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St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More

Death of Genl. Ross at Baltimore / from the original painting by Chapp...

Print shows British General Robert Ross, on horseback, mortally wounded, on September 12th, 1814.

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. ...

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

This perspective view of the harbour, with the land to the west, the M...

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

Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...

Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More

James Monroe Papers: Series 4, Addenda, 1778-1831; 1979-1985 additions...

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. ...

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Annapolis Junction, on the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio...

Two trains, soldiers and tents. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 June 1, p. 39.

John J. Audubon : from the original painting by Chappel in the possess...

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

The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Const...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

In possession - Political cartoon, public domain image

Cartoons showing women entering the offices of the Milwaukee Journal ("Invasion") and men leaving ("Retreat"); and woman working at desk in office as man waits at the door with flowers. Signs in office read "Po... More

Perspective view of his majesty's land forces going in flat boats to t...

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

Notice to tax payers. We, the subscribers, assessors of the Town of Re...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 70, Folder 9.

Mrs. James Madison, (Dolly Payne) / from an original picture by Gilber...

Mrs. James Madison, three-quarter length portrait, facing right, holding fan.

Daniel Boone : from the original painting by Chappel in the possession...

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

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / eng...

"Dedicated to Charles Eliot Norton Esq." Copyright by S.A. Schoff 1878.

Bainbridge [i.e., Bambridge] on trial for murder by a committee of the...

Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

Lord Hood - from a painting by West in the possession of Sir John Dick...

Print shows Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, in oval on pedestal with name plate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Hollan... More

H. Knox : from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of t...

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Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the F...

Scale ca. 1:7,400,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48 Indicates by color the territories "claimed by the confederates in 1861," "in the military possession of the Confederates in 1861," "reclaimed from rebelli... More

George Mason. nat-1726-ob-1792 : from the painting in the possession o...

Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White migrant worker living in camp with two other migrant men. His sl...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This perspective view of the harbour, with the land to the west, the M...

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

A north view of Fort Royal in the island of Guadaloupe, when in Posses...

Title also in French. Library has two impressions, one with 1907 stamp and another with 1914 stamp. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Grignion.

Perspective view of his majesty's land forces going in flat boats to t...

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

[Vasco Nunez de Balboa taking possession of the Pacific Ocean; with in...

Detail of engraved title page. Illus. in: Herrera, Historia General...1726, vol. II. No reference copy. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

John Adams : from a painting by Chappel in the possession of the publi...

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Patrick Henry, Nat 1736--Ob 1799; from the original painting in the po...

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, glasses on top of head.

Joseph X talking to cop showing him court order to take possession of ...

Joseph X standing outside home of Malcolm X. NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

The marriage of Pocahontas, from the original picture in the possessio...

Painted by Henry Brueckner. Painter Henry Brueckner imagined the 1616 wedding between the Englishman John Rolfe and the Powhatan Pocahontas. Presiding over the wedding is Alexander Whitaker, who was not actual... More

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. ...

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / eng...

"Dedicated to Charles Eliot Norton Esq." Copyright by S.A. Schoff 1878.

Gen. Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. Warn...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

John Randolph / from the original painting by Chappel in the possessio...

John Randolph, full-length portrait, seated on porch, facing slightly left.

George Rogers Clark : from a crayon sketch, on paper, artist unknown, ...

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Mozart (40th N.Y.) and the Scott Life Guard (38th N.Y.) taking pos...

Signed inscribed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 24, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.32) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Battle of Tippecanoe / from an original painting by Chappel in the pos...

Print shows American soldiers arriving on the left to repulse Natives during the battle of Tippecanoe, Indiana, in 1811. Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1859, by Johnson, Fry & Co., in the clerk's off... More

James Buchanan / engraved by permission, from the original in the poss...

James Buchanan, full-length portrait, standing by table, facing left, holding book.

Edward Everett / From the original painting by Chappel in the possessi...

Edward Everett, full-length portrait, seated, facing left. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[James Russell Lowell, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / en...

57982 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona. ...

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons /...

Print shows several members of the House of Commons, including James Oglethorpe and Archibald Grant, gathered in a room at the Fleet Prison for an investigation of Thomas Bambridge, warden of the prison, for th... More

Circular to County Courts. Richmond, January 16, 1806. Gentlemen. The ...

On verso: 4 Circular to County Courts - 1806 - 50 cents Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; ... More

Benjamin Franklin engraved by T.B. Welch from the portrait by Martin i...

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

Voyage of life - childhood From the original painting by Thomas Cole, ...

Print showing allegorical scene in a landscape with a child in a boat with an angel at the helm. Entered according to Act of Congress U.S.A. [...] by James Smillie, in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Co... More

Charles Francis Adams / from the original painting by Chappel in the p...

Portrait print showing Charles Francis Adams, full-length, seated next to table.

R. Fulton / from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of...

A41778 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael Newell at the Dep...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a bench. Great Depression ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Wife of Pomp Hall, Negro tenant farmer, writing on typewriter. Through...

Public domain photographs related to race relations, African Americans, discrimination, segregation, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James Monroe Papers: Series 4, Addenda, 1778-1831; 1979-1985 additions...

Delambre - from the original by Boilly in the possession of Delambre's...

Print shows Delambre, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Illus. from: The gallery of portraits: with memoirs .... London ... More

Port Hudson from the opposite bank of the river The Union forces enter...

