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Aaron Copland in Paris, early 1920s

Aaron Copland in Paris, early 1920s

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Olympic Assoc., who are planning for U.S. part in games at Paris in 1924. The first aim of the conference meeting in Wash. is to iron out differences between sport governing bodies of the country making hormony and preparedness the keybote during the next 18 mths. of preperation for competition against athletes of more than 40 nations at the 8th Olympiad

Olympic Assoc., who are planning for U.S. part in games at Paris in 19...

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DCM 0908: Lambert Walking Stick Flute in C

DCM 0908: Lambert Walking Stick Flute in C

Head joint cord holes are widely bushed with animal horn. While listed in Langwill under Lambert of Paris, the mark matches that of Lambert, ?Belgium, ?early 18c. Instrument type: Walking Stick Flute in C Mediu... More

Principals at Bal Boheme. Washington, D.C., April 10. Principal guests at the Bal Boheme tonight were Mrs. Frank Steele, the French Ambassador, Count De Saint-Quentin and Frank Steele, President of the Arts Club which sponsored the costume ball. The theme of the affair was Paris in the spring, 4-10-39

Principals at Bal Boheme. Washington, D.C., April 10. Principal guests...

A group of people sitting next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public Health Service Investigation Commission to the China-Burma highway, Chefang (vicinity), China.  Paris green dusting

Public Health Service Investigation Commission to the China-Burma high...

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Paris Decorators, business at 2430 Grand Concourse, New York City. Second floor detail II

Paris Decorators, business at 2430 Grand Concourse, New York City. Sec...

Public domain photograph of New York City interiors, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vacations. Paris. (copied from slides)

Vacations. Paris. (copied from slides)

Title and date from log book. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 29261, frame 26. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.

Part of the Las Vegas Strip, including the Paris Eiffel Tower replica. Las Vegas, Nevada

Part of the Las Vegas Strip, including the Paris Eiffel Tower replica....

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Bison grave marker in the Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas

Bison grave marker in the Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

The consequences of a cold February day in Paris, in North Texas

The consequences of a cold February day in Paris, in North Texas

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Louis Napoléon Bonaparte: né à Paris, te 20 Avril 1808

Louis Napoléon Bonaparte: né à Paris, te 20 Avril 1808

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4114

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), April 5, 1918

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), April 5, 1918

Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 8, 1918)-v. 2, no. 19 (June 13, 1919). "By the Soldiers of the A.E.F. to the People of the United States." Issue for July 12, 1918 called "France Number." Unnumbered special issue pub... More

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), December 13, 1918

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), December 13, 1918

Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 8, 1918)-v. 2, no. 19 (June 13, 1919). "By the Soldiers of the A.E.F. to the People of the United States." Issue for July 12, 1918 called "France Number." Unnumbered special issue pub... More

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), February 14, 1919

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), February 14, 1919

Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 8, 1918)-v. 2, no. 19 (June 13, 1919). "By the Soldiers of the A.E.F. to the People of the United States." Issue for July 12, 1918 called "France Number." Unnumbered special issue pub... More

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), November 8, 1918

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), November 8, 1918

Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 8, 1918)-v. 2, no. 19 (June 13, 1919). "By the Soldiers of the A.E.F. to the People of the United States." Issue for July 12, 1918 called "France Number." Unnumbered special issue pub... More

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), November 29, 1918

The stars and stripes (Paris, France), November 29, 1918

Weekly Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 8, 1918)-v. 2, no. 19 (June 13, 1919). "By the Soldiers of the A.E.F. to the People of the United States." Issue for July 12, 1918 called "France Number." Unnumbered special issue pub... More

[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile]

[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile]

Rives, a corpulent man half in the form of a peacock, sports a compass around his neck and numerous medallions around his waist. He takes a bow, while holding a hoop in one hand through which several cherubic ... More

[Panoramic view of Place de L'Opera, Paris]

[Panoramic view of Place de L'Opera, Paris]

J129686 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Moffett Studio; July 24, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43847. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Image is duplicate of PAN FOR GEOG - France, no. 21.

Anatole of Paris - Public domain music sheet scan

Anatole of Paris - Public domain music sheet scan

A collection of lyric sheets. (General) This piece was used in the film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (General) Multiple copies are found at the end of the folder. (General)

[Portrait of Man Ray, Paris] - Public domain portrait

[Portrait of Man Ray, Paris] - Public domain portrait

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXV F 16. Also available on microfilm. Exhibited: Paris, Capital of America, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago, IL, 2003-... More

[Eiffel Tower, full-view, looking toward the Palais du Trocadéro, Paris, France]

[Eiffel Tower, full-view, looking toward the Palais du Trocadéro, Pari...

