Parts of index in mixed English a... More

Position of the detachment under Lieut't Col. Baum & attacks of the en...

Scale ca. 1:6,000; 200 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions of battle fought in the town of Ho... More

[Part of a map of the Hudson Highlands showing Forts Clinton and Montg...

Scale ca. 1:70,000 (not "1 English mile to a foot"). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Has watermarks. Northern of two or more sheets. Incorrect scale note in pencil.... More

A Map of Ticonderoga with the old and new lines and batteries,

Scale ca. 1:2,300. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1175 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Oyster Bay and Huntington. Huntington Bay.

Scale ca. 1:25,250. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text and inset "Hell Gate" ca. 1:25,250. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1231 Available also through the Librar... More

Plan of part of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelphia, in wh...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1366 Available also through the Library of ... More

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

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

[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconi...

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay. LC copy i... More

[Coast of Rhode Island and Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconi...

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Ba... More

Plano de la Bahia de la Ware y entrada de Filadelfie ...

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Soundings shown in fathoms. No. "41." LC Luso-Hispanic World, 848 Includes sailing directions and index. Available also through the Library of Congre... More

The State of New Jersey.

View of the British fortress at Stoney-Point, stormed and carried by a...

Print shows the British fort at Stony Point with American forces positioned for the assault. Includes legend. Title from item. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1780, verso of title page. ... More

Position of the detachment under Lieut't Col'l Baum, at Walmscock near...

Scale ca. 1:6,000; 200 paces to an in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions of battle fought in the town of Hoosick, N.Y. in defense of Bennington, Vt. "Engraved by Wm. Faden, 1780" fro... More

Connecticut and parts adjacent.

Reconnoissance, juillet, 1781. Historic map, Library of Congress

Plan of the attack of Fort Clinton and Montgomery which where [sic] st...

Scale ca. 1:21,120. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. Pictorial map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1195 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Plan de West-Pointe du nord levé a vue.

Plan of the attack of the Forts Clinton & Montgomery, upon Hudsons Riv...

Scale ca. 1:21,250. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Pictorial map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1196 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

Sarratoga [sic] / dessiné par Fauvel ; gravé par F. Godefroy de l'Acad...

Print shows the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777; includes text. Title from item. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indé... More

Nicolas Ponce - [Surrender at Saratoga]. Book illustration from Librar...

Wash drawing (reverse of printed versions) shows idealized view of the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les... More

Die Americaner machen das Corps des General Bourgoyne zu Gefangnen, be...

Print shows British troops laying down their arms at the surrender at Saratoga, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. Title from item. S. ii9. [Plate] 7. Published in: The Ameri... More

Ende der Feindseeligkeiten. Die Engländer räumen den Americanern Neu-Y...

Print shows soldiers, a man and a woman, and a Native family standing in the street during the evacuation of the British in New York, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution.

Chalbeate Spring near Saratoga / J.T. sculp.

Print shows view of chalybeate springs near Saratoga, New York. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 178... More

View of the federal ediface in New York

Print shows exterior view of Federal Hall, designated the site of the federal government in 1788, New York City, New York. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphi... More

View upon the road from New-Windsor, towards, Morris Town, Jersey

Print shows a tree stump in the foreground, a man tending a cow on the roadway, and a farm in the background, along the road from New Windsor, New York, to Morristown, New Jersey. Title from item. Illus. in: Th... More

View of the west bank of the Hudson's River 3 miles above Still Water,...

Print shows a panoramic view of three hills along the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.

A view of St. John's, upon the River Sorell, in Canada, with the redou...

Print shows a view looking across the Richelieu River at St. John, a cluster of buildings and fortifications used by the British. Title from item. Illus. in: Travels through the interior parts of America : In a... More

A view of a saw mill and block house upon Fort Anne Creek ...which on ...

Title from item. Published in: Travels through the interior parts of America. In a series of letters / Thomas Anburey. London : W. Lane, 1789.

A view of houses in the city of Albany

A view of the saw-mill & block house upon Fort Anne Creek, the propert...