Two illustrations showing Port Hudson and the arrival of Union troops to take possession of the fortifications following the siege which ended with the formal surrender by the Confederate forces on July 9, 1863... More

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael Newell at the Dep...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

Washington at the Battle of Trenton / Engraved by Illman Brothers from...

A2594 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraving by Illman Brothers from a painting by E.L. Henry. Reference copy in Presidential File.

James Monroe Papers: Series 4, Addenda, 1778-1831; 1979-1985 additions...

Saml. Adams from the original picture by Chappel in the possession of ...

Full-length posthumous portrait of Boston patriot Samuel Adams leaning against a chair. He stands on one paper, while another rests atop a table to the left. From a painting by Alonzo Chappel. Accompanied by pr... More

The Japanese cavalry taken possession of Khobarovsk pursueing[sic] and...

Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Siberian War, no. 7.

The Japanese cavalry taken possession of Khobarovsk pursueing[sic] and...

Captions in Japanese and English. Forms part of: The Illustration of the Siberian War, no. 7.

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Andrew Jackson. From the original painting in the possession of Col. C...

Print shows Andrew Jackson, full-length portrait, sitting in a chair, facing front, with legs crossed and hands on lap. (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: Market of Charlotte Amalie [in] St. Thomas...

Stereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. No. X4722. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Virgin Islands of the United States 1902; Markets; Shelf.

Mural "Insular Possession: Alaska," by James Michael at the Department...

Date: 1939; dimensions: 114 1/2" x 234 1/2". Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

[Ralph Waldo Emerson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / eng...

"Dedicated to Charles Eliot Norton Esq." Copyright by S.A. Schoff 1878.

The great fight at Charleston S.C. April, 7th 1863: between 9 United S...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2831

The Mozart (40th N.Y.) and the Scott Life Guard (38th N.Y.) taking pos...

Signed inscribed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 24, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.32) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

James Madison : from the original picture by Chappel in the possession...

Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

D. Porter / from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of...

Print shows David Porter, full-length portrait, sitting sideways in a chair, facing slightly left, wearing naval uniform with sword. , facsimile signature. Entered according to act of Congress AD 1862, by Johns... More

Jac: Brown from original painting by Chappel in the possession of the ...

Print shows Jacob Brown, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, holding sword, left hand resting on a table. Copyright by Johnson, Fry & Co. From a painting by Chappel.

Lafayette : from an authentic painting in the possession of the publis...

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

H.B. Stowe From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of ...

Harriet Beecher Stowe, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, holding pencil and notebook on lap.

The aesthetic monkey / engraved, by permission, from the picture by W....

Monkey, seated at table, gazing at sunflower. Public domain photograph of cartoon illustration, satire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gulliver-Cleveland takes possession of the enemy's fleet and deprives ...

Illustration shows President Cleveland as Gulliver with a rope labeled "Good Policy" tied to the ships of the "Republican Party" and pulling them toward the opposite shore where a group of men, among them Ambas... More

The marriage of Pocahontas, from the original picture in the possessio...

Painted by Henry Brueckner. Painter Henry Brueckner imagined the 1616 wedding between the Englishman John Rolfe and the Powhatan Pocahontas. Presiding over the wedding is Alexander Whitaker, who was not actual... More

Washington at the Battle of Trenton / Engraved by Illman Brothers from...

A2594 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraving by Illman Brothers from a painting by E.L. Henry. Reference copy in Presidential File.

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

[Farmers nooning, from the original picture in the possession of Jona....

Print shows workmen resting in the shade of a tree, one man is sharpening a tool, an African American man reclining on a stack of hay, a young boy is leaning over the stack, tickling the man's ear with a piece ... More

Benn Pitman in 1854 From a daguerreotype in the possession of his sist...

Cover illustration shows reproduction of daguerreotype portrait of Pittman, who popularized shorthand in the United States, with board and paint brush. Illus. in: The phonographic magazine, v. 25, no. 10 (1911 ... More

W. H. Harrison : from the original painting by Chappel in the possessi...

Picryl description: Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., lately the scene of great exciteme...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 12, no. 293 (1861 June 29), p. 106. Caption card tracings: C.W. Units Militia Mo.; C.W. Camp scen... More

The Navy returns President's Cup to Marine Corps football team. The Ma...

A group of people standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great fight at Charleston S.C. April, 7th 1863: between 9 United S...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2831

A north view of Fort Royal in the island of Guadaloupe, when in Posses...

Title also in French. Library has two impressions, one with 1907 stamp and another with 1914 stamp. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Grignion.

James Monroe Papers: Series 4, Addenda, 1778-1831; 1979-1985 additions...

Columbus taking possession of the new country

Christopher Columbus kneeling, holding flag and sword with two other men holding flags. There are other men on land and in boats behind Columbus and three ships in background. On the island named San Salvador b... More

[Arms] By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and ...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 15820. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 145, Folder 18.

Letters from Colonel John Williams [Letter dated Knoxville, Sept. 29, ...

Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 174, Folder 5.

They wrestled for possession of the weapon : [with] one hand pressed u...

(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Autocrat" by Charles Beadle, Everybody's magazine, 38:43 (June 1918).

White migrant worker living in camp with two other migrant men. His sl...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Précis historique de la révolution de Saint-Domingue. Réfutation de...

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Précis historique de la révolution de Saint-Domingue. Réfutation de...

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Précis historique de la révolution de Saint-Domingue. Réfutation de...

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