new york state, history

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. S. ii9. [Plate] 7. Published in: The American Revolution i... More

Winter scene in Philadelphia - A drawing of a building with a horse dr...

Print shows a street scene in winter in front of the "Russian Heater Works" at the intersection of "Filbert" and "Twelfth" streets in Philadelphia; includes many pedestrians on the street, the "Twelfth Street P... More

[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Lafayette Square, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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Destruction of the American steamboat Caroline

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[Commuters at train station, upstate New York]

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American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y.

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Soldiers' Monument, Washington Park, Rochester, N.Y.

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The fall of New Amsterdam / J.L.G. Ferris.

Print shows Peter Stuyvesant, in 1664, standing on shore among residents of New Amsterdam who are pleading with him not to open fire on the British who have arrived in warships waiting in the harbor to claim th... More

North side of Washington Square [N.Y.C.]

Stereograph showing a crowd of people on pavement and street, in front of row houses; children in front facing camera. 133362 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright, 1909, by Stereo-Travel Co. No. 38.

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Legal File, 1708-1804; Seaman v. Bedell, Po...

E. view of the city of New York, or: 41 S. view of the city of New Yor...

Drawing shows (recto) distant view of New York City, with the Rutgers House in the foreground and the steeple of Trinity Church visible in the background, and (verso) a distant view of New York City, possibly f... More

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Satirical drawing showing a cadet lining up three men in civilian clothes. Drawn when Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Probably from the Alexander Webb album. Signed: J.W. On front, in pencil, lower right, ... More

A view of the great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River, the fall about ...

Print shows view of the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River.

The procession approaching Union Square. New York (state) 19th Century...

Photograph shows Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession on Broadway heading towards Union Square. The building on the left is the home of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. (Sour... More

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777

Print shows British General Burgoyne surrendering his sword to General George Washington after the Battle of Saratoga.

Champions of America / Williamson, Brooklyn.. American Civil War 1861-...

Early baseball card prototype showing ten members of the Atlantics of Brooklyn baseball club. From American Treasures exhibition: "Baseball, America's national pastime, evolved from a child's game to an organiz... More

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

Brig.-Genl. Michael Corcoran - of the Irish Brigade late colonel of th...

Print shows Michael Corcoran, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, wearing military uniform and holding sword in left hand. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, M... More

A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...

Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.

Adjutant and First Sergeants, 22d N. Y. S. M. near Harper's Ferry, Vir...

No. 4135. 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

Surrender of General Burgoyne - A painting of a group of men standing ...

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Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument [Lafayette Square],Buffalo, N.Y.

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[Court house, Syracuse, N.Y.] - A black and white photo of a large bui...

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The Council chamber, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

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Lafayette room, where Lafayette slept, Washington's headquarters, Morr...

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Council chamber, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

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TR on Fifth Avenue, New York, near St. Patrick's Cathedral after atten...

As an honorary pallbearer at the funeral of former New York City Mayor John P. Mitchel on July 11, 1918, TR appears with other funeral participants on Fifth Avenue. Surrounded by men in formal dress, TR speaks ... More

[Female employees of Woolworth's holding sign indicating they are stri...

World-Telegram staff photograph. Photograph is reversed. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Aircraft warning service. One of the thousands of volunteer spotters w...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

[Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella with manager Leo Durocher]

Front cover illustration showing baseball players Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, with manager Leo Durocher standing between them and pointing with his left hand.

Sanitary Fair - Public domain scenic

Photograph shows Frederic Church's painting, "The Heart of the Andes" flanked by portraits of American presidents in the fine art gallery at the Metropolitan Fair in New York in 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; ... More

Alexander Hamilton Papers: Financial Papers, 1782-1804; Cash books; Vo...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: General Correspondence, 1734-1804; 1800, Ma...

Alexander Hamilton Papers: General Correspondence, 1734-1804; 1793, No...

Theodore Roosevelt Papers: Series 13: Miscellany, 1881-1931; Subseries...

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U.S. Army-Artillery retreat from Long Island-1776

Copyright by the Werner Company. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marinus Willett preventing removal of arms by the British, June 6th, 1...

Willett stepping in front of horse-drawn cart. J59368 U.S. Copyright Office.

Champions of America / Williamson, Brooklyn.. American Civil War 1861-...

Early baseball card prototype showing ten members of the Atlantics of Brooklyn baseball club. From American Treasures exhibition: "Baseball, America's national pastime, evolved from a child's game to an organiz... More

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

Architectural Iron Works--D.D. Badger & others, proprietors / lith. of...

