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[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

[Title page ornament] / C.W. Peale delt. ; Thackara & Vallance sculpt.

Print of ornament on the title page of the Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine shows a female figure representing America sitting amid abundance while enjoying the prosperity of peace. Illus. in: The unive... More

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanao of Ōgi-ya, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with attendant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: on... More

K. William Ye Conqueror del. et sculp. G. Vertue

K. William Ye Conqueror del. et sculp. G. Vertue

William I or 'William the Conqueror', King of England, bust portrait, facing front, holding sword, with ornaments and vignette of Brittania in supplication below. Signed on plate. Illus. from: History of Englan... More

P.S. Duval's lithograhpic & color printing estab! Artizans Building Ranstead Place west from No. 26 South Fourth Street Philadelphia on stone by Schussele ; lith. & printed in color at the Estab!

P.S. Duval's lithograhpic & color printing estab! Artizans Building Ra...

Print shows a design for an advertisement for P.S. Duval's lithographic establishment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed as an illuminated manuscript leaf with large ornamental initial letter "D" showing a... More

Decorated gravemarker on All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana. Note the beaded ornament, which is made of wire and beads

Decorated gravemarker on All Saints' Day, New Roads, Louisiana. Note t...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figure on newel post holding a torch of electric light, with bust of George Washington at left. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Great Hall. View of grand staircase and bronze statue of female figur...

More information about the Highsmith Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.highsm Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William H. Branch

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to William H. Branch

Addressed to Wm. H. Branch Esqr., Tallahassee, Florida; postmarked Warrenton, N.C.; bears 10 cent stamp. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Patricia A. Kaufman, Lincoln, Delaware, June 2018... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, 50...

See also HABS WI-303 (A-E) and HABS WI-360 (A-U) for additional documentation. Significance: The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS) was established in 1865 as the first federal-level institut... More

The Scotch series, together with a showing of initials, ornaments and selected decorative material
A jolly jingle book,

A jolly jingle book,

Ornamental borders and illustrated lining-papers. Also available in digital form.

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Centre Street United Methodist Church, Centre & Main Streets, Nantucke...

Significance: A visual and social landmark, this Church contains some original elements despite later alterations, and reflects the changing tastes in nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture. / The Metho... More

Tuba City Boarding School, Tuba Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ

Tuba City Boarding School, Tuba Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main Street ...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is significant as a good example of turn-of-the-century Bureau of Indian Affairs architecture in the Southwest and for its association with early BIA education... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Power Plant, 328 South Avenue, Pensacola, Esca...

Significance: Constructed from 1905 to 1907, the Power Plant is among the most significant architectural landmarks within Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. With its grand scale and finely crafted detailing and... More

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince George's County, MD

Greenbelt Community Building, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, Prince Geor...

Significance: The Greenbelt Community Building is a focal point of activity for this important, early planned community. It was first used as a combination community meeting hall and school building and later ... More

Schiller Building, 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Schiller Building, 64 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Significance: Designed by Adler and Sullivan in 1891-92, the Schiller Building was a unique solution to the problem of placing a large theater and office building on a mid-block site. The result was the first "... More

State Theatre, 238-244 Liberty Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY

State Theatre, 238-244 Liberty Street, Schenectady, Schenectady County...

Significance: The State Theater open on December 10, 1922, showing Harold Lloyd's first five reel silent film comedy "Grandma's Boy". The opening was celebrated by Schenectady Socialist Mayor George Lunn and Ne... More

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

Merritt Parkway, Lake Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 4.71 mile mark, Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Lake Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 4.71 ...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

Ortiz Perichi, Juan, Casa, Calle Luna No. 94, San German, San German Municipio, PR

Ortiz Perichi, Juan, Casa, Calle Luna No. 94, San German, San German M...

Significance: Constructed ca. 1920 by Don Isidro Roman, master builder for its owner Juan Ortiz Perichi, this residence is one of the most elaborate and spatially rich architectural examples in Puerto Rico. Loc... More

Ortiz Perichi, Juan, Casa, Calle Luna No. 94, San German, San German Municipio, PR

Ortiz Perichi, Juan, Casa, Calle Luna No. 94, San German, San German M...