Print no. "1052". Printed on lower left: 1052. P.Z. - Paris La Tour Eiffel. Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in France in the Photochrom print collection.

Quadrille de Marie Stuart.  [Paris, Imp. lith. A. Fonrouge] 1829.  [1] l., 26 plates (part mounted) 53 cm.

Quadrille de Marie Stuart. [Paris, Imp. lith. A. Fonrouge] 1829. [1]...

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Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne. - Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Paris

Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne. - ...

Men constructing building for 1900 world's fair in Paris. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Building up a World's Fair in France" by Pierr... More

[Fountain Coutan and the Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Fountain Coutan and the Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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

[Fountain Coutan and the Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Fountain Coutan and the Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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

Dictionnaire des alimens, vins et liqueurs

Dictionnaire des alimens, vins et liqueurs

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Dictionnaire des alimens, vins et liqueurs

Dictionnaire des alimens, vins et liqueurs

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Photographic portrait of Horatio Gates Spafford, Paris, France

Photographic portrait of Horatio Gates Spafford, Paris, France

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rue de Rivoli et hôtel du Louvre / Photographie H.J. à Paris.

Rue de Rivoli et hôtel du Louvre / Photographie H.J. à Paris.

Stereograph shows aerial view of Rue de Rivoli, Paris. On mount: Vue instantée (Déposé). No. 14.

Les  Ballets Russes a Paris, Mai 1917 [Souvenir Program]

Les Ballets Russes a Paris, Mai 1917 [Souvenir Program]

Contains list of season's repertory; drawings by Léon Bakst and Pablo Picasso; costume designs for Parade; Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur; and Contes Russes; program information for numerous ballets; and photograph... More

James Ben Ali Haggin Barn, 4160 Paris Pike (U.S. 27, 68), Lexington, Fayette County, KY

James Ben Ali Haggin Barn, 4160 Paris Pike (U.S. 27, 68), Lexington, F...

1985 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The James Ben Ali Haggin Barn, designed by New York architect, H.I. Copeland, was completed ca. 1902. This barn was one of three twelve-sided bar... More

Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en présence de leurs Majestés, de la famille royale et de plus de 130 milles spectateurs par Mrs. de Montgolfier avec un ballon de 57 pieds de hauteur, sur 41 de diamêtre A Monsieur de Faujas de St. Fond, de plusieurs accadémies.

Expérience aërostatique faite à Versailles le 19 septembre 1783 en pré...

Print shows the balloon of Etienne Montgolfier decorated with King Louis XVI's monogram above the Palace of Versailles carry the first passengers in a balloon flight: a rooster, a sheep and a duck. (Source: A.G... More

The Grange, Maysville Pike (U.S. Route 68), Paris, Bourbon County, KY

The Grange, Maysville Pike (U.S. Route 68), Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-32 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction

The Grange, Maysville Pike (U.S. Route 68), Paris, Bourbon County, KY

The Grange, Maysville Pike (U.S. Route 68), Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-32 Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction

Julia Steele House, 5875 Paris Road (US Highway 27/68); 1 1/5 miles north of Bourbon County line, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Julia Steele House, 5875 Paris Road (US Highway 27/68); 1 1/5 miles no...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Portrait of Louis Philippe d'Orleans, comte de Paris, Aide-de-camp, and Robert d'Orleans, duc de Chartres, Aide-de-camp, officers of the Federal Army]

[Portrait of Louis Philippe d'Orleans, comte de Paris, Aide-de-camp, a...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cane Ridge Meeting House, Little Rock Road, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Cane Ridge Meeting House, Little Rock Road, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS KY-20-8 Building/structure dates: ca. 1791 Initial Construction

Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco,...

Significance: One of a group of historically and architecturally important bank buildings in downtown San Francisco. Within this group, it is particularly notable for is monumental size, prominent location, and... More

Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Anglo & London Paris National Bank, One Sansome Street, San Francisco,...

Significance: One of a group of historically and architecturally important bank buildings in downtown San Francisco. Within this group, it is particularly notable for is monumental size, prominent location, and... More

Paris Mountain State Park, Bathhouse, Paris Mountain State Park, off SC Route 253, Greenville, Greenville, SC

Paris Mountain State Park, Bathhouse, Paris Mountain State Park, off S...

