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Barnacle Goose - Public domain zoological illustration

Illus. in: Audubon, Birds of America. 1871. pl. 378. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Birds; Publ. Ind.

Boy and girl carving pumpin into Jack-O'Lantern

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hencke & Scott. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Hawk's Nest, West Virginia., looking down New River from R.R., Pres - ...

In Jedediah Hotchkiss photograph album of views along railroad lines and rivers from near Staunton, Virginia, to Huntington, West Virginia: p. 115a, no. 220. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1979; (DLC/PP-19... More

Chicago - the Grand Duke Alexis and suite on a drive through the burnt...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 35, no. 899 (1872 Dec. 21), p. 301. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Aleksei Aleksandrovich, ... More

What shall I write to Grandpa - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...

Small girl seated with writing materials. Stereo copyrighted by Weller. No. 371. From the series: Stereoscopic Treasures. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The citizens chart of political parties in the campaign of 1872

Political cartoon riddiculing the Democratic party adn praising Grant & Wilson. Lithograph by Strobridge & Co., copyrighted by P.G. Dick. Reference copy may be in LOT 4406 (1872). This record contains unverifie... More

Cabin in Washington - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a small house with a thatched roof, nestled among trees behind a stone wall. Formerly DRWG/US - Gedney - 52. Gift, Ralph Gedney 1926 (DLC/PP-1926:R47019).

Charles Sumner - Print, Library of Congress collection

C10922 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Armstrong & Co. Copyright date based on copyright registration number.

[Charles Sumner, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left]

E(?)4714 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Edgar Parker.

Paret, Bishop. 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

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 9. Seek me early

Print shows a floral arrangement as a backdrop for the phrase "Seek Me Early." D2377 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Title, publication, and copyright statements a... More

[Wardrobe cabinet on rollers]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Reference copy may be in LOT 4394. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: The New Housekeeper's Manual, 1873, by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, p. 29. Caption c... More

Governors of Michigan - Print, Library of Congress collection

E948 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Detroit Lithographic Office.

Grand Canyon of the Arkansas. Looking east toward the plains

No. 137. Part of series: Colorado Views. 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 an... More

[Page of advertisements, including illus. of Harrington & Richardson r...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1874 Dec. 12, p. 1027. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arms...; Ice skating; Ads Misc.; Shelf.

Prang's floral mottoes, no. 27. The groves were God's first temples af...

Print shows a floral arrangement of a sprig of evergreen and a stem of autumn leaves with a piece of birch bark on which is printed "The groves were God's First Temple. Bryant" from the poem "A forest hymn" by ... More

The lion family - Print, Library of Congress collection

E4325 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibson & Co.

Washed out by the floods - an incident of cabin life in the west

Family huddled on river bank. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1875 Sept. 18), p. 760. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Floods 1875; West Settlers; Shelf.

I have a silent sorrow here - Public domain graphic arts, Library of C...

5785 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Vance, Parsloe & Co.

[Kurz & Allison portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

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

Art gallery, international exhibition, 1876

F2675 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bien, Julius.

Another button off - L.M. Melander & Bro., Chicago

Stereograph shows a woman seated on man's lap and sewing button on his shirt. Stereo copyrighted by L.M. Melander & Bro. No. 53. Caption card tracings: Courtship...; Humor; Shelf.

[Exhibit displays at Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia.: American gl...

Stereo copyrighted by Centennial Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Tradesmens industrial institute of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

G4595 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Krebs, Otto.

2 musk oxen of the Arctic Regions, which were mounted by a taxidermist...

Stereo copyrighted by the Centennial Photographic Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Animals Musk Oxen; Taxidermy; Exhibitions 1876; Shelf.

Off Cape Horn - Print, Library of Congress collection

H621 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Latham, J., & Co.

California Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association

H3482 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Britton, Rey and Co.

Brewers of New York - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

J6060 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Tuchfarber.

Le printemps or spring - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congre...

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

[Knife and scissors] - Public domain drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From figure in [blank]. From the "Metal work" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part ... More

Suburban homes, a book containing exterior views and floor plans, draw...

I5927 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Beresford, R.

[Incense pot and burner] - Public domain drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. '78. From the "Religion" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and dra... More

Off Portsmouth Harbor - Print, Library of Congress collection

I10156 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Beckwith, H.S.

Signs - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows two signs with Japanese text hanging from rods. Unsigned, but probably by Kano, 1878. From "Trade & commerce; coins, etc." series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray colle... More

Cunningham Gulch. Las animas mining district, San Juan Co., Colorado

D13054 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Niegold.

Quail shooting - Print, Library of Congress collection

H6724 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibson & Co.

Le captif, grand ballon à vapeur, de la Place du Carrousel

Advertisement announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension at the Place du Carrousel, Paris. Describes Giffard's previous ascension at the Tuileries in 1878 and includes a picture of a captive balloon. ... More

The dream of Pilate's wife / painted by Gustave Doré. - Gustav Dore

K10922 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Francois, Alphonse.