Significance: Constructed ca. 1920 by Don Isidro Roman, master builder for its owner Juan Ortiz Perichi, this residence is one of the most elaborate and spatially rich architectural examples in Puerto Rico. Loc... More

Lafayette Square Presbyterian Church, 810 North Carrollton Avenue, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Lafayette Square Presbyterian Church, 810 North Carrollton Avenue, Bal...

Significance: Home since 1929 to the St. John's A.M.E. congregation (organized in 1855), this church began as Lafayette Square Presbyterian (organized in 1879), the only congregation of that denomination to loc... More

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building Nos. B-7 & B-8, 85-89 Hudson Street, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant, Building Nos. B-7 & B-8, 85-89 Hu...

Significance: The eight-story industrial structure at 85-99 Hudson Street was significant as the first reinforced concrete structure built in Jersey City, and ad the base of the two great Colgate clocks erected... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 919 H Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

Basilica of St. Josaphat, 601 West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Basilica of St. Josaphat, 601 West Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwauke...

Significance: This grand, imposing, richly ornamented Neo-Renaissance edifice is a major landmark of Milwaukee's south side, the only Roman Catholic basilica in Wisconsin, and one of the nation's most important... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Wickham-Valentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA

Wickham-Valentine House, 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent ...

Significance: The Wicham-Valentine House is one of the finest domestic expressions of early Neo-classical architecture in America. The design of the mansion, which was built in 1812 for John Wickham, was execu... More

Eighteenth Street Bridge, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Eighteenth Street Bridge, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Eighteenth Street Bridge is a 1,054-foot-long through-truss and through-plate girder structure with distinctive ornamentation over each truss portal in the form of finials and cresting, and pe... More

Daifukuya no dan, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Daifukuya no dan, print by Kiyonaga Torii

Print shows a man sitting behind a screen watching two women, one holding a long pipe. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More

Granada. Testero del primer cenador en el Patio de los Leones (Alhambra) / J. Laurent. Madrid.

Granada. Testero del primer cenador en el Patio de los Leones (Alhambr...

Entrance to the primary pavilion off the Lion Court. In album: Spain, p. 40. No. 229.

Library of Congress, second floor, central stair hall

Library of Congress, second floor, central stair hall

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53544". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.... More

Best on the tree / Will Houghton ; painted for PUCK by Will Houghton, of London.

Best on the tree / Will Houghton ; painted for PUCK by Will Houghton, ...

Illustration shows a woman holding cymbols as an ornament hanging from a Christmas tree. Illus. in: Puck, v. 76, no. 1971 (1914 December 12), cover. Copyright 1914 by Puck Publishing Corporation.

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Nakoaktok warrior

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Nakoaktok warrior

Kwakiutl man, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding pole. J197452 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3538. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Nor... More

IBM Garden State office building, Garden State Parkway, Cranford, New Jersey. Rendering ("sketch showing shells") Victor A. Lundy '63

IBM Garden State office building, Garden State Parkway, Cranford, New ...

Forms part of: Victor A. Lundy archive (Library of Congress). Sheet A6. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2008:090 Container 6 (P size OS).

[House Members Room. View of room, with mosaic panel entitled Law by Frederick Dielman, in background. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[House Members Room. View of room, with mosaic panel entitled Law by F...

Gift; Carol M. Highsmith 2010; (DLC/PP-2002:038) Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

The Pilgrims' first Christmas - by Josephine Pittman Scribner

The Pilgrims' first Christmas - by Josephine Pittman Scribner

Ornamental borders. Copyright date from verso of t.p. Verso of t.p.: The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Colored frontispiece, signed by Frank J. Merrill. Also available in digital form.

A jolly jingle book,

A jolly jingle book,

Ornamental borders and illustrated lining-papers. Also available in digital form.

Lewis Jones House, 2648 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Lewis Jones House, 2648 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchito...

1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Jones Residence was constructed in 1847 as evidenced by a handwritten notation under the stair to the attic. It is one of a small number of m... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Photographs of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts

Photographs of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston, Massach...