Significance: Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. The CCC was a program of the Emergency Conservation Corps Work Act (ECW) passed by Congress under administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Pu... More

The bath (the tub) - Drawing. Public domain image.

The bath (the tub) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a woman holding a naked child while checking the temperature of water in a small bathing tub. Title from mount. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Signed with artist's monogram stamp on b... More

[Place du Chatelet, Paris, France]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

[Place du Chatelet, Paris, France]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hippodrome du Trotting Club Levallois - grand match en 12 heures: S. F. Cody Jr., le gd. tireur, célèbre cowboy du wild west, contre Meyer, le entraîneur terront, St. Petersbourg à Paris.

Hippodrome du Trotting Club Levallois - grand match en 12 heures: S. F...

Advertising poster for a race between S. F. Cody on horseback and French cycling champion, Meyer of Dieppe, on bicycle.

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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[Eiffel Tower and general view of the grounds, Exposition Universelle, 1900, Paris, France]

[Eiffel Tower and general view of the grounds, Exposition Universelle,...

Print no. "1051". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in France in the Photochrom print collection.

[Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris]

[Portrait of Josephine Baker, Paris]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: IV HH 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME

Old Country Jail, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME

Suggested address, Village Green, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS ME-37 Building/structure dates: 1822- 1828 Initial... More

Upper Paris Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at Sutton Road, Paris, Linn County, IA

Upper Paris Bridge, Spanning Wapsipinicon River at Sutton Road, Paris,...

Significance: This Whipple through truss is structurally significant wagon crossing and a rare example of a double-intersection Pratt truss with the rare use of wrought iron components along with its truss conf... More

Paris. Palais de l'industrie / E. Baldus.

Paris. Palais de l'industrie / E. Baldus.

In album: Paris et ses environs en photographies, p. 3. 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... More

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris ...

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic ...

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--P. [9]. Also availa... More

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the archives of the Foreign Office in Paris ...

Christopher Columbus, his own book of privileges, 1502 : photographic ...

"The original Codex on vellum is written on both sides of the leaf, and is here reproduced in same same form, but is interleaved with corresponding pages of transliteration and translation"--P. [9]. Also availa... More

Vue officielle a vol d'oiseau de l'exposition universelle de 1867 / Eug. Cicéri et Ph. Benoist del & lith. ; imp. Lemercier & Cie., Paris.

Vue officielle a vol d'oiseau de l'exposition universelle de 1867 / Eu...

Bird's-eye view of exposition grounds, Paris, France. Exhibited: "Königsschlösser und Fabriken - Ludwig II, und die Architektur" at the Architekturmuseum der TU Munchen, Arcis Str. 21 80333, Munich, Germany, S... More

Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring and summer 1854, published & sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for spring and summer 1854, pu...

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

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...

Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Ninth Street Viaduct, Spanning Los Angeles River at Olympic Boulevard,...

Significance: Olympic Boulevard Viaduct (formerly the Ninth Street Viaduct) is one of the twelve significant historic bridges over the Los Angeles River. Ninth Street was reconfigured and renamed Olympic Boule... More

Johnson's Inn, Georgetown Pike, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Johnson's Inn, Georgetown Pike, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-31 Building/structure dates: 18t4 Initial Construction

[Crowds crossing the Pont de l'Alma, looking toward the Passerelle de l'Alma on the Quay d'Orsay, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Crowds crossing the Pont de l'Alma, looking toward the Passerelle de ...

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

[Birthplace of Mark Twain, Florida, Missouri] / Photograph by E.B. and C.M. Lasley, Paris, Missouri.

[Birthplace of Mark Twain, Florida, Missouri] / Photograph by E.B. and...

Copy negative made from another copy of the same image. Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clovelley Farm Tenant House, 4958 Paris Road (east side), Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Clovelley Farm Tenant House, 4958 Paris Road (east side), Paris, Bourb...

Significance: The Clovelley Farm tenant house is a contributing resource of the National Register eligible Paris Pike Historic District. Although very modest in scale and architecturally undistinguished, the h... More

The return of the "prodigal father" at the "Puck" office - drawn by himself / J. Keppler.

The return of the "prodigal father" at the "Puck" office - drawn by hi...

