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A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company Plant, Between Joseph Campau & Conant Avenues, Hamtramck, Wayne County, MI Significance: It served as the major manufacturing and assembly plant for the Dodge automobile and is... More

An old photo of a machine in a factory. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Compa...

A black and white drawing of a building. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Comp...

A black and white photo of a train engine. Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co...

A black and white photo of a tunnel in a building. Dodge Brothers Moto...

A group of people standing around a car in a factory. Dodge Brothers M...

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

The fort where native chiefs held off the 16th century Spaniards, Cuzc...

Copyright by the American Stereoscopic Co. No. 2080. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, right]

472_7351_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Ta...

Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: (beneath image) Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Tartini geb: 1692. / Joh: Joach: Quanz geb: 1697. Christof Gluck geb: 1714. Nicolo Jomelli... More

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

"Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1814," mural ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photo... More

Cardinal Grosbeak - Public domain portrait engraving

Color engraving by R. Havell, after drawing by John J. Audubon. Illus. in: The birds of America / John James Audubon. 4 vols. London, 1827-1838, (Elephant Folio), Vol. II, Pl. 159. This record contains unverifi... More

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

Photographer unidentified. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:003). Forms part of: Papers of Horace and Anne Montgomerie Traubel, 1824-1979 (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More

[Henry and William Pinkney Rodgers, three-quarter length portrait, sea...

Photographer unidentified. Case: front, variant of Rinhart 123; back, variant of Rinhart 125. Label on front of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893, Henry Rodgers, 1823-1854. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1... More

[William Pinkney Rodgers, half-length portrait, seated, with yellow sc...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 46. Case: variant of Rinhart 125. Label on back of case: William Pinkney Rodgers, 1821-1893. Gift; Mrs. Alexander Macomb; 1976; (DLC/PP-1976:307). Forms part of: Rod... More

[Unidentified man, about 40 years of age, half-length portrait, slight...

Scratched on back of plate: 133. Corners trimmed. Resembles portrait of Horace Kneeland, New York sculptor, in The Atlas, Dec. 15, 1844. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Dag... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Same sitter as DAG no. 116. Hallmark: Rinhart 31. Scratched on back of plate: 304. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced ... More

[Unidentified woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left, ey...

Copy of DAG no. 304. Scratched on face of plate: 180. Scratched on back of plate: 11 [canceled]; 116. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of C... More

Henry Bennet Earl of Arlington P. Lely pinx ; J. Houbraken sculps, Ams...

Print shows Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in medallion resting on scroll work on pedestal with a fish, harpoon(?), and sealed envelopes. Printed below ima... More

[Ignacio Zaragoza, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 22, upper left.

[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Date and photographer information from: Picturing Frederick Douglass / John Stauffer. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, p. 185.

[William Sidney Mount, full length portrait, facing left, wearing top ...

Case: oval surrounded by flowers and scrolls. Embossed in velvet: Brady's Gallery 205 & 359 Broadway, New York. Alternately identified as: Alfred Jones, engraver. Purchase; Marian S. Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:... More

Rev. E. Bartlett. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Unidentified woman, seated half-length portrait, facing front

Photograph shows woman wearing light blouse and dark jacket with brooch at collar. Case: Rinhart, no. 96. Stamped on brass mat: F. Grice. Purchase; Lynn Maillet; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:034). Forms part of: Daguerr... More

[African American woman holding a white child]

Rinhart, no. 119. Modern handwritten note in case: Slave nanny/white child image came from an estate sale somewhere in the flat lands delta area of Arkansas. Likely from one of the following Arkansas towns: Hel... More

Ulysses S. Grant, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Unverified information on negative sleeve: Grant. Horan item no. 260. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. E... More

[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right]

Photograph shows the American stage actor Charlotte Saunders Cushman, who was known as one of the greatest actresses of her day. Case: plain leather case with push button and dark red velvet pad with an urn emb... More

Memnonium. Thebes - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Four headless statues standing before colonnades. No. 1861. On verso: The Ramesseum. Osiride Portico.

El Pythagoras - Fabrica de Tobacos de las mejores vegas de la vuelta-a...

LOT subdivision subject: Portraits. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item.

[Tobacco label showing "old Nick" (Santa Claus) dropping cigar package...