Images show exterior and interior views of federal building in Boston, Massachusetts. Details include the courtroom, lobby, atrium, plaza and architectural decoration including painting and sculpture. Arrangeme... More

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Tower Grove Park, 4255 Arsenal Street, Saint Louis, Independent City, ...

Significance: The first driving park established in St. Louis and was regarded by the noted 19th century botanist Asa gray as having no equal in the country in variety of foliage. Because of the preservation of... More

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Merwins Lane Bridge, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, VA

Albert L. Scott House, 29 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg,...

Significance: This fine Victorian house, built c. 1860-1861, is particularly noteworthy on the exterior because of its paneled facade, heavy bracketed entablature, bold balusters on the balconies and entrance s... More

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Cook County, IL

Significance: Frank Lloyd Wright's design for Unity Church was conceived with the prime objective of giving exterior expression to a room of worship by subordinating the smaller auxiliary functions to the main ... More

Gage, Keith & Ascher Buildings, 18 & 30 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Gage, Keith & Ascher Buildings, 18 & 30 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago...

Significance: All three buildings are significant examples of Chicago School architecture. The Gage Building, with its unique, gracefully-ornamented facade designed by Louis Sullivan, was to be one of the archi... More

Photographs of the Everett M. Dirksen Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois

Photographs of the Everett M. Dirksen Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois

Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in Chicago, Illinois. Details include courtrooms, halls, the lobby, the post office, and sculptural decoration.

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

Bella Vista Terrace, Mountain Trail & Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, CA

Bella Vista Terrace, Mountain Trail & Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, Lo...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bella Vista Terrace (1910), located in Sierra Madre, California, is nested against the southern foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. Architect Irving John... More

David King House, 20 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

David King House, 20 Catherine Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: This is an unusually well-preserved example of the 1-1/2 story, mansard-roofed houses typical of the decades following the Civil War, particularly in this section of Newport. Survey number: HABS ... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 919 H Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

North Side Point Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Point of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

North Side Point Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Point of Pittsbur...

See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes written data. Significance: The Manchester Bridge replaced the old wooden Union Bridge, the first bridge erected at the Point and demolished in 1907. B... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Eighteenth Street Bridge, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Eighteenth Street Bridge, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Significance: The Eighteenth Street Bridge is a 1,054-foot-long through-truss and through-plate girder structure with distinctive ornamentation over each truss portal in the form of finials and cresting, and pe... More

A new map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook and other navigators : ornamented with the Solar System, the eclipses of the sun, moon & planets &c. /

A new map of the world : with all the new discoveries by Capt. Cook an...

Relief shown pictorially. Also shows lines of magnetic variation and marine wind-direction arrows. "Published as the Act directs, Aug't 1st 1799, by I. Evans, No. 41 Long Lane, West Smithfield." Originally prin... More

A new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, comprehending general and particular maps of every part of the world : principally compiled from the great French atlas, and others of the most distinguished geographers in Europe, forming the completest collection of single sheet maps hitherto published and rendered particularly convenient by opening without folds.

A new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, comprehending general and part...

Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Map title within ornamental border. Atlas consists of folded maps pasted onto endpapers along spine. Copy annotated in pencil on contents p. Copy imperfect: Torn edges a... More

Prize designs for fret sawing. Williams' ornamental series. No. 20

Prize designs for fret sawing. Williams' ornamental series. No. 20

894 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-20... More

The Republican Christmas tree / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

The Republican Christmas tree / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a large Christmas tree decorated with ornaments labeled with political offices and presidential appointments; Thomas C. Platt and Matthew S. Quay, who is dressed as a woman, are standing in front of... More

[Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, pompadour, temple braids painted white, 2 eagle feathers, disk earring, shell beads with large disk ornaments, beaded buckskin shirt]

[Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of Native Americans, Indians of North America, indigenous tribes, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, is part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

"Tradition: for Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence" at Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building, Jamaica, Queens, New York

"Tradition: for Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence" at Joseph P. Addabb...

