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Aquarius, Piscis Australis & Ballon Aerostatique / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.

Astronomical chart showing a male figure holding an inverted bowl from which water flows, at his feet appears the back of a fish and a balloon forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 2... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing front]

Case: front - Rinhart 257; back - Rinhart 131 variant. Purchase; Anthony Barboza; 1999; (DLC/PP-1999:022). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

[William Robertson Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Printed on yellow paper label pasted to the paper seal: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut [sic], Philadelphia. Written on paper seal: Dr. Grant, 1840. Labels on cover glas... More

[Joannette Clark Benjamin, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, f...

Possibly maternal grandmother of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 133. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston collection (Libra... More

[John McAllister, Jr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Printed on yellow paper label pasted to the paper seal: Daguerreotype miniatures, by R. Cornelius, Eighth Street, above Chesnut [sic], Philadelphia. Written on paper seal: J. McAllister, Jr., May 6th, 1840. In... More

[Unidentified man, possibly Lyman Fiske, head-and-shoulders portrait, ...

Photographer unidentified. Case: double case, mixed flowers variant. In same case with DAG no. 1068. Accompanying note: Jane & Lyman Fiske, mother and father of Harrison Grey Fiske. Transfer; Manuscript Divisio... More

[Unidentified man with spectacles, half-length portrait]

Scratched on back of plate: 163. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Colonel William Gates, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to...

Colonel, U.S. Army; Governor of Tampico, Mexico, 1846-1848. Scratched on back of plate: 327; Col. Gates, USA. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Libr... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the right]

Alternative identifications: William Beach Lawrence, Gov. R.I.; Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, mayor of N. Y. Scratched on face of plate: Lawrence. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms par... More

[Unidentified woman, half-length portrait, facing slightly right]

Scratched on back of plate: 301. Hallmark: Rinhart 31a. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Phoebe Cary, head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman, three-quarters t...

Poet. Alternative identification: Carpenter (cat. 5). Identification from engraving in LC P&P Biographical File. Scratched on face of plate: 238; Miss Cary. Scratched on back of plate: 287. Transfer; U.S. War C... More

[Unidentified man, about 35 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Alternative identification: Dr. John Warren Hinckley. Scratched on back of plate: 192. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, facing right]

Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Rosalie Henriette Bediez Laborde, full-length portrait of a woman, th...

French opera singer. Identification from woodcut in Ballou's Pictorial, June 25, 1859, page 401. Alternative identifications: Madame Sabonde (cat. 5); Villaume. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Mad. Laborde. Sc... More

[Unidentified woman, about 40 years of age, three-quarter length portr...

Scratched on face of plate: 141. Scratched on back of plate: 98; 190. Corners trimmed. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produ... More

[James Buchanan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

U.S. President. Possibly a copy daguerreotype. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Unidentified man, about 45 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Scratched on back of plate: 354. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Mathew Brady's studio.

[Samuel Washington Woodhouse, head and shoulders portrait, facing righ...

Case: tendrils and floral motif. Label on case: "50"; label on cover glass: "47". Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1998; (DLC/PP-1998:151.15). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms par... More

[Charles Hazen Peaslee, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the le...

Democratic Congressman from New Hampshire, 1847-1853. Alternative identification: William King Sebastian, 1814-1865. Scratched on face of plate: 213; Sebastian, Sen. [illegible] Scratched on back of plate: 162.... More

[Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Photographer unidentified. Alternately identified as Nathaniel Green based on similarity to DAG no. 1059. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: double case, Rinhart 185. Note on inside of case behind image of man: Mrs. M... More

[P. J. Espenscheid store, Nevada City, California]

Daguerreotype shows: P. J. Espenscheid's shoe store with an array of men in jackets with white shirts and ties, probably local merchants, standing in front of the store, a pile of litter beside the store, legib... More

[Two unidentified girls, full-length portraits, seated on chairs next ...

Photographer unidentified. Was part of LOT 8775. Hallmark: Rinhart 29. Case: variant of Rinhart 112. Accompanying note: Myron Shew, dealer in daguerreotype materials, No. 116 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Tran... More

[William Y. McAllister with wife seated in decorative chair]

Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)

[Large group of school children, with their teacher, standing in a tow...

Purchase; Dennis A. Waters; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:149). Forms part of: Daguerrreotype collection (Library of Congress). Vender : Dennis A. Waters.

Première cataracte - rapides et roches [sic] granitiques a fleur d'eau...

General view of the Nile at the first cataract showing rapids and granite boulders. Blind stamp on mount: F Teynard. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art e... More

Crystal Palace, London. England in 19th century.

Written on back: Crystal Palace, London $2.00. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Lib... More

Erment (Hermonthis) - vue générale des ruines - temple et mammisi / Fé...

General view of ruins of temple and mammisi (birth temple) at Armant (the ancient city of Hermonthis), Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'... More

Assouan - cimetière Arabe - inscriptions funéraires / Félix Teynard.

Funerary inscriptions on tablets at Arab cemetery, Aswān, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et C... More

Syout - constructions modernes - le divan &ca / Félix Teynard.

