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Mobile. Taken from the marsh opposite the city near Pinto's residence

86 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bennett, William James. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.: Dec. 28, 1842.

[James McDowell, half-length portrait, three-quarters to left]

Governor of Virginia. Scratched on face of plate: 236; McDowell. Scratched on back of plate: 40. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920. (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congr... More

Christ bearing his cross - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

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

The scapular - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sarony & Major.

Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States

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

The soldier's wife - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

[Full page of The Illustrated London News, Christmas Supplement, 1848,...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1848. Reference copy may be in LOT 4446. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street vendors; Gt. Brit. Hist. 1848; Holiday... More

[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and ...

From portrait by Black. No. 8242-62. Saunders no. 2. Specimen Days no. 125. Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).

Flags - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: L. Prang & Co.

Miniature model of Windsor Castle - stereocsopic card

No. 1. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte, half-length portrait, seated, facing...

On recto: Cruces y Campa, México, 2d de S. Francisco, no. 4. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 13, upper left.

[Little girl and a little boy picking fruits and flowers]

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

Harriet Hosmer, half-length studio portrait, facing front, seated with...

Inscribed in pencil on mount: Portrait of Harriet Hosmer. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Fleur des champs - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

Toledo, O - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C. Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1965.

A view of Truxillo Bay and city on the coast of Honduras

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bowen, T.

The "Oceanic". Pioneer steamer of the White Star Line

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ismay. Exhibited 1983/ Steamships.

Circus acts - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Trummer, C.

The African crocodile hunters - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Harriet Hosmer, half-length studio portrait, facing front, seated with...

Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner of sheet: H. Hosmer. Inscribed in pencil on mount: Portrait of Harriet Hosmer. (DLC/PP-1999:126). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

La figure, la priere du matin. Morning prayer

467 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lassalle, Emile.

View of eastern nave - A black and white photo of an old factory

Photograph shows a slightly elevated view of the interior of the Crystal Palace exhibit hall with various items on display and international flags hanging from balcony railings. Salted paper photoprint by Claud... More

View of western nave - Victorian era public domain image

Photograph shows Crystal Palace interior. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer brothers, 1852, v. 4, frontis.

Panel in ceiling of colonnade of dome

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Details of drum of dome - Public domain architectural drawing

U.S. Capitol (drawing). This record contains unverified data from caption card.

"View of the Pilot Knob" [Mo.] - Public domain book illustration, Libr...

Lithograph by L. Gast & Brother, St. Louis. Illus. in: Annual Review, History of St. Louis, Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the Year, and Account of Leading Manufactories, etc., from the Missouri Republi... More

General W.S. Hancock, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil: Hancock. Stereo filed in LOT 4191. Corresponding print in LOT 4192. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Lib... More

Honorable Caleb Lyon. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War pe...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. from N.Y.; U.S. Consul to Shanghai, China; Gov. of Idaho Territory 64-65; born 1822, Died 1875. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library... More

Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War per...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambrid...

Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, wearing suit, standing behind chair. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M.... More

[Panel details from bronze doors for the east portico of the Senate wi...

Photograph of bronze doors detail showing two panels from top of right valve, one depicting the battle of Bunker Hill and death of General Warren and the other depicting the battle of Monmouth and rebuke of Gen... More

The old Genoese Castle at Balaklava, from above the castle pier

View of ships in Balaklava harbor and hill with castle or fort ruins, conical tents, buildings, and animals. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crim... More

Officers of the 89th Regiment at Cathcart's Hill, in winter dress, Cap...

Captain Leslie Skynner, Lieutenant Francis Knatchbull, Captain Robert Rowland Conyers, Lieutenant John Longfield, and Captain Robert B. Hawley, full-length portrait, wearing uniforms, one standing, two leaning ... More

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

Field Marshall Lord Raglan - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lord Raglan, full-length portrait, seated on chair in doorway, facing slightly right, holding hat. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contempora... More

The great presidential race of 1856.

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

[General William Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Market place, Grand Plaz...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 50 (1856 Nov. 22), p. 369. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.

Parish schoolmaster - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a parish schoolmaster holding a schoolboy by the hair while he strikes him with a switch. The scene probably takes place in Norway. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 an... More

A.B. Young (of Boston) Supervising Architect, Treasury Department.

Photograph shows portrait of Ammi B. Young. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).

Ruins of Temple Church, Lanleff, (p. 74.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 11.

Christmas - Gathering Evergreens, engraving, Library of Congress

Two men cutting evergreen trees; one person carrying a tree; man kneeling alongside woman who is making wreaths. Engr. by Winslow Homer. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858), p. 820. This record contains un... More

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More

Ancient cloistered houses and square, Dinan, (p. 290.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 82.

[Corking bottles in Mr. Longworth's wine cellars near Cincinnati]

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 July 24), p. 473. Ref. copy SS Graphics - 4397 J - Industry -Brewery & Wine making Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Facto... More

Great Falls of the Spokane River, W.T. 30 miles below the Cour D'Alene...