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

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Good Legislation mural by Elihu Vedder. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Lobby to Main Reading Room. Good Legislation mural by Elihu Vedder. L...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

The crawford bronze door. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

The crawford bronze door. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Ėti︠u︡d v m. Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Ėti︠u︡d v m. Shakh-Zinde. Samarkand, color se...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 13.... More

Motets book 4 - Public domain music sheet scan

Motets book 4 - Public domain music sheet scan

di Alessandro Grandi vice maestro di capella della serenissima Signoria di Venetia in San Marco. (statement of responsibility) Parts for canto, alto, tenore, and basso. Title vignette; ornamental borders; initi... More

A jolly jingle book,

A jolly jingle book,

Ornamental borders and illustrated lining-papers. Also available in digital form.

The Pilgrims' first Christmas - by Josephine Pittman Scribner

The Pilgrims' first Christmas - by Josephine Pittman Scribner

Ornamental borders. Copyright date from verso of t.p. Verso of t.p.: The Plimpton Press, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Colored frontispiece, signed by Frank J. Merrill. Also available in digital form.

A jolly jingle book,

A jolly jingle book,

Ornamental borders and illustrated lining-papers. Also available in digital form.

A jolly jingle book,

A jolly jingle book,

Ornamental borders and illustrated lining-papers. Also available in digital form.

The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come

The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come

"The De Vinne Press, New York."--Title page verso. Title and text within ornamental borders. Also available in digital form.

Miltimore House, 1301 Chelton Way, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Miltimore House, 1301 Chelton Way, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: This small residence is an early example of the work of Irving John Gill. Though economically styled and built, the house achieves a degree of spaciousness with its large living room, and outdoor... More

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Japanese Pagoda, 2805 Linden Lane, Silver Spri...

Significance: The Japanese pagoda is one of the landmark campus buildings. Even before its upturned eaves were removed, the Japanese bungalow looked austere compared to this ostentatious structure next door. ... More

Digel Block (Commercial Buildings), 218-220-222 South Main & 112 Lyon Street, Hannibal, Marion County, MO

Digel Block (Commercial Buildings), 218-220-222 South Main & 112 Lyon ...

Significance: A good example of the turn of the century small town commercial architecture. The vernacular form includes varied and unusual ornamentation. Digel Block is the last of the commercial buildings con... More

Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue, 3301 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue, 3301 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, ...

Significance: One of the few example of ecclesiastical architecture to come from the office of Adler and Sullivan, this Chicago synagogue of 1890-91 was originally intended to be far more elegant and monumental... More

[Civil War envelope with poem "I love but thee" in ornamental border]

[Civil War envelope with poem "I love but thee" in ornamental border]

Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

Waverley, Waverley Road, West Point, Clay County, MS

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure co... More

Tuba City Boarding School, Manuelito Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main Street & West Cedar Avenue, Tuba City, Coconino County, AZ

Tuba City Boarding School, Manuelito Hall, Navajo Reservation, Main St...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is a good example of turn-of-the-century Bureau of Indian Affairs architecture in the southwest and for its association with early BIA education programs on th... More

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...

Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More

Bella Vista Terrace, Mountain Trail & Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County, CA

Bella Vista Terrace, Mountain Trail & Alegria Avenue, Sierra Madre, Lo...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Bella Vista Terrace (1910), located in Sierra Madre, California, is nested against the southern foothills of the San Gabriel mountains. Architect Irving John... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 919 H Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 919 H Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Lodge Number 15, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elk...

Significance: An attractive Beaux-Arts design by B. Stanley Simmons, this building is ornamented with stone swags, urn baluster balconies,portrait busts, and oversized elks heads. This lodge included many of W... More

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et fecit.

Unus Americanus ex Virginia. Aetat 23 / W. Hollar ad vivum delin. et f...

Twenty-three-year old Virginia Algonquian man, half-length portrait, wearing necklace and head ornaments, and with facial markings, facing slightly left. Parthey, 2009 Published in: Many nations: A Library of C... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Auditorium Building, 430 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, ...

Structure incorporated hydro-pnuematic sewage ejectors, hydraulic rams, moveable stages, "asphaelia" system, isacoustic curve, cyclorama, scagliola, & thunder machines. Significance: The Auditorium Building des... More

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