Cut-away view of the Architectural Iron Works building illustrating manufacture of cast iron architectural elements. Illus. in: Illustrations of iron architecture, made by the Architectural Iron Works of the ci... More

The great race for the Western stakes 1870

Print shows Cornelius Vanderbilt and James Fisk in a race for control of New York's rails. Throughout 1868 and 1869, the two men had fought for control of the Erie Railroad. (See also "The Statue Unveiled," no.... More

[President Taft at G.A.R. convention, Rochester, New York]

J160110 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Almeron Newman; September 7, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Rocheste [sic], N.Y. No. CA37.

Annual convention, American Ornithologists' Union held at the American...

Gift; Ruthven Deane; January 22, 1934; DLC/PP-1934:340002. Photographer's address: 216 W. 104 St., N.Y.C. Photo forms part of Ruthven Deane Collection. Sitters are numbered on image. Key to names of sitters may... More

Annual convention, American Ornithologists' Union held at the American...

Gift; Ruthven Deane; January 22, 1934; DLC/PP-1934:340002. Photographer's address: 216 W. 104 St., N.Y.C. Photo forms part of Ruthven Deane Collection. Sitters are numbered on image. Key to names of sitters may... More

Department of arms and trophies, New York Metropolitan Fair

Photograph shows relics and spoils of every battlefield, as well as objects and memorials of those who fought at the Metropolitan Fair in New York. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Entered ac... More

Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview...

Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending ... More

Reading the war news in Broadway, New York / /from a sketch by our spe...

Illustration from: Illustrated London news, 1861. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, N.Y., Washington's bedroom, Washington headquarters (Morris-...

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043822. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Memorial Arch, Brooklyn, N.Y.]

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Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y.

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Soldiers' Monument, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

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Chinamen arrested after Mock Duck & Tom Lee factions' shooting in Chin...

Photograph shows Chinese-American men arrested for being involved in a war between On Leong Tong and Hip Sing Tong organizations for control of Chinatown standing outside police station with police officers. F... More

[Pulitzer Building, New York City]

J129704 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6114. Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York City views. Vendor in Greenwich Village area

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Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration art exhibition by a...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of art by WPA Federal Art Project artists at the Albany Institute of History and Art. Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection... More

Lord & Taylor, business in Garden City, Long Island. Dovecote

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The New York times (New-York N.Y.), November 15, 1914

Daily, Apr. 21, 1861- Vol. 6, no. 1868 (Sept. 14, 1857)- Suspended Dec. 12-28, 1958; Dec. 20, 1962-Mar. 1963; Sept. 17-Oct. 10, 1965; and Aug. 10-Nov. 5, 1978. Also issued in a continuously updated online versi... More

Knox entering camp with artillery / van Ingen ; White del.

Henry Knox on horseback with soldiers transporting a disassembled canon on a sled through the snow, winter 1775-76, following his famous capture of artillery at Fort Ticonderoga.

Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck

Print shows several buildings along street engulfed in flames during fire on September 19, 1776, citizens being beaten by Redcoats, and looting by African slaves. Includes two lines of text in French that list ... More

Marinus Willett preventing removal of arms by the British, June 6th, 1...

Willett stepping in front of horse-drawn cart. J59368 U.S. Copyright Office.

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

Photograph shows Private Sanford Robinson Gifford of Co. H, 7th New York Infantry Regiment, with bayoneted rifle, standing in front of tent next to seated African American man who is shining shoes. No. B950. M... More

Art gallery, New York Metropolitan Fair

Photograph shows framed artwork hung on a wall in the Picture Gallery at the Metropolitan Fair in New York. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1... More

Duryea's Zouaves at Fortress Monroe, Virginia

Stereograph shows soldiers from the 5th New York Infantry Regiment (Duryée's Zouaves) gathered near a well, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Gottheim collection code: GCW 14A. On verso: Tax s... More

Bunker's Hill on N. York Island

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

[The Charleston convention] - A black and white drawing of a building

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 228 (1860 April 14), p. 303 (title page).

Presentation of colors to the Garibaldi Zouaves, New York, May, 1861 T...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, 1861 June 8, p. 362.

