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The election, a medley, humbly inscribed to Squire Lilliput, professor...

Cartoon shows the old courthouse in Philadelphia during the October 1, 1764 election where a line of men wait at the steps on the right to enter the courthouse and cast their votes; in the foreground, many men,... More

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia.

Scale ca. 1:42,000. Hand colored. Shows names of landowners in rural areas. LC copy annotated, has "8.11.45.Vme." Includes "Elevation of the State House." Available also through the Library of Congress web site... More

The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... More

[Land ownership map of the William Bingham estate in Potter County, Pe...

Shows lots, boundaries, numbers, and dimensions. From the William Bingham estate maps. Sectional title label affixed on verso of each sheet. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Some sheets include note and ins... More

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Downs, A.E.

China Retreat, Pennsyl'a, the seat of Mr. Manigault / drawn, engraved ...

Illus. in: The country seats of the United States of North America ... / W. Birch. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylv'a : W. Birch, 1808. Reference copy in LOT 4385-A. DCRM(G) example 1E1 - statement of responsibility

[Paper hanging no. 1] - Public domain dedication image

Wallpaper design acccompanied by printed label describing the pattern: "Number One. Ground, tea-leaf. First print, black. Vines covered with leaves of various kinds and colours, which will be changed conformabl... More

Map of the State of New York with part of the states of Pennsylvania, ...

Scale ca. 1:44,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows township and military tract boundaries. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Demand twelve and a half cents in commonwealth's pa- per of

Public domain scan - 18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First plate of four subjects, for Birch's Philadelphia

Print showing four vignette views on one sheet; upper left, "Franklin Library in 1800", bottom left, "Swedes Church Southwark", upper right, "Pennsylvania Hospital in 1800", and bottom right, "High St. Market H... More

General Jackson slaying the many headed monster

A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the... More

[Schuylhill, Fairmont Water Works, Philadelphia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...

Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More

General William H. Harrison of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs and the Thames /...

Print shows presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a military leader in dress uniform holding his sword. A laurel wreath below his portrait names him as a hero of War of 1812 battles. This portrait wa... More

Great conflagration at Pittsburgh. View of the ruins of the city of Pi...

Print shows a panoramic view from across the Monongahela River of the ruins of Pittsburgh after a fire destroyed a large portion of the city on April 10th, 1845. Caption continues: City of Pittsburgh after the... More

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... More

[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 1...

Inscriptions on recto: Third story ; John Haviland Archt Philadelphia 1847 ; Gentlemen's stair ; Ladies stair. Building originally Fountain Inn, then Irving Hotel (1848), then The Kirkwood House (1854). Demolis... More

Philadelphia State-house / / drawn from nature by Aug. Köllner; lith. ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

[Shankland's American fashions, 1849]

Print shows in two horizontal panels, at top, eight men, a woman, and four children standing outdoors along a dirt roadway, two of the men are dressed for hunting and carry rifles, and at bottom, eight men and ... More

2nd and Chestnut Streets, SW corner

Photograph shows businesses where 2nd and Chestnut Streets intersect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; "William M. Mackin, Tailor", "Job Printing", "Maas Card Job Printing Office", also shows a gas street lamp at ... 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

[Print speciman of botanical illustrations for Aethusa Cynapium, an he...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 6]

[Print speciman of anatomical illustrations of human pelvis and hip bo...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]

Clay monument, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on stone by...

Print shows a statue of Henry Clay standing atop a pillar with "H. Clay" on the base forming the "Clay Monument" in Pottsville, Pennsylvania; sightseers approach the monument as others inspect the base. (DLC/P... More

Map representing the route of the Philada. & Erie Rail Road its connec...

Detailed map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, county boundaries in Pennsylvania, and major cities. Canals and railroads are annotated... More

Mountains near the entrance of the Canada de las Uvas / Chas. Koppel ;...

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

Passmore Williamson / John H. Sherwin, del. ; L.N. Rosenthals lith. Ph...

