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He looked up at the broad yellow moon and thought that she looked at him

He looked up at the broad yellow moon and thought that she looked at h...

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1935:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: The Water Babies / Charles Kingsley. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1916. E... More

Camp architecture, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner.

Camp architecture, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sulli...

Photograph showing a group of soldiers and their wives sitting in front of a well appointed summer quarters at camp in Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexa... More

[Benjamin family group portrait, posed around a column]

[Benjamin family group portrait, posed around a column]

From left to right: Cornelia Juliaette, Zina Hitchcock, Frances Antoinette, Samuel Clark, and Joanette. Case: Rinhart 9. Stamped on mat: Whitney, Roch. NY. Gift; Frances Benjamin Johnston. Forms part of: France... More

Frances Benjamin Johnston - To a Greek girl

Frances Benjamin Johnston - To a Greek girl

Photograph shows a young woman dressed in classically-inspired gown, holding a lyre as if playing it. Used as illustration of an Austin Dobson poem of the same title published in In Arcadia / Emma Justine Farns... More

[James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes front, one hand on hip, wearing plaid waistcoat]

[James Brown, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right, eyes ...

Publisher of Little, Brown & Co. Identification from portrait in G.S. Hilliard, Memoir of James Brown, 1856. Scratched on back of plate: 78 [cancelled]; 237; Life[?] Brown. Hallmark: 40. Transfer; U.S. War Coll... More

[Postcard invitation for the Lincoln Union first annual ball.]. Back of the postcard

[Postcard invitation for the Lincoln Union first annual ball.]. Back o...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Frances Benjamin Johnston - To a Greek girl

Frances Benjamin Johnston - To a Greek girl

Photograph shows a young woman dressed in classically-inspired gown, holding a lyre as if playing it. Used as illustration of an Austin Dobson poem of the same title published in In Arcadia /Emma Justine Farnsw... More

[View of Niagara Falls, reversed view]

[View of Niagara Falls, reversed view]

Reversed view from prospect point on the American side, toward the Horseshoe, or Canadian falls, showing the Terrapin Tower in the background, and eight male figures standing, in the foreground. Scratched on fa... More

Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...

Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More

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