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 58. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

The self-propelling steam fire-engine, "J.C. Cary"

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1858 November 20), p. 749. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

[Samuel O. Peyton, Representative from Kentucky, Thirty-fifth Congress...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 218. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[William B. Maclay, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 49. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[William H. Kelsey, Representative from New York, Thirty-fifth Congres...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 72. Each item includes subject's origi... More

[Fenner Ferguson, Representative from Nebraska Territory], Thirty-fift...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 311. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[James M. Mason, Senator from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-le...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 124. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Stephen R. Mallory, Senator from Florida, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...

[John A. Gilmer, Representative from North Carolina, Thirty-fifth Cong...

[James Craig, Representative from Missouri, Thirty-fifth Congress, hal...

Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln on horseback within a border of furled U...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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

General J.J. Abercrombie, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

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

General J.J. Abercrombie, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

Colonel J.B. Swain, 11th N.Y. Cavalry (Scott's 900)

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about Civil war photographs is available at loc.gov Forms part of: Civil war photographs... More

General John White Geary, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negativ...

Annotation from negative, in pencil, on emulsion: 2033. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informati... More

American Fall and ice mountain. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosc...

People and horse on ice, Niagara Falls, New York. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Storming the castle. "Old Abe" on guard.

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

The Five Points in 1859. View taken from the corner of Worth & Little...

Five Points being a house of industry--New York City. "For D.T. Valentine's Manual 1860." This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York (N.Y.); Streets; City & tow... 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

Herman Melville - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Portrait, half, seated, facing left. Reproduction of photograph. Illus. in: Journal up the straits This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. A reference copy may be available in the Biog. File.

[Balloon "Columba" flying with two passengers]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'Espérance en traversant l'espace vous portera mes plus douces pensée...

Collecting card shows balloon "L'Espérance" flying over a landscape with two birds carrying a flower and a letter as passengers. Tissandier collection.

J.P. McCown - Tenn. Brig. General. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Brigadier General John Porter McCown, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. On verso: From Brady negative.

Russian ship - Public domain drawing

Broadside view at dock in foreground, part in background. Title inscribed twice below image. Inscribed upper right: make mast big. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.90) Forms part of: Morgan collection ... More

[Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln and title page]

Illus. in: The Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abram Lincoln, Together with a Sketch of the Life of Hannibal Hamlin, N.Y., Rudd & Carleton, 1860, frontis, and title page. No file print. This record conta... More

[Jacob Walter, half-length portrait, facing right]

LC-BH824-4679 (b&w glass neg. - missing) Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

François-Victor Hugo [graphic] / / Thiébault, Bd., Bonne Nouvellé, 31.

Bacard Fils was the son-in-law and successor to Thiébault. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Algeria. Algiers Mosque - North Africa and Middle East

Wall of a section of a mosque in Algiers, Algeria. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presented by a committee of ladies of Philadelphia. Oct. 1863 3rd Unit...

American eagle as emblem of the 3rd United States Colored Troops. On verso: D.B. Bowser - Artist - No. 481 North 4th St. Philada. Photograph of painting by Bowser. In album: [U.S. army officers and other person... More

Washington., D.C. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

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

[A. Lincoln] - Public domain portrait print

Silhouette drawing is full-length side-view of United States president Abraham Lincoln facing left. Gift; Mrs. John Lightfoot, Jr.; 1921; (DLC/PP-1921:46345).

Mountain stream - Trout fishing - stereocsopic card

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

Hilton head - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.995) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Busy street scene in Beijing] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a crowded city street with porters, pedestrians, horse-drawn carts, horseback riders, possibly a street cleaner, pigs running loose, beggars, and two men who may be Korean based on the sytle of th... More

[Sculpture of Lincoln sitting on a park bench.]

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

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 - Public domain portrait print

Head and shoulders, facing left; right hand under chin. Photoprint by W. Kurtz, N.Y.C. (Saunders 12). Feinberg/Whitman Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: ... More

[Page of text with articles: Commander Dahlgren and his guns; the Wash...

Page from: Harper's weekly, 1861 April 20, p. 246. Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln attached to black ribbon]

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Prize brig captured at Hatteras Inlet.

Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.93) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Relyea portrait of Lincoln seated at desk.]

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

[Composite of 8 bust photos of Brig. Generals Benjamin F. Coates, Geor...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865.

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

Reception of Col Wood--by the 14th Brooklyn Regt.--(after his return f...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.373) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Exterior, African American woman standing in foreground. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic History (no. 2300). LC-B811-2300 (half). This record contains ... More

Fortifications on Bermuda Hundred's Line near Point of Rocks, Virginia

No. B707. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Brigadier General Lander - Print, Library of Congress collection

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

[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol]

Photograph shows crowd of people viewing Lincoln's inauguration by the under-construction U.S. Capitol. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 1. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12... More

Bv't. Brig. General M. Churchill. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full-length portrait of Mendal Churchill, standing, facing front, in uniform. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 5453.

Potomac Creek Bridge - Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek and Fredericksburg R....

No. B457. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Buttre, J.C.

[Md. - Annapolis - U.S. Naval Academy: 3 scenes - "General..view of An...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 May 11), p. 294. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

2d Rhode Island Infantry. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No. 1033. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Fallen tree across Hazel River, Virginia] (Andrew J. Russel)

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

"Nick Biddle," of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the first man wounded in t...

Photograph shows Nicholas Biddle, an African American Union soldier, in uniform, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographer's stamp on verso. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

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