Print shows Passmore Williamson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, "in Moyamensing Prison, Philada." Includes facsimile signature. Caption continues: Incarcerated by Judge Kane. In Moyamensing Prison,... More

Gov. Andrew Curtin, PA, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Slave of Richard Townsend / W.H. Ingram's Photograph and Ferrotype Gal...

Photo shows an elderly African American man, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and top hat, seated, facing front, with right hand resting on the handle of a bow saw that he holds between his legs. In... More

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Perfumery gold medal - R & G.A. Wright manufacturers of the celebrated...

Print shows many symbols representing America, Pennsylvania, industry, agriculture, commerce, and prosperity surrounding text at center announcing the R. & G.A. Wright Perfumery, winners of the "Celebrated Gold... More

Thomas Iron Works, Hockendauqua. Samuel Thomas Supt. L. Crepon lith. ;...

Print shows a view of the Thomas Iron Works at Hockendauqua, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, with three railroads servicing the facility. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Librar... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window with St. John for All Saints ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diploma awarded by the Lebanon County Agricultural and Horticultural S...

Print shows a certificate with vignettes on the sides and bottom showing farm animals (horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, cows, and a turkey), a man standing behind a plow drawn by two horses, the interior o... More

Diploma awarded by the Washington County Agricultural and Horticultura...

[Biegmann portrait of Lincoln and his family.]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colonel Samuel M. Bowman, 84th Pennsylvania Infantry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192-B. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informati... More

[Old Swedes Church (Gloria Dei Church) and cemetery, Philadelphia, wit...

No. 51. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maple Shade Jersey Office, Egbert? Farm

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 egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Tumbling Run scenery, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

No. 40. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War] / Bell & ...

[Unidentified woman] / Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, 912-914 Chestnut Str...

"Jewels" found at Alexandria, by the Federal Army; consisting of chain...

Picture shows shackles, leg irons and handcuffs. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 11; leg and arm slave shackles. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.231)

[Brady portrait of Abraham Lincoln & "Tad" published by Richards.]

Meserve no 39. A photograph of the President and the second son Thomas or "Tad" by Matthew B. Brady, made in Washington 1861 as the President looked at an album of photographs in Brady's studio. I t was used by... More

Seminary nr. Gettysburg used as a hospital, scene of Reynolds fight wi...

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-143. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1070) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...

Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), ... More

Bridges, Honorable S.A. of PA. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civ...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 764, S.A. Bridges, Pa., 640 [crossed out], 31478 [crossed out], 445 [crossed out], [left side retouched].... More

Crooke, Honorable Philip Schuyler of N.Y. Commanded Fifth Brigade, Nat...

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

Ketchum, Honorable Winthrop Welles of Pennsylvania

A black and white photo of two men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Packer, Honorable Rep. John Black of Pennsylvania

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

Campbell, Honorable Jacob Miller of PA (Engaged in steamboating on the...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bayne, Honorable Thomas M. of Pennsylvania - Public domain portrait ph...

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Benjamin Franklin, Supt. P.N.D.A., Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 1873-18...

Photograph shows portrait of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency superintendant and former chief of detectives at the Philadelphia Police Department. Forms part of: Visual material from the records of Pinker... More

Wright, Honorable Hendrick Bradley of Pa, Rep

Two men in suits are posing for a picture. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wood, Honorable Alan of Pennsylvania. Glass Plate Negative, American C...

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

Robert Wood's ornamental iron works, Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia / Hinc...

Print shows an advertisement for Robert Wood's Ornamental Iron Works on "Ridge Avenue below Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia" showing cast iron statues and fountains, the "Clay Monument, at Pottsville, Pa.", ... More

Battle-field of Gettysburg - General Meade's headquarters on the Taney...

Tipton & Myers' stereoscopic views series. No. 557. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle-field of Gettysburg - Little Round Top--Swamp and breastworks i...

Stumps and rocks with tree covered hill in background. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mauch Chunk and its surroundings, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereosco...

Stereograph showing view from summit of Switchback railroad, looking down towards town. On mount: Scenery of LeHigh Valley R.R.