Copyright by J.C. Partridge & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Holidays Christmas; Tobacco Advert.; Tobacco Smoking; Artists, Publ. I.; Santa Claus; Tobacc... More

Wm. B. Franklin, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil, on emulsion: 3795. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

Cairo. Street view - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 137. 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

George Stoneman, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 3815; tape on emulsion: 599 [crossed out]. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

Gen. Gordon Granger, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

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

Milano. Panorama. Cityscape photograph. Architecture of 1860s Europe

In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 108. No. 209. No. 3816.

Locomotive Rigi Railway, Public domain image

Locomotive used on railroad. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, upper right.

Valencia. Vista general de la catedral

View of the cathedral from the street; bell tower el Miguelete in background. In album: Spain, opposite p. 57. No.902.

Greece, Athens (Ancient), Erechlion from S.W.

Public domain photograph of classic architecture, sculpture, antiquity, ancient Greece, Rome, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Source of the Arveyron, foot of Mer de Glace

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 31, lower right.

Rome. Baths of Caracalla - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. R15. 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

[General view of the Haram or Moriah. El Aksa - Omar - Church of St. A...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 103. 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

Tebessa. Sarcophage du Temple de Minerve / ND Phot.

Sarcophagus in the Temple of Minerva, Tébessa, Algeria. No. 232. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate artilleryman uniform and greatcoa...

Case: Berg, no. 3-154. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Paul Reeder, Germantown, Tenness... More

Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...

Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. No. 2306. Mounted with four other photographs with general caption: (Defe... More

Civil War envelope showing Confederate stars and bars flag

Addressed to Miss Mary E. Whitehead, Scotland Neck, N.Ca.; postmarked Enfield, N.C. Jul. 6; stamped paid. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: John L. Kimbrough, Confederate States of America... More

View, looking N.W. from roof of Capitol

Photograph shows view of Washington, D.C., taken from U.S. Capitol, with Pennsylvania Avenue at left, showing Winder's Bldg., Ephiphany, St. John's, St. Matthew, GPO, Dept. of Interior, City Hall, Trinity, Ritt... More

[Unidentified cavalry soldier in Confederate uniform and Valley Ranger...

Case: Imitation Eichmeyer. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Bill Turner, La Plata, Maryl... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with wife and daughters holding...

Case: Leather, floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Fam... More

Wagon train, gelatin silver print during American Civil War

Part of Brady Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified private in Confederate uniform with Bowie knife]

Case: Leather (half); floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Paul Brzozowski, F... More

Indian Mound in Monument Gardens, Chattanooga

Photograph shows a group of men, most in uniform, in front of the Indian mound near Chattanooga. No. B1285. Hand written on verso: "Miller VIII, 219". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Virginia sword belt p...

Case: Leather, scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collect... More

[Full standing black soldier, rifle with fixed bayonet]

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of African American soldier standing in front of a studio backdrop. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.331) Title from Gladstone collection checklist.... More

Lt. Gen. Jas. Longstreet, American Civil War.

Photograph shows Lieutenant General James Longstreet in uniform. Handwritten name on recto bottom. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) More information about this collection is available at http://h... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform], American Civil War.

Case: Berg, no. 3-488. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: Nick Harris, 2012. Forms part of... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and unidentified man, pos...

Case: leather; geometric design; vintage case provided by donor. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Forms ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate infantry uniform with musket and ...

Revolver is possibly a Griswald & Gunnison percussion revolver. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.l... More

[Confederate soldier identified as Jonathan Sweet of Meridian, Mississ...

Photograph shows partially identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric. Searches of American Civil War Research Database and Ancestry.com on Jan. 12, 2015 were unable to find a Jonathan Sweet of Mississippi. ... More

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with Gardner patent cante...

Photograph shows soldier in dilapidated condition. Case: Rinhart, no. 141. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.l... More

[Ironclad USS Essex at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]

Probably photographed by McPherson & Oliver. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased from: The Histor... More

[Envelope addressed to Rev. Wm. Banks, Chaplain 4th S.C. Cavalry, (car...

Handwritten envelope addressed to William Banks of 4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civi... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Allen's farm house. Headquarters of Gen...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Headquarters of Gen'l Lafayette, before the battle of Yorktown. Corresponding print is in LOT 4165-G. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1... More

[Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948, (as former Secretary of State), full...

Photo by the National Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI(5); Shelf; Other information on verso of card.

Seabrook's fish pond - Two people in a small boat on a lake

Photograph shows two Union soldiers and one African American man in a row boat on a pond with bridges and the Seabrook house in the distant background. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladston... More

"Pine Cottage", Civil War soldiers winter quarters

Caption continues: "(US Army Signal corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-256)".