Exterior view of contemporary Arab buildings in Asyūṭ, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie,... More

Kardâcy - vue générale des ruines du temple / Félix Teynard.

General view of ruins showing columns, capitals, and lintel of the temple at Qertassi, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix... More

Ile de Fîleh (Philae) - édficie de l'est - face latérale vue du point ...

Lateral side view of the kiosk of the Emperor Trajan (Pharaoh's bed) on the island of Philae, as seen from "point D" (see map, pl. 85 bis). Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants ... More

[Portrait of the Prime family] - Public domain portrait

Case: plain leather. Label adhered to velvet inside case: "Julia Germain Prime, Wendell Prime, picture of Eddie Prime (died as a child), S. Irenaeius Prime, Eloisa Lemet Prime, Samuel Thornton Keymes [i.e., Kem... More

[Edwin McMasters Stanton, seated, with his son Edwin Lamson Stanton, s...

Photograph shows American lawyer and politician Edwin Stanton formally posed with his son a few years before Stanton became U.S. Attorney General for President Buchanan (1860-61) and then Secretary of War for P... More

[Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, half-length portrait, facing right]

Scratched on back of plate: C... Ex mayor, 1852. Identification provided by Owen Blevins (12/2012) based on portrait in: Wall Street in History, by Martha J. Lamb, p. 69. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC... More

[Unidentified man, three-quarters length, seated, with arm resting on ...

Written on back: April 24, 1854. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress)

The lion's generosity - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Unidentified cavalry soldier in Union uniform with two revolvers and ...

Case: Berg, no. 3-142; vintage case provided by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljunion

Guard mount, head-quarters, Army of the Potomac / negative by T.H. O'S...

Photograph showing the Zouaves of the one hundred fourteenth regiment in formation near Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. ... More

Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station, Virginia / negativ...

Photograph showing a group of Zouaves standing in front of the Army of the Potomac headquarters at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washin... More

Charles City Court-House, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. posi...

Photograph showing a soldier guarding the front of the courthouse building, the county seat of Charles City. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Phi... More

Fourth order light-house at Penfield Reef, Long Island Sound

Above print: U.S. Light-house establishment, 1874. Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1874, plate opposite p. 29.

[Japanese women, half-length studio portrait, facing slightly right]

No. 810. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 3] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some may ... More

[Several people posed for a portrait in a ferry and standing on the ba...

No. 2023. Illus. in: Views & costumes of Japan by Stillfried & Andersen. Yokohama : Stillfried & Andersen, [ca. 1877, p. 22] In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen purchased Felice Beato's stock of photographs, some ma... More

The house that Woodrow built - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Skeleton of horse. Leaping. Leaving the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse leaping. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movements... More

Horses. After leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle

Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named "Phryne L.", after jumping over a hurdle. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the ... More

Horses. Irregular. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows nine consecutive images of a man driving a horse "Clyde" who is pulling. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed ... More

Skeleton of horse. Trotting. Leaving the ground

Photograph shows a skeleton of a horse trotting. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing various movement... More

Horses. Running. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows two series of five consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Phyrne L., running. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive pos... More

Ox, running, irregular. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photograph shows nine consecutive images of a man and ox running. Illus. in: The attitudes of animals in motion : a series of photographs illustrating the consecutive positions assumed by animals in performing... More

[Seven men in Cossak costume, posing as if at a feast, Georgia (Republ...

James Guthrie Harbord Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Six Javanese women, two in native dress, four in costume, full-length...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man and woman standing beside a round table; two women seated at righ...

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Man poking fat man in stomach]

Cartoon of a short man with an average build, poking a fat man smoking a pipe, in his stomach. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Hutch. Title devised. Bequest and gift; Caroline and... More

[Mahomedan women in town costume, Holy Land]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "15123". Forms part of: Views of the Holy Land in the Photochrom print collection.

The Midway--view from the San Joaquin County Building

Illus. in viewbook: Photo-gravures of the California Midwinter International Exposition. New York : Albertype Co., c1894. Copyright by A. Wittemann, New York.

Two-masted boat at anchor - photo by William Henry Jackson

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collec... More

Distant view of coastal town from mountain

River steamers at Goalanda [sic] - photo by William Henry Jackson

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More

Lake Charles, La.. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

Copyright deposit; F. E. Derr; September 17, 1895; DLC/PP-1906:42946. Photographer's address: Houston, Tex. This photograph was received by the U.S. Copyright Office, 9/17/1895. Record was partially completed a... More

View of city looking down cable car tracks from Mt. Austen

A switchback station loop on the East Bengal Railway

The "Wangtown Bugle" sends its compliments and presents its clubbing l...

(DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's bazaar, 28:176 (March 2, 1895).

View of coastal town - photo by William Henry Jackson

Bombay - Victoria Station, William Henry Jackson photograph

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 782. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1... More

Bathers at large ocean water slide

The Cours Vauban, Avallon - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. Gift; Scribner Book Store; Jan. 1953. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Pawtucket Falls / by R.E. Westcott.

