new york state, history

Capture of Andre / from a sketch by Stothard ; engraved by W.E. Tucker...

Print shows militiamen John Paulding, Isaac Van Wart, and David Williams apprehending and searching British Major John Andre near Tarrytown, New York. Forms part of: Biographical File filing series (Library of... 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.

Flag of the 124th Reg't N.Y. Vols. Presented by the ladies of Orange, ...

Photograph shows tattered flag from 124th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as the Orange Blossoms. Reported in the Newburgh, N.Y., Weekly Journal on June 21, 1865: "Battle-flag of the One Hundred and Twe... More

[Grand Union Hotel and Broadway at Monument Square, Saratoga Springs, ...

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

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "94" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012919. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Candle room, Washington's headquarters (i.e. Morris-Jumel mansion...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Victory Arch, New York City - A black and white photo of a city street

J234458 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sephardic Temple, Branch Boulevard, Woodmere, Long Island. General vie...

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

The New York times (New-York N.Y.), September 16, 1917

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

The New York times (New-York N.Y.), August 30, 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.

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.

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

Westward the march of empire takes it flight / lith. by Baker, 8 Wall ...

A grand Whig campaign broadside, with text "A brief sketch of the principal events in the lives of William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler . . ." written by Benjamin Owen Tyler. The biographies highlight the can... More

22d New York State Millitia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e. 1...

Photograph shows Private T.H.P. Inslee in front of cannon. No. B978. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National Archives (529654). Mounted with five other ... 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

[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.

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783

Print showing a man on a flagpole replacing the British flag with an American flag as the British fleet departs New York Harbor. Includes lengthy descriptive text. Library has two impressions.

Your family needs protection against syphilis Your wife or husband and...

Poster for New York State Dept. of Health encouraging examination and treatment for syphilis, showing stylized mother with child on lap. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

[Cadet drill on parade ground, West Point, N.Y.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, parade, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Monthly check to you for the rest of your life, beginning when you a...

Purchase; (DLC/PP-1983:070). Promotional goal: U.S. G1. 1935. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical comme... 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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Washington's headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y

Negatives are close variants. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 3979" on A negative; "G 3978" and "dup" on B negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019564. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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...

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

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

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. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Eta... More

Military on Broadway. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows soldiers on Broadway, men in trees and crowds lining the street, probably during Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession, April, 24 or 25, New York City, N.Y. No. 345. Publisher attribution base... More

"Stop Thief!" / Th: Nast. - A drawing of a group of men playing a game...

Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly (stumbling over the curb), A. Oakey Hall, Tom Fields, James H. Ingersoll, and James Fisk, Jr. joining a crow... More

[New York, N.Y., yard of tenement]

Public domain photograph - New York City, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Tea room, Washington's headquarters, Morris-Jumel Mansion

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 040383. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Battle monument and lake, Lake George, N.Y.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Exterior of the New Theater, New York City]

J134016 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the New Theatre. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Museum of Natural History - Public domain natural history illustration

Bird's-eye view of the Museum of Natural History, New York City. J178592 U.S. Copyright Office. No. B19489. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y.

Historic Gate to Bellevue Hospital Grounds

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Nursing Dept. Group title: Nursing Service. Used in: Miss Pickett Apr. 5. Gif... More

Aquinas High School, E. 182nd St. and Belmont Ave., Bronx. Room no. 3,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classroom, college auditorium, school, students, teacher, teaching, studying, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New York, New York. Fountain at the mall in Central Park on Sunday

A group of people standing around a fountain, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rebel pen Moulton & Larkin, photographers, 114, 116 & 118 Water Street

Photograph shows rows of tents within stockade at Elmira Prison, Elmira, New York, inside Camp Rathbun, which was converted to a prison camp for Confederate soldiers in 1864. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Lilj... More

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

Battle of Plattsburg. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburgh, 1814, Sept. 11.

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

L'Entré triumphale de troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck Der Einzug der ...

Print shows British troops marching down street in New York City, New York. (as characteristic of optical prints, title is printed in reverse). Collection des prospects. Se vend á Augsbourg au Negoce com̄un. d... More

Capture of Major John Andre by John Paulding, David Williams and Issac...

Print shows British Major John André being captured by members of the New York militia. The men are examining papers concerning the capture of West Point which André had hidden in his boot. Reference copy in L... More

Capture of Major John Andre by John Paulding, David Williams and Issac...

Print shows British Major John André being captured by members of the New York militia. The men are examining papers concerning the capture of West Point which André had hidden in his boot. Reference copy in L... More

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783

Print showing a man on a flagpole replacing the British flag with an American flag as the British fleet departs New York Harbor. Includes lengthy descriptive text. Library has two impressions.

Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Virginia. New York (state) 19th Centur...

Stereograph shows tents and soldiers, including in background a group of Zouaves from the 5th New York Infantry Regiment and a group of drummer boys, Camp Hamilton, near Fort Monroe, Virginia. According to Zell... 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

Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 ...

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

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]

J174812 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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