Print shows Joseph F. Keppler returning to the "PUCK Office" after a vacation in Europe, laden with a string of "Frankfurt" sausages, "Paris" wine, "Neuchâtel" cheese from "Austria", an umbrella labeled "London... More

[Lydia reading, turned toward right]

[Lydia reading, turned toward right]

Print shows Lydia, a young woman, facing right, seated in a chair, reading a book. Title from Beall. Signed in pencil on lower right, below plate. Paper has watermark: Vanderley. Breeskin, 63 American prints in... More

Mount Lebanon, Peacock Road, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Mount Lebanon, Peacock Road, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-30 Building/structure dates: ca. 1786 Initial Construction

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875]

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's...

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier. Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878. Tissandier collection. ... More

[Houdini, the Handcuff King and Prison Breaker, performs for Pathe Frères, Paris, France]

[Houdini, the Handcuff King and Prison Breaker, performs for Pathe Frè...

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

V.eme vue du jardin des plantes, a Paris

V.eme vue du jardin des plantes, a Paris

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Allais.

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

City of Paris Dry Goods Company, Geary & Stockton Streets, San Francis...

Significance: The building was one of the earliest examples in San Francisco of a large commercial structure designed in the Beaux-Arts style, using steel framing and masonry wall infill for its basic structure... More

[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich.

[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.)...

Print shows André Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown at left). His balloon had ascended fr... More

First Street Bridge, Spanning Los Angeles River at First Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

First Street Bridge, Spanning Los Angeles River at First Street, Los A...

Significance: First Street Bridge is a Neo-Classical design bridge and is one of the City of Los Angeles bridges that was built as part of the City Beautiful plans of the early 1900s. City Beautiful plans were... More

Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Kingsley Plantation, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County...

Significance: Inhabited by Timucua Indians for thousands of years, Fort George Island, as part of Florida, was claimed by Ponce de Leon for Spain in 1513. A mission, San Juan del Puerto, was established by Jes... More

[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.

[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens....

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DCM 0670: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 0670: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside with fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl cap, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flat flaps on flanges bolted to body ... More

DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl ca... More

DCM 0606: Noë frères Flute in C

DCM 0606: Noë frères Flute in C

The three body joint tenons have nickel silver strengthening ferrules both at the end and at the shoulder. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ivory ferrules and cork-setting mechanism. Cap ... More

DCM 1437: Henry Pourcelle, tradename for Bruno, importer in New York Clarinet in E-flat

DCM 1437: Henry Pourcelle, tradename for Bruno, importer in New York C...

Instrument type: Clarinet in E-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver.; 41.6 cm. Key Holes System: Simple system, right hand finger rings, sometimes called Albert System. See "Meyer-Albert Systematic Misnomers... More

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts, geb. zu St. Cnery im Orne Departement den 4ten Aug. 1755, gest. den 6ten Decbr., 1805 zu Paris / A. Burch[...].

N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'est élevée à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783

Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...

Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... More

Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin des Thuileries

Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Anne-Jean and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, September 19, 1784, accompanied by Colin Hulin. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staf... More

Serment du jeu de paume, à Versailles / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp.

Serment du jeu de paume, à Versailles / Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault...

Print shows a large group of people taking an oath at the tennis court, Versailles, during the French Revolution. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, che... More

Intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire sous le régime de la terreur / Fragonard fils inv. ; Malapeau aqua forti ; Berthault sculp.

Intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire sous le régime de la terreur / F...

Print shows the interior of a room used by the Revolutionary committee during the Reign of Terror; citizens enter on the left and submit their appeals, then procede along the table where judgment is pronounced ... More

Narcotic poisons / G.E. Madeley, lithog., Wellington St[ree]t, Strand.

Narcotic poisons / G.E. Madeley, lithog., Wellington St[ree]t, Strand.

Illustration shows plants classified as narcotic poisons, including Deadly Nightshade, Birthwort, White Poppy, Woody Nightshare, Tobacco, Thorn Apple, Water Hemlock, Foxglove, Strong Scented Lettuce, Hemlock, H... More

[Engraved frontis. illus. to each of four volumes of Swift, Voyages de Gulliver (Paris, 1795)]

[Engraved frontis. illus. to each of four volumes of Swift, Voyages de...

Illus. in: Swift, Voyages de Gulliver, Paris, 1795. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - SWIFT, JONATHAN. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Books, B.I.

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