Print shows a sawmill belonging to loyalist Philip Skene and the blockhouse at Fort Anne which were burned by American forces, reteating in advance of the British army under the command of General Burgoyne. Tit... More

View of the falls of Niagara / del. 1790 ; engrav'd by S. Hill.

Title from item. Illus. in: The Massachusetts magazine, or, Monthly museum of knowledge and rational entertainment. Boston, Mass. : Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, vol. II, no. VII, 1790 (July), opp. p. ... More

Map of the Niagara Falls region, including the Niagara River and the N...

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Perforated around border. "Falls of Niagara, 149 feet 9 inches perpendicular, measured Decemr. 8th, 1789, by Mejsrs. Ellicotts." Available also through the L... More

Shaker's worshiping, (exercise) Gilbert

Print shows several rows of Shakers, separated by gender, performing a step dance in the meeting hall at New Lebanon, New York; a woman spectator is seated in left foreground and a top hat rests on a bench on t... More

The seat of Henry Livingston Esqr. at Poughkeepsie / Tiebout s.

Print shows the estate of Henry Livingston on the banks of the either the Delaware or Schuylkill rivers. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1791 (May). Reference copy in LOT 4385-E.

A view of the seat of the Hon. Selah Strong, Esqr., St. George's Manor...

Print shows view of manor house in Sussex County, Long Island, New York. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4385-EO.

The saw-mill of Henry Livingston Junr. near Poughkeepsie / H.L. delin....

Print shows view of a sawmill on a stream with a man fishing in the foreground. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1792 (August). Reference copy in LOT 4397-I.

A view on the Mohawk River / H. Livingston d. ; Tiebout s.

Print shows view of mountains and farmland along the Mohawk River. Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1793 (March). Reference copy in LOT 4385-E.

A view of St. Paul's Church, New-York / T. Anderson del. ; Scoles scul...

Title from item. Illus. in: New York Magazine, 1795 (October). Reference copy in LOT 4445.

A map of the town's of Livingston, Germantown, and Clermont in the Cou...

General-content regional map of 3 towns (townships) in N.Y. State showing rural buildings and householders' names. Also gives orientation data for the segment lines of the township boundaries. Relief shown by h... More

John Smith, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 463 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

City Hall, New York

Post Office, Utica, N.Y

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 1800" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018257. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the art gallery

Illustration shows people viewing paintings at event in New York City to raise money for the Civil War; page also includes poem "Dead" by Theo. P. Cook and beginning of story "Maritana" by Lizzie Campbell. Titl... More

Syracuse, N.Y., Landscape view print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of Syracuse, New York, showing Onondaga Lake in the background. Title from item. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Rt. Rev. Samuel Provoost, D.D., first bishop of New York

Half-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding book. "Engraved expressly for the Evergreen"

Henry Walter Livingston, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 433 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... More

York-Island, with a view of the seats of Mr. A. Gracie, Mr. Church &c....

Print shows view across lake of houses on the far shore, framed by a grape arbor and willow tree. Title from item. Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland n... More

Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeW...

Blueprint copy of manuscript survey map of real property and land grants in central Greene County (N.Y.). Shows tract numbers, acreages, line measurements in chains, line declinations in degrees/minutes, and na... More

[Scene with windmill on right, Brooklyn Navy Yard to left]

(DLC/PP-1995:140.256) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 256. Title from item. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Fort Washington, head of Harlem River.

Scale not given. Manuscript; pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows military troop positions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Sketch of the entrance into Lake Ontario, Upper Canada Octr. 15 1813

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Oriented with north to the bottom left. Watermark: CoBatn 180. Minimal level cataloging record. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

A profile of the ground between Fort Green on the Jacksons hill southe...

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. "Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department. 58510 539" on verso. Minimal level cataloging record. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

New York from Fort Wood

Drawing shows a panoramic view of New York from Bedloe's Island. A group of people in a boat row away from the island into the harbor. (DLC/PP-1995:140.269) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 269. Title fro... More

A plan of Mud Fort at Sackets Harbour : on a scale of ten yards to an ...

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. In upper right: "N.13. By placing these letters under those on the plan of the Smith Cantonment the relative situation of these works will be show... More

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...

Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... More