Iron spring - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of an iron gazebo or open springhouse constructed around the outlet of an underground spring, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19th century...

Stereograph showing a couple seated on a shady hillside by a path. Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

The arch - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Print shows a view of a memorial arch, stone retaining walls, and a tower, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870.

Lucretia Mott. - Public domain portrait photograph

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

University at Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania

Print showing view of main buildings of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

... The Tariff, English and American interests. Rejoicing in England. ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 159, Folder 41. Copy scanned: 1

Der ewig stehende Fels der Romisch Katholischen Kirche / lith. by A. H...

This allegorical print, intended for an American Catholic audience, illustrates the official church response to the First Vatican Council of 1869-70, which decreed that the Pope is infallible. In the center of ... More

Grand Chapter Room, East, Pennsylvania, 19th century stereoscope card.

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia 100 years ago - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Scenery in Fairmount Park. West from North Laurel

Stereograph showing a terrace with view of houses across the water.

Philadelphia, 1876 - Print, Library of Congress collection

G5819 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Inger.

Panorama of Philadelphia and centennial exhibition grounds

G7373 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bachmann.

An Old-fashioned windmill - Agricultural Hall

Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, 1876, of interior scenes of the Phila. Centennial Exhibition. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 June 10. Reference copy may be in LOT 4435A. This record contains unverified, ... More

Gov't. Building, Dep't. of Education, Pennsylvania, 19th century stere...

Exhibit showing model buildings, including Franklin School, Washington, D.C., in foreground at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876.

The Centennial / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 20, no. 1039 (1876 Nov. 25), p. 957.

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, July / Kronheim & Co.,...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, July 1876, with illustration of crowd outside of the Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia, on July 8, 1776, for the announcement of the D... More

Philadelphiadelphia, Pennsylvania - Ceremonies in front of Independenc...

Fireworks. Wood engraving after sketches by Harry Ogden. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1876 Jan. 22, p. 317. Reference copy may be in LOT 4435A. This record contains unverified, old data from... More

Horticultural building, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876. Phi...

Print shows view of exhibition building. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 6. Advertising card for play "Deacon Crankett" mou... More

The Great [railroad] Strike [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1877]: Burning o...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 21, (1877 August 11), p. 628. Ref. copy in LOT 4403. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Riots 1877; Geogr.; Fires; Strikes...

Ground occupied by Sickle's at time of Longstreets assault

View along the Emmittsburg Road, showing orchard in which Union General Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) lost his leg, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 525.

The Rippling river waltz - Public domain American sheet music, 1881

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

"Old Philadelphiadelphia Inns". Book illustration from Library of Cong...

Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1882 March 4, page of 4 line engravings. Reference copy may be in LOT 4384H. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

W M Penn - Print, Library of Congress collection

N15804 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Camp, J. H.

House in which Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, Sevent...

Jefferson House and stores. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 27, no. 1373 (1883 April 14), p. 228.

Blaine O'Maine / J. Keppler. - Public domain dedication image

Illustration shows James G. Blaine running through a swamp, chasing a firefly labeled "Presidency" that is thumbing its nose at him. Blaine is leaving a "Bad Political Record" behind him that begins with his "E... More

[Joe Mulvey, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Tommy McCarthy, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Deacon McGuire, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Charlie Ferguson, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

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

[Charlie Kelly, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. No. 5, George Hamilton, Assistant Sup...

U17835 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa. Printed on mount at bottom: Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889. Loss from 10,000 to 12,000 lives. Typed on label attached at top... More

The old wollen mill, and the fatal trees, Johnstown, Pennsylvania U.S....

No. 5244. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Milford, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania, shaft house

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011588. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Coal breaker boys - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pocono Mountain House, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Campbell's Ledge, on the Susquehanna near Pittston, Pa

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012238. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

West End Trust Co. Building, Philadelphia

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

Temperance Fountain and Statues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U. S. A

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

Juniper Street, looking north, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A

No. 6472. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Pennsylvania, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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