[Union troops on rocks climbing to the summit of Lookout Mountain] / J...

Photograph shows soldiers led by Captain John Wilson reenacting climb to plant 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain (Source: Will Stapp, January 2016). Photographed by Ro... More

The sportsman upset by the recoil of his own gun (Jo. Miller)

Lincoln is portrayed as meek and ineffectual in his prosecution of the war. In a wooded scene Lincoln, here in the character of an Irish sportsman in knee-breeches, discharges his blunderbuss at a small bird "C... More

[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]

Title devised by Library staff based on identification by David Richardson, Jack Melton, and Talley Kirkland, September 2015. Photo formerly misidentified as Swamp Angel gun, Morris Island, South Carolina. Date... More

Shelekovoe [sic] proizvodstvo. Prigotovlenie berd (tikh bendi)

Photograph shows a man preparing silk reed. "Tikh bendi" translated as the Persian expression: fastening reed. Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' promyslovai︠a︡, 1871-1872, part 3, p. 7.

Petersburg, Virginia. Blandford church and graveyard

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Petersburg, Va. Blandford Church. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General i... More

Aiken house on Weldon Railroad, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, posi...

Photograph showing a farm house near Petersburg. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 2, no. 71. Copyright by A. Gardne... More

[Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform] / M.B. Brady & Co. Nationa...

Public domain photograph related to President Ulysses Grant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whim of the Four-Twenty Claim, Gold Hill

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 734. LOT subdivision subject: Mining Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Carson Spur, Alpine County, from Kirkwood's Valley

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 925. LOT subdivision subject: Alpine County. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Placer mining - panning out, California, 19th century sterescope card.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 976. LOT subdivision subject: Placer Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe, Nevada (view from the road)

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 676. LOT subdivision subject: Wagon Trains and Stage Coaches. This record contains unverified old ... More

Portrait photo of "Carolina twins," Millie and Christina

Photograph shows portrait of conjoined twins and circus performers Millie and Christine McCoy. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by Mrs. Joseph P. Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S.... More

Loading at the Potosi Mine, Virginia City

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 729. LOT subdivision subject: Mining Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

View of Beirut, looking towards body of water Bonfils

No. 246. 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 s... More

[Spirit Knob area?, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota] / made and published b...

No. 11. Copyright 1867. "Filed Sept. 9, 1867, Wm. A. Spence, clerk." Title devised by Library staff from similar images in LOT 7137. Printed on back: "From series of Minnesota views" and "Sold by dealers throug... More

Charles Dickens - Public domain portrait print

Bust. Photoprint by J. Gurney & Son. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Nubie Pylone de Kalabsheh (Égypte) / Bonfils.

Rubble and ruin outside of portico of what was the Temple of Mandulis, a Nubian god. No. 125.

"Humpty Dumpty" 1868 Pantomine, Ada Harland

No. 112. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tunnel #3, Weber Canyon, Utah - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...

Possibly by William Henry Jackson. For similar photo by A.J. Russell, see: Tunnel no. 3 - Weber Cañon, Utah (2003668252). Gift; J. Pierpont Morgan. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial coll... More

Pope Pius IX, three-quarter length portrait, kneeling in prayer

In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 42 (top left). Color laser copy reference surrogate for LOT 6633 is available for use in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room (Filed with Finding Aids).

Thomas Edison, Glass negative portrait, 1870s

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Prof. Edison, Phonograph, 554 [crossed out], 1537, 31346 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Handy photogra... More

Kaido pyrus spectabalis [i.e., spectabilis] / by Megata Morikaga.

Drawing shows a branch of a Japanese plum tree, with leaves and pink blossoms. From "Flowers" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and d... More

Bill Drennan, Indian scout and companion of Kit Carson / N.H. Rose, Sa...

Bill Drennan, half-length portrait, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of an African American man, seated]

Forms part of the Anthony Barboza collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Desire Gustave Courbet - Public domain portrait painting

Carte-de-visite. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

[Ruins after the great fire of Oct. 1871, Chicago - interior of Post O...

Stereo by P.B. Greene. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; Post offices Ill.; Ill. Chicago Bldgs.; Ill. Chicago Hist.; Shelf.

[Great Falls of the Yellowstone River]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a waterfall, water stream, cascade, nature site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lewis, W.A. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift... More

Unidentified woman. C.M. Bell Studio, Washington DC

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at http://hdl... More