[Exterior view of a window in the Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque) in Bursa]

Photograph probably by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. In album: Ulu Cami (Great Mosque) and Yeşil Cami (Green Mosque), Bursa, Ottoman Empi... More

[David A. Day, missionary in Liberia, bust portrait, facing right]

On mount: W.L. Cover, 754 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Three-quarter length portrait of woman, seated in chair, facing left]

Inscribed on verso: Helene Machtet - wife of the novelist Gregori Machtet in exile with him. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

Print shows a late Victorian holiday card with Christmas and New Year greetings, showing a branch with cherry blossoms from a cherry tree superimposed over a medallion with a landscape scene. Printed at top le... More

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04386. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Witches cauldron and Devil's pupit, California, 19th century sterescop...

Calif. Sonoma. Views of Geyser Springs. Stereo by Andrew Price. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Geysers; Calif. Sonoma; Springs; Hotels; Tourists.

Portrait photo of Elizebeth [i.e., Elizabeth] Gould

Photograph shows Elizabeth Gould, member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front. In album: Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other members o... More

[Turkish woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding pa...

No. 610. Public domain photograph of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water carriers at the fountain, San Luis Potosi

Title from negative D4-3972. Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H.Jackson Views (1898). "163" and "dup" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Echo - Drawing. Public domain image.

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Modern mythology" by Metcalfe, Life magazine.

[Two men and a woman in a theater balcony]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Dottie and Lottie. I've lost my job, Dottie, it was like this : I was ...

Preparatory sketches for "Dottie and Lottie." Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Musk cattle killed on Mt. Cartmel, Aug. 1881

Photograph showing dead musk oxen during the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. No. 128.

Photographic view of the wreck of the bridge and train of cars crossin...

Photograph shows a railroad car trapped within a partially collapsed bridge in the water. O. Carter, photographer.

La sirène - Print, Library of Congress collection

M19220 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Manigaud, C.

La fete de la Chatelaine - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Cong...

M19825 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Varin.

Lillie Langtry, 1853-1929 - Public domain portrait print

Full lgth., seated on step, facing left. Photoprint copyrighted by Napoleon Sarony. No. 54. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Actresses; Ph. Ind.; Shelf.

Take a header, down you go - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

1038 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bruns, William.

Lake Alexandra, south side, June, 1882 / G.W. Rice, photo.

Photograph shows snow-covered lake surrounded by rock formations, during polar expedition to Lady Franklin Bay. No. 56.

Dore - Drawing. Public domain image.

Full-length caricature of a heavyset man wearing a hat and spectacles, and smoking a pipe. Standing sideways with his hands in his coat pockets, his head is turned. No copyright information found with item. Sig... More

Standard American black bass and lake flies

O6813 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Co.

Odd fellows memento - Print, Library of Congress collection

O460 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Memento Pub. Co.

Sabbath eve in winter - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congres...

19606 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bruns, William.

Caricature, The rivals in Ohio / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows Allen G. Thurman on one side of a man labeled "Liquor Interest" and John Sherman on the other side; Thurman represents "The Ohio Democracy is the liquor dealers old friend!!", while Sherman e... More

Stalwart stupidity / F. Graetz., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck, holding his lithographic pen, and the Independent Party figure, holding an axe labeled "November Election", standing inside a cabin next to the head of Roscoe Conkling that has been cut... More

A messenger (Saal-Diener) - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1932:0051). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "German Political Leaders," Harper's magazine, 66:385 (Feb. 1883).

"Stop thief!" / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration, reminiscent of Thomas Nast's cartoon of the same title published in Harper's Weekly, October 7, 1871, hence "That trick is very stale", shows a group of monopolists and Blaine supporters scatterin... More

James Gillespie Blaine, 1830-1893 - stereocsopic card

Bust portrait framed in floral wreath. Stereo copyrighted by Weller. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

Panoramic view of Pendleton, Or. County seat of Umatilla County. 1884

P16693 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Beck & Pauli.

St. Johnsbury, Vt. 1884 - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congr...

P13594 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and P&AGA catalog cards. Title on shelflist card: St. Johnsbury, county seat of Caledonia County, Vt. 1884. Associated name ... More

Puck magazine cover - Our rampageous preachers / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows a preacher in the pulpit haranguing his congregation with a speech that begins "Noise or Nothing!"; there are two police officers, with large billy-clubs, in the pulpit with him, they exchang... More

Gorilla warfare under the protection of the American flag / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa swinging like a gorilla from an American flag and dropping dynamite bombs on England. Illus. from Puck, v. 15, no. 367, (1884 March 19), cover. Copyright 1884 by Kep... More

Theodore Roosevelt - Bottom's dream, Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck's stereotypical Irishman labeled "Democracy" in the role of "Bottom" from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", with Puck holding the head of an ass above him. He is holding a paper t... More

Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...

Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More

George Henry Boughton - Rose Standish, portrait print

Print shows Rose Standish, full-length portrait, standing facing left. P23882 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed at top center: Copyright registered. Publication date based on copyright statement and/or copyright ... More

Delilah Randall betrays the democratic Samson / Gillam.

Illustration shows Samuel J. "Delilah" Randall sitting in a chair labeled "Protection", holding scissors labeled "41 Democrats" in one hand and hair labeled "Tariff Reform Bill" in the other, his feet are resti... More

She saw the door open on Miss Emerson's figure

Title on verso. Pen and ink drawing of man in bed on verso; not on digital file. (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Jo's Opportunity" by Lu... More

The winning yacht - Print, Library of Congress collection

Q11338 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Wellstood.

Puck's notion of the kind of fancy-dress charity ball that would be a ...

Illustration shows a costume ball with a band of newspaper editors labeled "Herald, Sun, Staats-Zeitung, World, Times, [and] Evening Post" conducted by Puck; among those present are James G. Blaine, Whitelaw Re... More

The four Rips; or, twenty years behind the age / Gillam.

Illustration shows Uncle Sam seated at a table in front of "Uncle Sam's Inter-State Market" with a businessman labeled "Northern Capital" on the right and an agricultural producer labeled "Southern Goods - Cott... More

A short stop! Smoke the "Capadura" cigar

Print shows a baseball player getting hit in the face by a batted baseball, it has knocked off his cap, labeled "Cap-A-Dura", and bloodied his nose. Printed on lower right: Registered by R.C. Brown. Printed on... More

A hard job with the hogs / Gillam.

Illustration shows President Cleveland as a pig farmer getting tangled in leashes attached to the hind legs of several hogs, each with a distinctive brand, labeled "Hugh McLaughlin, H.O. Thompson, Higgins, Beat... More

Caricature, Another "boycott" / F. Opper., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows David B. Hill holding a large brush and George H. Sterling holding a bucket of paste, as bill stickers posting a notice that states "Notice. We Hereby Boycott Cleveland, the Civil Service Hum... More

China Korea Siberia speed comfort trans-pacific line, Pacific Mail Ste...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: American Lithographic Co.

Penny a mile - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1932:0051). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "English and American Railways: English Railways 3rd Class," Harper's magazine, 71:389 (Aug. 1885).

[Woman holding the arm of a man carrying a pistol and candle]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Maverick Mystery" by Julian Hawthorne, Life, 6:327 (Dec. 10, 1885).

Tough on Turkey / Gillam. - Public domain engraving

Illustration shows the British lion and the Russian Bear threatening a turkey dressed as a Turk. Caption: England and Russia, together "Be my ally, or I'll give you the worst thrashing you ever had in your li... More

Caricature, "Next!" / Gillam., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows a view inside a "Prison Barber-Shop" with two men labeled "Budensiek" and "J.D. Fish", wearing prison stripes and "Close Crop" haircuts by the prison barber, who is holding a shaving mug labe... More

Puck magazine cover - False weather-prophets / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Whitelaw Reid on the roof top of a building, looking through a telescope at the sun labeled "Civil Service Reform", and Charles A. Dana on the neighboring roof top checking a "Sun Barometer";... More

Tomb of General Grant, Riverside Park, [N.Y.C.]

Casket in front of tomb (no. 37). Photoprint copyrighted by Carvalho. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: N.Y.C. Riverside Park; Death; Pres.

Springfield, Vt. - Print, Library of Congress collection

R11431 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and P&AGA catalog cards. Associated name on shelflist card: Beck & Pauli. On P&AGA card: Beck & Pauli Litho Milwaukee. Pub.,... More

Snow-shoeing - Print, Library of Congress collection

R28274 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Prang (L.) & Co.

Thistle F. Bridges - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows butterflies flying around a thistle plant. R12213 U.S. Copyright Office. (printed on lower left). Signed on stone on lower left. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ... More

Florida-- New Years Day in the sunny south / George Barker, photograph...

Stereograph showing African American men and children outside a building. One appears to be dancing; another man plays a violin. 15442 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker.

Dr. Diamond Dick's orchestra 1886

Seven men of Dr. George B. McClellan's orchestra, in uniforms, posed with musical instruments. J22368 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. First story plan, A series]

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

May morning - Print, Library of Congress collection

R19937 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hatch Litho. Co.

Knoxville, Tenn., county seat of Knox County. 1886. Population: 30,00...

R21329 U.S. Copyright Office. On stone: H. Wellge Twenty-six lettered and twenty-six numbered identifications Milwaukee, Norris, Wellge & Co. [c1886] pub This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist ... More

Echoes from Governor Hill's message / J.A. Wales.

Illustration shows a large parrot, David B. Hill, perched on a stand next to President Cleveland's desk, filling the air with it's cry "A Public Office is a Public Trust", repeating a statement once made by Cle... More

[Caricature showing Chinese Minister handing "claims of China" to Secr...

Color lithograph, after drawing by J.A. Wales. Illus. in: Puck, 1886 March 17, p. 33. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHINA U.S. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.