Photograph showing rapids on the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illus. in: Picturesque Lowell. Copyright 1896, by T.H. Lawler, Bookseller and Stationer, Lowell, Mass.

[Approach to the partly dismantled pontoon bridge across the Angara at...

Title from To the great ocean / Harmon Tupper, 1965. Similar to lantern slide (W7-1222) titled: Irkutsk - distant view. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Histori... More

New York Bay. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

30869C2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Loeffler; May 21, 1897. Copyright claimant's address: Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 454.

[I couldn't bring myself to break in on the poor things]

(DLC/PP-1932:0033). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Also published in: Harper's magazine, 100:106 (Dec. 1899). Published in: Their Silver Wedding Journey / William Dean Ho... More

Alice Barber Stephens - [Man and woman on sofa]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Middlemarch / George Eliot, 1899.

The riddle of the Sphinx / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan on his knees appealing to a sphinx with the face of former president Grover Cleveland. Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1232 (1900 October 17), cover. Copyright 1900 by Kep... More

A Christmas sermon / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck standing on a stage for a presentation for wealthy philanthropists, from left: an empty "seat reserved for Russell Sage, Mrs. Stanford, Miss [Helen Miller?] Gould, Rockefeller, Carnegie,... More

[Girl dressed in a pierrot costume with a small black dog on her lap]

Photographer unidentified; possibly by Cox. Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

F. Walter Taylor - Japanese feeling

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0096). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

An invitation - Drawing. Public domain image.

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

"Cheer up, old top; you've got nothing to worry about!"

Four-frame comic strip. A lawyer tells his client to buck up, that he will receive justice in the court. He urges the man to look at the upright judge sitting on the bench above them. The client replies that... More

[Cornelia Montgomery, 3/4 face, holding flowers, square-necked gown, a...

Cornelia Montgomery, half-length portrait, facing front. LOT 10137 (location of corresponding print made by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service in 1964). Gift, Mina Turner, Käsebier's granddaughter... More

[Duluth, from Minnesota Point], Panoramic Photograph

H5749 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Crandall & Fletcher; July 5, 1901. Copyright claimant's address: Washburn, Wisconsin. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Instruccion Diplomatica - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows President Thomas Estrada Palma patting the head of Cuban Minister to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada while showing him a large piece of paper, "Recuerda que las proposiciones incorrectas para un trata... More

Tariff reforming 57th Congress, 2nd session

Cartoon shows a wealthy man "Sugar Trust" seated in a chair '[paragraph] 209 16 Dutch" smoking a pipe "Sec. 4 Tariff Law 1897" from which issues smoke labeled "Reciprocity." A man "Beet Sugar" pulls on the back... More

No. 2 of the Clam Bake, Long view panoramic photograph

H21795 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; B. J. Falk; September 18, 1902; DLC/PP-1902:41681.173. Copyright claimant's address: Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y.

El gallo canelo - que viva - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoon shows a vulture "Comision Especial Ley Reciprocidad Nov. '02" (Special Commission on Reciprocity, Nov. '02) looming over a U.S. eagle lying on the ground wearing a tag "Recipocidad Anexionista" (Recipro... More

Edward S. Curtis - [Zuni water carriers]. Book illustration from Libra...

Two females, full length, wearing blankets, pots on heads. H37678 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 810. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Cu... More

Massachusetts. State House, Boston, Massachusetts., Panoramic Photogr...

H38181 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 14, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41972. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden, -2-".

Boston Public Garden, gelatin silver print

H46269 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; May 21, 1904; DLC/PP-1904:42152. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1904".

Lighthouse The Nubble, York, ME.. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

No. 7554. Postcard sent by newspaper correspondent Edmund Noble to his daughter, Lilly. Text reads: Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth. Aug. 21, 1905. Dear Lilly. Trust you are improving in health. Today I went for a... More

[Tewa Indian guard at top of the kiva stairs, San Ildefonso, New Mexic...

H71007 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1736-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 17, pl. 584.

Edward S. Curtis - Pose-a yew, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Pose-a ye, "Dew Moving", Nambe, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. H71081 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 1827-05. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curti... More

He walked out from the thick planted grove into what had once been a f...

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

How many have you sent? / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with Uncle Sam at center drowning in the "Souvenir Post Card Craze", surrounded by scenes from the North Pole, North Africa, Hell, and with Robinson Crusoe on a desert isla... More

Landis Ave., Vineland, N. J. postcard

[Amadeo Bassi, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in clown ...

H90039 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Mishkin, N.Y. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Old Joe," Swinomish Indian / Photo by O.J. Wingren., La Conner, Wn.

Photograph shows portrait of elderly Swinomish man. H97241 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Claude Debussy, half-length portrait, seated, facing left] / portrait...

No. 552. George Grantham Bain Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Turning his back upon temptation ...

No accession number. Published for Boy scouts (?). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Hunting Horse and daughters / photo by Dedrick, Taloga, Ok.

Group portrait of Indian family. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description