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

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Home views. No. 15, Rebel prison - 1865

Stereograph shows a bird's-eye or elevated view of Elmira prison camp in New York, with a long line of prisoners standing along the fence with rows of buildings in the background. No. 15. Printed on label: A ... More

Please mister take her tintype / George Barker, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Stereograph showing African American children posing outside a house. 30915 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1891 by Geo. Barker.

[Battle Monument, West Point, N.Y.]

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Washington's headquarters [i.e. Morris-Jumel mansion], 160th St., New ...

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Gallery of natural history, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences [B...

Statue of Washington, Wall Street and Trinity Church, New York, U.S.A

H79771 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.). Patented April 14, 1903. No. 47.

[Home of Oscar Straus, Tarrytown, New York]

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["Grey-Croft," Stephen Swete Cummins house, Huntting Lane, East Hampto...

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Capitol Theatre - A black and white photo of a large building

Exterior of theater at Broadway and West 51st Street, New York City. J241637 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Studio, N.Y. No. 502.

[Inez Milholland Memorial, Westport, N.Y., 1923]

Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul and a group of young women in white costumes with headbands, standing at Inez Milholland's gravesite.

[Crowd of people gather outside the New York Stock Exchange following ...

Photograph by Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

19 Rector St., New York City. Exterior I

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[Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of a...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curato... More

Premier Decorations, business on Queens Blvd. Exterior I

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You're invited to an entertainment event unique in New York's theatric...

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The 1907 Lyman Hall of Natural History at Syracuse University in Syrac...

Originally occupied by the Departments of Biology, Botany, Geology, Zoology, Psychology and Geography, the buiding, named for Mary and Jessie Lyman, deceased daughters of university trustee John Lyman, was part... More

Fortress Monroe, Duryea's i.e. Duryée's Zouaves

Stereograph shows the 5th New York Infantry Regiment (Duryée's Zouaves), at ease with their rifles, Fort Monroe, Virginia. Card number: "No. 621." Gottheim collection code: GCW 13. Forms part of the Larry Gott... More

Portrait of Harriet Tubman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913) looking directly at the camera with folded hands resting on back of an upholstered chair. Print appears to be a copy of a photo taken by H... More

The New York times (New-York N.Y.), May 9, 1915

Daily, Apr. 21, 1861- Vol. 6, no. 1868 (Sept. 14, 1857)- Suspended Dec. 12-28, 1958; Dec. 20, 1962-Mar. 1963; Sept. 17-Oct. 10, 1965; and Aug. 10-Nov. 5, 1978. Also issued in a continuously updated online versi... More

Avenue of the Allies Childe Hassam, Oct(?) 19th 1918 ..

Crowded New York City street with flags flying from buildings. Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...": Childe Hassam Celebrates Allies. During World War I, New York's Fifth Avenue was temporarily rechrist... More

Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad

Satirical drawing showing a cadet lining up three men in civilian clothes. Drawn when Whistler was a cadet at West Point. Probably from the Alexander Webb album. Signed: J.W. On front, in pencil, lower right, ... More

Proposed arcade railway--Under Broadway, view near Wall Street / Ferd....

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.

Hospital scene. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows Zouave soldiers, possibly from the 5th New York Infantry Regiment, in a field hospital, tending to an injured soldier, likely at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Gottheim co... More

Fortress Monroe, camp scene. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...

Stereograph shows Zouaves and other soldiers at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Staff are at ease, some standing, others seated at makeshift table, on the facing side of which is printed: N.C. Staff Mess; 5th Regt. N.Y.... More

A view in Hudson's River of the entrance of what is called Topan Sea V...

Print shows view of the Hudson River at a point where it broadens to form a lake called Tappan Sea in New York.

Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview...

Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending ... More

[Front page of Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper with picture of Jo...

Three-quarter length portrait of Brown accompanies text describing the insurrection at Harper's Ferry.

Memories of the Union - execution of Nathan Hale on the site of east B...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 Nov. 24, p. 745. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington's grand entry into New York. Nov. 25th, 1783 / from an orig...

Print probably by Thomas Sinclair, b. ca. 1832. Reference copy in Presidential File.

7th N.Y. State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861

No. B899. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864 Interior view of the Academy of Music, as...

Illus. in: History of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, February 22, 1864 / prepared and published by authority of the Executive Committee. Brooklyn : "The Union" Steam Presses, 1864, bet. pp. 32-33.

[Seventh Regiment Memorial, New York City. Rendering]

Original architectural drawing showing John Quincy Adams Ward's sculpture in a proposed setting in Central Park. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:1... More